What to watch on Netflix, Disney +,  Amazon Prime and Neon in May 2021

Another month has zoomed by in 2021, but there's still no sign of things letting up on the viewing and streaming front.

So without further ado, here's what to watch on Netflix, Disney +, Amazon Prime and Neon in May 2021.

Made for Love (Neon, May 1)

Made for Love is a dark, absurd and cynically poignant story of divorce and revenge. The series shows how far some will go for   love and how much further others will go to destroy it.

It follows Cristin Milioti's Hazel Green, a thirtysomething woman on the run after 10 years in a suffocating marriage to Byron Gogol, an unstable, needy,  possibly sociopathic tech billionaire.

Star Wars: The Bad Batch (May 4, Disney +)

It wouldn't be a May 4th day without new Star Wars, and that's exactly what Disney + are offering up.

Star Wars: The Bad Batch follows the elite and experimental clones of the Bad Batch (first introduced in “The Clone Wars”) as they find their way in a rapidly changing galaxy in the immediate aftermath of the Clone War. 

Members of Bad Batch—a unique squad of clones who vary genetically from their brothers in the Clone Army—each possess a singular exceptional skill that makes them extraordinarily effective soldiers and a formidable crew. 

Begins with a 70 minute premiere, before episodes move to a Friday weekly release.

Jupiter's Legacy (Netflix, May 7)

The debut show from Mark Millar follows a group of superheroes living in the shadows of their parents. 

The story, which is influenced by Star Wars, King Kong, Roman mythology and origin stories from the Golden Age of Comics, was written as Millar's treatise on superheroes' connection to the American ideal. 

The Woman in the Window (May 14, Netflix)

Continuing the streamers' a new movie every week, the Amy Adams thriller, originally set to release in 2019, finally gets a release on Netflix.

An agoraphobic psychologist (Adams) befriends a neighbor across the street from her New York City brownstone condo, only to see her own life turned upside down when the woman disappears and she suspects foul play.

Love, Death & Robots (Volume 2) (May 14, Netflix)

The much underrated sci-fi animated shorts series returns with 8 more weird and absolutely wonderful animated shorts.

The Underground Railroad (May 14, Amazon Prime Video)

Academy Award-winner ‘Moonlight’ director Barry Jenkins' first television series, The Underground Railroad tells the harrowing story of a woman’s amazing discovery of a fabled underground rail road during her attempt to break free from slavery in the deep south. 

Executive Produced by Brad Pitt amongst others, the series is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead.

Solos (May 14, Amazon Prime Video)

A seven-part anthology series that explores the strange, beautiful, heart-breaking, hilarious, wondrous truths of what it means to be human. 

Performed by eight of the finest actors of our time, Uzo Aduba, Nicole Beharie, Morgan Freeman, Anne Hathaway, Anthony Mackie, Helen Mirren, Dan Stevens, and Constance Wu, these character-driven stories contend that even during our most seemingly isolated moments, in the most disparate of circumstances, we are all connected through the human experience.

P!NK: All I know so far (May 21, Amazon Prime Video)

From New Zealand based, Australian director, Michael Gracey(The Greatest Showman), award-winning musician P!NK gives audiences an in-depth personal glimpse behind the curtain of her  record-breaking 2019 “Beautiful Trauma” world tour. 

Through footage from the road and behind-the-scenes interviews, she welcomes audiences to join her chosen family while trying to balance being a mum, a wife, a boss and a performer. 

Army of the Dead (May 21, Netflix)

Zack Snyder’s zombie heist thriller starring Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell and Omari Hardwick.

A group of mercenaries plot a heist on a Las Vegas casino during a zombie outbreak - what could possibly go wrong?

M.O.D.O.K (Disney + Star, May 21)

In Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K., the megalomaniacal supervillain M.O.D.O.K. (Patton Oswalt) has long pursued his dream of one day conquering the world. 

But after years of setbacks and failures fighting the Earth’s mightiest heroes, M.O.D.O.K. has run his evil organisation A.I.M. into the ground. Ousted as A.I.M.’s leader, while also dealing with his crumbling marriage and family life, the Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing is set to confront his greatest challenge yet.

Cruella (Disney +, Premier Access May 28)

Emma Stone stars in Disney’s “Cruella,” which explores the rebellious early days of one of cinema’s most notorious – and notoriously fashionable – villains, Cruella de Vil. 

Set in 1970s London amidst the punk rock revolution, the movie follows a young grifter named Estella and reveals the series of events that cause her to embrace her wicked side and become the raucous and revenge-bent Cruella.