The summer movie season kicks off in theaters this month with major Hollywood studio fare such as тАЬThe Devil Wears Prada 2тАЭ and тАЬThe Mandalorian and Grogu,тАЭ but itтАЩs also kicking off on streaming as some of the buzziest movies of 2026 start arriving on SVOD platforms.
Emerald FennellтАЩs тАЬWuthering Heights,тАЭ which brought Margot Robbie and Jacob ElordiтАЩs smoldering chemistry to the big screen, arrives on HBO Max after dividing audiences with its eroticism. Sam RaimiтАЩs тАЬSend HelpтАЭ hits Hulu after a sturdy winter box office run and critical acclaim for Rachel McAdams no-holds-barred performance. Charli xcxтАЩs тАЬThe MomentтАЭ also debuts on HBO Max after being one of the biggest premieres of Sundance.
The start of the summer season also means streaming originals. Netflix is rolling out the animated movie тАЬSwapped,тАЭ which is sure to bring in family audiences (the voice of Michael B. Jordan is an added bonus), and the battle of the sexes comedy тАЬLadies First,тАЭ starring Sacha Baron Cohen and Rosamund Pike. ThereтАЩs also тАЬRemarkably Bright Creatures,тАЭ the streamerтАЩs adaptation of the bestselling book that has Sally Field front and center. Expect the drama film to be a hit over MotherтАЩs Day weekend.
Check out a full rundown below of the biggest movies new to streaming in May 2026.
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Wuthering Heights (May 1 on HBO Max)


Image Credit: ┬йWarner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection Emerald FennellтАЩs buzzy тАЬWuthering HeightsтАЭ adaptation arrives on HBO Max this month after earning $241 million at the worldwide box office this winter. Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi headline the romance drama as doomed lovers Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff. FennellтАЩs adaptation brings the novelтАЩs understated erotic and psychological tension to the forefront, which both enamored and polarized audiences as the novelтАЩs Yorkshire setting became reimagined as an erotically-charged playground. The supporting cast includes Shazad Latif as Edgar Linton, Owen Cooper as young Heathcliff, Hong Chau as housekeeper Nelly and Alison Oliver as Isabella Linton.
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Send Help (May 7 on Hulu / Disney+)


Image Credit: ┬й20th Century Studios/Courtesy Everett Collection Sam RaimiтАЩs wild thriller тАЬSend HelpтАЭ arrives on Hulu this month after earning a sturdy $94 million worldwide at the winter box office. Rachel McAdams plays an isolated office worker who is constantly belittled by her boss, played by Dylan OтАЩBrien. When the two find themselves stranded on an island after a plane crash, all hell breaks the loose as the power dynamic between them is upended.┬а
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The Moment (May 29 on HBO Max)


Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection Charli xcx heads to the movies in A24тАЩs тАЬThe Moment,тАЭ a mockumentary that follows the pop star as sheтАЩs plunged into an identity crisis while trying to mount a world tour for her acclaimed тАЬBratтАЭ album. Rosanna Arquette, Kate Berlant, Jamie Demetriou, Hailey Benton Gates, Isaac Powell, Alexander Skarsg├еrd and Kylie Jenner all pop up in the film as themselves or fictionalized versions of CharliтАЩs team as the singer contemplates how far to run with her тАЬBratтАЭ fame.
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Dead ManтАЩs Wire (May 28 on Netflix)


Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection Directed by Gus Van Sant, тАЬDead ManтАЩs WireтАЭ depicts the real-life 1977 hostage situation carried out by Tony Kiritsis (Bill Skarsg├еrd), who kidnapped his bank mortgager (Dacre Montgomery) and then demanded $5 million, no charges or prosecution and a personal apology for wronging him. MyhaтАЩla, Cary Elwes, John Robinson and Al Pacino round out the cast of the film, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival to strong reviews and an 11-minute standing ovation.VarietyтАЩs┬аreview┬аsaid the movie┬аnailed its тАЬfreak existential hair-trigger suspense.тАЭ
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Tom ClancyтАЩs Jack Ryan: Ghost War (May 20 on Prime Video)


