A new month means a new slew of movies and shows are added to Netflix, though we say farewell to many others. The full list of titles arriving is below, but first, let’s look at the most intriguing programming hitting the streaming service this month. And if you don’t see what you like, you can always check out the best movies on Netflix and the best TV shows on Netflix.
Highlights
Dear White People: Volume 2 (available 5/4)
Justin Simien’s scorching send-up of post-racial America follows a diverse group of students pushing back against discrimination at a mostly white Ivy League school, unflinchingly addressing hyper-relevant topics in race, gender, sexuality, and privilege. Contrary to what the trolls want you to believe, Simien’s work is not white-genocide propaganda; it’s an illuminating look at what equality means in the 21st century. As he’s explained already, “I’m a storyteller. My job isn’t to protect your feelings. It’s to show you who you are. Sometimes that will be joyful. Sometimes it’ll hurt.” DWP: Volume 2 promises to keep its status as one of the most exciting new shows, on a streaming service and otherwise.
Terrace House: Opening New Doors: Part 2 (available 5/22)
Call it what you will, Terrace House‘s brand of neo-anti-no wave-reality TV show from Japan is back for another installation of its second series with Netflix. Six strangers live in an amazing and huge house together, weathering drama levels ranging from none to low-level tension, while continuing on with their daily lives. They talk about their dreams, respectfully date each other, and do group activities like snowboarding, all of which is being filmed and recut for a panel to scrutinize. It might seem like the epitome of boring TV you’d pass on, but trust us: you want to hop on the Terrace Housebandwagon ASAP.
Fauda: Season 2 (available 5/24)
This action thriller about an elite team of undercover Israeli commandos working in Palestine is perhaps the best of Netflix’s recent foreign-language shows, a frantically paced and politically charged melodrama filled with sequences of white-knuckle suspense straight out of Homeland or 24. But unlike those spy dramas, Fauda spends nearly as much time on the private lives of Palestinians as it does on its gun-toting heroes. It’s got a moral complexity that its more simplistic American counterparts often lack. We expect the same great thematic expansiveness in season two.
Coco (available 5/29)
Pixar’s Oscar-winning film the Internet earnestly can’t get enough of finally hits Netflix this month. The studio’s best movie in years, Coco is a celebration of Mexican culture and heritage — specifically around El Día de los Muertos — as our young Mexican protagonist, Migel, finds himself trapped in the land of the dead after defying his family’s longstanding rule against becoming a musician. It’s beautiful both in its story and on-screen imagery, and a tender, must-have viewing experience for all ages that only Pixar in top form could pull off.
Everything else
Available 5/1
27: Gone Too Soon
A Life of Its Own: The Truth About Medical Marijuana
Amelie
Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures: Season 1
Beautiful Girls
Darc
God’s Own Country
Hachi: A Dog’s Tale
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous Live at Radio City (Netflix original)
Mr. Woodcock
My Perfect Romance
Pocoyo & Cars
Pocoyo & The Space Circus
Queens of Comedy: Season 1
Reasonable Doubt
Red Dragon
Scream 2
Shrek
Simon: Season 1
Sliding Doors
Sometimes (Netflix original)
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Carter Effect
The Clapper
The Reaping
The Strange Name Movie
Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V: Season 2
Available 5/2
Jailbreak
Available 5/4
A Little Help with Carol Burnett (Netflix original)
Anon (Netflix original)
Busted!: Season 1 (Netflix original)
End Game (Netflix original)
Forgive Us Our Debts (Netflix original)
Kong: King of the Apes: Season 2 (Netflix original)
Lo Más Sencillo es Complicarlo Todo
Manhunt (Netflix original)
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman: Tina Fey (Netflix original)
No Estoy Loca
Available 5/5
Faces Places
Available 5/6
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale (Netflix original)
Available 5/8
Desolation
Hari Kondabolu: Warn Your Relatives (Netflix original)
Available 5/9
Dirty Girl
Available 5/11
Bill Nye Saves The World: Season 3 (Netflix original)
Evil Genius: The True Story of America’s Most Diabolical Bank Heist (Netflix original)
Spirit Riding Free: Season 5 (Netflix original)
The Kissing Booth (Netflix original)
The Who Was? Show: Season 1 (Netflix original)
Available 5/13
Ali Wong: Hard Knock Wife (Netflix original)
Available 5/14
The Phantom of the Opera
Available 5/15
Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce: Season 4
Grand Designs: Seasons 13-14
Only God Forgives
The Game 365: Seasons 15-16
Available 5/16
89
Mamma Mia!
