What's Coming Out This Week In Theaters and On Streaming, VOD & TV: May 11 thru May 17, 2026
All the š„ films and šŗ shows hitting theaters and streaming this week!
Looking for something to watch this week? Well, weāve got you covered. As always, weāve put together a weekly list of new movies and TV shows heading your way over the next few days. So, whether youāre planning to hit your local movie theater for the latest big-screen release or kick off those work boots, slide into some slippers, and sink into the sofa for the newest streaming premieres, there are plenty of fresh picks to keep you busy.
Get ready to fill up that watchlist, ācuz the summer season is just getting started, and we can only imagine how packed the schedule is about to get.
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š„ Top Gun / Top Gun: Maverick (Re-release)
(Wed, May 13th ā IMAX release; one week only)
Feel the need all over again with this special IMAX double feature, pairing Tony Scottās 1986 fighter-pilot classic with Joseph Kosinskiās 2022 legacy sequel for one full-throttle theatrical ride. Tom Cruiseās Pete āMaverickā Mitchell goes from cocky hotshot chasing glory to battle-tested aviator confronting his past while training a new generation for an impossible mission. Two films, one big screen, and enough jet-fueled nostalgia to rattle the cockpit.
š„ Obsession
(Fri, May 15th ā wide release)
Be careful what you wish for, especially when love is involved. Michael Johnston stars as a socially awkward music store employee who uses a mysterious novelty item to make his longtime crush (played by Inde Navarrette) fall for him. But in Curry Barkerās feature debut, affection turns dangerous fast, transforming one lonely guyās romantic fantasy into a supernatural nightmare with no safe word.
š„ In the Grey
(Fri, May 15th ā wide release)
Jake Gyllenhaal, Henry Cavill, and Eiza GonzĆ”lez team up for Guy Ritchieās latest snarky action thriller, playing elite operatives sent to recover stolen billions from a ruthless dictator. What should be a slick recovery job quickly turns into a messy fight through dictators, double-crosses, and political chaos. When the bullets start flying, subtlety is clearly not part of the mission plan.
š„ Is God Is
(Fri, May 15th ā wide release)
Kara Young and Mallori Johnson star as twin sisters crossing brutal emotional and physical terrain to confront the father (Sterling K. Brown) who shattered their childhood. Written and directed by Aleshea Harris from her award-winning play, this fierce revenge saga turns trauma, sisterhood, and justice into one burning question: what happens when the fire that hurt you becomes the fire that drives you?
š„ Driverās Ed
(Fri, May 15th ā limited release and on ā
VOD/Digital)
Love makes people do dumb things, and this teen road-trip comedy happily floors it from there. Sam Nivola stars as a lovesick high school senior who convinces his classmates to steal a driverās ed car and chase down his college-bound girlfriend (Lilah Pate). Directed by Bobby Farrelly, with Molly Shannon and Kumail Nanjiani along for the ride, this reckless coming-of-age romp turns bad decisions into a full tank of teenage chaos.
š„ The Wizard of the Kremlin
(Fri, May 15th ā limited release)
Power doesnāt just rise; it gets carefully scripted. In Olivier Assayasā icy political drama, Paul Dano plays a soft-spoken Russian filmmaker drawn into the inner circle of Jude Lawās emerging KGB strongman, Vladimir Putin, where image, manipulation, and fear become tools of control. As he helps shape a regime built on illusion, the stage grows larger, the stakes turn global, and the performance becomes impossible to escape.
š„ LifeHack
(Fri, May 15th ā limited release)
A group of tech-savvy teens target a crypto billionaire by exploiting his daughterās overshared social media life, only to realize their bedroom cyber-prank has opened the wrong digital door. Executive produced by filmmaker Timur Bekmambetov and actor Michael Fassbender (yes, really!), this āscreenlifeā thriller turns laptops, phones, and reckless ambition into a dangerous online game with real-world consequences.
š„ Forge
(Fri, May 15th ā limited release)
Kelly Marie Tran and Brandon Soo Hoo star as siblings running a slick art-forgery operation in Miami, where every fake masterpiece comes with very real consequences. When a disgraced millionaire pulls them into a bigger scheme and the FBI starts circling, their carefully painted double life begins to crack around the edges.
š„ Decorado
(Fri, May 15th ā limited release)
Something is very wrong in Anywhere, and one unemployed mouse is starting to see the seams. From acclaimed Spanish animator/Illustrator Alberto VĆ”zquez (Birdboy: The Forgotten Children), this fantastical animated horror fantasy follows Arnold, who suspects his entire life may be a scripted performance controlled by forces he canāt see. But when his best friend dies mysteriously, his paranoia leads him toward a corporate conspiracy hiding in plain sight.
š„ Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe
(Fri, May 15th ā limited release)
A revolution is never clean, especially when the fight starts cutting too close to the heart. Hathaway Noa leads MAFTY against the Earth Federationās corrupt rule, carrying the legacy of his father and the weight of a world that failed its people. But as the Adelaide Conference nears and Gigi Andalucia enters his orbit, this animated sci-fi epic turns rebellion into a battle between duty, identity, and regret.
š„ Shrek (25th Anniversary)
(Fri, May 15th ā re-release)
Weāre taking it back to the swamp for the 25th anniversary return of DreamWorks Animationās ogre-sized comedy classic. Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, and John Lithgow bring the fairy-tale chaos back to theaters, as one grumpy ogreās quest for peace turns into a rescue mission full of dragons, bad deals, unlikely friendship, and big green feelings. Some classics age like fine wine; this one ages like onions.
