Everything Coming to Netflix in May 2026

Netflix in May means a brand new adaptation of Lord of the Flies, an animated romp starring Oscar-winner Michael B.

Jordan, all the Meet the Parents/Fockers flicks (ahead of Focker-in-Law, which releases this November), the second season of Devil May Cry, modern horror classics like Nope and Black Phone 2, awesome films like Under the Skin and Starship Troopers, and the Duffer Brothers-produced sci-fi series, The Boroughs.

So even while you ponder the how/why/who of Netflix raising its prices once again, here's a rundown of every series, special, movie, and doc landing on Netflix in May...

Everything Coming to Netflix in April 2026

Coming Soon/TBD

• Jae-seok's B&B Rules!

  (South Korea, series)

May 1

• Glory (India, series)
• My Dearest Señorita (Spain, movie)
• Son-In-Law (Mexico, movie)
• Swapped (Netflix animated movie)

Highlight: Swapped

Looking for more Michael B.

Jordan in your life?

Who isn't?

Well, his first project following his wonderful win at this year's Oscars for his dual role in Ryan Coogler's Sinners is the animated buddy comedy, Swapped.

A small woodland mammal (voiced by Jordan) and a majestic bird (voiced by Juno Temple) – natural sworn enemies of The Valley – swap bodies and team up to survive the wildest adventure of their lives.

And wouldn't you know it – they learn valuable lessons along the way!

Tracy Morgan, Cedric the Entertainer, and Justina Machado also star.

If you haven't seen Jonathan Glazer's mesmerizing, unsettling Under the Skin – featuring Scarlett Johansson as an alien predator roaming Scotland and looking for men to, er, cosmically absorb – do yourself the ultimate favor.

It's haunting, confounding, probing...

all the "ings." It's everything you'd expect from one of A24's best.

Read our review of Under the Skin here.

• Veronica Mars
 (movie, 2014)
• Waterworld 
(movie, 1995)

May 4

• Dr.

  Seuss’s Horton!: Season 2 (animated series)

• Funny AF with Kevin Hart (live event, 6 PM PT / 9 PM ET)
• Lord of the Flies (available in the US only, series)

Highlight: Lord of the Flies

Jack Thorne's (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, His Dark Materials) adaptation of William Golding's classic brutal tale of humanity's default savagery lands on Netflix in the form of a 4-episode miniseries.

When a group of schoolboys crash-lands on a tropical island, their attempts to govern themselves lead to disastrous, bloody results.

David McKenna, Lox Pratt (HBO's new Draco Malfoy), and Winston Sawyers star.

May 5

• Funny AF with Kevin Hart finale (live event, 6 PM PT / 9 PM ET)

May 6

• Countdown: Rousey vs.

Carano (Netflix doc)

Love is Blind Poland (Poland, series)

Worst Ex Ever: Season 2 (Netflix series)

May 7

• The Chestnut Man: Hide and Seek (Denmark, series)
• Legends (UK, series)
• My Dearest Assassin (Thailand, movie)
• USA 94: Brazil's Return to Glory (Brazil, doc)

May 8

• My Royal Nemesis (South Korea, series)
• Remarkably Bright Creatures (Netflix movie)

Highlight: Remarkably Bright Creatures

Based on the best-selling novel by Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures stars Sally Field as the caretaker of an aquarium, Lewis Pullman as a down-on-his-luck young man who starts working at said aquarium, and Alfred "Doc Ock" Molina as the voice of an octopus (!) at the aquarium named Marcellus who bears witness (and narrates) these humans' unlikely friendship.

• Thank You, Next: Season 3 (Turkey, series)

May 10

• The Roast of Kevin Hart (live event)

May 11

• Mrs.

  Harris Goes to Paris (movie, 2022)

• Pop Culture Jeopardy! (Netflix series)

May 12

• Devil May Cry: Season 2 (Netflix series)
• Marty, Life Is Short (Netflix doc)
• Untold UK: Jamie Vardy (Netflix UK doc)

May 13

• Between Father and Son (Mexico, series)
• The Bus: A French Football Mutiny (France, doc)
• Perfect Match: Season 4 (Netflix series)
• Roosters: Season 2 (Netherlands, series)

May 14

• Nemesis (Netflix series)
• Soul Mate (Japan, series)

May 15

• Berlin and the Lady with an Ermine (Spain, series)
• The Crash (UK, doc)
• The WONDERfools (South Korea, series)

May 16

• Black Phone 2 (movie, 2025)

Highlight: Black Phone 2

Black Phone 2, which brings back the cast from the first film along with writer/director Scott Derrickson (and co-writer C.

Robert Cargill), spins the saga in a wild new direction, diving deeper into the lore involving the mysterious supernatural abilities of siblings Finney (Mason Thames) and Gwen (Madeleine McGraw), their late mother, and the late serial killer, the Grabber (Ethan Hawke).

