STARZ has announced the movies and TV shows that will be available on the service in May. The STARZ May 2024 schedule includes the finales of the limited series Mary & George and season three of BMF.
On the film front, STARZ is the exclusive streaming home to the latest installment in The Hunger Games franchise, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, which joins the STARZ app this month along with several other notable titles, including Outlaw Johnny Black, Manodrome, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, Silent Night, and Nope.
STARZ continues to be the home for franchise favorites with Jaws, Jaws 2, Jaws 3, and Jaws: The Revenge, as well as Meet the Parents, Meet the Fockers, and Little Fockers all joining the STARZ app this month.
Celebrate Memorial Day Weekend with an Aquaphobia movie marathon on STARZ Encore, beginning Saturday, May 25, at 7:00 p.m. with aquatic thrillers such as Jaws, Jaws 2, Jaws 3, Jaws: The Revenge, Shark Night, Blue Crush, Open Water, Open Water 2: Adrift, Open Water 3: Cage Dive, 47 Meters Down, and Bait.
STARZ ORIGINAL SERIES
MARY & GEORGE
The highly anticipated, audacious psychodrama “Mary & George,” starring Academy Award-winner Julianne Moore and Nicholas Galitzine, concludes its run on Friday, May 17 at midnight on the STARZ app. On linear, it will debut on STARZ at 9:00 PM ET/PT in the U.S. and 10:00 PM ET/PT in Canada.
The seven-part limited series is inspired by the unbelievable true story of Mary Villiers (Moore), who molded her beautiful and charismatic son, George (Galitzine), to seduce King James I (Tony Curran) and become his all-powerful lover.
Through outrageous scheming, the pair rose from humble beginnings to become the richest, most titled, and most influential players the English court had ever seen and the King’s most trusted advisors. And with England’s place on the world stage under threat from outside forces and rioters taking to the streets to denounce the King, the stakes could not have been higher.
Prepared to stop at nothing and armed with her ruthless political steel, Mary married her way up the ranks, bribed politicians, colluded with criminals, and clawed her way into the heart of the Establishment, making it her own. “Mary & George” is a dangerously daring historical psychodrama about an outrageous mother and son who schemed, seduced, and killed to conquer the court of England and the bed of King James I.
BMF SEASON 3
“Black Mafia Family” (“BMF”) concludes its third season on Friday, May 10 at midnight on the STARZ app. On linear, the season three finale will debut on STARZ on Friday, May 10 at 8:00 PM ET/PT in the U.S. and at 9:00 PM ET in Canada.
“BMF” recounts the inspiring true legends of two brothers, Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory (Demetrius Flenory, Jr.) and Terry “Southwest T” Flenory (Da’Vinchi), who rose from the decaying streets of southwest Detroit in the late ‘80s and gave birth to one of the most influential crime families in the country known as the Black Mafia Family.
This season, we parachute into the early ‘90s with Meech moving to Atlanta, where Black excellence is prominent and Black businesses are thriving. Meech seeks to build upon the BMF empire in the south that he and Terry fostered in Detroit and rise to the top of the Atlanta drug scene.
In Atlanta, he meets his new love interest, Angel (Kadianne Whyte), an exotic dancer. Terry remains in Detroit to take care of the business and his second child with girlfriend Lawanda (Sydney Mitchell), while juggling his ongoing affair with love interest Markisha (La La Anthony).
Yet, as Meech expands BMF outside of Detroit and new local competition comes after Terry, both brothers take on enemies more ruthless in their ways than they have ever seen who threaten to destroy the whole empire. BMF continues to humanize the brothers’ business choices and pursuits of the American Dream.
STARZ MAY 2024 TITLES
AVAILABLE MAY 1
100 Streets
Baby Mama’s Club
The Best Man
Blindspotting
Blue Crush
Bring It On
Brooklyn’s Finest
Cake
Caught In The Crossfire
CB4
Dedication
A Dog and Pony Show
Dreamkatcher
Friday Night Lights
Gamer
Georgia Rule
Green Zone
Haywire
Honey
Hostel
Hostel: Part II
Jaws 2
Jaws 3
Jaws: The Revenge
Little Fockers
Major Payne
Meet The Fockers
Meet The Parents
My Best Friend
New Jersey Drive
Notorious Nick
Only Child
Out of Liberty
Outlaw Johnny Black
A River Runs Through It
She Hate Me
A Thin Line Between Love And Hate
U-571
Una
The Wash
Waterworld
Words On Bathroom Walls
AVAILABLE MAY 3
Mary & George, Episode 105 – “The Golden City”
Linear Premiere Friday, May 3 at 9:00 PM ET/PT, 8:00 CT
A political crisis triggered by the return of the legendary and infamous Sir Walter Raleigh drives a wedge between Mary, George, and King James.
