6 Things New To Netflix This Christmas

By Damien St John / December 19, 2015

In order to have a successful Christmas you need to make the right choices. The presents should be personal and heart-felt, the food should be fresh and well-cooked, and who you spend your time with should be the ones you love the most. If that's not your in-laws, parents, cousins or even siblings, Netflix has got you covered. To help you decide which TV shows and films are worthy of your attention over the holidays, here are six of the best, featuring some of the most popular characters around. This week, settle in for adventures from detectives both tiny and idiotic, the show critics are calling the next Family Guy, an award-winning drama on race in America and the latest box office blockbuster in the Jack Ryan series. There's even an animated Christmas movie, if you're not sick of that kind of thing yet.

6. The Pink Panther

Peter Sellers is a tough act to follow, especially in the famous Pink Panther series, but if one man were able to bring the same level of physical comedy to the role of the inept French detective, Inspector Clouseau, it's Steve Martin. Coming to Netflix from December 21st is not one, but two films starring the man himself. The first features Kevin Kline, Jean Reno and Emily Mortimer, plus a cameo from Beyoncé to help boost the box office takings seeing as Jackie Chan is widely-thought to have turned down the part of Cato. For the sequel, Andy Garcia, Alfred Molina and Geoffrey Palmer make appearances, while comedy legend John Cleese picks up the role of Chief Inspector Dreyfus in the second film, cleverly titled The Pink Panther 2. Purists might argue that they lack the same feeling as the original films, of which Peter Sellers featured in seven, but in box office terms they were very popular, grossing more than the previous nine films in the franchise.