What's New on Netflix and What's Leaving in May 2021

The latest list of new arrivals on Netflix offers plenty of new and classic movies, series, and specials to look forward to throughout the month of May. Read on for some of the highlights from May’s new additions to the Netflix library, as well as the complete list of what’s coming to the streaming service and what’s leaving throughout the month.

Below, you’ll find the full list of everything new to Netflix in both April and May 2021, with our recommendations in bold. If you’re looking for some additional guidance on what to watch, we also have lists of the best movies on Netflix and best shows on Netflix. If Netflix isn’t your only streaming service, we also have helpful articles on the best movies streaming on Amazon and the best TV shows streaming on Amazon, as well as plenty of guides for Hulu, Disney+, and HBO Max.

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Our top pick for May

Army of the Dead

Fresh off the success of his Justice League director’s cut and nearly two decades after his Dawn of the Dead remake first earned him critical acclaim, Zack Snyder returns to the zombie genre with this heist horror film that casts Dave Bautista (Guardians of the Galaxy) as a former war hero recruited to lead a mission deep into Las Vegas — now a walled-off city infested with the undead. He and his team of misfit soldiers are tasked with recovering $200 million locked in a vault beneath one of the city’s casinos before the government wipes Sin City off the map with a nuclear bomb. The ensemble cast is filled out with a host of familiar faces, including Garret Dillahunt, Tig Notaro, Theo Rossi, Ella Purnell, and Omari Hardwick, among others.

Everything new on Netflix in May

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

May 2

Hoarders: Season 11

May 4

The Clovehitch Killer
Selena: The Series: Part 2 — Netflix Original
Trash Truck: Season 2 — Netflix Family

May 5

Framing John DeLorean
The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness — Netflix Documentary

May 6

Dead Man Down

May 7

Girl from Nowhere: Season 2 — Netflix Original
Jupiter’s Legacy — Netflix Original
Milestone — Netflix Film
Monster — Netflix Film

May 8

Mine — Netflix Original
Sleepless

May 11

Money, Explained — Netflix Documentary

May 12

Dance of the Forty One — Netflix Film
Oxygen — Netflix Film
The Upshaws — Netflix Original

May 13

Castlevania: Season 4 — Netflix Anime
Layer Cake

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

May 16

Sleight

May 18

Sardar Ka Grandson — Netflix Film

May 19

The Last Days
Sabotage
Small Town Crime
Who Killed Sara?: Season 2 — Netflix Original

May 20

Hating Peter Tatchell
Special: Season 2 — Netflix Original
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World

May 21

Army of the Dead — Netflix Film
Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous: Season 3 — Netflix Family
The Neighbor: Season 2 — Netflix Original

May 22

Sam Smith: Love Goes —Live At Abbey Road Studios

May 25

Home

May 26

Baggio: The Divine Ponytail — Netflix Film
High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America — Netflix Documentary
Nail Bomber: Manhunt — Netflix Documentary

May 27

Black Space — Netflix Original
Blue Miracle — Netflix Film
Eden — Netflix Anime
Soy Rada: Serendipity — Netflix Comedy Special

May 28

Dog Gone Trouble — Netflix Family
Lucifer: Season 5 Part 2 — Netflix Original
The Kominsky Method: Season 3 — Netflix Original

May 31

Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story
The Parisian Agency: Exclusive Properties — Netflix Original

Leaving Netflix in May

May 1

Hoarders: Season 10

May 3

War Horse

May 5

Hangman

May 6

City of God: 10 Years Later
Lockout

May 7

The Chosen Ones
House at the End of the Street

May 10

Quartet

May 14

Sherlock: Series 1-4

May 18

Trumbo

May 29

American Crime: Seasons 1-3
My Week with Marilyn
The One I Love

May 31

50 First Dates
Act of Valor
All Dogs Go to Heaven
The Blair Witch Project
Brokeback Mountain
The Boy
Deliver Us from Eva
The Help
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Julie & Julia
Marauders
Milk
Miracle
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz
The Pursuit of Happyness
The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior
The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption
Soul Surfer
Striptease
Waiting…

If you missed our recap of everything arriving on Netflix (and leaving) in April, you can find it below.

Everything new on Netflix in April

April TBD

April 1

Magical Andes: Season 2 — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
Prank Encounters: Season 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Tersanjung the Movie — NETFLIX FILM
Worn Stories — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
2012
Cop Out
Friends With Benefits
Insidious
Legally Blonde
Leprechaun
The Pianist
The Possession
Secrets of Great British Castles: Season 1
The Time Traveler’s Wife
Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family
White Boy
Yes Man

April 2

Concrete Cowboy — NETFLIX FILM
Just Say Yes — NETFLIX FILM
Madame Claude — NETFLIX FILM
The Serpent — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Sky High — NETFLIX FILM

April 3

Escape from Planet Earth

April 4

What Lies Below

April 5

Coded Bias
Family Reunion: Part 3 — NETFLIX FAMILY

April 6

The Last Kids on Earth: Happy Apocalypse to You — NETFLIX FAMILY

April 7

The Big Day: Collection 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Dolly Parton: A MusiCares Tribute — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
Snabba Cash — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
This Is A Robbery: The World’s Biggest Art Heist — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
The Wedding Coach — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

April 8

The Way of the Househusband — NETFLIX ANIME

April 9

Have You Ever Seen Fireflies? — NETFLIX FILM
Night in Paradise — NETFLIX FILM
Thunder Force — NETFLIX FILM

April 10

The Stand-In

April 11

Diana: The Interview that Shook the World

April 12

New Gods: Nezha Reborn — NETFLIX FILM
Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn: Seasons 1-4

April 13

The Baker and the Beauty: Season 1
Mighty Express: Season 3 — NETFLIX FAMILY
My Love: Six Stories of True Love — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY

April 14

The Circle: Season 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Dad Stop Embarrassing Me! — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Law School — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
The Soul — NETFLIX FILM
Why Did You Kill Me? — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY

April 15

Dark City Beneath the Beat
The Master
Ride or Die — NETFLIX FILM

April 16

Arlo the Alligator Boy — NETFLIX FAMILY
Ajeeb Daastaans — NETFLIX FILM
Crimson Peak
Fast & Furious Spy Racers: Season 4: Mexico — NETFLIX FAMILY
Into the Beat — NETFLIX FILM
Rush
Synchronic
Why Are You Like This — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
The Zookeeper’s Wife

April 18

Luis Miguel — The Series: Season 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

April 19

Miss Sloane
PJ Masks: Season 3

April 20

Izzy’s Koala World: Season 2 — NETFLIX FAMILY

April 21

Zero — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

April 22

Life in Color with David Attenborough — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
Stowaway — NETFLIX FILM

April 23

Heroes: Silence and Rock & Roll
Shadow and Bone — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Tell Me When — NETFLIX FILM

April 27

August: Osage County
Battle of Los Angeles
Fatma — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Go! Go! Cory Carson: Season 4 — NETFLIX FAMILY

April 28

Sexify — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Headspace Guide to Sleep — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY

April 29

Things Heard & Seen — NETFLIX FILM
Yasuke — NETFLIX ANIME

April 30

The Innocent — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
The Mitchells vs. The Machines — NETFLIX FAMILY
Pet Stars — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
The Unremarkable Juanquini: Season 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Leaving Netflix in April