New on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video & Co.: The Releases from May 5 to 18

Attention film and series fans: These are the film and series premieres from May 5 to 18 on Netflix, Sky, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Canal+, Paramount+, and RTL+.

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Streaming Premieres on Netflix

NONNAS (MAY 9)
Feature Film
111 min
USA 2025
Director: Stephen Chbosky
Starring: Vince Vaughn, Susan Sarandon, Lorraine Bracco, Talia Shire,
Campbell Scott
www.netflix.com/at/title/81936724 (with trailer)

Vienna has the Vollpension, Staten Island has the Enoteca Maria: In this Italian restaurant, grandmothers wield the cooking spoon. The idea came from Joe Scaravella, and Netflix is now bringing his story to the streaming world. Vince Vaughn portrays the accidental restaurant founder who seeks a closer connection to his roots and family after his mother's death. How can this be achieved? Naturally with pasta, pizza, and more! However, Joe doesn't just want to recreate his own mother's and grandmother's recipes, but also invites neighborhood grandmothers to join his endeavor. "Nonnas" by director Stephen Chbosky ("The Perks of Being a Wallflower") turns this into an amusingly kitschy family comedy where the older ladies delightfully bicker and the aspiring restaurant manager has quite a few battles to face.

SNAKES AND LADDERS (MAY 14)
Series (Season 1)
MEX 2025
Director: Manolo Caro
Starring: Cecilia Suárez, Juan Pablo Medina, Martiño Rivas, Marimar Vega,
Benny Emmanuel
www.netflix.com/at/title/81732666 (with trailer)

Schools can be a hellish place. No, not just for the kids, but the teaching staff also has to endure quite a bit in educational institutions. Dora knows this too, but the ambitious educator has her own plans: she wants to become the principal. However, she needs the support of the parents, which is particularly complicated by two feuding families. In the equally colorful and quirky Mexican series "Snakes and Ladders," it's all about acting as a mediator. However, Dora quickly realizes that the world is anything but fair - why should it be any different in a school?

THE RESERVE (MAY 15)
Alternative Title: Secrets We Keep
Miniseries (6 episodes)
DK 2025
Director: Per Fly
Starring: Marie Bach Hansen, Excel Busano, Danica Curcic, Sara Fanta
Traore, Simon Sears
www.netflix.com/at/title/81697668 (with trailer)

In the north of Copenhagen, the world is still in order. Wealthy area, big house, fulfilled life - everything seems to be going according to plan for Cecilie. Until one day, the Filipino au pair of the neighbor disappears without a trace. The ensuing search reveals the first cracks in the idyllic facade. With her own au pair, Cecilie begins further investigations and soon encounters a wall of silence, rejection, and envy. The power structures that emerge cause the young woman's worldview to collapse.

SOCCER PARENTS (MAY 16)
Series (Season 1)
NL 2025
Directors: Albert Jan van Rees, Ilse Warringa
Starring: Ilse Warringa, Eva van Gessel, Mariana Aparicio, Michiel
Nooter, Guido Pollemans
Trailer: www.youtube.com

What would be the ambition of soccer-playing children compared to their parents? The Dutch production "Soccer Parents" hits all the usual clichés on the head when a youth team has to assert itself between questionable referee decisions, the quirky club life, and the parents who are prone to losing their temper. Morality and decency have to be searched for with a magnifying glass, instead, amusing boundary crossings are the order of the day. And the ball keeps rolling...

Streaming Starts on Sky

THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES (MAY 14)
Series Finale (Season 4 / 9 Episodes)
34-40 min/Episode
USA 2025
Directors: Danny McBride, Jody Hill, David Gordon Green
Starring: Danny McBride, John Goodman, Adam Devine, Edi Patterson,
Cassidy Freeman, Bradley Cooper
Trailer: www.youtube.com
www.sky.at/serien/the-righteous-gemstones (with Teaser)

The Gemstones rise on screen one last time: Comedian Danny McBride brings the final season of the comedy series about the successful televangelist family as writer, producer, and lead actor. This time, the three offspring of patriarch Eli Gemstone (John Goodman) must ensure the future of the televangelist dynasty while dad explores his sexuality anew. However, the fourth season begins with a historical look back at the preacher family's history, with Bradley Cooper making an appearance as a ruthless ancestor.

Streaming Starts on Amazon Prime Video

DRUNTER UND DRÜBER - CHAOS AT THE CEMETERY (MAY 9)
Series (Season 1 / 8 Episodes)
approx. 25 min/Episode
A 2025
Director: Christopher Schier
Starring: Nicholas Ofczarek, Julia Jentsch, Ulrike C. Tscharre, Harald
Windisch, Sarah Viktoria Frick
Trailer: www.youtube.com

The duo Julia Jentsch and Nicholas Ofczarek already made a good impression in the thriller series "Der Pass." Death also plays a role in "Drunter und drüber," but in a more amusing context: After the cemetery manager is crushed by a statue, his petty deputy Heli Wondratschek (Ofczarek) eyes the position - much to the dismay of the other employees. But things take a turn when Ursula Fink (Jentsch) is unexpectedly appointed as the external boss. Only therapeutic screaming can help! And there's plenty of reason for it, as the Donnersbach cemetery is also set to be closed. Consequently, Wondratschek and Fink must reluctantly team up to prevent the end of the graveyard. The eight episodes of the Austrian series are directed by Christopher Schier.

