What's New on Prime Video in May 2022
by IMDb-Editors | created - 26 Apr 2022 | updated - 26 Apr 2022 | PublicYour guide to all the new movies and shows streaming on Prime Video in the US this month.
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1. A League of Their Own (1992)
PG | 128 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
Two sisters join the first female professional baseball league and struggle to help it succeed amid their own growing rivalry.
Director: Penny Marshall | Stars: Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Lori Petty, Madonna
Votes: 120,903 | Gross: $107.53M
Available on Prime Video on May 1
2. Bad Influence (1990)
R | 99 min | Drama, Thriller
A soft and hesitant young man is in danger when he tries to break toxic relationships with a mysterious stranger claiming to be his friend.
Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Rob Lowe, James Spader, Palmer Lee Todd, Rosalyn Landor
Votes: 10,844 | Gross: $12.63M
Available on Prime Video on May 1
3. Battleship (2012)
PG-13 | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A fleet of ships is forced to do battle with an armada of unknown origins in order to discover and thwart their destructive goals.
Director: Peter Berg | Stars: Alexander Skarsgård, Brooklyn Decker, Liam Neeson, Rihanna
Votes: 257,164 | Gross: $65.42M
Available on Prime Video on May 1
4. Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)
PG | 93 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
A tyrant from the future creates evil android doubles of Bill and Ted and sends them back to eliminate the originals.
Director: Peter Hewitt | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, William Sadler, Joss Ackland
Votes: 80,991 | Gross: $38.04M
Available on Prime Video on May 1
5. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
PG | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Music
Two rock-'n-rolling teens, on the verge of failing their class, set out on a quest to make the ultimate school history report after being presented with a time machine.
Director: Stephen Herek | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, George Carlin, Terry Camilleri
Votes: 141,529 | Gross: $40.49M
Available on Prime Video on May 1
6. Blackfish (2013)
PG-13 | 83 min | Documentary
A documentary following the controversial captivity of killer whales, and its dangers for both humans and whales.
Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite | Stars: Tilikum, Dave Duffus, Samantha Berg, Dean Gomersall
Votes: 72,367 | Gross: $2.07M
Available on Prime Video on May 1
7. Blue's Clues (1996–2007)
TV-Y | 25 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Blue is a puppy who puts her paw prints on three clues. Steve or Joe has to deduce the clues (with the help of off-screen children) to figure out what Blue wants to do.
Stars: Steve Burns, Traci Paige Johnson, Michael Rubin, Aleisha Allen
Votes: 6,690
Season 1 Available on Prime Video on May 1
8. Courage Under Fire (1996)
R | 116 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
A U.S. Army officer, despondent about a deadly mistake he made, investigates a female chopper commander's worthiness for the Medal of Honor.
Director: Edward Zwick | Stars: Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan, Lou Diamond Phillips, Michael Moriarty
Votes: 59,491 | Gross: $59.03M
Available on Prime Video on May 1
9. Crank (2006)
R | 88 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Professional assassin Chev Chelios learns his rival has injected him with a poison that will kill him if his heart rate drops.
Directors: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor | Stars: Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Carlos Sanz, Jose Pablo Cantillo
Votes: 263,349 | Gross: $27.83M
Available on Prime Video on May 1
10. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Sport
A group of misfits enter a Las Vegas dodgeball tournament in order to save their cherished local gym from the onslaught of a corporate health fitness chain.
Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber | Stars: Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor, Vince Vaughn, Rip Torn
Votes: 266,990 | Gross: $114.33M
Available on Prime Video on May 1
11. Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Crime
A parody of several U.S. films about being in the 'Hood', for instance Boyz n the Hood (1991), South Central (1992), Menace II Society (1993), Higher Learning (1995) and Juice (1992).
Director: Paris Barclay | Stars: Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Tracey Cherelle Jones
Votes: 61,433 | Gross: $20.11M
Available on Prime Video on May 1
12. Dude, Where's My Car? (2000)
PG-13 | 83 min | Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Two potheads wake up after a night of partying and cannot remember where they parked their car.
Director: Danny Leiner | Stars: Ashton Kutcher, Seann William Scott, Jennifer Garner, Marla Sokoloff
Votes: 145,674 | Gross: $46.73M
Available on Prime Video on May 1
13. Enemy of the State (1998)
R | 132 min | Action, Thriller
A lawyer becomes targeted by a corrupt politician and his N.S.A. goons when he accidentally receives key evidence to a politically motivated crime.
Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight, Lisa Bonet
Votes: 258,714 | Gross: $111.55M
Available on Prime Video on May 1
14. Europa Report (2013)
PG-13 | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
An international crew of astronauts undertakes a privately funded mission to search for life on Jupiter's fourth largest moon.
