Here's what's coming to (and going from) Netflix in May 2020

We’ve now reached the point of isolation where the newest online offerings feel like truly special events. Considering Netflix’s slate of May premieres, the sentiment holds up pretty well. Take Paramount’s sought-after rom-com The Lovebirds, which was originally meant to premiere at SXSW: Even without a theater to rush off to, the date night murder mystery is an excellent excuse for an ornate Netflix Party (or to just clean up your living room). Or perhaps you’d like to throw a virtual farewell bash for She-Ra And The Princesses Of Power, which premieres its fifth and final season. There’s also the interactive Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt special, which may just give you the option to hang out with Tituss all day, assuming the creators know what we really want.

Want to leave this deteriorating planet behind and bullshit in space for a while? Great! Greg Daniels’ star-studded comedy Space Force is a presumably nice little sojourn to a far less insane time when the leader of the free world simply wanted to send an actual law-enforcing unit to the cosmos. Or you can stay right here and zip back in time to Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s version of Old Hollywood, where a group of budding actors are determined to shift the culture in between sexy parties and racist run-ins. Choices!

Maybe you don’t even have the energy to send your imagination into overdrive or withstand your 100th Zoom get-together. That’s entirely understandable. A hearty laugh with Hannah Gadsby and her next Netflix special Douglas sounds like a great time to have with nothing more than a snack and whatever shreds of resolve you still may have. Patton Oswalt also returns with a new stand-up, I Love Everything, as does Jerry Seinfeld with the appropriately titled 23 Hours To Kill.

Of course, all this new content comes at the expense of a few departing properties. This is your last chance to catch up on all the seasons of Scandal before it leaves in May 18. Subscribers will also have to say goodbye to the Austin Powers and Final Destination franchises, as well as Bob Ross and The First Wives Club, which feels especially cruel right now. We’ll paint our own happy little trees and invoice some exes in fitting tributes.

Check out the handy video and/or the full list below.

Available 5/1/20

All Day and a Night — NETFLIX FILM
Almost Happy — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
The Half Of It — NETFLIX FILM
Hollywood — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Into the Night — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Medici: The Magnificent: Part 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Mrs. Serial Killer — NETFLIX FILM
Reckoning: Season 1 — Exclusively on Netflix
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Back to the Future
Back to the Future Part II
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Cracked Up, The Darrell Hammond Story
Den of Thieves
For Colored Girls
Fun with Dick & Jane
I Am Divine
Jarhead
Jarhead 2: Field of Fire
Jarhead 3: The Siege
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Masha and the Bear: Season 4
Material
Monthly Girls’ Nozaki Kun: Season 1
Sinister
Song of the Sea
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Heartbreak Kid
The Patriot
Thomas & Friends: Marvelous Machinery: A New Arrival
Thomas & Friends: Marvelous Machinery: World of Tomorrow
Thomas & Friends: Thomas and the Royal Engine
Underworld
Underworld: Evolution
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Urban Cowboy
What a Girl Wants
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

Available 5/4/20

Arctic Dogs

Available 5/5/20

Jerry Seinfeld: 23 Hours To Kill — NETFLIX COMEDY SPECIAL