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Netflixis in full bloom with some really great new original films and specials in May. This month, Netflix welcomes a slew of new titles that will make you laugh, thrill you with heart-pounding action, and beyond. Whether you're looking for something educational, great for a date, or something new from abroad, Netflix has you covered. Read on for the streamer's top new movies for May.
Netflix is off to a strong start to the month, kicking off May with hit films we likely already know and love, like the Oscar-nominated classic romantic comedy.When Harry met Sallyand star-studded action comedythe gentlemen, which is definitely worth watching again and again.
Fast forward to the month and the platform is releasing an impressive lineup of original titles to add to its already bulging catalog of hits.Last yearis one of the most anticipated titles to hit the platform this month, thanks in large part to the excitement of seeing Rebel Wilson as the leading lady, so keep an eye out for the comedy's debut on May 13th. If you're craving something a little more dramatic and cerebral, you'll find what you're looking for in Colin Firth's WWII dramaOperation MincemeatComing to Netflix on May 11th. These are exactly the kinds of films that end up making it into the mainstream.Netflix Top 10.
If you're hoping for a more mundane perspective this month, Netflix is releasing movies from around the world that are worth spending time in, like the French action-cop comedythe fall, and Polish action comedyThe King of Escape.Want to know what other captivating movies are coming to Netflix next month? Keep scrolling for our full list of movies to watch on Netflix in May.
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'Last year'
Released May 13th
In this Netflix original comedy, a 37-year-old woman (Rebel Wilson) wakes up from a 20-year coma before returning to her old school in hopes of regaining her popular status and fulfilling her dream of becoming prom queen.Last yearStars Wilson, Zoë Chao, Sam Richardson, Mary Holland, Chris Parnell, Alicia Silverstone, Justin Hartley and Angourie Rice, directed by Alex Hardcastle. As you can imagine, there is a lot of hilarity and chaos ensuing, so take the time to watch.Last yearthis month for a healthy dose of humor and heartfelt entertainment.
2
"Operation Picanha"
Released May 11th
Based on Ben Macintyre's 2010 book about Britain's 'Operation Mincemeat' used in World War II and set in 1943, this film chronicles the events surrounding this plan which was a deceptive ruse to invade the fort Europe in Sicily to keep secret the Allies. by German forces hoping to stop and destroy them. Directed by John Madden,Operation Mincemeatfeatures a talented cast that includes Colin Firth, Johnny Flynn, Jason Isaacs, Matthew Macfadyen, Kelly Macdonald and Paul Ritter.
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"A perfect duo"
Released May 19th
An ambitious Los Angeles wine executive (Victoria Justice) travels to an Australian sheep station, where she ends up working as a ranch hand, to convince a family winery and a large potential client to do business with her. In the midst of her endeavors, she gets along with a gruff, mysterious local (Adam Demos), creating a nice distraction for our business-minded heroine. If you're looking for a simple, fun, and fleeting viewing experience, this Netflix original romantic comedy is for you!
4
'With on the journey'
Released May 6th
Lovers of romance, get ready for an unforgettable ride. Based on the 2009 novel of the same name by Sarah DessenWith me on the tripfollows Auden (Emma Pasarow) and the mysterious Eli (Belmont Cameli), another insomniac she meets in the summer before going to college. Each night while the seaside town of Colby sleeps, the duo embark on a journey to help Auden experience the carefree, fun teenage life she never had or knew she wanted. This romantic drama is a vintage but timeless taste of summer love, and what could be cuter than that?
5
'Remain'
Released May 6th
Ousmane (Omar Sy) and François (Laurent Lafitte) are two cops with very different styles. The unlikely pair are forced to reunite after a decade to investigate an ever-evolving case. What appears to be a simple investigation into drug trafficking turns out to be a full-blown criminal case in a divided French city where an even greater danger and conspiracy lurks beneath the surface. International film and TV lovers will love this entertaining French language Netflix Original action crime comedy.
6
'Our father'
Released May 11th
This chilling Netflix original documentary delves into a disturbing true story that begins with a woman's home DNA test revealing the existence of multiple half-siblings across the map, then quickly escalates to reveal a shocking and disturbing scheme that a well known and respected fertility involves doctor. When it is discovered that the doctor has grossly violated his patients' trusts and bodies by substituting his own sperm from their respective donors, a real horror movie begins. If you want to spice up your month with a stunning and frankly harrowing true story then thenOur fatheris the movie for you.
