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Netflix May 2023 Releases: Fubar, Tu Jhoothi Main Makaar, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, and More

Netflix May 2023 Releases: Fubar, Tu Jhoothi Main Makaar, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, and More

Sanya Malhotra-led Kathal, Jennifer Lopez’s The Mother, and Black Knight are also part of the list.

Written by Rahul Chettiyar, Edited by Manas Mitul | Updated: 4 May 2023 18:01 IST

Netflix May 2023 Releases: Fubar, Tu Jhoothi Main Makaar, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, and More

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Corey Mylchreest (L) and India Amarteifio in a still from Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story

Highlights

All 8 episodes of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Fubar are out May 25
Kathal – A Jackfruit Mystery drops May 19 on Netflix
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story is now available for streaming

Netflix only has one Indian original in store for us in May — Kathal – A Jackfruit Mystery, where a young police officer Mahima Basor (Sanya Malhotra) is assigned to track down a pair of stolen jackfruits. While the case seems funnily bizarre and unnecessary, it's actually based on a true story, where a unit of Delhi cops was hired by a politician to fulfil the request. The Netflix film portrays the story as a comedy, even putting up a Rs. 10,000 reward for any local who happens to retrieve it. Kathal releases May 19 on Netflix. This month also brings a third-party Bollywood film to the catalogue, Tu Jhooti Main Makaar, in which a young couple — Ranbir Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor — try finding balance in their relationship through lies and deceit. Directed by Luv Ranjan (Pyaar Ka Punchnama), the romcom is out now on the platform.

Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story kicks things off on the global front, charting the titular princess' (India Amarteifio) first romantic encounter with the king of England, George III, whom she is forced to marry. While struggling to fully understand the full extent of her newfound power, she spearheads a societal shift and an investigation into some weird conspiracy brewing within the walls. All six episodes of Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story are now available to stream on Netflix. Then, on May 12, check out the Jennifer Lopez-led The Mother, where she stars as a deadly assassin, who is forced out of hiding to protect the daughter she abandoned years ago. On May 7, Netflix is also adding John Krasinski's A Quiet Place to go along with the existing Part II — odd prioritisation.

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Sanya Malhotra (centre) in a still from Kathal
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Meanwhile, Cho Ui-seok's (Master) Black Knight takes you to a dystopian Korea, where oxygen is scarce, thanks to the effects of a comet strike. In this harsh wasteland, deliverymen called ‘knights' transport packets of oxygen and other necessities around town to keep citizens alive. But when 5-8 (Kim Woo-bin), wanting to overthrow the hierarchy, hires recruits from the lowest pits of society, war ensues. Black Knight premieres May 12 on Netflix. A little before that, Jada Pinkett Smith is bringing the second instalment of her African Queens documentary saga, this time, focusing on Queen Cleopatra, one of history's most misunderstood women — tracking all key aspects of her life, including her relationships and her intellect, which Roman general Julius Caesar took note of. All four episodes of Queen Cleopatra drop May 10.

And let's not forget Fubar, which marks Arnold Schwarzenegger's TV debut as a lead actor. In it, he plays Luke Brunner, a CIA operative on the verge of retirement, who comes to learn that his daughter (Monica Barbaro) has been working as an undercover agent for years, without his knowledge. When the duo's missions intertwine, it brings about a ton of familial drama and hilarious clashing of egos. All eight episodes of Fubar will be available to stream May 25. Then there's XO, Kitty, which follows an expert teenage matchmaker, whose views on love take a complete turn when she moves halfway across the world to reunite with her long-distance boyfriend. The series premieres May 18.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger in a still from Fubar
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From the documentary side, we've got two interesting titles this month. First is Victim/Suspect, in which journalist Rae de Leon conducts a solo investigation, trying to uncover a shocking pattern where sexually assaulted women were unable to find justice and were instead charged with the crime of making a false report. It releases May 23 on Netflix. On the same day, dive into MerPeople, which centres around the mythical realm of underwater performers, who transformed their passion for swimming as mermaids into real-world careers.

Netflix May 2023 releases — the full list

With that, here's the complete list of movies and TV shows coming to Netflix India in May 2023. All Netflix Originals have been marked in bold.

May 1
Bleach: Arrancar: The Fierce Fight
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: Swordsmith Village Arc
Kung Fu Panda 3
The Tourist
Brokeback Mountain
Seventh Son
The Green Mile

May 2
Love Village
The Tailor

May 3
Jewish Matchmaking
Tu Jhooti Main Makaar

May 4
Sanctuary
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story

May 5
The Emoji Movie
Three
Meter

May 7
A Quiet Place

May 9
Hannah Gadsby: Something Special

May 10
Missing: Dead or Alive?
High Crimes
Queen Cleopatra
Dance Brothers

May 11
One Night Stand
Royalteen: Princess Margrethe
Ultraman: Season 3

May 12
Black Knight
The Mother
Queer Eye: Season 7

May 16
Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me

May 17
Rhythm + Flow France: Season 2
Working: What We Do All Day

May 18
Yakitori: Soldiers of Misfortune
XO, Kitty

May 19
Selling Sunset: Season 6
Kathal

May 23
Victim/Suspect
Wanda Syke: I'm An Entertainer
MerPeople

May 24
The Ultimatum: Queer Love

May 25
Fubar

May 26
Blood & Gold

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Kung Fu Panda 3

Release Date 1 April 2016
Language English
Genre Action, Adventure, Animation
Cast
Jack Black, Bryan Cranston, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, J.K. Simmons, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, David Cross, Kate Hudson, James Hong, Randall Duk Kim, Jackie Chan
Director
Jennifer Yuh Nelson, Alessandro Carloni
Producer
Melissa Cobb

