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What’s new on Netflix and what’s leaving in May 2025

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May is going to start out on a very slow note for movie lovers on Netflix, with only 13 new titles arriving on the first of the month. Five of which are Twilight films! And if you want to feel old, the 20th anniversary of Twilight is just three years away.

The overall film additions may be lacking in May, but the TV options are another story. The premiere of Sirens will be joined by new seasons of Big Mouth, Blood of Zeus, and Love, Death & Robots.

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To help you make your viewing plans for the month, we’ve put together a complete roundup of what’s new on Netflix in May 2025 and everything that’s leaving at the end of the month. Our picks for the month are in bold.

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If you’re looking for some additional guidance on what to watch, we also have lists of the best movies on Netflix and the best shows on Netflix. If Netflix isn’t your only streaming service, we also have helpful articles on the best new movies to stream, the best new shows to stream, the best movies on Amazon Prime and the best TV shows on Amazon Prime, as well as plenty of guides for Hulu, Disney+, and HBO Max.

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Everything new on Netflix in May

May 1

  • Angi: Fake Life, True Crime (Season 1) Netflix Original
  • Mid90s (2018)
  • Past Lives (2023)
  • Paul (2011)
  • Sisters (2015)
  • The Biggest Fan (2025)
  • The Equalizer 2 (2018)
  • The Four Seasons (Season 1)
  • The Walk (2015)
  • Twilight (2008)
  • The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)
  • The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)
  • The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (2011)
  • The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (2012)
  • Trainwreck (2025) 
  • Why I Dress Up For Love (Season 1)

May 2

  • Bad Boy (Season 1)
  • Peninsula (2020)
  • Unseen (Season 2)

May 4

  • Conan O’Brien: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor (2025)

May 5

  • Britain and the Blitz (2025)
  • Mighty Monsterwheelies (Season 2)

May 6

  • The Devil’s Plan (Season 2)
  • UNTOLD: Shooting Guards (2025)

May 7

  • Full Speed (Season 2)
  • Last Bullet / Lost Bullet 3 (2025)

May 8

  • Blood of Zeus (Season 3)
  • Forever (Season 1)
  • Heart Eyes (2025)

May 9

  • Nonnas (2025)
  • Too Hot to Handle: Italy (Season 1)
  • The Royals

May 11

  • ABBA: Against the Odds (2024)

May 13

  • Bad Thoughts (Season 1)
  • UNTOLD: The Liver King (2025)

May 14

  • American Manhunt: Osama bin Laden (Season 1)
  • Fred and Rose West: A British Horror Story (Limited Series)
  • Garbo: Where Did You Go? (2024)
  • Smile (2022)
  • Snakes and Ladders (Season 1)

May 15

  • Bet (Season 1)
  • Franklin (Season 1)
  • Love, Death & Robots (Volume 4)
  • Pernille (Season 5)
  • Secrets We Keep (Limited Series)
  • Thank You, Next (Season 2)
  • The Reserve (Limited Series)

May 16

  • Dear Hongrang (Season 1)
  • Football Parents (Season 1)
  • Rotten Legacy (Season 1)
  • The Quilters (2025)

May 20

  • Sarah Silverman: Postmortem (2025)
  • UNTOLD: The Fall of Favre (2025)

May 22

  • Sirens (Limited Series)

May 23

  • Air Force Elite: Thunderbirds (2025)
  • Big Mouth (Season 8)
  • Fear Street: Prom Queen (2025)
  • Forget You Not (Season 1)

May 26

  • Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders (Limited Series)
  • Mike Birbiglia: The Good Life (2025)

May 27

  • Better Late Than Single (Season 1)

May 28

  • F1: The Academy (Season 1)

May 29

  • Dept. Q (Season 1)

May 30

  • A Widow’s Game (2025)

May 31

  • Netflix TUDUM 2025 (LIVE)

