What's new on Netflix UK in May 2021 – all the shows and movies coming up

There are some big movie premieres on the way as well – with Amy Adams set to star in brand new psychological thriller The Woman in the Window and Zack Snyder following up his recut Justice League film with a zombie thriller entitled Army of the Dead.

If you're a fan of true crime, then be sure to check out The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness, and if superhero action is more your thing, then new series Jupiter's Legacy may well be the one for you.

Read on for our pick of the May list – and if you’re after April’s Netflix releases, we can help with that, too.

Saturday 1st May

Below Deck More seasons of this Bravo reality series about the crews of super yachts arrive on Netflix

Plus older films arriving on, or returning to, the platform:

Eagle Eye (2008)

The Fourth Kind (2009)

The Italian Job (2003)

Premonition (2007)

Resident Evil: Degeneration (2008)

The School of Rock (2003)

Tamara Drewe (2010)

Sunday 2nd May

Colony season 3 Three years after it aired in the US, the final season of the sci-fi series about an alien force that arrives in LA is finally available for UK fans.

Tuesday 4th May

Giant Jack series 2 Animated kids' series

Selena: the Series season 2 A second season for the biographical drama series about Mexican-American popstar Selena, with Christian Serratos in the lead role

StartUp seasons 1-3 Drama series about a fictional crypto-currency startup called GenCoin, starring Adam Brody and Martin Freeman

Wednesday 5th May

The Circle USA season 2 – finale The second series of the American version of the Channel 4 reality show reaches its conclusion in its 13th episode

Lava Ka Dhaava season 1 A first series of the Indian version of the popular reality series Floor Is Lava – in which competitors have to avoid touching the floor

The Sons of Sam: a Descent into Darkness New true crime docuseries that sees author Maury Terry attempt to prove that serial killer David Berkowitz did not act alone

Upin&Ipin season 11 Continuation of the children's series

Thursday 6th May

And Tomorrow the Entire World (2020) German film about a student who joins an anti-fascist group and frequently finds herself in some extremely dangerous circumstances

August Sky: 63 Days of Glory Polish military drama

Legiony (The Legions) Polish war drama

Friday 7th May

The Circle s2 – the Afterparty Debrief following the finale

Girl from Nowhere season 2 Second run for the Thai anthology series about a girl with the power to expose people's hypocrisy

Jupiter's Legacy season 1 Brand new superhero series that follows the children of superheroes who are struggling to live up to their parent's reputations, based on the comic-book series of the same name

Men in Black: International (2019) Delayed fourth entry in the Men in Black film franchise, with Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson in the lead roles

Milestone (2021) Hindi film about a trucker who has been recently bereaved and also faces losing his job

Monster (2021) Legal drama film about a 17-year-old student who finds his life crashing down around him when he is charged with felony murder

The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019) Follow-up to the successful children's animated film

Saturday 8th May

Mine Korean soap (episodes weekly)

Sunday 9th May

Super Me (2019) Chinese film about a struggling screenwriter who finds he is able to bring antiques from his dreams into the real world

Monday 10th May

The Corrupted (2019) Crime film about a boxer recently released from prison who is tasked with saving his brother from a dangerous situation

Deadly Switch (2018) Film about a foreign exchange student who moves in with her roommate's family to avoid a dangerous stalker

It's Never Too Late (1956) British comedy film from the 1950s about a genteel housewife who finds herself writing a hit Hollywood film

The Outlaw and His Wife (1917) Swedish film from the silent era about Eyvind of the Hills, an 18th-century Icelandic outlaw

Tuesday 11th May

Dear Affy (2020) Nollywood romcom

Money, Explained season 1 Limited docuseries that investigates the role money plays in our society in its various forms – from credit cards to casinos and scammers to student loans

Motherland season 2 With the third series of the middle-class parenting sitcom recently starting on BBC Two, the second season arrives on Netflix

Use for My Talent season 1 Chinese comedy series about a romance that blossoms between a germophobic cleaning company owner and an employee

Wednesday 12th May

Brightburn (2019) Superhero horror film about a 12-year-old who begins to use his powers for sinister purposes

