What’s coming soon to Netflix UK in May 2022?
David Farnor | On 29, Apr 2022
It’s time to go back to Hawkins this May, with Netflix bringing back Stranger Things almost three years after it was last on our screens. It’s joined by a number of returning series, such as Love, Death + Robots, but it’s the new debuts that have the most potential to surprise, from Clark and The Pentaverate to The Lincon Lawyer.
Here’s what’s coming soon to Netflix UK in May 2022:
Hold Your Breath: The Ice Dive – 3rd May
Follow free diver Johanna Nordblad in this documentary as she attempts to break the world record for distance traveled under ice.
The Souvenir – 3rd May
Joanna Hogg’s semi-autobiographical drama is an aching articulation of dignified destruction.
40 Years Young – 4th May
After learning a bitter truth, a chef joins his best friend and restaurant partner in a culinary competition in Cancún to reignite his zest for life.
Meltdown: Three Mile Island: Season 1 – 4th May
Insiders recount the events, controversies and lingering effects of the accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant.
Summertime: Season 3 – 4th May
The final chapter in this drama about two young adults from very different backgrounds who fall in love during a summer on Italy’s Adriatic Coast.
El Marginal: Season 5 – 4th May
Ex-cop Miguel Palacios goes undercover and navigates the dangerous ins and outs of San Onofre prison in this Argentine thriller, returning for its fifth and final sentence.
The Circle USA: Season 4 – 4th May
Netflix’s US take on Channel 4’s reality TV series returns, as a fourth round of contestants live in the same building but can only communicate via social media, without seeing each other. Episodes 1 to 4 arrive together, with remaining episodes dropping in batches weekly.
Wild Babies: Season 1 – 5th May
Follow the adventures of baby lions, elephants, penguins, pangolins and more as they learn to navigate the highs and lows of life in this docuseries.
Clark: Season 1 – 5th May
Bill Skarsgård stars in this drama retelling the story of Clark Olofsson, the controversial criminal who inspired the term “Stockholm syndrome.” Based
Blood Sisters: Season 1 – 5th May
Bound by a dangerous secret, best friends Sarah and Kemi are forced to go on the run after a wealthy groom disappears during his engagement.
The Pentaverate: Season 1 – 5th May
After influencing global events for centuries, a secret society faces a dangerous threat from within. Can a Canadian reporter save them — and the world? Mike Myers stars in this comedy series.
Selling Sunset: Season 5 Reunion – 6th May
For those who tune into Netflix’s real estate reality series for the personal drama more than the property porn, don’t miss this chance to catch up on the latest gossip. Expect tea to be spilt.
The Takedown – 6th May
https://www.netflix.com/title/81416977
Omar Sy stars in Louise Leterrier’s action comedy about two mismatched cops who investigate a murder in a divided French town, where a wider conspiracy looms.
Along for the Ride – 6th May
The summer before college, studious Auden meets mysterious Eli, and — on nightly quests — he helps her experience the carefree teen life she was missing.
Thar – 6th May
A veteran cop sees the chance to prove himself when murder and a stranger’s grisly torture plot shake the walls of a sleepy desert town.
The Sound of Magic: Season 1 – 6th May
A magician living in an abandoned theme park makes troubles disappear, and hope reappear, for a disenchanted teen enduring harsh realities.
Welcome to Eden: Season 1 – 6th May
A group of young adults attend a party on a remote island, but the tempting paradise they find waiting for them holds dangerous secrets and entrapments.
Marmaduke – 6th May
When the Winslows relocate to the sunny climes of California, their big-hearted Great Dane gets a taste of the ideal dog’s life.
Doctor Sleep – 7th May
As unexpected as it is mature, this sequel to The Shining is a thoughtful exploration of grief and trauma.
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Sustainable War – 9th May
In the year 2045, Motoko Kusanagi and Section 9 return to fight a dangerous new threat in this feature-length recut of the first season of SAC_2045.
The Bisexual: Season 1 – 10th May
Desiree Akhavan (The Miseducation of Cameron Post,) co-writes, directs and stars in this excellent comedy-drama about bisexuality and the prejudices, shame and comic misconceptions that surround it. With Desiree’s trademark wit, the series explores people’s approach to love and sex, and what the love and sex they’re drawn to reveals about them.
