Amazon’s Prime Video to Add 74 New Releases In May 2025 – Here Are the 3 to Watch

By Phillip Swann
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Amazon’s Prime Video plans to add 74 new TV shows and movies in May 2025. Here are the three most interesting, in my humble opinion.

Another Simple Favor (2025) – Amazon Original Movie 
Release Date: May 1
Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick are back in this sequel to their 2018 film, A Simple Favor, a stylish comedy/mystery featuring Kendrick as a blogger searching for a missing Lively. In part two, Lively’s character, Emily, a vain socialite, plans to marry a rich Italian businessman on the island of Capri but a murder transpires before the vows can be exchanged. Since the sequel went to straight to streaming, some have wondered if the film should have been killed, too. But the early reviews are positive with Rotten Tomatoes giving it a score of 82. So, stream in, everyone.

Earnhardt – Amazon Original Documentary
Release Date: May 22, 29
Amazon will unveil a four-part documentary on NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt, Sr. who dominated the circuit for two decades until he died in a three-car crash during the Daytona 500 in 2001. The doc will examine Earnhardt’s aggressive style of driving – and living – as well as allegations that a faulty seat belt contributed to his demise.

The Better Sister – Amazon Original Series
Release Date: May 29
Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks star as dysfunctional sisters whose lives are torn asunder when a family member is murdered. The show is promising more twists than a Hungarian gymnast and Biel showed her acting chops in a similar role (USA Network’s The Sinner) so it looks like a fun ride.

Complete List of New Releases On Amazon’s Prime Video In May 2025

May 1
Agent Cody Banks (2003)
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004)
All Quiet On The Western Front (1930)
All The Money In The World (2017)
Animal House (1978)

Another Simple Favor (2025)
Are We There Yet? (2005)
Babe (1995)
Babe: Pig in the City (1998)
Barbershop (2002)

Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004)
Because I Said So (2007)
Blood Diamond (2006)
Body of Lies (2008)
Boo! A Madea Halloween (2016)

Born On The Fourth Of July (1989)
Cinderella Man (2005)
Coogan’s Bluff (1968)
Dante’s Peak (1997)
Death Wish (2018)

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)
Earthquake (1974)
Fried Green Tomatoes (1992)
Fury (2014)
Gattaca (1997)

Get On Up (2014)
Her (2014)
Heroes (1977)
How High (2001)
In The Heat of the Night (1967)

It’s Kind of a Funny Story (2010)
Jarhead (2005)
Jersey Boys (2014)
John Q (2002)
Legally Blonde (2001)

Loving (2016)
Mallrats (1995)
Overboard (1987)
Play Misty For Me (1971)
R.I.P.D. – Rest in Peace Department (2013)

Ray (2004)
Ride Along With Gag Reel (2014)
Space Cowboys (2000)
Starsky & Hutch (2004)
The Beguiled (1971)

The Exorcist (1973)
The Flintstones (1994)
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
The Karate Kid (2010)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Traffic (2001)
Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)
White House Down (2013)
You’ve Got Mail (1998)

May 5
The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)

May 6
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023)
David Spade: Dandelion (2025)

May 8
Octopus! (2025)

May 9
Molly-Mae: Behind it All Part 2 (2025)

May 13
Lee Soo Man: King of K-Pop (2025)

May 20
Motorheads (2025)

May 22
Earnhardt (2025)

May 23
Clarkson’s Farm Season 4 (2025)

May 27
The Second Best Hospital in The Galaxy Season 2 (2025)
September 5 (2024)
The Fire Inside (2024)

May 29
The Better Sister (2025)

May 30
Chomp Squad Season 1 (2018)

May 31
Good Boy (2025)

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