Director: Sebastián Cordero | Stars: Sharlto Copley, Michael Nyqvist, Christian Camargo, Embeth Davidtz
Votes: 75,458 | Gross: $0.13M
Available on Prime Video on May 1
15. Eye for an Eye (1996)
R | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
When the courts fail to keep behind bars the man who raped and murdered her daughter, a woman seeks her own form of justice.
Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Sally Field, Kiefer Sutherland, Ed Harris, Olivia Burnette
Votes: 18,907 | Gross: $26.79M
Available on Prime Video on May 1
16. Fargo (1996)
R | 98 min | Crime, Thriller
Minnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.
Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: William H. Macy, Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare
Votes: 725,822 | Gross: $24.61M
Available on Prime Video on May 1
17. Fat Albert (2004)
PG | 93 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids come to life and step out of their animated, inner-city Philadelphia world.
Director: Joel Zwick | Stars: Kenan Thompson, Kyla Pratt, Omarion, Marques Houston
Votes: 12,937 | Gross: $48.12M
Available on Prime Video on May 1
18. Field of Dreams (1989)
PG | 107 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella is inspired by a voice he can't ignore to pursue a dream he can hardly believe. Supported by his wife, Ray begins the quest by turning his ordinary cornfield into a place where dreams can come true.
Director: Phil Alden Robinson | Stars: Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, Ray Liotta, Amy Madigan
Votes: 127,894 | Gross: $64.43M
Available on Prime Video on May 1
19. Hitman (I) (2007)
R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A gun-for-hire known only as Agent 47 hired by a group known only as 'The Organization' is ensnared in a political conspiracy, which finds him pursued by both Interpol and the Russian military as he treks across Russia and Eastern Europe.
Director: Xavier Gens | Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Dougray Scott, Olga Kurylenko, Robert Knepper
Votes: 177,656 | Gross: $39.69M
Available on Prime Video on May 1
20. Independence Day (1996)
PG-13 | 145 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy Earth. Fighting superior technology, mankind's best weapon is the will to survive.
Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell
Votes: 605,061 | Gross: $306.17M
Available on Prime Video on May 1
21. Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
R | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A case of mistaken identity lands Slevin into the middle of a war being plotted by two of the city's most rival crime bosses. Under constant surveillance by Detective Brikowski and assassin Goodkat, he must get them before they get him.
Director: Paul McGuigan | Stars: Josh Hartnett, Ben Kingsley, Morgan Freeman, Lucy Liu
Votes: 325,480 | Gross: $22.50M
Available on Prime Video on May 1
22. Mamma Mia! (2008)
PG-13 | 108 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
The story of a bride-to-be trying to find her real father told using hit songs by the popular 1970s group ABBA.
Director: Phyllida Lloyd | Stars: Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried, Stellan Skarsgård
Votes: 273,909 | Gross: $144.13M
Available on Prime Video on May 1
23. Office Space (1999)
R | 89 min | Comedy
Three company workers who hate their jobs decide to rebel against their greedy boss.
Director: Mike Judge | Stars: Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, David Herman, Ajay Naidu
Votes: 287,306 | Gross: $10.82M
Available on Prime Video on May 1
24. Open Range (2003)
R | 139 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A former gunslinger is forced to take up arms again when he and his cattle crew are threatened by a corrupt lawman.
Director: Kevin Costner | Stars: Kevin Costner, Robert Duvall, Diego Luna, Abraham Benrubi
Votes: 78,064 | Gross: $58.33M
Available on Prime Video on May 1
25. Pearl Harbor (2001)
PG-13 | 183 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A tale of war and romance mixed in with history. The story follows two lifelong friends and a beautiful nurse who are caught up in the horror of an infamous Sunday morning in 1941.
Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale, Josh Hartnett, William Lee Scott
Votes: 351,524 | Gross: $198.54M
Available on Prime Video on May 1
26. Platoon (1986)
R | 120 min | Drama, War
Chris Taylor, a neophyte recruit in Vietnam, finds himself caught in a battle of wills between two sergeants, one good and the other evil. A shrewd examination of the brutality of war and the duality of man in conflict.
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Keith David
Votes: 439,060 | Gross: $138.53M
Available on Prime Video on May 1
27. Red Tails (2012)
PG-13 | 125 min | Action, Drama, History
A crew of African American pilots in the Tuskegee training program, having faced segregation while kept mostly on the ground during World War II, are called into duty under the guidance of Col. A.J. Bullard.
Director: Anthony Hemingway | Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr., Gerald McRaney, David Oyelowo, Andre Royo
Votes: 37,228 | Gross: $49.88M
Available on Prime Video on May 1
28. Road to Perdition (2002)
R | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A mob enforcer's son in 1930s Illinois witnesses a murder, forcing him and his father to take to the road, and his father down a path of redemption and revenge.
Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Tom Hanks, Tyler Hoechlin, Paul Newman
Votes: 284,328 | Gross: $104.45M
Available on Prime Video on May 1
29. Shrek (2001)
PG | 90 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A mean lord exiles fairytale creatures to the swamp of a grumpy ogre, who must go on a quest and rescue a princess for the lord in order to get his land back.
Directors: Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson | Stars: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, John Lithgow
Votes: 733,279 | Gross: $267.67M
Available on Prime Video on May 1
30. Shrek 2 (2004)
PG | 93 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Shrek and Fiona travel to the Kingdom of Far Far Away, where Fiona's parents are King and Queen, to celebrate their marriage. When they arrive, they find they are not as welcome as they thought they would be.
Directors: Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, Conrad Vernon | Stars: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Julie Andrews
Votes: 504,289 | Gross: $436.47M
Available on Prime Video on May 1
31. Sideways (2021)
Comedy, Romance
A chance meeting on the street kickstarts a romance that crosses social boundaries.
Director: Tissy Nnachi | Stars: Ray Emodi, Debby Emokpaire, Etinosa Idemudia, Nancy Isime
Available on Prime Video on May 1
32. Taken (I) (2008)
PG-13 | 90 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A retired CIA agent travels across Europe and relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, who has been kidnapped while on a trip to Paris.
Director: Pierre Morel | Stars: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Leland Orser
Votes: 633,972 | Gross: $145.00M
Available on Prime Video on May 1
33. Tangerine (2015)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A hooker tears through Tinseltown on Christmas Eve searching for the pimp who broke her heart.
Director: Sean Baker | Stars: Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Mya Taylor, Karren Karagulian, Mickey O'Hagan
Votes: 35,471 | Gross: $0.70M
Available on Prime Video on May 1
34. The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (2014)
R | 83 min | Comedy, Drama
A perpetually angry man is informed he has 90 minutes to live and promptly sets out to reconcile with his family and friends in the short time he has left.
Director: Phil Alden Robinson | Stars: Robin Williams, Mila Kunis, Peter Dinklage, Melissa Leo
Votes: 24,011
Available on Prime Video on May 1
35. The Guardian (I) (2006)
PG-13 | 139 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A high school swim champion with a troubled past enrolls in the U.S. Coast Guard's "A" School, where legendary rescue swimmer Ben Randall teaches him some hard lessons about loss, love, and self-sacrifice.
Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Kevin Costner, Ashton Kutcher, Sela Ward, Melissa Sagemiller
Votes: 97,954 | Gross: $55.01M
Available on Prime Video on May 1
36. The Namesake (2006)
PG-13 | 122 min | Drama
American-born Gogol, the son of Indian immigrants, wants to fit in among his fellow New Yorkers, despite his family's unwillingness to let go of their traditional ways.
Director: Mira Nair | Stars: Kal Penn, Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Jacinda Barrett
Votes: 21,743 | Gross: $8.66M
Available on Prime Video on May 1
37. The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999)
R | 104 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A horrible massacre strikes up after an outcast teenage girl is taunted by a group of high school jocks, all of them unaware of her cutthroat telekinetic powers.
Directors: Katt Shea, Robert Mandel | Stars: Emily Bergl, Jason London, Dylan Bruno, J. Smith-Cameron
Votes: 17,879 | Gross: $17.76M
Available on Prime Video on May 1
38. The Ugly Truth (2009)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Romance
An uptight television producer takes control of a morning show segment on modern relationships hosted by a misogynistic man.
Director: Robert Luketic | Stars: Katherine Heigl, Gerard Butler, Bree Turner, Eric Winter
Votes: 230,270 | Gross: $88.92M
Available on Prime Video on May 1
39. The Woods (2006)
R | 91 min | Horror, Mystery
Set in 1965 New England, a troubled girl encounters mysterious happenings in the woods surrounding an isolated girls school that she was sent to by her disinterested parents.
Director: Lucky McKee | Stars: Lauren Birkell, Agnes Bruckner, Jane Gilchrist, Emma Campbell
Votes: 12,372
Available on Prime Video on May 1
40. Tombstone (1993)
R | 130 min | Biography, Drama, History
A successful lawman's plans to retire anonymously in Tombstone, Arizona are disrupted by the kind of outlaws he was famous for eliminating.
Directors: George P. Cosmatos, Kevin Jarre | Stars: Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Sam Elliott, Bill Paxton
Votes: 166,003 | Gross: $56.51M
Available on Prime Video on May 1
41. Tooth Fairy 2 (2012 Video)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, Family
When dreamer Larry Guthrie (Larry the Cable Guy) loses his first love to the town hotshot, he decides to win her back by volunteering to help the local children at her after-school program.... See full summary »
Director: Alex Zamm | Stars: Larry the Cable Guy, David Mackey, Erin Beute, John Connon
Votes: 3,321
Available on Prime Video on May 1
42. Valley Girl (1983)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Romance
Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and find love. Somehow they need to stay together in spite of her trendy, shallow friends.
