The 8 best films coming to movie theaters (December 2021)

New movies from Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam McKay, Joel Coen, Steven Spielberg, Aaron Sorkin, Guillermo del Toro and more!

You have a big month in front of you. Maybe you have travel plans or gifts to buy. But you also have movies you need to catch in theaters.

If you’re trying to plan out which movies should be at the top of your list for theater outings in December, we’ve got you covered, because there’s a ton of great stuff on the way.

Note that all of the movies mentioned below are hitting the theaters for the first time during the month of December 2021. Movies that are already in theaters (e.g. King RichardHouse of Gucci or tick, tick…BOOM!) were not included in this list.

Apologies in advance to fans of mega-franchises like Spider-Man and The Matrix. Much like Sing 2 starring Matthew McConaughey, I’m confident that tons of people are planning to watch those movies and don’t need any sort of recommendation from me beforehand.

Speaking of which, make sure to check out some other lists of ours to see other recommendations we have for shows and movies to watch and some video games to play: