10 of the best things coming to Netflix next month
Here’s a preview of some of the most anticipated films and series about to land on Netflix in May. If you’ve caught up with everything the streaming platform released in April and you’re craving something new to feast your eyes and ears on, you’re in luck. Netflix consistently delivers fresh and exciting content to satisfy our entertainment cravings, dropping brand new arrivals to its archives each month. From Selling Sunset-style reality TV to gripping sci-fi films that will have us sitting on the edge of our seats, there’s a diverse array of shows lined up for our consumption in May.
1. A Man in Full
Jeff Daniels stars as Charlie Croker, a 60-year-old real estate mogul who faces bankruptcy. While fighting off people from his past and present who are trying to capitalise on his failures, Croker must work to protect and defend his empire from crumbling to the ground. It’s based on Tom Wolfe’s 1998 novel of the same name.
Coming to Netflix on May 2
2. Secrets of the Neanderthal
Sir Patrick Stewart narrates this new insightful documentary surrounding the life of the Neanderthals, an extinct group of archaic humans who lived in Eurasia until about 40,000 years ago. The doc explores their fossil records, allowing us to gain a clearer idea about their lives, and why they became extinct.
Coming to Netflix on May 2
3. Unfrosted
Niche but interesting sounding nonetheless, and complete with a star-studded cast including Hugh Grant, Melissa McCarthy, Amy Schumer and Jerry Seinfeld. Unfrosted is a comedy set in the early 1960s about the creation of the Pop-Tart, and the battle between rival cereal manufacturers Kellogg’s and Post.
Coming to Netflix on May 3
4. Bodkin
5. Mother of the Bride
6. Blood of Zeus (Season 2)
7. Bridgerton (Season 3 – Part 1)
8. Buying London (Season 1)
9. Atlas
Benedict Cumberbatch leads this new miniseries as Vincent, a puppeteer in 1980s New York, whose nine-year-old son, Edgar, goes missing. While navigating grief, anxiety and loss – all while trying to find Edgar – Vincent becomes more and more disillusioned with reality, and soon starts to believe his seven-foot-tall puppet, Eric, can help bring his son home.
Coming to Netflix on May 30
