Best new movies and TV series on Disney+ New Zealand: May 2025

Each month, new films and TV shows are added to Disney+’s New Zealand library. Here’s Eliza Janssen’s recommendations for the titles most worth watching. Scroll down for the full list of everything arriving on the platform.

Top picks

The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Season 2 (May 15)

Have you ever spared a prayer or a little sliver of your heart for “the soul of #MormanMomTok”? This explosively trashy and absorbing reality show is forcing me to use these words, to type them into my computer.

Season one was an unexpected hit, following a group of Utah influencer yummy mummies who don’t drink, curse or cheat. They just chug soft drinks, accuse each other of being unchristlike, and consciously, openly couple up with each other’s partners, finding kinky loopholes in their LDS faith and pissing each other off constantly. The melodrama can be quite fascinating to watch, from a filthy heathen viewer perspective.

Tucci in Italy: Season 1 (May 19)

Nobody on this planet may be spending their time better than Stanley Tucci. Sure, the guy’s a charming actor who could probably be getting his bag memorising scripts and going for awards…but he’d largely rather bum around Italia and eat kilos of pasta, produce and cured meats. Who can blame him?

The lazy bugger is back in the boot-shaped country for this five-part Nat Geo project, taking a broad look at each region’s unique cuisine before zooming into Stan’s own personal observations and deeply-held principles. Mangia!

Adults: Season 1 Premiere (May 29)

It’s the definition of low-concept, low-stakes TV, but this fresh ensemble comedy could be the next unmissable hangout hit: who knows! Originally titled Snowflakes, which should give you a solid sense of its pouty and dysfunctional cast of characters, the series follows five New Yorker mates crashing in one member’s childhood home.

You have certainly already watched and loved a show just like this. But there’s arguably a shift happening in the streaming landscape right now, where produceral-ish stories of regular people struggling through regular life (see: my obsession with The Pitt) are surprisingly sweeping viewers off their feet. Adults could very well be the next cab off the disarmingly charming rank.