Netflix, Hulu, Max, Amazon & Paramount to Add 361 New Releases This Weekend – Here’s the 4 to Watch

By Phillip Swann
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Netflix, Max, Hulu, Peacock, Paramount Plus and Amazon’s Prime Video this weekend (May 1-4, 2025) plan to add 361 new TV shows and movies to their streaming lineups. Here’s the four most interesting, in my humble opinion:

The Four Seasons – Netflix Original Miniseries
Release Date: May 1
Steve Carell and Tina Fey star in this adaption of the 1981 movie of the same name which featured Alan Alda and Carol Burnett. The eight-episode Netflix series follows three married couples who embark on a weekend getaway only to discover that one of the pairs is getting a divorce. The supporting cast includes Will Forte and Colman Domingo and even the 89-year-old Mr. Alda makes an appearance. If you like breezy comedy with a biting edge (Fey also co-wrote the series), this one is for you.

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.

Black Bag (2025) – Peacock Exclusive
Release Date: May 2
Michael Fassbender stars as a British intelligence officer who must investigate the possibility of traitors in the government including his wife, played by Cate Blanchett. Directed by arguably the most underrated director of his time, Steven Soderbergh, Black Bag is a taut thriller with characteristic cinematic flourishes from a master auteur. The movie, which fared poorly at the box office, will be a Peacock streaming exclusive. Don’t miss it.

The Kentucky Derby 2025 – Peacock
Release Date: May 3
As the child of NBC, Peacock will be the exclusive streaming home of NBC Sports’ broadcast of The Kentucky Derby on May 3 and The Preakness on May 17, the first two legs of horse racing’s annual Triple Crown. Journalism is the current favorite at 3-1 to take home the roses on May 3. But watch out for that track bias, Journalism.

Complete List of New Releases On Top Streamers This Weekend

Netflix

Thursday, May 1
Angi: Fake Life, True Crime
The Biggest Fan
The Four Seasons
Airport
Airport ’77

Airport 1975
Ali
American Gangster
American Graffiti
Burn After Reading

Constantine
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Dawn of the Dead
Eat Pray Love
The Equalizer 2

Hanna
Home
The Jerk
The Lego Movie
Mid90s

The Mule
Ocean’s Eleven
Ocean’s Thirteen
Ocean’s Twelve
The Paper Tigers

Past Lives
Sisters
Starship Troopers
The Sugarland Express
Trainwreck

Trolls
Twilight
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 1
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 2
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Friday, May 2
Peninsula
Train to Busan
Unseen: Season 2

Sunday, May 4
Conan O’Brien: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor

Hulu

Thursday, May 1
Alone Australia: Complete Season 1
The Chicano Squad: Complete Season 1
History’s Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman: Complete Season 2
Inmate to Roommate: Complete Season 2
James Brown: Say it Loud: Complete Season 1

Jeopardy! Masters: Complete Season 3
Mormon Mom Gone Wrong: The Ruby Franke Story
Naruto Shippuden: Complete Season 9 (DUBBED)
Pawn Stars: Complete Season 22
Alienoid (2022)

Alienoid 2 (2024)
Anaconda (1997)
Anaconda En Espanol (1997)
Attack The Block (2011)
Attack the Block En Espanol (2011)

Austenland (2013)
Austenland En Espanol (2013)
Babylon A.D. (2008)
Bad Teacher (2011)
Bad Teacher En Espanol (2011)

Basic (2003)
Basic En Espanol (2003)
Battle of the Year (2013)
Battle Of The Year En Espanol (2013)
The Childe (2023)

Con Air (1997)
Courage Under Fire (1996)
Deliver Us From Evil (2020)
Enemy Of The State (1998)
Far From the Madding Crowd (2015)

The 5th Wave (2016)
The 5th Wave En Espanol (2016)
The Guardian (2006)
Georgia Rule (2007)
The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil (2019)

Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
Horrible Bosses (2011)
Horrible Bosses 2 (2014)
The Infiltrator (2016)
The Insider (1999)

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013)
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa En Espanol (2013)
Joy (2015)
The King’s Man (2021)
Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)

Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
Kung Fu Panda (2008)
Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)
Little Fockers (2010)
The Negotiator (1998)

The Power Of One (1992)
Maid in Manhattan (2002)
Maid in Manhattan En Espanol (2002)
Man on Fire (2004)
The Marine (2006)

Meet the Fockers (2004)
Meet the Parents (2000)
Meet the Spartans (2008)
Mission: Impossible (1996)
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011)

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol En Espanol (2011)
Mission: Impossible II (2000)
Mission: Impossible II En Espanol (2000)
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
Mission: Impossible III En Espanol (2006)

Once (2007)
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Prospect (2018)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty (2013)

Sex Tape (2014)
Sex Tape En Espanol (2014)
Shadow (2018)
Spy (2015)
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977)

Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983)
Street Kings (2008)
Stuber (2019)
Super Troopers 2 (2018)

