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Fights, roasts and Alfred Molina highlight Netflix’s May slate. If you’re a fan of MMA, or just sports trainwrecks in general, by far the month’s biggest event is the live match pitting two of the most decorated (and problematic) women fighters of all-time, Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano, against each other for the first time. If you’re pretty much the exact opposite of an MMA fan, you’re probably most looking forward to the return of the Tina Fey-Steve Carell comedy series The Four Seasons – or perhaps the movie where Sally Field befriends an octopus whose internal monologue is narrated by Alfred Molina. Elsewhere, Kevin Hart gets roasted, Martin Shorts gets a documentary, Michael B Jordan turns into a forest critter and the Stranger Things creators return with a show about a group of senior paranormal investigators led by – who else? – Alfred Molina.
What’s new on Netflix April 2026 at a glance:
📍Movies: Swapped (May 1), Remarkably Bright Creatures (May 8), Ladies First (May 22)
📍Shows: The Four Seasons season 2 (May 28), Legends (May 7), Nemesis (May 14)
📍Limited Series: The Boroughs (May 21), Lord of the Flies (May 1)
📍Documentaries: Marty, Life is Short (May 12), The Crash (May 15)
📍Live Events: Ronda Rousey vs Gina Carano (May 16), The Road of Kevin Hart (May 10)
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Swapped
In a quirk of scheduling, Michael B Jordan’s first role after his big Oscar win is voicing a small woodland creature who swaps bodies with the winged predator who’s constantly trying to eat him. Can’t win ‘em all, I guess, although casting Tracy Morgan to essentially play Tracy Jordan as a fish has some promise.
Premieres May 1
Lord of the Flies
After years of movies like The Hunger Games and Battle Royale iterating on its concept, the original ‘kids on an island submitting to their primal instincts’ story gets the limited series treatment via Adolescence co-creator Jack Thorne. Hope that chubby kid with the glasses gets out OK!
Premieres May 1
Legends
Steve Coogan gets scowly in this crime drama series about untrained bureaucrats going undercover to infiltrate the UK’s most dangerous drug cartels. Apparently it’s based on a true story.
Premieres May 7
Remarkably Bright Creatures
In this adaptation of Shelby Van Pelt’s 2022 bestseller, Sally Field is the recently widowed caretaker of a local aquarium who finds new purpose in her friendship with both a young man searching for his estranged father (Lewis Pullman) and an octopus named Marcellus. Also: the octopus narrates via the voice of Doc Ock himself, Alfred Molina. (Typecast much?) Your grandma will love it.
Premieres May 8
The Roast of Kevin Hart
Omnipresent multimillionaire comic Kevin Hart finally gets cut down to size — although by the looks of him, God already did that a long time ago. Boom, pre-roasted!
Premieres May 10
Marty, Life Is Short
Martin Short gets the hagiography he deserves in a career-spanning documentary from director Lawrence Kasdan (Body Heat, The Big Chill). Anything that gets Jiminy Glick back on television is a worthy endeavor.
Premieres May 12
Nemesis
In yet further proof that Michael Mann’s Heat is just its own genre now, this series, from Power co-creator Courtney A Kemp, involves a cop’s (Matthew Law) obsessive pursuit of the criminal who killed his partner (Y’lan Noel), who has everyone else convinced he’s gone straight.
Premieres May 14
The Crash
In a small Ohio town in 2022, a car travelling 100 mph slammed into a brick building, killing two of the three teenagers inside. Was it a terrible accident or premeditated murder? The latest entry to Netflix’s true-crime canon investigates.
Premieres May 15
Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano
It’s the battle of the problematic MMA legends! Ronda ‘The Sandy Hook Truther’ Rousey versus Gina ‘All-Around MAGA Chud’ Carano! Neither has been in the octagon for a long time, but for fans, this is a legit dream match between the two most famous female fighters ever.
Premieres May 16
The Boroughs
Old folks team up to confront a sinister entity lurking within a seemingly idyllic retirement community. So it’s like Cocoon, but evil? Or is it Stranger Things: The Senior Years? (It is executive produced by the Duffer brothers.) Alfred Molina, fresh off voicing the internal monologue of an octopus, leads a stacked cast that also includes Bill Pullman, Geena Davis and Alfre Woodard.
Premieres May 21
Ladies First
Remember when Sacha Baron Cohen was a comedic master of disguise with the potential to win an Oscar one day? Now he’s starring in this romcom fantasy as a chauvinistic CEO who’s transported to an alternate timeline where women are dominant and men are the oppressed gender. Who needs to fire their agent more: Cohen or co-star Rosamund Pike?
Premieres May 22
The Four Seasons season 2
Hurray for more Ted Sarandos-funded vacations! Tina Fey created this series, based on the 1980s Alan Arkin comedy, about a group of friends working through various midlife crises while on their quarterly getaways together. Lucky for Fey and co-stars Steve Carell, Colman Domingo and Will Forte, the first season was popular enough to warrant a second. About time those guys got to go somewhere nice.
