12 Movies to Watch Before They Leave Netflix in May

8 Mile is loosely based on Eminem’s real-life upbringing on the streets of Detroit. The film won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for “Lose Yourself,” and is worth a watch if you’re partial to the rap genre, or just in the mood for a good old rags-to-riches success story.

You might’ve missed this 2011 historical crime drama starring Leonardo DiCaprio as ruthless FBI director J. Edgar Hoover and Armie Hammer as his colleague, Clyde Tolson.

Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones join forces for this ’90s favorite, about a secret organization that manages alien lifeforms on Earth. Plus, Tessa Thompson and Chris Hemsworth are set to star in the reboot.

Another oldie but a goodie, My Left Foot hit theaters back in 1989 and earned Daniel Day-Lewis his first Oscar win. The film follows the story of a poor Irish boy with cerebral palsy who gains control of his left foot and begins writing and painting.

If you’re a fan of The Crown and you haven’t watched The Young Victoria, add it to your royal watch list ASAP. The film portrays Queen Victoria’s (Emily Blunt) rise to royalty and her sweet and youthful romance with Prince Albert (Rupert Friend).

Can you go wrong with Denzel Washington? Never. In Training Day, the actor plays a veteran LAPD detective who coaches a rookie cop on his first day in the narcotics unit. Violence, justice, and Denzel—it’s all good.

Sandra Bullock plays loveless Chicago transit worker Lucy Moderaz, whose life takes turn when she saves the life of Peter (Peter Gallagher), a commuter she’s long had a crush on. When his family thinks Lucy is Peter’s fiancee, things get complicated—especially when she starts falling for his brother, Jack (Bill Pullman).

Before the 2012 movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan, there was the 1974 original with Robert Redford and Mia Farrow as Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan. The time-honored adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s America’s Jazz Age has love, loss, opulent wealth, and all the fabulous flapper fashion you’d ever need.

Nicole Kidman plays the iconic Grace Kelly, navigating the rough waters of marriage and identity in conflict in this 2014 film.

Jennifer Aniston departs from her signature girl-next-door characters for a more dramatic role in Cake, which follows a woman suffering from chronic pain who starts seeing visions of a dead woman (Anna Kendrick) from her support group.

A worthwhile re-watch for any Marvel fan, the action in this introduces essential characters like Black Panther and Spider-Man and sets up the drama for this year’s blockbuster, Avengers: Infinity War.

You’ll need a few boxes of tissues for this one. On Golden Pond has the mean old grandpa that you can’t help but love, a trying father-daughter relationship, and an angsty teenager who learns to appreciate the quiet of an idyllic New England summer cottage.