HBO takes quite a lot of the credit score for the rise of status TV. Reveals equivalent to The Sopranos, The Wire, Intercourse and the Metropolis and Recreation of Thrones have been appointment tv, and that custom lives on with newer sequence together with Business, Home of the Dragon, Euphoria and extra. Its streaming service, HBO Max, can also be the house of tons of nice motion pictures, stay sports activities and glorious documentaries.
Could is a giant sports activities month for HBO Max; you possibly can catch the NHL playoffs, the Savannah Bananas and the French Open — all streaming stay all through the month. The streamer will even be premiering tons of films in Could, together with the hit romance Wuthering Heights. Followers of journey reveals can catch the Jason Momoa-hosted On the Roam, which can also be again this month.
This is a have a look at what’s new on HBO Max in Could.
TV Reveals
Could 9
HBO Max’s new Japanese samurai motion drama Music of the Samurai relies on the favored manga sequence 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 remaining years of Japan’s shogunate. Initially developed in Japan by the Tokyo Broadcasting System and streaming platform U-NEXT, the brand new sequence will debut on HBO Max on Could 9.
Could 12
- Behind the Bars: Shot within the Highlight
- U.S. In opposition to the World: 4 Years with the Males’s Nationwide Soccer Crew
Could 14
Actor Jason Momoa has a number of passions (like rock-climbing), and his HBO Max journey sequence On The Roam permits him to hunt out equally passionate folks to satisfy and share their tales. On the present, Momoa travels everywhere in the world, typically on his motorbike, 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 Could 14 and new episodes drop weekly till June 18.
Could 21
- Slaves of Religion: Heralds of the Gospel
Could 22
In 2025, HBO launched the true crime doc-series The Yogurt Store Murders, a four-part present in regards to the 1991 murders of 4 Texas teenagers. The sequence 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 will likely be revealed in a brand-new episode of the present that is coming to HBO Max on Could 22.
Motion pictures
Could 1
Wuthering Heights is without doubt one of 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 basic has its critics who do not love how stylized the movie is, there is no denying that it captures the extreme longing of younger love (and lust). After hitting theaters earlier this yr, the movie is on the market on HBO Max beginning Could 1.
- Insidious: The Final Key
- Saltburn
- Spider-Man: Throughout the Spider-Verse
- Loopy Wealthy Asians
Could 4
Could 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 in search of refuge. You most likely can guess, since this a Gerard Butler film, that the journey will not be very straightforward or protected.
Could 13
- The A Listing: 15 Tales from Asia and Pacific Diasporas
Could 15
Could 27
Could 29
- Miss You, Love You
- The Second
Sports activities
Could 8-23
Could 8
- Savannah Bananas vs. The Social gathering Animals (6:30 p.m. ET)
Could 15
- Savannah Bananas vs. Loco Seaside Coconuts (6:30 p.m. ET)
Could 22
- Social gathering Animals vs. Indianapolis Clowns (9:30 p.m. ET)
Could 24 – June 7
The French Open marks the second tennis Grand Slam of the season, and this yr, the primary draw competitors begins on Could 24. A match schedule is just not out there but, however as of now, you possibly can count on to see gamers equivalent to 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 stay on HBO Max all through the match, which ends June 7.
Could 24
- AEW Double or Nothing (pay-per-view, 8 p.m.)
Could 30
- Savannah Bananas vs. Indianapolis Clowns, 7:30 p.m.
Comedy specials
Could 22
Comic Josh Johnson may be greatest referred to 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 Could 22.
