Everything New on Paramount+ in May 2025
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Plenty of new titles will roll out on Paramount+ next month, and the fun kicks off May 1 with 90+ movies landing ready for you to stream.
There's a little something for everyone from Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs to Clueless and Parasite. No matter what mood you're in, there will be something for you to stream.
Other May 1 highlights include Lee Isaac Chung's Minari, a story of a Korean American family who moves to a farm in Arkansas farm. There they discover the importance of family and what chasing the American Dream truly looks like.
Pierce Brosnan as Conrad Harrigan in MOBLAND, episode 4, season 1, Streaming on Paramount+ 2025.
Pierce Brosnan as Conrad Harrigan in MOBLAND, episode 4, season 1, Streaming on Paramount+ 2025.
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The Hailee Steinfeld-led coming-of-age drama, The Edge of Seventeen, will also make its way to the platform on May 1. It's a perfect watch for anyone looking for a film that will have you laughing and crying.
Those are just a handful of titles to get stuck into throughout the month of May, but why not check out everything coming to Paramount+ in May 2025 below and see what you might like to watch?
What's New on Paramount+ in May 2025?
May 1
A Very Brady Sequel
Addams Family Values (1993)
Aeon Flux
Atlantic City
Awake
Black Rain
Book Club
Bound
Bride & Prejudice
Bruce Lee, The Legend
Charlotte's Web (2006)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
Clueless
Crocodile Dundee
Crocodile Dundee II
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Cursed
Days of Thunder
Dreamland
Drillbit Taylor
Duplex
Erin Brockovich
Extraordinary Measures
Finding Neverland
Flight Of The Intruder
Frank Miller's Sin City
Freedom Writers
G.I. Jane
Gandhi
Green Book
Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
Hostage
Hotel for Dogs
I.Q.
In Her Skin
In The Bedroom
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Just Friends
Just Like Heaven
Kate & Leopold
Kingpin
Last Vegas
Life of Pi
Memoirs of a Geisha
Mercy
Minari
Monster Trucks
Nebraska
Norbit
Oldboy
Once Upon a Time in America
Once Upon a Time in The West
Parasite
Patriots Day
Paycheck
Pride
Private Parts
Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown
Rango
Rio Grande
Romeo Must Die
Sahara
Scary Movie 2
Scary Movie 3
Some Kind of Wonderful
Son of Rambow
Southside of You
Spell
Stardust
Terminator: Dark Fate
Texas Rangers
The Addams Family (2019)
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
The Brady Bunch Movie
The Comeback Trail
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Edge of Seventeen
The Four Feathers
The Ghost and the Darkness
The Last Airbender (2010)
The Last Castle
The Mist
The Prince and Me
The Queen
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
The Two Jakes
The Weather Man
Things We Lost In The Fire
Top Five
Trading Places
We Were Soldiers
Yours, Mine & Ours
May 6
Beckham & Friends Live (Premiere)
May 7
PAW Patrol: Aqua Pups (Special)
Everybody Still Hates Chris (Season 1)
May 8
Criminal Minds: Evolution (Season 18 – Premiere)
May 9
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (Season 10 – Premiere)
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Untucked (New Episodes)
May 12
Hard Truths
May 14
Assassin Club
Air Disasters (Season 21)
First Wives Club (Seasons 1 and 2)
The Family Business (Seasons 1-3)
Tyler Perry's Sistas (Season 4)
Tyler Perry's The Oval (Season 4)
May 15
SkyMed (Season 3 – Premiere)
May 16
The Chi (Season 7 – Premiere)
May 21
Dora the Explorer: Mermaid Adventures! (Special)
American Gangster: Trap Queens (Seasons 1 and 2)
Tyler Perry's Zatima (Seasons 1 and 2)
May 23
Couples Therapy (Season 4 – New Episodes)
May 26
American Music Awards
May 28
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