HBO Max has announced the movies and TV shows coming to the streaming service in May, as well as what is leaving next month. In addition to the HBO Max May 2022 lineup, we’ve included what is specifically coming to and leaving HBO.
Fans will immerse themselves in season two of the Emmy-winning Hacks (May 12). In this new chapter of the comedy series, the dark mentorship between legendary Las Vegas comedian Deborah Vance and her young, entitled writer Ava continues to evolve as the two travel across the country workshopping Deborah’s new stand-up act.
The HBO Max May 2022 slate also includes The Staircase (May 5), which takes viewers behind the closed doors of a once-happy home that abruptly became the scene of a murder. Starring Academy Award winner Colin Firth and Emmy Award winner Toni Collette, this limited series will have everyone on the edge of their seats.
The Time Traveler’s Wife (May 15), inspired by the much-loved novel by Audrey Niffenegger and adapted by Stephen Moffat, tells the story of an enchanting love story between Clare and Henry. The love story has one small problem… time travel.
The HBO Max May 2022 schedule also brings a diverse array of A-list talent that reflects the beauty and complexities of the human experience. Stories that will make you laugh, cry, and everything in between will resonate with viewers as they see experiences that mirror their own unique journeys.
Take a deeper look into George Carlin, the man dubbed the “dean of counterculture comedians,” in the two-part documentary George Carlin’s American Dream. From Emmy-winning directors Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio, the documentary explores a cultural chameleon who is remembered as one of the most influential stand-up comics of all time.
Michael Che is guaranteed to make everyone laugh in the season two premiere of That Damn Michael Che (May 26), where he illustrates what it feels like to experience everyday situations, including racial profiling, unemployment, falling in love, and more.
Join Sam Jay’s house party with the season two premiere of PAUSE with Sam Jay, a comedy-talk-variety show that’s an interview platform, a comedy show, and a cultural lesson all in one.
HBO Max also has a content lineup for fans of all genres, ranging from science fiction to family favorites to movie musicals. Fans of the Matrix trilogy will enjoy Warner Bros. Pictures’ The Matrix: Resurrections (May 10) when it returns to HBO Max in the month.
Things are not what they seem on the tropical secluded beach in Old (May 13), which follows a family on a holiday vacation that discovers a secluded beach that is somehow causing them to age rapidly, reducing their entire lives into a single day. Dear Evan Hansen (May 6), is an American coming-of-age musical film about a high school student with social anxiety, adapted from the hit award-winning musical of the same name.
For little ones, Cartoonito on HBO Max is debuting Sesame Street Mecha Builders (May 10), an all-new preschool animated series from Sesame Workshop. Sesame Street Mecha Builders reimagines Elmo, Cookie Monster, and Abby Cadabby as robot heroes in training who use their STEM superpowers to solve wacky, larger-than-life problems.
Animated in a dynamic 3D style, this series will help older preschoolers practice foundational critical thinking skills while laughing along with their Sesame Street friends and thrillers from a unique group of creators.
HBO MAX MAY 2022 SCHEDULE
AVAILABLE MAY TBA
George Carlin’s American Dream, Documentary Premiere (HBO)
PAUSE with Sam Jay, Season 2 Premiere (HBO)
AVAILABLE MAY 1
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood, 2019
47 Ronin, 2013
Assassins, 2020 (HBO)
At Close Range, 1986 (HBO)
An Autumn Afternoon, 1962
The Big Sleep, 1946
Back To School, 1986
Bottle Rocket, 1996
Calladita, 2020 (HBO)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, 1968 (HBO)
Child 44, 2015 (HBO)
Chungking Express, 1994
The Color Purple, 1985
Conan The Barbarian, 2011 (HBO)
Devil in A Blue Dress, 1995
Dodes ‘Ka-Den, 1970
Domino, 2019 (HBO)
Downhill, 1927
Dragnet Girl, 1933
Early Spring, 1956
Early Summer, 1951
The End of Summer, 1961
Equinox Flower, 1958
Eraser, 1996
Fallen Angels, 1995
Floating Weeds, 1959
Frida, 2002 (HBO)
The Fugitive, 1993
Furry Vengeance, 2010 (HBO)
Gang Related, 1997 (HBO)
Good Morning, 1959
Hard Rain, 1998 (HBO)
Hart’s War, 2002 (HBO)
High and Low, 1963
Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius, 2001 (HBO)
Julie, 1956
Killers, 2010 (HBO)
Language Lessons, 2021
Love and Baseball, 2021