Leaving Netflix in May

May 1

  • 99 Homes (2014)
  • A Man Wanted (2017)
  • About Time (2013)
  • Always (1989)
  • Annie (2014)
  • Blade Runner: The Final Cut (1982)
  • Boiling Point (Limited Series)
  • Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
  • Definitely, Maybe (2008)
  • Earth Playlist (2025) – Netflix Original Removal
  • Erin Brockovich (2000)
  • Europa Report (2013)
  • Friday (1995)
  • Fury (2014)
  • Get In (2019) – Netflix Original Removal
  • Heroes (1977)
  • King Kong (2005)
  • Little Fockers (2010)
  • Maid in Manhattan (2002)
  • Meet the Fockers (2004)
  • Meet The Parents (2000)
  • Next Friday (2000)
  • Notting Hill (1999)
  • Out of Africa (1989)
  • Queen & Slim (2019)
  • Rugrats (Seasons 1-2)
  • Schindler’s List (1993)
  • Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)
  • Silverado (1985)
  • Spider-Man (2002)
  • Spider-Man 2 (2004)
  • Spider-Man 3 (2007)
  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
  • Tank (1984)
  • This Is 40 (2012)
  • The Adolf Eichmann Trial (2011)
  • The Frozen Ground (2013)
  • The Good Shepherd (2006)
  • The Other Side of the Mountain (1975)
  • The Road to El Dorado (2000)
  • The Secret of My Success (1987)
  • The Whale (2022) – A24 Removal
  • The Wiz (1978)
  • This is 40 (2012)
  • Thomas & Friends: Marvelous Machinery: A New Arrival (2020)
  • Thomas & Friends: The Royal Engine (2020)
  • Thomas & Friends: Marvelous Machinery: World of Tomorrow (2020)
  • Thomas & Friends: Thomas and the Royal Engine (2020)
  • Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All by Myself (2009)
  • Waterworld (1995)
  • Wedding Crashers (2005)
  • Whiplash (2014)
  • Woody Woodpecker (2017)
  • You, Me and Dupree (2006)

May 4

  • Family Blood (2018)
  • Insidious: The Red Door (2023) – Sony Pictures Removal
  • Rowdy Fellow (2014)
  • Thammudu (1999)
  • Three (2012)

May 5

  • The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)

May 6

  • Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres (2022)
  • Sí, Mi Amor (2020)
  • Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis) (2022)

May 7

  • Emergency Travel (2019)
  • Red Card (2017)
  • Si Doel the Movie (2018)
  • Si Doel the Movie 2 (2019)

May 8

  • Buried: The 1982 Alpine Meadows Avalanche (2022)
  • Justice League (Seasons 1-2)
  • Justice League: Unlimited (Seasons 1-2)

May 9

  • Resident Evil: Death Island (2023)
  • The Lost City (2022)

May 10

  • Montford: The Chickasaw Rancher (2021)
  • Rambo (2008)
  • Rambo: Last Blood (2019)
  • The Great Magician (2011)

May 13

  • Bigger Than Africa (2018)
  • Journey of an African Colony (2018)

May 14

  • Borrego (2022)
  • Dilan 1990 (2018)
  • Dilan 1991 (2019)

May 15

  • Crossroads (2002)
  • Hamid (2018)
  • Inhuman Resources (2020) – Netflix Original Removal
  • Madam Secretary (Seasons 1-6)
  • Trolls Band Together (2023)

May 16

  • Mutt (2023)
  • The Sum of All Fears (2002)
  • Tully (2018)

May 18

  • Inspector Gadget (Seasons 1-4) Netflix Original Removal

May 19

  • A Simple Favor (2018)
  • The Last Days (1998)

May 20

  • Ayinla (2021)

May 21

  • Mujeres arriba (2019)

May 22

  • Dampyr (2022)
  • Richie Rich (Seasons 1-2) – Netflix Original Removal
  • The Batman (Seasons 1-5)
  • White Gold (Seasons 1-2) – Netflix Original Removal

May 30

  • The Silencing (2020)

May 31

  • 45 rpm (Season 1) – Netflix Original Removal
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Blair Marnell
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