What to watch on Amazon Prime Video Canada in December 2020
Including a gay holiday movie starring Kristen Stewart, Andy Samberg in Palm Springs, The Expanse Season 5, and the rest of Steve McQueen's Small Axe anthology
Here’s everything new that’s coming Amazon Prime Video Canada in December 2020.
Happiest Season
Just a couple of weeks after it arrived on VOD platforms, Clea DuVall’s queer Christmas movie—specifically, the first mainstream holiday movie to revolve around gay characters—arrives on Prime Video, ready to be in constant rotation over the holidays. Which is honestly not the worst idea, given that the film’s a lot more complex about its emotional beats than its marketing would have had you believe. And multiple viewings will really let you appreciate Aubrey Plaza’s subtle supporting turn as a wounded ex, and all the weird details Mary Holland builds around her awkward kid-sister character. December 9
Palm Springs
Yeah, time-loop movies are kind of overdone these days…but you’re going to want to make time for Max Barbakow’s bittersweet, self-aware take on the genre, which pairs Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti as two very different people stuck repeating the same day for infinity. We’ve seen it. It’s great. Maybe the best time-loop movie since Groundhog Day. Maybe even better, since Groundhog Day did not have J.K. Simmons as an assassin. December 18
Small Axe
Steve McQueen’s five film anthology about the Caribbean community’s history and resistance to persecution in Britain slipped in at the 11th hour in Canada. After airing on the BBC and streaming stateside, the first two episodes quietly dropped November 27, with the remaining three episodes arriving weekly starting December 4. The mosaic is already off to a stellar start with the solid courtroom drama Mangrove and the sweet serenade of Lovers Rock, which may be the best thing you’ll see all year. December 4
I’m Your Woman
Julia Hart’s Miss Stevens and Fast Color played long games with high-school movies and superhero tropes, using viewers’ expectations of those narratives against them. Her latest remixes the '70s crime picture in much the same way, following a wife and mother (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’s Rachel Brosnahan) suddenly sent on the run as a result of her husband’s actions, and forced to navigate a world she doesn’t understand at all. The film got some serious buzz when it opened the AFI Fest earlier this fall, and it’ll be interesting to see Brosnahan—who fits so perfectly into Mrs. Maisel’s '50s aesthetic—adapt herself to a new decade. December 11
The Wilds
Instead of arriving at a self-help retreat, a group of teenage girls from different backgrounds find themselves trying to survive on a tropical island. This new mystery series from Daredevil staff writer Sarah Streicher casts a narrative web of flashbacks and framing sequences to rival Lost’s ambitious storytelling structure. The presence of Six Feet Under’s Rachel Griffiths as an enigmatic personality guru is intriguing, but we’re most excited to see Helena Howard—whose stunning breakout in Josephine Decker’s Madeleine’s Madeleine still feels like one of the best performances of the last decade—as one of the girls. December 11
The Expanse (Season 5)
The cult sci-fi series—which Amazon just announced it was renewing for a sixth and final season—opens with humanity striking out through that alien Ring to see what other planets might make good homes. And the crew of the Rocinante once again finds their personal loyalties tested by political events well above their pay grade, as a rogue Belter leader declares all-out war on the Inner Planets. The first four seasons are available to stream right now, if you need to catch up. December 15
The list of TV shows and movies coming to Amazon Prime Video Canada in December 2020:
December 1
Agent Toby Barks
December 2
Sonic The Hedgehog
Brahms: The Boy II
Stage Mother
December 3
Sons Of The Soil: Jaipur Pink Panthers (season 1)
December 4
Small Axe: Red, White and Blue
December 9
Happiest Season
Bull (seasons 1-3)
December 10
Durgavati
December 11
The Wilds
I’m Your Woman
Small Axe: Alex Wheatle
December 14
To The Stars
December 15
The Expanse (season 5)
Elementary (seasons 1-7)
December 17
Unpaused
Mirreyes Vs. Godinez, Home Office
Blackbird
December 18
The Grand Tour (season 4)
Palm Springs
Small Axe: Education
December 20
The Lodge
MacGyver (seasons 1-3)
December 24
Halal Love Story
Coolie No.1
December 25
Thalayvi
Sylvie’s Love
Thalayvi (Malyalam)
December 26
Mighty Oak
December 27
Sumit Sourav
Rahul Subramariam #1
Amazon Funnies Line Up #1
Amazon Funnies Line Up #2
Gaurav Kapoor
Sumaira Shaikh
Rahul Subramariam + Varun Thakur
Alu Arjun
Rahul Subramariam #2
Blue Story
December 29
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (seasons 11-13)
Avatar Purusha Sequel
Annabelle Subramariam
Avatar Purusha
Sapta Saagaradaache Yello
Bheemasena Nalamaharaja
10
Ishq
December 30
Palu Padama Palhuko
Kutte Ka Baccha
Yearly Departed
December 31
Marakkar
Maara
Kavaludaari
Yuva Ratna
Coming to Prime Video Channels
December 1
The Holiday (Hollywood Suite)
Relic (IFC Films Unlimited)
December 6
Power Book II: Ghost (STARZ)
December 7
The Real Housewives Of Atlanta (season 13) (Hayu)
December 15
Celebrity I.O.U. (season 2) (STACKTV)
Everything leaving Amazon Prime Video Canada in December:
December 4
John Wick
John Wick 2
December 16
The Good Wife
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
NCIS
December 28
Kin
The Spy Who Dumped Me
A Simple Favour
December 30
Robin Hood (2018)
Dawn Of The Dead
Out Of Africa
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
December 31
Bad Santa
Evan Almighty
Grease
Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy
Old School
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