HBO Now New Releases: May 2020
We have the highlights of what's coming and going from HBO Now and HBO Go in May 2020.
May isn’t quite summer yet but it is usually time that the networks start wrapping up their newest shows and preparing for a relatively fallow summer period. Since HBO isn’t a network, it has no such business model. But May sees the winding down of some HBO blockbusters all the same.
While there are some notable new releases for HBO in May 2020, the bigger story might be the things that are ending. Westworld concludes its third season on May 3 while new series Run wraps up on May 24. Thankfully the film losses in May aren’t too bad for HBO, unless the Agent Cody Banks saga drives a lot of traffic.
The most notable TV premiere in May is I Know This Much is True, a book adaptation starring Mark Ruffalo. This is a very bleak story coming along at a bleak time in history but perhaps those two things will cancel out. The biggest movies coming to HBO Go and HBO Now in May 2020 include Downton Abbey, Ready or Not, and Joker. Those right there could present an interesting little indoor film festival. Fire up the Zoom background of your choice and indulge Ready or Not with some friends!
Theatrical Premieres:
Bigger, 2018 (5/1)
Western Stars, 2019 (5/1)
The Art of Racing in the Rain, 2019 (5/2)
Downton Abbey (5/9)
Joker, 2019 (5/16)
Ready or Not, 2019 (5/23)
Lucy in the Sky, 2019 (5/30)
Original Programming:
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (5/5)
Series Premieres:
Betty, Series Premiere (5/1)
I Know This Much Is True, Limited Series Premiere (5/10)
Hard, Series Premiere (5/18)
Series Finales:
Atlanta’s Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children, Docuseries Finale (5/3)
Westworld, Season 3 Finale (5/3)
My Brilliant Friend, Season 2 Finale (5/4)
Todxs Nosotrxs, Season Finale (5/15)
Run, Series Finale (5/24)
Estrenos:
Long Gone By, 2020 (5/1)
Her Body, 2020 (5/1)
El Pacto (AKA The Pact), 2020 (5/15)
New Releases:
May 1
The Art of Getting By, 2011
Black Knight, 2001
BlacKkKlansman, 2018
Broken Arrow, 1996
Cast Away, 2000
Cinema Paradiso (Director’s Cut), 1990
Cold Mountain, 2003
Commando, 1985
Contagion, 2011
Cowboys & Aliens (Unrated Version), 2011
Crazy Rich Asians, 2018
Death at a Funeral, 2007
Dick Tracy, 1990
The Fighter, 2010
Friday Night Lights, 2004
Green Card, 1990
The Hangover Part II, 2011
The Hot Chick, 2002
How Stella Got Her Groove Back, 1998
In Bruges, 2008
Incarnate, 2016
Jaws, 1975
Jaws 2, 1978
Jaws 3-D, 1983
Jaws: The Revenge, 1987
John Tucker Must Die, 2006
Josie and the Pussycats, 2001
The Kite Runner, 2007
La La Land, 2016
Little Shop of Horrors (Director’s Cut), 1986
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, 2018
The Meg, 2018
Michael Clayton, 2007
My Big Fat Greek Wedding, 2002
Nocturnal Animals, 2016
Paul (Extended Version), 2011
Precious, 2009
Rise of the Guardians, 2012
School of Rock, 2003
Signs, 2002
Something Borrowed, 2011
This Means War (Extended Version), 2012
Twins, 1988
Unstoppable, 2010
Wild Hogs, 2007
Your Highness (Extended Version), 2011
Leaving HBO Now and HBO Go:
May 14
Pan, 2015
May 31
A Thousand Words, 2012
Agent Cody Banks, 2003
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London, 2004
Bad Girls (Extended Version), 1994
Bark Ranger, 2015
Being Julia, 2004
Big, 1988
Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (Extended Version), 2011
Cedar Rapids, 2011
Closer, 2011
Cold Pursuit, 2019
The Condemned, 2007
The Condemned 2, 2015
The Darjeeling Limited, 2007
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, 2011
Down to You, 2000
Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog, 1995
Five Fingers, 2006
Greta, 2019
Grosse Pointe Blank, 1997
Happy Death Day, 2017
Happy Death Day 2U, 2019
Hope Floats, 1998
Isn’t It Romantic, 2019
Jingle All the Way (Director’s Cut), 1996
The Land Before Time, 1988
The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure, 1994
The Land Before Time III: The Time of Great Giving, 1995
The Land Before Time IV: The Journey Through the Mists, 1996
The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island, 1997
The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock, 1998
The Land Before Time VII: The Big Freeze, 2001
The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water, 2002
The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration, 2003
My Dog Skip, 2000
Nine Months, 1995
Red Eye, 2005
Red Riding Hood (Extended Version), 2011
Reversal of Fortune, 1990
Rise of the Planet of the Apes, 2011
Sucker Punch (Extended Version), 2011
The Station Agent, 2003
The Town (Extended Version), 2010
True Lies, 1994
Unknown, 2011
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