7
'Christina P: Mutters Gene'
Released May 8th
Oh yeah, nothing says Mother's Day like a pair of good mom jeans. Or, of course, how to give your mom the love, appreciation, and gratitude she deserves. Put all of these things together and you have the hilarious stand-up special.Christina P: Genes of the mother, a Netflix Original that aptly falls on Mother's Day and follows Canadian-American comedian Christina Pazsitzky (aka Christina P) as she shares her own experiences of the trials and tribulations of motherhood, marriage and everything in between. You and your mom will have lots of laughs at this upbeat and relatable Christina P special, so get ready to queue up for Mother's Day and beyond!
8
"Hold Your Breath: The Ice Dive"
Released May 3rd
Follow Finnish diver Johanna Nordblad as she attempts to break the world record for distance covered under ice in one breath in this Netflix original documentary. For those of us who shy away from even the idea of a polar bath or cold shower,Hold your breath: The ice diveit's going to be particularly awe-inspiring, awe-inspiring and nerve-wracking, so get ready to feel the full spectrum of emotions while still staying warm and dry while watching this ice-cold new documentary on Netflix.
9
"The King of Escape"
Released May 11th
Based on the life of well-known Polish criminal and thief Zdzisław Najmrodzki (Dawid Ogrodnik), this Polish-language action comedy follows the popular bandit hero known for escaping the police more than 29 times after changing his mind about his life along the way... get a new girlfriend (Masza Wągrocka). Against the background of the last days of communism in Poland,The King of EscapeIt's an exciting watch from start to finish, so book this film this month for a refreshing (and maybe even a little educational) international twist on your monthly screening.
10
'When Harry Met Sally'
Released May 1st
Fans of Nora Ephron's beloved 1989 romantic comedy rejoice, becauseWhen Harry met Sallycoming to Netflix this month! The film follows Type-A perfectionist Sally Albright (Meg Ryan) and laid-back cynic Harry Burns (Billy Crystal) on their journey from fresh college grads who, during an agonizing road trip from Chicago to New York, discover that they are each other to hate . York City, to unlikely platonic friends, to... something else? We're sure you have some idea of how this all unfolds, but you really must see this heartfelt and hilarious film for yourself as it truly is an unforgettable classic. Also with Bruno Kirby and Carrie Fisher,When Harry met Sallyis an enchanting, never-ending hit that's worth falling in love with all over again, so get ready to feel the love this month (and beyond)!
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'The Rulers'
Released May 1st
This month, give yourself the opportunity to rediscover this 2019 action comedy, starring a talented cast including Matthew McConaughey, Hugh Grant, Michelle Dockery, Colin Farrell, Jeremy Strong, Henry Golding and more. Hugely profitable London marijuana empire that quickly acts as the catalyst for many conspiracies, bribes and extortion attempts, all in an effort to steal their dominance and be the rich and powerful gentleman who rises to the top.
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What is the most viewed movie on Netflix 2022? ›
- 4 'Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery' (2022)
- 5 'The Gray Man' (2022) ...
- 6 'The Adam Project' (2022) ...
- 7 'Extraction' (2020) 231,340,000 Hours. ...
- 8 'Purple Hearts' (2022) 228,690,000 Hours. ...
- 9 'The Unforgivable' (2021) 214,700,000 Hours. ...
- 10 'The Irishman' (2019) 214,570,000 Hours. ...
- Available May 2. Octonauts: Above & Beyond: Season 2.
- Available May 3. Hold Your Breath: The Ice Dive.
- Available May 4. 40 Years Young. ...
- Available May 5. Blood Sisters. ...
- Available May 6. Along for the Ride. ...
- Available May 8. Christina P: Mom Genes.
- Available May 9. ...
- Available May 10.
- Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself (2009) 55 % ...
- You People (2023) 49 % ...
- Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (2022) 51 % ...
- 47 Meters Down: Uncaged (2019) 43 % ...
- Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022) 56 % ...
- 2 Guns (2013) 55 % ...
- The Woman King (2022) 77 % 6.8/10. ...
- Your Place or Mine (2023) 51 % 5.7/10.
1. Your Place or Mine (2023)
What's the top 10 on Netflix right now? ›- Your Place or Mine. #1 this week. Watch now. ...
