Greetings, one and all, and welcome to another streamer’s guide to Netflix, this time for May 2024. As usual, plenty of originals and licensed releases are coming to the platform, so I’ve rounded everything up and picked out the stuff you should probably be keeping an eye on.
This article will be updated throughout the month to reflect all the latest information, so be sure to bookmark the page and keep checking back if you’re a subscriber.
Highlights of the Month
A Man In Full (Limited Series) | May 2
Based on the Tom Wolfe novel, A Man in Full boasts one of the most impressive casts of any Netflix release in May. Jeff Daniels, Lucy Lie, and Diane Lane all star in this limited series about an Atlanta real estate tycoon who faces bankruptcy.
If Succession has proved anything, it’s that audiences can’t get enough of morally unscrupulous rich people doing whatever is necessary to hold onto power. This seems like the closest thing to that HBO mega-hit that Netflix have managed to produce.
Bridgerton (Season 3 Volume 1) | May 16
This one goes without saying. Bridgerton is one of the streaming giant’s marquee IPs, and the release of the third season is highly anticipated among fans.
Penelope Featherington and Colin Bridgerton will be at the center of this new season, which will debut in two four-episode parts. The hashtag #Polin is already doing the rounds on social media, and you can only expect more of that sort of thing after the release of Volume 1.
Top K-Drama Pick
The 8 Show (Limited Series) | May 17
Netflix are looking to hit the jackpot again with another K-Drama that, like Squid Game, focuses on people in financial difficulties being forced to compete in potentially deadly challenges.
Here, the gimmick is that eight contestants are trapped in an eight-story building, where they earn money as time passes. However, essentials have a significant markup, and purchases take money off the prize pot.
Everything Coming to Netflix in May 2024
Here’s all the original and licensed content coming to Netflix in April. Entries in bold and marked with an asterisk (*) are Netflix originals.
May 1st
- Blended (2014)
- Cry Babies: Magic Tears (Season 3)
- Deaw Special: Super Soft Power (2024)
- Dark Waters (2019)
- Down the Rabbit Hole (2024)*
- Frankly Speaking (Season 1)*
- Girls Trip (2017)
- Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar (2024)*
- Hellboy (2019)
- Mortal Kombat (2021)
- The Great Wall (2019)
- The Matrix: Resurrections (2021)
- The Unbroken Voice (Season 2)*
- Unnatural (Limited Series)*
May 2nd
- A Man in Full (Limited Series)*
- Beautiful Rebel (2024)*
- Secrets of the Neanderthals (2024)*
- T P BON (Season 1)*
May 3rd
- John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in LA (Season 1)*
- Postcards (Season 1)*
- Selling the OC (Season 3)*
- Unfrosted (2024)*
May 4th
- Katt Williams: New Comedy Special*
May 5th
- The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)
May 7th
- Super Rich in Korea (Season 1)*
May 8
- The Final: Attack on Wembley (2024)*
May 9th
- Bodkin (Season 1)*
- Mother of the Bride (2024)*
Mother of the Bride | Image via Netflix
May 11
- 2024 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor*
May 15th
- Blood of Zeus (Season 2)*
May 16th
- Bridgerton (Season 3 – Volume 1)*
May 17th
- The 8 Show (Season 1)*
- Thelma the Unicorn (2024)*
May 21st
- Paper Trail (Android and iOS)*
May 22nd
- Buying London (Season 1)*
May 23rd
- Tires (Season 1)*
May 24th
- Atlas (2024)*
- Jurassic World: Chaos Theory (Season 1)*
- My Oni Girl (2024)*
May 30th
- Eric (Limited Series)*
May 31st
- A Part of You (2024)*
Sleeper Hit of the Month
Eric (Limited Series) | May 30
Eric | Image via Netflix
One to keep an eye on this month is Eric, a limited series starring a disheveled Benedict Cumberbatch as the puppeteer father of a missing son. Set in 80s New York, Vincent becomes increasingly self-destructive and volatile during the search for his son.
This looks to be as much a character study as a mystery, and Cumberbatch has previous playing self-destructive addicts, having done so in the excellent Patrick Melrose. This could easily be the best individual performance of the month, so look out for it.
