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What’s new on Amazon Prime Video in May 2024

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Nicholas Galitzine and Anne Hathaway in The Idea of You.
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Unlike some other streaming services in May, Amazon Prime Video is giving subscribers all of the movies that they can handle. Everything from classic Westerns like 3:10 To Yuma and comedies like Airplane! to dramas like Cold Mountain and more are arriving on May 1. Even the German thriller Run Lola Run is back on Prime Video. And if you haven’t seen it yet, you should — it’s terrific.

Prime Video is also premiering new originals in May, including Anne Hathaway’s new romantic drama The Idea of You, as well as Outer Range season 2, The GOAT, and Clarkson’s Farm. George Clooney’s period drama The Boys in The Boat is also arriving on Prime Video this month, but not until May 28.

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Below, you’ll find the complete list of what’s coming to Amazon Prime Video in May, with our recommendations in bold. And if you need a little more help deciding what to watch, we also have a list of the best movies streaming on Amazon, as well as a list of the best TV shows streaming on Amazon. If Amazon isn’t your only go-to streaming service, we also have helpful articles on the best movies on Netflix and the best shows on Netflix, as well as plenty of guides for Hulu, Disney+, and HBO Max.

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New on Amazon Prime Video in May 2024

May 1

  • 12 Angry Men (1957)
  • 3:10 To Yuma (1957)
  • A Dangerous Method (2011)
  • A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
  • Airplane! (1980)
  • All That Heaven Allows (1955)
  • American Me (1992)
  • Anatomy Of A Murder (1959)
  • Atonement (2008)
  • Bachelor Party Vegas (2006)
  • Beautiful And Twisted (2015)
  • Beautiful Girls (1996)
  • Because I Said So (2007)
  • Ben Hur (2013)
  • Biloxi Blues (1988)
  • Blame It On Rio (1984)
  • Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
  • Bottle Rocket (1996)
  • Breach (2007)
  • Breathless (1983)
  • Brigsby Bear (2017)
  • California Suite (1978)
  • Call Me By Your Name (2018)
  • Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013)
  • Capote (2006)
  • Chocolat (2001)
  • Clockstoppers (2002)
  • Coco Before Chanel (2009)
  • Cold Mountain (2003)
  • Cry Macho (2021)
  • Dead Reckoning (1947)
  • Death Race (2008)
  • Death Race 2 (2011)
  • Death Race 3: Inferno (2013)
  • Delta Force (1986)
  • Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection (1990)
  • Drew Peterson: Untouchable (2012)
  • Emma. (2020)
  • Erin Brockovich (2000)
  • Europa Report (2013)
  • Everybody Wants Some!! (2016)
  • Fatal Attraction (1987)
  • Fire In The Sky (1993)
  • Flight Of The Intruder (1991)
  • Fluke (1995)
  • Four Weddings And A Funeral (1994)
  • Fried Green Tomatoes (1992)
  • Gattaca (1997)
  • Gilda (1946)
  • Glory (1990)
  • Harley Davidson And The Marlboro Man (1991)
  • Hellraiser III: Hell On Earth (1992)
  • Hellraiser IV: Bloodline (1996)
  • Hellraiser V: Inferno (2022)
  • Hellraiser VI: Hellseeker (2002)
  • Hellraiser VII: Deader (2005)
  • Hellraiser VIII: Hellworld (2005)
  • Imagine That (2009)
  • In A Lonely Place (1950)
  • Indecent Proposal (1993)
  • Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956)
  • Isle Of The Dead (2016)
  • John Lewis: Good Trouble (2020)
  • Knock On Any Door (1949)
  • Koyaanisqatsi(1982)
  • Lassie: The Road Back (1970)
  • Lizzie Borden Took An Ax (2014)
  • Lone Wolf Mcquade (1983)
  • Magnificent Obsession (1954)
  • Malcolm X (1992)
  • Men At Work (1990)
  • Night School (2018)
  • Not Another Teen Movie (2001)
  • On The Waterfront (1954)
  • Once Upon A Time In The West (1969)
  • Open Wide (2024)
  • Pal Joey (1957)
  • Panic Room (2002)
  • Pillow Talk (1959)
  • Pompeii (2014)
  • Psycho (1960)
  • Rear Window (1954)
  • Reindeer Games Homecoming (2022)
  • Repo Men (2010)
  • Roboshark (2015)
  • Rolling Thunder (1977)
  • Rope (1948)
  • Run Lola Run (1999)
  • Schindler’s List (1994)
  • Serpico (1973)
  • Shampoo (1975)
  • Sliver (1993)
  • Some Like It Hot (1959)
  • Soul Plane (2004)
  • Stargate: Continuum (2008)
  • Stargate: The Ark Of Truth (2008)
  • Steel Magnolias (2012)
  • Steppin’ Into The Holiday (2022)
  • The Accused (1988)
  • The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension (1984)
  • The Adventures Of Elmo In Grouchland (1999)
  • The Advocate’s Devil (1997)
  • The Big Chill (1983)
  • The Big Heat (1953)
  • The Birdcage (1996)
  • The Birds (1963)
  • The Blues Brothers (1980)
  • The Change-Up (2011)
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
  • The Deer Hunter (1979)
  • The Harder They Fall (1956)
  • The Lady From Shanghai (1948)
  • The Last Detail (1974)
  • The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
  • The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
  • The Mountain Men (1980)
  • The Night of The Hunter (1955)
  • The One (2001)
  • The Ring (2002)
  • The Swimmer (1968)
  • The Tarnished Angels (1957)
  • The Wiz (1978)
  • Tom & Jerry (2021)
  • Undercover Brother (2002)
  • Vertigo (1958)
  • Virtuosity (1995)
  • Whiplash (2014)
  • With This Ring (2015)
  • Yours, Mine & Ours (2005)

May 2

  • Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018)
  • Sixteen Candles (1984)
  • The Idea of You (2024)

May 3

  • Clarkson’s Farm season 3 (2024)
  • NWSL (2024)

May 4

  • Premier Boxing Champions Pay-Per-View Event on Prime Video (2024)

May 8

  • Maxton Hall – The World Between Us (2024)
  • Oh My Ghost (2015)
  • The GOAT (2024)

May 14

  • American Fiction (2023)
  • BlacKkKlansman (2018)
  • Muppets From Space (2020)

May 15

  • Fifty Shades Of Black (2016)

May 16

  • Academy of Country Music Awards (2024)
  • Outer Range season 2 (2024)
  • WNBA (2024)
  • Creed (2015)
  • Pearl: An X-traordinary Origin Story (2022)

May 17

  • 99 (2024)

May 23

  • The 1% Club (2024)
  • The Blue Angels (2024)

May 24

  • DOM season 3 (2024)

May 25

  • Bombshell (2019)

May 28

  • The Boys in The Boat (2023)

May 30

  • Die Hart 2: Die Harter (2024)

May 31

  • The Outlaws S3 (2024)

May TBA

  • Angry Birds Mystery Island (2024)

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