Take Me Home Tonight (2011)
Tears of the Sun (2003)
That’s My Boy (2012)
The Villainess (2017)
The Wailing (2016)

The Witch: Subversion (2018)
The Witch 2: The Other One (2022)
Tropic Thunder (2008)
Waitress (2007)
Wedding Crashers (2005)

Friday, May 2
Pita Hall
Decision to Leave (2022)
Harbin (2024)
The Last Word (2017)
72 Hours (2024)

Saturday, May 3
Evil Lives Here: Complete Season 13
Naked and Afraid: Complete Season 10
Naked and Afraid XL: Complete Season 3
Unsellable Houses: Complete Season 2
Escape (2024)
Jimmy O. Yang: Guess How Much (2023)

Sunday, May 4
Insidious: The Red Door (2023)
Insidious: The Red Door En Espanol (2023)

Max

Thursday, May 1
100 Foot Wave, Season 3 (HBO Original)
A Haunted House (2013)
A Haunted House 2 (2014)
A Private War (2018)
Badman’s Country (1958)

Barricade (1950)
Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
Carson City (1952)
Chronicle (2012)
Chronicle: Director’s Cut (2012)

Dallas (1950)
Dylan’s Playtime Adventures, Season 1B (Max Original)
Enter The Dragon (1973)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Fort Dobbs (1958)

Fort Worth (1951)
Funny People (2009)
Hannibal (2001)
In the Fade (2017)
Inception (2010)

Legend of the Guardians The Owls of Ga’Hoole (2010)
Lone Star (1952)
Lost River (2015)
Madagascar (2005)
Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (2012)

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)
Megan Leavey (2017)
Notting Hill (1999)
Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985)
Rachel and the Stranger (1948)

Rancho Notorious (1952)
Red Tails (2012)
Ride, Vaquero! (1953)
Riding Shotgun (1954)
Rocky Mountain (1950)

Royal Wedding (1951)
San Antonio (1945)
Santa Fe Trail (1940)
Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend (1957)
Son of Belle Starr (1953)

Son of the Mask (2005)
Springfield Rifle (1952)
Stars in My Crown (1950)
Tall in the Saddle (1944)
Tall Man Riding (1955)

The Band Wagon (1953)
The Bounty Hunter (1954)
The First Texan (1956)
The Goonies (1985)
The Kissing Bandit (1948)

The Left-Handed Gun (1958)
The Man Behind the Gun (1953)
The Mortal Storm (1940)
The Naked Spur (1953)
The Oklahoma Kid (1939)

The Oklahoman (1957)
The Painted Hills (1951)
The Princess Bride (1987)
The Shining (1980)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

The Young Guns (1956)
They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
This Means War (2012)
This Means War: Extended Edition (2012)
Thunder Over the Plains (1953)

Trail Street (1947)
Vengeance Valley (1951)
Vivacious Lady (1938)
We Bought a Zoo (2011)
Westbound (1959)
Westward the Women (1951)
Wichita (1955)
Ziegfeld Girl (1941)

Friday, May 2
Adult Best Friends (2024)
Malditos, Season 1 (Max Original)
Teen Titans Go!, Season 9A (Cartoon Network)

Saturday, May 3
Ready Player One (2018)

Amazon’s Prime Video

Thursday, 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)

Paramount Plus

May 1
The Comeback Trail*
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 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

Asterisk denotes a Paramount Plus with Showtime plan is required.

Peacock

Thursday, May 1
47 Ronin
99 Homes
The Amazing Spider-Man
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Backtrace

Belly
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
Billy Madison
Bleeding Steel
Blended

Braven
Bridesmaids
Buffaloed
Carol
The Change-Up

Chinese Zodiac
The Courier
Despicable Me 3
The Expendables
The Expendables 2

The Expendables 3
Georgia Rule
Get Out
Glass
Grown Ups

Grown Ups 2
Happily N’ever After 2: Show White
Here Comes The Boom
The Hunt
Jet Li’s Fearless

Judge Dredd
Kindergarten Cop
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
Knocked Up
The Last Stand

Legally Blonde
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White And Blonde
Letters From Iwo Jima
Life of Pi
Man Up

Memoirs of a Geisha
Minions
My Cousin Vinny
Neighbors
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising

The Notebook
Now You See Me
Now You See Me 2
Paul Blart Mall Cop
Paul Blart Mall Cop 2

Pixels
Public Enemies
Requiem For a Dream
Rough Night
The Rundown

Saving Private Ryan
Schindler’s List
The Secret of Roan Inish
Seventh Son
Snitch

Snow Falling on Cedars
Split
The Town
Tyler Perry’s Boo 2: A Madea Halloween
Warcraft

The Warrior Queen Of Jhansi
The Wedding Singer
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
Zookeeper
Law & Order Organized Crime, Season 5 – New Episode (Peacock Original)

Friday, May 2
Black Bag – Premiere (Peacock Exclusive)

Saturday, May 3
Kentucky Derby 2025

Sunday, May 4
The Silent Twins

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