IT WOULD BE EASY to approach the coming of winter with an attitude of pessimism. With only one mild Autumn month remaining, daylight hours are dwindling, morning runs are becoming increasingly brisk, and post-work trips to the gym are frequently being traded for evenings spent huddling under a heated blanket. But like we said, that would be the easier approach to take, and we prefer to look on the bright side here. While the cooler weather likely means you’ll be spending more time indoors, positives can be drawn from that shift. The foremost of which is having ample time to catch up on the latest hit films and shows coming to streaming services.
There will be something for everyone on streaming platforms in May. Whether you’re a fan of gripping sports dramas or side-splitting comedies. But that’s part of the problem. The big hitters like Netflix, Disney+ and Stan are so packed with content that it makes it difficult to discern what’s worth your time and what’s best left on the backburner – especially when you’re prone to indecision and are paying for the luxury of choice.
Not to worry though, Men’s Health has you covered. Featuring everything from critically acclaimed blockbusters finally making their digital debuts to the premiere of long-awaited original series, we’ve rounded up all the very best films and shows coming to streaming platforms in May 2024.
What’s new on Netflix in May?
May Netflix Highlight – A Man in Full
With Succession drawing to a close with its final season in 2023, fans of the series on the lookout for a similar bingeworthy drama will find it in A Man in Full. Based on Tom Wolfe’s bestselling novel of the same name, A Man in Full follows an unscrupulous real estate mogul who must defend his crumbling empire from rival businessmen and crude politicians when faced with sudden bankruptcy. Jeff Daniels stars in the leading role, a decidedly different look from what many viewers will know him for (Dumb and Dumber).
Also coming to Netflix in May is Unfrosted. Riding on the coattails of successful 2023 documentary films like Air and Blackberry, Unfrosted also dramatises the early years of a now lucrative business – Kellogg’s, and the creation of pop-tarts. Unfrosted is Jerry Seinfeld’s directorial debut and will carry a lighter tone than the other films of its business-docudrama genre. Expect Bodkin to garner its fair share of viewers as well, in light of the recent societal obsession with true crime stories. The series is a thriller/dark comedy and sees a group of podcasters journey to a quaint Irish town to investigate a slate of mysterious, decades-old disappearances.
May 1
- Airport
- Airport ’77
- Airport 1975
- The Best Man Holiday
- Blended
- Blue Mountain State, seasons 1-3
- Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland
- Deaw Special: Super Soft Power
- Down The Rabbit Hole
- Eat Pray Love
- The Edge of Seventeen
- The Equalizer
- Frankly Speaking
- The Gentlemen
- Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar
- Hellboy (2019)
- Hulk
- Jumanji (1995)
- Liar Liar
- Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
- The Matrix Resurrections
- Mortal Kombat (2021)
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith
- The Nutty Professor
- The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
- Outlander, season 6
- Patriots Day
- Public Enemies
- Ride Along
- Shrek
- Shrek Forever After
- Starship Troopers
- Traffic
- The Wedding Planner
- White House Down
- Woody Woodpecker
- The Young Victoria
May 2
- A Man in Full
- Beautiful Rebel
- Lola
- Secrets of the Neanderthals
- T・P BON
May 3
- 2 Hearts
- John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s In L.A
- Postcards
- Selling the OC, season 3
- The Unbroken Voice, season 2
- Unfrosted
May 4
- The Atypical Family
- Katt Williams: Woke Foke
May 5
- The Peanut Butter Falcon
- Roast of Tom Brady
May 6
- 30 for 30: Broke
- 30 for 30: Deion’s Double Play
- 30 for 30: The Two Escobars
- John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s In L.A
- Reba, seasons 1-6
May 7
- Super Rich in Korea
May 8
- The Final: Attack on Wembley
- War Dogs
May 9
- Bodkin
- The Guardian of the Monarchs
- Mother of The Bride
- Sing Street
- Thank You, Next
May 10
- Blood of Zeus, season 2
- Cooking Up Murder: Uncovering the Story of César Román
- Living With Leopards
- Pokémon Horizons: The Series, part 2
- The Ultimatum: South Africa
May 11
- Mark Twain Prize Award: Kevin Hart
May 13
- Archer, seasons 1-13
- Princess Power, season 3
May 14
- Married at First Sight, season 15
May 15
- Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Scandal
- The Clovehitch Killer
May 16
- Bridgerton, season 3, part 1
- Dumb and Dumber To
- Maestro in Blue, season 2
- Upgrade
May 17
- The 8 Show
- Power
- Thelma the Unicorn
May 19
- A Simple Favor
- Golden Kamuy
May 20
- The Parisian Agency: Exclusive Properties, season 4
May 21
- Rachel Feinstein: Big Guy
- Wildfire, seasons 1-4
May 22
- Act Your Age, season 1
- Toughest Forces on Earth
May 23
- Garouden: The Way of the Lone Wolf
- In Good Hands 2
- Tires
May 24
- Atlas
- Butterfly in the Sky: The Story of Reading Rainbow
- Jurassic World: Chaos Theory
- Mulligan, part 2
- My Oni Girl
May 28
- Bionic
- Colors of Evil: Red
- Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult
- Patrick Melrose
May 30
- Eric
- Geek Girl
May 31
- A Part of You
- Chola Chabuca
- How to Ruin Love: The Proposal
- Raising Voices
- Tòkunbọ̀
What’s new on Disney+ in May?