OVERCOMPENSATION (MAY 15)
Series (Season 1 / 8 Episodes)
USA 2025
Director: Daniel Gray Longino
Starring: Benito Skinner, Adam DiMarco, Mary Beth Barone, Nell Verlaque,
Corteon Moore
Trailer: www.youtube.com

US comedian Benito Skinner became known for sketches on platforms like Instagram or TikTok and has already made his first appearances in films and television. In "Overcompensation," he takes on his first leading role, with the format originating from his own pen: Skinner plays former football player Benny, who experiences an emotional rollercoaster at college. He can't bring himself to come out, instead trying to participate in all the usual rituals and crazy ideas. Until he meets Carmen (Wally Baram), who is also still searching for her place. Lots of chaos, many innuendos, plenty of nudity - "Overcompensation" goes for the full dose of college madness.

Streaming Starts on Apple TV+

MURDERBOT (MAY 16)
Series (Season 1 / 10 Episodes)
USA 2025
Directors: Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz, Toa Fraser, Aurora Guerrero,
Roseanne Liang
Starring: Alexander Skarsgård, Noma Dumezweni, David Dastmalchian,
Sabrina Wu, Akshay Khanna
www.apple.com/de/tv-pr/originals/murderbot (with Trailer)

"Murderbot" is the series adaptation of Martha Wells' bestselling series about a titular security robot who fears human emotions but also finds humanity attractive for that very reason. To fulfill a risky research mission, Murderbot (Alexander Skarsgård) must hide that he now has free will and self-awareness. And so the intelligent machine wishes to enjoy soap operas. And find a place in the world that suits him.

Streaming Starts on Canal+

ACCUSED (MAY 16)
Series (Season 1 / 15 Episodes)
Approx. 45 min/Episode
USA 2023
Directors: Michael Chiklis, Marlee Matlin, Billy Porter, Michael Cuesta,
Jonathan Mostow, Clark Johnson, Tazbah Chavez, Julie Hébert, Lee
Rose, Michael Offer, Brad Turner, Milan Cheylov, Sameh Zoabi
Starring: Michael Chiklis, Jill Hennessy, Megan Boone, Rachel Bilson,
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Trailer: www.youtube.com

The anthology series "Accused" always presents the same core setting: ordinary defendants in the courtroom. From the perspective of the respective perpetrators, their journey to court is told without the viewers knowing about the specific crime. What turns ordinary people from the street into criminals? What situations are needed to corner a person?

MATLOCK (MAY 17)
Series (Season 1 / 19 Episodes)
Approx. 45 min/Episode
USA 2024
Directors: Kat Coiro, Brad Silberling, Marie Jamora, Tessa Blake,
Yangzom Brauen, Daniel Willis, Jennifer Lynch, Hannah Michielsen,
Jude Weng, Gina Lamar, Hanelle M. Culpepper
Starring: Kathy Bates, Skye P. Marshall, Jason Ritter, David Del Rio,
Leah Lewis
Trailer: www.youtube.com

Older viewers will remember the cult series "Matlock" about the eponymous lawyer. It now returns to the screen with a gender twist. This time, the focus is on lawyer Madeline Kingston (Kathy Bates), who re-enters the profession after losing her daughter to the opioid mafia - under the alias Matty Matlock, which refers to her daughter's favorite TV character. Her target is the law firm she holds responsible for evidence tampering during the opioid crisis. But during her undercover vendetta, Madeline solves one or two cases along the way with her intuition.

Streaming Starts on Paramount+

INSOMNIA (MAY 9)
Miniseries (6 Episodes)
Approx. 45 min/Episode
UK 2024
Director: Börkur Sigþórsson
Starring: Vicky McClure, Leanne Best, Tom Cullen, Lyndsey Marshal,
Dominic Tighe
Trailer: www.youtube.com
www.paramountplus.com/at/shows/insomnia

The 40th birthday marks a significant turning point for many - including career woman Emma Averill (Vicky McClure). A few weeks before the crucial date, she loses the ability to sleep. A fatal parallel to her mother's life. In the realm of insomnia, Emma becomes entangled in a web of fears and paranoia. The businesswoman fears losing her mind. Based on the novel of the same name by Sarah Pinborough.

Streaming Starts on RTL+

DUSTER (MAY 15)
Series (Season 1 / 8 Episodes)
Approx. 55 min/Episode
USA 2025
Directors: Darren Grant, Steph Green
Starring: Josh Holloway, Camille Guaty, Sydney Elisabeth, Reavis Dorsey,
Adriana Aluna Martinez
Trailer: www.youtube.com

With "Duster," cult producer J.J. Abrams takes us into the world of the 1970s. At the center is a criminal (Josh Holloway) who drives the getaway car for a gang's heists. However, ambitious young FBI agent Nina (Rachel Hilson) manages to recruit the criminal as a mole for the police to bring down the syndicate he works for. Now, the mismatched pair must team up to succeed.

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