AVAILABLE MAY 4
The Silent Twins
AVAILABLE MAY 8
BMF, Episode 310 – “Prime Time” (Season 3 Finale)
Linear Premiere Friday, May 10 at 8:00 PM ET/PT, 7:00 CT
When Meech and Terry return to Atlanta, their American Dream is almost taken from them after the authorities tip-off about their recent Miami endeavor. The brothers work together to retrieve everything they have worked hard for and plan to expand to St. Louis and other cities with Miami as a hub. They head to Mexico to re-up on their supply. Meech and Terry are in for one of their greatest adventures.
Manodrome
AVAILABLE MAY 10
Mary & George, Episode 106 – “The Queen is Dead”
Linear Premiere Friday, May 10 at 9:00 PM ET/PT, 8:00 CT
Anti-Spanish riots have taken hold of the city, and with the Crown plunged into debt, George stands to lose everything. Meanwhile, Mary faces devastating consequences when she overplays her hand.
Prime Time
AVAILABLE MAY 11
Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris
AVAILABLE MAY 14
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
AVAILABLE MAY 15
Emperor
AVAILABLE MAY 17
An American Haunting
At Middleton
The Flintstones In Viva Rock Vegas
The Flintstones
Mary & George, Episode 107 – “War” (Finale)
Linear Premiere Friday, May 17 at 9:00 PM ET/PT, 8:00 CT
George embarks on a monumental and historical trip to Spain with Prince Charles in a bid to ease English and Spanish tensions and avoid war. Mary attempts one last throw of the dice to ensure absolute power.
Moonwalkers
Respect The Jux
Robot And Frank
School’s Out Forever
Spinning Man
There Be Dragons
AVAILABLE MAY 18
AVAILABLE MAY 26
Sunshine Cleaning
AVAILABLE MAY 27
Miracles From Heaven
AVAILABLE MAY 29
LEAVING STARZ IN MAY
In addition to the STARZ May 2024 lineup, the following is a list of titles leaving the service.
LEAVING MAY 1
Saturday Church
LEAVING MAY 2
Leviathan
LEAVING MAY 4
Bad Boys for Life
LEAVING MAY 6
The Deceived – Episodes 101 – 104
LEAVING MAY 7
Bloodshot
LEAVING MAY 26
Fantasy Island
LEAVING MAY 30
The Secret of Roan Inish
Shark Night
LEAVING MAY 31
Abracadabra
All Eyez on Me
Along Came Polly
Amityville 3-D
The Amityville Harvest
Amityville II: The Possession
The Amityville Moon
Amityville Uprising
Amityville: The Awakening
Basic
The Best Man
Black Dynamite
Bloodline
Brown Sugar
Connie And Carla
Cordelia
Dawn Of The Dead
The Derby Stallion
Drop Squad
The Express
Fighting
Finding Forrester
Greed
Grindhouse: Death Proof
Grindhouse: Planet Terror
Gulliver Returns
Happily N’Ever After
Hide And Seek
The Hurricane
ICE – Episodes 101 – 210
I’ll Find You
Independence Day
Jane And Emma
The Jane Austen Book Club
Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back
Knight Of Cups
The Ladybug
League of Gods
Legend of Kung Fu Rabbit
Little Fockers
The Man
Meet The Fockers
Meet The Parents
A Mermaid’s Tale
Miami Vice
A Midnight Clear
Mirrors
Money Train
Motives 2: Retribution
New In Town
Open Water
Open Water 2: Adrift
Open Water 3: Cage Dive
Pain And Glory
Pegasus: Pony With a Broken Wing
The Pledge
Poolhall Junkies
Premium
Robin Hood
Rolling Kansas
Shadow People
Shattered
Sinners And Saints
A Slipping-Down Life
Slipstream
Stealing Las Vegas
Three Can Play That Game
To Decadence With Love, Thanks for Everything!
The Tomb
Toys
Underworld: Blood Wars
Van Helsing
Volcano
The Wedding Date
When We Speak
Wild Tales
Wings
Wings: Sky Force Heroes
The The Winner
Witch Hunt
With/In
NOTABLE COLLECTIONS
IF YOU LIKE BMF (FEBRUARY 24 – MAY 31)
“The BMF Documentary: Blowing Money Fast,” “Origins of Hip-Hop,” 88, All Eyez On Me, Armored, City of Lies, Empire, Fear (2023), Gangland, The Infiltrator, The Last Deal, Officer Down, The Outfit, Proud Mary, Public Enemies, Righteous Kill, The Son of No One, SuperFly, The Traitor, Transpecos, Waist Deep, White Boy Rick, Boricua’s Bond, Mob Rules and Hard Luck.
