We have already told you about all the new movies and TV shows that are coming to Netflix this May, but in this article, we have compiled a list of movies that will be coming to Netflix next, and they have a critics’ rating of 90% or above on Rotten Tomatoes. So, let’s find out about the top 9 movies according to Rotten Tomatoes that will be coming to Netflix in May 2026.
48 Hrs. (May 1) RT Score: 92%
48 Hrs. is a buddy cop action comedy film directed by Walter Hill, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Roger Spottiswoode and Larry Gross. The 1982 film follows Reggie, a street-smart crook who’s forced to team up with Jack, a tough cop, to catch Reggie’s former partners in crime. While in the beginning, both Reggie and Jack hate each other, they soon develop a bond and respect for each other. 48 Hrs. stars Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy, and Annette O’Toole.
The Bad News Bears (May 1) RT Score: 90%
The Bad News Bears is a sports comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie from a screenplay by Bill Lancaster. The 1976 film follows ex-baseball pitcher Morris Buttermaker, who agrees to take on the coaching duties for a minor-league baseball team named the Bears, but now he must whip them into shape. The Bad News Bears stars Walter Matthau, Tatum O’Neal, and Vic Morrow.
Borat (May 1) RT Score: 90%
Borat is a mockumentary dark comedy film directed by Larry Charles from a screenplay co-written by Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham, and Dan Mazer. The 2006 film follows Boart, a journalist from the fictional country, Kazakhstan, as he travels to the United States to make a documentary about the local customs and politics, but he soon discovers that in many ways his country and the U.S. are the same. Borat stars Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian, Luenell, and Pamela Anderson.
National Lampoon’s Animal House (May 1) RT Score: 91%
Animal House is a comedy film directed by John Landis from a screenplay co-written by Harold Ramis, Douglas Kenney, and Chris Miller. The 1978 film is set on the premises of the fictional Faber College, and it revolves around the members of a trouble-making fraternity as they earn the ire of Dean Vernon Wormer. Animal House stars John Belushi, Tim Matheson, John Vernon, Verna Bloom, Thomas Hulce, and Donald Sutherland.
Schindler’s List (May 1) RT Score: 98%
Schindler’s List is an epic biographical drama film directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by Steven Zaillian. Based on Thomas Keneally’s 1982 historical novel Schindler’s Ark, the 1993 film is set during World War II, and it follows German industrialist Oskar Schindler, who saved over a thousand Polish-Jewish refugees from the Nazis. Schindler’s List stars Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall, Jonathan Sagall, and Embeth Davidtz.
Splash (May 1) RT Score: 91%
Splash is a romantic fantasy comedy film directed by Ron Howard from a screenplay co-written by Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, and Bruce Jay Friedman. The 1984 film follows Allen, a young boy who falls for a mysterious woman who saves him from drowning, but things take a turn when he discovers that she is a mermaid. Splash stars Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, Eugene Levy, and John Candy.
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (May 11) RT Score: 94%
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris is a historical comedy-drama film directed by Anthony Fabian, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Carroll Cartwright, Keith Thompson, and Olivia Hetreed. Based on Paul Gallico’s 1958 novel Mrs. ‘Arris Goes to Paris, the 2022 film is set in 1950s London, and it follows a widowed cleaning lady who wants to have a couture Dior dress. After doing everything she can to save the dress, she finds herself pursuing her true dream during a self-reflective journey through Paris. Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris stars Lesley Manville, Isabelle Huppert, Lambert Wilson, Alba Baptista, Lucas Bravo, Ellen Thomas, and Jason Isaacs.
True Romance (May 19) RT Score: 93%
True Romance is a romantic crime drama film directed by Tony Scott from a screenplay by Quentin Tarantino. The 1993 film follows newlyweds Clarence and Alabama as they head to California with a suitcase filled with drugs, with the Mafia trying to hunt them down. True Romance stars Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, and Brad Pitt.
Dead Man’s Wire (May 28) RT Score: 91%
Dead Man’s Wire is a crime thriller film directed by Gus Van Sant from a screenplay by Austin Kolodney. The 2026 film takes place on February 8, 1977, and it follows Tony Kiritsis, a disgruntled real-estate developer, as he takes a mortgage broker hostage with a shotgun pointed at his chest. What follows is a media frenzy that divides the common man on Tony’s actions. Dead Man’s Wire stars Bill Skarsgård, Dacre Montgomery, Cary Elwes, Myha’la, Colman Domingo, and Al Pacino.