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Virgin Atlantic onboard entertainment - May 2026

You'll find a wide selection of movies, TV shows and audio books when you're onboard a Virgin Atlantic plane. Take a look at our favourites for this month below, or find out more about what to expect on your next Virgin Atlantic flight over on their dedicated Vera website pages.

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After the Hunt

The latest from idiosyncratic director Luca ‘Challengers’ Guadagnino is an unsettling campus drama, with Roberts as a respectedprofessor whose certainty begins to fracture when an accusation spreads, forcing long-suppressed choices and moral compromises into view.

Anaconda

Lifelong friends Doug and Griff finally leap into their long-held dream of remaking their favourite cult classic, Anaconda,in the depths of the Amazon. But things get real when an actual giant anaconda appears, turning their comically chaotic movie set into a deadly situation.

Chien 51 (Dog 51)

In the near future, Paris is segregated into three zones which separate the social classes, and no one can escape ALMA,a powerful predictive AI which has revolutionised the police system. When ALMA’s creator is assassinated, Salia, an elite agent from Zone 2, and Zem, a...

The Choral

1916. As war rages on the Western Front, the Choral Society in Ramsden, Yorkshire, has lost most of its men to the army.The Choral's ambitious committee, determined to press ahead, decides to recruit local young males to swell their ranks. They must also engage a new chorus master.

Christy

This hard-hitting boxing biopic features an outstanding turn from Sweeney as the titular pugilist Christy Salters. Having provedher mettle in the ring, Christy becomes involved with her coach only for things to quickly turn fully toxic. Warning: this one packs a punch.

Die My Love

Not what you’d call an easy watch, Ramsay’s Die My Love is nevertheless a brilliant one, showcasing a never-betterLawrence as Grace, who’s in the grip of a mental break following the birth of her baby. Pattinson is the feckless partner, adrift on a sea of cluelessness.

Dust Bunny

If it stars Mads Mikkelsen, we’re in. Here, he plays the neighbour of an eight-year-old girl who believes a monster under her bedhas devoured her family and turns to him for help. The result is a mix of fantasy and horror that’s as beguiling as it is visually stunning.

Eternity

Romantic fantasy in which a woman (Olsen), must choose between two great loves once she’s crossed over into the afterlife.Turner and Teller co-star in a deeply felt tale of memory, regret and longing.

Fackham Hall

Imagine Airplane, only if the makers had decided to lampoon Downton Abbey instead of disaster movies. That,in a nutshell, is Fackham Hall, a British spoof in which a new porter strikes up an unlikely bond with a Davenport daughter as a society wedding collapses into chaos.

The Family McMullen

This sequel to The Brothers McMullen revisits the same close-knit family as time, responsibility and compromise take their toll.Everyday pressures bring buried tensions to the surface, testing bonds of love, loyalty and shared history.

Five Nights at Freddy's 2

It’s the horror sequel we’ve all been waiting for (well, some of us, anyway) as the nightmare of Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza refuses to die.A year after the events of the first film, Abby’ is missing her ghostly pals, and so decides to reconnect with them.

Greenland 2: Migration

In the first Greenland, Butler was a dad clinging to survival as comets tore the world apart. This sequel finds him leadinghis family out of their bunker and across a ravaged Europe, where migration is the only option and safety is anything but guaranteed…

H is for Hawk

Foy is simply brilliant in this moving drama based on a bestselling memoir. She plays a woman reeling from her father’sdeath who throws herself into training a hawk, chasing control, silence and peace. A study of grief and unlikely friendship – this one soars.

Hi-Five

After receiving an organ transplant from the same anonymous donor, five youngsters develop superpowers. Meanwhile,a cult leader who also received an organ from the same donor has been similarly bestowed with special abilities. Learning there are other recipients with extraordinary...

Highest 2 Lowest

The latest from director Spike Lee reworks Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 crime classic, with Washington as a music mogul forcedinto an impossible choice when a ransom demand takes a terrible and very nasty turn.

The Housemaid

Billed as an erotic psychological thriller and adapted from the bestselling novel, The Housemaid stars Sweeney as a troubledyoung woman employed in a wealthy household, where Seyfried’s polished exterior masks an atmosphere of dark games, power plays and buried secrets.

If I Had Legs, I'd Kick You

A brilliant, fearless performance from Byrne sits at the centre of this award-winning drama, telling of a woman pushedto the edge by family crisis, professional pressure and emotional isolation. Uneasy – but brilliant – viewing.

The Lost Bus

With Greengrass in the director’s chair you can expect something nail-biting, and boy do you get it in this edge-of-seat thrillerabout a bus driver (McConaughey) who must race against time as a wildfire closes in. Literally breathtaking.

