The Best New Movies and TV Streaming in May 2024, and Where to Watch Them
May I interest you in some new streaming movies? Welcome to io9's latest edition of the Nerd’s Watch, where we pare down the enormous lists of new films and television shows arriving on all your favorite streaming services into the sci-fi, fantasy, and horror titles we think you’ll like most. (And sometimes, just the ones that we like most.)
As always, we’re including the best new films and TV coming to Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, Disney+, and Max—as well as Paramount+, Shudder, and Peacock, including several new releases.
Here’s the best of what’s streaming in May 2024. If you’re only interested in the services you subscribe to, you can jump directly to that page with these links:
What’s coming to Netflix in May 2024?
What’s available on Netflix May 1?
The Equalizer
The Gentlemen
Hellboy (2019)
Hulk
Jumanji (1995)
Liar Liar
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
The Matrix Resurrections
Mortal Kombat (2021)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
The Nutty Professor
The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
Outlander: Season 6
Shrek
Shrek Forever After
Starship Troopers
What’s available on Netflix May 3?
Unfrosted
What’s available on Netflix May 9?
Bodkin
Sing Street
What’s available on Netflix May 13?
Archer: Seasons 1-13
What’s available on Netflix May 14?
MADAME WEB!!!!!!!!
What’s available on Netflix May 16?
Dumb and Dumber To
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What’s available on Netflix May 24?
Atlas
Jurassic World: Chaos Theory
What’s available on Netflix May 29?
Bionic
What’s coming to Prime Video in May 2024?
What’s available on Prime May 1?
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension (1984)
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Airplane! (1980)
Ben Hur (2013)
The Birds (1963)
The Blues Brothers (1980)
Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
Bottle Rocket (1996)
Brigsby Bear (2017)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Death Race (2008)
Death Race 2 (2011)
Death Race 3: Inferno (2013)
Delta Force (1986)
Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection (1990)
Europa Report (2013)
Fire In The Sky (1993)
Gattaca (1997)
Hellraiser III: Hell On Earth (1992)
Hellraiser IV: Bloodline (1996)
Hellraiser V: Inferno (2022)
Hellraiser VI: Hellseeker (2002)
Hellraiser VII: Deader (2005)
Hellraiser VIII: Hellworld (2005)
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956)
Isle Of The Dead (2016)
Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
The One (2001)
Panic Room (2002)
Psycho (1960)
Rear Window (1954)
Repo Men (2010)
The Ring (2002)
Roboshark (2015)
Rope (1948)
Run Lola Run (1999)
Stargate: Continuum (2008)
Stargate: The Ark Of Truth (2008)
Tom & Jerry (2021)
Undercover Brother (2002)
Vertigo (1958)
Virtuosity (1995)
The Wiz (1978)
What’s available on Prime May 14?
Muppets From Space (2020)
What’s available on Prime May 16?
Pearl: An X-traordinary Origin Story (2022)
What’s coming to Hulu in May 2024?
What’s available on Hulu May 1?
The Beach, 2000
Big, 1988
The Chronicles of Riddick, 2004
The Divergent Series: Insurgent, 2015
The Divergent Series: Allegiant, 2016
Fantastic Mr. Fox, 2009
The King’s Man, 2021
The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, 2004
The Mask, 1994
Meet the Spartans, 2008
The Rundown, 2003
13 Going On 30, 2004
300, 2007
What’s available on Hulu May 3?
Die Hard, 1988
Die Hard 2, 1990
Die Hard With A Vengeance, 1995
A Good Day To Die Hard, 2013
Live Free Or Die Hard, 2007
What’s available on Hulu May 6?
Reminiscence, 2021
What’s available on Hulu May 8?
Bloodshot, 2020
What’s available on Hulu May 16?
Paddington, 2015
What’s available on Hulu May 27?
Fantasy Island, 2020
What’s coming to Disney+ in May 2024?
What’s available on Disney+ May 1?
Marvel’s Daredevil (2003)
What’s available on Disney+ May 3?
Fantastic Mr. Fox
What’s available on Disney+ May 4?
Star Wars: Tales of the Empire
What’s available on Disney+ May 5?
Monsters at Work (Season 2)
What’s available on Disney+ May 10?
Doctor Who
What’s available on Disney+ May 22?
Marvel Studios’ Assembled: The Making of X-Men ‘97
What’s available on Disney+ May 31?
Jim Henson Idea Man
What’s coming to Max in May 2024?
What’s available on Max May 1?
All About My Mother (1999)
Black Christmas (2019)
Crank (2006)
Crank: High Voltage (2009)
The Dead Don’t Die (2019)
Don Jon (2013)
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
The Lighthouse (2019)
Mad Max (1979)
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
Poltergeist (2015)
Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)
Poltergeist III (1988)
What’s available on Max May 10?
The Iron Claw (2023)
What’s available on Max May 26?
Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice
What’s available on Max May 29?
MoviePass, MovieCrash (HBO Original)
What’s coming to Paramount+ in May 2024?
What’s available on Paramount+ May 1?
Annihilation
Baywatch
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
Belly
Boogie Nights
Crawl
Ella Enchanted
Fire In The Sky
Ghost
The Gift
The Golden Child
Harriet The Spy
The Haunting
Hellraiser III: Hell On Earth
Hellraiser IV: Bloodline
Hellraiser V: Inferno
Hellraiser VI: Hellseeker
Hellraiser VII: Deader
Hellraiser VIII: Hellworld
I Know What You Did Last Summer
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Joy Ride
Mommie Dearest
Stand By Me
Virtuosity
Zoolander 2
What’s available on Paramount+ May 15?
The Boss Baby 2: Family Business
What’s available on Paramount+ May 31?
Black Christmas
What’s coming to Shudder in May 2024?
What’s available on Shudder May 1?
Blood and Black Lace
The Jester
Mean Spirited
The Toxic Avenger
The Toxic Avenger Part II
The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie
TA4 – Citizen Toxic: The Toxic Avenger IV
YellowBrickRoad
What’s available on Shudder May 6?
Herd
The Giant Gila Monster
Gorgo
Mother, May I?
The Stone Tape
What’s available on Shudder May 8?
Mother’s Day (1980)
What’s available on Shudder May 13?
Fatal Games
Landlocked
What’s available on Shudder May 15?
Combat Shock
What’s available on Shudder May 17?
Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever
What’s available on Shudder May 20?
Down
The Lift
What’s available on Shudder May 22?
The Strangler
What’s available on Shudder May 24?
Deathdream
What’s available on Shudder May 27?
Graduation Day (1981)
What’s available on Shudder May 31?
Stopmotion
What’s coming to Peacock in May 2024?
What’s available on Peacock May 1?
Boo! A Madea Halloween
The Cabin in the Woods
The Chronicles of Riddick
Cowboys & Aliens
Doom
Dragon: Bruce Lee Story
Fletch
Fletch Lives
The 40 Year Old Virgin
Get Out
Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park III
Kindergarten Cop
King Kong
Knight and Day
The Last Airbender
Life of Pi
Little Rascals
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Mad Max
The Mummy Returns
The Mummy (‘99)
No Time to Die
Pitch Black
Riddick
The Rundown
The Scorpion King
Shrek Forever After
Shrek the Third
Spy Kids
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Spy Kids 4
Step Brothers
10 Things I Hate About You
Wonder Woman (2017)
What’s available on Peacock May 10?
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
What’s available on Peacock May 24?
Knock at the Cabin
