Wonder what to watch next in cinema? Here are the best movies out in May – the most promising premieres of the month in various genres. Prettige voorstelling!
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Duration: 127 min
Release: 4 May
IMDb Rating: 7.3
Based on the nonfiction book of the same name, The Zookeeper’s Wife tells the story of Antonina (Jessica Chastain) and Jan (Johan Heldenbergh) Zabinski, the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, who managed to save hundreds of people during the Nazi invasion.
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Duration: 109 min
Release: 11 May
IMDb Rating: 5.3
A young woman (Emma Watson) gets a job at the world’s most powerful tech company called the Circle. Encouraged by the company’s founder (Tom Hanks), she joins a revolutionary experiment, which soon starts affecting the lives of the people around. Based on Dave Eggers’s novel of the same name.
Genre: Action, Comedy
Duration: 90 min
Release: 11 May
IMDb Rating: unavailable yet
Dumped by her boyfriend right before their exotic getaway to South America, Emily Middleton (Amy Schumer) decides to invite her mom (Goldie Hawn) to go with her. Eventually, the trip gets out of hand, and the two of them must work through their differences in order to save their lives.
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 94 min
Release: 11 May
IMDb Rating: 7.3
“The story of the Negro in America is the story of America. It is not a pretty one,” writes James Baldwin. Based on the writer’s unfinished novel, I Am Not Your Negro tells the story of race in modern America through the lives and deaths of Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and Medgar Evers.
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Duration: 123 min
Release: 18 May
IMDb Rating: unavailable yet
Ridley Scott presents a new chapter of the Alien franchise he created. The crew of the colony ship Covenant has to fight against the carnivorous extraterrestrials to save their own lives and the future of their species. The movie is starring Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup and Danny McBride.
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Duration: 100 min
Release: 18 May
IMDb Rating: 6.2
The story of one dog discovering his purpose in life through the lives of the humans he crosses paths with. Reincarnated a couple of times, a dog gets to have several owners but there is only one he has an unbreakable bond with. The movie is directed by Lasse Hallström who is also known for Hachi: A Dog’s Tale and Chocolat.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Duration: 129 min
Release: 25 May
IMDb Rating: unavailable yet
One of the most anticipated movies out in May. Johnny Depp returns to the big screen as Captain Jack Sparrow once again. This time, the charismatic anti-hero is trying to find the legendary Trident of Poseidon and put an end to piracy.
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