Horror movies and series on Netflix in May 2025! Here’s a list of all the horror, thriller, true crime, and sci-fi movies and series coming to Netflix.
Netflix in May 2025 features new horror movies, thrillers, true crime, and sci-fi titles. As for new original Netflix titles, we’re looking forward to the slasher movie Fear Street: Prom Queen, Volume 4 of the animated horror-sci-fi anthology Love, Death & Robots, the Danish thriller series Secrets We Keep, as well as the British crime-thriller series Dept. Q.
But there are also some “older” titles, such as the 2025 slasher movie Heart Eyes, the 2022 horror movie Smile, the Korean zombie hit Train to Busan, and the zombie movie Dawn of the Dead, which will be added to Netflix in the US.
The list of horror, thriller, true crime, sci-fi movies, and series coming to Netflix in May 2025 will be edited regularly with new titles as they’re released. So be sure to bookmark this page!
Dates and titles are subject to change.
Angi: Fake Life, True Crime (2025) – Docuseries
Available: May 1, 2025
Sentenced for the murder and impersonation of her friend, this documentary sheds new light on Angi — and the death of her husband years before.
Other genre titles on Netflix on May 1, 2025:
Starship Troopers (1997)
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Constantine (2005)
Hanna (2011)
Twilight (2008)
The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (2011)
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (2012)
Genre titles on Netflix on May 2, 2025:
Peninsula (2020)
Train to Busan (2016)
Heart Eyes (2025)
Available: May 8, 2025
For the past several years, the “Heart Eyes Killer” has wreaked havoc on Valentine’s Day by stalking and murdering romantic couples. This Valentine’s Day, no couple is safe…
The Haunted Apartment “Miss K” (2024)
Available: May 8, 2025
“Four days. Sunset!” That was the only time left for those who had entered room 610. In a matter of 4 days they would all be dead.
A Deadly American Marriage (2025) – Documentary
Available: May 9, 2025
A widowed Irish dad. An American au pair. Love, marriage and a fresh start in the US end with him dead and her in prison. Was it murder or self-defense?
Bad Influence (2025)
Available: May 9, 2025
An ex-con gets a fresh start when hired to protect a wealthy heiress from a stalker — but their chemistry is hard to resist as they grow closer.
American Manhunt: Osama bin Laden (2025)
Available: May 14, 2025
Featuring rare footage and interviews with CIA insiders, this edge-of-your-seat documentary series traces the epic hunt for Osama bin Laden.
Fred and Rose West: A British Horror Story (2025)
Available: May 14, 2025
Recently discovered police recordings and first-person accounts tell the story of Fred and Rose West, two of the UK’s most prolific murderers.
Smile (2022)
Available: May 14, 2025
A psychiatrist’s life unravels when a disturbing encounter with a patient exposes her to a relentless evil presence marked by a terrifying grin.
Bet: Season 1 (2025)
Available: May 15, 2025
At a private school where gambling determines social status, a skillful new student with a mysterious past is shaking things up — and betting on revenge.
Love, Death & Robots: Volume 4 (2025)
Available: May 15, 2025
Dinosaur gladiators, messianic cats, string-puppet rock stars — it can only be Love, Death + Robots. The fourth volume, presented by Tim Miller and David Fincher, sees Jennifer Yuh Nelson return as supervising director for ten startling shorts showcasing the series’ signature, award-winning style of bleeding-edge animation, horror, sci-fi, and humor. Buckle up.
Secrets We Keep (The Reserve) – Limited Series (2025)
Available: May 15, 2025
When a neighbor’s au pair vanishes from her wealthy suburb, Cecilie seeks answers — and unravels secrets that shatter her seemingly perfect world.
Sirens – Limited Series (2025)
Available: May 22, 2025
Devon thinks her sister Simone has a really creepy relationship with her new boss, the enigmatic socialite Michaela Kell. Michaela’s cult-ish life of luxury is like a drug to Simone, and Devon has decided it’s time for an intervention, but she has no idea what a formidable opponent Michaela will be. Told over the course of one explosive weekend at The Kells’ lavish beach estate, Sirens is an incisive, sexy, and darkly funny exploration of women, power, and class.
Fear Street: Prom Queen (2025)
Available: May 23, 2025
Who will be voted queen at Shadyside High’s 1988 prom? For underdog Lori, competition is cutthroat even before someone starts killing off the candidates.
Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders (2025)
Available: May 26, 2025
Who really laced Tylenol with cyanide? This true-crime series examines alarming theories behind the unsolved killings — and tracks down a key suspect.
Dept. Q: Season 1 (2025)
Available: May 29, 2025
A brash but brilliant detective (Matthew Goode) leads a cold case unit in this Edinburgh-based drama by the writer and director of “The Queen’s Gambit”.
A Widow’s Game (2025)
Available: May 30, 2025
When a man is found dead, the investigation shatters his widow’s perfect facade and exposes a hidden double life in this thriller based on real events.
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