The Best Horror, Sci-Fi, and Fantasy Streaming in May 2023
Let’s get streaming! Welcome to io9's latest edition of the Nerd’s Watch, where we pare down the enormous lists of new films and television shows arriving on all your favorite streaming services into the sci-fi, fantasy, and horror titles we think you’ll like most. (And sometimes, just the ones that we like most.)
As always, we’re including the best new films and TV coming to Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, Disney+, and HBO Max—as well as Paramount+, Shudder, and Peacock. Folks, there may be too many streaming services.
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Here’s the best of what’s streaming in May 2023. If you’re only interested in the services you subscribe to, you can jump directly to that page with these links:
What’s Coming to Netflix in May 2023?
What’s available on Netflix May 1?
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Chicken Run
Cliffhanger
Conan the Barbarian
The Croods
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Dawn of the Dead
Hop
Igor
Last Action Hero
Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events
Léon: The Professional
Paranormal Activity
Peter Pan (2003)
Pitch Perfect
Starship Troopers
The Tale of Despereaux
This Is the End
Vampires
What’s available on Netflix May 8?
Justice League: Seasons 1-2
Justice League Unlimited: Seasons 1-2
What’s available on Netflix May 12?
Black Knight (Netflix series)
Mulligan (Netflix series)
What’s available on Netflix May 13?
UglyDolls
What’s available on Netflix May 22?
The Batman: Seasons 1-5
The Boss Baby
What’s available on Netflix May 25?
FUBAR (Netflix series)
What’s Coming to Prime Video in May 2023?
What’s available on Prime Video May 1?
A Beautiful Mind (2002)
Babe (1995)
Babe: Pig In The City (1998)
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996)
Biker Boyz (2003)
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989)
Bound (1996)
Carrie (2002)
Coneheads (1993)
Darkest Hour (2017)
Europa Report (2013)
Ghost Town (2008)
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)
Howard the Duck (1986)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Kung Fu Hustle (2005)
Leap Year (2010)
Madagascar (2005)
Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (2012)
Mamma Mia! (2008)
Meet Joe Black (1998)
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)
Reminiscence (2021)
Rise: Blood Hunter (2007)
Rumble In The Bronx (1996)
Safe House (2012)
Shutter Island (2010)
Space Jam (1996)
The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
The Nutty Professor (1996)
The Rundown (2003)
The Wiz (1978)
Thelma & Louise (1991)
Virtuosity (1995)
What’s available on Prime Video May 4?
Freaks & Geeks (1999)
Medium S1-7 (2005)
Sabrina: The Teenage Witch S1-7 (1997)
What’s available on Prime Video May 23?
Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022)
What’s available on Prime Video May 26?
Violent Night (2022)
What’s Coming to Hulu in May 2023?
What’s available on Hulu May 1?
After Earth, 2013
Annabelle, 2014
Beetlejuice, 1988
The Book Of Eli, 2010
Clash of the Titans, 2010
The Darkest Hour, 2011
Frank, 2014
The Haunting in Connecticut, 2009
The Hunger Games, 2012
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, 2013
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2, 2015
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, 2014
Identity, 2003
It, 2017
Johnny Mnemonic, 1995
Last Action Hero, 1993
The Last Exorcism, 2010
The Mask, 1994
Pokemon Detective Pikachu, 2019
Rampage, 2018
Speed, 1994
Twilight, 2008
What’s available on Hulu May 4?
Apollo 18
What’s available on Hulu May 12?
The Last Unicorn
What’s available on Hulu May 16?
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
What’s Coming to Disney+ in May 2023?
What’s available on Disney+ May 4?
Star Wars: Visions Volume 2
Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures
What’s available on Disney+ May 10?
The Muppets Mayhem
What’s available on Disney+ May 12?
Crater
What’s available on Disney+ May 24?
American Born Chinese
What’s Coming to HBO Max in May 2023?
What’s available on HBO Max May 1?
Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who!, 2008
The Forbidden Kingdom, 2008
The Karate Kid, 2010
Kingsman: The Secret Service, 2014
Lord Of Illusions, 1995 (Director’s Cut)
Mirror Mirror, 2012
Mirrors, 2008 (Extended Version)
Shark Night 3D, 2011
Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow, 2004
What’s available on HBO Max May 2?
Batwheels, Season 1
What’s available on HBO Max May 8?
The Conjuring, 2013 (HBO)
What’s available on HBO Max May 15?
Unbreakable, 2000 (HBO)
What’s available on HBO Max May 16?
Men in Black, 1997
Men in Black II, 2002
Men in Black III, 2012
What’s available on HBO Max May 19?
The LEGO Batman Movie, 2017
What’s Coming to Paramount+ in May 2023?
What’s available on Paramount+ May 1?
Attack the Block
Claws of Steel (“Wong Fei-Hung Chi Tit Gai Dau Neung Gung”)
Coneheads
Dr. Wai: The Scripture With No Words (Mo Him Wong)
Dragon Lord
Dragons Forever
Forrest Gump
Gone in 60 Seconds
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Jackie Chan’s Project A
Jackie Chan’s Project A2 (A Gai Waak Juk Jaap)
King Arthur (2004)
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Mission: Impossible II
Mission: Impossible III
Shaolin Soccer
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi
The Crow
The Way Of The Dragon
Tiger Cage
Tiger Cage II
True Lies
Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain
What’s available on HBO Max May 16?
Three Thousand Years of Longing
What’s Coming to Shudder in May 2023?
What’s available on Shudder May 1?
High Tension (2003)
Inside (2007)
Livid (2011)
Martyrs (2015)
What’s available on Shudder May 8?
Darker than the Night (1975)
Poison for the Fairies (1986)
What’s available on Shudder May 12?
Huesera: The Bone Woman
What’s available on Shudder May 15?
The Babadook (2014)
The Devil’s Doorway (2018)
What’s available on Shudder May 19?
Consecration
What’s available on Shudder May 22?
In Their Skin (2012)
What’s available on Shudder May 26?
Influencer
What’s Coming to Peacock in May 2023?
What’s available on Peacock May 1?
Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, 2000
Enemy of the State, 1998
Face/Off, 1997
The Hulk, 2003
The Hunt, 2020
King Kong, 2005
Land of the Lost, 2009
Life of Pi, 2012
The Mummy, 1999
The Mummy Returns, 2001
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, 2008
Salt, 2010
The Scorpion King, 2002
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, 2010
The Smurfs, 2011
The Smurfs 2, 2013
Speed, 1994
True Lies, 1994
The Tuxedo, 2002
What’s available on Peacock May 3?
Keanu, 2016
What’s available on Peacock May 12?
F9, 2021
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