This May, Netflix is in full bloom with top-notch content all month long. While it’s always hard to say goodbye to the titles leaving Netflix, you won’t feel down for long once you get a good look at the impressive array of Netflix Original series coming to the platform to take their place. With everything from premiering titles to long-awaited continuations of fan favorites, Netflix’s diverse and delightful May 2026 premieres are sure to have something for everyone.

The streamer is set to help you celebrate the new month with premieres from highly anticipated continuations of established hit series across several different genres (so there’s truly something for everyone), like Berlin and the Lady with an Ermine, Devil May Cry: Season 2, A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder: Season 2.

There are also plenty of exciting brand-new shows that will begin streaming exclusively on Netflix starting this month. Keep an eye out in particular for Legends, Lord of the Flies, and The Boroughs, which are all already looking to be some of the most promising new releases out of May’s entire streaming lineup.

So what makes the cut for our Top 11, and which of them have what it takes to be in the Netflix Top 10? Keep reading to treat yourself to the greatness that is the list of streaming standouts for May 2026.

1. Berlin and the Lady with an Ermine

   Released May 15

   CAST: Pedro Alonso, Michelle Jenner, Tristán Ulloa, Begoña Vargas, Julio Peña Fernández, Joel Sánchez, Inma Cuesta, José Luis García-Pérez, Marta Nieto

   RATING: TV-MA

   DESCRIPTION: Berlin and the Lady with an Ermine is a Netflix Original crime drama series serving as the follow-up to 2024’s Berlin, as well as a prequel to the 2017-2021 title Money Heist. This Spanish show picks back up with the titular jewel thief (Pedro Alonso) as he brings his crew to Seville for their trickiest heist yet, as they pretend to steal Da Vinci’s Lady with an Ermine painting as a plot within a greater scene to exact revenge on a married couple who dared to cross him.

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2. Legends

   Released May 7

   CAST: Steve Coogan, Tom Burke, Hayley Squires, Tom Hughes, Aml Ameen, Jasmine Blackborow, Douglas Hodge, Johnny Harris, Gerald Kyd, Numan Acar, Charlotte Ritchie, Joshua Samuels, Kem Hassan, Thomas Coombes

   RATING: TV-MA

   DESCRIPTION: Inspired by true events, this Netflix Original crime thriller series tells the story of a team of British Customs officials who were sent undercover to stop the drug smugglers who had been wreaking havoc in early 1990s UK. Legends sees these regular men and women take on the challenge of their lives as they infiltrate the British criminal underworld to dismantle notorious gangs from within.

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3. Lord of the Flies

   Released May 4

   CAST: Winston Sawyers, David McKenna, Lox Pratt, Ike Talbut, Thomas Connor, Noah Flemyng, Cassius Flemyng, Cornelius Brandreth, Tom Page-Turner, Rafael de Belligny, Lake Coleman, Freddie Lee-Grey, Beau Thompson, Fred Jones, Rory Kinnear, Rochelle Neil, Daniel Mays, Tom Goodman-Hill

   RATING: TV-MA

   DESCRIPTION: Based on William Golding’s 1954 novel of the same name, Lord of the Flies is a Netflix Original drama series that centers on a group of young schoolboys whose plane crash-lands on a tropical island in the Pacific Ocean during the early 1950s. Although they initially work together to survive and seek rescue, base instincts, insecurities, and dark desires destroy the boys’ fragile order, thrusting them all into violent power struggles and deadly chaos.

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4. Devil May Cry: Season 2

   Released May 12

   CAST: Johnny Yong Bosch, Scout Taylor-Compton, Hoon Lee, Kevin Conroy, Chris Coppola, Robbie Daymond

   RATING: TV-MA

   DESCRIPTION: Urban fantasy action anime Devil May Cry returns to Netflix for a highly anticipated sophomore season that picks up with orphaned professional demon hunter Dante (Johnny Yong Bosch) as he continues to fight a complicated battle against demons amidst his own grief and mission to avenge his mother’s death. As an all-out war breaks out between the human and demon realms, Dante must confront his own personal devil and sole equal force: his estranged twin brother, Virgil (Robbie Daymond).

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5. Glory

   Released May 1

   CAST: Divyenndu, Pulkit Samrat, Suvinder Vicky, Jannat Zubair, Ashutosh Rana, Sikandar Kher, Kunal Thakur, Sayani Gupta, Yashpal Sharma, Kashmira Pardeshi, Yugam Sood

   RATING: TV-MA

   DESCRIPTION: Glory is an Indian Netflix Original sports thriller set amidst the high-stakes world of boxing as a talented fighter’s (Yugam Sood) mysterious, violent death forces a renowned boxing coach (Suvinder Vicky) into an unhappy reunion with his sons (Divyenndu and Pulkit Samrat) as they investigate the boxer’s murder, their sister’s (Jannat Zubair) assault, and their own dysfunctional family dynamics.

