When To Stream’s May 2026 Preview

SWAPPED (Netflix)

Cast: Michael B. Jordan, Juno Temple, Tracy Morgan, Cedric the Entertainer

Synopsis: A buddy comedy about a small woodland creature (voiced by Michael B. Jordan) and a majestic bird (voiced by Juno Temple) — natural sworn enemies of the Valley — who suddenly swap bodies and must team up (while walking in each other’s feathers and fur) to survive the wildest adventure of their lives.

“WUTHERING HEIGHTS” (HBO Max)

Cast: Margot Robbie, Jacob Elordi, Hong Chau, Shazad Latif, Alison Oliver, Martin Clunes, and Ewan Mitchell

Synopsis: A passionate and tumultuous love story set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire moors, exploring the intense and destructive relationship between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw.

YOU’RE DATING A NARCISSIST! (VOD/Digital)

Cast: Marisa Tomei, Sherry Cola, Ciara Bravo, Marco Pigossi, and José María Yazpik

Synopsis: When a psychology professor with a knack for spotting narcissists discovers her daughter is marrying a man she just met, she flies cross-country to prove he’s a fraud.

HALLOW ROAD (Hulu)

Cast: Rosamund Pike, Matthew Rhys, Megan McDonnell

Synopsis: Two parents receive a distressing late-night call from their teenage daughter, who has just accidentally hit a pedestrian. They jump in their car, racing to get there before anyone else stumbles across the scene. As they head deeper into the night, disturbing revelations threaten to tear the family apart as they soon realise they might not be the only ones driving down Hallow Road.

ANDRE IS AN IDIOT (VOD/Digital)

Cast: André Ricciardi

Synopsis: A celebration of life filled with raw honesty, surreal bursts of imagination, and brazen irreverence, ANDRÉ IS AN IDIOT shows us what it really means to live happily, truthfully, and hilariously. In this Sundance award winning documentary, André Riccardi sets out to chronicle his final journey after receiving a diagnosis he could have prevented, through comedic vérité storytelling and fantastical stop-motion interludes.

THE DRAMA (PVOD)

Cast: Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Mamoudou Athie, Alana Haim, and Hailey Gates

Synopsis: A couple faces a crisis in the days leading up to their wedding when unexpected revelations derail what one of them thought they knew about the other.

A GREAT AWAKENING (VOD/Digital)

Cast: Jonathan Blair, John Paul Sneed

Synopsis: In the tense years leading up to the fight for independence, one spiritual movement reshaped hearts, unified communities, and helped forge the identity of a nation.

THE SUPER MARIO GALAXY MOVIE (PVOD)

Cast: Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black, Keegan-Michael Key, Benny Safdie, Kevin Michael Richardson and Brie Larson

Synopsis: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie finds Mario and Luigi solving everyday problems in the Mushroom Kingdom with their “let’s-a-go” attitude. They meet a new friend in Yoshi, try to reform a miniaturized Bowser, and eagerly look forward to Peach’s birthday party. A call for help sends the crew across the galaxy to face new worlds, unexpected threats, and iconic characters like Rosalina and Bowser Jr.

SEND HELP (Hulu)

Cast: Rachel McAdams, Dylan O’Brien, Chris Pang, Edyll Ismail, Dennis Haysbert

Synopsis: Two colleagues become stranded on a deserted island, the only survivors of a plane crash. On the island, they must overcome past grievances and work together to survive, but ultimately, it’s a battle of wills and wits to make it out alive.

BEAST (VOD/Digital)

Cast: Daniel MacPherson, Luke Hemsworth, Bren Foster, Amy Shark, Mojean Aria, Kelly Gale, and Russell Crowe

Synopsis: After years away from the cage, a once-feared MMA champion is pulled back in for the fight of his life when his younger brother is put in danger. Reuniting with the trainer who once made him a legend, he commits to one final showdown against the reigning title-holder — a brutal fighter determined to dismantle the ex-champ’s legacy in front of the world. Pushed to his breaking point, the contender’s stakes are simple: win, or lose everything he’s built.

COUPLES WEEKEND (VOD/Digital)

Cast: Alexandria Dadarrio, Daveed Diggs, Josh Gad, Ashley Park

Synopsis: Trapped in a cozy cabin by a blizzard, two couples ring in the New Year with a mysterious cocktail that strips away their inhibitions, turning their romantic getaway into chaos with a showdown of secrets, betrayals, and rapidly shifting loyalties.