Image Credit: ┬йMGM/Courtesy Everett Collection John Krasinski┬аis back as┬аJack Ryan┬аafter his Prime Video action series ended after four seasons back in 2023.┬аThe movie brings back several of his тАЬJack RyanтАЭ TV co-stars, including Wendell Pierce as James Greer, the deputy director of the CIA; Michael Kelly as Mike November, a former CIA station chief turned a private security contractor; and Betty Gabriel as Elizabeth Wright, the CIA director. The cast also includes Sienna Miller, Mckenna Bridger, Max Beesley, Douglas Hodge and JJ Feild.
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Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (May 22 on Peacock)


Image Credit: ┬йLions Gate/Courtesy Everett Collection Quentin TarantinoтАШs тАЬKill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair,тАЭ which combines both тАЬKill Bill Vol. 1тАЭ and тАЬKill Bill Vol. 2тАЭ into a single movie, received its first-ever nationwide theatrical release last December and now hits streaming via Peacock. тАЬThe Whole Bloody AffairтАЭ removes the cliffhanger ending from тАЬVol. 1тАЭ and the recap opener of тАЬVol. 2,тАЭ bringing the pair together as a single cohesive storyline and adding a 7 and 1/2-minute animated sequence that Tarantino originally cut out. For тАЬKill BillтАЭ fans who want to stream even more Tarantino movies, the directorтАЩs тАЬDeath Proof,тАЭ тАЬDjango Unchained, тАЬThe Hateful Eight,тАЭ тАЬInglourious Basterds,тАЭ тАЬJackie BrownтАЭ and тАЬReservoir DogsтАЭ also debut on Peacock on the same day.
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Swapped (May 1 on Netflix)


Image Credit: ┬йNetflix/Courtesy Everett Collection Newly-crowned Oscar winner Michael B. Jordan teams up with тАЬTed LassoтАЭ favorite Juno Temple for the Netflix animated original movie тАЬSwapped.тАЭ The logline reads: тАЬA buddy comedy about a small woodland creature (Jordan) and a majestic bird (Temple) тАФ natural sworn enemies of The Valley тАФ who suddenly swap bodies and must team up (while walking in each otherтАЩs feathers and fur) to survive the wildest adventure of their lives.тАЭ Tracy Morgan, Cedric the Entertainer and Justina Machado also lend their voices to the family movie.
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Arco (May 22 on Hulu)


Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection The French animated feature тАЬArcoтАЭ was nominated at the Oscars earlier this year. тАЬArcoтАЭ is a fantasy adventure film directed by French illustrator Ugo Bienvenu in his feature debut. Using 2D animation, the story follows a 10-year-old boy who travels back in time from an idyllic future to a more perilous past, where he teams up with a young girl and a robot to return home and save the world.
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Remarkably Bright Creatures (May 8 on Netflix)


Image Credit: ┬йNetflix/Courtesy Everett Collection Shelby Van PeltтАЩs beloved novel тАЬRemarkably Bright CreaturesтАЭ becomes a Netflix original movie just in time for MotherтАЩs Day weekend. Sally Field headlines the drama as a widow who works at a local aquarium. She forms an unlikely bond with a Giant Pacific Octopus and a wayward young man who comes to town in search of family. The supporting cast includes Lewis Pullman, Colm Meaney, Joan Chen, Kathy Baker, Beth Grant, Sofia Black DтАЩElia and Alfred Molina.
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Propeller One-Way Night Coach (May 29 on Apple TV+)┬а


