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The Best Things Coming to Prime Video in May

Nicolas Cage enters the Spiderverse and John Krasinski returns as superspy Jack Ryan


nicolas cage in a scene from spider noir
Nicolas Cage stars in "Spider-Noir," coming to Prime Video May 27.
Courtesy Prime

The action warms up on Prime Video this month as John Krasinski returns as Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, a CIA analyst who never seems content with a desk job when there are baddies to be chased and international airline miles to be accumulated. And in his first regular TV role in decades, Nicolas Cage, 62, plays a superhero/private detective in 1930s New York City in a noirish crime show that’s part of the Spider-Man universe (and shot in black and white). Those are just two of the highlights on the lineup from Amazon’s streaming service; here are the 11 best new offerings to add to your queue.

Coming May 6

Citadel, Season 2

It’s been three long years since Amazon’s pricey espionage series hooked us with jet-setting adventures, a twisty plot and engaging performances by Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra Jonas — with an assist from Stanley Tucci, 65, and Lesley Manville, 70, as senior members of rival agencies. The second season will dig further into the deadly duel between Citadel and Manticore, with everybody’s loyalty being tested. Plus, there are still five nuclear warheads on the loose.

Coming May 8

No Place to Be Single (2026, NR)

This Italian-language film centers on Elisa (Matilde Gioli), a single mom running a vineyard in Tuscany who’s so busy bottling Chianti that she dare not think about a new relationship. But then her childhood friend Michele (Cristiano Caccamo) returns to town. Can she be persuaded to pop the cork on a new romance?

Coming May 13

Good Omens 3 (2026)

The hedonistic angel Aziraphale (Michael Sheen, 57) reunites with the demon Crowley (David Tennant, 54) to save the world one last time — in a 90-minute finale to a saga that’s run for two absorbing seasons. This third installment begins with Crowley wandering the streets of London feeling rejected by his millennia-old pal, who’s returned to heaven to oversee the Second Coming. (Neil Gaiman, 65 — who created the series based on the 1990 fantasy novel he coauthored with the late Terry Pratchett — removed himself from the project entirely in the wake of sexual assault accusations.)

Off Campus, Season 1

HBO Max’s racy Heated Rivalry isn’t the last word in hockey-based romances. This new series, based on a series of YA bestsellers by Canadian author Elle Kennedy, centers on Briar University’s all-star hockey BMOC, Garrett, and an introverted songwriter named Hannah who captures his off-ice attentions.

Coming May 14

WNBA on Prime

Prime Video has expanded its coverage of the red-hot WNBA with 30 regular season games as well as the midseason Commissioner’s Cup and playoffs. The action tips off with an opening-night doubleheader: The Minnesota Lynx play the Dallas Wings, who have No. 1 draft pick Azzi Fudd, starting at 8 p.m. ET, followed by the New York Liberty vs. league newcomers the Portland Fire.

Coming May 15

It’s Not Like That, Season 1

What happens to two families that used to do everything together when the parents find themselves single? Scandal alum Scott Foley, 53, stars as a pastor and recently widowed father of three who’s forced to reconsider his relationship with longtime friend Lori (Erinn Hayes from Kevin Can Wait, who turns 50 on May 25), a divorced mother of two who’s already entrenched in his family’s life. This new domestic drama is from the producers of Parenthood and the 2010 rom-com Life as We Know It.

Coming May 17

Academy of Country Music Awards

Megan Moroney leads the contenders at the 61st annual ACM Awards with nine nominations, followed by Miranda Lambert (eight) and Ellen Langley and Lainey Wilson (seven each). The show, which will livestream from Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena starting at 8 p.m. ET, will feature performances from Lambert, Wilson, Little Big Town and Kacey Musgraves, who will debut a song from her new album, Middle of Nowhere.

Coming May 20

Missing (2023, PG-13)

This tidy little thriller takes a novel approach to telling the story of a single mom (Nia Long, 55) who goes missing while on vacation in Colombia with a new boyfriend. The action unfolds almost entirely on the computer desktop of the woman’s daughter (Storm Reid), a tech-savvy L.A. teen who can’t get authorities to act, so she digs for clues herself. She uncovers surprising details about her mom’s past and heads down some digital dead ends that still heighten the suspense. Yes, it’s a bit gimmicky, but it somehow works.

Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Ghost War (2026, R)

John Krasinski has spent three seasons playing the titular young CIA analyst and former U.S. Marine thrust back into the field for bullet-dodging covert operations. Now he’s getting a feature-length movie with Wendell Pierce, 62, returning as his boss, the deputy director of the CIA, and Michael Kelly, who turns 57 on May 22, as a former spook now working as a private contractor. The gang reteams to confront a radicalized military group that seems preoccupied with blowing things up and killing anyone who gets in their way.

Coming May 23

One Battle After Another (2025, R)

Paul Thomas Anderson, 55, won his first Oscars for writing, directing and producing this thriller about a former revolutionary (Leonardo DiCaprio, 51) whose life off the grid with his young daughter (Chase Infiniti) is disrupted by the sudden reappearance of his old nemesis, a ruthless cop (Sean Penn, 65) who’s now in cahoots with a band of white supremacists. The story, loosely based on a Thomas Pynchon novel, boasts gripping suspense, explosive action sequences and a smart reflection on how you can never really escape the consequences of your past decisions.

Coming May 27

Spider-Noir, Season 1

The latest spin-off of the Spider-Man franchise centers on Ben Reilly, a.k.a. the Spider, a sad-sack private investigator in 1930s New York City who also happens to be the city’s only superhero. He’s played by Oscar winner Nicolas Cage, 62, returning to series TV for the first time since the 1970s. And in keeping with the noir aesthetic of the comic books that inspired the show, episodes come in both black-and-white and color.

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