What's Coming Out This Week In Theaters and On Streaming, VOD & TV: May 4 thru May 10, 2026
All the 🎥 films and 📺 shows hitting theaters and streaming this week!
May is officially in full swing, bringing with it the start of the summer season for movies and television. And this week is a prime example of the kind of selection you’ll have to choose from. From here on out, you can expect some nostalgia-fueled throwbacks, action-packed sequels, a few genre-specific sleepers, and plenty of fresh reasons to keep your watchlist busy.
And as always, we’ve compiled a full list of what’s landing in cinemas and on streaming platforms this week. Which happens to be Mother’s Day weekend, so remember to call your mom before heading out to the theater or settling in for a streaming marathon this Sunday. Because no binge-watch session is worth getting guilt-tripped over later.
🎥 In Theaters This Week
🎥 Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition
(Thurs, May 7th — limited release)
From smoky East London pubs to packed global stadiums, this high-voltage music doc traces Iron Maiden’s rise from scrappy outsiders to heavy metal legends. With deep archive access, candid reflections, and appearances from Javier Bardem, Lars Ulrich, and Chuck D, it captures a five-decade bond that never stopped roaring. Some bands fade, but this beast still screams... loud.
🎥 Mortal Kombat II
(Fri, May 8th — wide release)
Karl Urban brings bruised action-star swagger to this bone-crushing sequel as Johnny Cage, a washed-up Hollywood action star whose ego takes a beating when real supernatural warriors start throwing punches. Director Simon McQuoid returns for a bloodier, louder sequel packed with familiar fighters, new challengers, and enough ’90s video-game nostalgia to make that old PS controller twitch.
🎥 The Sheep Detectives
(Fri, May 8th — wide release)
A dead shepherd, a $30 million will, and a flock of sheep that knows a suspicious accident when they see one. Hugh Jackman stars in this woolly whodunit, where his detective-novel-loving flock turns amateur sleuth after his mysterious death, with Molly Gordon, Emma Thompson, Nicholas Braun, Hong Chau, and Nicholas Galitzine among the suspects. Case closed? Not until these sheep get to the baaaa-ttom of it.
🎥 Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D)
(Fri, May 8th — wide release)
Lights up... and glasses on. This electrifying concert film drops us into Billie Eilish’s sold-out global tour, where arena spectacle gets the full cinematic 3D treatment. Co-directed by Eilish and James Cameron, the experience pulls audiences onto the stage and behind the scenes, turning the show into something less watched than fully swallowed.
🎥 Couples Weekend
(Fri, May 8th — limited release; on also ✅ VOD)
A cozy New Year’s retreat turns into a romantic disaster when Josh Gad and Alexandria Daddario discover their respective partners, played by Daveed Diggs and Ashley Park, are cheating on them with each other. Now trapped in a snowed-in cabin with nowhere to run, the foursome must sit with the fallout as secrets, resentment, and bad decisions start thawing fast.
🎥 Affection
(Fri, May 8th — limited release)
Jessica Rothe wakes into a domestic nightmare in this psychological horror film as Ellie, a woman whose mysterious condition keeps resetting her mind. Joseph Cross plays the man claiming to be her husband, but the more she questions reality, the less she can trust what’s waiting beside her. Every answer matters... if she can remember it long enough.
🎥 Neglected
(Fri, May 8th — limited release)
Retirement is going to have to wait. Josh Duhamel stars in this ticking-clock action thriller as a detective whose final days on the job turn nightmarish when Dylan Sprouse’s cold-blooded stranger delivers a brutal ultimatum: solve a string of gruesome murders, or his kidnapped son runs out of air. Nothing says “one last case” like trying to catch a killer before a loved one pays the ultimate price.
🎥 Linda Perry: Let It Die Here
(Fri, May 8th — limited release)
The hat, the voice, and the songs that helped define a generation. This revealing music doc follows Linda Perry from belting out “What’s Up” with 4 Non-Blondes to crafting major hits for Christina Aguilera, Pink, Celine Dion, and Dolly Parton. But the real drama unfolds offstage, where fame gives way to personal reflection and choices no chart-topper can drown out.
🎥 Silent Friend
(Fri, May 8th — limited release)
Tony Leung Chiu-wai steps into another contemplative role as a grieving neuroscientist in this quietly poetic drama from acclaimed Hungarian filmmaker Ildikó Enyedi. Set around a German botanical garden watched over by a centuries-old ginkgo tree, the film connects lives across generations, with Léa Seydoux drifting through time. Nature may be silent, but here it remembers everything.
🎥 The Python Hunt
(Fri, May 8th — limited release; in NY)
Snake hunting is apparently a team sport in Florida. This strange, sweaty documentary follows an eclectic group of amateur hunters competing to remove invasive pythons from the Everglades over ten grueling nights. Between brutal terrain, nocturnal creatures, and personal demons, conservation has never looked this fanged.
🎥 Louder Than Guns
(Fri, May 8th — limited release; in NY)
After tragedy strikes, the real challenge becomes talking about it. This timely documentary follows musician Ketch Secor and journalist David Greene as they travel across the country, using music and open dialogue to confront America’s deep divides over gun violence. From concert halls to barbershops, it suggests real listening may be the only way forward.
🎥 Labyrinth
(Sun, May 10th and Mon, May 11th — special limited release, via GKIDS)
Shoji Kawamori, the mind behind Macross and The Vision of Escaflowne, dives into digital chaos with this anime sci-fi adventure about identity, internet fame, and the cost of going viral. When a shy teen is replaced by a slick online alter ego bent on turning humanity into mindless content consumers, she must fight back from inside the device that trapped her.
