What's new on Netflix Canada May 2023 and what's leaving

This month Netflix offers new movies such as The Mother, starring Jennifer Lopez as an assassin, and several new series, including FUBAR starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as a CIA operative who learns his daughter has also secretly been working for the CIA, plus plenty of documentaries, comedy specials and animated shows for the kids. Scroll down for everything that's coming to the streamer -- as well as what's leaving and click here to scroll through our Netflix May 2023 photo gallery, with a photo and description for each show. ~Alexandra Heilbron

New and Returning Series

Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story - May 4
Young Queen Charlotte's marriage to King George of England sparks an epic love story and transforms high society in this Bridgerton universe prequel.

XO, Kitty - May 17
A new love story unfolds when teen matchmaker Kitty (Anna Cathcart) reunites with her long-distance boyfriend at the same Seoul high school attended by her late mother.

FUBAR - May 24
When a father (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and daughter (Monica Barbaro) learn that they’ve each secretly been working as CIA Operatives for years, they realize their entire relationship has been a lie and they truly don’t know one another at all. However, they may get the chance when they're forced to team up as partners.

New Films

The Mother - May 12
A deadly female assassin (Jennifer Lopez) comes out of hiding to protect the daughter that she gave up years before, while on the run from dangerous men.

Tin & Tina - May 26
After a traumatic miscarriage, a young couple adopts two peculiar twins from a convent whose obsession with religion soon disturbs the family.

Documentaries

Missing: Dead or Alive? - May 10
Follow officers from a South Carolina sheriff’s department as they urgently search for individuals who've disappeared under troubling circumstances.

Queen Cleopatra - May 10
From Executive Producer Jada Pinkett Smith comes a documentary series exploring the lives of prominent and iconic African Queens. This season will feature Queen Cleopatra, the world’s most famous, powerful, and misunderstood woman -- a daring queen whose beauty and romances came to overshadow her real asset: her intellect.

Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me - May 16
From the heights of her modeling fame to her tragic death, this documentary reveals Anna Nicole Smith through the eyes of the people closest to her.

MerPeople - May 23
MerPeople dives into the world of underwater performers who have turned their love for the mystical sea creatures into real-world careers. From putting on small-town shows in Florida, to the crowning of the King and Queen of the Seas in the Bahamas, this series takes you on a journey in a world where fantasy becomes reality.

Victim/Suspect - May 23
When a journalist digs into a case of a woman charged with falsely reporting a rape, a pattern emerges: authorities turning the tables on victims.

For Kids

Spirit Rangers: Season 2 - May 8
Eddy, Summer and Kodi are back in action at Xus National Park, learning about nature on exciting adventures with new visitors — and old friends, too!

Kitti Katz - May 17
Three teenage girls transform into fierce feline superheroes to save the world from an evil Egyptian goddess — and still have time for soccer practice.

The Creature Cases: Chapter 3 - May 22
Sam and Kit are back to collect the clues and solve more animal mysteries from around the world with new cases, new rides and new creature pals!

May 1
3 Ninjas: Kick Back
American Gangster
Blood Quantum
The Butterfly Effect
Fifty Shades of Grey
Flight
Hell or High Water
Hop
How to Be Single
Little Fockers
Meet the Fockers
Meet the Parents
Pacific Rim
Rainbow High: Season 3
Simply Irresistible
Snowtime!
Spotlight
Stuart Little