Dec 31, 2025 3 min read

What to Watch This Week in the UAE (December 29, 2025)

Stranger Things 5 Vol. 3, Run Away, Beneath the Light, A Minecraft Movie, The Woman in the Yard and more – here’s what to watch this week across cinemas, Netflix, OSN+ and StarzPlay in the UAE.

This week’s watchlist brings a mix of big finales, dark mysteries and imaginative escapes across UAE cinemas and streaming platforms. You’ll find the highlights below, and you can always hop back to the main What to Watch This Week UAE hub to browse earlier weeks.

If you missed last week’s top picks like Anaconda, Nuremberg, Goodbye June, The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants, Sinners and Black Bag, they’re still worth catching where available. You’ll find where to watch them in our previous What to Watch This Week – December 22, 2025 guide plus the hubs for New in Cinemas UAE, New on Netflix UAE and New on OSN+ UAE.

This Week’s Top 5 Must-See Picks

Start here, then dive into the platform sections or the standalone guides:

Stranger Things Season 5 Vol. 3 – Netflix

Run Away – Season 1 – Netflix

Beneath the Light – In cinemas

A Minecraft Movie – OSN+

The Woman in the Yard – OSN+

For deeper breakdowns, you can also read:

In Cinemas Across the UAE

Check local showtimes and formats (IMAX, 4DX, etc.) via New in Cinemas UAE.

Beneath the Light

Horror / Thriller | TBC

Jacob takes a job at a remote lighthouse to escape his past and reconnect with a childhood friend, but the isolation, strange visions and a fragile new romance slowly blur the line between reality and obsession.

Starring Zach Tinker, John Pyper-Ferguson and Ana Nicolle Chavez, Beneath the Light reaches UAE cinemas from 1 January 2026 at Vox and other major chains.

Affinity

Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller | TBC

A former Navy SEAL living off the grid tries to rebuild his life while battling PTSD. When the mysterious woman who gives him a reason to hope suddenly vanishes, he’s forced to unleash his old skills and dive back into a violent world he thought he’d left behind.

Affinity, starring Louis Mandylor, Marko Zaror and Brooke Ence, also opens in UAE cinemas from 1 January 2026.

New on Netflix UAE

For the full slate, keep New on Netflix UAE open.

Stranger Things Season 5 Vol. 3

Thriller / Horror / Sci-Fi | 18+

The Hawkins saga comes to a close. What began with a missing kid and a secret lab finally reaches its endgame as Eleven, her friends and the adults who’ve been fighting beside them face one last confrontation with the Upside Down. Volume 3 delivers an epic 2-hour-8-minute finale that wraps up years of storylines.

Streams on Netflix from 31 December 2025.

Run Away – Season 1

Thriller / Crime / Mystery | 18+

In this Harlan Coben thriller, Simon’s perfect life implodes when his daughter disappears. When he finally finds her again, a violent incident sends her fleeing, pulling him into a criminal underworld where every new clue uncovers another ugly secret.

Run Away premieres on Netflix from 1 January 2026.

New on OSN+ UAE

OSN+ brings both family adventure and eerie horror this week. See more on New on OSN+ UAE.

A Minecraft Movie

Action / Adventure / Comedy | PG15

Four ordinary people are pulled through a portal into a blocky, rule-bending world where everything is made of cubes and imagination is survival. To get home, they must learn to craft, fight and team up with an expert builder on a quest across this strange landscape.

Streams on OSN+ from 31 December 2025.

The Woman in the Yard

Horror / Drama / Thriller | 18+

A family’s quiet life is shattered when a mysterious woman starts appearing in their yard, watching, warning and hinting at dangers only she can see. As her visits escalate and her backstory unravels, paranoia and fear consume the household.

Streams on OSN+ from 31 December 2025.

New on StarzPlay UAE

The Holiday List

Comedy | 15

After losing her formidable mother-in-law, a woman decides the only way to mend her fractured, chaotic family is to force everyone back together for the holidays – whether they like it or not. Her heartfelt plan spirals into emotional confrontations, messy secrets and a few real breakthroughs.

The Holiday List, starring Brittany Snow, Lucas Bravo and Simon Callow, is now streaming on StarzPlay.