This month on Netflix, dozens of new features are dropping, adding to the platform’s already extensive catalog of original and acquired programming, and we couldn’t be more excited. On the originals side, May brings several new star-studded releases, including Nonnas starring Vince Vaughn, Joe Manganiello and Susan Sarandon. Also arriving are Fear Street: Prom Queen and three new installments of the acclaimed sports documentary series, Untold.
There are also loads of older titles headed to the Netflix library, like Celine Song’s Oscar-nominated Past Lives and the creepy 2022 thriller Smile. Whether you’re in the mood for true crime, family fun or action and adventure, Netflix is dropping a little of everything this May.
As you browse for something new, check out our hot list of the biggest, most anticipated titles coming to Netflix this May to see what’s in store.
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Past Lives (May 1)
Netflix’s original sports documentary series Untold returns this May with three new feature-length specials, each one diving deep into a specific topic. The first film, Shooting Guards, premieres on May 6 and explores the story of Washington Wizards teammates Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton. Their personal tensions exploded in 2009 when they threatened each other with guns in the locker room, leading to suspensions for the rest of the season.The film provides a thorough account of their story, including Crittenton’s eventual manslaughter conviction on unrelated charges. Untold: The Liver King, about disgraced wellness influencer Brian Johnson, will premiere May 13, and Untold: The Fall of Favre, about NFL star Brett Favre, arrives May 20.
Last Bullet (May 7)
Vince Vaughn headlines the new, sentimental Netflix dramedy Nonnas, about a man who honors his late mother by opening a restaurant that serves up some of her comforting family recipes. The hook? The restaurant’s chefs are all Italian grannies — the titular nonnas — played by Susan Sarandon, Lorraine Bracco, Talia Shire and Brenda Vaccaro. The film is directed by Stephen Chbosky, and Joe Manganiello and Linda Cardellini round out the cast.
A Deadly American Marriage (May 9)
Smile, the debut film from Parker Finn, has gained a reputation as one of the creepiest, most fun psychological thrillers of the past few years (and it was successful enough to get a sequel just two years later). The film stars Sosie Bacon as a psychiatrist named Rose Cotter who witnesses a patient commit suicide because of a supernatural entity with a creepy smile. Much like The Ring, once you see the creepy smiler, death is imminent and Rose is not immune, but this thriller blends that kind of true horror with some thoughtful meditations on trauma, too.
Fear Street: Prom Queen (May 23)
After the success of the 2022 film Off Track, Netflix is releasing a sequel to the cozy Swedish dramedy about a pair of siblings who enter a bicycle race just as their personal lives seem to be in dire need of a tune-up. Katia Winters reprises the role of Lisa, who is set on taking on the 200-mile-long Vätternrundan bike race with her brother Daniel. When Daniel’s marriage starts to fall apart, he focuses on his wife rather than on racing with Lisa, and Lisa in turn, starts to worry that her own relationship with her boyfriend Anders has hit the skids, too.
The Wild Robot (May 24)
A Widow’s Game, directed by Carlos Sedes, is a Spanish film based on a true crime case known as “the Black Widow of Patraix.” In August 2017, the body of a man who had been stabbed seven times was discovered in a parking lot in Valencia. When the city’s Homicide Group begins its investigation, the prime suspect quickly becomes the man’s widow, Maje — a charming young woman hiding all kinds of secrets.
