Clear Your Calendar: Every New Movie and Show Hitting Netflix in May 2026

Netflix is rolling into May like it is already July, stacking the month with new seasons, splashy originals, and a fat pile of comfort rewatches. The big swings: Tina Fey and Colman Domingo are back with The Four Seasons season 2, there is a fresh take on Lord of the Flies, the sports doc Rafa drops late in the month, and movie- wise we are getting Remarkably Bright Creatures with Sally Field and Lewis Pullman plus a Martin Short documentary. Also, yes, the lineup curiously lists Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix sessions and a Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano event. If that makes you blink, same. More on that below.

Quick highlights (and a couple eyebrow-raisers)

If you like big returning shows, you are covered: The Four Seasons - Season 2 lands May 28 with Tina Fey and Colman Domingo headlining. There is a brand-new Lord of the Flies adaptation on May 4 that will absolutely spark debate. Sports docs are thick on the ground: Rafa (May 29), a trio of UK Untold entries (Jamie Vardy on May 12, Liverpool’s Miracle of Istanbul on May 19, Vinnie Jones on May 26), and multiple historical football docs sprinkled throughout. Movies- wise, Remarkably Bright Creatures (May 8) aims squarely at the heartstrings, and Marty, Life Is Short (May 12) should be catnip if you love Martin Short stories and archival deep dives. Comedy fans get The Roast of Kevin Hart (May 10) and Wanda Sykes: Legacy (May 19), plus an AFI salute to Eddie Murphy as a Netflix comedy special on May 31.

Weird-but-listed department: there are entries for 'Canada: Sprint Qualifying' and multiple 'F1 Canadian Grand Prix' sessions (Practice 1, Qualifying, Sprint, and the Race from May 22 to May 24), and there is both a 'Countdown: Rousey vs. Carano' (May 6) and 'Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano' (May 16). If those play out exactly as listed, that is a major sports move; consider me curious and watching the calendar. Also, 'Funny AF with Kevin Hart' shows up on consecutive days (May 4 and May 5), which reads like a two-part drop.

One housekeeping note: the original source mixed in a couple obvious editorial promos and an image caption ('23 Must-Watch Thrillers...', '35 Best Shows on Netflix Right Now...', and a stray 'Marco Calvani in The Four Seasons season 2' line). I left those out of the schedule below so you only see actual titles and dates.

Everything coming to Netflix in May 2026

• May 1: 13 Going on 30, 48 Hrs., Airport, Airport '77, Airport 1975, Bad News Bears, The Boss, The Breakfast Club, Burn After Reading, Den of Thieves, Domestic Disturbance, Eat Pray Love, Fried Green Tomatoes, Glory, Green Book, Hitch, Home, Jennifer's Body, Jumanji, Jumping the Broom, La Brea - Seasons 1-3, The Land Before Time, Little Fockers, Meet the Parents, Meet the Fockers, My Dearest Señorita, National Lampoon's Animal House, Ouija, Ouija: Origin of Evil, Pretty Woman, The Proposal, Schindler's List, Son-In-Law, Starship Troopers, Swapped, Trainwreck, Under the Skin, Veronica Mars, Waterworld
• May 4: Dr. Seuss's Horton! - Season 2, Funny AF with Kevin Hart, Lord of the Flies
• May 5: Funny AF with Kevin Hart
• May 6: Countdown: Rousey vs. Carano, Love is Blind Poland, Worst Ex Ever - Season 2
• May 7: The Chestnut Man: Hide and Seek, Legends, My Dearest Assassin, USA 94: Brazil's Return to Glory
• May 8: My Royal Nemesis, Remarkably Bright Creatures, Thank You, Next - Season 3
• May 10: The Roast of Kevin Hart
• May 11: Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, Pop Culture Jeopardy!
• May 12: Devil May Cry - Season 2, Marty, Life Is Short, Untold UK: Jamie Vardy
• May 13: Between Father and Son, The Bus: A French Football Mutiny, Perfect Match - Season 4, Roosters - Season 2
• May 14: Nemesis, Soul Mate
• May 15: Berlin and the Lady with an Ermine, The Crash, The WONDERfools
• May 16: Black Phone 2, Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano
• May 18: Abraham Lincoln - Season 1, FDR - Season 1, Grant - Season 1, The Great War, Law and Order - Seasons 23-24, Navy SEALs: America's Secret Warriors - Seasons 1-2, Nope, Theodore Roosevelt - Season 1, Thomas Jefferson - Season 1, Washington - Season 1
• May 19: Untold UK: Liverpool's Miracle of Istanbul, Wanda Sykes: Legacy
• May 20: Carizzma
• May 21: The Boroughs, James
• May 22: Canada: Sprint Qualifying, F1 Canadian Grand Prix: Practice 1, Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie, Ladies First, Mating Season
• May 23: F1 Canadian Grand Prix: Qualifying, F1 Canadian Grand Prix: Sprint
• May 24: F1 Canadian Grand Prix: Race
• May 26: Untold UK: Vinnie Jones
• May 27: A Good Girl's Guide to Murder - Season 2, My 2 Cents, Room to Move
• May 28: Dead Man's Wire, The Four Seasons - Season 2, Murder Mindfully - Season 2
• May 29: Brazil '70: The Third Star, Calabasas Confidential, Rafa
• May 30: K-Pops!
• May 31: AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy - Netflix Comedy Special, The Theory of Everything

TL;DR: tons of catalog classics on May 1, buzzy originals sprinkled across the month, comedy anchors on the weekends, and a late-May pileup of docs and season 2s. Keep an eye on May 28-31 in particular if you like new seasons, sports docs, and tributes. And if Netflix really is dabbling in F1 or a Rousey-Carano showdown, May just became way more chaotic than expected.