Streaming TV Shows and Movies to Look Forward to in May: Murderbot, Sirens, Poker Face

If you ever feel like you’re the last to know about a new TV show or movie that’s streaming, our What to Stream articles are for you. We’ve gathered our picks of movies, TV series, and new seasons premiering on various streaming platforms in May that you’ll definitely want to watch.

This month, you can catch up with the BAU on Criminal Minds: Evolution, join the treasure hunt for immortality on Apple TV+’s Fountain of Youth, or investigate a crime syndicate with Max’s Duster.

Here are our picks for what to stream in May:

Another Simple Favor (Prime Video) – May 1

Stephanie finds herself back in Emily’s orbit. Another Simple Favor premieres on May 1 on Prime Video.

Film Description: Stephanie Smothers (Anna Kendrick) and Emily Nelson (Blake Lively) reunite on the beautiful island of Capri, Italy, for Emily’s extravagant wedding to a rich Italian businessman. Along with the glamorous guests, expect murder and betrayal to RSVP for a wedding with more twists and turns than the road from the Marina Grande to the Capri town square.

The Four Seasons (Netflix) – May 1

This Netflix series follows three couples as they vacation together over the course of a year, and during one of the vacations, the news breaks that one couple is splitting up. The Four Seasons premieres on May 1 on Netflix.

Series Description: Six old friends head for a relaxing weekend away only to learn that one couple in the group is about to split up. The three couples, Kate (Tina Fey) and Jack (Will Forte), Nick (Steve Carell) and Anne (Kerri Kenney-Silver), and Danny (Colman Domingo) and Claude (Marco Calvani), are completely upended by the news. Over the course of a year, we follow the friends on four vacations, and watch how this shake-up affects everyone’s dynamic — sending old issues and new bubbling to the surface. Co-created by Tina Fey, Lang Fisher, and Tracey Wigfield, The Four Seasons is a hilarious and heartfelt love letter to long marriages and old friendships. Based on the 1981 feature film of the same name.

Criminal Minds: Evolution Season 18 (Paramount+) – May 8

The BAU has to work with Elias Voit in order to stop Voit’s followers from causing chaos across the country. Criminal Minds: Evolution Season 18 premieres with one episode on May 8 on Paramount+ with new episodes releasing weekly. 

Season Description: Season 18 of Criminal Minds: Evolutionpicks up six months after prisoners attack the notorious Sicarius Killer, Elias Voit, leading his restless followers on the dark web to begin wreaking havoc all over the country. In order to stop this nefarious group from killing more innocents, the BAU is forced to work alongside an increasingly unpredictable Voit who has his own agenda.

Poker Face Season 2 (Peacock) – May 8

Charlie’s back for another season of mysteries and crime-solving. Poker Face Season 2 premieres with three episodes on May 8 on Peacock with new episodes releasing weekly.

Series Description: Poker Face is a mystery-of-the-week series following Natasha Lyonne’s Charlie, who has an extraordinary ability to determine when someone is lying. She hits the road with her Plymouth Barracuda and with every stop encounters a new cast of characters and strange crimes she can’t help but solve.

Summer of 69 (Hulu) – May 9

When a high school senior hires an exotic dancer for help seducing her crush, an unlikely friendship is formed. Summer of 69 premieres on May 9 on Hulu.

Film Description: An awkward high school senior hires an exotic dancer to help seduce her longtime crush before graduation, leading to unexpected friendship and lessons in self-confidence, acceptance and adulthood.

Duster (Max) – May 15

An FBI agent is determined to take down a crime syndicate and crosses paths with one of the syndicate’s getaway drivers. Duster premieres on May 15 on Max with episodes releasing weekly.

Series Description: Set in the 1970s Southwest, Duster explores the life of a gutsy getaway driver for a growing crime syndicate that goes from dangerous to wildly, stupidly dangerous when a tenacious young agent comes into town hellbent on taking his crime family down.

Murderbot (Apple TV+) – May 16

Based on the beloved books, Murderbot is a security construct that hacked its programming to give itself free will, but it has to keep this under wraps on its missions. Murderbot premieres with two episodes on May 16 on Apple TV+ with new episodes releasing weekly.