No Other Choice

From Oldboy and The Handmaiden director Chan-wook comes this black-comedy about a man so desperate to ace a jobinterview that he starts murderingthe other candidates. Critics say this might be Chan-wook’s best yet which, given his track record, is praise indeed.

Nuremberg

The Allies, led by the unyielding chief prosecutor, Robert H. Jackson (Michael Shannon), have the task of ensuring high ranking Nazi officials answer for the Holocaust in the trial of the century while a US Army psychiatrist (Rami Malek) is locked in a dramatic psychological...

Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy

After office worker Kim Dok-ja finishes the last chapter of an obscure fantasy novel, the book's setting suddenly becomes reality and main characterYu Jung-hyeok appears before him. In addition to the ability to return to life after he dies, Jung-hyeok also has superb fighting...

Primate

No word of a lie, this one is gory. The plot is simple: a pet chimpanzee contracts rabies and turns on its owners(and their guests,and their guests’ guests).But trust us, when the carnage begins, you’ll be watching this one through your fingers.

Rental Family

In this heartfelt film, Brendan Fraser portrays an American actor in Tokyo struggling to find purpose until he lands an unusual gigwith a Japanese “rental family” agency playing stand-in roles for strangers. As he immerses himself in his clients’ worlds, he forms genuine...

The Running Man

Dude-of-the-moment Powell stars in this remake of the Arnie classic, adapted from a Stephen King story, as a man who enters a lethal TV game show where survival means running, filming and staying alive long enough to beat the hunters and the system.

Saipan

A true-life football tale set around the 2002 World Cup, Saipan stars Coogan as Republic of Ireland boss Mick McCarthy oppositeHardwicke’sRoy Keane, charting the infamous training-camp bust-up that sent Keane home and split a nation over pride, power and preparation.

Sarah's Oil

This affectingly powerful drama tells the true story of 11-year-old Sarah Rector, an African-American girl in early 1900s Oklahomawho trusts her instincts over convention, believing oil lies beneath her barren land – and changing her life against the odds.

Séance

A reunion turns unnerving in this 1892-set gothic thriller in which novelist Emma seeks shelter at her ex-husband’s mansion.It’s here thatold passions resurface and whispers of a drowned child haunt the halls. Chilling stuff.

Sisu: Road to Revenge

SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE is a wall-to-wall cinematic action event, a sequel to the original sleeper hit SISU. Returning to the house wherehis family was brutally murdered during the war, “the man who refuses to die” (Jorma Tommila) dismantles it, loads it on a truck, and is...

Song Sung Blue

Inspired by a true story, this warm-hearted musical drama follows a struggling husband-and-wife duo (Jackman and Hudson)who reinvent themselves as a Neil Diamond tribute act. What starts as a lark becomes a lifeline, as sequins and stage lights help them claw back purpose.

Train Dreams

Based on Denis Johnson’s novella, this elegiac drama features a fine performance from Edgerton as a railroad worker whoselife is shaped by labour, marriage and sudden loss, forcing him to endure family tragedy while the machinery and pace of a modernising America close in.

Wicked: For Good

Part two of the blockbusting Wicked saga arrives, once again starring Grande and Erivo as Glinda and Elphaba. With Oz on the brinkand loyalties tested, friendship collides with destiny in a darker, bigger musical chapter that pushes the witches’ story towards its fated end.

A Lien

On the day of their green card interview, a young couple confronts a dangerous immigration process.

Beshert

A poignant, funny and tender drama about a grumpy old man, Mr Pinsky (Anton Lesser) living in a Leeds care homewho has a chance encounter with a reluctant Bar mitzvah boy, Oliver (Kit Rakusen) - it's a meeting which ultimately changes both their lives forever.

Bear

Jack who means well, but takes things just a little too far, has planned the perfect birthday surprise for his unsuspectingnew girlfriend, Emelie. However, good intentions as well as plans, sometimes, can have spectacularly disastrous consequences.?

Gone

What happens when a relationship ends, but one half of the couple isn't ready to move on?

Shark

Jack is a well-meaning, misunderstood prankster. His previous relationships have suffered due to his ex-girlfriendsnot really appreciating his sense of humour. But things are looking up for Jack. It seems he’s met his match in Sofie, who also loves to prank.

My Week With Maisy

When uptight retiree Mrs Foster begins chemotherapy, she's thrown together in the treatment room with Maisy, a whirlwind, inquisitive child aspiring to be a lesbian. As treatment progresse,s the pair's fortuitous bond offers healing and newfound hope in unexpected places.

Naked Lights

Emma is stuck in a dead-end job as a night shift attendant at a petrol station. When a masked stranger arrivesone night, threatening to burn the place to the ground, Emma is all that stands in his way.