While fans will have to wait a bit longer to watch Stranger Things Season 4 and YOU Season 3, Netlflix is planning to release more binge-worthy content in May 2021, and there's a bunch for fantasy and sci-fi enthusiasts.
Netflix has announced the full schedule of new films and TV shows coming to the streaming service (U.S. region) in May 2021, and there are some new originals that are worth binge-watching.
Jupiter's Legacy, based on the comic book series by Mark Millar and Frank Quietly, is coming May 7. The series created by Steven S. DeKnight follows the story of the world's first superheroes who received their powers in the 1930s. In the present day, they are revered elder guard but their gifted children struggle to live up to the legendary feats of their parents.
If you're looking for a new anime series to watch, Eden follows the story of a human baby girl who awakens thousands of years in the future only to find herself ina world inhabited solely by robots.
Part 2 of Lucifer Season 5 will also be arriving towards the end of May, and there's a Season 2 of Netflix's sci-fi anthology series, Love, Death, & Robots.
There's also a new thriller with Amy Adams called The Woman in the Window, and if you're in the mood for a foreign film, the French sci-fi thriller Oxygen is about a woman who's awakened and has to think fast to survive. Zack Snyder's zombie heist film, Army of the Dead, will also be released in May, so while some movie theaters may be opening soon, there are still more reasons to stay at home to enjoy Netflix originals you will surely enjoy.
Everything coming to Netflix in May 2021
Released 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
Released May 2
Hoarders: Season 11
Released May 4
The Clovehitch Killer Selena: The Series: Part 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL Trash Truck: Season 2 — NETFLIX FAMILY
Released May 5
The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
Released May 6
Dead Man Down
Released May 7
Girl from Nowhere: Season 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL Jupiter's Legacy — NETFLIX ORIGINAL Milestone — NETFLIX FILM Monster — NETFLIX FILM
Released May 8
Mine — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Released May 11
Money, Explained — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
Released May 12
Dance of the Forty One — NETFLIX FILM Oxygen — NETFLIX FILM The Upshaws — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Released May 13
Castlevania: Season 4 — NETFLIX ANIME Layer Cake
Released May 14
Ferry — NETFLIX FILM Haunted: Season 3 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL I Am All Girls — NETFLIX FILM Jungle Beat: The Movie — NETFLIX FAMILY Love, Death & Robots: Volume 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL Move to Heaven — NETFLIX ORIGINAL The Strange House — NETFLIX FILM The Woman in the Window — NETFLIX FILM
Released May 16
Sleight
Released May 18
Sardar Ka Grandson — NETFLIX FILM
Released May 19
The Last Days Sabotage Small Town Crime Who Killed Sara?: Season 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Released May 20
Hating Peter Tatchell Special: Season 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
Released May 21
Army of the Dead — NETFLIX FILM Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous: Season 3 — NETFLIX FAMILY The Neighbor: Season 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Released May 22
Sam Smith: Love Goes – Live At Abbey Road Studios
Released May 25
Home
Released May 26
Baggio: The Divine Ponytail — NETFLIX FILM High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America — NETFLIX FILM Nail Bomber: Manhunt — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
Released May 27
Black Space — NETFLIX ORIGINAL Blue Miracle — NETFLIX FILM Eden — NETFLIX ANIME Soy Rada: Serendipity — NETFLIX COMEDY SPECIAL
Released May 28
Dog Gone Trouble — NETFLIX FAMILY Lucifer: Season 5 Part 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL The Kominsky Method: Season 3 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Released May 31
Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story The Parisian Agency: Exclusive Properties — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
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