Director: Martha Coolidge | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Deborah Foreman, Elizabeth Daily, Michael Bowen
Votes: 18,375 | Gross: $16.80M
Available on Prime Video on May 1
43. Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins (2008)
PG-13 | 114 min | Comedy, Romance
Dr. R.J. Stevens is a talk-show host who visits his family in the Deep South. While there he reunites with his brother Otis, his sister Betty, his cousin/rival Clyde, and his childhood love interest Lucinda Allen.
Director: Malcolm D. Lee | Stars: Martin Lawrence, Louis C.K., James Earl Jones, Margaret Avery
Votes: 15,680 | Gross: $42.44M
Available on Prime Video on May 1
44. Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
R | 157 min | Drama, History, Thriller
A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L.s Team 6 in May 2011.
Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton, Chris Pratt, Mark Strong
Votes: 318,697 | Gross: $95.72M
Available on Prime Video on May 1
45. Bosch: Legacy (2022– )
TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama
Bosch embarks on the next chapter of his career and finds himself working with his one-time enemy, Honey Chandler.
Stars: Titus Welliver, Mimi Rogers, Madison Lintz, Stephen A. Chang
Votes: 28,083
Season 1 Available on Freevee on May 6
46. The Unsolved Murder of Beverly Lynn Smith (2022)
TV-14 | 182 min | Documentary, Crime, Mystery
Follows the cold case and controversial investigation into the murder of Beverly Lynn Smith in her home in Oshawa, Ontario. Woven together from firsthand accounts, expert interviews, family archives, and rare access to key participants.
Stars: Justin Moses, Alan Richter, Jenna Dalanyi, Derrick Rabethge
Votes: 686
Season 1 Available on Prime Video on May 6
47. The Wilds (2020–2022)
TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
A group of teens must survive after a plane crash leaves them stranded on a deserted island. The girls tell their stories to investigators who slowly piece together what happened to them.
Stars: Rachel Griffiths, Sophia Ali, Shannon Berry, Jenna Clause
Votes: 25,115
Season 2 Available on Prime Video on May 6
48. The Kids in the Hall (2022– )
TV-MA | 25 min | Comedy
The iconic Canadian sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall return from the dead with a reboot of their ground-breaking sketch series.
Stars: David Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney
Votes: 2,169
Season 1 Available on Prime Video on May 13
49. Bang Bang Baby (2022– )
TV-14 | 50 min | Adventure, Biography, Crime
Alice is a teenage girl who finds herself involved in the Milan's criminal underbelly for the love of her father. To cope, Alice will use her imagination, influenced by music, TV and pop culture of her time: the 80s.
Stars: Arianna Becheroni, Adriano Giannini, Antonio Gerardi, Dora Romano
Votes: 869
Season 1, Part 2 Available on Prime Video on May 19
50. LOL - Last One Laughing Spain (2021– )
Comedy, Game-Show
10 comedians. 6 hours. One room. One simple rule to follow: you laugh, you lose.
Stars: Sílvia Abril, Yolanda Ramos, Santiago Segura, Xavier Deltell
Votes: 278
Available on Prime Video on May 20
51. Night Sky (2022)
TV-14 | 55 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Follows Franklin and Irene York, a couple who years ago discovered a chamber buried in their backyard which inexplicably leads to a strange, deserted planet.
Stars: Sissy Spacek, J.K. Simmons, Chai Hansen, Kiah McKirnan
Votes: 23,131
Available on Prime Video on May 20
52. Troppo (2022– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Thriller
Disgraced ex-cop, Ted Conkaffey, is falsely accused of a disturbing crime. He escapes to the wilds of Far North Queensland and becomes entangled with an eccentric private investigator.
Stars: Lucas Linehan, Thomas Jane, Nicole Chamoun, Ling Cooper Tang
Votes: 2,677
Season 1 Available on Freevee on May 20
53. Emergency (2022)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Ready for a night of legendary partying, three college students must weigh the pros and cons of calling the police when faced with an unexpected situation.
Director: Carey Williams | Stars: RJ Cyler, Donald Elise Watkins, Sebastian Chacon, Sabrina Carpenter
Votes: 9,586
Available on Prime Video on May 27
54. Kick Like Tayla (2022)
60 min | Documentary
A look at the life of AFLW player and professional boxer Tayla Harris, chronicling the public and personal challenges she has faced in her career.
Director: Gil Marsden | Stars: Brian Amatruda, Beansy, Faris Chevalier, Daniel Harford
Votes: 104
Available on Prime Video on May 27
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