What to stream in May 2024: ‘Doctor Who,’ ‘Dark Matter,’ ‘Unfrosted’

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Here’s what’s coming to Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, Max, Prime Video, Peacock, Paramount+ and other streaming services in May.

Highlights

Jeff Daniels is “A Man in Full” (Netflix, May 2), an Atlanta real estate mogul who finds himself on the verge of losing his business and his status, in the limited series adapted from the novel by Tom Wolfe. Producer David E. Kelly scripts the entire series, and Diane Lane, William Jackson Harper and Bill Camp co-star.

“Shardlake” (Hulu, May 1), a limited series based on the novel by C.J. Sansom, stars Arthur Hughes as a lawyer sent by Thomas Cromwell (Sean Bean) to investigate the murder of a commissioner at a remote monastery in 16th-century England. It’s a medieval murder mystery!

The limited series “The Tattooist of Auschwitz” (Peacock, May 2), inspired by the real-life story of two Jewish Holocaust survivors, stars Harvey Keitel as an aging widower who, 60 years after he was liberated from Auschwitz, tells his story to a novice writer (Melanie Lynskey).

Jerry Seinfeld directs and stars in “Unfrosted” (Netflix, May 3), a comic (and freely adapted) take on the cutthroat race between cereal rivals Kellogg’s and Post Cereal to create the first instant breakfast pastry: the Pop-Tart. Melissa McCarthy, Hugh Grant and Amy Schumer co-star.

A physicist and family man (Joel Edgerton) is abducted and pulled into an alternate reality and fights to find his way back home in the science fiction thriller “Dark Matter” (Apple TV+, May 8). Based on the bestselling novel by Blake Crouch, the limited series co-stars Jennifer Connelly and Alice Braga.

Ncuti Gatwa is the 15th Doctor in the new season of “Doctor Who” (Disney+, May 10), under the creative guidance of Russell T. Davies, returning to the series he reinvented for the 21st century.

Jennifer Lopez heads into deep space to capture a renegade robot in “Atlas” (Netflix, May 24). The science fiction thriller co-stars Simu Liu, Sterling K. Brown, Lana Parrilla and Mark Strong.

Netflix

Brooke Shields is “Mother of the Bride” (May 9) in the new romantic comedy.

“Bodkin: Season 1” (May 9), a comic take on the true-crime genre, stars Will Forte as a podcaster chasing a story in a small Irish town.

The limited series “Eric” (May 30) stars Benedict Cumberbatch as a puppeteer for a children’s TV show who spirals into guilt and delusion after his son goes missing.

The third season of the hit romantic drama “Bridgerton” (May 16) takes on the romance between Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) and Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton).

International passport: “Beautiful Rebel” (May 2) dramatizes the life of Italian rock icon Gianna Nannini, and the animated fantasy “My Oni Girl” (May 24) arrives from Japan.

Max

In “Turtles All the Way Down” (May 2), a teenager (Isabela Merced) struggling with OCD gets involved with the disappearance of a reclusive billionaire.

Zac Efron stars in “The Iron Claw” (May 10), based on the tragic true story of the Von Erich wrestling family in the 1980s.

The new spinoff series “Pretty Little Liars: Summer School” (May 9) stars Bailee Madison and Chandler Kinney.

The musical comedy “Home Sweet Rome!: Season 1” (May 16) sends a California teenager (Kensington Tallman) to Italy with her dad and Italian pop sensation stepmom.

Hulu

“The Killing Kind: Season 1” (May 14), based on Jane Casey’s bestselling book of the same name, is a thriller starring Emma Appleton as a brilliant barrister and Colin Morgan as a manipulative client.

International passport: Mads Mikkelsen stars in the award-winning historical drama “The Promised Land” (May 30) from Denmark.

The documentary “The Contestant” (May 2) chronicles the bizarre reality show that became a phenomenon in Japan, and “Lainey Wilson: Bell Bottom Country” (May 29) profiles the country-music sensation.

Prime Video

The reality series “The GOAT” (May 9) pits reality TV celebrities in competition for the title of “Greatest of All Time.”

Disney+

“Star Wars: Tales of the Empire” (May 4) is a new animated series in the franchise.

Unavailable in any form for decades, the original 1970 Beatles documentary “Let It Be” (May 8) has been restored and remastered by Peter Jackson. Also arriving are the new documentaries “The Beach Boys” (May 24) and “Jim Henson: Idea Man” (May 31).

Apple TV+

André Holland headlines the limited series “The Big Cigar” (May 17), a caper inspired by a true story surrounding Black Panther founder Huey P. Newton.

Paramount+

The documentary “Kiss the Future” (May 7) looks at how an underground community in Sarajevo used art and music to affect change during the Bosnian war.

Also debuting are Season Five of “The Chi” (May 10) and the third and final season of “Evil” (May 23).

Peacock

The road movie comedy “Drive-Away Dolls” (now streaming) from Ethan Coen stars Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan as best friends pursued by criminals.

Other services

Juliette Binoche and Benoit Magimel star in the epicurean drama “The Taste of Things” (AMC+ and Acorn TV, May 10), which was France’s entry at the Academy Awards.

From Australia comes the crime thriller “Scrubland” (Sundance Now, May 2), and the courtroom drama “The Truth” (AMC+, May 27) arrives from Israel.