3 New Netflix Must-Watch Shows With Sky-High Rotten Tomatoes Scores (May 2026)
May’s best on Netflix shares a bracing theme: relationships are toxic, romance cracks under scrutiny, and you’re stuck with your siblings. Watch With Us spotlights the can’t-miss picks that prove it.
Netflix apparently looked at May and said: what if every relationship was one awkward conversation away from disaster? Siblings you never asked for, couples who maybe should not swap rings, families you wouldn't meet without a bodyguard — it 's all here. I pulled three new picks with strong Rotten Tomatoes numbers, all leaning dark-comedy, and one that wanders straight into horror territory if you're squeamish.
Big Mistakes (2026 ) — Rotten Tomatoes: 81
The title is not lying. Nicky (Dan Levy) and his sister, Morgan (Taylor Ortega), set out to buy a simple gift and somehow insult a small-town crime family in the process. The boss, Yusuf (Boran Kuzum), is not in a 'accepts apologies' mood, so the siblings wind up working off a debt they are wildly unqualified to handle. Every fix they attempt just creates two new problems.
Complicating all of this is their mom, Linda (Laurie Metcalf), who is in the middle of a mayoral run. One sloppy move from her disaster-prone kids could splash mud all over her campaign. And because everyone knows everyone in this town, secrets have the shelf life of a dairy aisle yogurt.
It's a bleakly funny sibling caper about incompetence meeting consequence — and yes, it's streaming now on Netflix.
Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen (2026) — Rotten Tomatoes: 86
Rachel Alexandra Harkin (Camila Morrone) and Nicholas 'Nicky' Summer Cunningham (Adam DiMarco) are days from saying 'I do.' Instead of wedding jitters, they get a parade of red flags: ominous coincidences, superstitious whispers, and the kind of vibes from Nicky's mother, Victoria Cunningham (Jennifer Jason Leigh), that make you check the exits at family dinner.
Rachel isn't exactly an open book either — she's sitting on a few secrets of her own — which keeps the dread simmering even when the show leans into jet-black humor. It's the only pick this month that actually tips into horror, and the title is not a tease. Getting this couple to a honeymoon would basically require a small miracle… after the real fireworks start.
Streaming now on Netflix.
Beef (2023 - present) — Rotten Tomatoes: 98
Season 1 turned a parking lot meltdown between Danny Cho (Steven Yeun) and Amy Lau (Ali Wong) into a full-blown life-wrecking feud. Season 2 reshuffles the deck: married pair Josh (Oscar Isaac) and Lindsay (Carey Mulligan) are already sparring when we meet them, but their real obsession is taking down another couple — Austin (Charles Melton) and his fiancée, Ashley (Cailee Spaeny).
The power dynamic is deliciously messy: Josh runs the luxe country club where Austin works, and Austin would very much prefer not to be on his boss's bad side. Unfortunately, avoidance does not exist on this show. It's a slow, funny, vicious unraveling as both couples decide how much of their lives they're willing to torch before they either self-destruct or finally step off the ledge.
Beef is also streaming on Netflix.