FANTASY LIFE (VOD/Digital)

Cast: Amanda Peet, Matthew Shear, Alessandro Nivola, Judd Hirsch, Bob Balaban, Andrea Martin, Zosia Mamet, Jessica Harper, Holland Taylor and Sheng Wang

Synopsis: An actress (Amanda Peet) falls for the anxious law school dropout (Matthew Shear) babysitting her kids in this smart, New York-set romantic comedy.

GREENLAND 2: MIGRATION (HBO Max)

Cast: Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, and Roman Griffin Davis

Synopsis: In the aftermath of a comet strike that decimated most of the earth, Greenland 2: Migration follows the Garrity family (Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, and Roman Griffin Davis) as they’re forced to leave the safety of their bunker in Greenland to traverse a shattered world in search of a new home.

NO PLACE TO BE SINGLE (Prime Video)

Cast: Matilde Gioli, Cristiano Caccamo, Amanda Campana, Sebastiano Pigazzi, Cecilia Dazzi, Margherita Rebeggiani, Marco Cocci, Bebo Storti

Synopsis: In an idyllic Tuscan town, Belvedere in Chianti, everybody is either in a relationship or looking for their soulmate, except Elisa (Matilde Gioli), a single mother who runs Le Giuggiole vineyard. The return to the town of Michele (Cristiano Caccamo), a childhood friend she had lost sight of for years, turns her life upside down and reawakens feelings she thought had been gone forever.

REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES (Netflix)

Cast: Sally Field, Lewis Pullman, Colm Meaney, Joan Chen, Kathy Baker, Beth Grant, Sofia Black-D’Elia

Synopsis: A widow (Sally Field) who works at a local aquarium finds joy again when she forms an unlikely bond with a giant Pacific octopus and a wayward young man who comes to town in search of family. Together, they uncover a mystery that will lead them to a life-changing discovery and restore their sense of wonder. Based on the bestselling book.

WE BURY THE DEAD (Hulu)

Cast: Daisy Ridley, Brenton Thwaites, Mark Coles Smith

Synopsis: When her husband goes missing in the aftermath of a catastrophic military experiment, Ava joins a “body retrieval unit” in the hopes of finding him alive. But her search takes a chilling turn when the corpses she’s burying start showing signs of life.

WHISTLE (Shudder)

Cast: Dafne Keen, Nick Frost, Sophie Nelisse, Michelle Fairley, Ali Skovbye

Synopsis: A group of misfit high school students stumble upon an ancient Aztec death whistle. They find that when they blow the whistle, the terrifying sound it emits will invoke their future deaths to hunt them down. As the body count rises, the friends investigate the origins of the deadly artifact in a desperate effort to stop the horrifying chain of events that they have set in motion.

THE BUTCHER’S BLADE (VOD/Digital)

Cast: Liu Fengchao, Yuan Fufu, Chunyu Shanshan

Synopsis: When thousands in disaster relief funds disappear, upstanding constable Xue Buyi is framed for the disappearance. Desperate to prove his innocence, he takes a job with a secret squad whose only goal is to serve and protect those who can afford to pay. Forced to choose between his integrity and his freedom, Xue decides the only path forward is to fight back and hope that exposing these dangerous agents of chaos will be enough to set him free.

DRIVER’S ED (VOD/Digital)

Cast: Sam Nivola, Sophie Telegadis, Mohana Krishnan, Kumail Nanjiani and Molly Shannon

Synopsis: A group of teens hit the road in a stolen driver’s ed car, racing against time to help a lovesick high school senior (Sam Nivola) track down his college-freshman girlfriend and win her back.

MONKEY’S MAGIC MERRY GO ROUND (VOD/Digital, Screambox)

Cast: Michael Gilio, Frank Cesario, Connar Brown Sprenger

Synopsis: After a mysterious bout of amnesia, a beloved children’s television host struggles to piece together his fractured memories, only to find his once-cheerful puppet co-stars behaving with sinister intent. As reality unravels, the line between performance and nightmare begins to blur.

NORMAL (VOD/Digital)

Cast: Bob Odenkirk, Henry Winkler, Lena Headey, Ryan Allen, Billy MacLellan, Brendan Fletcher, Reena Jolly, Peter Shinkoda, Jess McLeod, Derek Barnes, David Lawrence Brown, Chad Bruce, Lauren Cochrane, Dan De Jaege, Takahiro Inoue, Brian Kawakami, John C. MacDonald, Alex MacMillan, Megan McArton, Aaron Merke, Carson Nattrass, Harry Nelken, Yosuke Nishi, Bradley Sawatzky

Synopsis: In the aftermath of a bank robbery, interim sheriff Ulysses uncovers a criminal conspiracy at the heart of his small-town Minnesota community.

