New Netflix Shows and Movies in May 2025

Netflix's new TV show and movies releases in May are packed with romance. Fans of Judy Blume will be thrilled to know that an adaptation of the author's Forever is coming early in the month, and none other than Regina King directed the first episode. Also swoon-worthy is the drama The Royals, which tells the unlikely love story between a Prince Charming figure and a girlboss. If you aren't familiar with Ishaan Khatter and Bhumi Pednekar now, you will be after watching this vibrant romance.

But one of our most anticipated series of the month is more about the end of romance. In the star-studded comedy The Four Seasons, one couple's divorce shakes up the dynamics between a group of decades-long friends. Tina Fey, Steve Carell, Colman Domingo, and Will Forte are just some of the actors in the series. And for something new that looks like it might generate a lot of buzz, the new series Sirens, from Maid creator Molly Smith Metzler, follows one woman's (Meghann Fahy) quest to figure out what's going on with her younger sister's (Milly Alcock) weird obsession with her billionaire boss (Julianne Moore).

When it comes to movies, the newsiest addition to the streamer in May is theTwilightsaga. If you've never watched the films based on Stephenie Meyer's vampire fantasy series of the same name, now's your chance. We told you Netflix's May boasts plenty of romance, right?

Here are the shows and movies coming to Netflix in May — as well as what's leaving.

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The best new Netflix movies and shows in May

The Four Seasons (May 1)

If you're planning to tune in to The Four Seasons just for its cast, you're certainly not alone. The new comedy based on the 1981 film of the same name features Tina Fey, Steve Carell, Colman Domingo, Will Forte, Kerri Kenney-Silver, Marco Calvani, and Erika Henningsen. The Four Seasons follows three married couples whose quarterly weekend getaway is disrupted when one of them shares they're divorcing. [Trailer]

The Devil's Plan Season 2 (May 6) 

In Season 1 of this Korean reality competition series, an actor outwitted nearly a dozen competitors across a series of strategy games to become the ultimate winner. Now, a new group of participants enter The Devil's Plan — from renowned Go player Lee Se-dol to K-pop phenom Super Junior's Kyuhyun to actor Justin H. Min — for the opportunity to take home a cash prize. If you're a board game enthusiast or love playing Mafia at every social gathering, this show that's a battle of wits and intelligence is made for you. [Trailer]

Forever (May 8)

An adaptation of Judy Blume's book of the same name, Mara Brock Akil's Forever moves the story to Los Angeles in 2018, where two young athletes fall for each other. The series is executive produced by Regina King, who also directed the first episode, and stars Lovie Simone and Michael Cooper Jr. as the lead characters, Keisha Clark and Justin Edwards, respectively. The trailer promises excitement, agony, confusion, passion — all the feelings that come with first love. [Trailer]

The Royals (May 9)

The Royals is here to fill the Bridgerton- and enemies-to-lovers-shaped holes in your heart. In this steamy drama, two of India's biggest stars, Ishaan Khatter (you may remember him from The Perfect Couple) and Bhumi Pednekar, play an entitled prince and a self-made entrepreneur. They couldn't be more different — and Sophia (Pednekar) knows better than to get close to the royal family — but something keeps pulling them together. [Trailer]

Sirens (May 22)

Movies and shows about rich socialites hiding a more sinister motive abound, and that trend continues with Sirens, a dark comedy from Maid's Molly Smith Metzler. Meghann Fahy stars as a woman concerned about her sister's (Milly Alcock) unusual relationship with her boss (Julianne Moore), and things come to a head during a weekend retreat on a lavish beach resort. Kevin Bacon and Glenn Howerton also star. -Tim Surette

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Everything coming to Netflix in May

May 1
Angi: Fake Life, True Crime
The Biggest Fan
The Four Seasons
Airport
Airport '77
Airport 1975
Ali
American Gangster
American Graffiti
Burn After Reading
Constantine
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Dawn of the Dead
Eat Pray Love
The Equalizer 2
Hanna
Home
The Jerk
The Lego Movie
Mid90s
The Mule
Ocean's Eleven
Ocean's Thirteen
Ocean's Twelve
The Paper Tigers
Past Lives
Sisters
Starship Troopers
The Sugarland Express
Trainwreck
Trolls
Twilight
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 1
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 2
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

May 2
Peninsula
Train to Busan
Unseen: Season 2

May 4
Conan O'Brien: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor

May 5
Britain and The Blitz
Mighty Monsterwheelies: Season 2

May 6
The Devil's Plan: Season 2
Untold: Shooting Guards

May 7
Full Speed: Season 2
Last Bullet

May 8
Blood of Zeus Season 3
Forever
Heart Eyes
Karol G: Tomorrow was Beautiful

May 9
A Deadly American Marriage
Bad Influence
Nonnas
The Royals

May 11
ABBA: Against the Odds

May 12
Tastefully Yours

May 13
All American: Season 7
Bad Thoughts
Untold: The Liver King

May 14
American Manhunt: Osama bin Laden
Fred and Rose West: A British Horror Story
Married at First Sight: Season 17
Smile
Snakes and Ladders

May 15
Bet
Love, Death & Robots: Volume 4
Franklin
Pernille: Season 5
Secrets We Keep
Thank You, Next: Season 2
Vini Jr.

May 16
Dear Hongrang
Football Parents
The Quilters
Rotten Legacy

May 20
Sarah Silverman: Postmortem
Untold: The Fall of Favre

May 21
Newly Rich, Newly Poor
Real Men
Sneaky Links: Dating After Dark
The UnXplained with William Shatner: Season 6

May 22
Sirens
Tyler Perry's She The People

May 23
Air Force Elite: Thunderbirds
Big Mouth Season 8
Fear Street: Prom Queen
Forget You Not
Off Track 2

May 24
Our Unwritten Seoul
The Wild Robot

May 26
CoComelon Season 13
Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders
Mike Birbiglia: The Good Life

May 28
F1: The Academy

May 29
Dept. Q

May 30
A Widow's Game
The Heart Knows

May 31
Netflix Tudum 2025: The Live Event

Everything leaving Netflix in May

May 1
About Time
Annie
Apollo 13
Blade Runner: The Final Cut
Dallas Buyers Club
Definitely, Maybe
Erin Brockovich
Europa Report
The Flintstones
Friday
The Frozen Ground
Fury
King Kong
Maid in Manhattan
Next Friday
Notting Hill
Out of Africa
Pompeii
Public Enemies
Queen & Slim
Schindler's List
Spider-Man
Spider-Man 2
Spider-Man 3
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
This Is 40
Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All by Myself
Waterworld
Wedding Crashers
The Whale
Whiplash
The Wiz
You, Me and Dupree

May 4
Insidious: The Red Door

May 5
The Peanut Butter Falcon

May 9
The Lost City
Resident Evil: Death Island

May 10
Rambo
Rambo: Last Blood

May 15
The Clovehitch Killer
Crossroads
Madam Secretary: Seasons 1-6

May 16
The Sum of All Fears
Tully

May 19
A Simple Flavor

May 28
Burnt

May 29
The Silencing

May 30
Lost in Starlight