From Michelle Obama's Netflix documentary 'Becoming' to season 5 of Showtime's 'Billions,' May will be your busiest movie and tv show watching month yet.

May is filled with all the dramatic performances we need while we&#39;re bored in <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/music/charli-xcx-new-album-how-im-feeling-now" target="_blank">quarantine</a>. Streaming sites and television networks like HBO, Netflix, and Showtime will not disappoint with their <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/film-tv/mothers-day-movies-to-stream" target="_blank">movies</a> and TV&nbsp;show releases, featuring critically acclaimed actors like&nbsp;Paul Giamatti and introducing new, young faces like <a href="http://www.lofficielusa.com/film-tv/madison-bailey-netflix-outer-banks">Madison Bailey</a>. This month, we are also being introduced to new sides of actors, like&nbsp;Mark Ruffalo&#39;s latest&nbsp;role that deals with tragedy and family secrets. Along with Michelle Obama gracing our screens with her Netflix documentary based on her memoir&nbsp;Becoming, <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/music/new-music-may-2020" target="_blank">May</a>&nbsp;is delivering&nbsp;us cinematic gifts and insightful&nbsp;stories. There&#39;s no shortage of cinematic gold&nbsp;this month. Wondering what to watch and stream this month when bored or avoiding work? Here is a list of movies and TV shows to pique your curiosity.&nbsp;

Released on May 1st, <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/film-tv/sex-and-fashion-in-ryan-murphys-hollywood" target="_blank">Ryan Murphy</a>&#39;s new drama&nbsp;is making waves on Netflix&#39;s Top 10 in the United States. Set during the Hollywood Golden Age, a group of aspiring actors and filmmakers will do anything to become famous. His new take of post-World War II Hollywood&nbsp;features a diverse ensemble that one would&#39;ve never imagined back then like Darren Criss, Laura Harrier, Jim Parsons.&nbsp;

Hollywood: Season 1

After the success of teen drama series <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/film-tv/euphoria-angus-cloud-loves-New-York">Euphoria</a>,&nbsp;HBO has released their next young adult series. This time, it&#39;s a comedy. Released on&nbsp;May 1st, Betty centers on a diverse group of young women skateboarders as they navigate the male-dominated field in New York City. By its finale, we will all want to be a skater girl.&nbsp;

Betty: Season 1

For all the finance fans out there, Billions reaired on Showtime this past Sunday. Emmy and Golden Globe winners Paul Giamatti and Damian Lewis star in this drama that explores wealth and power in the&nbsp;world of high finance in <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/courtney-love-delvaux-interview-2019">New York City</a>.&nbsp;Now renewed for a fifth season, you can bet that this season will be filled with more surprises than ever before.&nbsp;

Billions: Season 5

Former first lady <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/pop%20culture/michelle-obama-is-officially-the-most-admired-woman-in-the-world">Michelle Obama</a> turns her best-selling memoir&nbsp;Becoming into a documentary. Now ready for you to stream on Netflix, Obama shares an intimate look into her life and hopes as she connects with others on her tour for her memoir. Make sure to bring your tissues as you switch between tears and laughs for this heart-warming tale.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Becoming

Get ready to see Mark Ruffalo&#39;s remarkable performance twice in the&nbsp;new <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/film-tv/streaming-services-netflix-disney-hbo-quibi-2020">HBO</a> serial drama, I Know This Much is True. Based on the bestselling novel by Wally Lamb, Ruffalo plays&nbsp;identical twin brothers who discover the truth to their family history filled with betrayal, sacrifice, and forgiveness. Although this is only a six-part limited series, you should still expect double the drama. The first episode is available to stream now.

I Know This Much is True

Ready to stream on&nbsp;Netflix on May 11th, Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelic is a documentary that recounts comedic tripping stories from various celebrities like the late <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/travel-living/must-try-ny-eateries-2019">Anthony Bourdain</a>. From Ben Stiller who tried it once to Sting who tried it various times, get a glimpse into celebrities&#39; personal trip tales.&nbsp;

Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics

<a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/elle-fanning-debuts-on-the-runway">Elle Fanning</a> and Nicholas Hoult join forces in this comedic take on history. Premiering on Hulu May 15th, this series depicts the rise of Catherine the&nbsp;Great&nbsp;(played by Fanning). This lighthearted period piece will surely be entertaining as we witness Catherine the Great&#39;s royal blunders and triumphs as a young girl in 18th century Europe.&nbsp;

The Great: Season 1

The film that stole all the <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/tags/awards">awards</a> and public&#39;s attention this year will finally be available to stream. This psychological thriller&nbsp;depicts the origin story of the most famous supervillain. Whether it&#39;s your first time watching or fifth, this film will be available to stream on HBO Now on May 16th.&nbsp;

Joker

Since it couldn&#39;t premiere&nbsp;in theatres due to the pandemic, Lovebirds&nbsp;will now be released on <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/tags/netflix">Netflix</a> this May 22nd. It features Issa Rae and&nbsp;Kumail Nanjiani&nbsp;as a couple on the verge of breaking up who unintentionally become involved in a murder mystery. With these actors being&nbsp;naturals in comedy, as proved by their hit shows Insecure and Silicon Valley, this action-comedy film will surely bring big laughs.&nbsp;

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Available to stream on&nbsp;May 22nd on Fox, this documentary on pro-choice versus pro-life will be the network&#39;s first documentary feature.&nbsp;Norma McCorvey&nbsp;or &quot;Jane Roe&quot; reveals her journey from an unwanted pregnancy to a plaintiff in the US Supreme Court&#39;s &quot;Roe vs Wade&quot; (1973) case that led to&nbsp;the ruling that individual state laws banning abortion were unconstitutional. This <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/film-tv/justin-bieber-documentary-series-seasons-review">documentary</a> will also be available to stream on Hulu the next day, May 23rd.&nbsp;

AKA Jane Roe

Tony and Grammy Award-winning actress Cynthia Erivo, who played Harriet Tubman in&nbsp;Harriet, will transform into Aretha Franklin on May 25th&nbsp;in National Geographic&#39;s new anthology docuseries on past <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/michael-jordan-90s-fashion-style-icon" target="_blank">iconic figures</a>. As a bonus, we get to witness a&nbsp;plethora of extravagant fur&nbsp;coats and sequins that Franklin adored so much.&nbsp;

Genius: Aretha

After his comedic success with hit series The Office,&nbsp;Steve Carrell returns for a new workplace series set in space. Available to stream beginning May 29th on the Netflix, this sitcom will focus on a group of people tasked with establishing the US Space Force. Besides The Office memes, let&#39;s see what other <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/pop%20culture/funniest-memes-2020" target="_blank">funny memes</a> Carrell will&nbsp;have&nbsp;all the way from space.&nbsp;

Space Force: Season 1

Now a global filmmaker after the success from&nbsp;<a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/film-tv/oscars-2020-nominated-movies-to-watch-and-stream">Parasite</a>,&nbsp;director Bong Joon-ho&#39;s 2013 film Snowpiercer will be adapted into a drama series available to stream&nbsp;on TNT May 31st. Set in 2021, seven years after the world becomes a frozen wasteland, this upcoming series focuses on the remaining people who reside in a moving train that circles the globe. We&#39;re excited to see how Joon-ho&#39;s&nbsp;vision of a post-apocalyptic world will be adapted for American audiences as he solely resides as an executive producer for this series.&nbsp;

The Best Movies and TV Shows to Stream in May 2020

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