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New on Netflix: The Best Movies and TV Shows Coming in May

Soon to debut on the streaming platform are Amy Adams’ The Woman in the Window, a new Ryan Murphy series titled Halston, and the final half of Selena: The Series.

As summer draws near, so too do Netflix’s highly-anticipated May offerings. The next project in Ryan Murphy’s blockbuster deal with Netflix arrives this month: a biographical series about famed designer Roy Halston starring Ewan McGregor. Also on the horizon is a third season of Aziz Ansari’s Master of None, which returns after a four-year hiatus amid sexual misconduct allegations made against the show’s creator and star. Then there’s a third and final season of The Kominsky Method, the Chuck Lorre series starring Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin that made an awards season splash during its brief run. The title of most anticipated movie of the month belongs to The Woman in the Window, an adaptation of A.J. Finn’s bestselling thriller that casts Amy Adams in the haunting lead role. 

And there’s much more content where that came from. Ahead, a list of major releases from Netflix in May.

Back to the Future trilogy (May 1): Marty McFly has transported himself back to Netflix. All three films in Robert Zemeckis’ iconic time-traveling series (1985’s Back to the Future, 1989’s Back to the Future Part II, and 1990’s Back to the Future Part III) star Michael J. Fox as a puffer vest-wearing teenager who leaps from one era to another with ease. He’s joined by the trusty Doc Brown (played with endless charisma by Christopher Lloyd) and a tricked out DeLorean that never loses its onscreen electricity.

Notting Hill (May 1): It doesn’t matter how many times you’ve watched this girl (Julia Roberts) stand in front of a boy (Hugh Grant) with a request to love her—you’ll still want to come armed with a box of tissues. They’re assisted by comedic performances from Rhys Ifans, Emma Chambers, and a pre-Downton Abbey Hugh Bonenville. Plus, it takes the cake for best use of the late Bill Withers’ song “Ain’t No Sunshine.”

Selena: The Series: Part 2 (May 4): The conclusion of Netflix’s Selena Quintanilla biopic series arrives just a few weeks shy of what would have been her 50th birthday. This half of the show, which is produced by members of the Quintanilla family, will chart the making of her first English-language album and the ill-fated friendship that led to her tragic 1995 murder.

The Woman in the Window (May 14): Amy Adams is on another mission to bag her first Oscar. This time, she stars in Joe Wright’s psychological thriller about an agoraphobic woman whose mind plays tricks on her when she witnesses a potential killing. The only thing that could outshine this release, co-starring Julianne Moore, Gary Oldman, Anthony Mackie, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Brian Tyree Henry, is the drama surrounding its disgraced author, Daniel Mallory, and his literary scammer past.

What’s New on Netflix in May 2021

May 1

Aliens Stole My Body

Angelina Ballerina: Season 5

Angelina Ballerina: Season 6

Back to the Future

Back to the Future Part II

Back to the Future Part III

Barney and Friends: Season 13

Barney and Friends: Season 14

Best of the Best

Dead Again in Tombstone

Due Date

Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

Green Zone

Hachi: A Dog’s Tale

JT LeRoy

Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted

Mystic River

Never Back Down

Notting Hill

Open Season

Resident Evil: Afterlife

Resident Evil: Extinction

S.M.A.R.T Chase

Scarface

SITTING IN LIMBO

Stargate

State of Play

The Land Before Time

The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure

The Lovely Bones

The Pelican Brief

The Sweetest Thing

The Whole Nine Yards (2000)

Under Siege

Waist Deep

Your Highness

Zack and Miri Make a Porno

Zombieland

May 2

Hoarders: Season 11

May 4

The Clovehitch Killer

Selena: The Series: Part 2 (NETFLIX ORIGINAL)

Trash Truck: Season 2 (NETFLIX FAMILY)

May 5

Framing John DeLorean

The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness (NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY)

May 6

Dead Man Down

May 7

Girl from Nowhere: Season 2 (NETFLIX ORIGINAL)

Jupiter’s Legacy (NETFLIX ORIGINAL)

Milestone (NETFLIX FILM)

Monster (NETFLIX FILM)

May 8

Mine (NETFLIX ORIGINAL)

Sleepless

May 11

Money, Explained (NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY)

May 12

Dance of the Forty One (NETFLIX FILM)

Oxygen (NETFLIX FILM)

The Upshaws (NETFLIX ORIGINAL)

May 13

Castlevania: Season 4 (NETFLIX ANIME)

Layer Cake

May 14

Ferry (NETFLIX FILM)

Haunted: Season 3 (NETFLIX ORIGINAL)

I Am All Girls (NETFLIX FILM)

Jungle Beat: The Movie (NETFLIX FILM)

Love, Death & Robots: Volume 2 (NETFLIX ORIGINAL)

Move to Heaven (NETFLIX ORIGINAL)

The Strange House (NETFLIX FILM)

The Woman in the Window (NETFLIX FILM)

May 16

Sleight

May 18

Sardar Ka Grandson (NETFLIX FILM)

May 19

The Last Days

Sabotage 

Small Town Crime

Who Killed Sara?: Season 2 (NETFLIX ORIGINAL)

May 20

Hating Peter Tatchell

Special: Season 2 (NETFLIX ORIGINAL)

Spy Kids: All the Time in the World

May 21

Army of the Dead (NETFLIX FILM)

Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous: Season 3 (NETFLIX FAMILY)

The Neighbor: Season 2 (NETFLIX ORIGINAL)

May 22

Sam Smith: Love Goes – Live At Abbey Road Studios

May 25

Home

May 26

Baggio: The Divine Ponytail (NETFLIX FILM)

High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America (NETFLIX FILM)

Nail Bomber: Manhunt (NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY)

May 27

Black Space (NETFLIX ORIGINAL)

Blue Miracle (NETFLIX FILM)

Eden (NETFLIX ANIME)

Soy Rada: Serendipity (NETFLIX COMEDY SPECIAL)

May 28

Dog Gone Trouble (NETFLIX FAMILY)

Lucifer: Season 5 Part 2 (NETFLIX ORIGINAL)

The Kominsky Method: Season 3 (NETFLIX ORIGINAL)

May 31

Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story

The Parisian Agency: Exclusive Properties (NETFLIX ORIGINAL)

What’s Leaving Netflix in May 2021

New arrivals mean sorrowful departures from Netflix, which will be parting ways with several major titles, including  Steven Spielberg’s odyssey about a World War I-era stallion, War Horse; Michelle Williams’ uncanny portrayal of Hollywood’s most beloved, yet tragic star, My Week with Marilyn; Meryl Streep’s love affair with both Stanley Tucci and butter in Julie & Julia; and all four seasons of Benedict Cumberbatch’s twisty take on Sherlock

May 1

Hoarders: Season 10

May 3

War Horse

May 5

Hangman

May 6

City of God: 10 Years Later

Lockout

May 7

The Chosen Ones

House at the End of the Street

May 10

Quartet

May 14

Sherlock: Series 1-4

May 18

Trumbo

May 29

American Crime: Seasons 1-3

My Week with Marilyn

The One I Love

May 31

50 First Dates

Act of Valor

All Dogs Go to Heaven

The Blair Witch Project

Brokeback Mountain

The Boy

Deliver Us from Eva

The Help

I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry

Julie & Julia

Marauders

Milk

Miracle

National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation

Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz

The Pursuit of Happyness

The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior

The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption

Soul Surfer

Striptease

Waiting…

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