TOM CLANCY’S JACK RYAN: GHOST WAR (Prime Video)

Cast: John Krasinski, Sienna Miller, Wendell Pierce, Michael Kelly, Betty Gabriel

Synopsis: When CIA analyst Jack Ryan stumbles upon a suspicious series of bank transfers his search for answers pulls him from the safety of his desk job and catapults him into a deadly game of cat and mouse throughout Europe and the Middle East, with a rising terrorist figurehead preparing for a massive attack against the US and her allies.

ARCO (Hulu)

Cast: Romy Fay, Natalie Portman, Will Ferrell, America Ferrera, Flea, Mark Ruffalo, Andy Samberg

Synopsis: Arco, 12 years old, lives in a far future. During his first flight in his rainbow suit, he loses control and falls in the past. Iris, a little girl his age from 2075, saw him fall. She rescues him and tries by all means to send him back to his era.

BUSHIDO (VOD/Digital)

Cast: Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Kaya Kiyohara, Taishi Nakagawa, Kyoko Koizumi, Takumi Saitoh

Synopsis: Kakunoshin, renowned for his skills with a sword and in the game of go, embodies the samurai code. Falsely accused of a theft, he is forced to become a lowly ronin. Years later, when a case of missing gold pulls him into a new web of intrigue, Kakunoshin uncovers the truth behind his downfall. With the real culprit exposed, the go board flips, and a hellstorm of righteous vengeance follows.

KILL BILL: THE WHOLE BLOODY AFFAIR (Peacock)

Cast: Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah, Gordon Liu, Michael Parks, and David Carradine as “Bill”.

Synopsis: Quentin Tarantino’s complete cut combining Kill Bill: Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 follows The Bride, a former assassin who awakens from a four-year coma after being shot by her mentor and lover, Bill. She embarks on a vengeful quest to eliminate Bill and the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad who betrayed her.

LADIES FIRST (Netflix)

Cast: Sacha Baron Cohen, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant, Emily Mortimer, Charles Dance, Fiona Shaw, Tom Davis, Kathryn Hunter

Synopsis: A male chauvinist finds himself in an alternate world where the power dynamics of society are altered.

THIS IS NOT A TEST (Shudder)

Cast: Olivia Holt, Froy Gutierrez, and Luke MacFarlane

Synopsis: Sloane and four classmates take cover in Cortege High to escape a world plagued by the infected. As danger relentlessly pounds on the doors, Sloane begins to see the world through the eyes of those who actually want to live and takes matters into her own hands.

MY BEST FRIEND’S DEAD (VOD/Digital)

Cast: Caitlin Duffy, Anna Shields, Grant Schumacher, and Catharine Daddario

Synopsis: Don’t mess with the dead! In a remote New England town, a sweet young woman has closed herself off to the outside world since the tragic murder of her best friend. When she tries to bring her soulmate back from the dead, the demon she’s created follows her into the real world and turns the quiet borough into a terrifying hellscape. Experience a wild and witty modern horror story about isolation, delusion, and the supernatural.

DEAD MAN’S WIRE (Netflix)

Cast: Bill Skarsgård, Dacre Montgomery, Colman Domingo, Myha’la, Cary Elwes, John Robinson, and Al Pacino

Synopsis: Set in 1977 and based on a true story, Tony Kiritsis, a former real estate developer puts a dead man’s switch on himself and the mortgage banker who did him wrong, demanding $5 million and a personal apology.

THE LAST VIKING (VOD/Digital)

Cast: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Mads Mikkelsen, Sofie Gråbøl, Søren Malling, Bodil Jørgensen, Lars Brygmann, Kardo Razzazi, Nicolas Bro, Peter Düring

Synopsis: After serving fourteen years for robbery, Anker is released from prison and reunites with his mentally ill brother Manfred, who alone knows where the stolen money is hidden but has forgotten its location, sending them on a journey to recover the loot and confront who they are.

THE MOMENT (HBO Max)

Cast: Charli xcx, Rosanna Arquette, Kate Berlant, Jamie Demetriou, Hailey Benton Gates, Isaac Powell, Alexander Skarsgård

Synopsis: A rising pop star navigates the complexities of fame and industry pressure while preparing for her arena tour debut.

SHELTER (Starz)

Cast: Jason Statham, Bodhi Rae Breathnach, Bill Nighy, Naomi Ackie, and Daniel Mays

Synopsis: Mason is a reclusive man living in a remote setting by the sea. When he chooses to rescue a young girl from drowning in a terrible storm, he unwittingly sets off a chain reaction that soon brings violence his way, forcing him to confront choices from his past.