May Disney+ Highlight – Welcome to Wrexham, season 3
After a quiet few months, Disney+ is back in a big way. Welcome to Wrexham‘s third season will premiere on May 3rd, chronicling Wrexham’s first season back in the English Football League and third under the guidance of celebrity owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. Spoiler alert, the team just defeated league leaders Stockport to finish second on the table and secure promotion to the English Football League One next season, so expect another success story.
Elsewhere, the newest series of Doctor Who will be streaming exclusively on Disney+, with Ncuti Gatwa – previously of Sex Education fame – as the first ever black actor to play the titular role. For Star Wars fans, May 4th – practically a religious holiday – will be marked by the premiere of six-part series Tales of the Empire. And if you’re hoping to quench your whodunnit thirst, Shardlake, which follows a 16th century English lawyer sent to investigate a murder at a remote monastery, should provide more than enough intrigue and mystery to suffice.
May 1
- Shardlake
May 3
- Beneath the Planet of the Apes
- Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
- Prom Dates
- Welcome to Wrexham, season 3
May 4
- How Not to Draw, seasons 1-2
- Star Wars: Tales of the Empire
May 5
- Monsters at Work, season 2
May 8
- We Were The Lucky Ones
- Let It Be
May 10
- Past Lies
May 11
- Doctor Who
May 14
- Crash
May 15
- Uncle Samsik
- Queen Rock Montreal
May 17
- Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story
May 22
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of X-Men ’97
- Chip ‘n’ Dale: Park Life, season 2
- Pauline
- Mickey Mouse Funhouse, season 3
May 23
- The Kardashians, season 5
May 24
- The Beach Boys
May 31
- Jim Henson Idea Man
New episodes of The Veil, The Bad Batch, Vanderpump Villa, The Simpsons, The Fable, Grey’s Anatomy, Station 19, Undead Unluck, Will Trent, Not Dead Yet, Chief Detective 1958, Blood Free, House of the Owl, and Marvel’s X-Men 97 will also appear weekly throughout May.
What’s new on Stan in May?
May Stan Highlight – Anatomy of a Fall
Oscar-winning French legal drama Anatomy of a Fall will arrive on Stan in May. The film centres on a woman suspected of murdering her husband, while her blind son faces a moral dilemma as the sole witness. Anatomy of a Fall received five Academy award nominations this year and took home the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay – and believe us, if there was an Oscar for best animal actor, it would’ve won that too.
Also new on Stan, The Tattooist of Auschwitz tells the story of Lali Sokolov, a Slovak-Australian businessman and survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp. Sokolov, who is played by Harvey Keitel in the new series, was first brought to wider attention by New Zealand Author Heather Morris’ bestselling non-fiction novel in 2018. Now, Morris herself becomes a character in the series, with Melanie Lynskey portraying the author who seeks out Sokolov for information on his imprisonment and role in branding the camp’s prisoners with an identification number. Expect a tough watch, but an important one.
