DID YOUR BINGE subscription survive last month’s exodus of content? With the arrival of Max in Australia, Binge has lost the rights to HBO originals and Warner Bros films and now looks like it offers far less bang for your buck. But if you’ve still got Binge, good for you! The arrival of Max has shaken up the streaming landscape, forcing a re-evaluation of which of our subscriptions are worth it and which we should probably cancel. And as we head into the cooler months when we spend the most time staring at a screen, the competition for eyeballs is heating up.
Max has started life in Australia strong, with new episodes of The Last Of Us season two releasing weekly. Weekly instalments of Andor season two are also hitting Disney+. Perfect for May 4th. On Netflix, new marital comedy The Four Seasons, starring Tina Fey, Steve Carell and Colman Domingo, is sure to be a hit. The same can be said for Apple TV+’s new sci-fi comedy thriller Murderbot.
With so much new content on offer, choosing what to spend your time watching is the hardest part. The big hitters like Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime and now Max are so packed with must-watch films and shows that it can be difficult to discern what’s worth your time and what’s best left on the back burner – especially when you’re prone to indecision and are paying for the luxury of choice with subscriptions to multiple platforms.
Not to worry, though, Men’s Health has you covered. To help you avoid scrolling the night away, we’ve rounded up all the very best films and shows coming to streaming platforms, so you know what to stream in May 2025.
What’s new on Netflix Australia, May 2025
May Netflix Highlight – The Four Seasons
Netflix’s biggest May release is coming on the first of the month. Tina Fey writes, produces and stars in The Four Seasons, a marital comedy based on a relatively unknown Alan Alda film from the 1980s. Fey and comedian Will Forte form one of three couples who have vacationed together for years. But as the group’s marriages have lost their spark, tension is rife. When one member of the group (played by Steve Carell) decides to get a divorce, friendships are tested as the group (which also includes Colman Domingo) spirals into chaos.
What new series are coming to Netflix in May 2025?
May 1
The Four Seasons
May 2
Unseen: Season 2
May 6
The Devil’s Plan: Season 2
May 7
Full Speed: Season 2
May 8
FOREVER
May 9
The Royals
May 12
Tastefully Yours
May 13
Bad Thoughts
May 14
Snakes and Ladders
May 15
Thank You, Next: Season 2
Love, Death & Robots: Volume 4
Franklin
Secrets We Keep
Bet
Pernille: Season 5
May 16
Football Parents
Rotten Legacy
Dear Hongrang
May 21
Newly Rich, Newly Poor
Real Men
Sneaky Links: Dating After Dark
May 22
Tyler Perry’s She The People
Sirens
May 23
Forget You Not
Big Mouth: Season 8
May 24
Our Unwritten Seoul
May 28
Chef’s Table: Legends
May 29
Dept. Q
What new movies are coming to Netflix Australia in May 2025?
May 1
Past Lives
The Hill
The Book of Clarence
The Biggest Fan
May 6
Untold: Shooting Guards
May 7
Last Bullet
The Northman
May 8
Cuckoo
May 9
Nonnas
Bad Influence
May 12
Red, White & Brass
May 13
The Expendables 4
Untold: The Liver King
May 16
The Moogai
May 20
Untold: The Fall of Favre
May 23
Fear Street: Prom Queen
Off Track 2
May 30
The Heart Know
A Widow’s Game
What’s new on Disney+ Australia, May 2025
May Disney+ Highlight – Andor, season 2
A quieter month on Disney+ is headlined by the continuation of the most critically acclaimed Disney+ Star Wars series to date. Andor, which had a three episode premiere in April and is now releasing in weekly three episode installments, largely eschews the standard Star-Wars-iness that endears the franchise to its fans but isolates outsiders who aren’t already well-versed in almost 50 years of lore. Instead, Andor tells a grittier story about political espionage and rebellion during a time of oppression. It could stand on its own outside of the Star Wars universe, but works just as well in it. The perfect show to watch this May 4th.
