As May draws closer, so does a host of new releases on Amazon Prime Video.
Among the new Amazon Original arrivals are two documentaries spotlighting pop stars. The Boy From Medellín focuses on J Balvin’s preparation for a concert in Medellín, Colombia, his hometown, while P!nk: All I Know So Far follows P!nk on her “Beautiful Trauma” world tour. The upcoming anthology series Solos features an all-star cast of Uzo Aduba, Nicole Beharie, Morgan Freeman, Anne Hathaway, Anthony Mackie, Helen Mirren, Dan Stevens, and Constance Wu. Rounding out Amazon Prime’s original programming for May is Panic, a young adult thriller series, and Barry Jenkins’ The Underground Railroad.
Here’s everything coming to Amazon Prime Video in May.
Top pick: The Underground Railroad
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The Underground Railroad has all the potential to be Amazon Prime’s next big hit. It is an adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s alternate history novel of the same name, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2017. The novel tells the story of Cora Randall (Thuso Mbedu), who escapes from a plantation in the Antebellum South in search of the Underground Railroad. She finds that the Underground Railroad is an actual railway system, with trains and tunnels running beneath everyone’s feet.
Barry Jenkins (Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk) directed The Underground Railroad in its entirety, and if it is anything like his prior work it will feature both incredible visuals and intimate, character-driven storytelling. The Underground railroad also boasts a strong cast, with Chase W. Dillon, Aaron Pierre, and Joel Edgerton joining Mbedu in the main roles.
How to watch: The Underground Railroad begins streaming May 14 on Amazon Prime Video.
Movies
Alien: Resurrection (5/1)
Alien 3 (5/1)
Aliens (5/1)
Almost Famous (5/1)
Betrayed (5/1)
Breach (5/7)
Bound (5/1)
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (5/1)
Dinosaur 13 (5/1)
Fascination (5/1)
Flight (5/1)
Flightplan (5/1)
Georgie Rule (5/1)
Green Zone (5/1)
Gunsight Ridge (5/1)
Hidalgo (5/1)
How Stella Got Her Groove Back (5/1)
Jumping the Broom (5/1)
Knowing (5/1)
Leatherheads (5/1)
Nanny McPhee (5/1)
Nanny McPhee Returns (5/1)
One Fine Day (5/1)
P!nk: All I Know So Far (5/21)
Priest (5/1)
Reign of Fire (5/1)
Resident Evil: Apocalypse (5/1)
Resident Evil (5/1)
Rio (5/1)
Robot & Frank (5/9)
Sahara (5/1)
Saint Maud (5/13)
Scent Of A Woman (5/1)
See No Evil, Hear No Evil (5/1)
Shattered (5/1)
Skyfall (5/5)
Red Dawn (5/19)
The Age of Adaline (5/1)
The Boy From Medellín (5/7)
The Dalton Girls (5/1)
The Da Vinci Code (5/1)
The French Connection (5/1)
The Green Hornet (5/1)
The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia (5/1)
The Indian in the Cupboard (5/1)
The Ladykillers (5/1)
The Men Who Stare At Goats (5/1)
The Outsider (5/1)
The Secret Life of Bees (5/1)
The Sixth Sense (5/1)
The Sweetest Thing (5/1)
The Towering Inferno (5/1)
Trumbo (5/19)
Two For The Money (5/1)
Unbreakable (5/1)
Vantage Point (5/1)
TV
Panic Season 1 (5/28)
Solos Limited series (5/21)
The Underground Railroad Season 1 (5/14)
Free with IMDb TV
Alien (5/1)
American Ultra (5/8)
Bad Company (5/1)
Baggage Claim (5/1)
Beloved (5/1)
Dear White People (5/1)
For Love Of The Game (5/1)
Hotel Artemis (5/8)
Indignation (5/1)
In The Line Of Fire (5/1)
Jumper (5/1)
Legion (5/1)
Madea’s Family Reunion (5/1)
Madea’s Witness Protection (5/1)
Morning Glory (5/15)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (5/1)
My Name is Earl Season 1-4 (5/1)
Nim’s Island (5/1)
Notting Hill (5/1)
Obsessed (5/1)
Open Range (5/1)
Road To Perdition (5/1)
Roman J. Israel, Esq. (5/1)
Saving Silverman (5/1)
Show Dogs (5/1)
Snowpiercer (5/2)
Star Trek (5/1)
State of Play (5/1)
The Best Of Me (5/1)
The Day The Earth Stood Still (5/1)
The Hot Chick (5/1)
The Lady In The Van (5/4)
The Land Before Time (5/1)
The Night Before (5/1)
The November Man (5/1)
The Seagull (5/1)
The Tooth Fairy (5/1)
The Tourist (5/1)
Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family (5/1)
Warm Bodies (5/1)
What Happens In Vegas (5/1)
Your Highness (5/1)