New on Starz: All the Movies and TV Coming in December
Image via Paramount/YouTubeWith December comes minty, 500+ calorie coffee drinks, hyper-cheerful holiday tunes on repeat, the ugliest of sweaters and plenty of binge-watching. As the weather gets colder and colder (and family members become more and more present), the final month of the year is the perfect time to unwind, inside, with your streaming platform of choice. Despite not inundating itself with Christmas movies this year (looking at you, Netflix), Starz has a handful of great titles coming to the service this December. Here’s what we’re most looking forward to in the streamer’s upcoming changing lineup.
With the holidays comes a sense of magic and romance, and there’s no better way (binge-watching-wise) to celebrate that than with the 1961 classic Breakfast at Tiffany’s, arriving on Starz on Dec. 27. The film that inspired droves of first time New Yorkers to grab a bite on the jeweler’s famed stoop stars Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly, tackling the Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope years before Elizabethtown inspired the term, and George Peppard as the lonely writer Paul (or Fred, depending on who you ask). Also joining the lineup on Dec. 27 is Country Strong, the heartbreaking tale of Gwyneth Paltrow’s Kelly Canter that shares some DNA with this year’s smash hit A Star is Born. Starz is bringing on quite a few films before the late-December premiere of those two, though, including: Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, in which the groovy super-spy regains his “mojo”; Carrie, the 1976 original, starring a young Sissy Spacek; and Dr. Doolittle 2, the forest preservation-focused second installment of the series starring Eddie Murphy, all arriving on Dec. 1. Later, Dec. 12 brings Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself, starring Taraji P. Henson. Finally, Starz is premiering Dark Crimes, starring Jim Carrey as the intense Tadek, a detective solving a crime that bears eerie resemblance to a recently published novel, and documentary Always at The Carlyle, which brings to life New York’s legendary Carlyle Hotel using the voices of its employees and high-profile guests such as George Clooney, Anjelica Huston, Tommy Lee Jones, Sofia Coppola, Lenny Kravitz and Naomi Campbell.
A smaller selection of TV titles are coming to the platform in December, starting with the continuation of season four of Outlander, with episodes 405 through 408 being released weekly throughout the month. The new season, which began last month, traces the storyline of Claire and Jamie Fraser as they make a life for themselves in colonial America, while their daughter Brianna Randall—living in the 20th century—searches for clues that her parents did in fact reunite in the past. Pro tip: Watch the other three seasons first if you’re new to Outlander. The other major TV release on the platform this December is season two of Starz original Counterpoint, starring J.K. Simmons as Howard Prime and Howard Alpha, two “counterpoints” trapped in swapped universes and adapting for survival. Counterpoint returns on Dec. 9, and you can find the trailer for season two below.
In with the new, out with the old: December finds a few beloved titles leaving Starz for the foreseeable future. Outside of Michael Jackson’s This Is It on Dec. 9, much of the earlier weeks of the month are free from major removals from the lineup. However, the final day of the year finds a whopping 100+ titles leaving Starz, including: Cameron Crowe’s unrealistically epic look at music journalism, Almost Famous; As Good As It Gets, the film that introduced the world to the Brussels Griffon; and the Will Ferrell- and Nicole Kidman-starring remake of a ‘60s classic, Bewitched. Also leaving are Big Fat Liar, The Virgin Suicides and Saving Private Ryan. As far as film series are concerned, December will see the loss of both the Star Trek sagas and the two Home Alone films, although the streamer has kept the former through the holiday for any who want to get lost in New York in between holiday celebrations.
You’ll find the full list of Starz’s incoming and outgoing December titles below.