Image Credit: ┬йApple TV/Courtesy Everett Collection John Travolta wrote and directed тАЬPropeller One-Way Night Coach,тАЭ which debuts on Apple TV this month after world premiering out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival. The movie is an adaptation of TravoltaтАЩs childrensтАЩ book that was published in 1997. тАЬPropeller One-Way Night CoachтАЭ unfolds in the golden age of aviation as young airplane enthusiast Jeff (Clark Shotwell) and his mother (Kelly Eviston-Quinnett) set off on a one-way, cross-country odyssey to Hollywood.
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Ladies First (May 22 on Netflix)


Image Credit: ┬йNetflix/Courtesy Everett Collection Sacha Baron Cohen and Rosamund Pike go head-to-head in the Netflix original comedy тАЬLadies First.тАЭ The logline reads: тАЬA ladies man finds his life upended when he wakes up in a parallel world dominated by women. With the rules of engagement changed, he goes head-to-head with a fiery female colleague in a playful satire about what happens when the script is flipped.тАЭ The supporting cast includes Charles Dance, Emily Mortimer, Tom Davis, Richard E. Grant and Fiona Shaw.
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Greenland 2: Migration (May 8 on HBO Max)


Image Credit: ┬йLions Gate/Courtesy Everett Collection Gerard ButlerтАЩs тАЬGreenland 2: MigrationтАЭ is set in the aftermath of a comet strike that decimated most of the earth. The Garrity family, played by Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin and Roman Griffith Davis, are forced to leave the safety of their bunker in Greenland to traverse a shattered world in search of a new home. The movie is the sequel to 2020тАЩs disaster thriller, тАЬGreenland,тАЭ which debuted on demand because of COVID.
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Lurker (May 15 on HBO Max)


Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection Variety┬аfilm critic Owen Gleiberman named тАЬLurkerтАЭ the seventh┬аbest movie of 2025, and now it becomes available to stream on HBO Max this month after debuting on Mubi: тАЬIn Alex RussellтАЩs sleek and unnerving parable of the pathology of celebrity, Th├йodore Pellerin, as a hanger-on who will do anything to hang on, gives a performance that lays bare the reptilian underside of wide-eyed fan worshipтАж тАШLurkerтАЩ has been made with the craft of early vintage Polanski crossed with an up-to-the-minute awareness of what pop culture has come to mean when the famous and their fans are now chasing each otherтАЩs tails.тАЭ
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The Crash (May 15 on Netflix)


Image Credit: Netflix Per Netflix: тАЬOn the morning of July 31, 2022, the community of Strongsville, Ohio, woke up to horrifying news: A car traveling 100 miles per hour had crashed into the side of a brick building, killing two best friends riding inside. The driver, 17-year-old Mackenzie Shirilla, was taking her boyfriend, Dom, and his friend, Davion, home from a high school graduation party when the crash occurred. As detectives combed through the wreckage, what first appeared to be a tragic accident began to look like the scene of a calculated crime. Premiering on May 15, the new documentary тАШThe CrashтАЩ dives deep into the volatile relationship at the center of this ill-fated trio.тАЭ
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We Bury the Dead (May 8 on Hulu)


Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection The survival thriller тАЬWe Bury the DeadтАЭ stars Daisy Ridley as Ava, a desperate woman whose husband is missing in the aftermath of a catastrophic military experiment. Hoping to find him alive, Ava joins a тАЬbody retrieval unit,тАЭ but her search takes a chilling turn when the corpses sheтАЩs burying start showing signs of life. Alongside Ridley, the film star Brenton Thwaites, Mark Coles Smith and Matt Whelan.
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Miss You, Love You (May 29 on HBO Max)


Image Credit: HBO Max Per HBO Max: тАЬA blunt, grieving widow, Diane Patterson (Allison Janney) is forced to plan her husbandтАЩs funeral with a total stranger: her estranged sonтАЩs assistant, Jamie Simms (Andrew Rannells). As they fumble through grief and their strange, darkly funny circumstances, buried secrets and long-held resentments surface, but their partnership becomes an unlikely conduit for connection, laughter, and healing for this mother and her unexpected surrogate son.тАЭ
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The Home (May 22 on Hulu)


