Are you getting your money’s worth out of your Netflix subscription? How do you know?
The ever-popular streaming service has a dizzying array of comings and goings each month. Keeping tabs on the latest shows and movies can give you something to look forward to — or an excuse to save a few bucks by canceling until the arrival of a series worth checking out.
Here’s a list of specials, films and series arriving on Netflix in May, listed by availability date. (If no date is listed, the program is available now.)
New specials
- Chris Distefano: Speshy Weshy (Comedy) — May 3
- Christina P: Mom Genes (Comedy) — May 8
- Rodrigo Sant’Anna: I’m Here, I’m Queer! (Comedy) — May 19
New films
- Hold Your Breath: The Ice Dive (Documentaries) — May 3
- 40 Years Young (Comedies) — May 4
- Thar (Horror/Thrillers) — May 6
- Marmaduke (Children & Family Movie) — May 6
- The Takedown (Comedies) — May 6
- Along for the Ride (Dramas) — May 6
- Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Sustainable War (Anime) — May 9
- The Getaway King (Comedies) — May 11
- The Perfect Family (Comedies) — May 11
- Our Father (Documentaries) — May 11
- Senior Year (Comedies) — May 13
- Toscana (Dramas) — May 18
- Cyber Hell: Exposing an Internet Horror (Documentaries) — May 18
- The Photographer: Murder in Pinamar (Documentaries) — May 19
- A Perfect Pairing (Comedies) — May 19
- F*ck Love Too (Comedies) — May 20
- Godspeed (Drama) — May 23
- Larva Pendant (Children & Family Movie) — May 25
- My Little Pony: Make Your Mark (Children & Family Movie) — May 26
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New series
- Octonauts: Above & Beyond (Children & Family) — May 2
- The Circle (Reality Programming) — May 4
- El Marginal (Horror/Thrillers) — May 4
- Summertime (Dramas) — May 4
- Meltdown: Three Mile Island (Documentaries) — May 4
- The Pentaverate (Comedies) — May 5
- Wild Babies (Documentaries) — May 5
- Clark (Horror/Thrillers) — May 5
- Blood Sisters (Horror/Thrillers) — May 5
- The Sound of Magic (Dramas) — May 6
- Welcome to Eden (Dramas) — May 6
- Workin’ Moms (Comedies) — May 10
- 42 Days of Darkness (Mysteries) — May 10
- Brotherhood (Horror/Thrillers) — May 11
- Savage Beauty (Dramas) — May 12
- Maverix (Children & Family Movie) — May 12
- The Life and Movies of Erşan Kuneri (Comedies) — May 13
- Bling Empire (Reality Programming) — May 13
- New Heights (Dramas) — May 13
- The Lincoln Lawyer (Horror/Thrillers) — May 13
- Vampire in the Garden (Anime) — May 16
- The Future Diary (Reality Programming) — May 17
- Who Killed Sara? (Horror/Thrillers) — May 18
- The G Word with Adam Conover (Documentaries) — May 19
- Insiders (Reality Programming) — May 19
- The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib (Children & Family Movie) — May 19
- Love, Death & Robots (Horror/Thrillers) — May 20
- Sea of Love (Children & Family Movie) — May 23
- Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 (Anime) — May 23
- Somebody Feed Phil (Documentaries) — May 25
- Stranger Things (Horror/Thrillers) — May 27
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