11 movies to check out on Netflix this May

Netflix offers a few high-profile originals this May as the summer movie season gets ready to kick off in theaters. Jerry Seinfeld makes his feature directorial debut and acts in Unfrosted, a comedy about the origin of Pop-Tarts also starring Melissa McCarthy, Jim Gaffigan, Amy Schumer, James Marsden, Dan Levy, and Hugh Grant. In the sci-fi action-thriller Atlas, Jennifer Lopez plays a data analyst who has a problem with AI. Tomotaka Shibayama’s anime My Oni Girl debuts on Netflix and in Japanese theaters simultaneously. Other movies added to Netflix’s streaming library in May 2024 include The Matrix: Resurrections, Down The Rabbit Hole, Mortal Kombat, The Great Wall, Hellboy, Dark Waters, Shadow In The Cloud, and many more.

Down The Rabbit Hole (2024, available May 1)

The official synopsis for Manolo Caro’s comedy-drama Down The Rabbit Hole reads: “Raised in opulence and culture, 10-year-old Tochtli’s lavish life contrasts with the darkness that seeps in from his father’s criminal activities.” The movie stars Debi Mazar, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Teresa Ruiz, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Raúl Briones, Fabiola Stevenson, Mercedes Hernández, Pierre Louis, Lizeth Selene, and Alfredo Gatica. Mexican director Caro is known for the film Tales Of An Immoral Couple and the Netflix series The House Of Flowers and Someone Has To Die.