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The last month of the year is the stage for high quality content on the main streaming platforms in Portugal.
This month of December brings a tide of excellent films to streaming platforms most popular in Portugal: HBO Max, Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ It is AppleTV+. Since real masterpieces winners of Oscars The thrillers that leave no one indifferent, the following list is a compendium of the best feature films arriving on the biggest streaming services in this very special month.
This way, you will be able to find so much films originals that have just debuted and others that will be released in the coming days in their respective platforms. Furthermore, there are also ‘old’ productions in the catalogue. In other words, feature films whose rights have now been acquired. As you are certainly aware, every month there is content coming in and to go out of streaming. This is due to licensing issues and the objective is to respond to the different tastes and interests of the many millions of subscribers.
DECEMBER 1
DONNIE BRASCO – NETFLIX
Based on the experience of FBI agent Joe Pistone, who infiltrates the New York mafia. Under the pseudonym Donnie Brasco (Johnny Depp), creates ties with Lefty Ruggiero (Al Pacino), managing to meddle with a faction led by Sonny Black. As Ruggiero and Pistone become close, the group raises funds for mafia leaders.
Until the group becomes important when Black becomes boss. Meanwhile, Pistone collects evidence. However, the trials and tribulations of undercover work become more than Pistone can handle. Her marriage falls apart and, on top of that, the mafia suspects a mole in the organization.
CANDY CANE LANE – PRIME VIDEO
To start this festive season off with a bang, Prime Video launched “Candy Cane Lane“, a feature film that shows a battle between a community for the award for the best Christmas decoration in the neighborhood.
Eddie Murphy It is Tracee Ellis Ross They are the protagonists of this family that does everything to win the competition. Even if this involves a pact with an Elf (played by Jillian Bell) to have a better chance of winning. What they don’t know is that this pact will put the whole family’s Christmas at risk… a fun comedy that is really worth watching on the streaming platform.
ICE MERCHANTS – HBO MAX
The first portuguese film appointed to Oscars! A short film performed by John Gonzalez who competed in Oscars this year in the Best Animated Short Film category and was defeated by “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse“, by Charlie Mackesy and Matthew Freud.
At around 14 minutes, the constructions now available on HBO Max tells the story of a man and his son who parachute every day, from their cold and dizzying home, stuck at the top of a cliff, to travel to the village on the plain below, where they sell the ice they produce. during the night.
RESERVOIR DOGS – DAY 5 AT PRIME VIDEO
Six criminals, who don’t know each other, are hired by a crime boss, Joe Cabot, to carry out a diamond robbery. Right at the beginning, they are given false names in order to not get too close and to concentrate on their work. They are completely sure that the robbery will be a tremendous success.
However, when the police appear at the time and place of the robbery, panic sets in among the group’s members and two of them are killed in the ensuing shootout, along with some police officers and civilians. When the rest gather at the planned meeting point (a warehouse), they begin to suspect that one of them is an undercover police officer. Has a seal Quentino Tarantino.
LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND – DAY 8 ON NETFLIX
Amanda, Clay and their children enjoy a peaceful vacation until they are surprised by the arrival of two strangers. The duo arrives during the night and assures them that it is an emergency: a mysterious cyberattack. With chaos digital which resulted in the impossibility of establishing any type of communication, they make the decision to isolate themselves in the house they claim to be theirs.
On top of all this, seismic noises and truly bizarre animal behavior worsen discomfort. But that’s not all. This is because the two families, one white and rich, the other black and also wealthy, come into conflict. However, racial tension becomes insignificant when inexplicable and alarming events begin to happen… The cast features Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke It is Mahershala Ali.
THE NOTEBOOK – DAY 10 ON NETFLIX
The film follows factory worker Noah Calhoun (Ryan Gosling) and a girl from a wealthy family, Allie (Rachel McAdams). The two fall in love, but, obviously, the romance is not approved. Because Second World War Many things change and the two never meet again. However, years later, Noah returns and everything can start again.
INDIANA JONES AND THE MARKER OF DESTINY – DAY 15 AT DISNEY+
It’s the return of the legendary hero, Indiana Jones, in the fifth chapter of this beloved cinematic saga. Now, in a new phase of life, close to retirement, he faces challenges in adapting to a world that seems to have moved forward without him. However, when the shadows of a familiar evil rise again through a former adversary, Indiana Jones is forced to don the iconic hat and wield the whip once again. The mission involves preventing an ancient and powerful artifact from falling into the wrong hands.
In addition to Harrison Fordthe cast includes Phoebe Waller-Bridge (“Fleabag”), Antonio Banderas (“Official Competition”), John Rhys-Davies (trilogy of “The Lord of the Rings”), Toby Jones (“Captain America: The First Avenger”) and Mads Mikkelsen (“Hannibal”).
FAMILY PLAN – DAY 15 ON APPLETV+
Written by David Coggeshall, this production tells the story of a father living in the suburbs who is fleeing with his family when his past comes back to haunt him. Stephen Levinson and Wahlbergfrom Municipal Pictures, came together to produce the film, alongside David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger, who represent Skydance.
CONDUCTOR – DAY 20 ON NETFLIX
The film chronicles the intense and complex love story of Leonard and Felicia, which spans more than three decades. It all started in 1946, when they met at a party. Since then, two engagements, a 25-year marriage and the birth of three children: Jamie Bernstein, Alexander Bernstein and Nina Bernstein Simmons.
In addition to Bradley Cooperthe cast also includes Carey Mulligan (“A Girl with Potential“), Maya Hawke (“Stranger Things“) It is Matt Bomer (“Magic Mike XXL“). The production of “Conductor” will also be in charge of Amy Durning, Fred Berner, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Martin Scorsese It is Steven Spielberg.
REBEL MOON – DAY 22 ON NETFLIX
From the visionary Zack Snyderthe filmmaker responsible for productions such as “300“, “Steel man” It is “Army of the Dead“, an epic of Science fiction which represents Netflix’s biggest investment in 2023. When a peaceful community on a distant moon in the universe finds itself threatened by the armies of the tyrant Regent Balisarius, the locals’ hope for survival is Kora (Sofia Boutella), an enigmatic outsider who lives among the colonists.
Thus, tasked with recruiting skilled warriors to join the resistance against oppressive rule, Kora brings together a small group of fighters. Renegades, insurgents, peasants and war orphans from different worlds, united by the search for redemption and revenge. In the shadow of an empire that hovers over an unlikely moon, the battle for the fate of the galaxy begins, giving rise to a new army of heroes.
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