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Every new movie and TV show coming to Netflix in May

Published Apr 19th, 2017 10:54AM EDT
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April was the best month for Netflix originals in recent memory, but May has a decent chance of topping it. Not only are we finally going to get to see War Machine (the political satire movie starring Brad Pitt), but a ton of Netflix favorites are returning to the service next month, including Master of None, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Bloodline, Sense8 and House of Cards.

In addition to a massive selection of original shows and movies, we’ll also be getting new stand-up specials from Norm Macdonald, Sarah Silverman and Tracy Morgan. Oh, and we get Doctor Strange.

Check out the full list of additions for May 2017 below:

Available May 1st

  • American Experience: The Big Burn (2014)
  • American Experience: The Boys of ’36 (2017)
  • Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2008)
  • Blood on the Mountain (2016)
  • Chaahat (1996)
  • Chocolat (2000)
  • Decanted (2016)
  • Don’t Think Twice (2016)
  • Drifter (2017)
  • Forrest Gump (1994)
  • Happy Feet (2006)
  • In the Shadow of Iris—NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM
  • Love (2015)
  • Losing Sight of Shore (2017)
  • Malibu’s Most Wanted (2003)
  • Nerdland (2016)
  • Raja Hindustani (1996)
  • Richard Pryor: Icon (2014)
  • Under Arrest: Season 5 (2016)

Available May 2nd

  • Bodyguards: Secret Lives from the Watchtower (2016)
  • Hija De La Laguna (2015)
  • Maria Bamford: Old Baby—NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  • Two Lovers and a Bear (2016)

Available May 5th

  • Chelsea: Season 2 (streaming every Friday)—NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  • Handsome: A Netflix Mystery Movie—NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM
  • Kazoops!: Season 3—NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  • Sense8: Season 2—NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  • Simplemente Manu NNa—NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  • Spirit: Riding Free: Season 1—NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  • The Last Kingdom: Season 2—NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  • The Mars Generation—NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Available May 6th

  • Cold War 2 (2016)
  • When the Bough Breaks (2017)

Available May 7th

  • LoveTrue (2016)
  • Stake Land II (2016)
  • The Host (2013)

Available May 8th

  • Beyond the Gates (2016)
  • Hunter Gatherer (2016)

Available May 9th

  • Norm Macdonald: Hitler’s Dog, Gossip & Trickery—NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  • Queen of the South: Season 1 (2016)
  • All We Had (2016)

Available May 10th

  • El apóstata (2015)
  • The Adventure Club (2016)

Available May 11th

  • Switched at Birth: Season 5 (2017)
  • The Fosters: Season 4 (2016)

Available May 12th

  • All Hail King Julien: Exiled: Season 1—NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  • Anne with an E: Season 1—NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  • Get Me Roger Stone—NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  • Master of None: Season 2—NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  • Mindhorn—NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM
  • Sahara—NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM

Available May 15th

  • Command and Control (2016)
  • Cave (2016)
  • Lovesong (2016)
  • Sherlock: Series 4 (2016)
  • The Intent (2016)

Available May 16th

  • Tracy Morgan: Staying Alive—NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  • The Break-Up (2006)
  • The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)

Available May 18th

  • Royal Pains: Season 8 (2016)
  • Riverdale: Season 1 (2016)

Available May 19th

  • BLAME!—NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM
  • Laerte-se—NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  • The Keepers: Season 1—NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  • Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Season 3—NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Available May 21st

  • What’s With Wheat (2017)

Available May 22nd

  • Inglourious Basterds (2009)
  • They Call Us Monsters (2017)

Available May 23rd

  • Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King—NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  • Dig Two Graves (2014)

Available May 24th

  • Southpaw (2015)

Available May 26th

  • Believe (2016)
  • Bloodline: Season 3—NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  • I am Jane Doe (2017)
  • Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower—NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  • War Machine—NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM

Available May 28th

  • Bunk’d: Season 2 (2016)

Available May 29th

  • Forever Pure (2016)
  • A New High (2015)

Available May 30th

  • F is for Family: Season 2—NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  • House of Cards: Season 5—NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  • Marvel’s Doctor Strange (2016)
  • Masterminds
  • Sarah Silverman A Speck of Dust—NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Coming soon

  • Supergirl: Season 2 (2016)
  • Supernatural: Season 12 (2016)
  • The Flash: Season 3 (2016)

Check back soon for a full list of the movies and shows being removed from Netflix next month, and watch a short video featuring some of the highlights coming in May below:

Jacob Siegal
Jacob Siegal Associate Editor

Jacob Siegal is Associate Editor at BGR, having joined the news team in 2013. He has over a decade of professional writing and editing experience, and helps to lead our technology and entertainment product launch and movie release coverage.