AAPI HERITAGE MONTH (MAY 1 – 31)
Joy Ride, Searching, The 355, The Bravest, The Broken Hearts Gallery, Cake, Coming Home, Fantasy Island (ends 5/26), The Gateway, Half Sisters, Heroes of the Golden Mask, The Hit, Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back, The Karate Kid, The Karate Kid Part II, League of Gods, The Medallion, The Modelizer, Monster Hunter, The Namesake, Our Little Sister, SAS: Red Notice, Shanghai, The Transporter, The Warrior’s Way, Whale Ride, Wolf Totem, and Yellow Rose.
PERIOD PIECES (MAY 1 – 31)
“Gaslit,” “The Serpent Queen,” “Minx,” 18 ½, All the Money in the World, CBGB, Colette, Django Unchained, Downton Abbey: A New Era, Farming, Finding Steve McQueen, Hostiles, The Hurricane, I’ll Find You, The Infiltrator, Kingdom of Heaven, Labyrinth of Lies, Lady Macbeth, Land of Mine, The Last Vermeer, Mad to be Normal, Moonwalkers, Mothering Sunday, Mr. Jones, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, Ned Kelly, The Northman, Redeeming Love, Resistance, Risen, Saint Laurent, Shanghai, Sunset, Talk to Me, Testament of Youth, There Be Dragons, and To the Stars.
DOOMSDAY (MAY 1 – 31)
The 5th Wave, Dawn of the Dead, Goodbye World, Grindhouse: Planet Terror, Hours, Independence Day, Judgment Day, Jurassic World Dominion (along with the extended version), Kill Switch, Monster Hunter, Monsters: Dark Continent, Night of the Living Dead, Pixels, Planet of the Apes (1968), Solar Crisis, Thor: The Dark World, Van Helsing, Volcano, Waterworld, and X-Men: The Last Stand.
SCHOOL’S OUT (MAY 13 – 31)
“America to Me,” At Middleton, Bring it On, Friday Night Lights, Jane, Light it Up, Never Been Kissed, Rebound, Revenge of the Nerds, Revenge of the Nerds 2: Nerds in Paradise, The Row, School’s Out Forever (begins 5/17), So Undercover, Sorority Row, Supercool, and Words on Bathroom Walls.
MOTHER’S DAY – TRIBUTE TO MOM (MAY 7 -14)
Ricki and the Flash, Georgia Rule, The Banger Sisters, Momma Said Come Home For Christmas, Beautiful, “Mary & George,” The Meddler, French Exit, East Side Sushi, Pain and Glory, and “Power Book III: Raising Kanan.”
VENGEANCE – PAYBACK TIME (MAY 7 – 21)
John Wick: Chapter 4, Expend4bles, Retribution, The Northman, Sisu, Bloodshot, No One Lives, Kite, I Am Vengeance, and In the Blood.
HAPPY HUNGER GAMES! – SURVIVE AND ADVANCE (MAY 21 – 28)
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, Gamer, Pixels, The Blackening, “Spartacus,” The Tournament, Escape the Field, Man of Tai Chi, Knuckledust, and Play or Die.
NOTABLE MARATHONS
STARZ
“BMF” Season Three Marathon: May 12 at 11:50 AM
“Mary & George” Series Marathon: May 19 at 4:30 PM
“Outlander” Season 7 Part 1 Marathon: May 25-26, with four episodes each day, beginning at 12:30 PM
STARZ Edge
“Power Book II: Ghost” Season Three Marathon: May 26 at 10:40 PM
STARZ Encore Westerns
Sunday Morning Westerns – Sundays at 10:00 AM
Titles include Lonely are the Brave, Two Mules for Sister Sara, The Battle at Apache Pass, and The Shakiest Gun in the West.
Breakfast with the Duke- Saturdays at 8:00 AM
Titles include Blue Steel, The Lucky Texan, Paradise Canyon, and The Lawless Frontier.
John Wayne Birthday Celebration All Day – Sunday, May 26
Titles include Rooster Cogburn, Riders of Destiny, The Man from Utah, Randy Rides Alone, The Star Packer, West of the Divide, Texas Terror, The Desert Trail, The Trail Beyond, and ‘Neath the Arizona Skies.
Classic TV Westerns – Weekdays at 2:00 pm, Sundays at 8:00 PM
Titles include “The Virginian,” “Wagon Train,” “Laramie, Lawman,” “The Rifleman,” and “Tales of Wells Fargo.”
Mirko Parlevliet has been reporting on the entertainment industry since 1998 and founded Vital Thrills to provide the latest news on streaming, movies, and TV shows. He previously created the websites ComingSoon, SuperHeroHype, and ShockTillYouDrop.