New on Netflix in May 2026 — The Full List of Movies and TV Shows

Netflix is celebrating summer a little earlier than usual this year with a parade of new movies and TV shows set to debut in May.

The streamer has lined up a slew of high-profile new and returning TV shows, with The Four Seasons season 2 starring Tina Fey and Colman Domingo, a new Lord of the Flies adaptation and the sports docuseries Rafa at the top of Watch With Us‘ list.

Netflix is also premiering some great new original movies, like Remarkably Bright Creatures with Sally Field and Lewis Pullman, and a Martin Short documentary.

Read the full list of Netflix’s new movies and TV shows in May 2026 below.

May 1

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Airport
Airport ’77
Airport 1975
Bad News Bears
The Boss
The Breakfast Club
Burn After Reading
Den of Thieves
Domestic Disturbance
Eat Pray Love
Fried Green Tomatoes
Glory
Green Book
Hitch
Home
Jennifer’s Body
Jumanji
Jumping the Broom
La Brea – Seasons 1-3
The Land Before Time
Little Fockers
Meet the Parents
Meet the Fockers
My Dearest Señorita
National Lampoon’s Animal House
Ouija
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Pretty Woman
The Proposal
Schindler’s List
Son-In-Law
Starship Troopers
Swapped
Trainwreck
Under the Skin
Veronica Mars
Waterworld

May 4

Dr. Seuss’s Horton! – Season 2
Funny AF with Kevin Hart
Lord of the Flies

May 5

Funny AF with Kevin Hart

May 6

Countdown: Rousey vs. Carano
Love is Blind Poland
Worst Ex Ever – Season 2

May 7

The Chestnut Man: Hide and Seek
Legends
My Dearest Assassin
USA 94: Brazil’s Return to Glory

May 8

My Royal Nemesis
Remarkably Bright Creatures
Thank You, Next – Season 3

May 10

The Roast of Kevin Hart

May 11

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Pop Culture Jeopardy!

May 12

Devil May Cry – Season 2
Marty, Life Is Short
Untold UK: Jamie Vardy

May 13

Between Father and Son
The Bus: A French Football Mutiny
Perfect Match- Season 4
Roosters – Season 2

May 14

Nemesis
Soul Mate

May 15

Berlin and the Lady with an Ermine
The Crash
The WONDERfools

May 16

Black Phone 2
Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano

May 18

Abraham Lincoln – Season 1
FDR – Season 1
Grant – Season 1
The Great War
Law and Order – Seasons 23-24
Navy SEALs: America’s Secret Warriors – Seasons 1-2
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Theodore Roosevelt – Season 1
Thomas Jefferson – Season 1
Washington – Season 1