Our Father – 11th May
After a woman’s at-home DNA test reveals multiple half-siblings, she discovers a shocking scheme involving donor sperm and a popular fertility doctor in Indianapolis.
The Lincoln Lawyer: Season 1 – 13th May
Manuel Garcia-Rulfo stars in this drama based on Michael Connelly’s bestselling novels, which follows Mickey, an iconoclastic idealist who runs his law practice out of the back seat of his Lincoln Town Car, as he takes on cases big and small across the expansive city of Los Angeles. The 10-episode drama is based on the second book in the author’s series, The Brass Verdict. Co-starring Neve Campbell, Jamie McShane and Elliott Gould.
Senior Year – 13th May
A cheerleading stunt gone wrong landed her in a 20-year coma. Now she’s 37, newly awake and ready to live out her high school dream: becoming prom queen. Rebel Wilson stars in this comedy alongside Sam Richardson and Zoë Chao.
Love, Death + Robots: Volume 3 – 20th May
Netflix’s anthology of dark sci-fi animation – first presented in 2019 by Fight Club helmer David Fincher and Deadpool director Tim Miller – returns for a third instalment.
Stranger Things 4: Volume 1 – 27th May
Season 4 of the hit sci-fi retro horror mystery picks up six months after the Battle of Starcourt, which brought terror and destruction to the small town of Hawkins. Struggling with the aftermath, our group of friends are separated for the first time – and navigating the complexities of high school hasn’t made things any easier.
Other new releases coming soon to Netflix UK in May 2022
1st May
1408
The Adolf Eichmann Trial
Against the Sun
See for Me
Paycheck
Piranha (2010)
3 from Hell
Awakenings
Blippi Wonders: Season 1
Ackley Bridge: Season 4
Arpo: Season 1
A Man Wanted
Octonauts: Above & Beyond: Season 2
3rd May
Radhi Shyam (Hindi)
Let’s Tie the Knot, Honey!
Chris Distefano: Speshy Weshy
Showtime 1958
Better Call Saul: Season 6, Episode 4
5th May
Who Rules the World: Episode 13 to 18
6th May
Brother in Love 2
Red Card
A Drop of Blood
Emergency Travel
7th May
A Haunting at the Rectory
Conjuring the Dead
Elon Musk: The Real Life Iron Man
The Amityville Theater
Theatre of Fear AKA Midnight Horror Show
Robert
The Last House on Cemetery Lane
Leaving Africa
Wood Industry: A Business Against Nature
Pirate Hunting
You Will Not Have My Hate
I’m In Love With My Car
Sjalo: Island of Souls
Meanwhile on Earth
Show Dancer
8th May
Christina P: Mom Genes
Laia
10th May
Meet Marry Murder: Season 1
Workin’ Moms: Season 6
Better Call Saul: Season 6, Episode 5
The Drowning: Season 1
11th May
The Circle USA: Season 4: Episodes 5 to 8
42 Days of Darkness: Season 1
The Getaway King
The Perfect Family
Brotherhood: Season 2
12th May
Spontaneous
Savage Beauty: Season 1
Maverix: Season 1
Who Rules the World: Episode 19 to 24
13th May
Bling Empire: Season 2
New Heights: Season 1
Life and Movies of Erşan Kuneri: Season 1
14th May
Curse of the Witching Tree
15th May
The Good Liar
Hairspray
16th May
Barbie Spy Squad
Vampire in the Garden: Season 1
17th May
The Future Diary: Season 2, Episodes 1 to 4
Better Call Saul: Season 6, Episode 6
18th May
The Circle USA: Season 4: Episodes 9 to 12
Cyber Hell: Exposing an Internet Horror
Toscana
Who Killed Sara?: Season 3
19th May
A Perfect Pairing
The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib: Season 1
The G Word with Adam Conover: Season 1
The Photographer: Murder in Pinamar
Who Rules the World: Episode 25 to 30
20th May
Jackass 4.5
F*ck Love Too
21st May
Dark Money: Season 1
The Cry: Season 1
23rd May
Godspeed
24th May
Better Call Saul: Season 6, Episode 7
25th May
Larva Pendant
Somebody Feed Phil: Season 5
26th May
Who Rules the World: Episode 31 to 36
31st May
Better Call Saul: Season 6, Episode 8
Date TBC
The Road Movie
Honeymoon with My Mother
Life in Colour with David Attenborough: Season 1