Amazon announced the films, series, and specials that will be coming to Prime Video and Amazon Freevee services in May 2022.

Prime Video is kicking off the summer season early and bringing the heat with a fiery slate of fresh titles from all-new Originals to returning fan-favorites. This month, suspense rises in The Wilds with more drama, new test subjects, and next-level stakes in Season 2; enticing new docuseries The Unsolved.

Murder of Beverly Lynn Smith by Nathalie Bibeau explores the mysterious 1974 murder of a young mother and the decades-long quest for justice that followed; Lovestruck High invites viewers to fall in love with an immersive reality dating show unlike any other, narrated by Lindsay Lohan; and sketch comedy’s most hilarious iconoclasts reunite for an unexpected new season of The Kids in the Hall.

Amazon Freevee (formerly IMDb TV) is bulking up with exciting new titles including Originals Bosch: Legacy, streaming May 6, which follows Bosch on the next chapter of his career as he works alongside his one-time enemy Honey Chandler; and Troppo, a new series about an ex-cop hiding out in the Australian tropics after being falsely accused of a crime. The series begins streaming May 20.

Finally, Mother’s Day is right around the corner and Prime Video has curated the perfect viewing selection of heartwarming titles for you and the mothers in your life including Amazon Original #IMomSoHard Live from beloved comedians Kristin Hensley and Jen Smedley — the perfect stand-up show to help you share a laugh on a special day. Check out this month’s complete offering for all celebratory titles on Prime Video and Amazon Freevee.

New Amazon Originals

Do, Re & Mi (2022) Do, Re and Mi use music to help solve any problem in Beebopsburgh. Whether it’s singing a song to express big feelings or singing in unison to work together better in the Tweeting Games, this trio is ready for any challenge. Like how to make a bicycle built for two, somethings that three friends can enjoy, or what to do when extra friends show up to a sleepover. Season 1, part 3 streaming now

The Unsolved Murder of Beverly Lynn Smith (2022) From Nathalie Bibeau, the director of The Walrus and the Whistleblower, The Unsolved Murder of Beverly Lynn Smith dives deep into the elaborate and controversial sting operation that was designed to investigate a suspect in the murder of 22-year-old Beverly Lynn Smith—but only ended up raising more questions. Streaming May 6

The Wilds (2022) Survival hangs in the balance for a group of teenage girls stranded on a deserted island, after the explosive discovery that what’s happening to them is an elaborate social experiment. Season 2 ups the drama and keeps you guessing, with the introduction of more test subjects – a new island of teenage boys – who must also fight for survival under the watchful eye of the experiment’s puppet master. Season 2 streaming May 6

The Kids in the Hall (2022) is back with a new season of their groundbreaking sketch series, featuring a fresh batch of fun offbeat characters and beloved favorites, with sketches that pack a satirical punch, laced with the
hilarious, edgy and fearless comedy The Kids are famous for. Streaming May 13

Lovestruck High (2022) is a brand-new, immersive reality dating show that transports 15 UK singles to a very special American High School setting for a second chance at finding love. In Lovestruck High, an eclectic and diverse class of students won’t be going back to just any ordinary High School; they’ll be fulfilling their teenage fantasies by entering the nostalgic picture-perfect world of an American High School. The students’ ultimate assignment is to secure a date for Prom. Just who will be crowned Prom Royalty and win the $100,000 prize? The series will be narrated by none other than ‘teenage drama queen,’ y2k icon, Lindsay Lohan. Streaming May 18

Bang Bang Baby (2022) is a crime drama set in Milan in 1986. Alice Giammatteo is sixteen years old and lives with her mother Gabriella in a small, boring working-class town in Northern Italy. Her grey and monotone teenage existence could not be further removed from the glossy images depicted on TV. Everything suddenly changes when she is confronted with a shocking revelation: Alice discovers that her father, Santo Maria, whom Alice believed have been murdered years earlier, is actually still alive. Determined to see him, Alice sets out for Milan and gets engulfed by her father’s family: the Barones, a clan belonging to the Milanese branch of a criminal organization. At its helm, is her ruthless grandmother Nonna Lina. Out of love for her father, Alice will begin her descent into the world of crime. Season 1, new episodes streaming May 19

LOL: Si te ríes, pierdes (2022) The new six-episode season produced by Banijay Iberia will once again bring together the best Spanish masters of monologues, impersonations, physical humor and improvisation – among others – and will offer the audience a hysterical competition where it is as important to keep a straight face as it is to provoke the laughter of your opponents. Anything goes in this show, except one thing: if you laugh, you lose. The last comedian to keep their composure during the 6-hour challenge will win the grand prize of 100,000 euros to donate to the charity of their choice. Streaming May 20

