This Month’s Highlight
The Staircase
An HBO Max true-crime drama with an incredibly stacked cast inspired by the popular Netflix documentary, I mean, do I even need to convince you to watch this? I’m sure you already plan to, but nevertheless: The Staircase follows the Peterson family, more specifically the patriarch, played by Colin Firth, after the death of his wife, Kathleen (Toni Collette). (Streaming May 5.)
Full List of What’s New on HBO — May 2022
Noteworthy selections in bold.
Available May 1
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
47 Ronin
Assassins (HBO)
At Close Range (HBO)
An Autumn Afternoon
The Big Sleep
Back To School
Bottle Rocket
Calladita (HBO)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (HBO)
Child 44 (HBO)
Chungking Express
The Color Purple
Conan The Barbarian (HBO)
Devil in A Blue Dress
Dodes ‘Ka-Den
Domino (HBO)
Downhill
Dragnet Girl
Early Spring
Early Summer
The End of Summer
Equinox Flower
Eraser
Fallen Angels
Floating Weeds
FRIDA (HBO)
The Fugitive
Furry Vengeance (HBO)
Gang Related (HBO)
Good Morning
Hard Rain (HBO)
Hart’s War (HBO)
High and Low
Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius (HBO)
Julie
Killers (HBO)
Language Lessons
Love and Baseball
The Machine That Kills Bad People
Masters Of The Universe (HBO)
The Missing (HBO)
The New Guy (HBO)
North Dallas Forty (HBO)
Not Easily Broken
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Poseidon
Red Beard
Ringo and His Golden Pistol
Rugrats Go Wild (HBO)
Rugrats In Paris: The Movie (HBO)
The Rugrats Movie (HBO)
The Sapphires (HBO)
Sense and Sensibility
Sliding Doors
St. Elmo’s Fire
The Stepford Wives (HBO)
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (Extended Version)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Director’s Cut) (HBO)
Tokyo Twilight
Top Secret! (HBO)
Transporter 3 (HBO)
Unbroken
Underworld
Underworld: Awakening
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Welcome to the Dollhouse
W.E. (HBO)
What To Expect When You’re Expecting (HBO)
The Wild Thornberrys Movie (HBO)
You, Me and Dupree
Young Adult (HBO)
Zathura: A Space Adventure
Available May 3
Spring Awakening: Those You’ve Know, documentary premiere (HBO)
Available May 5
Las Bravas F.C., Max Original season 1 premiere
Queen Stars Brazil, Max Original season 1 premiere
The Staircase, Max Original limited series premiere
Available May 6
Dear Evan Hansen (HBO)
Entre Nos: Carmen and Alfred (HBO)
La Afinadora De Árboles (HBO)
Available May 7
We Baby Bears, season 1 part C
Available May 9
Get Hard
Available May 10
Catwoman: Hunted
The Matrix: Resurrections (HBO)
Sesame Street Mecha Builders, season 1 part A
Robot Chicken, season 11 part B
Available May 12
Hacks, Max Original season 2 premiere
Who’s By Your Side, Max Original season 1 premiere
Available May 13
Hank Zipzer
Old (HBO)
Smalls, season 4
Available May 15
The Time Traveler’s Wife, series premiere (HBO)
Available May 17
Sesame Street Mecha Builders, season 1 part B
The Mule (HBO)
Available May 20
Identidad Tomada (HBO)
Available May 22
Fast Foodies, season 2
Available May 23
Teen Titans Go!, season 7 part B
Available May 26
Navalny
That Damn Michael Che, Max Original season 2 premiere
Tig n’ Seek, Max Original season 4 premiere
Available May 27
Blippi Special
Blippi Visits
Blippi Wonders
Blippi: Learn With Blippi
Ghost, seasons 1-2
Stath Lets Flats
Available May 29
The Misery Index, season 3 part b
Available May 31
Miami Vice (Extended Version)
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