Netflix isn’t here for any of that bad news. Instead, they’re forging ahead with the return of a fan-favorite series that’s been gone too long. In addition, the return of Mike Myers will go down on the streaming service, and when you’re done with all of that, there are some R-rated robots and a nuclear-disaster documentary series for those who got reeled in a few years ago by HBO’s Chernobyl.
After you’re done with all of the fresh original offerings (and there are many more below in the full list), also take a peek at the incoming library additions. Those include multiple Jackass entries along with some followup seasons of Servant of the People, starring future Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a role that might have prompted life imitating art.
Here’s everything coming to (and leaving) Netflix in May
Stranger Things 4: Volume 1 (Netflix series streaming 5/27)
Bad hair abounds as darkness once again descends upon Hawkins, Indiana. Hopefully, there will be some answers regarding the Upside Down, and The Duffer Brothers are promising that this season’s delay is down to it simply becoming so big. Also, it’s spring break! But it’s not a fun time, since there’s new terror on the horizon and possible war. Fortunately, the gang is all back, including Millie Bobby Brown, Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, and more. Also, Robert Englund will bring some Freddy Krueger flavor ahead of a fifth and final season.
The Pentaverate (Netflix series streaming 5/5)
Mike Myers (he’s back) wasn’t content to play a few characters in this series, so he decided to portray eight different personalities. Take that, Bridgerton netball prop. The show revolves around the centuries-long aftermath of a catastrophe (the Black Plague of 1347), after which a secret society came together to make sure that humanity’s sh*t doesn’t go off the rails again. Since there (probably) won’t be an Austin Powers 4, we can all relax and enjoy Myers while feeling grateful that this isn’t a Love Guru sequel.
The Lincoln Lawyers (Netflix series streaming 5/13)
You may have seen the Matthew McConaughey-starring film, and here’s a TV series that’s also based upon the bestselling novels by Michael Connelly. Manuel Garcia-Rulfo stars as Mickey Haller, who runs his law practice out of his Lincoln Town Car, and that includes a high-profile murder case, so no problem, right?
Meltdown: Three Mile Island (Netflix documentary series streaming 5/4)
The team behind Erin Brockovich presents this limited series about how ordinary people stepped up to work extraordinary feats after a near-catastrophe at a Pennsylvania nuclear plant. Expect to see archival footage and reenactments along with home video that’s never been presented before in a public forum. In the end, director Kief Davidson (The Ivory Game) will also take viewers through the perspective of whistleblower Richard Parks to see how this terrible nuclear incident really went down.
Love, Death & Robots: Volume 3 (Netflix series streaming 5/20)
The Tim Miller and David Fincher combo can’t be stopped in this series that dives into a wide range of genres in animated form. So, expect fantasy, horror, sci-fi, and some sexiness, all while these R-rated robots hum towards comedic apocalypses and ancient evils. What else would one expect from the helmers behind Deadpool and Mindhunter?
Avail. TBA
Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres
Welcome to Wedding Hell
Avail. 5/1
42
3 Ninjas: Kick Back
40-Love
A River Runs Through It
Are You the One?: Season 6
Blippi Wonders: Season 1
Corpse Bride
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Den of Thieves
Dirty Harry
Empire State
Forrest Gump
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Jackass: The Movie
Jackass 2.5
Jackass 3.5
John Q
Menace II Society
Once Upon a Time in America
Rambo
Rambo: Last Blood
Road to Perdition
Seven Years in Tibet
Soul Surfer
Summerland
The Gentlemen
The Lake House
U.S. Marshals (1998)
War of the Worlds
When Harry Met Sally
You’ve Got Mail
Avail. 5/2
Octonauts: Above & Beyond: Season 2
Avail. 5/3
Hold Your Breath: The Ice Dive
Avail. 5/4
40 Years Young
The Circle: Season 4
El marginal: Season 5
Meltdown: Three Mile Island
Summertime: Season 3
Avail. 5/5
Blood Sisters
Clark
The Pentaverate
Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go: Season 1
Wild Babies
Avail. 5/6
Along for the Ride
Marmaduke
The Sound of Magic
Thar
The Takedown
Welcome to Eden
Avail. 5/8
Christina P: Mom Genes
Avail. 5/9
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Sustainable War
Avail. 5/10
Outlander: Season 5
Workin’ Moms: Season 6
42 Days of Darkness
Brotherhood: Season 2
Operation Mincemeat
Our Father
The Getaway King
Avail. 5/12
Maverix
Savage Beauty
Avail. 5/13
Bling Empire: Season 2
The Life and Movies of Erşan Kuneri
The Lincoln Lawyer
New Heights
Senior Year
Avail. 5/14
Borrego
Avail. 5/15
PJ Masks: Season 4
Avail. 5/16
Blippi’s Adventures
Servant of the People: Season 2-3
Vampire in the Garden
Avail. 5/17
The Future Diary: Season 2
Avail. 5/18
Cyber Hell: Exposing an Internet Horror
Love on the Spectrum U.S.
The Perfect Family
Toscana
Who Killed Sara?: Season 3
Avail. 5/19
A Perfect Pairing
The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib
The G Word with Adam Conover
Insiders: Season 2
The Photographer: Murder in Pinamar
Rodrigo Sant’Anna: I’ve Arrived
Avail. 5/20
Ben Is Back
F*ck Love Too
Jackass 4.5
Love, Death & Robots: Volume 3
Wrong Side of the Tracks
Avail. 5/222
ONE PIECE: New Episodes
Avail. 5/23
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045: Season 2
Godspeed
Sea of Love
Avail. 5/25
Larva Pendant
Somebody Feed Phil: Season 5
Avail. 5/26
Insiders: Season 2
My Little Pony: Make Your Mark
Pokémon Master Journeys: The Series: Part 3
Avail. 5/27
Stranger Things 4: Volume 1
Avail. 5/30
Mighty Little Bheem: I Love Taj Mahal
Avail. 5/31
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Season 1
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Season 1
Leaving 5/1
Colony: Seasons 1-3
Hoarders: Season 11
WWII in HD: Season 1
Leaving 5/3
StartUp: Seasons 1-3
The Clovehitch Killer
Leaving 5/12
Eye in the Sky
Leaving 5/19
Rosario Tijeras (Mexico): Seasons 1-2
Leaving 5/31
Battleship
Bill Burr: You People Are All the Same
Chloe
Closer
Coach Carter
Dennis the Menace
Downton Abbey: Series 1-6
Final Destination 3
Final Destination 5
Free Willy
Hairspray
Happy Endings: Seasons 1-3
Happy Feet
I Know What You Did Last Summer
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
New Year’s Eve
Sniper: Legacy
Stardust
Sucker Punch
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie
The Blind Side
The Devil’s Advocate
The Disaster Artist
The Final Destination
Top Gun
Wild Things
Zoolander