6 new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu and more (May 8–May 10)

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It’s virtually the weekend, which implies it is time to plan what new shows and movies to watch over the subsequent few days. Luckily, there’s some nice stuff out this week throughout a spread of various streamers.

A few new film releases take the highest spot this time round, with Greenland 2: Migration and We Bury the Dead each coming extremely really useful. If you are in more of a TV temper, nevertheless, then take your choose from a new samurai epic, a gripping-looking revenge thriller, and a sinister Scandi noir! There’s one thing for each style on the best streaming services.

It’s one other busy week! If, after that, you are still scuffling with what to watch, try our complete guides to new on Netflix in May 2026the whole lot new on Disney Plus in May 2026and the whole lot new on Prime Video in May 2026too.

new movies

Greenland 2: Migration (HBO Max)

Available: US/UK
Watch now: HBO Max

This sequel to 2020’s unexpectedly good Gerard Butler-starring apocalypse thriller picks up 5 years after an asteroid slammed into the planet, wiping out a lot of the inhabitants. John Garrity (Butler) and his household have been residing safely inside a bunker, however now it is time for them to enterprise again out onto the floor and attempt to rebuild civilization. But the Earth is a modified world, one beset with lethal climate situations, earthquakes, radiation – and far-less-friendly survivors.

The first Greenland film was a extremely strong apocalypse thriller. Migration strikes the collection into barely more predictable terrain, however Butler continues to be good as Garrity and it is a satisfying sequel that takes a unique method to the primary movie.

watch Greenland 2: Migration on HBO Max.

We Bury the Dead (Hulu)

Available: US/UK
Watch now: Hulu

Daisy Ridley stars in this terrific new zombie film. We Bury the Dead takes place within the wake of an experimental weapon detonating off the coast of Tasmania. Physiotherapist Ava Newman (Ridley) joins a navy effort to get well the our bodies of these killed within the explosion, considering that her husband Mitch (Matt Whelan) could also be amongst them. As she is confronting this private tragedy, nevertheless, the useless begins to rise…

Like all the most effective zombie movies, We Bury the Dead mixes highly effective horror with weighty themes. If not fairly a George Romero-level masterpiece, Zak Hilditch’s movie continues to be a residing useless film with – sorry – braaaaiiiinsss…

Hot Fuzz (Prime Video)

Available: U.S.
Watch now: Prime Video

The second set up in Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright’s unfastened “Cornetto trilogy” is without doubt one of the funniest movies of the century to date. Pegg performs Nicholas Angel, a by-the-books London cop who’s reassigned to the sleepy rural city of Sandford, Gloucestershire. He thinks he is going to be bored, but it surely’s not lengthy earlier than he and his colleague Danny (Nick Frost) discover themselves caught up in a big homicide thriller.

Hot Fuzz is an explosive collision of the whodunnit and motion film genres with a splash of folks horror thrown in for good measure. The thriller is compelling and the motion scenes really thrilling. It’s additionally humorous as hell and endlessly quotable. The rumor that Pegg, Wright, and Frost could quickly reunite for a fourth movie has us very excited certainly.

watch Hot Fuzz on Prime Video.

New TV shows

Song of the Samurai (HBO Max)

Available: US/UK
Watch now: HBO Max

Missing Shogun? This new interval samurai drama sounds very promising. Inspired by the long-running manga Chiruran: Shinsengumi Requiem by Umemura Shinya, Song of the Samurai follows Toshizo Hijikata (Yuki Yamada) a warrior who’s recruited by the Shinsengumi – a real-life secret samurai police power fashioned in 1863. Members had been sometimes drawn from the sword faculties of Edo, however Hijikata is a avenue fighter. Despite his variations together with his comrades, nevertheless, he shortly types robust bonds of belief that will probably be examined because the Shinsengumi face battle.

If you are after an thrilling mix of samurai motion, historic drama, and political intrigue then this new collection is for you. Song of the Samurai debuts on HBO Max on May 9.

watch Song of the Samurai on HBO Max.

The Chestnut Man: Hide and Seek (Netflix)

Available: US/UK
Watch now: Netflix

This long-awaited sequel to the Danish crime thriller picks up with detectives Naia Thulin (Danica Curcic) and Mark Hess (Mikkel Boe Følsgaard) reuniting to examine more crimes in Copenhagen. A girl has gone lacking and it is not lengthy earlier than Thulin and Hess’s investigations reveal that she was the sufferer of a stalker. Soon proof means that her disappearance is linked to a sinister “game” of disguise and search.

Based on Søren Sveistrup’s novel Hide and Seek, the collection reunites the present’s unique forged for one more imply and moody case. If you are a fan of Scandi noir shows, then each seasons of The Chestnut Man will probably be proper up your alley. You can stream them in full on Netflix now.

watch The Chestnut Man: Hide and Seek.

MIA (Peacock)

Available: US/UK
Watch now: Peacock (US) / Paramount Plus (UK)

Another week, one other new crime thriller… Still, this one appears to be like very intriguing. MIA follows Etta Tiger Jonze (Shannon Gisela), a younger girl whose household is murdered by a medicine cartel. Left for useless, Etta someway manages to survive and units out to take revenge, embarking on a deadly rampage by the prison underworld of Miami.

Slick and fashionable, MIA is the brainchild of Ozark co-creator Bill Dubuque. Etta should prepare if she’s to stand an opportunity of taking out the 12 males who destroyed her life… however the cartel shouldn’t be going to merely hand over and die. Expect motion, bloodshed, and a number of twists and turns alongside the way in which.

Looking for one thing else to watch? Check out our listing of the best Netflix movies or the best movies on Disney Plus.