The Films and Shows You Should Be Streaming in May 2025

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A full caller epoch is here. For the past respective years, our monthly file the Nerd’s Watch has been the spot to find retired each the champion genre titles coming to the biggest streaming services. It wasn’t a implicit list. We conscionable posted the titles we deliberation you’d attraction about, but it was inactive agelong and frankly, hard to prime retired the champion of the best.

Well, over the past fewer months, that changed. What follows isn’t a database of each the champion worldly streaming connected each the large streaming services. We’ve looked astatine each those lists and travel up with a fewer twelve titles that we deliberation are noteworthy this month. Some are new, some are old, but either way, we’ll archer you wherefore you should care. Or astatine slightest gag astir it. So beryllium back, drawback your remote, and get acceptable for the caller and improved Nerd’s Watch highlighting the champion movies and shows coming to streamers this month.

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (May 1 connected Netflix)

Netflix was bully capable to springiness america the latest Wallace & Gromit movie and now, the previous—and better—one comes to the work too.

Starship Troopers (May 1 connected Netflix)

Paul Verhoeven’s action-packed satire is coming to Netflix. Time for Johnny Rico to reintroduce himself to the world. Would you similar to cognize more?

The Twilight Saga (May 1 connected Netflix)

All 5 films successful the romanticist vampire saga featuring Edward, Bella, and Jacob get connected Netflix and springiness you the cleanable accidental for a mega blameworthy pleasance binge.

Train to Busan (May 2 connected Netflix)

This is simply a genuinely bonkers and entertaining South Korean movie astir what happens connected a bid arsenic a zombie outbreak begins. It’s truthful overmuch amusive and precise worthy a watch.

Heart Eyes (May 8 connected Netflix)

Miss this aboriginal 2025 fearfulness movie attempting to present a marque caller killer? Well, you’re successful luck. Heart Eyes—about a slayer who kills couples connected Valentine’s Day—is coming to Netflix.

Fear Street: Prom Queen (May 23 connected Netflix)

The Fear Street bid has frankincense acold succeeded successful being a precise bully equilibrium of creepy fearfulness and teen play and Prom Queen, the latest installment, promises to present much of the same.

The Wild Robot (May 24 connected Netflix)

I’m going to basal up connected a soapbox for this one. *Screams* “The Wild Robot was the champion movie that came retired successful 2024 and if you didn’t spot it, it’s coming to Netflix soon. It’s cleanable for each ages. Just an astonishing movie.”

Tudum 2025 (May 31 connected Netflix)

This is an unusual one, which is wherefore I chose it. At the extremity of the month, Netflix is going to unrecorded broadcast its mentation of Comic-Con, called Tudum. Expect quality and clips from each sorts of large upcoming releases similar Stranger Things 5 and Frankenstein.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (May 1 connected Disney+)

As we patiently await for 2027’s Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, Disney+ adds the astir caller movie successful the franchise, Across the Spider-Verse, to its catalog. It’s a masterpiece.

So Much Star Wars (May 1 connected Hulu, May 4 connected Disney+)

Let’s interruption this down. All the Star Wars films are connected Disney+, of course, but connected May 1, the archetypal trilogy makes the leap to Hulu on with Rogue One. Basically, it’s the four-movie sequel to Andor. Then, connected May 4, the caller animated anthology Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld comes to Disney+ on with video walkthroughs of Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge and the thrust Rise of the Resistance. Perfect if you haven’t had a accidental to sojourn them astatine the Disney Parks yet.

Attack the Block (May 1 connected Hulu)

Whether oregon not that sequel volition ever hap remains to beryllium seen, but Joe Cornish’s archetypal movie astir aliens invading an municipality country of the UK, starring John Boyega, remains a certified banger.

The Kingsman films (May 1 connected Hulu)

Matthew Vaughn’s trilogy of spy movies comes to Hulu and though they connection diminishing returns, with The Secret Service being the best, The Golden Circle being conscionable okay, and The King’s Man being bad, it’s inactive an enjoyable series.

Mission: Impossible movies (May 1 and 13 connected Hulu)

With the eighth and perchance last movie connected the way, a fewer of the earlier films successful the bid are popping up connected Hulu. The first, second, and 3rd movies volition get May 1 and Rogue Nation, the 5th film, arrives May 13.

Double Pee-wee (May 1 and 23 connected Max)

Pee-wee arsenic Himself, an breathtaking caller documentary astir Paul Reubens, aka, Pee-wee Herman, is coming to Max May 23 and, to acceptable it up, Pee-wee’s archetypal movie, Pee-wee’s Big Adventure, arrives May 1.

The Silence of the Lambs (May 1 connected Max)

Simply put, 1 of the champion films ever made is coming to Max this month. Whether you’ve seen it oregon not, it’s ever a bully clip to witnesser this masterpiece astir an FBI cause utilizing 1 psycho slayer to find another.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (May 1 connected Max)

Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet prima successful the incredible, twisty sci-fi romance communicative astir a mates who person each different removed from their memories, but inactive can’t halt falling successful love.

Enter the Dragon (May 1 connected Max)

Bruce Lee’s best-known movie kicks its mode onto Max, truthful it’s clip to drawback your yellowish jumpsuit and spell on for the ride.

Double Jordan Peele (May 1 and 18 connected Peacock)

We aren’t definite wherefore Get Out and Nope weren’t connected Peacock earlier, but Jordan Peele’s archetypal and 3rd movies are some coming backmost this month. Get Out connected May 1 and Nope connected May 18.

Now You See Me truthful acold (May 1 connected Peacock)

Days aft the merchandise of the trailer for portion three, the highly enjoyable archetypal 2 Now You See Me films travel to streaming, blending action, comedy, and ace chill magic tricks.

Poker Face play 2 (May 8 connected Peacock)

Charlie is back. Yes, the world’s champion prevarication detector, played by Natasha Lyonne, is backmost for play 2 of her Rian Johnson-produced show, and we can’t hold to spot what murders she solves this time.

The John Wick Films (May 15 connected Peacock)

Yup, each 4 of John Wick‘s adventures are coming to Peacock, conscionable successful clip for the upcoming spinoff film, Ballerina.

Oldboy (May 1 connected Paramount+)

If you haven’t seen Oldboy, hole that arsenic soon arsenic possible. From manager Park Chan-wook, it’s the communicative of a antheral imprisoned for 15 years who seeks revenge erstwhile helium gets out. But it’s so, truthful overmuch much than that.

Stardust (May 1 connected Paramount+)

Sleazy creator aside, Matthew Vaughn’s phantasy starring a pre-Daredevil Charlie Cox and Claire Danes is 1 of the astir underrated movies successful caller years. A glorious escapade filled with creatures, romance, and Robert De Niro.

Terminator: Dark Fate (May 1 connected Paramount+)

It inactive bothers america that Dark Fate suffered, well, a Dark Fate. It’s the third-best Terminator movie by a wide borderline and beautifully continues the communicative of the archetypal 2 movies successful a modern, logical, breathtaking way. It’s large truthful decidedly cheque it out.

Tremors (May 1 connected Shudder)

Kevin Bacon vs. giant, killer, underground worms. A classic.

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