Best new movies and TV series on Amazon Prime Video Australia: May 2024

Each month, new films and TV shows are added to Amazon Prime Video‘s Australian library. Eliza Janssen presents her picks for titles worth watching. For the full list of everything arriving on the platform, scroll down.

Top picks

The Idea of You (May 2)

This isn’t the first movie we’ve ever seen that originated as sweaty Wattpad fanfiction. Hell, it’s not even the first one to be based specifically on what seems to be Harry Styles fanfiction. But it is the first to star Anne Hathaway, as a mum who catches the lustful eye of a popular boyband member when she and her daughter check out his set at a Coachella-esque concert. Expect your most embarrassing romantic power fantasies to be fulfilled.

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Columbo: Seasons 1-9 (May 15)

Ah excuse me there, didn’t mean to interrupt you while you’re reading about Amazon and Anne Hathaway and all that—big entertainment news guy, are ya? My wife’s been nagging me about Prime Video for ages, but between the Netflix Plus and Disney Max, I’m still a sucker for murder mysteries on a DVD boxset most days, lemme tell ya. I know you’ve got a lot on your plate right now, what with suddenly becoming an extravagantly wealthy widower and all, but uh, just one more thing—why have I not noticed my show, Columbo, on your watchlist yet?

Sure, sure, I’m probably just getting carried away here, don’t mind me…but, just by-the-by, I can see from your other accounts that you’ve watched all the Rian Johnson mystery shows and movies, and plenty of that grisly true crime stuff. Help me out here, why don’tcha: I’m struggling to understand what iconic crime procedural you were watching on the night of the murder, if it wasn’t my beloved, shabby series.

Outer Range: Season 2 (May 16)

An entrancing blend of Western grit and sci-fi surrealism, the first season of this Prime Video original hopefully captivated enough viewers to make this next chapter a must-see. Josh Brolin is hat-wearin’, ranch-runnin’ patriarch Royal Abbott, now slipping deeper and deeper into the mysterious void found in his back paddocks, like Carroll’s Alice but more beardy and badass. The suspense and mystery here do a lot of heavy-lifting—hopefully season two can bring those chickens home to roost.