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New on Netflix UAE This Week (December 29, 2025)

Stranger Things Season 5 Vol. 3 and Run Away lead this week’s new Netflix arrivals in the UAE, plus a recent Top 5 pick you might have missed.

New on Netflix UAE This Week (December 29, 2025)
Stranger Things Season 5

Netflix UAE is closing out 2025 with one of its biggest finales ever and a new thriller from Harlan Coben. For the full multi-platform picture, check our What to Watch This Week UAE guide, and for monthly updates go to New on Netflix UAE.

This Week’s Top Picks on N

  • Stranger Things Season 5 Vol. 3 – The Hawkins story finally ends.
  • Run Away – Season 1 – A new twisty Harlan Coben mystery.

All New on Netflix UAE This Week

Stranger Things Season 5 Vol. 3

The kids are grown up, the stakes are bigger and the Upside Down is closer than ever. Volume 3 delivers the final, feature-length showdown that ties together everything from Will’s disappearance to Vecna’s reign of terror.

Release date: 31 December 2025

Kid-friendliness: Strong horror elements, violence and language – best for older teens and adults.


Run Away – Season 1

Simon’s picture-perfect life shatters when his daughter disappears. Finding her again leads to a single violent moment that pushes her back into the shadows and drags him into a criminal world full of secrets, lies and very dangerous people.

Release date: 1 January 2026

Kid-friendliness: Dark themes, violence and crime – strictly for adults / older teens.


Recently on Netflix (Past Top 5 Picks)

From the last few weeks, these Netflix titles were in our Top Must-See lists and are still worth adding to your queue:

Goodbye June – A Christmas-set drama about a woman facing terminal illness, a complicated relationship with her daughter and one last attempt to repair old wounds.– Featured in What to Watch This Week – December 22, 2025 as a Top 5 pick.

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