WHAT’S NEW ON THE STARZ APP – DECEMBER 2018
AVAILABLE DECEMBER
Along Came A Spider (2001)
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
Ayúdame A Pasar La Noche(2017)
Babe: Pig In The City (1998)
Carrie (1976)
Casi Leyendas (2017)
Chronicles Of Riddick, The (2004)
Chronicles Of Riddick: Dark Fury, The (2004)
Civil Brand (2003)
D.L. Hughley: Reset (2012)
Dark Crimes (2016)
Dirty Work (1998)
Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)
Family I Had, The (2017)
Femme Fatale (2002)
Fight for Space (2017)
I Do… Until I Don’t (2017)
It’s All About Love (2004)
La Tropa De Trapo En La Selva Del Arcoiris (2014)
My Giant (1998)
Night Shift (1982)
North To Alaska (1960)
Oscar Nominated Short Films 2018, The (2018)
Pariah (2011)
Pirates Of Penzance, The (1982)
Pitch Black (1999)
Senor, Dame Paciencia (2017)
Sin Nombre (2008)
Species (1995)
Species II (1998)
Species III (2004)
Species: The Awakening (2007)
Stir Of Echoes, A (1999)
Stir Of Echoes: The Homecoming (2007)
Transporter 2, The (2005)
“Frankenstein” – Eps 101 & 102 (2003 & 2004)
“King Solomon’s Mines” – Eps 101 & 102 (2004)
“Minimalitos” – Eps 111, 203-426 (2011-2018)
“Raggs” – Eps 101-140 (2006)
“Sissi – La Joven Emperatriz” – Eps 101 – 226 (2015)
“The Sacketts” – Part 1 & Part 2 (1979)
AVAILABLE DECEMBER 2nd
“Outlander” – Episode 405 (2018)
AVAILABLE DECEMBER 3rd
Always At The Carlyle (2018)
Away (2015)
AVAILABLE DECEMBER 7TH
Addicted to Porn: Chasing the Cardboard Butterfly (2017)
Adventures Of Brer Rabbit, The (2005)
Altered (2006)
Being Evel (2015)
Body Snatchers (1994)
Broadcast News (1987)
Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course, The (2002)
Deer Hunter, The (1979)
Drop Squad (1994)
Flipper(1996)
Follow That Bird (1985)
Funny Farm (1988)
Gallowwalkers (2013)
Grace Of Jake, The (2017)
Heidi(2005)
Hitched (1971)
How Do You Know (2010)
Losing Isaiah (1995)
Man On The Moon (1999)
Open Water (2003)
Open Water 2: Adrift (2006)
Pillars Of The Sky (1956)
Session 9 (2001)
Thirst (2009)
Tourist, The (2010)
Vampire’s Kiss (1988)
Wall Street (1987)
War, The (1994)
Wild Child (2008)
AVAILABLE DECEMBER 9TH
“Counterpart” – Episode 201 – Season 2 Premiere
“Outlander” – Episode 406
AVAILABLE DECEMBER 12TH
Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself (2009)
AVAILABLE DECEMBER 14TH
American Dreamz (2006)
Anonymous (2011)
Benched (2018)
Comix: Beyond The Comic Book Pages (2015)
Eiger Sanction, The (1975)
Joe Kidd (1972)
Johnny English Reborn(2011)
Just Married (2003)
Maximum Overdrive (1986)
Old Dogs (2009)
Paint Your Wagon (1969)
Papillon (1973)
Red Rock West (1993)
Saint, The (1997)
Snowtime! (2015)
They Call Us Monsters (2016)
Unbranded (2015)
Unlawful Entry (1992)
Van Wilder: Freshman Year (2009)
Zimbelism (2015)
AVAILABLE DECEMBER 15TH
Bel Canto (2017)
Shock & Awe (2018)
Who We Are Now (2018)
AVAILABLE DECEMBER 16TH
Dream House (2011)
Good Shepherd, The (2006)
Last House On The Left, The(2009)
Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011)
“Counterpart” – Episode 202
“Outlander” – Episode 407
AVAILABLE DECEMBER 17TH
Fail State (2017)
AVAILABLE DECEMBER 20th
Under The Electric Sky (2014)
Year Of The Horse (1997)
AVAILABLE DECEMBER 21st
Addiction, The (1995)
Airheads (1994)
Before Night Falls (2000)
Born to Be Wild (2011)
Brave One, The (2007)
Bronco Billy (1980)
Burning Blue (2011)
Chaos Theory(2008)
City Heat (1984)
Cowgirls N’ Angels (2011)
Drop Dead Fred (1991)
El Bulli: Cooking In Progress(2010)
Elephant In The Living Room, The (2011)
Family Tree (2000)
Fighting Kentuckian, The (1949)
Gauntlet, The (1977)
Great Sioux Uprising, The (1953)
My Darling Clementine (1946)
Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
Overland Pacific (1955)
Pumpkinhead(1988)
Run Free: The True Story Of Caballo Blanco (2015)
Showdown In Little Tokyo (1991)
Splitting Heirs(1993)
Streets Of Laredo (1949)
Trade (2006)
Under The Sea 3D (2009)
“Please Twins!” – Eps 101-113 (2003)
AVAILABLE DECEMBER 23RD
“Counterpart” – Episode 203
“Outlander” – Episode 408
AVAILABLE DECEMBER 25TH
White Orchid (2018)
AVAILABLE DECEMBER 26TH
Monster Hunt 2 (2018)
AVAILABLE DECEMBER 27TH
Breakfast At Tiffany’s (1961)
Country Strong (2010)
Houseboat (1958)
AVAILABLE DECEMBER 28TH
Badlands Of Dakota (1941)
Cat Run (2011)
Law And Order (1932)
Quantez (1957)
Tom Horn (1980)
West Of Carson City (1940)
AVAILABLE DECEMBER 29TH
Patient Zero (2018)
AVAILABLE DECEMBER 30th
“Counterpart” – Episode 204
“Outlander” – Episode 409
AVAILABLE DECEMBER 31st
Actor Prepares, An (2018)
Blue Iguana (2018)
WHAT’S LEAVING THE STARZ APP – DECEMBER 2018
LEAVING DECEMBER 9TH