Night Sky (2022) Spanning space and time, Night Sky follows Irene (Sissy Spacek) and Franklin York (J.K. Simmons), a couple who, years ago, discovered a chamber buried in their backyard which inexplicably leads to a strange, deserted planet. They’ve carefully guarded their secret ever since, but when an enigmatic young man (Chai Hansen) enters their lives, the Yorks’ quiet existence is quickly upended…and the mystifying chamber they thought they knew so well turns out to be much more than they could ever have imagined. Streaming May 20

Emergency (2022) Ready for a night of partying, a group of college students must weigh the pros and cons of calling the police when faced with an unusual emergency. Streaming May 27

Kick Like Tayla (2022) shares a raw and unfiltered look into the life of AFLW player and boxing champion, Tayla Harris, as she confronts public and personal challenges, and channels her platform for good. Streaming May 27

Prime Video Channels Sampling

Prime members have access to the first season of select shows or movies on Prime Video Channels at no additional cost to their membership. This list will be refreshed with titles each month and will only be available for a limited time. Shows and movies streaming in May include:

Blaze and the Monster Machines: Season 1, Streaming May 1
I Love That For You: Season 1, Streaming May 1
Ridley Road: Season 1, Streaming May 1
Chaos to Calm: Season 1, Streaming May 3
Heartland: Season 1, Streaming May 3
See No Evil: Season 1, Streaming May 4
Bruh: Season 1, Streaming May 5
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds:
Season 1, Streaming May 5
The Porter: Season 1, Streaming May 5
Couples Therapy: Season 1, Streaming May 6
Kate & Koji: Season 1, Streaming May 6
Love in the Jungle: Season 1, Streaming May 8
Death in Paradise: Season 1, Streaming May 10
A La Carte: Season 1, Streaming May 12
Commit or Quit: Season 1, Streaming May 16
The Ipcress File: Season 1, Streaming May 19
Sex Life: Season 1, Streaming May 20
Slippin’ Jimmy: Season 1, Streaming May 23
The Responder: Season 1, Streaming May 24
American Gangster: Trap Queens: Season 1, Streaming May 26
Sweet Carolina: Streaming May 5
Clean: Streaming May 6
The Twin: Streaming May 6
Chasing Waterfalls: Streaming May 12
UEFA Europa League Finals: Streaming May 15
Ghostbuster: Afterlife: Streaming May 16
Dual: Streaming May 20
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City: Streaming May 23
Sonic the Hedgehog 2: Streaming May 24
UEFA Champions League Championship: Streaming May 28

New To Freevee/New Originals

Bosch: Legacy (2022) After leaving the LAPD, Harry Bosch becomes a private investigator and finds himself working with one time enemy and top-notch attorney Money Chandler. Their deep and colored history informs the show while they work together to do what they can agree on, finding justice. Meanwhile, Bosch’s daughter Maddie is venturing into the world of the LAPD as a new recruit dealing with the politics of being a legacy cop in a time when policing is under scrutiny now more than ever. Streaming Now

Troppo (2022) Troppo is the story of Ted Conkaffey, played by Thomas Jane (The Expanse, The Vanished), an ex-cop falsely accused of committing a disturbing crime, who has escaped to hide away in the tropics of Far North Queensland. As he tries to avoid discovery, he’s drawn into investigating a wild murder and a missing person, alongside a complicated woman named Amanda Pharrell (played by Nicole Chamoun), with dark secrets of her own. Adapted for television by Yolanda Ramke, Troppo is based on the book Crimson Lake, the first novel in a gripping contemporary crime series set in Queensland, Australia, written by #1 New York Times best-selling author Candice Fox. Streaming May 20

Prime Video – Available to Prime members at no additional cost to their membership.