- The Woman King. #2 this week. Watch now. ...
- 2 Guns. #3 this week. ...
- Minions: The Rise of Gru. #4 this week. ...
- 47 Meters Down: Uncaged. #5 this week. ...
- Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile. #6 this week. ...
- You People. #7 this week. ...
- Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All by Myself. #8 this week.
- Stranger Things Season 4. Netflix. ...
- Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. Netflix. ...
- Wednesday. VLAD CIOPLEANetflix. ...
- Bridgerton Season 2. LIAM DANIEL/NETFLIX. ...
- Bridgerton Season 1. LIAM DANIEL/NETFLIX. ...
- Stranger Things Season 3. Netflix. ...
- Lucifer Season 5. JOHN P. ...
- The Witcher Season 1.
- June 19. Civil (NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY) ...
- June 20. Doom of Love (NETFLIX FILM) ...
- June 21. All That: Seasons 2-3. ...
- June 22. Bruna Louise: Demolition (NETFLIX COMEDY) ...
- June 23. Best of the Fest (NETFLIX COMEDY) ...
- June 24. Angry Birds: Summer of Madness: Season 2 (NETFLIX FAMILY) ...
- June 25. Grey's Anatomy: Season 18.
- June 27.
- June 1. The Amazing Spider-Man. ...
- June 2. Borgen – Power & Glory. ...
- June 3. As the Crow Flies. ...
- June 5. Straight Up.
- June 6. Action Pack: Season 2. ...
- June 7. That's My Time with David Letterman.
- June 8. Baby Fever. ...
- June 9. Rhythm + Flow France.
- The Sea Beast. 16,434.
- The Man From Toronto. 13,029.
- Persuasion. 8,760.
- The Gray Man. 6,816.
- Girl in the Picture. 5,940.
- Dangerous Liaisons. 5,563.
- Valley of the Dead. 3,322.
- Hustle. 3,033.
- The Next 365 Days.
- 365 Days.
- No Limit.
- More the Merrier.
- Lady Chatterley's Lover.
- 365 Days: This Day.
- MILF.
- Deadly Illusions.
What is the most viewed movie on Netflix? ›
- The Unforgivable: 214.7 million hours.
- The Irishman: 214.5 million hours.
- The Kissing Booth 2: 209.3 million hours.
- 6 Underground: 205.5 million hours.
- Spenser Confidential: 197.3 million hours.
- Enola Holmes: 189.9 million hours.
- Army of the Dead: 187 million hours.
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What is Netflix #1 show of all time? ›Although, even after it recorded more than one billion hours of viewing, Stranger Things still couldn't topple Squid Game as the most popular Netflix show of all time. The Korean drama about a sadistic game still reigns supreme on the platform – and it will take a lot to overtake those huge viewing figures.
What is good on Netflix in June? ›- Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.
- Dear John.
- Dumb and Dumber.
- Edge of Seventeen.
- Eraser.
- His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass.
- Lean on Me.
- Léon: The Professional.
- Wednesday.
- Breaking Bad.
- You.
- Stranger Things.
- The Walking Dead.
- Manifest.
- Outlander.
- Downton Abbey.
- Available August 1. Big Tree City.
- Available August 2. Ricardo Quevedo: Tomorrow Will Be Worse.
- Available August 3. Buba. ...
- Available August 4. Lady Tamara. ...
- Available August 5. Carter. ...
- Available August 6. Reclaim.
- Available August 8. Code Name: Emperor. ...
- Available August 9.
- “Physical” Stream on Apple TV+ on June 3. ...
- “The Boys” Stream on Amazon Prime Video on June 3. ...
- “Irma Vep” Stream on HBO Max on June 6. ...
- “Ms. Marvel” ...
- “Queer as Folk” Stream on Peacock on June 9. ...
- “Peaky Blinders” Stream on Netflix on June 10. ...
- “For All Mankind” Stream on Apple TV+ on June 10. ...
- “Becoming Elizabeth”
- Bridgerton (18764 points)
- Anatomy of a Scandal (9484 points)
- Elite (9284 points)
- Business Proposal (8059 points)
- The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On (7033 points)
- The Marked Heart (6374 points)
- Inventing Anna (4288 points)
- Twenty Five Twenty One (4270 points)
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (June 22 on Disney+) ...
