Netflix announces new TV series and movies coming in May – the full list UK News

Netflix announced a new lineup of movies and TV series coming to the streaming platform in May.

Netflix now has fierce competition from Amazon Prime, Disney +, and Now TV, which means we’ve been spoiled for choice when it comes to TV shows and movies lately.

But as lockdown restrictions start to ease, people will still be looking for new TV shows and movies to get through in recent months.

Lucky for us, Netflix has us covered. The streaming giant has released a slew of new upcoming shows and movies in May.

Here is the full list (N * = Netflix Original):

May 1

• Under Deck (Multiple Seasons) – Seasons of the popular reality TV series where you follow the crew of a multi-million dollar rental boat.
• Eagle Eye (2008) – Shia LaBeouf makes the front page of this thriller about two strangers attached to a terrorist threat.
• Premonition (2007) – Fantastic mystery with Sandra Bullock.
• Resident Evil: Degeneration (2008) – CG horror film based on the video game franchise.
• School of Rock (2003) – Jack Black comedy where he infiltrates a school as a substitute teacher and teaches his children to be rockstars.
• Tamara Drewe (2010) – Director Stephen Frears’ rom-com about a young newspaper writer returning to his hometown.
• The Fourth Kind (2009) – Horror mystery from director Olatunde Osunsanmi.
• The Italian Job (2003) – The rebooted action thriller starring Mark Wahlberg and Charlize Theron.

May 2nd

• Colony (Season 3) – Netflix UK is finally getting the final season of the sci-fi series starring Josh Holloway and Sarah Wayne Callies.

May 4

• Giant Truck (Season 2) N – Animated series for children.
• Selena: The Series (Season 2) N – The second part of the Selena biographical series arriving on Netflix slightly earlier than initially billed.
• StartUp (Seasons 1-3) – Ex-Crackle show with Martin Freeman.
• Trash Truck (Season 2) N – Cartoon series for children about a giant truck and his best friend Hank continuing their adventures together.

May 5

• Lava Ka Dhaava (Season 1) N – Indian spin-off of the reality TV series where contestants are not allowed to touch the ground.
• The Circle (Season 2 – Finale) N – Reality TV series based on the Channel 4 show – Weekly episodes will arrive in April but the finale will air on May 5.
• The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness (Limited Series) N – Crime documentary series about a journalist investigating murders linked to a satanic cult.
• Upin & Ipin (Season 11) – Animation for children.

May 6

• An Tomorrow the whole World (2020) N – German crime drama that sees the political idalogy of a law student pushed to its limit when she joins an anti-fascist group and is sucked into increasingly dangerous and violent situations.
• August Sky – 63 Days of Glory (2018) – Polish war drama

May 7

• Girl from Nowhere (Season 2) N – Thai series returns for season 2.
• Jupiter’s Legacy (Season 1) N – The first of all-new titles to come out of the Netflix superhero universe, Millarworld.
• Men in Black: International (2019) – The rebooted Men in Black film series starring Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson.
• Milestone (2021) N – Indian drama about a bereaved truck driver who risks losing his job.
• Monster (2021) N – Timely retelling of Steve Harmon’s story.
• The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019) – The Illumination animated film continuing the story of Max and his friends.

May 9

• Super Me (2019) N – Chinese fantasy drama about Sang Yu, a man able to extract antiques from his dreams in the real world. Almost overnight, his newfound wealth attracts the attention of a ruthless gangster.

May 10

• The Corrupted (2019) – Police thriller starring Sam Claflin and Timothy Spall.
• Deadly Switch (2019) – Indie thriller that sees a foreign student become the target of a stalker and moves in with the family of his roommate, who would do anything to get their daughter back.
• It’s Never Too Late (1956) – Classic Swedish film about a woman going through a bitter divorce and moving in herself and her children with her mother.
• The Outlaw and His Wife (1918) – Classic silent film centered on a stranger who comes to work on a farm.

May 11

• Money, Explained (Season 1) N – New docu series from the Vox team.
• Motherland (Season 2) – British comedy series about a group of friends navigating the world of parenthood, particularly the less glamorous side of parenting.

May 12

• Brightburn (2019) – An overpowered horror that unofficially tells the story of ‘What If Superman Was Born Evil’.
• Dance of the Forty One (2021) N – Mexican LGBTQ series.
• Oxygen (2021) N – French sci-fi survival film about a woman waking up in a cryogenic unit with no memory.
• The Upshaws (Season 1) N – New …