Image Credit: ┬йMiramax/Courtesy Everett Collection Pete DavidsonтАЩs horror movie тАЬThe HomeтАЭ follows former foster child Max, who begins working at a retirement home and quickly discovers that its residents and caretakers are harboring sinister secrets. The film comes from James DeMonaco, the filmmaker behind the commercially successful тАЬThe PurgeтАЭ franchise. John Glover and Bruce Altman co-star.
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Meet the Parents Trilogy (May 1 on Netflix)


Image Credit: ┬йUniversal/Courtesy Everett Collection With Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro reuniting for this fallтАЩs тАЬFocker In-Law,тАЭ which adds Ariana Grande into the franchiseтАЩs mix, now is the perfect time for the original тАЬMeet the ParentsтАЭ trilogy to arrive on Netflix for summer streaming. The franchise kicked off in 2000 with тАЬMeet the Parents,тАЭ a comedy blockbuster with $330 million worldwide. The 2004 sequel was even more of a hit with $522 million. 2010тАЩs тАЬLittle FockersтАЭ cooled things down with $310 million, but expectations are high for the fourth entry this November.
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The Black Phone 2 (May 16 on Netflix)


Image Credit: ┬йUniversal/Courtesy Everett Collection тАЬDirector Scott Derrickson brings an evocative analog texture to keep the scares coming from Ethan HawkeтАЩs (now-dead) devil-masked killer,тАЭ reads┬аVarietyтАЩs review┬аof тАЬThe Black Phone 2,тАЭ which grossed $132 million at the worldwide box office last year. The horror movie arrives on Netflix this month after originally streaming on Peacock. тАЬBlack Phone 2тА│ became a much-needed win for Blumhouse and one of its highest-grossing movies of last year after a string of filmsтАФ ┬атАЬWolf ManтАЭ ($34 million), тАЬThe Woman in the YardтАЭ ($23 million), тАЬDropтАЭ ($28 million), and тАЬM3GAN 2.0тАЭ ($39 million) тАФ flatlined in theaters.
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GabbyтАЩs Dollhouse: The Movie (May 22 on Netflix)


Image Credit: ┬йDreamWorks/Courtesy Everett Collection The popular kids series тАЬGabbyтАЩs DollhouseтАЭ is sure to bring in family audiences when it debuts on Netflix this month. From┬аVarietyтАЩs review: тАЬтАШGabbyтАЩs Dollhouse: The MovieтАЩ is about the textures тАФ the fun of spending 90 minutes in a childтАЩs universe that feels like it wasnтАЩt so much animated as baked. Going into the movie, I knew nothing of the DreamWorks Animation series that premiered on Netflix in 2021. But by the time тАШGabbyтАЩs DollhouseтАЩ was over, I felt like the Gabby Cats were my friends, too.тАЭ
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Room to Move (May 27 on Netflix)

The documentary тАЬRoom to MoveтАЭ follows dancer Jenn Freeman over a five-year period during which she develops an understanding of herself after a late-in-life autism diagnosis and creates a one-woman dance performance, тАЬIs It Thursday Yet?тАЭ Halfway through the doc, filmmaker Alexander Hammer unexpectedly becomes a subject of his own after he is also diagnosed with autism.
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тАШOne Battle After AnotherтАЩ (May 23 on Prime Video)


Image Credit: ┬йWarner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection Paul Thomas AndersonтАЩs Oscar winner тАЬOne Battle After AnotherтАЭ becomes available on Prime Video this month at no extra cost to subscribers after making its streaming debut on HBO Max. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio as a washed-up revolutionary whoтАЩs forced to set out on a mission to save his daughter (Chase Infiniti) from an old foe (Sean Penn), the movie earned $212 million million at the worldwide box office last fall and went on to score 13 Oscar nominations and six wins, including best picture and best director.
