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Summer has arrived,<\/span> which means its vacation season\u2014and there are plenty of travel tips to be found among the best movies on streaming this May. A bloody ballet battle royale in Budapest in Prime Video\u2019s Pretty Lethal,<\/em> a visit to the picturesque (and definitely not haunted) Dutch forests in Shudder\u2019s Heresy<\/em>, or an action-packed trip to Japan courtesy of Netflix\u2019s My Hero Academia: You\u2019re Next<\/em>, are just some of the locations sure to give you wanderlust this month.<\/p>\n If you fancy something a bit more tropical, then look no further than Send Help<\/em> on Hulu\u2014although director Sam Raimi\u2019s twisty survival horror might have you thinking twice before turning on your out-of-office emails. And, if the rising temperatures are already too much, the Antarctic chill of John Carpenter\u2019s classic The Thing<\/em>, and its 1950s inspiration, The Thing Brom Another World<\/em>, are both landing on Criterion.<\/p>\n Here are WIRED\u2019s picks of the best movies to watch right now.<\/p>\n A remake of Jang Joon-hwan\u2019s 2003 South Korean film Save the Green Planet!, Bugonia<\/em> sees paranoid conspiracy theorist Teddy Gatz (Jesse Plemons) and his autistic cousin Don (Aidan Delbis) kidnap prominent CEO Michelle Fuller (Emma Stone), subjecting her to inventive, brutal forms of torture as he tries to force a confession that she\u2019s in contact with invading aliens. Fuller\u2019s company also happens to be responsible for a botched medical trial that left Gatz\u2019s mother comatose. So is Gatz just a troubled man struggling with grief, out for vengeance against a corrupt businesswoman, or has he stumbled on the greatest threat to humanity? Director Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things, The Favourite<\/em>) has tremendous fun teasing out the answer, while Stone has rarely been as captivating on screen than she is as Fuller, somehow seeming like an animal playing with their food, even at her shaven-headed, desperate lowest points.<\/p>\n As the fourth movie spin-off from the long-running anime series My Hero Academia<\/em>, You\u2019re Next<\/em> might not seem like an obvious jumping-on point for original manga creator K\u014dhei Horikoshi\u2019s tale of trainee superheroes in a world where everyone has powers. Thankfully, this is largely stand-alone, allowing anyone who fancies a couple of hours of dynamic anime action to jump right in. All you need to know is that in the wake of a disaster, Izuku \u201cDeku\u201d Midoriya (Daiki Yamashita in Japanese, Justin Briner in English) and his classmates must face off against new villain Dark Might, a dark reflection of Japan\u2019s once-greatest champion All Might\u2014the hero who gave Izuku his powers in the first place. Throw in a mafia crime family, a cyborg butler, and a young girl with unpredictable new powers for Deku and his allies to test their mettle against, and only the stoniest of hearts won\u2019t be entertained.<\/p>\n Ask any trained dancer and they\u2019ll tell you ballet is one of the most grueling things you can put your body through, requiring incredible poise and strength to perform, and a killer competitive streak to make it in the field. All three of those qualities, and a host of teenage snark, take to the stage in this brilliantly schlocky action outing from director Vicky Jewson, which sees five American ballerinas trapped in Budapest and having to adapt their skills to escape a violent war between two crime families\u2014one led by deranged former ballerina Devora Kasimer (Uma Thurman, absolutely vamping<\/em> every scene). Expect blood-soaked tutus, electrifying fight choreography, and one of the most creative uses of The Nutcracker<\/em> suite on film.<\/p>\n When Todd (Shane Jensen) moves to his late grandfather\u2019s run-down rural home, his dog Indy immediately senses the vibes are off. Outside, the surrounding woods are full of interesting smells and critters to chase. Inside, something emerges at night, preying on Todd, worsening his health and his sanity\u2014all while Indy is guided by visions of Bandit, Todd\u2019s grandfather\u2019s dog, to uncover the dark forces at work.<\/p>\n A horror movie from the dog\u2019s perspective could have gone horribly wrong\u2014the Hollywood dictum \u201cnever work with animals or children\u201d exists for a reason. Anyone saying that never worked with Indy, though, as this award-winning superstar<\/a>\u2019s incredible canine performance elevates director (and Indy\u2019s human) Ben Leonberg\u2019s tightly told slice of terror into something truly special.<\/p>\n When Linda Liddle (Rachel McAdams) and her boss Bradley Preston (Dylan O’Brien) are stranded on a desert island after the private jet they\u2019re on crashes, it\u2019s a good thing that Linda has a host of survivalist skills to fall back on. It\u2019s a bad<\/em> thing that Bradley has spent months treating her like dirt, so while he\u2019s injured and immobile, Linda\u2019s just starting to live her best life\u2014and she might not be in a rush to get back to the office. A psychotic revenge thriller where you can\u2019t help but root for the psycho (O\u2019Brien does such a good job as the asshole boss, you\u2019ll want to punch your TV), Send Help<\/em> smartly blurs in elements of horror and comedy alongside the deliberately unsubtle social commentary. And, while director Sam Raimi trades in his customary armies of darkness for sun-kissed tropical locales, he still serves up at least one particularly pants-wetting jump scare that proves he\u2019s never too far removed from his Evil Dead<\/em> roots.<\/p>\n A bit of a festival darling, racking up plaudits around the world, including Austin\u2019s cult-focused Fantastic Fest<\/a>, Heresy<\/em> (Witte Wieven<\/em>) is folk horror with a feminist edge. In a medieval Dutch village, Frieda (Anneke Sluiters) is demonized by her deeply religious community for her inability to conceive, declared a witch, and persecuted even by her husband. It\u2019s a setup that allows director Didier Konings to reframe all the trappings of the genre\u2014the superstitious villagers, the blurred lines between faith and folklore, the fear of dark things lurking in the woods\u2014as an exploration of the horror of control and oppression, especially around women\u2019s bodies. At only 61 minutes, Heresy<\/em> is a short, shocking slice of terror that delivers some much needed chills in the summer months.<\/p>\n Know how the 1980\u2019s was a great decade for film? Criterion, arbiter of cinematic tastes, has curated an entire collection<\/a> of \u201980s remakes paired with their original inspiration. There are a host of classic diptychs included as a result\u2014don\u2019t sleep on the 1942 innovative horror Cat People<\/em> and its 1982 remake of the same name, nor 1960\u2019s French New Wave classic Breathless<\/em> (aka \u00c0 bout de souffle<\/em>) and its 1983 American take\u2014but it has to be 1951\u2019s The Thing From Another World<\/em> and 1982\u2019s The Thing<\/em> that are most deserving of your attention. Both are groundbreaking in their own ways, especially John Carpenter\u2019s more modern take for its phenomenal tension and intense body horror, and they set the stage for decades of copycats in the surprisingly well-populated \u201cshape-shifting alien invader\u201d subgenre.<\/p>\nBugonia<\/em><\/h2>\n
My Hero Academia: You\u2019re Next<\/em><\/h2>\n
Pretty Lethal<\/em><\/h2>\n
Good Boy<\/em><\/h2>\n
Send Help<\/em><\/h2>\n
Heresy<\/em><\/h2>\n
The Thing\/The Thing from Another World<\/em><\/h2>\n
Tank Girl<\/em><\/h2>\n