The Machine That Kills Bad People, 1952
Masters Of The Universe, 1987 (HBO)
The Missing, 2003 (HBO)
The New Guy, 2002 (HBO)
North Dallas Forty, 1979 (HBO)
Not Easily Broken, 2009
The Perks of Being a Wallflower, 2012
Poseidon, 2006
Red Beard, 1965
Ringo and His Golden Pistol, 1966
Rugrats Go Wild, 2003 (HBO)
Rugrats In Paris: The Movie, 2000 (HBO)
The Rugrats Movie, 1998 (HBO)
The Sapphires, 2012 (HBO)
Sense and Sensibility, 1995
Sliding Doors, 1998
St. Elmo’s Fire, 1985
The Stepford Wives, 2004 (HBO)
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, 2009 (Extended Version)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day, 1991 (Director’s Cut) (HBO)
Tokyo Twilight, 1957
Top Secret!, 1984 (HBO)
Transporter 3, 2008 (HBO)
Unbroken, 2014
Underworld, 2003
Underworld: Awakening, 2012
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, 2009
Welcome to the Dollhouse, 1995
W.E., 2011 (HBO)
What To Expect When You’re Expecting, 2012 (HBO)
The Wild Thornberrys Movie, 2002 (HBO)
You, Me and Dupree, 2006
Young Adult, 2011 (HBO)
Zathura: A Space Adventure, 2005
AVAILABLE MAY 3
Spring Awakening: Those You’ve Know, Documentary Premiere (HBO)
AVAILABLE MAY 5
Las Bravas F.C., Max Original Season 1 Premiere
Queen Stars Brazil, Max Original Season 1 Premiere
The Staircase, Max Original Limited Series Premiere
AVAILABLE MAY 6
Dear Evan Hansen, 2021 (HBO)
Entre Nos: Carmen and Alfred (HBO)
La Afinadora De Árboles, 2019 (HBO)
AVAILABLE MAY 7
We Baby Bears, Season 1 Part C
AVAILABLE MAY 9
Get Hard, 2015
AVAILABLE MAY 10
Catwoman: Hunted, 2022
The Matrix: Resurrections, 2021 (HBO)
Sesame Street Mecha Builders Season 1 Part A
Robot Chicken Season 11 Part B
AVAILABLE MAY 12
Hacks, Max Original Season 2 Premiere
Who’s By Your Side, Max Original Season 1 Premiere
AVAILABLE MAY 13
Hank Zipzer, 2014
Old, 2021 (HBO)
Smalls, Season 4
AVAILABLE MAY 15
The Time Traveler’s Wife, Drama Series Premiere (HBO)
AVAILABLE MAY 17
Sesame Street Mecha Builders, Season 1 Part B
The Mule, 2018 (HBO)
AVAILABLE MAY 20
Identidad Tomada, 2020 (HBO)
AVAILABLE MAY 22
Fast Foodies, Season 2
AVAILABLE MAY 23
Teen Titans Go! Season 7 Part B
AVAILABLE MAY 26
Navalny
That Damn Michael Che, Max Original Season 2 Premiere
Tig n’ Seek, Max Original Season 4 Premiere
AVAILABLE MAY 27
Blippi Special
Blippi Visits
Blippi Wonders
Blippi: Learn With Blippi
Ghost, Season 1
Ghost, Season 2
Stath Lets Flats
AVAILABLE MAY 29
The Misery Index Season 3 Part B, 2021
AVAILABLE MAY 31
Miami Vice, 2006 (Extended Version)
LEAVING HBO MAX IN MAY 2022
The following titles are leaving HBO Max in May and, where indicated, HBO as well.
LEAVING MAY 14
Cry Wolf, 2005 (Extended Version) (HBO)
LEAVING MAY 24
Cinderella Man, 2005 (Extended Version)
The 40-Year-Old Virgin, 2005 (Director’s Cut) (HBO)
LEAVING MAY 25
Curious George, 2006 (HBO)
Two For The Money, 2005 (HBO)
LEAVING MAY 27
Doom, 2005 (HBO)
Pride & Prejudice, 2005 (HBO)
LEAVING MAY 31
27 Dresses, 2008 (HBO)
The Animal, 2001 (HBO)
A Perfect Murder, 1998 (HBO)
A Very Brady Sequel, 1996 (HBO)
Adult Beginners, 2014 (HBO)
Army Of Darkness, 1992 (HBO)
Billy Elliot, 2000
Bully, 2001 (HBO)
Changing Lanes, 2002 (HBO)
Clueless, 1995 (HBO)
Control Room, 2004 (HBO)
Cymbeline, 2014 (HBO)
Dead Heat, 1988 (HBO)
Dirty Pretty Things, 2002 (HBO)
Doctor Dolittle, 1998 (HBO)
Doubt, 2008
Dr. Dolittle 2, 2001 (HBO)
Enough Said, 2013 (HBO)
Extract, 2009 (HBO)
Fatal Attraction, 1987
Frontera, 2014 (HBO)
Gloria, 1999 (HBO)
Godsend, 2004 (HBO)
How To Be Single, 2016
Insomnia, 2002 (HBO)
Iris, 2001 (HBO)
It Takes Two, 1995 (HBO)
Killerman, 2019 (HBO)
Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man, 2005 (HBO)
Love And A .45, 1994 (HBO)
Mama, 2013 (HBO)
Mindhunters, 2004 (HBO)
Phone Booth, 2002 (HBO)
Princess Kaiulani, 2009 (HBO)
Pulse, 2001 (HBO)
Rubber, 2010 (HBO)
Speed, 1994
Stoker, 2013
Super Capers, 2009 (HBO)
The Answer Man, 2009 (HBO)
The Benchwarmers, 2006 (HBO)
The Conspirator, 2010 (HBO)
The Forgotten, 2004 (HBO)
The Good Doctor, 2011 (HBO)
The Grifters, 1990 (HBO)
The Italian Job, 2003 (HBO)
The Lawnmower Man, 1992 (HBO)
The Rules Of Attraction, 2002 (HBO)
The Witches Of Eastwick, 1987
The Wolfpack, 2015 (HBO)
The Wrecking Crew!, 2008 (HBO)
This Is 40, 2012
Troll Hunter, 2010 (HBO)
Two Lovers, 2008 (HBO)
“The Two Jakes”, 1990
Viva, 2007 (HBO)
War Horse, 2011
War On Everyone, 2016 (HBO)
World’s Greatest Dad, 2009 (HBO)
Wristcutters: A Love Story, 2006 (HBO)
Mirko Parlevliet has been reporting on the entertainment industry since 1998 and founded Vital Thrills to cover the latest streaming, movie, TV, and game news.