Love Village

Release Date 2 May 2023
Language Japanese
Genre Reality, Romance
Cast
Becky, Atsushi Tamura
Producer
Naomi Satoh

The Tailor Season 1

Release Date 2 May 2023
Genre Drama, Mystery
Cast
Çağatay Ulusoy, Salih Bademci, Şifanur Gül, Olgun Simsek, Berrak Tüzünataç, Evrim Alasya, Joshua Flickema, Engin Senkan, Ece Sükan
Director
Cem Karci
Producer
Onur Guvenatam

Jewish Matchmaking

Release Date 3 May 2023
Genre Reality, Romance
Cast
Aleeza Ben Shalom, Ryan Green, Adi Ben Ezra
Producer
Jeanne Begley, Eli Holzman, Smriti Mundhra, Aaron Saidman

Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar

Release Date 8 March 2023
Language Hindi
Genre Comedy, Romance
Cast
Shraddha Kapoor, Ranbir Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Boney Kapoor, Anubhav Singh Bassi
Director
Luv Ranjan
Producer
Luv Ranjan, Ankur Garg

Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story

Release Date 4 May 2023
Genre Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Cast
Michelle Fairley, Ruth Gemmell, Adjoa Andoh, Golda Rosheuvel, India Amarteifio, Tunji Kasim, Hugh Sachs, Katie Brayben, Julia Westcott-Hutton, Corey Mylchreest, Cyril Nri, Sam Clemmett, Keir Charles, Connie Jenkins-Greig, Richard Cunningham, Arsema Thomas, Rob Maloney
Director
Tom Verica
Producer
Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers, Tom Verica

A Quiet Place

Release Date 6 April 2018
Language American Sign Language, English
Genre Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Cast
Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Noah Jupe, Millicent Simmonds, Cade Woodward, Leon Russom
Director
John Krasinski
Producer
Michael Bay, Andrew Form, Brad Fuller

Queen Cleopatra

Release Date 10 May 2023
Genre Documentary, History
Cast
Jada Pinkett Smith, Adele James, Craig Russell, John Partridge, Kaysha Woollery, Andira Crichlow, Greg Lockett, Philip Walker
Producer
Jada Pinkett Smith

Black Knight

Release Date 12 May 2023
Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Cast
Kim Woo-bin, Song Seung-heon, Kang Yoo-seok, Esom, Kim Eui-sung, Jin Kyung, Lee Hak-joo, Lee Sang-hee, Yu Seong-ju
Director
Cho Ui-seok
Producer
Cho Ui-seok

The Mother

Release Date 12 May 2023
Language English
Genre Action, Thriller
Cast
Jennifer Lopez, Joseph Fiennes, Omari Hardwick, Gael García Bernal, Paul Raci, Lucy Paez, Jesse Garcia, Yvonne Senat Jones
Director
Niki Caro
Producer
Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Jennifer Lopez, Benny Medina, Roy Lee, Marc Evans, Miri Yoon, Misha Green

XO, Kitty Season 1

Release Date 18 May 2023
Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
Cast
Anna Cathcart, Anthony Keyvan, Minyeong Choi, Théo Augier Bonaventure, Ivan Melgares, Alexander Morel, Yunjin Kim, Peter Thurnwald, Daniel C Kennedy, Jocelyn Shelfo, Sam Scherzer, Gia Kim, Regan Aliyah, Sang Heon Lee, Kaniel Jacob-Cross, Jordana Summer, Michael K. Lee, Won Hee Lee
Director
Jennifer Arnold, Katina Medina Mora
Producer
Jenny Han, Matthew Kaplan, Sascha Rothchild

Kathal

Release Date 19 May 2023
Language Hindi
Genre Comedy, Crime, Drama
Cast
Sanya Malhotra, Anant Joshi, Vijay Raaz, Rajpal Yadav, Neha Saraf, Apratim Mishra, Mayank Vishwakarma, Pawan Prem, Shashi Ranjan
Director
Yashowardhan Mishra
Producer
Guneet Monga, Ekta Kapoor, Achin Jain, Shobha Kapoor

Victim/Suspect

Release Date 23 May 2023
Language English
Genre Documentary
Cast
Rachel de Leon, Amanda Pike
Director
Nancy Schwartzman
Producer
Christopher Clements, Rachel de Leon, Julie Goldman, Alice Henty, Amanda Pike, Nancy Schwartzman

Wanda Sykes: I'm An Entertainer

Genre Comedy
Cast
Wanda Sykes

Fubar Season 1

Release Date 25 May 2023
Genre Action, Adventure, Thriller
Cast
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Monica Barbaro, Jay Baruchel, Aparna Brielle, Andy Buckley, Milan Carter, Fortune Feimster, Barbara Eve Harris, Gabriel Luna, Fabiana Udenio, Travis Van Winkle
Director
Phil Abraham
Producer
Nick Santora, Scott Sullivan, Adam Higgs, Arnold Schwarzenegger, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Bill Bost, Holly Dale, Phil Abraham

Blood & Gold

Release Date 26 May 2023
Language German
Genre Action, Comedy, Drama
Cast
Alexander Scheer, Robert Maaser, Roy McCrerey, Florian Schmidtke, Petra Zieser, Marie Hacke, Stephan Grossmann, Juri Senft, Jared Lorenzo, Tomas Karel
Director
Peter Thorwarth
Producer
Amara Palacios, Christian Becker

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