5 Cant-Miss Movies and Shows Coming to Netflix This May

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Grab your snacks and prepare your queues, because Netflix is adding even more Latin flair beginning May 1. The streaming service already has a lengthy list of telenovelas, and now new Spanish-language movies and a Latin chef-focused season of its hit original series, Chef's Table, will be available. Read on to discover what you can expect (and when), then check out the full list of what's to come in May.

Available May 1

El Crítico

  • Originally Released: 2013
  • What It's About: An uptight film critic falls in love with a free-spirited woman.

Off The Map - Trailer

Off the Map

  • Originally Released: 2013
  • What It's About: Four middle-school friends decide to skip school, but their day does not go as planned.

Available May 10

Eisenstein in Guanajuato

  • Originally Released: 2015
  • What It's About: Set in 1931, Soviet film director Sergei Eisenstein journeys to Mexico to make a film about its history and winds up discovering himself.

Available May 15

Yo Soy la Salsa

  • Originally Released: 2014
  • What It's About: The history of the salsa and Johnny Pacheco's role in making it what it is today.

Available on May 21

Chef's Table: Season 2, Part 1

  • Originally Released: 2016
  • What It's About: Follow the culinary journey of six different chefs, including Brazilian Alex Atala and Enrique Olvera, who is based out of Mexico City.
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