Bedtime Stories (2008)
Michael Jackson’s This Is It (2009)
LEAVING DECEMBER 11TH
Doubt (2008)
LEAVING DECEMBER 13TH
John Q (2002)
LEAVING DECEMBER 14TH
Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
LEAVING DECEMBER 15TH
Beginners (2011)
One Day (2011)
LEAVING DECEMBER 16TH
Zombieland (2009)
LEAVING DECEMBER 19TH
G-Force (2009)
LEAVING DECEMBER 20TH
Pathfinder (2007)
LEAVING DECEMBER 24TH
And So It Goes (2014)
LEAVING DECEMBER 28TH
Elle (2016)
Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002)
Shut In (2016)
LEAVING DECEMBER 29TH
Making A Killing: Guns, Greed, And The NRA (2016)
LEAVING DECEMBER 31ST
40 Guns To Apache Pass (1967)
After Spring (2016)
Almost Famous (2000)
Alpha Dog (2006)
Apache Territory (1958)
April Fool’s Day (1986)
Arizona Raiders (1965)
Armored (2009)
As Good As It Gets (1997)
Barb Wire (1995)
Barney’s Great Adventure (1998)
Battle For Skyark (2014)
Bewitched (2005)
Big Fat Liar (2002)
Bite The Bullet (1975)
Blood Out (2011)
Bounce Back, The (2016)
Bullet For A Badman (1964)
Bulworth (1998)
Canyon Passage (1946)
Charlie Cobb: Nice Night For A Hanging (1977)
Chato’s Land (1971)
Criminal Law (1988)
Curse Of The Golden Flower (2006)
Cutting Edge, The (1992)
Dawn At Socorro (1954)
Dead Man Walking (1995)
Did You Hear About The Morgans? (2009)
Double Team (1997)
Dragonball Evolution (2009)
Eastern Promises (2007)
Falcon And The Snowman, The (1985)
Gang Related(1997)
Ghost (1990)
Ghost In The Shell (1996)
Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex – Individual Eleven (2005)
Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex – The Laughing Man (2005)
Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig- Solid State Society (2006)
Ghoulies (1984)
Ghoulies II (1987)
Gladiator (2000)
Grease (1978)
Great Sioux Massacre, The (1965)
Gun The Man Down (1956)
Gunslinger (1956)
Happy, Texas (1999)
Hero And The Terror (1988)
Home Alone (1990)
Home Alone 2: Lost In New York (1992)
Initiation: Silent Night, Deadly Night 4 (1990)
It Had To Be You (2015)
Kentuckian, The (1955)
Kickboxer (1989)
Kickboxer 2: The Road Back (1990)
Kickboxer 3: The Art Of War (1992)
Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor (1994)
Kickboxer 5: The Redemption (1994)
Kull The Conqueror (1997)
Land Raiders (1970)
Lawless Frontier, The(1935)
Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Lone Wolf McQuade (1983)
Los Miercoles No Existen (2015)
Lucky Ones, The (2007)
Man Called Sledge, A(1970)
Mission: Impossible (1996)
Mother’s Boys(1994)
Mountain Men, The (1980)
Mr. Baseball (1992)
My Baby’s Daddy (2004)
Next Day Air (2009)
Night Of The Grizzly, The (1966)
Open Season(2006)
Payback (1999)
Premonition (2007)
Principal, The(1987)
Prophecy 3: The Ascent, The(1999)
Prophecy II, The (1997)
Prophecy: Forsaken, The (2004)
Prophecy: Uprising, The (2004)
Quest, The (1996)
Quick Gun, The (1964)
Rancho Deluxe (1974)
Replacement Killers, The (1998)
Ride With The Devil (1999)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Saving Santa (2013)
School Dance(2014)
Shaquille O’neal Presents: All Star Comedy Jam – Live From Orlando (2012)
Shorebreak (2016)
Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! (1989)
Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker(1991)
Slap Shot (1977)
Slap Shot 2: Breaking The Ice (2002)
Slap Shot 3: The Junior League (2008)
Snatch (2000)
Snow Queen, The (2012)
Solo (1996)
Some Kind Of Wonderful (1987)
Spirit, The (2008)
Squid And The Whale, The (2005)
Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan (1982)
Star Trek III: The Search For Spock (1984)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
Star Trek: Generations (1994)
Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
Star Trek: The Motion Picture(1979)
Stars In Shorts: No Ordinary Love (2016)
Surf’s Up (2007)
Swingers (1996)
Talk To Me (2007)
Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999)
Teen Witch (1989)
They Live (1988)
Things Never Said (2013)
Things To Do In Denver When You’re Dead (1995)
Thunder Soul (2011)
True Grit (1969)
Ulzana’s Raid (1972)
Virgin Suicides, The (2000)
Warren Miller’s Ticket To Ride (2013)
Wishmaster (1997)
Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies (1999)
Wishmaster 3: Beyond The Gates Of Hell (2001)
Wishmaster 4: The Prophecy Fulfilled (2002)
Yards, The (2000)
“Alf” – Episodes 101 – 424 (1986-1990)
“Rambo” – Episodes 101 – 165 (1986)
“The Secret” – Episodes 101 – 104 (2016)
“Wagon Train” – Episodes 101 – 825 (1957 – 1965)
“Wanted: Dead or Alive” – Episodes 1- 94 (1958 – 1961)
“Zatch Bell!” – Episodes 101 – 150 (2003)