May usually signifies the start of the summer movie season, but for Netflix this year, it's a fairly low-key time – at least according to its recently released list of new arrivals for the upcoming month.
That isn't to say there aren't winners coming to your laptop screens and living rooms soon, though. Big screen blockbusters such as "The Bourne Ultimatum," "Hellboy II," "Wanted," "Coco" and "Shrek" are all headed to the streaming behemoth next month – and be sure to tell your mother that "Mamma Mia!" will be available as well, just in time for the sequel(?!) coming out this July.
Meanwhile, on the originals side of things, popular TV shows like "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" and "Dear White People" are both returning for new seasons alongside buzzy new movies like "Anon," the latest sci-fi saga from the director behind "Gattaca" (yay!) and "In Time" (boo!), and the Martin Freeman zombie drama "Cargo."
Here's the rest of everything arriving on Netflix in May:
For the list of movies and TV shows leaving Netflix next month, click here.
May 1
"27: Gone Too Soon"
"A Life of Its Own: The Truth About Medical Marijuana"
"Amelie"
"Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures" season 1
"Beautiful Girls"
"The Bourne Ultimatum"
"The Carter Effect"
"The Clapper"
"Darc"
"God's Own Country"
"Hachi: A Dog's Life"
"Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay"
"Hellboy II: The Golden Army"
"High School Musical 3: Senior Year"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous Live at Radio City"
"Mr. Woodcock"
"My Perfect Romance"
"Pocoyo & Cars"
"Pocoyo & The Space Circus"
"Queens of Comedy" season 1
"The Reaping"
"Reasonable Doubt"
"Red Dragon"
"Scream 2"
"Shrek"
"Simon" season 1
"Sliding Doors"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Sometimes"
"The Strange Name Movie"
"Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V" season 2
May 2
"Jailbreak"
May 4
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "A Little Help with Carol Burnett"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Anon"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Busted!" season 1
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Dear White People" season 2
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "End Game"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Forgive Us Our Debts"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Kong: King of the Apes" season 2
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Manhunt"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman: Tina Fey"
"No Estoy Loca"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Rain" season 1
May 5
"Faces Places"
May 6
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale (season finale on May 13)
May 8
"Desolation"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Hari Kondabolu: Warn Your Relatives"
May 9
"Dirty Girl"
May 11
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Bill Nye Saves the World" season 3
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Evil Genius: The True Story of America's Most Diabolical Bank Heist"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Kissing Booth"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Spirit Riding Free" season 5
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Who Was? Show" season 1
May 13
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Ali Wong: Hard Knock Wife"
May 14
"The Phantom of the Opera"
May 15
"The Game 365" seasons 15-16
"Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce" season 4
"Grand Designs" seasons 13-14
"Only God Forgives"
May 16
"The 40-Year-Old Virgin"
"89"
"The Kingdom"
"Mamma Mia!"
"Wanted"
May 18
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Cargo"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Catching Feelings"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Inspector Gadget" season 4
May 19
"Bridge to Terabithia"
"Scandal" season 7
"Small Town Crime"
May 20
"Some Kind of Beautiful"
May 21
"Señora Acero" season 4
May 22
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Mob Psycho 100" season 1
"Shooter" season 2
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Terrace House: Opening New Doors: Part 2"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Tig Notaro: Happy to Be Here"
May 23
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Explained"
May 24
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Fauda" season 2
"Survivors Guide to Prison"
May 25
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Ibiza"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Steve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget For the Rest of Your Life"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Toys That Made Us" season 2
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Trollhunters" part 3
May 26
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Sara's Notebook"
May 27
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Break with Michelle Wolf"
May 29
"Coco"
May 30
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" season 4
May 31
"Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman: Howard Stern"
As much as it is a gigantic cliché to say that one has always had a passion for film, Matt Mueller has always had a passion for film. Whether it was bringing in the latest movie reviews for his first grade show-and-tell or writing film reviews for the St. Norbert College Times as a high school student, Matt is way too obsessed with movies for his own good.
When he's not writing about the latest blockbuster or talking much too glowingly about "Piranha 3D," Matt can probably be found watching literally any sport (minus cricket) or working at - get this - a local movie theater. Or watching a movie. Yeah, he's probably watching a movie.
