By Matt Mueller Culture Editor Published May 01, 2022 at 1:16 PM

It's rough times over at Dwindling Red Streaming Monolith headquarters these days – but hey, maybe the kids from Hawkins can save the day.

That's right: The final season – or at least the first part of the final season – of the streamer's throwback thriller "Stranger Things" will hit in May, along with a slate of new arrivals that won't have anyone eagerly signing up again but also shouldn't scare anyone away. As for originals, Netflix will deliver its usual binge-able dose of true crime ("Our Father") and fluffy reality (a new season of "The Circle"), plus a "Marmaduke" movie in the year 2022 for some reason and the Hallmark-esque culinary romance "A Perfect Pairing," starring Victoria Justice and hopefully a lot of pretty wine and food shots.

Oddly, this is the rare case where the outside material on a Netflix arrivals announcement ranks as some of the most exciting. Somebody must be on a Nora Ephron kick at Netflix HQ because the streamer will get the rom-com classics "When Harry Met Sally" and "You've Got Mail" – and for the total opposite of that, the service will also score bombastic blockbusters like "War of the Worlds" and the most recent Rambo adventures. Laughs will be in steady supply as Netflix nabbed the modern comedy favorite "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle" along with a pile of "Jackass" movies. And for something slightly more serious than the "Jackass" films, Netflix also scored the underrated gangster drama "Road to Perdition" along with the cinematic icons "Dirty Harry" and "Forrest Gump."

And speaking of iconic, the great Jackie Robinson is now in Netflix's lineup as the 2013 baseball drama "42" will join the team on the first of the month. In case 162 games of America's pastime just isn't enough baseball to sate you this summer.

With no further ado, here's the list of Netflix's new arrivals for May 2022:

May 1

"3 Ninja: Kick Back"

"40-Love"

"42"

"A River Runs Through It"

"Are You the One?" season 6

"Blippi Wonders" season 1

"Corpse Bride"

"Crazy Stupid Love"

"Den of Thieves"

"Dirty Harry"

"Empire State"

"Forrest Gump"

"The Gentlemen"

"Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle"

"Hello, My Name is Doris"

"Jackass: The Movie"

"Jackass 2.5"

"Jackass 3.5"

"John Q."

"The Lake House"

"Menace II Society"

"Once Upon a Time in America"

"Rambo"

"Rambo: Last Blood"

"Road to Perdition"

"Seven Years in Tibet"

"Soul Surfer"

"Summerland"

"U.S. Marshals"

"War of the Worlds"

"When Harry Met Sally"

"You've Got Mail"

May 2

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Octonauts: Above and Beyond" season 2

May 3

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Hold Your Breath: The Ice Dive"

May 4

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "40 Years Young"

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Circle" season 4

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "El Marginal" season 5

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Meltdown: Three Mile Island"

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Summertime" season 3

May 5

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Blood Sisters" season 5

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Clark"

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Pentaverate"

"Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go" season 1

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Wild Babies"

May 6

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Along for the Ride"

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Marmaduke"

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Sound of Magic"

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Takedown"

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Thar"

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Welcome to Eden"

May 8

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Christina P: Mom Genes"

May 9

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Sustainable War"

May 10

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "42 Days of Darkness"

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Brotherhood" season 2

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Circle" season 4 (new episodes weekly)

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Getaway King"

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Operation Mincemeat"

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Our Father"

"Outlander" season 5

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Workin' Moms" season 6

May 12

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Maverix"

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Savage Beauty"

May 13

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Bling Empire" season 2

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Life and Movies of Ersan Kuneri"

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Lincoln Lawyer"

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "New Heights"

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Senior Year"

May 14

"Borrego"

May 15

"PJ Masks" season 4

May 16

"Blippi's Adventures"

"Servant of the People" seasons 2-3

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Vampire in the Garden"

May 17

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Future Diary" season 2

May 18

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Cyber Hell: Exposing an Internet Horror"

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Love on the Spectrum U.S."

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Perfect Family"

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Toscana"

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Who Killed Sara?" season 3

May 19

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "A Perfect Pairing"

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib"

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The G Word with Adam Conover"

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Insiders" season 2 (new episodes weekly)

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Photographer: Murder in Pinamar"

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Rodrigo Sant'Anna: I've Arrived"

May 20

"Ben is Back"

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "F*ck Love Too"

"Jackass 4.5"

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Love, Death & Robots" season 3

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Wrong Side of the Tracks"

May 22

"One Piece"

May 23

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045" season 2

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Godspeed"

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Sea of Love"

May 25

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Larva Pendant"

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Somebody Feed Phil" season 5

May 26

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "My Little Pony: Make Your Mark"

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Pokemon Master Journeys: The Series" part 3

May 27

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Stranger Things" season 4 part 1

May 30

NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Mighty Little Bheem: I Love Taj Mahal"

May 31

"Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" season 1

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" season 1

Matt Mueller Culture Editor

As much as it is a gigantic cliché to say that one has always had a passion for film, Matt Mueller has always had a passion for film. Whether it was bringing in the latest movie reviews for his first grade show-and-tell or writing film reviews for the St. Norbert College Times as a high school student, Matt is way too obsessed with movies for his own good.

When he's not writing about the latest blockbuster or talking much too glowingly about "Piranha 3D," Matt can probably be found watching literally any sport (minus cricket) or working at - get this - a local movie theater. Or watching a movie. Yeah, he's probably watching a movie.