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
The Kingdom
Wanted
Available 5/18
Cargo (Netflix original)
Catching Feelings (Netflix original)
Inspector Gadget: Season 4 (Netflix original)
Available 5/19
Bridge to Terabithia
Scandal: Season 7
Small Town Crime
Available 5/20
Some Kind of Beautiful
Available 5/21
Señora Acero: Season 4
Available 5/22
Mob Psycho 100: Season 1 (Netflix original)
Shooter: Season 2
Tig Notaro Happy To Be Here (Netflix original)
Available 5/23
Explained (Netflix original)
Available 5/24
Survivors Guide to Prison
Available 5/25
Ibiza (Netflix original)
Steve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life (Netflix original)
The Toys That Made Us: Season 2 (Netflix original)
Trollhunters: Part 3 (Netflix original)
Available 5/26
Sara’s Notebook (Netflix original)
Available 5/27
The Break with Michelle Wolf (Netflix original)
Available 5/30
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Season 4 (Netflix original)
Available 5/31
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman: Howard Stern (Netflix original)
Coming in May
Arrow: Season 6
Dynasty: Season 1
Riverdale: Season 2
Supernatural: Season 1
The Flash: Season 4
Everything that arrived in April
Available 4/1
A Sort of Family
Along Came Polly
Bad Boys
Battlefield Earth
Beethoven’s Christmas Adventure
Big Time
Body of Lies
Cabin Fever
Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever
Cats & Dogs
Cold Mountain
Dare to Be Wild
Deep Blue Sea
Fish People
Friday Night Lights
Jackass 2.5
Life Is Beautiful
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Mortal Kombat
Nancy Drew
Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Scarface
Seven
Sin City
Speed Racer
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
The Duchess
The Family Man
The Flintstones
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
The Iron Giant
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale (Streaming every Sunday) (Netflix original)
The Lost Boys
The Queen of the Damned
The Spy Next Door
Wakfu: Season 3 (Netflix original)
Available 4/2
La Piloto: Season 1
Available 4/3
Fary Is the New Black (Netflix original)
Available 4/5
Behind The Curtain: Todrick Hall
Despicable Me 3
Available 4/6
6 Balloons (Netflix original)
Amateur (Netflix original)
Fastest Car: Season 1 (Netflix original)
Money Heist: Part 2 (Netflix original)
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman: JAY-Z (Netflix original)
Orbiter 9 (Netflix original)
Ram Dass, Going Home (Netflix original)
Sun Dogs
The 4th Company (Netflix original)
The Boss Baby: Back in Business: Season 1 (Netflix original)
Todo Lo Que Sería de Lucas Lauriente (Netflix original)
Troy: Fall of a City: Season 1 (Netflix original)
Available 4/7
24 Hours to Live
Available 4/9
AMO: Season 1 (Netflix original)
Available 4/10
Greg Davies: You Magnificent Beast (Netflix original)
Available 4/12
Pickpockets (Netflix original)
Available 4/13
Chef’s Table: Pastry (Netflix original)
Come Sunday (Netflix original)
I Am Not An Easy Man (Netflix original)
Lost in Space: Season 1 (Netflix original)
The Magic School Bus Rides Again: Season 2 (Netflix original)
Available 4/15
Lakeview Terrace
Seven Pounds
Available 4/17
The Chalet: Season 1 (Netflix original)
The Honeymoon Stand Up Special: Collection (Netflix original)
Available 4/18
Friend Request
Pelé
Available 4/19
Charité: Season 1 (Netflix original)
Chasing The Dragon
Available 4/20
Aggretsuko: Season 1 (Netflix original)
Dope: Season 2 (Netflix original)
Dude (Netflix original)
Kodachrome (Netflix original)
Mercury 13 (Netflix original)
Spy Kids: Mission Critical: Season 1 (Netflix original)
Available 4/21
The Letdown: Season 1 (Netflix original)
Available 4/24
Call the Midwife: Series 6: “Christmas Special 2017”
Kevin James: Never Don’t Give Up (Netflix original)
Available 4/25
Bill Nye: Science Guy
Psychokinesis (Netflix original)
Available 4/27
3%: Season 2 (Netflix original)
Bobby Kennedy for President (Netflix original)
Candy Jar (Netflix original)
Holy Goalie
The Man Who Knew Infinity
The New Legends of Monkey: Season 1 (Netflix original)
The Week Of (Netflix original)
Jane the Virgin: Season 4
Seth Rogen’s Hilarity for Charity
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