The Best TV and Movies
to Stream in April

At the beginning of every month, subscription streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu and HBO Now add a new batch of movies and TV shows to their libraries. Herewith, some of the best films and television shows being released this month (along with a few gems that are leaving). From a chance to catch up on classics like Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Cool Runnings along with new Netflix originals like Bill Nye Saves the World and Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return.

Last
Call

Sometimes even more important than what's coming is what's getting pulled. Catch these gems on Netflix before they're gone in April.

The Princess Bride
Ally McBeal
Better Off Ted
The X-Files
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Menace II Society
The Usual Suspects
Vanilla Sky

Cool Runnings on Netflix

April 1

  • Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
  • Across the Universe
  • Almost Famous
  • Barbershop: The Next Cut
  • Cape Fear
  • Chaplin
  • Cool Runnings
  • Days of Thunder
  • Eddie Murphy Raw
  • Election
  • Fast Times at Ridgemont High
  • Ferris Bueller's Day Off
  • Gremlins
  • The Ghost and the Darkness
  • Hemingway's Garden of Eden
  • The Hours
  • JFK
  • Mulholland Falls
  • A Nightmare on Elm Street
  • Robocop
  • Robocop 2
  • Saturday Night Fever
  • Schindler's List
  • Searching for Bobby Fischer
  • The Simpsons Movie
  • Sliver
  • Slumdog Millionaire
  • The Switch
  • Thelma & Louise
  • There Will Be Blood
  • Tommy Boy
  • Tropic Thunder
  • Wicker Park

April 2

  • Hello, My Name is Doris
  • The D Train

April 4

  • Chewing Gum: Season 2
  • Louis C.K. 2017

April 5

  • Prison Break: Season 5 Premiere

April 7

  • American Playboy: Season 1

April 8

  • Kubo and the Two Strings
  • War Dogs

American Playboy: Season 1 on Amazon Prime

April 11

  • Kevin Hart: What Now

April 12

  • DC's Legends of Tomorrow: Season 2

April 14

  • Chelsea: Season 2
  • El Elegido
  • Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return

April 15

  • Suicide Squad: Theatrical & Extended Versions

Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return on Netflix

April 16

  • The Leftovers: Season 3 Premiere
  • Veep: Season 6 Premiere

April 19

  • A Plastic Ocean

April 21

  • Bill Nye Saves the World: Season 1
  • Girlboss: Season 1
  • Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On: Season 1
  • The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show: Season 4
  • The Prestige

April 22

  • The Great British Baking Show: Masterclass: Season 1-3
  • The Secret Life of Pets

Kevin Hart on Netflix

April 23

  • Silicon Valley: Season 4 Premiere

April 26

  • The Handmaid's Tale: Series Premiere

April 28

  • Casting JonBenet
  • Dear White People: Season 1
  • A Murder in the Park
  • Rodney King
  • Small Crimes

Last
Call

Sometimes even more important than what's coming is what's getting pulled. Catch these gems on Netflix before they're gone in April.


The Princess Bride; Ally McBeal; Better Off Ted; The X-Files; Ferris Bueller's Day Off; Menace II Society; The Usual Suspects; Vanilla Sky