Airs on: Friday, 7 December

On an official trip to Budapest, the Italian prime minister arranges a foolproof Christmas-time tryst with his lover (who also happens to be his political rival). Follow this absurd dark comedy as the couple try to keep the scandal under wraps, and away from their spouses and nosy paparazzi.

Airs on: Friday, 7 December

Watching incredibly talented people cook is always good entertainment, but the struggling amateur bakers in “Nailed It!” have really stolen our hearts. Its holiday episode features impossible instructions and (dare we say it?) delightfully sad looking desserts.

Airs on: Friday, 7 December

We all know Netflix has been killing it with original rom-coms and this French show looks like it’s going to keep the ball rolling. When Elsa gets stuck on her ex, her best friends secretly hire a male escort to help her move on, but what will they do when their “plan coeur” (hook up plan) works just a little too well?

Watch the trailer here!

Airs on: Friday, 7 December

Andy Serkis’ reinvention of Rudyard Kipling’s beloved masterpiece is coming to Netflix this month. Brought up by a pack of wolves in the Indian jungle, human child Mowgli must now choose between his two worlds and ultimately come face to face with his origins.

Watch the trailer here!

Airs on: Friday, 14 December

If you missed “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” in October, take this as a sign to binge-watch the horror series. Once you’ve caught up with all the teen-witching and Satanism, tune into the Christmas special to find out what happens when Sabrina orchestrates a séance as the winter solstice approaches.

Airs on: Friday, 14 December

In this beautiful love letter to the woman who raised him, Alfonso Cuarón draws on his childhood to create a portrait of 1970s Mexico City. The film follows a young domestic worker for a middle-class family in the Roma neighbourhood and explores themes of domestic strife and social hierarchy. Heavy and artful, the film is not to be missed – it’s already been selected as the Mexican entry for the Best Foreign Language film at next year’s Oscars!

Watch the trailer here!

Airs on: Friday, 21 December

Sandra Bullock stars in this post-apocalyptic thriller, based on the acclaimed novel. A woman and her two children must flee a mysterious force that is decimating the world’s population – to survive, they’ll have to undertake a perilous two-day journey blindfolded.

Watch the trailer here!

Airs on: Wednesday, 26 December

Gossip Girl’s Penn Badgley stars as bookstore manager Joe Goldberg, who falls in love with an aspiring writer but quickly becomes obsessed with her.

Watch the trailer here!