- No Time to Die (June 10 on Prime Video) ...
- The Northman (June 3 on Peacock) ...
- Hustle (June 8 on Netflix) ...
- The Departed (June 1 on Netflix) ...
- Titanic (June 1 on Netflix)
- July 15. Alba (NETFLIX SERIES) ...
- July 16. Umma.
- July 18. Live is Life (NETFLIX FILM) ...
- July 19. David A. ...
- July 20. Bad Exorcist: Seasons 1-2 (NETFLIX SERIES) ...
- July 21. Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous: Season 5 (NETFLIX FAMILY)
- July 22. Blown Away: Season 3 (NETFLIX SERIES) ...
- July 25. Gabby's Dollhouse: Season 5 (NETFLIX FAMILY)
Which is the No 1 series in Netflix 2022? ›
1. | All of Us Are Dead | 1,110 |
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2. | Stranger Things | 1,087 |
3. | Business Proposal | 921 |
4. | Money Heist | 753 |
5. | Manifest | 702 |
- Stranger Things 4: Volume 2.
- A Call to Spy.
- Big Daddy.
- Blue Jasmine.
- Boogie Nights.
- Catch Me If You Can.
- Deliverance.
- Falls Around Her.
To explore these collections — ordering off the secret menu, if you will — all you need to do is fire up your web browser, type in “netflix.com/browse/genre/” and then add your ID code of choice to the end of the URL.
What are the top 10 movies playing right now? ›- #1. Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania (2023) 48% ...
- #2. Knock at the Cabin (2023) 67% ...
- #3. All That Breathes (2022) 99% ...
- #4. Your Place or Mine (2023) 31% ...
- #5. Magic Mike's Last Dance (2023) 49% ...
- #6. Plane (2023) 77% ...
- #7. M3GAN (2022) 93% ...
- #8. You People (2023)
- Home Team.
- Bad Boys.
- 21 Jump Street.
- Feel the Beat.
- Bad Boys II.
- Jinxed.
- Pets United.
- Grease.
- The Bear (Hulu/Disney+) ...
- Andor (Disney+) ...
- Severance (Apple TV+) ...
- Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone (BBC) ...
- Bad Sisters (Apple TV+) ...
- The White Lotus season 2 (HBO/Sky Atlantic) ...
- Better Call Saul season 6 (AMC/Netflix) ...
- Pachinko (Apple TV+)
- "Red Notice" (2021) — 364.02 million hours.
- "Don't Look Up" (2021) — 359.79 million. ...
- "Bird Box" (2018) — 282.02 million hours. ...
- "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery" (2022) — 273.2 million hours. ...
- "The Gray Man" (2022) — 253.87 million hours. ...
- "The Adam Project" (2022) — 233.15 million hours. ...
- Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) ...
- Top Gun: Maverick (2022) ...
- Jurassic World: Dominion (2022) ...
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) ...
- Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022) ...
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) ...
- The Batman (2022) ...
- Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
- Breaking Bad.
- The Walking Dead.
- Wednesday.
- Stranger Things.
- Manifest.
- The Last Kingdom.
- You.
- Dynasty.
What is trending new on Netflix? ›
- Cunk on Earth. 2022.
- You. tv-ma 2018.
- Lockwood & Co. tv-14 2023.
- Vinland Saga. tv-ma 2019.
- That '90s Show. 2023.
- Copenhagen Cowboy. tv-ma 2023.
- Orange Is the New Black.
- The Umbrella Academy.
- Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.
- Sex Education.
- Never Have I Ever.
- Dead to Me.
- Shadow and Bone.
- Elite.
The Jesus Film Project states that the film has been viewed more than 6 billion times (including repeat viewings). Including its sequels.
What are the top 10 movies right now? ›- #1. Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania (2023) 48% ...
- #2. Knock at the Cabin (2023) 67% ...
- #3. All That Breathes (2022) 99% ...
- #4. Your Place or Mine (2023) 31% ...
- #5. Magic Mike's Last Dance (2023) 49% ...
- #6. Plane (2023) 77% ...
- #7. M3GAN (2022) 93% ...
- #8. You People (2023)
Rank | Year | Movie |
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1 | 2009 | Avatar |
2 | 2019 | Avengers: Endgame |
3 | 1997 | Titanic |
4 | 2022 | Avatar: The Way of Water |