Prime Video May 2026: Every Must-Stream Release Dropping This Month

May is basically here, which means a fresh pile of stuff is about to hit Prime Video. Netflix and Peacock already flashed their May cards; now it is Amazon 's turn. Short version: there is a big day-one dump of movies, some solid comfort-watch picks, and a few eyebrow-raisers on the schedule that I need to call out.

The quick take

As usual, May 1 is the firehose. If you are in a nostalgia mood, 'All Dogs Go to Heaven' and 'The Little Rascals' arrive right out of the gate. There is also a very respectable stack of heavy hitters and crowd-pleasers like 'GoodFellas ', 'Do the Right Thing', 'Some Like It Hot', 'Scarface', 'Hot Fuzz', and 'Mamma Mia! '. On the newer side, things like 'Despicable Me 4', 'Retribution', 'Blink Twice', 'Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1', and 'Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom' pop up across the month.

And if you are a Marvel person, Prime is touting 'Spider- Noir' for May 27. Which brings me to...

About those odd listings

You are not imagining it: several entries on Amazon's sheet show years like 2026 and 2025 in parentheses but are still slotted into May dates. Examples: 'No Place to Be Singel (2026)', 'Off Campus (2026)', 'It's Not Like That (2026)', 'Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War (2026)', 'The Double (2026)', 'Spider-Noir (2026)', and 'One Battle After Another (2025)'. That is... unusual. I am listing everything exactly as provided, but consider those future- year items highly tentative until Amazon clarifies what is actually going live versus what might be mislabeled, dated ahead, or just placeholder info.

The full Prime Video lineup for May

• May 1: A Shot in the Dark (1965); Agent Cody Banks (2003); Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004); All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989); Annie Hall (1977 ); Babe (1995); Babe: Pig in the City (1998 ); Bad Words (2014); Battleship (2012); Be Cool (2005); Because I Said So (2007); Beginners (2011); Dallas Buyers Club (2013); Death Wish (2018); Despicable Me 4 (2024); Do the Right Thing (1989); Dragonheart (1996); Get Shorty (1995); GoodFellas (1990); Gosford Park (2002); Gretel & Hansel (2020); Hang 'Em High (1968); Hot Fuzz (2007); Hot Tub Time Machine (2010); Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (2015); In the Heat of the Night (1967); Jeepers Creepers (2001); Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003); Last Tango In Paris (1973); Life (1999); Longshot (2019); Major Payne (1995); Mamma Mia! (2008); Mermaids (1990); Psycho II (1983); Retribution (2023); Ride Along 2 (2016); Robin Hood (2018); Rush (2013); Safe House (2012); Scarface (1983); Serenity (2005); Single Moms Club (2014); Sneakers (1992); Some Like It Hot (1959); Soul Plane (2004); Species (1995); Spies in Disguise (2019); Tank Girl (1995); The Delta Force (1986); The Equalizer (2014); The Equalizer 2 (2018); The Glass Castle (2017); The Great Outdoors (1988); The Jerk (1979); The Little Rascals (1994); The Manchurian Candidate (1962); The Pink Panther (1963); The Pink Panther (2006); The Return of the Living Dead (1985); The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020); Under Siege (1992); Valley Girl (2020); Wargames (1983)
• May 6: Citadel Season 2
• May 8: No Place to Be Singel (2026)
• May 13: Off Campus (2026)
• May 15: It's Not Like That (2026)
• May 17: Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War (2026)
• May 21: The Double (2026); Missing (2023)
• May 23: Blink Twice (2024); Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1 (2024); One Battle After Another (2025)
• May 27: Spider-Noir (2026); Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023)

Weird labeling aside, that May 1 library drop alone could keep you busy for weeks. I will keep an eye on those future-dated entries, but for now, pencil in what you want and be ready for a few last-minute shuffles.