The 7 Best New Movies on HBO Max in May 2022

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new titles to HBO Max’s ever-changing (and formidable) roster of films. While the streaming service is parting with some notable movies in May — such as “Pride & Prejudice,” leaving May 27, and “Speed,” leaving at the end of the month — it’s more than making up for the loss with critically acclaimed additions, ranging from enduring indie fares to franchise-spanning blockbusters.

Below, TheWrap highlights seven films spanning a wide variety of genres, at least one of which is sure to resonate or encourage you to go out of your cinematic comfort zone.Stephen Chbosky’s painfully accurate teen indie spawned a plethora of films dedicated to exploring high school angst and mental health, but it arguably did it best, capturing the 2010s zeitgeist with excruciating precision and dominating Tumblr discourse for years to come.

Based on Chbosky’s novel of the same name, it stars Logan Lerman as the title wallflower, Charlie, a reserved kid who blossoms under the mentorship of two free-spirited peers (Emma Watson and Ezra Miller). “Perks” marries heartache with hope, and the end result is a masterful cinematic exploration of growing up that is unlikely to leave one’s ruminations long after viewing.Based on Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name, the Steven Spielberg-helmed period drama follows a Black Southern woman named Celie (Whoopi Goldberg, in her Oscar-nominated breakthrough role), who comes into her own following decades of abuse from her father and others.

Overall, the weighty film — which garnered a whopping 11 Oscar nominations — addresses the systemic struggles faced by Black women against the backdrop of the 20th century, including domestic violence, poverty and misogynoir.