HBO Now May Highlights (Including ‘Joker’ And ‘Ready Or Not’)

We’ve all got more time on our hands right now, so why not spend it binge-watching all of the killer content that HBO is delivering this month In the mood for some feature-length blockbusters Todd Phillips’ Joker and the horror-comedy Ready or Not are our top picks. Ready to binge a new limited series Mark Ruffalo’s family drama might be your next obsession. Think you know how Westworld’s latest season will end Well, you probably don’t, but catch the finale, and let us know if you got it right.

Here’s everything coming to (and leaving) HBO this May.

Joker (film streaming 5/16)

In case you didn’t catch it in theaters, or you just want to revisit the chaos and mayhem of Joaquin Phoenix’s troubled clown, Todd Phillips’ Joker is coming to HBO this month. This gritty origin story imagines the DC villain as a mentally-ill clown-for-hire named Arthur, who spirals when his stand-up career turns sour, and he discovers the truth about his lineage. Really, it doesn’t take much to put this guy over the edge.

Ready or Not (film streaming 5/23)

Samara Weaving and Adam Brody star in this horror jaunt about a wealthy family with a dark secret. Weaving plays Grace, a young woman set to marry her fiance, Alex, at his family’s estate. Alex comes from money, and Grace quickly discovers that his ancestors pulled some supernatural strings to get rich quick. A deadly game of hide-and-seek and a curse that ends in exploding bodies follow.

I Know This Much Is True (limited series streaming 5/10)

Mark Ruffalo pulls double duty in this limited drama series, playing a man struggling to reassemble his shattered life and the man’s twin brother, a schizophrenic with demons of his own. The siblings uncover tragic details about their family’s history of mental illness while also trying to right the wrongs that they’ve committed in their own lives.

Westworld (Season 3 finale streaming 5/3)

The third (but not final) season of Westworld comes to a close this month. Dolores is one step closer to enacting her endgame — which is either to rule the world and subjugate humanity, or free humans from their own loops. Serac is determined to stop her and he seeks to use Maeve as the weapon to do so.

Series Premieres:

Betty, Series Premiere (5/1)

I Know This Much Is True, Limited Series Premiere (5/10)

Hard, Series Premiere (5/18)Series Finales:

Atlanta’s Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children, Docuseries Finale (5/3)

Westworld, Season 3 Finale (5/3)

My Brilliant Friend, Season 2 Finale (5/4)

Todxs Nosotrxs, Season Finale (5/15)

Run, Series Finale (5/24)Theatrical Premieres:

Bigger, 2018 (5/1)

Western Stars, 2019 (5/1)

The Art of Racing in the Rain, 2019 (5/2)

Downton Abbey (5/9)

Joker, 2019 (5/16)

Ready or Not, 2019 (5/23)

Lucy in the Sky, 2019 (5/30)

Original Programming:

Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (5/5)

Estrenos:

Long Gone By, 2020 (5/1)

Her Body, 2020 (5/1)

El Pacto (AKA The Pact), 2020 (5/15)

Starting May 1:

The Art of Getting By, 2011

Black Knight, 2001

BlacKkKlansman, 2018

Broken Arrow, 1996

Cast Away, 2000

Cinema Paradiso (Director’s Cut), 1990

Cold Mountain, 2003

Commando, 1985

Contagion, 2011

Cowboys & Aliens (Unrated Version), 2011

Crazy Rich Asians, 2018

Death at a Funeral, 2007

Dick Tracy, 1990

The Fighter, 2010

Friday Night Lights, 2004

Green Card, 1990

The Hangover Part II, 2011

The Hot Chick, 2002

How Stella Got Her Groove Back, 1998

In Bruges, 2008

Incarnate, 2016

Jaws, 1975

Jaws 2, 1978

Jaws 3-D, 1983

Jaws: The Revenge, 1987

John Tucker Must Die, 2006

Josie and the Pussycats, 2001

The Kite Runner, 2007

La La Land, 2016

Little Shop of Horrors (Director’s Cut), 1986

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, 2018

The Meg, 2018

Michael Clayton, 2007

My Big Fat Greek Wedding, 2002

Nocturnal Animals, 2016

Paul (Extended Version), 2011

Precious, 2009

Rise of the Guardians, 2012

School of Rock, 2003

Signs, 2002

Something Borrowed, 2011

This Means War (Extended Version), 2012

Twins, 1988

Unstoppable, 2010

Wild Hogs, 2007

Your Highness (Extended Version), 2011

Ending May 14:

Pan, 2015

Ending May 31:

A Thousand Words, 2012

Agent Cody Banks, 2003

Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London, 2004

Bad Girls (Extended Version), 1994

Bark Ranger, 2015

Being Julia, 2004

Big, 1988

Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (Extended Version), 2011

Cedar Rapids, 2011

Closer, 2011

Cold Pursuit, 2019

The Condemned, 2007

The Condemned 2, 2015

The Darjeeling Limited, 2007

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, 2011

Down to You, 2000

Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog, 1995

Five Fingers, 2006

Greta, 2019

Grosse Pointe Blank, 1997

Happy Death Day, 2017

Happy Death Day 2U, 2019

Hope Floats, 1998

Isn’t It Romantic, 2019

Jingle All the Way (Director’s Cut), 1996

The Land Before Time, 1988

The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure, 1994

The Land Before Time III: The Time of Great Giving, 1995

The Land Before Time IV: The Journey Through the Mists, 1996

The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island, 1997

The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock, 1998

The Land Before Time VII: The Big Freeze, 2001

The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water, 2002

The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration, 2003

My Dog Skip, 2000

Nine Months, 1995

Red Eye, 2005

Red Riding Hood (Extended Version), 2011

Reversal of Fortune, 1990

Rise of the Planet of the Apes, 2011

Sucker Punch (Extended Version), 2011

The Station Agent, 2003

The Town (Extended Version), 2010

True Lies, 1994

Unknown, 2011