11 New Netflix Movies We're Looking Forward to More Than Santa This December

If you can't get enough of Step Up and Save the Last Dance, then you'll love this new movie about an affluent dancer whose father's bankruptcy means the end of her formal dance training — and her introduction to a hip-hop dancer who wants to teach her all new moves.

When it's available: Dec. 1

This Malaysian action film follows a group of interconnected stories in Kuala Lumpur, including an illegal domestic helper who runs away from her employer's home to search for her brother and a police officer who takes advantage corrupt system and extorts bribes from foreign workers, raising questions about who is really the thief.

When it's available: Dec. 1

In this holiday flick, the Italian prime minister arranges a secret tryst with his lover (and political rival) in Budapest for Christmas to flee their spouses and the paparazzi, but things don't exactly go according to plan.

When it's available: Dec. 7

Based on the bestselling novel by Kristin Hahn and starring Jennifer Aniston and Danielle Macdonald, a former beauty queen's outspoken, curvy daughter decides to sign up for her mom's upcoming pageant as a protest, never expecting that several other contestants will sign up to join in her movement.

When it's available: Dec. 7

Based on Rudyard Kipling's classic story, The Jungle Book, this film stars an all-star cast that includes Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Benedict Cumberbatch, and newcomer Rohan Chand to tell the tale of a young boy navigating between the worlds of the jungle and humankind.

When it's available: Dec. 7

Taking place in the early 1970s in Mexico City, this film is a semi-biographical take on the life of Oscar-winning director Alfonso Cuarón upbringing, following a formative year in the life of a middle-class family and its live-in housekeeper.

When it's available: Dec. 14

This French film follows a former street urchin who makes a living running scams with his adoptive mother and partner-in-crime, but when he swindles the wrong guy, he ends up working at a support organization for troubled teens.

When it's available: Dec. 21

With a cast that includes Sandra Bullock, Sarah Paulson, and John Malkovich, this post-apocalyptic horror film follows a woman and her children in their attempt to find sanctuary after a mysterious force decimates most of the population, but there's a catch — to avoid succumbing to the same fate, they must complete the trip blindfolded.

When it's available: Dec. 21

This moving film tells the life story of the pre-war Polish sculptor and mad genius Stanislav Szukalski, documented by the underground Los Angeles artist friends Szukalski made late in life.

When it's available: Dec. 21

This film takes place in 1970s Uruguay, telling the story of three Tupamaro prisoners (including Pepe Mujica, the future president of Uruguay) who are taken from their jail cells in a secret military operation and put into solitary confinement for 12 years.

When it's available: Dec. 28

This movie follows what happens when an exhausted CEO falls asleep at the wheel while driving with his family and and hits a young woman with his car, setting off a chain of events more horrific than he could ever have predicted.

When it's available: Dec. 28