What’s New on Netflix in May 2023
The era of peak streaming is coming to an end — the riots at HBO Max , the belt-tightening at Paramount+ , whatever happens to Hulu — but Netflix still has very deep pockets. Deep enough to draw in star power that used to cost $20 million a movie. Star power like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jennifer Lopez.
Both promising actors will appear on Netflix in May. Schwarzenegger will star in FUBAR (May 25), a series about a father and daughter who discover they are both CIA agents and needlessly hid their true selves from each other for years. They team up as they try to contain their family drama while saving the world (reminds me a lot of Alias , but whatever).
Meanwhile, Lopez returns to the middle (thrillers about tough women) with The Mother (May 12), in which she plays a killer who lives offline for years and is forced to leave hiding in order to save her child. Not exactly a new premise, but “revenge is mother” is an admittedly good slogan – and it’s from Niki Caro, who directed the Oscar-nominated The Whale Rider , and it’s something.
More new releases will follow in May, including Bridgerton’s spin-off Queen Charlotte (May 4). The third season of the crazy sketch show “I Think You Should Go with Tim Robinson” airs on May 30th to please some Lifehacker (Claire Lower) employees. You can also watch new comedy specials from Wanda Sykes (May 23) and Hannah Gadsby (May 9). And fans of soothing background TV will no doubt be excited about the return of Queer Eye (season 7, which premieres on May 12) and Great British Baking Show: Juniors (May 7).
Here’s everything else coming (and leaving) Netflix in May.
What’s on Netflix in May 2023?
Coming soon (date to be confirmed)
- Siren: Island Survival – Netflix Series
Arrival May 1
- beyond suspicion
- airport
- Airport 77
- Airport 1975
- american gangster
- Austin Powers in Goldmember
- Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
- Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
- Black hawk down
- The Cable Guy
- Captain Phillips
- chicken escape
- rock climber
- Conan the Barbarian
- Croods
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Dawn of the Dead
- Flight
- For colored girls
- The girl who got interrupted
- glass castle
- Home again
- Jump
- Igor
- Kindergarten Police Officer
- The last fighter
- Autumn legends
- Lemony Snicket’s Accident Series
- Leon: professional
- Marshall
- paranormal activity
- Peter Pan (2003)
- Pitch perfect
- Rainbow School: Season 3
- Oh Those Kids : Seasons 1-2
- The Smurfs : Season 1
- Starship Troopers
- steel magnolias
- Tale of Despero
- This is the end
- Traffic
- Vampires
- wedding date
- Young Victoria
Arrival May 2
- Love Village – Netflix Series
- The Tailor – Netflix Series
Arrival May 3
- Jewish Matchmaking – Netflix Series
- The Great British Cooking Show: The Juniors : Season 7 – Netflix Series
Arrival May 4
- arctic dogs
- Maggot Family – Netflix Family
- Queen Charlotte: The Bridgerton Story – Netflix Series
- Sanctuary – Netflix Series
Arrival May 6
- A man named Otto
Arrival May 8
- Justice League : Seasons 1-2
- Justice League Unlimited : Seasons 1-2
- Ghost Rangers : Season 2 – Netflix Family
Arrival May 9
- Documentary Now!: Season 4
- Hannah Gadsby: Something Special – Netflix Comedy
Arrival May 10
- Dance Brothers – Netflix Series
- Missing Persons: Dead or Alive? – Netflix documentary
- Queen Cleopatra – Netflix Documentary
Arrival May 11
- Royalty: Princess Margrethe – Netflix Film
- Saint Vincent
- Ultraman : Season 3 – Anime Netflix
Arrival May 12
- The Black Knight – Netflix Series
- Call me Kate
- Mother – Netflix movie
- Mulligan – Netflix series
- Queer Eye : Season 7 – Netflix Series
Arrival May 13
- UglyDolls
Arrival May 16
- Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me – Netflix Documentary
Arrival May 17
- Sincerely – Netflix Film
- Fanfic – Movie Netflix
- La Reina del Sur : Season 3
- McGREGOR FOREVER – Netflix Documentary
- Rhythm + Flow, France : Season 2 – Netflix Series
- Work: What We Do All Day – Netflix Documentary
Arrival May 18
- Kitty Katz – Netflix Family
- XO Kitty – Netflix series
- Yakitori: Soldiers of Doom – Netflix Series
Arrival May 19
- Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom – Netflix Film
- Catal: Jackfruit Mystery – Netflix Film
- Silent – Netflix Series
- Selling the Sunset : Season 6 – Netflix Series
- Young, Famous & Africans : Season 2 – Netflix Series
Arrival May 22
- Batman : Seasons 1-5
- Boss Baby
- Cases of Creatures: Chapter 3 – Netflix Family
Arrival May 23
- All American : Season 5
- MerPeople – Netflix documentary
- Victim/Suspect – Netflix Documentary
- Wanda Sykes: I’m an Artist – Netflix Comedy
Arrival May 24
- Heavy Feelings – Netflix movie
- Mother’s Day – Netflix movie
- Rhythm + Flow, France : Season 2 – Netflix Series (new episodes)
- Ultimatum: Strange Love – Netflix Series
Arrival May 25
- FUBAR – Netflix series
Arrival May 26
- BBQ Showdown Season 2 – Netflix Series
- Blood and Gold – Netflix movie
- Dirty grandpa
- Tin and Tina – Netflix Film
- Turn of the Tide – Netflix Series
Arrival May 30
- I Think You Should Go With Tim Robinson : Season 3 – Netflix Comedy
Arrival May 31
- heartland season 15
- Errie Mixing – Netflix Film
- Rhythm + Flow, France : Season 2 – Netflix Series (new episodes)
- Ultimatum: Strange Love – Netflix Series (new episodes)
What’s leaving Netflix in May 2023
Departure May 4
- Puppy Star: World Tour
Departure May 10
- Border City : Seasons 1-3
Departure May 13th.
- Weed the people
Departure May 14
- Booba: The Food Puzzle : Season 1
Departure May 16
- Side effects
Departure May 18
- Last few days
Departure May 27th.
- Associated beauty
Departure May 29th.
- 2nd
Departure May 31
- Barbershop 2: back in business
- Boy
- Edge of Seventeen
- galaxy quest
- Hachi: A Dog’s Tale
- small boxes
- Midnight Dinner : Seasons 1-3
- My girlfriend
- Rango
- The space between us
- Stolen
- We die young