What to Watch This Week in the UAE (Dec 22–28, 2025): Anaconda, Nuremberg, Goodbye June & More

This week’s watchlist in the UAE leans hard into holiday-season drama and spectacle. In cinemas, Anaconda and Nuremberg bring very different kinds of tension to the big screen, from jungle survival chaos to a chilling WWII courtroom mind game.

For families, The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants lands just in time for a festive cinema trip, while horror fans get Bambi: The Reckoning turning a childhood icon into a nightmare. On streaming, Netflix delivers emotional gut-punch Goodbye June, and OSN+ doubles down on dark, grown-up genre fare with Sinners and Black Bag.

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This Week’s Top 5 Must-See Picks

These are the five titles we’d put at the very top of your watchlist this week, across cinema, Netflix and OSN+.

1- Anaconda – In Cinemas

A midlife passion project turns into a deadly jungle nightmare when a real giant snake crashes the set, forcing two lifelong friends to swap storyboards for survival instincts.

2- Nuremberg – In Cinemas

A WWII psychiatrist is drawn into a dangerous psychological duel with Hermann Göring during the Nuremberg Trials, in a courtroom drama about power, guilt and the roots of evil.

3- Goodbye June – Netflix

Four siblings and their father are pulled together by their mother’s shifting health, as June faces her fate with biting humour and warmth in a Christmas-set family drama led by Kate Winslet.

4- The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants – In Cinemas

SpongeBob heads into the uncharted depths of the ocean to impress Mr Krabs and prove he’s a true hero in a colourful, kid-friendly big-screen adventure.

5- Sinners – OSN+

Twin brothers return home hoping for redemption, only to find the darkness they left behind has grown into something far more sinister and supernatural. 

Cinema – New Movies in UAE Cinemas This Week

Big-screen releases lean into survival, history, animation and horror. For more options and showtimes, check the New in Cinemas UAE hub.

Anaconda

Lifelong friends Doug and Griff finally chase their most absurd dream: remaking their beloved cult “classic”, Anaconda. A midlife crisis pushes them deep into the Amazon to start filming, but the joke turns deadly when a real, monstrous snake invades their shoot. As chaos spirals into sheer survival, their passion project becomes a fight to stay alive. Anaconda, starring Paul Rudd, Jack Black, Thandiwe Newton and Steve Zahn, slithers into UAE cinemas from 25 December 2025. Watch it at Vox Cinemas.

Nuremberg

Tasked with assessing Nazi leaders ahead of the Nuremberg Trials, a World War II psychiatrist finds himself locked in an unsettling psychological duel with Hermann Göring. As interviews turn into games of manipulation, his search for the roots of human evil begins to blur the line between observer and subject. Starring Rami Malek, Michael Shannon and Russell Crowe, Nuremberg arrives in UAE cinemas on 25 December 2025. Catch it on the big screen at Vox Cinemas.

The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants

SpongeBob SquarePants sets off on his boldest cinematic trip yet, sailing with the Bikini Bottom crew on an ocean-spanning quest to prove he’s more than “just a little sponge”. Determined to impress Mr Krabs, he follows the legendary Flying Dutchman into strange, ghostly waters where courage, chaos and comedy collide. Voiced by Tom Kenny, Clancy Brown, Rodger Bumpass, Bill Fagerbakke and Carolyn Lawrence, The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants splashes into UAE cinemas from 25 December 2025 at Vox Cinemas.

Bambi: The Reckoning

After a tragic car accident pulls a mother and son into the depths of a haunted forest, they find themselves hunted by something feral and driven by grief. Twisted by trauma and the loss of his own mother, Bambi is reborn as a vengeful, mutated force of nature. The beloved fawn becomes the centre of a brutal survival story about rage, revenge and the terror lurking in the wild. Starring Roxanne McKee, Samira Mighty and Russell Geoffrey Banks, Bambi: The Reckoning stalks into UAE cinemas from 25 December 2025, screening at Vox Cinemas.

Netflix – New on Netflix UAE This Week

Netflix adds a grown-up festive-season drama fronted by power-house British talent. For everything else landing on the service, keep an eye on the New on Netflix UAE hub.

Goodbye June

Set in the days before Christmas, Goodbye June brings four grown siblings back under one roof as an unexpected turn in their mother’s health forces them to confront old tensions and buried love. June herself refuses to fade away quietly; sharp-tongued, fiercely independent and armed with dark humour, she faces life on her own terms. What could be pure heartbreak becomes something tender and strangely life-affirming. Directed by and starring Kate Winslet, alongside Helen Mirren, Timothy Spall and Johnny Flynn, Goodbye June premieres exclusively on Netflix in the UAE on 24 December 2025.

OSN+ – New on OSN+ UAE This Week

OSN+ leans into dark genre storytelling this week with a supernatural chiller and a glossy spy romance. Browse more new additions on the New on OSN+ UAE hub.

Sinners

Twin brothers return to the hometown they once ran from, desperate to outrun their haunted pasts and start fresh. Instead, they find the darkness they left behind has grown teeth. As buried secrets rise and a sinister force closes in, redemption turns into a fight for survival in a place where evil never truly left. Starring Michael B. Jordan, Jack O’Connell and Hailee Steinfeld, Sinners starts streaming on OSN+ in the UAE from 26 December 2025.

Black Bag

Elite intelligence officer Kathryn Woodhouse is accused of betraying her country, and the fallout cuts deeper than any classified mission. Her husband, himself a seasoned spy, must navigate a lethal network of secrets and shifting loyalties, where each move risks blowing up both national security and their marriage. Starring Michael Fassbender, Cate Blanchett and Gustaf Skarsgård, Black Bag streams on OSN+ in the UAE from 26 December 2025.

Conclusion: Plan Your Festive Week of Watching

This is one of those rare weeks where you can plan a complete holiday watchlist without leaving the December window. Big-screen fans get a mix of genre — creature chaos in Anaconda, serious awards-minded drama in Nuremberg, family fun with SpongeBob and a wild horror spin on Bambi. At home, Goodbye June promises a powerful, darkly funny emotional hit on Netflix, while Sinners and Black Bag turn OSN+ into a haven for late-night thrill rides.

If you want to stay ahead of what’s landing next, bookmark the What to Watch This Week UAE hub and pair it with the dedicated platform hubs for cinemas, Netflix, OSN+, Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV and StarzPlay. And if you haven’t already, this is the perfect time to nudge readers toward signing up for your newsletter so they never miss the next wave of releases.

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