Premieres May 28
Everything New Coming to Netflix in May 2026
Available May 1:
Glory (IN) — Netflix Series
My Dearest Señorita (ES) — Netflix Film
Son-In-Law (MX) — Netflix Film
Swapped — Netflix Family
13 Going on 30 (2004)
48 Hrs. (1982)
Airport (1970)
Airport 1975 (1974)
Airport ’77 (1977)
Bad News Bears (1976)
Booba, Season 6
Borat (2006)
The Boss (2016)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
Burn After Reading (2008)
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017)
Den of Thieves (2018)
Domestic Disturbance (2001)
Detective Conan, Season 3
Eat Pray Love (2010)
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Green Book (2018)
Hitch (2005)
Home (2015)
Jennifer’s Body (2009)
Jumanji (1995)
Jumping the Broom (2011)
La Brea, Seasons 1-3
The Land Before Time (1988)
Little Fockers (2010)
Meet the Parents (2000)
Meet the Fockers (2004)
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir, Season 5
National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978)
One Piece, Season 21
Ouija (2014)
Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)
Pretty Woman (1990)
The Proposal (2009)
Robocar Poli, Season 5
The Road to El Dorado (2000)
Schindler’s List (1993)
Splash (1984)
Starship Troopers (1997)
There’s Something About Mary (1998)
Trainwreck (2015)
Under the Skin (2013)
Veronica Mars (2014)
Waterworld (1995)
You, Always (2025)
Available May 4:
Dr. Seuss’s Horton!, Season 2 — Netflix Family
Funny AF with Kevin Hart — Netflix Live Event (semi-final)
Lord of the Flies — Netflix Series
The Silent Twins (2022)
Available May 5:
Funny AF with Kevin Hart — Netflix Live Event (final)
Available May 6:
Countdown: Rousey vs. Carano — Netflix Documentary
Love is Blind Poland (PL) — Netflix Series
Worst Ex Ever, Season 2 — Netflix Series
Available May 7:
The Chestnut Man: Hide and Seek (DK) — Netflix Series
Comic 8 Revolution: Santet K4Bin35 (2025)
Ismael’s Ghosts (2017)
Legends (GB) — Netflix Series
My Dearest Assassin (TH) — Netflix Film
USA 94: Brazil’s Return to Glory (BR) — Netflix Documentary
Available May 8:
My Royal Nemesis (KR) — Netflix Series
Remarkably Bright Creatures — Netflix Film
Thank You, Next, Season 3 (TR) — Netflix Series
Available May 10:
The Roast of Kevin Hart — Netflix Live Event
Available May 11:
Everyone Is Doing Great, Seasons 1-2
Mardi Gras: Spring Break (2011)
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022)
Pop Culture Jeopardy! — Netflix Series
Available May 12:
Devil May Cry, Season 2 — Netflix Series
Marty, Life Is Short — Netflix Documentary
Untold UK: Jamie Vardy (GB) — Netflix Documentary
Available May 13:
Between Father and Son (MX) — Netflix Series
The Bus: A French Football Mutiny (FR) — Netflix Documentary
The First 48, Season 1
Married at First Sight, Season 18
Perfect Match, Season 4 — Netflix Series
Roosters, Season 2 (NL) — Netflix Series
Available May 14:
Nemesis — Netflix Series
Soul Mate (JP) — Netflix Series
Available May 15:
Berlin and the Lady with an Ermine (ES) — Netflix Series
Hoax: The Kidnapping of Sherri Papini (2023)
Stolen Baby: The Murder of Heidi Broussard (2023)
The Crash (GB) — Netflix Documentary
The WONDERfools (KR) — Netflix Series
Available May 16:
Akane-Banashi, Season 1
Black Phone 2 (2025)
Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano — Netflix Live Event
Available May 18:
Abraham Lincoln, Season 1
FDR, Season 1
Grant, Season 1
The Great War (2024)
Law and Order, Season 23-24
Navy SEALs: America’s Secret Warriors, Seasons 1-2
Nope (2022)
Theodore Roosevelt, Season 1
Thomas Jefferson, Season 1
Washington, Season 1
Available May 19:
Untold UK: Liverpool’s Miracle of Istanbul (UK) — Netflix Documentary
True Romance (1993)
Wanda Sykes: Legacy — Netflix Comedy Special
Available May 20:
Carizzma (AR) — Netflix Series
Available May 21:
The Boroughs — Netflix Series
James. (CO) — Netflix Documentary
Available May 22:
Canada: Sprint Qualifying (CA) — Netflix Live Event
F1 Canadian Grand Prix: Practice 1 (CA) — Netflix Live Event
Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie (2025)
Ladies First — Netflix Film
Mating Season — Netflix Series
Available May 23:
F1 Canadian Grand Prix: Qualifying (CA) — Netflix Live Event
F1 Canadian Grand Prix: Sprint (CA) — Netflix Live Event
Available May 24:
F1 Canadian Grand Prix: Race (CA) — Netflix Live Event
Ferrari (2023)
Available May 25:
Mark Rober’s CrunchLabs, Season 4
One Piece: Whole Cake Island
Available May 26:
Jae-seok’s B&B Rules! (KO)— Netflix Series
Untold UK: Vinnie Jones (GB) — Netflix Documentary
Available May 27:
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, Season 2 — Netflix Series
My 2 Cents (IT) — Netflix Series
Room to Move (2025)
Available May 28:
Dead Man’s Wire (2025)
The Four Seasons, Season 2 — Netflix Series
Murder Mindfully, Season 2 (DE) — Netflix Series
Available May 29:
Brazil ’70: The Third Star (BR) — Netflix Series
Calabasas Confidential — Netflix Series
Rafa (ES) — Netflix Documentary
Available May 30:
K-Pops! (2024)
Available May 31:
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy — Netflix Comedy Special
The Theory of Everything (2014)