Here's what's coming to Netflix in May 2021 -- and what's leaving

MW Here's what's coming to Netflix in May 2021 -- and what's leaving

By Mike Murphy

Get ready for the zombie-heist movie 'Army of the Dead,' new seasons of 'Lucifer,' 'Master of None' and 'Who Killed Sara?' and much more

After a middling selection of offerings over the past few months, Netflix Inc. is gearing up as summer arrives, with some fan-favorite series returning in May, along with some big-name original movies.

The biggest of the bunch looks to be Zack Snyder's zombie/casino-heist mashup, "Army of the Dead" (May 21), a gleefully violent caper movie starring Dave Bautista. On the film front, there's also "The Woman in the Window" (May 14), starring Amy Adams in a "Rear Window" sort of psychological thriller that saw its release delayed a year due to the pandemic; and "Oxygen" (May 12), a French sci-fi thriller starring Mélanie Laurent as a woman trapped in a cryogenic chamber.

Most intriguingly, Aziz Ansari's Emmy-winning comedy series "Master of None" returns for its third season (May 23) after a four-year gap, which saw sexual misconduct allegations raised against Ansari in 2018. The new season moved filming from New York to London, and will focus on the relationship between Lena Waithe's character, Denise, and her partner, Alicia, played by Naomi Ackie.

Netflix $(NFLX)$ also has the second part of Season 5 of the supernatural crime drama (and fan favorite) "Lucifer" (May 28); and part two of "Selena: The Series" (May 4), about the life of the late Mexican-American pop superstar. There's also "Halston" (May 14), a limited series from Ryan Murphy and starring Ewan McGregor as the iconic fashion designer; the true-crime docuseries "The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness" May 5); the superhero-comic adaptation "Jupiter's Legacy" (May 7), starring Josh Duhamel and Leslie Bibb; the financial docuseries "Money, Explained" (May 11); the sitcom "The Upshaws" (May 12), starring Mike Epps, Wanda Sykes and Kim Fields; a new season of the Emmy-winning animated anthology series "Love, Death & Robots: Volume 2" (May 14); Season 2 of the popular Mexican thriller "Who Killed Sara?" (May 19); the second season of "Special" (May 20), the comedy about a young gay man with cerebral palsy; and Season 3 of the comedy "The Kominsky Method" (May 28), starring Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin.

For more: What's streaming in May on Hulu

And: What's worth streaming in May 2021? There's almost too much to choose from

And a word of warning for Benedict Cumberbatch fans: Seasons 1-4 of "Sherlock" will be leaving Netflix on May 14.

Here's the complete lineup, as of April 26 (release dates are subject to change):

What's coming in May 2021

Coming soon (no date announced)AlRawabi School for Girls -- Netflix OriginalAmy Tan: Unintended Memoir (2021)Halston -- Netflix OriginalMad for Each Other -- Netflix OriginalRacket Boys -- Netflix OriginalRagnarok: Season 2 -- Netflix Original

May 1Aliens Stole My BodyAngelina Ballerina: Season 5Angelina Ballerina: Season 6Back to the FutureBack to the Future Part IIBack to the Future Part IIIBarney and Friends: Season 13Barney and Friends: Season 14Best of the BestDead Again in TombstoneDue DateFun with Dick and Jane (2005)G.I. Joe: The Rise of CobraGreen ZoneHachi: A Dog's TaleJT LeRoyMadagascar 3: Europe's Most WantedMystic RiverNever Back DownNotting HillOpen SeasonResident Evil: AfterlifeResident Evil: ExtinctionS.M.A.R.T ChaseScarfaceSitting in LimboStargateState of PlayThe Land Before TimeThe Land Before Time II: The Great Valley AdventureThe Lovely BonesThe Pelican BriefThe Sweetest ThingThe Whole Nine Yards Under SiegeWaist DeepYour HighnessZack and Miri Make a PornoZombieland

May 2Hoarders: Season 11

May 4The Clovehitch KillerSelena: The Series: Part 2 -- Netflix Original

Trash Truck: Season 2 -- Netflix Family

May 5Framing John DeLoreanThe Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness -- Netflix Documentary

May 6Dead Man Down

May 7Girl from Nowhere: Season 2 -- Netflix OriginalJupiter's Legacy -- Netflix Original

Milestone -- Netflix FilmMonster -- Netflix Film

May 8Mine -- Netflix OriginalSleepless

May 11Money, Explained -- Netflix Documentary

May 12Dance of the Forty One -- Netflix FilmOxygen -- Netflix Film

The Upshaws -- Netflix Original

May 13Castlevania: Season 4 -- Netflix AnimeLayer Cake

May 14Ferry -- Netflix FilmHalston -- Netflix OriginalHaunted: Season 3 -- Netflix OriginalI Am All Girls -- Netflix FilmJungle Beat: The Movie -- Netflix FamilyLove, Death & Robots: Volume 2 -- Netflix Original

Move to Heaven -- Netflix OriginalThe Strange House -- Netflix FilmThe Woman in the Window -- Netflix Film

May 16Sleight

May 18Sardar Ka Grandson -- Netflix Film

May 19The Last DaysSabotageSmall Town CrimeWho Killed Sara?: Season 2 -- Netflix Original

May 20Hating Peter TatchellSpecial: Season 2 -- Netflix Original

Spy Kids: All the Time in the World

May 21Army of the Dead -- Netflix FilmJurassic World Camp Cretaceous: Season 3 -- Netflix FamilyThe Neighbor: Season 2 -- Netflix Original

May 22Sam Smith: Love Goes --Live At Abbey Road Studios

May 23Master of None: Moments in Love -- Netflix Original

May 25Home

May 26Baggio: The Divine Ponytail -- Netflix FilmHigh on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America -- Netflix DocumentaryNail Bomber: Manhunt -- Netflix Documentary

May 27Black Space -- Netflix OriginalBlue Miracle -- Netflix FilmEden -- Netflix AnimeSoy Rada: Serendipity -- Netflix Comedy Special

May 28Dog Gone Trouble -- Netflix FamilyLucifer: Season 5 Part 2 -- Netflix OriginalThe Kominsky Method: Season 3 -- Netflix Original

May 31Dirty John: The Betty Broderick StoryThe Parisian Agency: Exclusive Properties -- Netflix Original

What's leaving in May

May 1Hoarders: Season 10

May 3War Horse

May 5Hangman

May 6City of God: 10 Years LaterLockout

May 7The Chosen OnesHouse at the End of the Street

May 10Quartet

May 14Sherlock: Series 1-4

May 18Trumbo

May 29American Crime: Seasons 1-3My Week with MarilynThe One I Love

May 3150 First DatesAct of ValorAll Dogs Go to HeavenThe Blair Witch ProjectBrokeback MountainThe BoyDeliver Us from EvaThe HelpI Now Pronounce You Chuck and LarryJulie & JuliaMaraudersMilkMiracleNational Lampoon's Christmas VacationProsecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben FerenczThe Pursuit of HappynessThe Scorpion King 2: Rise of a WarriorThe Scorpion King 3: Battle for RedemptionSoul SurferStripteaseWaiting...

-Mike Murphy; 415-439-6400; AskNewswires@dowjones.com

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