TV Series

AVAILABLE NOW
*Do, Re & Mi S106 (2022)

AVAILABLE MAY 1
Blue Clues S1 (1999)

AVAILABLE MAY 6
*The Wilds S2 (2022)
*The Unsolved Murder of Beverly Lynn Smith S1 (2022)

AVAILABLE MAY 13
*The Kids in the Hall S1 (2022)

AVAILABLE MAY 18
*Lovestruck High (2022)

AVAILABLE MAY 19
*Bang Bang Baby S1, Part 2 (2022)

AVAILABLE MAY 20
*Night Sky (2022)
*LOL: Si te ríes, pierdes (2022)

Movies

AVAILABLE NOW
A Quiet Place Part II (2020)
Rumble (2021)
Clifford the Big Red Dog (2021)
Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins (2021)
Wrath Of Man (2021)
Love And Monsters (2020)
Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020)
Horizon Line (2021)
The Marksman (2021)
Day Zero (2022)

AVAILABLE MAY 1
A League Of Their Own (1992)
Bad Influence (1990)
Battleship (2012)
Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey (1991)
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989)
Blackfish (2013)
Courage Under Fire (1996)
Crank (2006)
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
Don’t Be A Menace To South Central While
Drinking Your Juice In The Hood (1996)
Dude, Where’s My Car? (2000)
Enemy Of The State (1998)
Europa Report (2013)
Eye For An Eye (1996)
Fargo (1996)
Fat Albert (2004)
Field Of Dreams (1989)
Hitman (2007)
Independence Day (1996)
Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
Mamma Mia! (2008)
Office Space (1999)
Open Range (2003)
Pearl Harbor (2001)
Platoon (1986)
Red Tails (2012)
Road To Perdition (2002)
Shrek (2001)
Shrek 2 (2004)
Sideways (2021)
Taken (2008)
Tangerine (2015)
The Angriest Man In Brooklyn (2014)
The Guardian (2006)
The Namesake (2007)
The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999)
The Ugly Truth (2009)
The Woods (2006)
Tombstone (1993)
Tooth Fairy 2 (2012)
Valley Girl (1983)
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008)
Zero Dark Thirty (2013)

AVAILABLE MAY 27
Emergency (2022)
Kick Like Tayla (2022)

MOTHER’S DAY
Prime Video titles available now to rent or stream

All We Had (2016)
Because I Said So (2007)
Blackbird (2020)
Freaky Friday (2003)
Herself (2021)
*I’m Your Woman (2020)
Juno (2007)
Lady Bird (2017)
Mamma Mia (2008)
Mars Needs Moms (2011)
Mother’s Day (2016)
Mothers and Daughters (2016)
Mr. Mom (1983)
Our Friend (2021)
Postcards From The Edge (1990)
The Blind Side (2009)
Tyler Perry’s Single Moms Club (2014)
*#IMomSoHard Live (2019)

Freevee – Available for free, no Prime membership needed.

TV Series

AVAILABLE NOW
*Bosch (2015)
*Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls (2022)

AVAILABLE MAY 6
*Bosch: Legacy S1 (2022)

AVAILABLE MAY 20
*Troppo S1 (2022)

AVAILABLE MAY 1
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
A Few Good Men (1992)
A Perfect Getaway (2009)
Analyze This (1999)
Baby Mama (2008)
Black Swan (2010)
Blue Valentine (2010)
Boonie Bears: The Big Shrink (2018)
Bride Wars (2009)
Call Me by Your Name (2017)
Chappie (2015)
Crazy Heart (2009)
Dazed and Confused (1993)
Deja Vu (2006)
Evan Almighty (2007)
Eve’s Bayou (1997)
Funny People (2009)
Galaxy Quest (1999)
Gone Girl (2014)
Gulliver’s Travels (2010)
Hanna (2011)
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
(2008)
Hitman: Agent 47 (2015)
Hulk (2003)
In Bruges (2008)
Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return (2013)
Linsanity (2013)
London Fields (2018)
Now You See Me (2013)
Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
Safe House (2012)
The Adjustment Bureau (2011)
The Book of Life (2014)
The Good Shepherd (2006)
The Hunt (2020)
The Iron Giant (1999)
The Librarian III: The Curse of the Judas
Chalice (2008)
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear
(2004)
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon’s
Mines (2006)
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
The Waterboy (1998)
The Whole Truth (2016)
Tower Heist (2011)
What’s Your Number? (2011)
Year One (2009)
Your Highness (2011)

AVAILABLE MAY 2
Hellboy (2019)

AVAILABLE MAY 8
Sleepless (2017)

AVAILABLE MAY 23
Dredd (2012)

AVAILABLE MAY 23
Bombshell (2019)

MOTHER’S DAY
Freevee titles available now to rent or stream

Baby Mama (2008)
Bewitched (1965)
Definitely, Maybe (2008)
The Women of Brewster Place (1989)

Please subscribe to Solzy at the Movies on Substack.