Amazon’s Prime Video rollout for May puts a strong emphasis on big names, stars, creators, and topics, not that these streaming services ever make a habit of highlighting underground content from people no one has heard of, but Amazon’s May seems mostly focused on names and faces that you recognize from other popular things. The first is The boy from Medellin, a documentary about J Balvin as he prepares for a big show in his hometown in Colombia. Then there is The underground railway, Oscar winner Barry Jenkins’ adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s novel of the same name about a woman who tries to escape slavery. After that there is another concert-related documentary: P! Nk: Everything I know so far, which a press release says is a “glimpse behind the curtain of the circus [Pink] calls her life. “That’s a mixed metaphor, because circuses don’t really have curtains, but it’s from The greatest showmanis Michael Gracey, so let’s slide some circus footage. Finally, in what is easily Amazon’s biggest “look at how many famous people we’ve known” swing since Modern love, we have Solos, an anthology series on “What It Means to Be Human” starring Anne Hathaway, Uzo Aduba, Morgan Freeman, Anthony Mackie, Helen Mirren, Constance Wu, Dan Stevens and Nicole Beharie.
Outside of Prime Video originals, subscribers can also watch Flight Skyfall, a few of the Alien sequels and Rose Glass’ Saint maud (the latest horror nightmare from the A24). You can see it on IMDb TV, Prime Video’s free spin-off Mr. and Mrs. Smith, the Star Trek restart movie, The tooth fairy, and Hotel Artemis
The full list of what’s coming to Amazon Prime Video in May is below, followed by the IMDb TV list.
If navigating Amazon Prime Video’s massive library seems too daunting a task, we’ve compiled some lists of the best horror movies and comedy movies available on the streamer.
Available from May 1
Movies
Alien: Resurrection (1997)
Alien 3 (1992)
Aliens (1986)
Almost Famous (2000)
Angels & Demons (2009)
Betrayed (1988)
Bound (1996)
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999)
Dinosaur 13 (2014)
Fascination (2004)
Flight (2012)
Flight plan (2005)
Georgia Rule (2018)
Green Zone (2010)
Gunsight Ridge (1957)
Hidalgo (2004)
How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)
Jumping The Broom (2011)
Knowing (2009)
Leatherheads (2008)
Nanny Mcphee (2006)
Nanny McPhee Returns (2010)
One Fine Day (1996)
Priest (2011)
Reign Of Fire (2002)
Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)
Resident Evil (2002)
Rio (2011)
Sahara (1983)
Scent Of A Woman (1992)
See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
Shattered (1991)
The Age Of Adaline (2015)
The Dalton Girls (1957)
The Da Vinci Code (2006)
The French Connection (1971)
The Green Hornet (2011)
The Haunting In Connecticut 2: Ghosts Of Georgia (2013)
The Indian In The Cupboard (1995)
The Ladykillers (2004)
The Men Who Stare At Goats (2009)
The Outsider (1980)
The Secret Life Of Bees (2008)
The Sixth Sense (1999)
The Sweetest Thing (2002)
The Towering Inferno (1974)
Two For The Money (2005)
Unbreakable (2000)
Vantage Point (2008)
Available May 5
Movies
Skyfall (2012)
Available May 7
Movies
The boy from Medellín – Original Amazon Movie (2020)
Violation (2020)
Available May 9
Movies
Robot and Frank (2012)
Available May 13
Movies
Saint maud (2020)
Available from May 14
Series
The underground railway – Amazon Original Series: Season 1
Available May 19
Movies
Red Dawn (2012)
Trumbo (2015)
Available May 21
Movies
P! Nk: Everything I know so far – Original Amazon Movie (2021)
Series
Solos – Amazon Original Series: Limited Series
Available from May 28
Series
Panic – Amazon Original Series: Season 1
Available on IMDb TV New in May
Available from May 1
My name is Earl S1-4
Alien
Bad company (2002)
Collecting luggage
Battle of the sexes
Beloved (1998)
Dear whites
For the love of the game
Outrage
In the line of fire
Sweater
Legion (2010)
Madea’s family reunion
Madea’s witness protection
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Nim’s Island
Notting Hill
Obsessed (2009)
Open scope
Way to destruction
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Save Silverman
Show dogs
Soul Food
Star Trek (2009)
Situation
Best of myself
The Day The Earth Stood Still (2008)
The pretty girl
The Land Before Time (1988)
The evening before
The November man
The Seagull (2018)
The tooth fairy
The tourist
Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family
Warm bodies
What is happening in Vegas
your Highness
Available from May 2
Snow Piercer
Available from May 4
The lady in the van
Available May 8
Hotel Artemis
Available May 10
American Ultra
Available from May 15th
Morning glory (2010)
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