May 1
- White House Down
- The Salisbury Poisonings, season 1
- Burning Days
May 2
- The Tattooist of Auschwitz
- Geordie OGs, seasons 1-2
May 3
- Hacks, season 3
- Colombiana
- Intruders
May 4
- Jobs
- The Most Beautiful Day in the World
- Wild Seas
May 5
- Hidden Figures
- Four’s a Crowd
May 6
- Dear David
- Clouds of Sils Maria
May 7
- Darkland: The Return
May 8
- The Expatriate
- Hard Sun, season 1
May 9
- Bright Star
- History of the Occult
- Failure to Launch
May 10
- Mid90s
- Are You The One UK, season 1
- 3rd Rock From The Sun, seasons 1-6
May 11
- Mrs. Doubtfire
- The Last Night of Amore
May 12
- High, season 2
- Predestination
- Love Thing
May 13
- Alma & Oskar
May 14
- Suite Francaise
- The Help
May 15
- Little Bird, season 1
- The Physician
- A Girl Returned
May 16
- Teen Spirit
- Dublin Murders, season 1
- The Eight Hundred
May 18
- RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars, season 9
- EO
- Murder On The Orient Express (2017)
May 19
- Mark Felt: Man Who Brought Down The White House
- Shinjuku Incident
May 20
- X + Y
- Believer
May 21
- At War with Love
May 22
- American Ninja Warrior, season 15
- Dark Skies
May 23
- Insomnia, season 1
- Face/Off
- Loro: The Director’s Cut Pt. 1
- Loro: The Director’s Cut Pt. 2
May 24
- Anatomy of a Fall
May 25
- Flashdance
- Butterfly, season 1
- The Fault In Our Stars
May 26
- Revealed: Renee Gracie—Fireproof
- The Core
- Lord, Give Me Patience
May 27
- Those Happy Years
May 28
- The Combination
- The Combination: Redemption
- Bangla
May 29
- Baghdad Central, season 1
- Braveheart
May 30
- Three Thousand Years Of Longing
- Sacro Gra
May 31
- We Are Lady Parts, season 2
- Float
- Disobedience
- The Family
What’s new on Amazon Prime Video in May?
May Amazon Prime Video Highlight – The Test: A New Era for Australia’s Team, season 3
The Test returns for another season documenting the Australian men’s national cricket team’s dominance under their talismanic captain Pat Cummins. This time, the docuseries will focus on the bitter Ashes series between Australia and England that dominated headlines and pub talk in 2023. A trailer for the new season is yet to be released, but expect the in-depth look into the team’s personal perspectives on the series to be just as incendiary as the original incidents.
If cricket’s not to your taste, the first season of Young Rock, starring former Men’s Health cover guy Uli Latukefu, will also make its way to Amazon Prime next month.
May 1
- Mannequin
- Of Mice and Men
- Mr Robot, season 1-4
- Friday Night Lights, seasons 1-5
- The Bold Type, seasons 1-5
- Parks and Recreation, seasons 1-7
May 2
- The Idea of You
- Young Rock, season 1
May 3
- About My Father
- Bring Him to Me
- Clarkson’s Farm, season 3 part 1
May 7
- Muriel’s Wedding
May 9
- Maxton Hall – The World Between Us
- The Goat, season 1
May 10
- Arthur The King
- Clarkson’s Farm, season 3 part 2
May 13
- EXPEND4BLES
May 14
- Gamer
May 15
- Columbo, seasons 1-9
May 16
- Outer Range, season 2
- Academy of Country Music Awards
May 17
- Beyond the Veil, season 2
May 19
- Edge of Tomorrow
- My Spy
May 21
- The Time Traveller’s Wife
May 23
- The Blue Angels
May 24
- The Test, season 3
May 28
- The Dive
May 30
- May December
May 31
- Thanksgiving
- The Outlaws, season 3
What’s new on Binge in May?
May Binge Highlight – Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning
2023 was the year of the blockbuster. After a few years of box office stagnation following the COVID pandemic and the conclusion of the main Avengers storyline, 2023 saw Barbie, Oppenheimer and Super Mario Bros. all gross for more than $1 billion. Released just two weeks before the beginning of the Barbenheimer phenomenon, Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning flew completely under the radar as a result, but it was still a massive commercial success. It’s also the most critically successful film in the Tom Cruise-fronted Mission Impossible franchise, topping Rotten Tomatoes’ audience and critics scores.
