All The Best Movies Coming To And Leaving US Netflix In May 2017

Autumn is here, and none of us want to do anything but binge watch TV. Netflix is bringing a bunch of its original TV shows back this month in the United States alongside a ton of other new movies.

Note: This list refers to the US version of Netflix. It has a different library to Australia which changes from month to month. This information is only relevant to readers who access US Netflix using a VPN.

The Highlights

Netflix has been really into itself recently, dumping more and more original stuff into the queue every month. It’s no different in May. There are a couple of new movies, including the French thriller, In the Shadow of Iris; Tarantino’s parody-comedy-statement war movie starring Brad Pitt, Inglorious Basterds; the 12 Monkeys-inspired Southernish accent, War Machine; and the mystery-comedy Handsome.

Netflix TV shows are in the spotlight once again, with a ton of stuff coming back. That includes the next seasons of House of Cards, Sense8, Master of None, Bloodline and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Documentary nerds like me will also be stoked for the variety of new documentaries coming in, like space documentary The Mars Generation; the always fun political film about a sleezeball manipulator, Get Me Roger Stone; and Netflix’s true crime series about a murdered nun, The Keepers.

As for non-Netflix content, it’s a little slow this month, but we do get a few heavy-hitters, including Doctor Strange and Southpaw. Some good TV is coming too, like the new Sherlock series, the first series of Riverdale (yes that Riverdale), and Queen of the South.

As always, there is some solid stuff leaving too. The saddest departure is probably the first three Jurassic Park movies. Also out the way is the entirety of Scrubs, Bob’s Burgers season two, American Dad seasons seven through 10, and the entirety of Anthony Bourdain’s street food signal boaster, Parts Unknown.

Leaving Netflix

May 1

• 11 Blocks
• Alfie
• Bang Bang!
• Black Mamba: Kiss of Death
• Cujo
• Doomsdays
• Fantastic Four
• FernGully 2: The Magical Rescue
• Flicka: Country Pride
• Garfield’s Fun Fest
• Invincible
• Jetsons: The Movie
• Jurassic Park III
• Jurassic Park
• The Lost World: Jurassic Park
• Paulie
• Samurai Headhunters
• Stephen King’s Thinner
• Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
• The Doors
• The Real Beauty and the Beast
• The Seven Dwarfs of Auschwitz
• The Sons of Katie Elder
• The Wedding Planner
• Things We Lost in the Fire
• To Catch a Thief
• Treblinka: Hitler’s Killing Machine
• Truly Strange
• Turf War: Lions and Hippos
• Van Wilder: Freshman Year
• Venom Islands
• World War II Spy School

May 2

• Good Luck Charlie: Season 1 — 4
• Kickin’ It: Season 1 — 3
• Scrubs: Season 1 — 9
• Leaving 5/5/17
• Amapola
• Flubber
• Grosse Pointe Blank
• The Recruit
• What About Bob?

May 7

• American Dad! Season 7
• Bob’s Burgers: Season 2

May 11

• American Dad! Season 8

May 15

• Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown: Season 1 — 5

May 17

• American Dad! Season 9 & 10

May 19

• Step Up

May 26

• Graceland: Season 1 — 3

Arriving This Month

May 1

• American Experience: The Big Burn (2014)
• American Experience: The Boys of ’36 (2017)
• Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2008)
• Blood on the Mountain (2016)
• Chaahat (1996)
• Chocolat (2000)
• Decanted (2016)
• Don’t Think Twice (2016)
• Drifter (2017)
• Forrest Gump (1994)
• Happy Feet (2006)
• In the Shadow of Iris — NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM
• Love (2015)
• Losing Sight of Shore (2017)
• Malibu’s Most Wanted (2003)
• Nerdland (2016)
• Raja Hindustani (1996)
• Richard Pryor: Icon (2014)
• Under Arrest: Season 5 (2016)

May 2

• Bodyguards: Secret Lives from the Watchtower (2016)
• Hija De La Laguna (2015)
• Maria Bamford: Old Baby — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Two Lovers and a Bear (2016)

May 5

• Chelsea: Season 2 (streaming every Friday) — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Handsome: A Netflix Mystery Movie — NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM
• Kazoops!: Season 3 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Sense8: Season 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Simplemente Manu NNa — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Spirit: Riding Free: Season 1 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• The Last Kingdom: Season 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• The Mars Generation — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

May 6

• Cold War 2 (2016)
• When the Bough Breaks (2017)

May 7

• LoveTrue (2016)
• Stake Land II (2016)
• The Host (2013)

May 8

• Beyond the Gates (2016)
• Hunter Gatherer (2016)

May 9

• Norm Macdonald: Hitler’s Dog, Gossip & Trickery — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Queen of the South: Season 1 (2016)
• All We Had (2016)

May 10

• El apóstata (2015)
• The Adventure Club (2016)

May 11

• Switched at Birth: Season 5 (2017)
• The Fosters: Season 4 (2016)

May 12

• All Hail King Julien: Exiled: Season 1 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Anne with an E: Season 1 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Get Me Roger Stone — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Master of None: Season 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Mindhorn — NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM
• Sahara — NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM

May 15

• Command and Control (2016)
• Cave (2016)
• Lovesong (2016)
• Sherlock: Series 4 (2016)
• The Intent (2016)

May 16

• Tracy Morgan: Staying Alive — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• The Break-Up (2006)
• The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)

May 18

• Royal Pains: Season 8 (2016)
• Riverdale: Season 1 (2016)

May 19

• BLAME! — NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM
• Laerte-se — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• The Keepers: Season 1 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Season 3 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

May 21

• What’s With Wheat (2017)

May 22

• Inglourious Basterds (2009)
• They Call Us Monsters (2017)

May 23

• Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Dig Two Graves (2014)

May 24

• Southpaw (2015)

May 26

• Believe (2016)
• Bloodline: Season 3 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• I am Jane Doe (2017)
• Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• War Machine — NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM

May 28

• Bunk’d: Season 2 (2016)

May 29

• Forever Pure (2016)
• A New High (2015)

May 30

• F is for Family: Season 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• House of Cards: Season 5 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Marvel’s Doctor Strange (2016)
• Masterminds
• Sarah Silverman A Speck of Dust — NETFLIX ORIGINAL