It all leads to a remote mountain summer camp and a sinister showdown with a sadist operating from beyond the grave.

It's a blast!

Check out our review of The Black Phone 2 here.

• Ronda Rousey vs.

  Gina Carano (live event)

May 18

• Abraham Lincoln (3-ep miniseries, 2022)
• FDR (3-ep miniseries, 2023)
• Grant (3-ep miniseries, 2020)
• Theodore Roosevelt (3-ep miniseries, 2022)
• Thomas Jefferson (3-ep miniseries, 2025)
• Washington (3-ep miniseries, 2020)
• The Great War (docuseries, 2024)
• Law and Order: Season 23-24 (series)
• Navy SEALs: America's Secret Warriors : Seasons 1-2 (series)
• Nope (movie, 2022)

Highlight: Nope

Jordan Peele's third directorial effort is arguably his most rewarding upon multiple rewatches, constantly revealing new layers and deeper themes.

Seemingly about an alien craft looming above a family's horse ranch, Nope is about the desperate predatory nature of Hollywood and the abusive power of spectacle.

It's also just a great gd time, It stars Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer as siblings trying to catch a prize-winning glimpse of their extraterrestrial visitor, and Steven Yeun as their neighbor, a former kid actor who's turned his own personal tragedy into prosperity.

Read our review of Nope here.

May 19

• Untold UK: Liverpool's Miracle of Istanbul (UK, doc)
• Wanda Sykes: Legacy (stand-up special)

May 20

• Carizzma (Argentina, series)

May 21

• The Boroughs (Netflix series)

Highlight: The Boroughs

Thought you got enough of Alfred Molina and the Pullman family back in Remarkably Bright Creatures?

Too bad.

May means MOLINA and PULLMAN, because here's Alfred Molina again, not voicing an octopus, and BILL Pullman in The Boroughs – a new sci-fi series from the Duffer Brothers and creators Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews.

Geena Davis, Alfre Woodard, Jena Malone, Denis O'Hare, and The Wire's Clarke Peters also star in this Burbs-style adventure comedy about members of a picturesque retirement community banding together to stop an otherworldly threat.

• James. (Colombia, doc)

May 22

• Canada: Sprint Qualifying (live event)
• F1 Canadian Grand Prix: Practice 1 (live event)
• Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie (movie, 2025)
• Ladies First (Netflix movie)
• Mating Season (Netflix adult animated series)

May 23

• F1 Canadian Grand Prix: Qualifying (live event)
• F1 Canadian Grand Prix: Sprint (live event)

May 24

• F1 Canadian Grand Prix: Race (live event)

May 26

• Untold UK: Vinnie Jones (UK, doc)

May 27

• A Good Girl's Guide to Murder: Season 2 (Netflix series)
• My 2 Cents (Italy, series)
• Room to Move (movie, 2025)

May 28

• Dead Man's Wire (movie, 2025)

Highlight: Dead Man's Wire

Dead Man's Wire, from acclaimed director Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting, To Die For), sort of got buried among all the award season hopefuls when it was released this past January, but it's well worth a watch.

Inspired by the true story of the 1977 hostage standoff involving Tony Kiritsis, Dead Man's Wire stars Bill Skarsgård as Kiritsis, who kidnaps Richard Hall (played by Stranger Things' Dacre Montgomery), president of the Meridian Mortgage Company, and takes him hostage with a sawed-off shotgun wired with a "dead man's wire" from the trigger.

It's a thrilling dark comedy that will keep you riveted.

Cary Elwes, Myha'la, Colman Domingo, and Al Pacino round out the cast.

• The Four Seasons: Season 2 (Netflix series)
• Murder Mindfully: Season 2 (Germany, series)

May 29

• Brazil '70: The Third Star (Brazil, series)
• Calabasas Confidential (Netflix reality series)
• Rafa (Spain, doc)

May 30

• K-Pops! (movie, 2024)

May 31

• AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy (comedy special)
• The Theory of Everything (movie, 2014)

What's Leaving Netflix in May 2026

Here's a quick rundown of everything leaving Netflix in May, including some excellent films like Hell or High Water, Pig, and Sicario, along with high-tension zombie classic Train to Busan and its sequel, Peninsula!

Movies and Series Leaving May 1

• Blue Mountain State: Seasons 1-3
• Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland
• Focus
• Hell or High Water
• How to Train Your Dragon
• How to Train Your Dragon 2
• Joy Ride
• Lee Daniels' The Butler
• Sicario
• You've Got Mail

Leaving May 2

• Train to Busan
• Peninsula

Leaving May 9

• Documentary Now!: Seasons 1-4
• Sing Street

Leaving May 16

• Widow Clicquot

Leaving May 20

• The Addams Family
• The Addams Family 2

Leaving May 21

• Crossroads

Leaving May 26

• Pig

Leaving May 31

• Dirty John: Betty Broderick
• Dirty John: John Meehan
• Your Honor: Seasons 1-2