Everything That’s Streaming in April 2026

Spring is for new beginnings, and if there’s any theme across this April’s streaming offerings, it’s second chances. This month, we’ll see old sitcoms like Malcolm in the Middle return to TV screens, Stranger Things lives on as an animated series, Darth Maul is still out there being an animated Sith, Beef returns with a new interpersonal conflict, Man on Fire returns as a TV show and Keanu Reeves stars in a movie all about getting second chances.

But it’s not all happy; this month, viewers will say goodbye to two (possibly three) of the biggest hits of the moderns streaming age.

Read on for Book & Film Globe’s definitive guide to the top titles this month.

Netflix

Stranger Things: Tales From ‘85 (April 23) — Stranger Things gets the Saturday morning cartoon treatment in this new animated series that takes place between the events of Seasons 2 and 3 of the main show. A new gate has opened, a new danger is threatening Hawkins, Eleven and the gang must save the day again, yadda yadda yadda.

Odessa A’zion, Lou Diamond Phillips, Janeane Garofalo, Robert Englund and Jeremy Jordan provide the main voice talent, with a whole new cast for the core group of kids.

Noah Kahan: Out of Body (April 13) — Vermont singer-songwriter Noah Kahan had a film crew follow him around for a year after he skyrocketed to fame with “Stick Season.” The result is this intimate documentary that debuted at SXSW this year and features “moments that were thrilling, terrifying, [and] hilarious, often all at once,” according to the documentary’s director Nick Sweeney.

Beef Season 2 (April 16) — The second season of the anthology show centers on a couple (Charles Melton and Cailee Spaeny) who witness a fight between their boss (Oscar Isaac) and his wife (Carey Mulligan). The event sets off a chain reaction at a Korean country club owned by a billionaire (Minari’s Youn Yuh-jung). Other co-stars include Parasite’s Song Kang-ho, William Fichtner, Mikaela Hoover and Matthew Kim.

Apex (April 24) — Charlize Theron is back in action. In what looks like a riff on The Most Dangerous Game, Theron’s adrenaline junkie survivalist faces off against a menacing Taron Egerton in the Australian outback in a game of cat and mouse. Eric Bana also co-stars.

Man on Fire (April 30) — Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is having a hell of a year, first with Wonder Man and now this new adaptation of the first installment of Philip Nicholson’s Creasy book series (writing as A. J. Quinnell). This book was also the basis for the Tony Scott film of the same name from 2004 that starred Denzel Washington. This new series gets into Creasy’s past as a mercenary and military operator as he goes on a mission in Brazil.

Also playing:

XO, Kitty Season 3 (April 2)

Thrash (April 10)

This Is A Gardening Show (April 22)

Running Point Season 2 (April 23)

Visit Netflix for a full list of releases.

 

Hulu

Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair (April 10) — Malcolm’s back! (And so is Frankie Muniz!) And he’s still trying to deal with the burden of being the family brainiac — so much so, that he’s avoided the family for 10 years and hasn’t told them he has a daughter. All that changes when Hal and Lois find out he’s been avoiding them.

All four episodes are streaming April 10. For those who want to go back and re-watch the original series, all seven seasons are available on Hulu as well.

Pizza Movie (April 3) — Stranger Things’ Gaten Matarazzo and The Goldbergs’ Sean Giambrone star in a new drug trip movie about two college roommates who have to traverse two flights of stairs to get some pizza in order to counteract the experimental new dug they’ve taken.

The Testaments (April 8) — Margaret Atwood’s sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale gets its Hulu adaptation, with One Battle after Another’s Chase Infiniti in the lead role. The three-episode premiere drops April 8.

Also playing:

#SKYKING (April 14)

Nikki Glaser: Good Girl (April 24)

Visit Hulu for a full list of releases.

 

Disney+

Maul: Shadow Lord (April 6) — The animated Star Wars series continue apace. This look at Dath Maul is set after the events of The Clone Wars TV show, as Maul plans to rebuild his criminal syndicate outside the influence of the Empire.

Sam Witwer is back as the voice of Maul, and Wagner Moura lends his voice to Brander Lawson, a Tactical Defense Force captain investigating crimes related to Maul.

Visit Disney+ for a full list of releases.

 

Apple TV

Margo’s Got Money Troubles (April 15) — Elle Fanning leads this series adaptation of Rufi Thorpe’s novel about Margo, a college dropout, aspiring writer and new mom who needs to make money for her and her baby, fast. She’s the daughter of an ex-Hooters waitress (Michelle Pfeiffer) and ex-pro wrestler (Nick Offerman), so she figures starting a profile on an OnlyFans-type site would be a natural way to make some easy money.

Marcia Gay Harden, Greg Kinnear and Michael Angarano co-star, and, because this is a David E. Kelley prestige streaming joint, Nicole Kidman also appears.

Outcome (April 10) — Keanu Reeves is such an amiable figure in pop culture that it’s hard to imagine anyone hating him. But that’s the premise the audience is going to have to roll with in order to watch this film, the latest directorial effort from Jonah Hill.

Reeves plays Reef Hawk, a superfamous Hollywood star who is caught on video doing something so bad it could ruin his career (the trailer doesn’t spoil what he did). He then goes on a My Name Is Earl-style damage control mission, apologizing to anyone he thinks he’s ever wronged.

Hill, Cameron Diaz and Matt Bomer co-star.

My Brother the Minotaur (April 24) — This new animated kids’ show is about a minotaur raised by humans. He starts dreaming about his mythical past, and then goes on a journey of self-discovery.

