New on Amazon Prime Video in May 2021

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It’s been a while since Amazon Prime Video had multiple high-profile launches in a single month, but the streaming service is ready to kick off the warmer months with three new original series and two original films, both of which happen to be documentaries about ultra-famous pop stars in J Balvin and Pink. Other films headed to the streaming service in May include a few double features: both Nanny McPhee movies, three Alien sequels (Aliens, Alien 3, and Alien: Resurrection), Resident Evil and sequel Resident Evil: Apocalypse, and more.

Television-wise, Barry Jenkins’ adaptation of Ta Nehisi Coates’ The Underground Railroad finally debuts. South African actress Thuso Mbedu stars as Cora, a young woman who escapes from a plantation in Georgia and embarks on a harrowing journey to freedom. There’s also Solos, a star-studded anthology series that explores the deeper meaning of human connection and features Anne Hathaway, Helen Mirren, Uzo Aduba, Nicole Beharie, Anthony Mackie, Morgan Freeman, Dan Stevens, and Constance Wu. At the end of the month comes Panic, an adaptation created by Lauren Oliver (and based on her own bestselling novel) about recent high school graduates who compete in a series of challenges in their small Texas town, facing their darkest fears with the hope of improving their circumstances.

Amazon Prime Video’s listings also include what’s headed to sister streaming service IMDbTV, which features a selection of free movies and television series (with ads). Keep reading to find out what else is new on Amazon Prime Video in May, with some highlights noted at the top.

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$ NEWLY AVAILABLE TO RENT/BUY ON AMAZON VIDEO
* AMAZON ORIGINALS

Available 5/1

Movies

54% Alien Resurrection (1997)

48% Alien 3 (1992)

98% Aliens (1986)

91% Almost Famous (2000)

37% Angels & Demons (2009)

36% Betrayed (1988)

87% Bound (1996)

22% Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999)

73% Dinosaur 13 (2014)

4% Fascination (2004)

77% Flight (2012)

37% Flightplan (2005)

19% Georgia Rule (2007)

53% Green Zone (2010)

- - Gunsight Ridge (1957)

46% Hidalgo (2004)

50% How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)

57% Jumping the Broom (2011)

35% Knowing (2009)

52% Leatherheads (2008)

74% Nanny McPhee (2005)

76% Nanny McPhee Returns (2010)

53% One Fine Day (1996)

15% Priest (2011)

42% Reign of Fire (2002)

36% Resident Evil (2002)

19% Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)

72% Rio (2011)

- - Sahara (1983)

85% Scent of a Woman (1992)

27% See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)

33% Shattered (1991)

55% The Age of Adaline (2015)

- - The Dalton Girls (1957)

25% The Da Vinci Code (2006)

96% The French Connection (1971)

45% The Green Hornet (2011)

19% The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia (2013)

70% The Indian in the Cupboard (1995)

54% The Ladykillers (2004)

51% The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)

60% The Secret Life of Bees (2008)

86% The Sixth Sense (1999)

26% The Sweetest Thing (2002)

68% The Towering Inferno (1974)

22% Two for the Money (2005)

70% Unbreakable (2000)

34% Vantage Point (2008)

93% Alien (1979) (IMDbTV)

10% Bad Company (2002) (IMDbTV)

16% Baggage Claim (2013) (IMDbTV)

84% Battle of the Sexes (2017) (IMDbTV)

72% Beloved (1998) (IMDbTV)

91% Dear White People (2014) (IMDbTV)

46% For Love of the Game (1999) (IMDbTV)

81% Indignation (2016) (IMDbTV)

96% In the Line of Fire (1993) (IMDbTV)

15% Jumper (2008) (IMDbTV)

20% Legion (2010) (IMDbTV)

26% Madea's Family Reunion (2006) (IMDbTV)

19% Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection (2012) (IMDbTV)

60% Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) (IMDbTV)

53% Nim's Island (2008) (IMDbTV)

84% Notting Hill (1999) (IMDbTV)

19% Obsessed (2009) (IMDbTV)

79% Open Range (2003) (IMDbTV)

81% Road to Perdition (2002) (IMDbTV)

55% Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017) (IMDbTV)

18% Saving Silverman (2001) (IMDbTV)

16% Show Dogs (2018) (IMDbTV)

82% Soul Food (1997) (IMDbTV)

94% Star Trek (2009) (IMDbTV)

84% State of Play (2009) (IMDbTV)

12% The Best of Me (2014) (IMDbTV)

21% The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) (IMDbTV)

21% The Hot Chick (2002) (IMDbTV)

65% The Land Before Time (1988) (IMDbTV)

68% The Night Before (2015) (IMDbTV)

35% The November Man (2014) (IMDbTV)

67% The Seagull (2018) (IMDbTV)

17% Tooth Fairy (2010) (IMDbTV)

21% The Tourist (2010) (IMDbTV)

38% Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family (2011) (IMDbTV)

81% Warm Bodies (2013) (IMDbTV)

25% What Happens in Vegas (2008) (IMDbTV)

27% Your Highness (2011) (IMDbTV)

The Outsider (1980)

Series

88% My Name Is Earl: Season 1 (2005) (IMDbTV)

91% My Name Is Earl: Season 2 (2006) (IMDbTV)

67% My Name Is Earl: Season 3 (2007) (IMDbTV)

- - My Name Is Earl: Season 4 (2008) (IMDbTV)

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Available 5/2

94% Snowpiercer (2013)  (IMDbTV)

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Available 5/4

89% The Lady in the Van (2015) (IMDbTV)

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Available 5/5

92% Skyfall (2012)

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Available 5/7

73% The Boy From Medellín (2020) *

19% Breach (2020)

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Available 5/8

57% Hotel Artemis (2018) (IMDbTV)

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Available 5/9

86% Robot & Frank (2012)

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Available 5/10

- - (IMDbTV)

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Available 5/13

92% Saint Maud (2019)

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Available 5/14

94% The Underground Railroad: Limited Series (2021) *

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Available 5/15

56% Morning Glory (2010) (IMDbTV)

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Available 5/19

15% Red Dawn (2012)

75% Trumbo (2015)

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Available 5/21

44% Solos: Limited Series (2021) *

69% P!nk: All I Know So Far (2021) *

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Available 5/28

67% Panic: Season 1 (2021) *

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