Dance of the Forty One (2021) New film based on a true story about a gay congressman who marries the Mexican president's daughter while continuing an affair with a young man

Oxygen (2021) French sci-fi thriller about a woman who wakes up in a cryogenic unit and must remember who she is before running out of oxygen

The Upshaws season 1 New sitcom about a working-class African American family who strive for a better life while dealing with everyday struggles

Thursday 13th May

Castlevania season 4 Fourth series of the hit adult animation based on the video game series of the same name, following a vampire hunter tasked with protecting a besieged city

Wave of Cinema: Filosofi Kopi Indonesian concert film

Friday 14th May

Alma Matters season 1 Indian academic docuseries examining life at college

Ferry (2021) Belgian thriller about a man who returns to his home town on a revenge mission and ends up finding a new love that changes his life for ever

Halston Limited drama series starring Ewan McGregor as an American fashion icon

Haunted season 3 Third run of the reality TV series that sees real people recount terrifying experiences from their past – complete with spooky reenactments

The Heroic Legend of Arslan season 1 New anime series about a prince who must fight to regain his throne after his kingdom is conquered by the neighbouring realm

I Am All Girls (2021) South African mystery film that follows a relentless detective and a killer as they find common ground – by targeting the perpetrators of a child trafficking ring

Jungle Beat: the Movie (2021) Animated kids film about an alien who crash lands on earth and befriends a group of talking animals who help him get home

Love, Death + Robots season 2 Second run for the anthology series of shorts from David Fincher and Jeff Fowler

Ma (2019) Psychological horror film starring Octavia Spencer as a middle-aged woman who allows a group of teenagers to party in her basement – with a few conditions

Move to Heaven season 1 Korean TV series following a young man with Asperger syndrome and his uncle in their jobs as trauma cleaners

The Mystic River season 1 Nollywood fantasy thriller series

The Strange House (2021) Teen horror about two brothers who try to solve a menacing mystery surrounding their new home after moving from the big city

The Upshaws - the Afterparty Discussion show around the new sitcom

The Woman in the Window (2021) Amy Adams stars in this thriller about an agoraphobic psychologist who becomes obsessed with solving a crime she witnesses from her window

Saturday 15th May

Bakugan: Armored Alliance season 1 Kids' anime series

Beyblade Burst Rise season 1 Kids' anime series

Booba: the Food Show season 1 Animated children's series celebrating food

Kuroko's Basketball season 2 Second series of the anime about five middle school basketball players who went to separate high schools

Love or Money (2020) Filipino romantic comedy

3000 Miles to Graceland (2000) Crime comedy starring Kurt Russell, Kevin Costner, Courteney Cox, Christian Slater, David Arquette, Ice-T and Kevin Pollak

Sunday 16th May

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) Animated adventure kids' sequel, with the voices of Phillip Glasser, James Stewart, John Cleese and Dom DeLuise

Apollo 13 (1995) Fact-based drama starring Tom Hanks about the ill-fated 1970 Apollo 13 mission to the moon

The Bourne Identity (2002) First instalment in the franchise starring Matt Damon

The Bourne Legacy (2012) Spy thriller sequel, with Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz and Edward Norton

The Bourne Supremacy (2004) Action thriller sequel, starring Matt Damon

The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) Third instalment of the spy thriller series

Bridesmaids (2011) Kristen Wiig, Rose Byrne and Melissa McCarthy star in this comedy in which a disorganised woman is asked to be maid of honour at her best friend's wedding

Candyman (1992) Horror, starring Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd and Xander Berkeley

Cape Fear (1991) Martin Scorsese's thriller remake, starring Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange and Juliette Lewis

Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle (2015) Family animation that follows Curious George as he embarks on an important space mission

Dad's Army (2016) Film version of the classic sitcom with Toby Jones, Bill Nighy and Catherine Zeta-Jones in starring roles

The Doors (1991) Oliver Stone's biographical film about the influential rock band, with Val Kilmer starring as legendary frontman Jim Morrison

