The OTT calendar for May 25 to May 31 is busy enough to need a clean watchlist. This week brings 19 notable releases across Netflix, Prime Video, JioHotstar and more, with spy action, crime, thriller, romance and comfort-watch options all in the mix.
If you want the quick route, start with the titles that match your mood: bigger action for franchise fans, crime and thriller picks for darker viewing, and lighter drama when you want an easier watch.
New OTT releases this week
1. JetLee (May 25)
Platform: JioHotstar
Release date: May 25
JetLee turns one flight into a crowded comedy thriller, with Satya caught between a fugitive banker, political pressure and a mystery around his own identity.
Why watch: Watch it for the plane-set chaos, Satya in a rare lead role and a setup that mixes gags with chase-thriller energy.
Now that the film is streaming, you can also read our full Jetlee movie review before pressing play.
2. Untold UK: Vinnie Jones (May 26)
Platform: Netflix
Release date: May 26
Untold UK: Vinnie Jones follows the former Wimbledon enforcer from football notoriety to film stardom, with Jones revisiting both the swagger and the damage that came with that image.
Why watch: It is the better pick here if you like sports documentaries built around a volatile public figure rather than just career highlights.
3. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder season 2 (May 27)
Platform: Netflix
Release date: May 27
Pip Fitz-Amobi is pulled back into investigation mode when a key witness disappears, giving season 2 a fresh missing-person mystery after the fallout of the first case.
Why watch: Go with A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder season 2 if you want one of the week’s darker, more plot-driven releases.
4. Brothers and Sisters (May 27)
Platform: JioHotstar
Release date: May 27
Brothers and Sisters brings family-friendly adventure and comfort-watch energy to JioHotstar, making it useful for anyone in the mood for a relaxed pick for younger viewers or family viewing.
Why watch: Brothers and Sisters is the lighter relationship-drama option in JioHotstar’s weekly mix.
5. My 2 Cents (May 27)
Platform: Netflix
Release date: May 27
My 2 Cents starts with a shaky neighbourhood business and lets money stress, friendship strain and organised-crime trouble push Zerocalcare’s world into a bigger mess.
Why watch: Queue it if adult animation, offbeat humour and ordinary people stumbling into trouble sounds more appealing than another straight thriller.
6. Roommates (May 27)
Platform: ZEE5
Release date: May 27
Roommates follows four bachelors whose already fragile living arrangement gets messier when a small cricket-ground clash snowballs into an ego battle.
Why watch: Start Roommates if a high-concept comedy sounds more appealing than another dark binge.
7. Spider-Noir (May 27)
Platform: Prime Video
Release date: May 27
Spider-Noir gives Prime Video family-friendly adventure and comfort-watch energy, with enough pull for viewers looking for a relaxed pick for younger viewers or family viewing.
Why watch: Queue Spider-Noir when you would rather watch a factual, topical title than another scripted binge.
8. Emi Martínez: The Kid Who Stops Time (May 28)
Platform: Netflix
Release date: May 28
Emi Martínez: The Kid Who Stops Time mixes animation, archive footage and interviews to retell the goalkeeper’s path from Mar del Plata kid to World Cup hero.
Why watch: Queue Emi Martínez: The Kid Who Stops Time when you would rather watch a factual, topical title than another scripted binge.
9. The Four Seasons Season 2 (May 28)
Platform: Netflix
Release date: May 28
The Four Seasons Season 2 picks up after Nick’s death and Ginny’s pregnancy reveal, pushing the group’s reunion trips into a more emotional and unsettled phase.
Why watch: It should work for viewers who stayed with the first season and want to see how the group changes after that loss.
10. Brazil ’70: The Third Star (May 29)
Platform: Netflix
Release date: May 29
Brazil ’70: The Third Star dramatises the Seleção’s 1970 World Cup run, blending football spectacle, dressing-room pressure and the wider political mood around that era.
Why watch: Watch it if football history feels more interesting to you when it is staged as drama instead of a straight documentary recap.
11. Calabasas Confidential (May 29)
Platform: Netflix
Release date: May 29
Netflix uses Calabasas Confidential to add family-friendly adventure and comfort-watch energy to the week, especially for viewers after a relaxed pick for younger viewers or family viewing.
Why watch: Go with Calabasas Confidential if you want the week’s more relaxed all-ages pick.
12. Cousins and Kalyanams (May 29)
Platform: JioHotstar
Release date: May 29
Cousins and Kalyanams plays as a broad family entertainer, with six cousins and seven weddings creating the kind of reunion chaos that keeps resurfacing over 25 years.
Why watch: Keep Cousins and Kalyanams for a softer weekend watch with romance, emotion or dating chaos in the centre.
13. Jolly LLB 3 (May 29)
Platform: JioHotstar
Release date: May 29
Jolly LLB 3 sets up a courtroom clash between the two Jollys, using a land-fraud case and a pro bono fight to bring the franchise back to legal-comedy mode.
Why watch: Pick it for the courtroom face-off, franchise familiarity and the social-issue setup behind the legal fireworks.
14. Murder Mindfully season 2 (May 29)
Platform: Netflix
Release date: May 29
Murder Mindfully season 2 returns to Björn Diemel’s absurd balancing act, where mindfulness practice and criminal empire management continue colliding in increasingly strange ways.
Why watch: Murder Mindfully season 2 is the sharper, tension-led pick on Netflix this week.
15. Propeller One-Way Night Coach (May 29)
Platform: Apple TV
Release date: May 29
Propeller One-Way Night Coach follows a young aviation obsessive on a cross-country trip that slowly turns into a string of magical encounters and first-class wonder.
Why watch: Keep it for a family-friendly watch built on aviation nostalgia, fantasy touches and a gentler tone than the week’s thrillers.
16. Rafa (May 29)
Platform: Netflix
Release date: May 29
Rafa uses archive access and close-circle interviews to revisit Rafael Nadal’s rise, endurance and the physical price behind one of tennis’ great careers.
Why watch: This is the documentary pick if you want a fuller look at Nadal’s body, mindset and legacy rather than just his trophy shelf.
17. Star City (May 29)
Platform: Apple TV
Release date: May 29
Star City shifts the For All Mankind universe to the Soviet side, turning the alternate space race into a Cold War drama set inside the USSR’s moon programme.
Why watch: Start here if the For All Mankind setup interests you more from the Soviet perspective than the American one.
Best bets this week
For a quick start, keep JetLee, Untold UK: Vinnie Jones, A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder season 2 near the top of your list. They give the week a useful mix of scale, mood and easy streaming value.
Final takeaway
The May 25 to May 31 slate is strongest when you treat it by mood. Go to Prime Video for bigger franchise and drama energy, Netflix for volume and genre variety, and JioHotstar for quick high-interest additions.