HBO takes plenty of the credit score for the rise of status TV. Reveals resembling The Sopranos, The Wire, Intercourse and the Metropolis and Recreation of Thrones had been appointment tv, and that custom lives on with newer collection together with Business, House of the Dragon, Euphoria and extra. Its streaming service, HBO Max, can be the house of tons of nice motion pictures, dwell sports activities and glorious documentaries.
Might is an enormous sports activities month for HBO Max; you possibly can catch the NHL playoffs, the Savannah Bananas and the French Open — all streaming dwell all through the month. The streamer may even be premiering tons of films in Might, together with the hit romance Wuthering Heights. Followers of journey exhibits can catch the Jason Momoa-hosted On the Roam, which can be again this month.
Here is a have a look at what’s new on HBO Max in Might.
TV Reveals
Might 9
HBO Max’s new Japanese samurai motion drama Track of the Samurai is predicated on the favored manga collection Chiruran: Shinsengumi Requiem. Set in Kyoto on the finish of the Edo interval, the present follows the lives of the Shinsengumi, the samurai warriors that defended Kyoto within the ultimate years of Japan’s shogunate. Initially developed in Japan by the Tokyo Broadcasting System and streaming platform U-NEXT, the brand new collection will debut on HBO Max on Might 9.
Might 12
- Behind the Bars: Shot within the Highlight
- U.S. In opposition to the World: 4 Years with the Males’s Nationwide Soccer Workforce
Might 14
Actor Jason Momoa has a number of passions (like rock-climbing), and his HBO Max journey collection On The Roam permits him to hunt out equally passionate individuals to satisfy and share their tales. On the present, Momoa travels all around the world, typically on his bike, assembly fellow artistic minds, like artist and filmmaker Julian Schnabel and Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett, who encourage him. The six-episode season will premiere on Might 14 and new episodes drop weekly till June 18.
Might 21
- Slaves of Religion: Heralds of the Gospel
Might 22
In 2025, HBO launched the true crime doc-series The Yogurt Store Murders, a four-part present concerning the 1991 murders of 4 Texas teenagers. The collection aired in the summertime of 2025 and posited a number of theories about who might have dedicated the unsolved crime, leaving viewers with none actual solutions… till now.
After the unique Yogurt Store Murders episodes premiered, new DNA proof was found, serving to police clear up the 34-year-old thriller, and all shall be revealed in a brand-new episode of the present that is coming to HBO Max on Might 22.
Motion pictures
Might 1
Wuthering Heights is among the most enduring romance tales of all time, and the 2026 movie model starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi has breathed new life into the story of Cathy and Heathcliff. Although Emerald Fennell’s tackle the Emily Bronté traditional has its critics who do not love how stylized the movie is, there isn’t any denying that it captures the extreme longing of younger love (and lust). After hitting theaters earlier this yr, the movie is obtainable on HBO Max beginning Might 1.
- Insidious: The Final Key
- Saltburn
- Spider-Man: Throughout the Spider-Verse
- Loopy Wealthy Asians
Might 4
Might 8
Greenland was a 2020 dystopian drama starring Gerard Butler and Morena Baccarin as husband and spouse John and Allison Garrity, whose household survives a comet putting Earth and wiping out a lot of civilization by holing up in a bunker in Greenland. The movie was successful, and now within the 2026 sequel, Greenland 2: Migration, the Garritys’ safe bunker has been destroyed, forcing them to flee to Europe looking for refuge. You most likely can guess, since this a Gerard Butler film, that the journey will not be very simple or protected.
Might 13
- The A Record: 15 Tales from Asia and Pacific Diasporas
Might 15
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Might 29
- Miss You, Love You
- The Second
Sports activities
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Might 8
- Savannah Bananas vs. The Social gathering Animals (6:30 p.m. ET)
Might 15
- Savannah Bananas vs. Loco Seashore Coconuts (6:30 p.m. ET)
Might 22
- Social gathering Animals vs. Indianapolis Clowns (9:30 p.m. ET)
Might 24 – June 7
The French Open marks the second tennis Grand Slam of the season, and this yr, the primary draw competitors begins on Might 24. A match schedule is just not accessible but, however as of now, you possibly can count on to see gamers resembling Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka on the clay courts of Roland-Garros this yr. Stay matches will air on broadcast tv within the US on TNT and TruTV, and so they’ll stream dwell on HBO Max all through the event, which ends June 7.
Might 24
- AEW Double or Nothing (pay-per-view, 8 p.m.)
Might 30
- Savannah Bananas vs. Indianapolis Clowns, 7:30 p.m.
Comedy specials
Might 22
Comic Josh Johnson is perhaps finest often known as one of many hosts of The Day by day Present (or maybe you are one of many practically 2.5 million subscribers to his YouTube channel), and his first HBO comedy particular, Josh Johnson: Symphony, is arriving this month. Johnson’s new batch of fabric was filmed earlier this yr on the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles and it premieres on Might 22.
