What’s new on Netflix in May 2021? Well, the streaming service will bring us a new superhero series from the creator behind Wanted and Kick-Ass, a new zombie action movie from Dawn of the Dead’s Zack Snyder, and a new thriller movie with an all-star cast
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Army of the Dead (May 21)
Before he directed films like 300, Man of Steel, and Justice League, Zack Snyder made his directorial debut with his acclaimed remake of the zombie film Dawn of the Dead. Now, he’s returning to the zombie genre with this new film. A group of mercenaries, lead by Scott Ward (Dave Bautista) is hired to rob a casino in Las Vegas of $250 million in cash. The problem? The city is overrun by the undead.
Jupiter’s Legacy (May 7)
Mark Millar, the acclaimed creator of comics like Wanted, Kick-Ass, and Kingsman, is bringing his superhero epic to Netflix in this series. It centers on a family of superheroes who first got their powers 90 years ago. Now, their children are taking up their mantle to keep the world safe. But do the children want the same things as their parents?
The Woman in the Window (May 14)
Amy Adams stars in this mystery thriller. She plays a woman with extreme agoraphobia, and cannot leave her apartment. However, she encounters a woman across from her building, played by Julianne Moore, and strikes up a friendship. Things get weird when Adams believes she sees Moore get murdered in her apartment, but when she calls the police, she gets some big surprises. The movie also stars Gary Oldman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s Anthony Mackie and Wyatt Russell.
What’s on Netflix in May 2021 and what’s leaving?
Let’s take a look at the full list of what’s new on Netflix in May 2021, followed by a list of what’s leaving the service this month. It includes new seasons of exclusive Netflix shows like Lucifer, Selena: The Series, Love, Death & Robots, Master of None, and The Kominsky Method. Also look for Halston, a limited series about the famed fashion designer, as played by Ewan McGregor.
May 1
- Aliens Stole My Body
- Angelina Ballerina: Season 5
- Angelina Ballerina: Season 6
- Back to the Future
- Back to the Future Part II
- Back to the Future Part III
- Barney and Friends: Season 13
- Barney and Friends: Season 14
- Best of the Best
- Dead Again in Tombstone
- Due Date
- Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)
- G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
- Green Zone
- Hachi: A Dog’s Tale
- JT LeRoy
- Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted
- Mystic River
- Never Back Down
- Notting Hill
- Open Season
- Resident Evil: Afterlife
- Resident Evil: Extinction
- S.M.A.R.T Chase
- Scarface
- Sitting In Limbo
- Stargate
- State of Play
- The Land Before Time
- The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure
- The Lovely Bones
- The Pelican Brief
- The Sweetest Thing
- The Whole Nine Yards (2000)
- Under Siege
- Waist Deep
- Your Highness
- Zack and Miri Make a Porno
- Zombieland
May 2
- Hoarders: Season 11
May 4
- The Clovehitch Killer
- Selena: The Series: Part 2
- Trash Truck: Season 2
May 5
- Framing John DeLorean
- The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness
May 6
- Dead Man Down
May 7
- Girl from Nowhere: Season 2
- Jupiter’s Legacy
- Milestone
- Monster
May 8
- Mine
- Sleepless
May 11
- Money, Explained
May 12
- Dance of the Forty One
- Oxygen
- The Upshaws
May 13
- Castlevania: Season 4
- Layer Cake
May 14
- Ferry
- Haunted: Season 3
- Halston
- I Am All Girls
- Jungle Beat: The Movie
- Love, Death & Robots: Volume 2
- Move to Heaven
- The Strange House
- The Woman in the Window
May 16
- Sleight
May 18
- Sardar Ka Grandson
May 19
- The Last Days
- Sabotage
- Small Town Crime
- Who Killed Sara?: Season 2
May 20
- Hating Peter Tatchell
- Special: Season 2
- Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
May 21
- Army of the Dead
- Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous: Season 3
- The Neighbor: Season 2
May 22
- Sam Smith: Love Goes – Live At Abbey Road Studios
May 25
- Home
- Master of None
May 26
- Baggio: The Divine Ponytail
- High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America
- Nail Bomber: Manhunt
May 27
- Black Space
- Blue Miracle
- Eden
- Soy Rada: Serendipity
May 28
- Dog Gone Trouble
- Lucifer: Season 5 Part 2
- The Kominsky Method: Season 3
May 31
- Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story
- The Parisian Agency: Exclusive Properties
What’s Leaving Netflix in May 2021?
May 1
- Hoarders: Season 10
May 3
- War Horse
May 5
- Hangman
May 6
- City of God: 10 Years Later
- Lockout
May 7
- The Chosen Ones
- House at the End of the Street
May 10
- Quartet
May 14
- Sherlock: Series 1-4
May 18
- Trumbo
May 29
- American Crime: Seasons 1-3
- My Week with Marilyn
- The One I Love
May 31
- 50 First Dates
- Act of Valor
- All Dogs Go to Heaven
- The Blair Witch Project
- Brokeback Mountain
- The Boy
- Deliver Us from Eva
- The Help
- I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
- Julie & Julia
- Marauders
- Milk
- Miracle
- National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
- Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz
- The Pursuit of Happyness
- The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior
- The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption
- Soul Surfer
- Striptease
- Waiting…
That’s what’s coming and going on Netflix in May 2021. We’ll be back next month with another update!
