It’s nice to see that Netflix continues so as to add not too long ago launched films to its catalog of finest Netflix films, and whereas we like to see this, Netflix reintroducing outdated favorites remains to be tremendously appreciated.
Just like quite a lot of the opposite finest streaming providers, Netflix’s May 2025 film checklist options loads of new titles with over 90% on Rotten Tomatoes. Of these, there is a trendy romance from the previous two years and an exciting zombie horror making its solution to the platform shortly. Additionally, there are three animated options arriving which have very respectable Rotten Tomatoes scores – this consists of considered one of my favorites from final yr, The Wild Robot.
I need to say, Netflix has stunned me this month because it’s April 2025 schedule wasn’t as movie-focussed, however nonetheless packed a punch with new exhibits like Black Mirror season 7. To see what Netflix has in retailer this month, you should definitely examine our full checklist of all the pieces new on Netflix in May 2025 – you by no means know what else you may discover.
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
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RT Score: 95%
Age ranking: G
Length: 85 minutes
Directors: Nick Park & Steve Box
Arriving on: May 1
After years of animated brief films that have been reserved for Christmas Day enjoyment, Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit was the enduring British duo’s first characteristic film which managed to attain the win for Best Animated Feature on the Oscars.
Erratic inventor Wallace and his pet canine Gromit begin their very own pest management enterprise which lands them a job on the property of Lady Tottington (Helena Bonham Carter) to stop rabbits from consuming the city’s crops earlier than the annual Giant Vegetable contest. When technical points with Wallace’s pest management innovations go horribly mistaken, the 2 discover themselves confronted with battling an enormous mutant rabbit that’s able to doing greater than consuming the city’s crops.
The Wild Robot (2024)
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RT Score: 96%
Age ranking: PG
Length: 102 minutes
Director: Chris Sanders
Arriving on: May 24
The Wild Robot was an enormous threat for DreamWorks because it was a serious departure from the animation model the studio had adopted for years. I ought to know, I had the possibility to sit down down and interview director Chris Sanders. All of the risk-taking actually paid off, garnering a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes rating and a nomination for Best Animated Feature on the 2025 Oscars.
Inspired by Peter Brown’s science fiction collection of novels The Wild Robot is a narrative of motherhood and survival. Service robotic Roz (Lupita Nyong’o) is washed up on an island run by the animal kingdom and should adapt to her new environment. Her new setting permits her to study extra concerning the world round her and kind bonds with the creatures that inhabit the island, taking younger orphaned goose Brightbill (Kit Connor) beneath her wing.
It’s animation model is contemporary from a watercolor portray, actually stunning – I’m simply hoping and praying for a sequel.
The Lego Movie (2014)
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RT Score: 96%
Age ranking: PG
Length: 95 minutes
Directors: Phil Lord & Christopher Miller
Arriving on: May 1
Warner Bros could not have recruited higher filmmakers to carry the world of Lego to life in film kind, utilizing the skills of the administrators who made Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009).
Average Lego determine Emmett (Chris Pratt) finds himself in a sticky scenario when he is mistaken for being the important thing to saving the world from the specter of Lord Business (Will Ferrell). Along with a posse of mates and different acquainted Lego figures, they need to band collectively on an epic mission to place a cease to Lord Business’s plan to reign over the Lego world and everybody residing in it.
As effectively as an extremely catchy tune, The Lego Movie packs a singular and various ensemble solid with voice performances from Morgan Freeman, Elizabeth Banks, Alison Brie, Nick Offerman, Liam Neeson, and extra.
Past Lives (2023)
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RT Score: 95%
Age ranking: PG-13
Length: 106 minutes
Director: Celine Song
Arriving on: May 1
Though sombre in its tempo and efficiency, Past Lives is as actual as a romance film can get – trendy love at its most interesting. Through the cracks of its heart-rendering and complex love bond is a narrative of resilience and energy reinforcing as soon as once more that letting the love of your life go is the strongest factor one might do.
Director Celine Song takes inspiration from her personal experiences with themes of friendship and romance, injecting them into what’s a really highly effective and shifting characteristic directorial debut. Nora (Greta Lee) and her household transfer internationally to the US abandoning the dwell they’ve inbuilt South Korea, which means that Nora should go away her finest good friend Hae Sung (Teo Yoo) behind. Flash ahead 24 years the 2 are reunited in New York City, confronting and reminiscing in what was as soon as a loving friendship.
Train to Busan (2016)
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RT Score: 95%
Age ranking: R
Length: 118 minutes
Director: Yeon Sang-Ho
Arriving on: May 2
Train to Busan is a mad departure from the remainder of the films on this checklist. It’s not a colourful animated characteristic like The Wild Robot, neither is it a contemporary love story grounded in harsh realities like Past Lives, nevertheless it’s a tense zombie horror sure to offer your May film nights an exciting edge.
Taking place predominantly on KTX prepare going from Seoul to Busan, divorced father and workaholic Seok-woo (Gong Yoo) boards the prepare together with his daughter who needs to spend her birthday along with her mom in Busan. At the identical time, a zombie outbreak happens within the carriages of the shifting prepare threatening the lives of all passengers. As the specter of the zombies turns into more and more worrying, they’re left to battle for their very own security in addition to the lives of others.
