{"id":48431,"date":"2025-05-02T18:13:03","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T22:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/entertainment\/the-best-movies-and-tv-shows-coming-to-netflix-in-may\/02\/05\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-05-02T18:13:03","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T22:13:03","slug":"the-best-movies-and-tv-shows-coming-to-netflix-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/entertainment\/the-best-movies-and-tv-shows-coming-to-netflix-in-may\/02\/05\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Movies and TV Shows Coming to Netflix in May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">Every month, Netflix adds movies and TV shows to its library. Here are our picks for some of May\u2019s most promising new titles for U.S. subscribers. (Note: Streaming services occasionally change schedules without giving notice. For more recommendations on what to stream, sign up for our <\/em><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/newsletters\/watching\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">Watching newsletter here<\/em><\/a><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">.)<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-1u37br4 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-3cc853df\">\u2018The Four Seasons\u2019 Season 1<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Starts streaming:<\/strong> May 1<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Alan Alda\u2019s hit 1981 romantic comedy \u201cThe Four Seasons\u201d is about three couples whose regular shared vacations are disrupted by a divorce. Tina Fey, Lang Fisher and Tracey Wigfield created this updated take on the film, which examines how marital dissatisfaction persists even as times change. Fey plays Kate, the group\u2019s persnickety planner, whose marriage to the genial college professor Jack (Will Forte) is rattled when their friend Nick (Steve Carell) announces that he is bored with his wife, Anne (Kerri Kenney-Silver). The third couple, Danny (Colman Domingo) and Claude (Marco Calvani), seem less stressed, but secretly they also wonder if they can make it to the \u201cgrow old together\u201d phase of their relationship. Fey and company set aside the wackiness of their past series \u201c30 Rock\u201d and \u201cUnbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,\u201d instead finding more down-to-earth humor in middle-aged melancholy.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-1u37br4 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-6698d90d\">\u2018Forever\u2019 Season 1<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Starts streaming:<\/strong> May 8<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Adapted from the controversial 1975 young adult novel by Judy Blume, \u201cForever\u201d is about two Los Angeles high schoolers who meet at a party and fall for each other, then find their romance complicated by the near-constant drama that is adolescence. Lovie Simone plays Keisha, a budding track star with a bad reputation among some of her classmates. Michael Cooper Jr. plays Justin, a sweet-natured basketball player with a learning disability and demanding parents. Created by Mara Brock Akil (best known for the sitcom \u201cGirlfriends\u201d) and executive produced by Regina King, among others, this series deals with sex, race, class, peer pressure and the highs and lows of living in Los Angeles. (King also directs a few episodes.) But it is mainly about the intensity of young love.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-1u37br4 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-75cb7b8f\">\u2018Bad Thoughts\u2019 Season 1<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Starts streaming:<\/strong> May 13<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The comedian and podcaster Tom Segura created this sketch comedy series, which takes common scenarios from both pop culture and everyday life and then presents them in their sickest, darkest, most unapologetically disgusting \u201cwhat if\u201d versions. Like: What if a hit man shot the wrong target \u2026 and then had explosive diarrhea? Segura takes the lead role in some of these vignettes, bringing a vibe similar to the one in his stand-up act, playing the goofy Everyman unafraid to say inappropriate things. \u201cBad Thoughts\u201d also features writing and directing contributions from Jeremy Konner, one of the brains behind the similarly raunchy and unfiltered \u201cDrunk History.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-1u37br4 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-5fcff21\">\u2018Sirens\u2019<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Starts streaming:<\/strong> May 22<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The playwright Molly Smith Metzler \u2014 who previously created the Emmy-nominated Netflix mini-series \u201cMaid\u201d \u2014 adapts her own play \u201cElemeno Pea\u201d for this satirical drama, set during one busy weekend at a high-end beachfront estate. Meghann Fahy plays Devon, a working class Buffalo gal who becomes tired of shouldering all the responsibility for her ailing father (Bill Camp) and decides to confront her estranged sister, Simone (Milly Alcock), who has been working as the personal assistant to the billionaire environmental activist Michaela (Julianne Moore). Metzler and the cast (which also includes Kevin Bacon as Michaela\u2019s husband and Glenn Howerton as Simone\u2019s boyfriend) compares the insular, almost cultlike world of the superrich with the bullheadedness of Devon, who refuses to be polite and deferential to anyone.