Beloved Australian series Colin From Accounts is also returning for a second season on Binge. The rom-com follows a couple who meet through a car crash and are bound by an injured dog. By the end of season one, the pair managed to fit each other into their already wild lives. Season two will be about keeping that spark alive. Assisting Colin From Accounts’ authenticity is the fact that the on-screen leads are also partners off-screen.
May 1
Inside The Shein Machine
Monk, seasons 1-4
Deadly Decisions
El Accidente
Honor, Season 2
48 Hours To Victory
Meg 2: The Trench
Room 212
A Quiet Passion
Drop Dead Fred
The Little Hours
Brewster’s Millions
Some Kind Of Wonderful
May 2
China Rising, parts 1-2
New Nurses, season 2
Turtles All The Way Down
Leatherheads
The Other Boleyn Girl
May 3
Gogglebox UK, season 22
Missile From The East
FBOY Island USA, season 3
#textmewhenyougethome, season 2
Bad Blood: Toppling Turnbull
Big Shots: Anti-Vaxxers Exposed
Catching The Claremont Killer: The Untold Story
Swamp People: Serpent Invasion, season 3
Lust, Lies & Polygamy
Ann Rule’s A Murder To Remember
May 4
The Great South African Bake Off, season 4
My Husband’s Seven Wives
The Neighbours Are Watching
Murder At The Country Club
May 5
Secret Love Triangle
Secrets In The Desert
May 6
Swamp People: Serpent Invasion, season 3
Australia’s Cocaine Crisis
Cooking With The Stars, season 2
Take In Montana
The Venice Murders
May 7
Real Housewives of New Jersey, season 14
New Blood: Morrison’s Miracle
Auschwitz – One Day
Lawyer X: The Untold Story
May 8
Shelved
Sell This House, season 11
Saving Lives At Sea, season 3
Ancient Secrets Of Althorp With Charles Spencer
Barbie
Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie
May 9
Pretty Little Liars: Summer School, season 2
Eden: Untamed Planet
What Really Happened In Wuhan
Whitstable Pearl, season 2
Deepwater Salvage, season 2
May 10
Simply Raymond Blanc, season 2
Nick Knowles Heritage Rescue
Hospital, season 6
Countdown To Surrender – The Last 100 Days
Simply Raymond Blanc, season 2
Nick Knowles Heritage Rescue
The Exorcist: Believer
May 11
George Michael: Portrait Of An Artist
May 12
Nikki Glaser: Someday You’ll Die
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
The Tasting
May 13
Eat Well For Less: New Zealand, season 4
EXPEND4BLES
May 14
Antiques Road Trip, season 25
May 15
Billionaire Murders
May 16
Confessions Of A Psycho Killer
May 20
Styled
Vida The Vet
The Campaign Uncovered
The Belt Report: Pell Exclusive
May 21
Stax: Soulsville USA
Frozen Planet II, season 2
Changing Our Nation
The Cult Of Dan Andrews
May 22
Haters Online: Erin Molan Fights Back
Liberals In Power
World’s Most Expensive Cruise, season 3
Emergency Helicopter Medics
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning
May 23
Men In The Mirror: Rudd & Turnbull
Who Murdered Marea?
Paediatric Rescue
Ronnie’s
Britain’s Most Scenic Counties: Norfolk & Suffolk
May 24
Your ABC Exposed
MH370: The Final Search
Ancient Superstructures, season 2
May 28
Christina On The Coast, season 4
Cruising The Med
Location, Location, Location, season 27
Chopped Next Gen
May 29
Movie Pass, Movie Crash
May 30
Colin From Accounts, season 2
Grand Designs: The Street, season 3
May December
May 31
Interior Design Masters With Alan Carr, season 5
Thanksgiving
What’s new on Apple TV+ in May?
May Apple TV+ Highlight – Dark Matter
Starring Australian Joel Edgerton, Dark Matter is based on a bestselling novel and is cashing in on the recent multiverse craze. The story revolves around Chicago-based physicist Jason Dessen, who is kidnapped by a parallel-universe version of himself and taken to an alternate world shaped by a decision he made 15 years earlier. There, he must literally fight against himself to get back to his true reality and protect his family. Mind-bending stuff.
May 1
- Acapulco, season 3
May 8
- Dark Matter
- Hollywood Con Queen
May 17
- The Big Cigar
May 22
- Trying, season 4
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