If Star Wars isn’t your thing, how does Stanley Tucci wandering through the streets of Italy as he digs deeper into the relationship between food, place and identity sound? If you answered in the affirmative, give Tucci in Italy a shot. Or, if a sports doco is more to your liking, Welcome to Wrexham season four is premiering on May 16.
What new series are coming to Disney+ in May 2025?
May 1
Beyblade X
May 4
Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld
Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance
May 7
Shifting Gears
May 14
Will Trent: Season 3 (Episodes 8-18)
May 15
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Season 2
May 16
Welcome to Wrexham: Season 4
Matteo Lane: The Al Dente Special
May 19
Tucci in Italy
May 21
Kaizen
Pirates: Behind the Legends
May 28
Tracker: Season 2
Little Fires Everywhere
May 29
Adults
What new movies are coming to Disney+ in May 2025?
May 7
Kun Por Aguero
May 9
Magic of the Disney Treasure
What’s new on Stan, May 2025
May Stan Highlight – Poker Face, season 2
In Rian Johnson’s returning whodunnit series, Natasha Lyonne stars as a freelance detective. In a way, the series works as a sounding board for Johnson’s other popular project that follows an irreverent detective, Knives Out. But in another way, Poker Face is the more inspired of the two, doubling as a roadtrip comedy and mystery of the week sitcom as Lyonne’s Charlie trots around the USA in a Plymouth Barracuda, using her preternatural lie-detecting abilities to solve crimes. Season two promises appearances from John Mulaney, Melanie Lynskey, Katie Holmes and three characters all played by Cynthia Erivo.
What new series are coming to Stan in May 2025?
May 5
The Walking Dead: Dead City: Season 2
May 8
Poker Face: Season 2
Scandal: Seasons 1-7
May 14
Station 19: Seasons 1-7
May 18
Love Triangle UK: Season 2
May 25
Mayans M.C.: Seasons 1-5
May 28
Kevin Costner’s The West
What new movies are coming to Stan in May 2025?
May 1
The Report
A Difficult Year
Jennifer’s Body
May 2
Epic
May 3
Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse
Kidnapped
May 4
The Downfall of Diddy: His Defence
Jojo Rabbit
May 6
Red Rocket
Jokes & Cigarettes
May 7
Boundless (Department Q)
To Chiara
May 8
The Current War
May 10
Thirteen Lives
Foreign Language
Ferdinand
May 11
Late Night
May 13
Expend4bles
Everything’s Gonna Be Alright
May 14
Letters to Juliet
The Year of Fury
May 15
Wife and Husband
May 17
My Policeman
Titanic
Gnomeo & Juliet
Love Songs For Tough Guys
May 20
The Imitation Game
Comedy Queen
May 21
Pink: All I Know So Far
The Cover
May 22
Fisherman’s Friends
May 24
Borat
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Dragon Rider
Robots (2005)
May 25
Greenland
Nordic By Nature
May 27
I Was A Dreamer
May 31
Sing Sing
The Greatest Showman
What’s new on Amazon Prime Video Australia, May 2025
May Amazon Prime Video Highlight – Nine Perfect Strangers, season 2
This adaptation of Liane Moriarty’s bestselling novel of the same name is getting a second season. Season one was filmed right here in Australia and saw Nicole Kidman’s hotel director Masha peddle some illicit wellness solutions to unsuspecting hotel guests. For season two, Masha is off to the Austrian Alps, where she will yet again ensnare some high-profile vacationers with her pseudoscientific healing powers.
What new series are coming to Amazon Prime in May?
May 1
Sapne vs Everyone
May 9
Molly Mae: Behind It All: Part 2
May 15
Overcompensating
May 20
Motorheads
May 22
Nine Perfect Strangers: Season 2
May 23
Clarkson’s Farm: Season 4
May 29
The Better Sister
What new movies are coming to Amazon Prime in May?
May 1
Agent Cody Banks
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Another Simple Favour
The Birdcage
Hotel Transylvania
Teen Wolf
Misery
May 5
Hotel Transylvania 2
May 6
David Spade: Dandelion
Mad Max: Fury Road
May 7
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
May 8
Bad Moms
Octopus!
