New Releases

New movies and TV, scored by MovieBias for political and cultural bias.

6 new this week · 24 this month

This Week · May 11–17

6 released

Obsession (2026)

May 15 · 108 · R

The monkey's paw meets incel energy: a wish for love becomes a masterclass in why consent isn't negotiable.

ProgressiveMB8.2RT96%
Bias dimensions: Political: Leans Left. Diversity: High. Family Values: Mixed.
ProgressiveMB7.8RT86%
Bias dimensions: Political: Leans Left. Diversity: High. LGBTQ: Positive. Gender Swap: Yes. Christianity: Negative.

Marty, Life Is Short (2026)

May 12 · 102 · PG-13

A four-decade love story where the only controversy is how aggressively wholesome it all is.

Leans TraditionalMB8.7
Bias dimensions: Political: Center. Diversity: Low. Family Values: Leans Traditional.

Demon refugees vs. Christian zealots, but make it anime and set it to Green Day.

Leans ProgressiveMB8.3RT96%
Bias dimensions: Political: Leans Left. Diversity: Moderate. Female Combat: Yes. Family Values: Mixed. Christianity: Negative.

Last Week · May 4–10

13 released

A roast where the punchlines punch down harder than the roasters punch each other.

TraditionalMB7.3
Bias dimensions: Political: Leans Right. Diversity: Moderate. LGBTQ: Negative. Trans: Negative. Family Values: Leans Progressive. Christianity: Negative. Judaism: Negative.

Pride and Prejudice in Tuscany, but the real estate market is the villain.

Leans TraditionalMB6.8
Bias dimensions: Political: Center. Diversity: Low. Family Values: Leans Progressive.

Grief therapy but make it aquatic and aggressively wholesome.

CenterMB8.4
Bias dimensions: Political: Center. Diversity: Moderate. LGBTQ: Neutral. Family Values: Leans Progressive.

Feminist independence is great until the show itself can't decide what it's about.

Leans ProgressiveMB6.5
Bias dimensions: Political: Leans Left. Diversity: Moderate. Family Values: Leans Progressive.

Mortal Kombat II (2026)

May 8 · 116 · R

Diverse tournament bracket, but the real fight is in the YouTube comments section.

Leans ProgressiveMB7.0
Bias dimensions: Political: Center. Diversity: High. Female Combat: Yes. Family Values: Mixed.

A Joseon villain and a chaebol heir walk into modernity and somehow both need therapy.

CenterMB8.4
Bias dimensions: Political: Center. Diversity: Moderate. Family Values: Mixed.

The Sheep Detectives (2026)

May 8 · 109 · PG

Rural faith drama where sheep have better theology than the pastor.

Leans ProgressiveMB7.3
Bias dimensions: Political: Leans Left. Diversity: Moderate. Family Values: Leans Traditional. Christianity: Positive.

British civil servants vs. drug lords: when your job security depends on winning the war on drugs.

Leans TraditionalMB7.9
Bias dimensions: Political: Leans Right. Diversity: Moderate. Family Values: Mixed.

Hindu mythology's ultimate polygamist gets woke: touching feet and smashing patriarchy, one wife at a time.

Leans ProgressiveMB9.0
Bias dimensions: Political: Leans Left. Diversity: Moderate. Female Combat: Yes. Family Values: Leans Traditional. Hinduism: Positive.

Woman's rare blood is everyone's problem; her solution is everyone's funeral.

Leans ProgressiveMB8.5
Bias dimensions: Political: Leans Left. Diversity: Moderate. LGBTQ: Neutral. Female Combat: Yes. Family Values: Leans Progressive.

Love's dark side, but the real villain is always the cop who believed him.

Leans ProgressiveMB7.5
Bias dimensions: Political: Center. Diversity: High. LGBTQ: Neutral. Race Swap: Yes. Family Values: Leans Progressive.

Orphan discovers she's actually royalty—because found family is nice, but inherited titles hit different.

CenterMB7.7
Bias dimensions: Political: Center. Diversity: Moderate. LGBTQ: Neutral. Family Values: Leans Traditional.

Apr 27 – May 3

5 released

A 1972 Spanish film gets the Netflix treatment: same repression, better chosen family, way more pride.

ProgressiveMB6.1
Bias dimensions: Political: Leans Left. Diversity: High. LGBTQ: Positive. Gender Swap: Yes. Family Values: Strongly Progressive. Christianity: Positive.

Son-in-Law (2026)

May 1 · 102 · R

Mexican political satire where the dream isn't built—it's inherited, betrayed, and weaponized.

Leans ProgressiveMB5.1
Bias dimensions: Political: Leans Left. Diversity: Moderate. Family Values: Leans Progressive.

Hokum (2026)

May 1 · 107 · R

Dad gets the trash treatment while Mom gets a gentle scatter—folk horror's ultimate family therapy session.

Leans TraditionalMB7.3
Bias dimensions: Political: Center. Diversity: Low. Family Values: Leans Progressive.

Swapped (2026)

May 1 · 102 · PG

Body-swap movie where enemies learn empathy—basically a TED Talk with fur.

Leans ProgressiveMB8.1
Bias dimensions: Political: Center. Diversity: High.

The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026)

May 1 · 119 · PG-13

Fashion's reckoning with sweatshops, but make it a Meryl Streep vehicle about work-life balance.

Leans ProgressiveMB6.5
Bias dimensions: Political: Leans Left. Diversity: Moderate. Trans: Neutral. Family Values: Leans Progressive.