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-1u37br4 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-4dbdc2ad\">\u2018Department Q\u2019 Season 1<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Starts streaming:<\/strong> May 29<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Jussi Adler-Olsen\u2019s \u201cNordic noir\u201d novel series \u201cDepartment Q\u201d gets an English-language TV adaptation, set in Scotland and written and directed by Scott Frank (\u201cThe Queen\u2019s Gambit\u201d). Matthew Goode plays Carl Morck, a surly police detective who is still recovering from a deadly ambush at a crime scene when he gets a new career opportunity: leading investigations of cold cases chosen by the prosecutor Merritt Lingard (Chloe Pirrie), who wants to reassure citizens that the bad guys won\u2019t get away clean. Morck partners with Akram Salim (Alexej Manvelov), a refugee Syrian cop whom no one else on the force wants in their division. Fans of the Apple TV+ series \u201cSlow Horses\u201d will recognize some similarities here, in the story of institutional outcasts who just need another chance to prove their use.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-1u37br4 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-757aea64\">Also arriving:<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">May 1<\/strong><br \/>\u201cThe Biggest Fan\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">May 2<\/strong><br \/>\u201cUnseen\u201d Season 2<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">May 4<\/strong><br \/>\u201cConan O\u2019Brien: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">May 5<\/strong><br \/>\u201cBritain and the Blitz\u201d<br \/>\u201cMighty Monsterwheelies\u201d Season 2<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">May 6<\/strong><br \/>\u201cThe Devil\u2019s Plan\u201d Season 2<br \/>\u201cUntold: Shooting Guards\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">May 7<\/strong><br \/>\u201cFull Speed\u201d Season 2<br \/>\u201cLast Bullet\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">May 8<\/strong><br \/>\u201cBlood of Zeus\u201d Season 3<br \/>\u201cHeart Eyes\u201d<br \/>\u201cKarol G: Tomorrow Was Beautiful\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">May 9<\/strong><br \/>\u201cBad Influence\u201d<br \/>\u201cA Deadly American Marriage\u201d<br \/>\u201cNonnas\u201d<br \/>\u201cThe Royals\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">May 11<\/strong><br \/>\u201cABBA: Against the Odds\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">May 12<\/strong><br \/>\u201cTastefully Yours\u201d Season 1<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">May 13<\/strong><br \/>\u201cUntold: The Liver King\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">May 14<\/strong><br \/>\u201cAmerican Manhunt: Osama bin Laden\u201d<br \/>\u201cFred and Rose West: A British Horror Story\u201d<br \/>\u201cSnakes and Ladders\u201d Season 1<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">May 15<\/strong><br \/>\u201cBet\u201d Season 1<br \/>\u201cLove, Death &amp; Robots\u201d Season 4<br \/>\u201cFranklin\u201d Season 1<br \/>\u201cPernille\u201d Season 5<br \/>\u201cSecrets We Keep\u201d Season 1<br \/>\u201cThank You, Next\u201d Season 2<br \/>\u201cVini Jr.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">May 16<\/strong><br \/>\u201cDear Hongrang\u201d Season 1<br \/>\u201cFootball Parents\u201d Season 1<br \/>\u201cThe Quilters\u201d<br \/>\u201cRotten Legacy\u201d Season 1<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">May 20<\/strong><br \/>\u201cSarah Silverman: Postmortem\u201d<br \/>\u201cUntold: The Fall of Favre\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">May 21<\/strong><br \/>\u201cNewly Rich, Newly Poor\u201d Season 1<br \/>\u201cReal Men\u201d Season 1<br \/>\u201cSneaky Links: Dating After Dark\u201d Season 1<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">May 22<\/strong><br \/>\u201cTyler Perry\u2019s She the People\u201d Season 1<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">May 23<\/strong><br \/>\u201cAir Force Elite: Thunderbirds\u201d<br \/>\u201cBig Mouth\u201d Season 8<br \/>\u201cFear Street: Prom Queen\u201d<br \/>\u201cForget You Not\u201d Season 1<br \/>\u201cOff Track 2\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">May 24<\/strong><br \/>\u201cThe Wild Robot\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">May 26<\/strong><br \/>\u201cCoComelon\u201d Season 13<br \/>\u201cCold Case: The Tylenol Murders\u201d<br \/>\u201cMike Birbiglia: The Good Life\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">May 28<\/strong><br \/>\u201cF1: The Academy\u201d Season 1<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">May 30<\/strong><br \/>\u201cThe Heart Knows\u201d<br \/>\u201cA Widow\u2019s Game\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/02\/arts\/television\/netflix-new-may.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every month, Netflix adds movies and TV shows to its library. 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