8 Mile (2002) Eminem stars as a white rapper determined to make a name for himself on the music scene

Gladiator (2000) Oscar-winning period epic, with Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Derek Jacobi and Oliver Reed, in his last film role

Highlander (1986) Popular '80s adventure film following the immortal Scottish swordsman Connor Macleod as he attempts to win the fabled prize against the evil Kurgan

Inglourious Basterds (2009) Quentin Tarantino's wartime adventure, with Brad Pitt, Melanie Laurent, Diane Kruger, Michael Fassbender and an Oscar-winning Christoph Waltz

Jason Bourne (2016) Final outing in the film franchise

Jaws (1975) The iconic shark drama returns to the platform after a period of absence

Les Misérables(2012) Musical, starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe and Anne Hathaway

Notting Hill (1999) Richard Curtis's romantic comedy, starring Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts, Rhys Ifans, Emma Chambers, James Dreyfus and Gina McKee

Nutty Professor II: the Klumps (2000) Comedy sequel film starring Eddie Murphy as Professor Sherman Klump – and various other roles

Pitch Perfect (2012) Anna Kendrick plays Beca, a would-be DJ who becomes embroiled in the cut-throat world of university a cappella singing

The Road to El Dorado (2000) Animated kids' musical adventure, with the voices of Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Rosie Perez, Armand Assante and Edward James Olmos, and featuring a soundtrack by Elton John

Serenity (2005) Sci-fi adventure based on Joss Whedon's TV series Firefly, starring Nathan Fillion, Summer Glau and Chiwetel Ejiofor

Shark Tale (2004) A celebrity-obsessed fish (voiced by Will Smith) masquerades as a shark-killing hero with the aid of a vegetarian great white (Jack Black)

Tremors (1989) Comedy horror, with Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter, Michael Gross, Reba McEntire and Bobby Jacoby

Twins (1998) Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito An unlikely pair of brothers, who were born as the result of a one-off genetic experiment and separated at birth, are reunited in adulthood

Zero Dark Thirty (2012) Kathryn Bigelow's fact-based drama, starring Jessica Chastain and Mark Strong

Tuesday 18th May

Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir The American author shares her life story

Sardar Ka Grandson (2021) Hindi comedy film about a devoted grandson who makes it his mission to reunite his ailing grandmother with her ancestral home

S.W.A.T. Several seasons of the crime show following Sergeant Daniel and his team of officers in the Los Angeles police department

Wednesday 19th May

The Last Days (1998) Oscar-winning documentary telling the stories of five Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust

Who Killed Sara? season 2 Second series of the Mexican thriller about a man who seeks to prove he was framed for his sister's revenge – aiming to carry out revenge in the process

Thursday 20th May

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019) Kevin Smith's buddy comedy film returning to the popular characters from his "View Askewniverse" – the eighth film in that series

Special season 2 Second series of the sitcom following Ryan, a gay man with cerebral palsy who decides to do away with his identity as an accident victim

Friday 21st May

Army of the Dead (2021) Netflix Original film from Zack Synder following a group of mercenaries who attempt to carry out a daring heist in the midst of a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas

Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous season 3 Third run for the animated Jurassic World spin-off series

The Neighbour season 2 Second series of the Spanish comedy about a man who unexpectedly becomes a superhero

Strain (2020) Drama film about a man who struggles to keep his family happy and united when his son is suddenly diagnosed with Sickle Cell Disease

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Sunday 25th May

Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019) With the third entry in the MCU Spider-Man trilogy on the way later this year, the second film arrives on Netflix

Monday 26th May

The Divine Ponytail (2021) Biographical sports film following the career of legendary Italian footballer Roberto Baggio

Tuesday 27th May

Eden season 1 Brand-new anime about a girl who was raised by robots and begins to discover the dark secrets behind her seemingly utopian world

Wednesday 28th May

Lucifer season 5B More than nine months after the first half of the series dropped, the second part of the supernatural procedural show's fifth series finally arrives

The Kominsky Method season 3 Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin return in the third series of the comedy following an acting coach and his best friend as they navigate the ups and downs getting older

Check out our lists of the best series on Netflix and the best movies on Netflix, or see what else is on with our TV Guide.

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