Widow’s Bay (April 29) — Widow’s Bay is a small island town off the coast of New England, with no wi-fi, bad cell reception and a populace who think the place is cursed. Mayor Tom Loftis (Matthew Rhys) doesn’t think so, and is trying to get more people to come to the island to boost tourism (a theme used in the so-far tight-lipped trailers).

But the townspeople are right: the island is cursed. And bad things are happening once again.

Not much else is known about the show, other than it co-stars Kate O’Flynn and Stephen Root, and the showrunner is Katie Dippold (who wrote The Heat), with episodes directed by Hiro Murai (Atlanta), Ti West (X, Pearl, MaXXXine), Sam Donovan and Andrew DeYoung (Friendship).

Also playing:

Your Friends and Neighbors Season 2 (April 3)

Criminal Record Season 2 (April 22)

Visit Apple TV for a full list of releases.

Prime Video

The Boys Season 5 (April 8) — The Boys are back for one final season. The egomaniacal Homelander is in charge, with the whole world subject to his every whim. Heroes that would oppose Homelander are either being held prisoner or out in the wind. But Butcher has a plan to stop everything…once and for all.

Balls Up (April 14) — Bear with me here. Paul Walter Hauser invents a condom that covers the testicles as well as the penis, and then gets sent on a marketing trip with Mark Wahlberg to promote the product in Brazil as the “Condom of the World Cup.” When their drunken celebration angers fans, they must outrun crazy fans, criminals and government officials to make it home to America via Sacha Baron Cohen.

How’s that for some Prime Video FIFA World Cup synergy?

Kevin Season 1 (April 20) — Kevin is a New York City housecat left adrift when his human owners break up. He moves into an animal rescue in Queens, where a group of strays and misfit pets help him find his way in life once again.

This animated series is created by Aubrey Plaza and Joe Wengert, and features the voice talents of Plaza, Jason Schwartzman, Whoopi Goldberg, John Waters, Aparna Nancherla, Gil Ozeri and Amy Sedaris.

Visit Amazon Prime for a full list of releases.

 

HBO Max

Hacks Season 5 (April 9) — Another season 5 last hurrah. This season of HBO’s award-winning comedy series finds Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) living through her death — figuratively, after an erroneus news report claims she died. Now, she and Ava (Hannah Einbinder) are on a mission to secure her legacy.

Euphoria Season 3 (April 12) — HBO isn’t marketing the third season of its soapy smash teen drama as its final season, but let’s be real: This is probably going to be the last time fans will see Zendaya, Sydney Sweeney and Jacob Elordi back in the same place.

This season arrives more than four years after season 2 ended, and the logline has the cast wrestling with no less than “the virtue of faith, the possibility of redemption, and the problem of evil.”

The Dark Wizard (April 14) — This four-part docuseries looks at the life of controversial climber/BASE jumper/highline walker Dean Potter, who died during a BASE jump in Yosemite National Park in 2015.

Half Man (April 23) — Baby Reindeer creator Richard Gadd is back with another miniseries. This co-production with the BBC stars Gadd and Jamie Bell as estranged brothers. When one shows up at the other’s wedding unannounced, it kicks off a violent reflection of the last 30 years of their relationship

Also playing:

Christy (April 10)

Dust Bunny (April 17)

Marty Supreme (April 24)

Visit HBO Max for a full list of releases.

 

Peacock

The Miniature Wife (April 9) — I wonder if the working title was Honey, I’m Sorry I Shrunk You.

This new Elizabeth Banks/Matthew Macfadyen domestic sci-fi comedy joins the surprisingly long tradition of media examining power dynamics via the shrinking/enlargement of characters.

Here, Banks is a successful author married to Macfadyen, an inventor who lives in her shadow. When Macfadyen accidentally shrinks Banks with his new invention, he has a limited timeframe to make Banks regular-sized again.

Also playing:

Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 (April 3)

Love Island: Beyond the Villa: Season 2 (April 15)

Visit Peacock for a full list of releases.

 

Shudder

Deathstalker (April 3) — This update to Roger Corman’s 1980s epic fantasy action film series features an ultimate weapon that is four swords welded together, an executive production credit and new music from Slash, and Patton Oswalt as the voice of a wizard.

Dolly (April 24) — Seann William Scott, Fabianne Therese, Ethan Suplee and pro wrestler Max the Impaler star in this creepy psycho killer slasher about a villain who dresses like a children’s doll and abducts victims to raise them as their own kids.

Visit Shudder for a full list of releases.

Criterion Channel

Corporate Thrillers — The Devil’s Advocate, Wall Street, Disclosure, Arbitrage, Michael Clayton, Primal Fear, Antitrust, more

Out-Of-Print Criterion Collection Editions — King Kong, High Noon, Bad Day at Black Rock, Harold and Maude, The Man Who Fell to Earth, The Elephant Man, RoboCop

Tramps, Troublemakers, and Trailblazers: Trans Filmmakers — Lingua Franca, We’re All Going To The World’s Fair, Castration Movie Anthology i. Traps, more

Three Noirs by Jacques Tourneur — Out of the Past, Berlin Express, Nightfall

Visit the Criterion Channel for a full list of releases.

Paramount+

Made For March (April 4) — Want even more March Madness after the Final Four on April 4? Check out this documentary series featuring all-access footage of Michigan and Kansas, plus more on the Big 12 and Big Ten seasons.

Also playing:

Live coverage of The Masters (April 9)

Visit Paramount+ for a full list of releases.