List of films set around May Day

This is a list of films set on or around May Day.

Adventure

  • First Knight (1995) - American Arthurian adventure film in which Guinevere rides out on May Day

Animated

  • Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (2005) - Disney film about a hula competition in a May Day festival
  • Howl's Moving Castle (film) (2004) - Studio Ghibli film which begins during a May Day celebration

Comedy

Drama

  • The Assassination of Trotsky (1972) - British film that begins with a May Day celebration in Mexico City
  • The First of May (1998) - Joe DiMaggio's last film
  • Maytime (1923) - American silent romantic drama, based on the Broadway musical
  • Maytime (1937) - musical remake of the 1923 film
  • The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) - American adaptation of the 1984 novel of the same name, featuring a May Day ceremony
  • Zero Day (2003) - American film inspired by the Columbine High School massacre

Historical

  • Salvatore Giuliano (1962) - Italian film depicting the 1947 May Day massacre of Sicilian communists by gangsters

Horror

  • The Wicker Man (1973) - British horror film about a pagan May Day celebration
  • The Wicker Man (2006) - American remake of the 1973 film
  • The Wicker Tree (2011) - sequel to the 1973 British film
  • Midsommar (2019) - A24 drama where American tourists visit a Swedish May Day like celebration.

Thriller

  • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) - British Cold War espionage film adaptation of the 1974 John le Carré novel, featuring a May Day celebration in Berlin in 1969