Film Movement Plus - May 2026 Streaming Premieres

By Film Movement | May 1, 2026

MAY 1


Sister & Sister
Two teenage sisters leave Costa Rica to look for their absent father and find space to explore their desires, new friendships, lovers, and skateboarding during a never-ending summer in Panama.


Paying for It
Chester and Sonny are a long-term, committed romantic couple. When Sonny introduces the idea of opening up their relationship, Chester begins paying for sex, facing his issues with intimacy and romance in the process.


Traitors
To keep her parents from being evicted and fund her punk band, Malika takes a job smuggling drugs over the mountains. Her partner in the run is a world-weary veteran drug mule, whom she decides to free from her enslavement.


MAY 8


Jesus Lopez
Jesus Lopez, a young racing driver, dies in an accident. When a race is organized in the village as an homage to him, his cousin Abel becomes possessed by his spirit and drives his car.


In the Rearview
Inside a volunteer aid van an intimate observation of the war in Ukraine unfolds. Bound for Poland, the vehicle operates as its passengers' shelter, waiting room, hospital and confessional.


True Mothers
After a long and unsuccessful struggle to get pregnant, Satoko and her husband decide to adopt a baby. Years later, an unknown girl who claims to be the child's birth mother disrupts their lives.


MAY 15


Elaha
Elaha believes she must restore her supposed innocence before she weds. A surgeon could reconstruct her hymen but she cannot afford such an operation.


The Forest for the Trees
Melanie, a young idealistic teacher, starts her first job at a city high school only to find rejection from colleagues, torture from her students, and loneliness in her personal life.


MAY 22


Stranger Eyes
After months of a stalled investigation into their daughter’s disappearance, a young couple begins receiving packages containing intimate footage they suspect must be from the kidnapper.


Total Trust
This eye-opening documentary that sounds the alarm about the increasing worldwide use of surveillance technology, follows the haunting stories of people in China who have been monitored, intimidated and even tortured.


Final Set
Thomas never had the career in tennis he had hoped for. At 37 he decides to return to the French Open in spite of his declining physical health and faces off agains a young phenom who reminds him of his younger self.


MAY 29


Girls Town
Patti, Angela, Emma and Nikki are high school seniors and best friends preparing for life beyond graduation. Their lives are completely upended when Nikki unexpectedly commits suicide after being sexually assualted.


Eternal You
What if you never had to say goodbye to a loved one? Examine the latest breakthroughs in AI that enable realistic conversations with virtual reality avatars and the far-reaching implications of this technology.