May 12
Kraven the Hunter
Zombieland
Zombieland 2: Double Tap
May 19
Spider-Man
May 20
Edge of Tomorrow
May 21
A Haunting in Venice
May 27
Once Upon A Time in Hollywood
What’s new on Binge, May 2025
May Binge Highlight – Strife, season 2
That’s right, there’s still a reason not to cancel your Binge subscription. And we promise we’re not just picking Strife as May’s highlight because it paints a fairly accurate picture of the current digital journalism landscape. In case you missed season one, Strife follows Asher Keddie as a struggling editor whose female-focused news website suddenly takes off after she posts a rant about her divorce. Season two is an all-Australian affair, with a supporting cast made up of Men’s Health cover star Lincoln Younes, Jonathan LaPaglia, Alex Dimitriades and Tina Bursill.
What new movies and series are coming to Binge in May 2025?
May 2
Taskmaster UK: Season 19
May 5
Gen Well
Ghost Cat Anzu
May 6
Transformers One
May 8
Strife: Season 2
May 13
Billion Dollar Playground
May 19
Saturday Night
May 26
Honest Renovations
May 30
Spit
What’s new on Apple TV+, May 2025
May Apple TV+ Highlight – Murderbot
Murderbot is a sci-fi comedy thriller starring Alexander Skarsgård as a security robot who is simultaneously repulsed by human emotions and drawn to some of the softer sides of human behaviour. The eponymous Murderbot must hide his quirkier tendencies when he’s tasked with protecting scientists on a dangerous planet, when all he really wants to do is stay at home watching TV.
May 9
Long Way Home
May 16
Murderbot
Deaf President Now!
May 23
Fountain of Youth
May 30
Bono: Stories of Surrender
What’s new on Max, May 2025
May Max Highlight – The Last Of Us, season 2
Max is primed for a strong sophomore month in Australia, with the release of Rick and Morty season 8 and the premiere of new series Duster. But the biggest reason to subscribe to the platform remains the weekly episodes of The Last Of Us season two. Resuming a few years after the previous season’s chaotic finale, Pascal’s Joel and Bella Ramsey’s Ellie have found their way to Joel’s brother’s settlement in Wyoming. All is well, but when a figure from Joel’s past shows up and is keen on revenge, a new fight for survival begins.
What new shows are coming to Max in May 2025?
May 2
100 Foot Wave, Season 3
May 5
Married to Evil, Season 2
May 6
Jay & Pamela
I Love A Mama’s Boy: Season 3
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow: Season 6
May 7
90 Day: The Last Resort: Season 2
Taxicab Confessions: America Undercover
Taxicab Confessions: The City That Never Sleeps
Taxicab Confessions: New York New York
May 9
Operation Undercover
May 13
Aaron Hernandez and the Untold Murders of Bristol
May 15
Outback Opal Hunters: Season 8
Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch: Season 4
May 16
Duster
May 17
Death By Fame: Season 3
May 23
Signs of a Psychopath: Season 9
May 24
Pee-Wee as Himself
May 25
Don’t Be Gay
May 26
Rick and Morty: Season 8
May 30
And Just Like That…: Season 3
What new movies are coming to Max in May 2025?
May 3
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
May 4
Marlon Wayans Presents: The Headliners
May 17
Expend4bles
May 19
Crazy, Not Insane
May 29
The Perfect Weapon
I’m short on time, what should I watch in May to keep up with the zeitgeist?
We get it. Time is thin and the streaming commitments are coming thick and fast. To ensure you’re keeping up with what everyone’s talking about, this is our list of recommended must-watch films and series.
- The Last Of Us Season 2, Max, new episodes weekly
- Andor Season 2, Disney+, new episodes weekly
- The Four Seasons, Netflix, May 1st
- Poker Face Season 2, Stan, May 8th
- Strife Season 2, Binge, May 8th
- Murderbot, Apple TV+, May 16th
- Nine Perfect Strangers Season 2, Amazon Prime, May 22nd
