Everything Coming To And Leaving Netflix In May 2020, Including ‘Space Force,’ ‘Uncut Gems,’ And A Seinfeld Special

There’s no telling how long our current situation will last, but Netflix is here for you during those long stretches of self-quarantine boredom. This month, several truckloads of new content will arrive, including new series from The Office dream team and Ryan Murphy. In addition, a romcom-action flick originally meant for wide release in theaters will make its debut in your living rooms, and another season of the highly bingeable Dead To Me, starring Christina Applegate, will be here to complicate homicide-matters. If that’s not enough, Uncut Gems will bring Adam Sandler’s best performance to streaming, and we’ll see a series called Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics will feature celebrities (including Nick Offerman) making admissions about their hallucinogenic highs and lows. There are also several new stand-up comedy specials, and a whole lot more.

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

The Office fans can still find all nine seasons of the beloved comedy series on Netflix, but the streaming giant wanted more of the same vibe, and by god, they’ve got it now. Space Force sees The Office creator Greg Daniels re-team with Steve Carell, and this time, he’s managing people who send folks into space. In other words, bye bye, Scranton, Pennsylvania, and hello to new frontiers (apparently focused in Colorado). The stellar cast includes John Malkovich, Lisa Kudrow, and Ben Schwartz.

Originally scheduled for theaters, this high-concept, action-rom-com stars Issa Rae (Insecure) and the abs of Kumail Nanjiani (Silicon Valley, the upcoming The Eternals), who accidentally stumble into a murder while on a date. For reasons that shall be left unexplained here, they’re soon off on a wild ride to clear their own names by finding a real killer. Can their relationship survive this strange night The outcome looks fairly predictable, but all successful romcoms ride high on the chemistry of their leads, and there appears to be no shortage of that quality in supply here.

Now, audiences can absorb — from the comfort of their own living rooms — the full gravitational effect of Adam Sandler in the most intense performance of his career. The Sandman arguably got robbed of an Oscar nod for his turn in Josh and Benny Safdie’s electrifying crime thriller that accelerates tension to a fever pitch. He’s superb as a charismatic New York City jeweler who grows increasingly desperate while walking a tight-wire amid relentlessly threatening adversaries, and keep your eyes open for a supporting turn from the always great LaKeith Stanfield.

With his second stand-up special for Netflix, Jerry Seinfeld — whose Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee is still cruising after eleven seasons — sets out to continue precision-crafting his humor about nothing at all. He’ll mine the commonplace and everyday life once more, and although the series title suggests a long runtime, this puppy will be coming at you for one lean and mean hour as filmed from NYC’s Beacon Theatre.

Ryan Murphy of Glee and American Horror Story is back on Netflix (The Politician is barely in the rear-view mirror) with a new limited series alongside co-creator Ian Brennan. This time around, Murphy’s tackling post-World War II Hollywood and a group of aspiring actors and filmmakers who will sacrifice anything to see their name in lights. The show will confront race, gender, and sexuality biases of Tinseltown’s Golden Age and stars Samara Weaving, Dylan McDermott, David Corenswet, Darren Criss, and Jeremy Pope, among the ensemble cast.

Avail. 5/1

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

All Day and a Night

Almost Happy

Back to the Future

Back to the Future Part II

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Cracked Up, The Darrell Hammond Story

Den of Thieves

For Colored Girls

Fun With Dick & Jane

Get In

Go! Go! Cory Carson: The Chrissy

Hollywood

I Am Divine

Into the Night

Jarhead

Jarhead 2: Field of Fire

Jarhead 3: The Siege

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

Masha and the Bear: Season 4

Material

Medici: The Magnificent: Part 2

Monthly Girls’ Nozaki Kun: Season 1

Mrs. Serial Killer

Reckoning: Season 1

Sinister

Song of the Sea

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Half of It

The Heartbreak Kid

The Patriot

Thomas & Friends: Marvelous Machinery: A New Arrival

Thomas & Friends: Marvelous Machinery: World of Tomorrow

Thomas & Friends: Thomas and the Royal Engine

Underworld

Underworld: Evolution

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

Urban Cowboy

What a Girl Wants

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

5/4

Arctic Dogs

5/5

Jerry Seinfeld: 23 Hours to Kill

5/6

Workin’ Moms: Season 4

5/7

Scissor Seven: Season 2

5/8

18 Regali

Chico Bon Bon: Monkey With a Tool Belt

Dead to Me: Season 2

The Eddy

The Hollow: Season 2

House at the End of the Street

Restaurants on the Edge: Season 2

Rust Valley Restorers: Season 2

Valeria

5/11

Bordertown: Season 3

Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics

Trial by Media

5/12

True: Terrific Tales

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend (Interactive Special)

5/13

The Wrong Missy

5/14

Riverdale: Season 4

5/15

Chichipatos

District 9

I Love You, Stupid

Inhuman Resources

Magic for Humans: Season 3

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power: Season 5

White Lines

5/16

La reina de Indias y el conquistador

Public Enemies

United 93

5/17

Soul Surfer

5/18

The Big Flower Fight

5/19

Patton Oswalt: I Love Everything

Sweet Magnolias

Trumbo

5/20

Ben Platt Live From Radio City Music Hall

The Flash: Season 6

Rebelión de los Godinez

5/22

Control Z

History 101

Just Go With It

The Lovebirds

Selling Sunset: Season 2

Trailer Park Boys: The Animated Series: Season 2

5/23

Dynasty: Season 3

5/26

Hannah Gadsby: Douglas

5/27

I’m No Longer Here

The Lincoln Lawyer

5/28

Dorohedoro

5/29

Space Force

Somebody Feed Phil: Season 3

5/1

John Carter

5/15

Limitless

The Place Beyond the Pines

5/17

Royal Pains: Season 1-8

5/18

Scandal: Season 1-7

5/19

Black Snake Moan

Carriers

Evolution

The First Wives Club

It Takes Two

Love, Rosie

She’s Out of My League

What’s Eating Gilbert Grape

Young Adult

Yours, Mine and Ours

5/25

Uncut Gems

Bitten: Season 1-3

5/30

Bob Ross: Beauty Is Everywhere: Collection 1

5/31

Austin Powers in Goldmember

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

Dear John

Final Destination

The Final Destination

Final Destination 2

Final Destination 3

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

My Girl

The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

Outbreak

Red Dawn

Richie Rich