Series Description: Based on Martha Wells’ bestselling Hugo and Nebula Award-winning book series, Murderbot is a sci-fi thriller/comedy about a self-hacking security construct who is horrified by human emotion yet drawn to its vulnerable clients. Murderbot must hide its free will and complete a dangerous assignment when all it really wants is to be left alone to watch futuristic soap operas and figure out its place in the universe.

Nine Perfect Strangers Season 2 (Hulu) – May 21

The series’ second season is set in the Austrian Alps and features a new group of strangers attending a wellness retreat. Nine Perfect Strangers Season 2 premieres with two episodes on May 21 on Hulu with new episodes releasing weekly.

Season Description: Nine new strangers connected in ways they could never imagine are invited by mysterious guru Masha Dmitrichenko (Nicole Kidman) to join a transformational wellness retreat in the Austrian Alps. Over the course of a week, she takes them to the brink. Will they make it? Will she? Masha is willing to try anything in the interest of healing everyone involved, including herself.

Sirens (Netflix) – May 22

Devon worries that her sister, Simone, is too obsessed with her socialite boss and her luxurious lifestyle. Devon decides to stage an intervention, but Simone’s boss is not willing to let Simone go without a fight. Sirens premieres on May 22 on Netflix.

Series Description: Devon thinks her sister Simone has a really creepy relationship with her new boss, the enigmatic socialite Michaela Kell. Michaela’s cult-ish life of luxury is like a drug to Simone, and Devon has decided it’s time for an intervention, but she has no idea what a formidable opponent Michaela will be. Told over the course of one explosive weekend at The Kells’ lavish island estate, Sirens is an incisive, sexy, and darkly funny exploration of women, power, and class.

Fountain of Youth (Apple TV+) – May 23

There’s nothing like a treasure hunt to bring estranged siblings closer together. Fountain of Youth premieres on May 23 on Apple TV+.

Film Description: Fountain of Youth follows two estranged siblings (John Krasinski and Academy Award winner Natalie Portman) who partner on a global heist to find the mythological Fountain of Youth. They must use their knowledge of history to follow clues on an epic adventure that will change their lives … and possibly lead to immortality.

Fear Street: Prom Queen (Netflix) – May 23

Netflix is bringing us back for another installment of Fear Street. This time around, we’re following a group of high-school girls who are campaigning for Prom Queen. Fear Street: Prom Queen premieres on May 23 on Netflix.

Film Description: Welcome back to Shadyside. In this next installment of the blood-soaked Fear Street franchise, prom season at Shadyside High is underway and the school’s wolfpack of It Girls is busy with its usual sweet and vicious campaigns for the crown. But when a gutsy outsider puts herself in the running, and the other girls start mysteriously disappearing, the class of ’88 is suddenly in for one hell of a prom night.

The Better Sister (Prime Video) – May 29

A murder investigation ends up reuniting sisters and revealing a complicated family history. The Better Sister premieres with all episodes on May 29 on Prime Video.

Series Description: The Better Sister, based on the novel by bestselling author Alafair Burke, is an 8-episode electric thriller limited series about the terrible things that drive sisters apart and ultimately bring them back together. Chloe (Jessica Biel), a high-profile media executive, lives a picturesque life with her handsome lawyer husband Adam (Corey Stoll) and teenage son Ethan (Maxwell Acee Donovan) by her side while her estranged sister Nicky (Elizabeth Banks) struggles to make ends meet and stay clean. When Adam is brutally murdered, the prime suspect sends shockwaves through the family, reuniting the two sisters, as they try to untangle a complicated family history to discover the truth behind his death.

And Just Like That… Season 3 (Max) – May 29

Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte, Seema, and Lisa Todd Wexley are back for another season. And Just Like That… Season 3 premieres on May 29 on Max with new episodes releasing weekly.

Series Description: From executive producer Michael Patrick King, And Just Like That… follows Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte, Seema, and LTW navigating the complicated reality of life, love, sex, and friendship in their 50s in New York City.

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