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.
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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