Max May 2026 is the kind of month that makes the case for the platform. Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights hits May 1, and the back half of the month belongs to Lurker, the Alex Russell psychological thriller dropping May 15. Both are filmmaker-driven swings from auteurs GOC has been tracking for a minute. This is the lane Max keeps winning in. Big-name directors. Real points of view. No watered-down studio polish.
The film slate keeps going. Greenland 2: Migration lands May 8 for the disaster-movie heads. Song of the Samurai follows on May 9. Then The Moment, the Charli XCX semi-doc, closes the month on May 29. That one is going to be the conversation piece. Josh Johnson: Symphony drops May 22 as an HBO Original comedy special, and Johnson is one of the sharpest stand-ups working right now.
The TV and doc side is where this month gets interesting for the culture. The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas arrives May 13 with Sandra Oh, Bowen Yang, and Kumail Nanjiani anchoring the project. That is a cast list that says GOC, watch this. On the Roam Season 2 brings Jason Momoa back for more travel anthropology, and U.S. Against the World: Four Years with the Men’s National Soccer Team drops May 12 ahead of the World Cup cycle. Euphoria, Hacks, and Half Man keep dropping new episodes throughout the month. If you have been keeping up with HBO’s prestige rotation, you already know.
Everything Coming to Max in May 2026 Full List
Check out the full list of everything coming to Max in May 2026 below:
May 1
- Wuthering Heights (Emerald Fennell)
- On the Roam Season 2
May 8
- Greenland 2: Migration
May 9
- Song of the Samurai
May 12
- U.S. Against the World: Four Years with the Men’s National Soccer Team
May 13
- The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas
May 15
- Lurker (Alex Russell)
May 22
- Josh Johnson: Symphony (HBO Original Comedy Special)
May 29
- The Moment (Charli XCX semi-doc)
Throughout May
- Euphoria (new episodes)
- Hacks (new episodes)
- Half Man (new episodes)
The Max May 2026 Bottom Line
If you chase one drop on Max in May 2026, make it Lurker. Alex Russell built a name as one of the sharpest writers on The Bear, and his solo film debut is the kind of swing that rewards a Friday night. The backup is The A List, which is the doc most likely to break out of streaming and into the wider conversation. For film, Wuthering Heights is the obvious grab. Fennell does not miss when she gets the right book in her hands.