What's New on Netflix & Top 10s: December 15th, 2022 - What's on Netflix

Netflix has added 18 new releases so far this week.
by Kasey Moore
Published on December 15th, 2022, 12:49 pm EST
Critical Thinking new on Netflix – Picture: Vertical Entertainment
Welcome to your first daily recap of what’s now streaming on Netflix (been a mad one – apologies), where we’ll be recapping all the new movies and shows you can now stream in the United States. We’ll also pick out our three top picks and cover what’s trending in the Netflix US top 10s.
Still to come this week is The Recruit, Netflix’s new series starring Noah Centineo, Netflix’s Oscar hopeful BARDO, the final season of Paradise P.D., and over the weekend, we’ll see the 2013 Side Effects added.
Today is your last day to watch The Spectacular Spider-Man and the Marvel anime series, which all leave tomorrow.
Rating: TV-MA
Language: English
Genre: Drama
Director: John Leguizamo
Cast: John Leguizamo, Rachel Bay Jones, Michael Kenneth Williams
Writer: Dito Montiel
Runtime: 117 min / 1h 57m
It’s been a couple years since the Chess craze came about thanks to Netflix’s The Queen Gambit but Critical Thinking should hopefully bring it all back.
Inspired and based on a true story, this movie follows the Miami Jackson High School chess team and their attempts to become the first inner-city team to win the U.S. National Chess Championship.
John Leguizamo leads the cast (When They See Us) and puts in a solid performance. According to the glowing reviews, the movie will be pulling at your heartstrings throughout.
Rating: TV-Y7
Language: English
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure
Cast: Deven Christian Mack, Ashleigh Ball, Brian Drummond
Sonic has made his way into numerous formats over the decades. Today, he heads to Netflix exclusively in a brand new series that follows Marvel’s lead in diving into a multiverse.
In the first eight episodes (24 were ordered in total), you’ll see the ensuing events following the battle with Dr Eggman that leads to the shattering of the universe.
Rating: TV-MA
Language: Spanish
Genre: Drama
Cast: Shany Nadan, María José Vargas Agudelo, Estefania Piñeres
Writer: Juan Carlos Aparicio, Mateo Stivelberg
Runtime: 61 mins / 1h 1m

If you’re looking for a new foreign series with plenty of episodes to dig into over the holiday period, then we’d recommend the Colombian telenovela series Blood Ties (also known as Las Villamizar).
Set in early 1800s Colombia, the series follows three high-society sisters act as spies to help rebels fight against Spanish rule and seek justice for their mother’s death.
72 (yes, seventy-two) episodes make up the first season so if you’re a fan of telenovelas or period dramas, it’s time to dig in!
One title we haven’t included (we don’t list titles with new episodes added every week) but should note is the second half of episodes for Harry & Meghan, the explosive documentary that’s making headlines and taking up the entire front pages of the Daily Mail and the Express today.
What are you watching on Netflix today? Let us know in the comments down below.
Covering Netflix since 2013, Kasey has been tracking the comings and goings of the Netflix library for close to a decade. Resides in the United Kingdom.

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