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6. Brazil ’70: The Third Star

   Released May 29

   CAST: Lucas Agrícola, Rodrigo Santoro, Bruno Mazzeo, Ravel Andrade, Hugo Haddad, Caio Cabral), Gui Ferraz, Fillipe Soutto, Daniel Blanco, Marcelo Adnet, Bruna Mascarenhas, Maicon Rodrigues, Val Perré, Lara Tremouroux, Felipe Frazão, Victor Salomão, José Beltrão

   RATING: TV-14

   DESCRIPTION: Brazil ’70: The Third Star is a biographical sports drama miniseries that depicts the incredible true story of Brazil’s national soccer team in their quest to win the 1970 World Cup. The title follows the team through major challenges, hopes, and expectations on and off the field that culminated in a defining, intense moment in Brazil’s athletic and political history.

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7. The Boroughs

   Released May 21

   CAST: Alfred Molina, Geena Davis, Alfre Woodard, Denis O’Hare, Clarke Peters, Bill Pullman, Jena Malone, Carlos Miranda, Seth Numrich, Alice Kremelberg, Rafael Casal, Dee Wallace, Ed Begley Jr., Jane Kaczmarek, Eric Edelstein, Mousa Hussein Kraish, Beth Bailey

   RATING: TV-MA

   DESCRIPTION: Executive produced by The Duffer Brothers, The Boroughs is a Netflix Original sci-fi series that takes place in a retirement community whose idyllic exterior hides a dark, dangerous secret. In order to survive and stop a time-thieving otherworldly threat, a ragtag group of residents joins forces to uncover the truth and make their golden years last.

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8. Mating Season

   Released May 22

   CAST: Nick Kroll, June Diane Raphael, Zach Woods, Sabrina Jalees

   RATING: TV-MA

   DESCRIPTION: Fans of Big Mouth are sure to enjoy this brand-new adult animated romantic comedy series revolving around sex, love, and relationships in the animal world. Mating Season tracks different species as they follow instincts and search for companionship, leading to plenty of hilarity, mishaps, and awkward moments.

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9. Nemesis

   Released May 14

   CAST: Matthew Law, Y’lan Noel, Cleopatra Coleman, Tre Hale, Domenick Lombardozzi, Jonnie Park, Ariana Guerra, Gabrielle Dennis, Michael Potts, Sophina Brown, Jeff Pierre, Cedric Joe, Shane Johnson, Stephanie Sigman, Quincy Isaiah, Jay Reeves, Moe Irvin, Mike O’Malley, Khalilah Joi, Siua Ikale’o, Mark Feuerstein

   RATING: TV-MA

   DESCRIPTION: Get your heart racing in May with this premiering psychological crime drama series centering on the complex and fascinating dynamic between expert criminal Coltrane Wilder (Y’lan Noel) and brilliant Detective Isaiah Stiles (Matthew Law) amidst high-stakes heists, layered family relationships, and moral dilemmas. See all the thrills and fascinating layers unfold with Nemesis, only on Netflix.

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10. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder: Season 2

    Released May 27

    CAST: Emma Myers, Zain Iqbal, Henry Ashton, Asha Banks, Yali Topol Margalith, Jude Morgan-Collie, Misia Butler, Eden H. Davies, Jack Rowan, Freddie England

    RATING: TV-MA

    DESCRIPTION: After its breakout first season in 2024, the mystery thriller series A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder returns to Netflix with six new episodes full of fresh excitement and intrigue. Season 2 picks back up wth Pip (Emma Myers) and Ravi (Zain Iqbal) in the aftermath of solving the Andie Bell cold case, with Max Hastings’s (Henry Ashton) trial on the horizon. But when a key witness (Eden H. Davies) suddenly disappears, Pip must race against the clock to solve this mystery, all while grappling with what it really means to be good.

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11. Rafa

    Released May 29

    CAST: Rafael Nadal

    RATING: TV-MA

    DESCRIPTION: Celebrate the astounding career and impact of one of tennis’s greatest stars with this Netflix Original docuseries. Utilizing old footage, exclusive interviews, and personal anecdotes, Rafa takes a look back at the upbringing, hard work, triumphs, and struggles of Rafael Nadal that have made him into the man he is today. See Nadal candidly reflect on his own life and legacy, as well as testimonies from other tennis icons like Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, and John McEnroe, with Rafa on Netflix this May.

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Maddy Casale is a Chicago-based writer and comedian who covers everything from animated series to Hallmark movies. Follow her on Duolingo @MCasale.