New Movies on HBO and HBO Max: Updated List for May 2021

Kris [email protected] April 25, 2021 | 12:12

HBO New Releases for May 2021 — Full List and Schedule.

New Movies on HBO and HBO Max: Updated List for May 2021

It’s gonna be May (are we still doing that joke?) soon, which means HBO Max – which has quickly become one of the best streaming services around in terms of content – is going to unleash a whole slew of new movies (and TV shows) you’re going to want to check out. So let’s take a gander at the best TV shows and movies coming to HBO Max in May 2021, shall we?

HBO New Releases for May 2021 — Full List and Schedule

Released May 1

17 Again, 2009

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, 2012 (HBO)

Anaconda, 1997

Anger Management, 2003 (HBO)

Baby Boom, 1987 (HBO)

Barry Lyndon, 1975

Black Hawk Down, 2001

The Cable Guy, 1996

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 2005

Cursed, 2005 (HBO)

Daddy Day Care, 2003

Darkest Hour, 2017 (HBO)

Darkness, 2004 (Extended Version) (HBO)

The Dirty Dozen, 1967

Dumb & Dumber, 1994

Employee Of The Month, 2006 (HBO)

Firehouse Dog, 2007 (HBO)

Flight Of The Intruder, 1991 (HBO)

Free Willy, 1993

Frida, 2002 (HBO)

Generation Por Que? (HBO)

God’s Not Dead, 2014 (HBO)

Good Morning, Vietnam, 1987 (HBO)

Happy Feet Two, 2011

Happy Feet, 2006

Harley Davidson And The Marlboro Man, 1991 (HBO)

Hercules, 1983 (HBO)

Igby Goes Down, 2002 (HBO)

Igor, 2008 (HBO)

Insomnia, 2002 (HBO)

The Interview, 2014

Jackie Brown, 1997

Kansas, 1988 (HBO)

Magic Mike, 2012

Menace II Society, 1993

Michael, 1996 (HBO)

Mortal Kombat, 1995

Movie 43, 2013 (HBO)

Muriel’s Wedding, 1995 (HBO)

My Baby’s Daddy, 2004 (HBO)

Mystery Date, 1991 (HBO)

Norbit, 2007 (HBO)

Para Rosa (Aka For Rosa) (HBO)

Precious, 2009 (HBO)

Rabid, 1977 (HBO)

Romance & Cigarettes, 2007 (HBO)

Rosewater, 2014 (HBO)

Rudy, 1993

Rush Hour 2, 2001

Rush Hour 3, 2007

Rush Hour, 1998

Save The Last Dance, 2001 (HBO)

Save The Last Dance 2, 2006 (HBO)

Senseless, 1998 (HBO)

Separate Tables, 1958 (HBO)

Serpico, 1974 (HBO)

Serving Sara, 2002 (HBO)

Summer Rental, 1985 (HBO)

Tenet, 2020 (HBO)

The Debt, 2010 (HBO)

The Immigrant, 2014 (HBO)

The Kingdom, 2007 (HBO)

The Last Of The Finest, 1990 (HBO)

The Perfect Man, 2005 (HBO)

The Tuxedo, 2002 (HBO)

The Wings Of The Dove, 1997 (HBO)

The Witches Of Eastwick, 1987 (HBO)

Tomcats, 2001 (HBO)

Trust Me, 2014 (HBO)

Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Witness Protection, 2012

Varsity Blues, 1999 (HBO)

Welcome To Sarajevo, 1997 (HBO)

When Harry Met Sally, 1989

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, 1971

Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, 2018 (HBO)

Words And Pictures, 2014 (HBO)

Released May 2

Uri and Ella, Season 1

Released May 3

300: Rise of an Empire, 2014

Pray, Obey, Kill, Docu-Series Finale (HBO)

Released May 6

Hunger, 2008

Legendary, Max Original Season 2 Premiere

Take Me Out To The Ball Game, 1949

That Damn Michael Che, Max Original Series Premiere

West Side Story (TCM CFF Opening Night), 1961

Released May 7

La Boda De Rosa (Aka Rosa’s Wedding) (HBO)

Released May 8

Greenland, 2020 (HBO)

Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2

Released May 9

Axios (HBO)

Released May 10

Jujutsu Kaisen – Season 1, (Subtitled, Episodes 13-24) (Crunchyroll Collection)

Race for the White House, Season 2

The Crime of the Century, Two Part Documentary Premiere (HBO)

Released May 13

Hacks, Max Original Series Premiere

Wonder Woman 1984, 2020 (HBO)

Released May 14

Those Who Wish Me Dead

Released May 15

The Personal History Of David Copperfield, 2020 (HBO)

The Nevers, Part 1 Finale (HBO)

Released May 19

Apple & Onion, Season 2A

Released May 20

Adventure Time: Distant Lands – Together Again, Max Original

The Big Shot with Bethenny, Max Original Season Finale

Ellen’s Next Great Designer, Max Original Season Finale

Territorio (Aka Close Quarters) (HBO)

This Is Life with Lisa Ling, Season 7

Released May 23

In Treatment, Season 4 Premiere (HBO)

Released May 25

Cinderella Man, 2005 (HBO)

Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (HBO)

Released May 26

Curious George, 2006 (HBO)

Released May 28

A Black Lady Sketch Show, Season 2 Finale (HBO)

Released May 30

Mare of Easttown, Limited Series Finale (HBO)

New TV Shows & Movies Coming To Disney Plus This May

New Movies And TV Shows To Stream on Hulu This May 2021

Movies You Shouldn't Miss on HBO in May 2021

1. Tenet

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At last, Tenet is coming to HBO Max (even though Christopher Nolan isn’t such a fan of the streaming service). I was mixed on Tenet when I saw it in theaters, but I’ve grown to appreciate the film since revisiting it. It’s a bit muddled, and the characters are kind of flat, but man oh man does Nolan know how to stage thrilling, mind-bending action sequences, reported Slash Film.

2. Barry Lyndon

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Everyone has their own personal favorite Stanley Kubrick movie, and mine is Barry Lyndon, which I honestly think is Kubrick’s masterpiece. The story of an Irish rogue who works his way up through society, Barry Lyndon is hypnotic in the way it unfolds its story – deliberately and mysteriously. Full of gorgeous naturally-lit cinematography meant to resemble classic paintings, there’s nothing else out there like this.

3. Jackie Brown

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It’s crazy to think that Quentin Tarantino made Jackie Brown so early in his career, because it feels like the work of a much older man looking back on his life. A funny, melancholy crime caper that’s really about getting too damn old, I honestly think the case can be made that Jackie Brown is Tarantino’s best movie, although my opinion on that seems to change weekly.

4. Mortal Kombat

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If you were hoping to catch the original Mortal Kombat on HBO Max movie before watching the new one, you can’t. At least not yet. The awful Mortal Kombat: Annihilation is streaming there, but not the original. Thankfully, that’s going to change next month. Paul W.S. Anderson‘s video game flick isn’t great – in fact, it’s kind of dumb! But it’s also incredibly entertaining and features a banger of a soundtrack. Scream it with me now: MORTAL KOMBAT!!!!!!

5. The Personal History Of David Copperfield

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This delightful adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic had the misfortune of arriving during the pandemic, so not a lot of people saw it. Thankfully that can soon change! Armando Iannucci (Veep) finds the warmth and humor inherent Dickens’s writing and creates a costume flick that’s anything but stuffy.