May has only just arrived, and it’s already heating up at Hulu! Dozens of new titles have moved in for the new month, with some of streamer’s biggest hits landing on the platform during its first weekend, including Season 3 of Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney’s “Welcome to Wrexham” and Season 5 of “The Kardashians,” but Hulu will be adding major titles all month long, from the premiere of the coming-of-age comedy film “Prom Dates” to the streaming debut of last year’s psychological thriller “Eileen.”

Ready to watch? Check out The Streamable’s top picks for this month at Hulu and find out everything coming to the streamer in May!

What are the 5 Best Shows and Movies Coming to Hulu in May 2024?

“The Contestant” Premiere | Thursday, May 2

The new documentary turns the lens on “our culture of oversharing” and tells the true and bizarre story of Tomoaki Hamatsu (a.k.a. Nasubi), a Japanese reality TV star who was left naked in a room for more than a year, tasked with filling out magazine sweepstakes to earn food and clothing. Thinking the process was an audition, what he didn’t know was that his experience was being broadcast to over 15 million people on television, turning him into the most famous TV personality in Japan.

Watch the trailer for “The Contestant” below:

“Prom Dates” | Friday, May 3

The Kim O. Nguyen-directed coming-of-age comedy follows best friends Jess and Hannah, who at 13 made a pact to have the perfect senior promo. With 24 hours to go before the big event, everything falls apart when they break up with their individual dates and the best friends have one night “to find new dates and live out their middle-school fantasies.” Antonia Gentry and Julia Lester lead the cast opposite Kenny Ridwan, JT Neal, Jordan Buhat, Zión Moreno, and Terry Hu

Watch the trailer for “Prom Dates” below:

“Welcome to Wrexham” Season 3 Premiere | Friday, May 3

After a delayed Season 3 premiere date for the FX docuseries, Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds head back to working-class Wrexham, North Wales, for their junior season as club owners of Wrexham AFC. The new season will, for the first time, take audiences inside the locker room and alongside the Men’s Team players for unprecedented access on the pitch as the team takes their place in the English Football League (EFL) and as the Women’s Team side, fresh off an undefeated season that saw them promoted to the Welsh Adran Premier League, get ready for a new level of competition.

Watch the trailer for “Welcome to Wrexham” Season 3 below:

“Eileen” | Friday, May 10

NEON’s 2023 divisive psychological thriller comes to streaming five months after its theatrical release. Thomasin McKenzie stars as the title Eileen, a young secretary who, during the bitter Massachusetts winter, becomes enchanted by Rebecca (Anne Hathaway), the glamorous new counselor at the prison where she works. But as their budding friendship takes a twisted turn, Eileen is sent down a sinister path. The United States/United Kingdom co-production also stars Shea Whigham, Marin Ireland, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Owen Teague, Sam Nivola, Tonye Patano, and more.

Watch the trailer for “Eileen” below:

“The Kardashians” Season 5 | Thursday, May 23

The cameras are back on America’s real First Family. Join Kris, Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, Kendall, and Kylie for typical chaos, contentious family and sister dynamics, second chances, new beginnings, baby bliss, and more in the popular reality show’s fifth season. New episodes will be released every Thursday.

Watch the teaser for “The Kardashians” Season 5 below:

What Shows and Movies Are Coming to Hulu in May 2024?

May 1

• Life Below Zero: First Alaskans (Complete Season 3)
• Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (2021)
• Naruto Shippuden (Complete Season 8) (DUBBED)
• Shardlake (Complete Season 1) (Hulu Original)
• Pokemon Sun & Moon (Complete Season 20 )
• Pokemon Ultra Adventures (Complete Season 21)
• Pokemon Ultra Legends (Complete Season 22)
• The Beach (2000)
• Big (1988)
• Big Daddy (1999)
• Black Hawk Down (2001)
• The Bounty Hunter (2010)
• Cast Away (2000)
• The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
• Come See The Paradise (1990)
• The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
• The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015)
• The Divergent Series: Allegiant (2016)
• Elvis (2022)
• Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
• Free State of Jones (2016)
• Good Boys (2019)
• The Joy Luck Club (1993)
• The King’s Man (2021)
• The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (2004)
• Love, Gilda (2018)
• The Mask (1994)
• Meet the Spartans (2008)
• Mr. Turner (2014)
• Money Monster (2016)
• My Name Is Khan (2010)
• The Negotiator (1998)
• Night School (2018)
• Ocean's 8 (2018)
• Once (2007)
• Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
• Rushmore (1999)
• The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
• The Rundown (2003)
• School For Scoundrels (2006)
• Sideways (2004)
• Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Family Reunion (2006)
• That Thing You Do! (1996)
• Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021)
• Walk The Line (2005)
• The Wedding Ringer (2015)
• White Chicks (2004)
• White House Down (2013)
• 13 Going On 30 (2004)
• 300 (2007)

Shardlake

May 1, 2024

The year is 1536. Lawyer Matthew Shardlake finds his life turned upside down when Thomas Cromwell sends him to investigate a suspicious death at the remote monastery of Scarnsea. Deception, deceit, and corruption are rife as it soon becomes clear that the murder is not the first. Shardlake is drawn into a web of lies that threatens not only his integrity but his life.

Where the Crawdads Sing

July 14, 2022

Abandoned by her family, Kya raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. When her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is instantly branded by the local townspeople and law enforcement as the prime suspect for his murder.

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