The 6 best movies to watch on Netflix in December

Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy in “Mad Max: Fury Road” (2015).

“Faster” (December 1)

Dwayne Johnson in “Faster.’

Marking one of The Rock’s earliest movie roles after ending his wrestling career, here he plays an ex-con who sets out to avenge his brother’s death.

“Little” (December 1)

Marsai Martin in “Little.”

This comedy stars Marsai Martin, Issa Rae, and Regina Hall.

Hall plays Jordan, a bossy businesswoman who finally goes too far when she insults a child. The child wishes that Jordan would become a kid again, and Jordan then becomes her 13-year-old self.

Comedy ensues as now bossy teen Jordan goes through school. Rae plays Jordan’s assistant who now pretends to be her aunt.

“Zero Dark Thirty” (December 1)

Jessica Chastain in “Zero Dark Thirty.” 

In the Oscar-nominated film, director Kathryn Bigelow chronicles the nearly decadeslong manhunt to track down and kill Osama bin Laden.

Jessica Chastain delivers one of the best performances of her career as Maya, a CIA intelligence analyst who has spent her career trying to track down bin Laden.

“Shiva Baby” (December 7)

Rachel Sennott in “Shiva Baby.”

Marking the directorial debut of Emma Seligman (“Bottoms”), this comedy follows the dysfunctional life of Danielle (Rachel Sennott) as she goes to a shiva where her ex-girlfriend (Molly Gordon) and her sugar daddy (Danny Deferrari) are both in attendance.

“It Ends With Us” (December 9)

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni in “It Ends With Us.” 

Based on the popular Colleen Hoover novel, this romantic drama stars Blake Lively as Lily Bloom, who finds herself in a toxic relationship that reminds her of what she witnessed her parents go through when she was a child.

“Mad Max: Fury Road” (December 30)

Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron in “Mad Max: Fury Road.”

After decades in development hell, director George Miller finally made the fourth title in his “Mad Max” franchise in 2015.

Tom Hardy took over for Mel Gibson in the role of Max, a loner in a postapocalyptic wasteland. But it’s the eye-popping action sequences and introduction to a new character in the franchise, Furiosa (Charlize Theron), that turned this movie into an instant classic.