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Another week, another slate of new content coming to Netflix. While this isn't the most jam-packed span on the calendar, there's still stuff to note, including a new series from the creators of Big Mouth, a gender-swap comedy, and an underseen 2025 hostage drama. There's also a ton of Formula 1 racing streaming live. Here's what you should set aside time to watch this week.
This Week on Netflix: PCMag's Picks
Mating Season (May 22)
The creators of Big Mouth have squeezed a ton of juice out of the trials and tribulations of human puberty, so it's not surprising that their latest project takes a similar look at the animal kingdom. Mating Season takes us into the forest and introduces us to a bevy of creatures, including raccoons, deer, bears, and more, as they navigate relationships. It looks pretty spicy and as scientifically accurate as it could possibly be, given the circumstances.
- Cast: Nick Kroll, June Diane Raphael, Zach Woods
- Genre: Animation
- Rating: TV-MA
Ladies First (May 22)
A remake of a hit French comedy, Ladies First stars Sacha Baron Cohen as Damien Sachs, a smug and successful womanizer who wakes up one day in a parallel universe where the balance of gender power is reversed: every president has been a woman, and female CEOs dominate the world of business. He soon runs into his female counterpart, who might be too much to handle. Will he learn anything from this isekai adventure?
- Director: Thea Sharrock
- Cast: Sacha Baron Cohen, Rosamund Pike, Emily Mortimer
- Genre: Comedy
- Rating: TV-MA
Dead Man's Wire (May 28)
The latest effort from idiosyncratic director Gus Van Sant dramatizes a bizarre true story about a 1977 hostage situation where a man named Tony Kistis held a mortgage broker at gunpoint with a shotgun wired to his neck. Convinced that he's been wronged, Kistis takes his captive to his heavily explosive-rigged apartment. When his demands are presented to the police and the FBI, things get even wilder. It's a solid flick with some great performances.
- Director: Gus Van Sant
- Cast: Bill Skarsgård, Dacre Montgomery, Al Pacino
- Genre: Drama
- Rating: R
- IMDb Rating: 6.5/10
Netflix New TV Series and Show Releases This Week
May 22
Canada: Sprint Qualifying
F1 Canadian Grand Prix: Practice 1
Mating Season
May 23
F1 Canadian Grand Prix: Qualifying
F1 Canadian Grand Prix: Sprint
May 24
F1 Canadian Grand Prix: Race
May 26
Untold UK: Vinnie Jones
May 27
My 2 Cents
May 28
The Four Seasons - Season 2
Murder Mindfully - Season 2
Netflix New Movie Releases This Week
May 22
Ladies First
May 23
Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie
May 26
Untold UK: Vinnie Jones
May 27
Room To Move
May 28
Dead Man's Wire
Leaving Netflix This Week
May 26
Pig