Everything New Coming To HBO & HBO Max In May 2021
The temperatures are starting to warm up around the country, but HBO Max is giving subscribers a reason to stay inside with all the new content hitting the services in May. A whole new slate of movies and tv shows are dropping on the streaming platforms throughout the month, including Angelina Jolie’s new movie, Those Who Wish Me Dead, the latest Warner Bros. movie to hit HBO Max and theaters the same day.
May also sees the start of the virtual 2021 Turner Classic Movies Classic Film Festival, including the opening night movie, 1961’s West Side Story, which will be accompanied by a virtual reunion with Rita Moreno, George Chakiris, and Russ Tamblyn. There will also be special tributes to Ali MacGraw, Martin Short, and Danny Glover. Scroll on for the full list of HBO Max programming in May.
Mortal Kombat will continue to be available to HBO Max subscribers for much of May. If you’re looking to watch the 1995 film that launched the live-action movie franchise it arrives on May 1st. As for Max Originals, That Damn Michael Che, a sketch show from the SNL cast member, begins on May 6, while a new dark comedy called Hacks starts on May 13. Keep scrolling for a full list of what’s heading to HBO & HBO Max in May.
TBA
Gomorrah Season 4 (Max Original)
Oslo (HBO Original Film)
May 1
17 Again, 2009
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, 2012 (HBO)
Anaconda, 1997
Anger Management, 2003 (HBO)
Baby Boom, 1987 (HBO)
Barry Lyndon, 1975
Black Hawk Down, 2001
The Cable Guy, 1996
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 2005
Cursed, 2005 (HBO)
Daddy Day Care, 2003
Darkest Hour, 2017 (HBO)
Darkness, 2004 (Extended Version) (HBO)
The Dirty Dozen, 1967
Dumb & Dumber, 1994
Employee Of The Month, 2006 (HBO)
Firehouse Dog, 2007 (HBO)
Flight Of The Intruder, 1991 (HBO)
Free Willy, 1993
Frida, 2002 (HBO)
Generation Por Que? (HBO)
God's Not Dead, 2014 (HBO)
Good Morning, Vietnam, 1987 (HBO)
Happy Feet Two, 2011
Happy Feet, 2006
Harley Davidson And The Marlboro Man, 1991 (HBO)
Hercules, 1983 (HBO)
Igby Goes Down, 2002 (HBO)
Igor, 2008 (HBO)
Insomnia, 2002 (HBO)
The Interview, 2014
Jackie Brown, 1997
Kansas, 1988 (HBO)
Magic Mike, 2012
Menace II Society, 1993
Michael, 1996 (HBO)
Mortal Kombat, 1995
Movie 43, 2013 (HBO)
Muriel's Wedding, 1995 (HBO)
My Baby's Daddy, 2004 (HBO)
Mystery Date, 1991 (HBO)
Norbit, 2007 (HBO)
Para Rosa (Aka For Rosa) (HBO)
Precious, 2009 (HBO)
Rabid, 1977 (HBO)
Romance & Cigarettes, 2007 (HBO)
Rosewater, 2014 (HBO)
Rudy, 1993
Rush Hour 2, 2001
Rush Hour 3, 2007
Rush Hour, 1998
Save The Last Dance, 2001 (HBO)
Save The Last Dance 2, 2006 (HBO)
Senseless, 1998 (HBO)
Separate Tables, 1958 (HBO)
Serpico, 1974 (HBO)
Serving Sara, 2002 (HBO)
Summer Rental, 1985 (HBO)
The Debt, 2010 (HBO)
The Immigrant, 2014 (HBO)
The Kingdom, 2007 (HBO)
The Last Of The Finest, 1990 (HBO)
The Perfect Man, 2005 (HBO)
The Tuxedo, 2002 (HBO)
The Wings Of The Dove, 1997 (HBO)
The Witches Of Eastwick, 1987 (HBO)
Tomcats, 2001 (HBO)
Trust Me, 2014 (HBO)
Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection, 2012
Varsity Blues, 1999 (HBO)
Welcome To Sarajevo, 1997 (HBO)
When Harry Met Sally, 1989
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, 1971
Won't You Be My Neighbor?, 2018 (HBO)
Words And Pictures, 2014 (HBO)
May 2
Uri and Ella, Season 1
May 3
300: Rise of an Empire, 2014
Pray, Obey, Kill, Docu-Series Finale (HBO)
May 6
Hunger, 2008
Legendary, Season 2 Premiere (Max Original)
Take Me Out To The Ball Game, 1949
West Side Story (TCM CFF Opening Night), 1961
May 7
La Boda De Rosa (Aka Rosa's Wedding) (HBO)
May 8
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2, (Subtitled, Episodes 14-25) (Crunchyroll Collection)
May 9
Axios (HBO)
May 10
Jujutsu Kaisen - Season 1, (Subtitled, Episodes 13-24) (Crunchyroll Collection)
Race for the White House, Season 2
The Crime of the Century, Two Part Documentary Premiere (HBO)
May 15
The Personal History Of David Copperfield, 2020 (HBO)
The Nevers, Part 1 Finale (HBO)
May 19
Apple & Onion, Season 2A
May 20
The Big Shot with Bethenny, Season Finale (Max Original)
Ellen's Next Great Designer, Season Finale (Max Original)
Territorio (Aka Close Quarters) (HBO)
This Is Life with Lisa Ling, Season 7
May 23
In Treatment, Season 4 Premiere (HBO)
May 25
Cinderella Man, 2005 (HBO)
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (HBO)
May 26
Curious George, 2006 (HBO)
May 28
A Black Lady Sketch Show, Season 2 Finale (HBO)
May 30
Mare of Easttown, Limited Series Finale (HBO)
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