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Netflix is showering you with top-notch titles all April long, so look forward to checking out the best movies and shows streaming now. You can count on Netflix to lead the way with incredible and innovative new content like Netflix Original movies, Thrash and Apex, in addition to Netflix Original series XO, Kitty: Season 3, Stranger Things: Tales From ’85, and so much more.

Suppose you’re trying to filter through all your options and decide what to watch on Netflix this month. In that case, you can also check out many other wonderful new Netflix Originals that you’ll love, like movies Roommates, Untold: Jail Blazers, and 18th Rose, and shows BEEF: Season 2, This Is a Gardening Show, and Man on Fire.

April’s new releases are sure to become some of the most popular movies and shows on Netflix, so make sure to watch them before they’re gone.

Best New Movies on Netflix — April 2026

All month long, people have been eagerly waiting to see what new titles would be coming to Netflix. From old classics to brand new films having their premieres, Netflix is full of top-notch movies, documentaries, and comedy specials this April, but there were two in particular that stuck out above the rest. Here are the best new movies on Netflix this month.

Thrash (Released April 10) *Netflix Film

Take the April showers to a whole other level with this heart-pounding survival thriller film that takes place in a coastal town as it’s hit by a Category 5 hurricane. As the storm sends locals into a panic and inflicts terrible destruction, mayhem, and pain, the situation soon takes an even deadlier turn with the arrival of bloodthirsty sharks. Catch Phoebe Dynevor, Whitney Peak, Alyla Browne, Djimon Hounsou, Stacy Clausen, and Dante Ubaldi in Thrash this month, exclusively on Netflix.

Stream Thrash on netflix on april 10

Apex (Released April 24) *Netflix Film

Get your heart pounding in April with this Netflix Original survival action thriller revolving around a gripping and intense game of cat and mouse between two people in the harsh Australian wilderness. Apex sees a grieving rock climber (Charlize Theron) search for comfort and calm amidst a rugged New South Wales landscape, only to find herself being hunted by a vicious serial killer (Taron Egerton). It will be a battle of wits and wills as they traverse the rough, remote terrain, with each fighting to come out of the situation on top.

Stream Apex on netflix on April 24

Best New Shows on Netflix — April 2026

This April, the shows on Netflix are more exciting than ever before, but two of those titles stand out above the rest. Here are some of the best new shows that Netflix is bringing your way this month.

XO, Kitty: Season 3 (Released April 2) *Netflix Series

After Season 2 ended on a cliffhanger last January regarding the fate of enemies-to-friends-to-potential-lovers Kitty Song-Covey (Anna Cathcart) and Min-ho Moon (Sang Heon Lee), XO, Kitty is back to pick up where it left off. Season 3 sees Kitty enter her senior year at KISS, looking to level up her love life and enjoy a perfect final chapter of her school life in Seoul. But when secrets, drama, family, friendships, and insecurities are all thrown into the mix, Kitty’s best laid plans just might go awry. See how it all goes down in XO, Kitty: Season 3 as soon as it premieres on Netflix early in April.

Stream XO, Kitty on netflix on april 2

Stranger Things: Tales From ’85 **(Released April 23) *Netflix Series**

The story of Stranger Things continues with this animated sci-fi spinoff set between the events of the original series’s second and third seasons. Stranger Things: Tales From ’85 takes you back to Hawkins in the winter of 1985, where characters you already know and love will team up to take down new supernatural monsters and otherworldly mysteries in the Upside Down and beyond. Look forward to catching the kids in this imaginative animated format when the show premieres this month, only on Netflix.

Stream Stranger Things: Tales From ’85 on netflix on april 23

Netflix New Releases for April 2026 — Full List and Schedule on Netflix Now

Wondering what else you’ll be able to watch on Netflix this month? Here’s the full list of new movies and shows coming out on Netflix streaming in April 2026:

Released April 1

Along Came Polly

American Gangster

Atonement

Bohemian Rhapsody

Eat Pray Bark (DE) *NETFLIX FILM

Everest

Happy’s Place: Season 1

Hotel Transylvania 2

Kindergarten Cop

It Takes a Village (PL) *NETFLIX FILM

Love on the Spectrum: Season 4 *NETFLIX SERIES

Lucy

Madagascar

Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible II

Mission: Impossible III

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation

Money Talks

Penguins of Madagascar: The Movie

Sarah Millican: Late Bloomer *NETFLIX COMEDY SPECIAL

Smokey and the Bandit

Smokey and the Bandit II

St. Denis Medical: Season 1

The Age of Adaline

The Giant Falls (AR) *NETFLIX FILM

The Wiz

Released April 2

Agent from Above (TW) *NETFLIX SERIES

Alkhallat+: The Series: Desert Rules (SA) *NETFLIX SERIES

Sins of Kujo (JP) *NETFLIX SERIES

The Bad Guys: The Series: Season 2 *NETFLIX FAMILY

The Ramparts of Ice (JP) *NETFLIX SERIES

XO, Kitty: Season 3 *NETFLIX SERIES

Released April 3

Bloodhounds: Season 2 (KR) *NETFLIX SERIES

Feel My Voice (IT) *NETFLIX FILM

Gangs of Galicia: Season 2 (ES) *NETFLIX SERIES

High Tides: Season 3 (BE) *NETFLIX SERIES

Maamla Legal Hai: Season 2 (IN) *NETFLIX SERIES

The Truth and Tragedy of Moriah Wilson *NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY

Released April 7

Beast (2022)

Sheng Wang: Purple *NETFLIX COMEDY SPECIAL

Untold: Chess Mates *NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY

Released April 8

Trust Me: The False Prophet *NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY

Released April 9

18th Rose (PH) *NETFLIX FILM

Bandi (FR) *NETFLIX SERIES

Big Mistakes *NETFLIX SERIES

Released April 10

Scream (2022)

Temptation Island: Season 2 *NETFLIX SERIES

Thrash *NETFLIX FILM

Turn of the Tide: Season 3 (PT) *NETFLIX SERIES

Released April 11

A Quiet Place Part II

Tyson Fury vs. Arslanbek Makhmudov (GB) *NETFLIX LIVE EVENT

Released April 12

At Home With The Furys: Season 2 (GB) *NETFLIX SERIES

Released April 13

America: Our Defining Hours

American Godfathers: The Five Families

Halloween Ends

Noah Kahan: Out of Body *NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY

The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America

The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen

Released April 14

Crooks: Season 2 (DE) *NETFLIX SERIES

Untold: Jail Blazers *NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY

Released April 15

Fake Profile: Season 3 (CO) *NETFLIX SERIES

Made with Love (ID) *NETFLIX SERIES

Million Dollar Secret: Season 2 *NETFLIX SERIES

The Law According to Lidia Poët: Season 3 (IT) *NETFLIX SERIES

Released April 16

BEEF: Season 2 *NETFLIX SERIES

Dandelion (JP) *NETFLIX SERIES

Ronaldinho: The One and Only (BR) *NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY

Released April 17

180 (ZA) *NETFLIX FILM

A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough (GB) *NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY

Alpha Males: Season 5 (ES) *NETFLIX SERIES

Roommates *NETFLIX FILM

Released April 18

Denial

We Are All Trying Here (KR) *NETFLIX SERIES

Released April 19

Him

Released April 20

CoComelon Lane: Season 7 *NETFLIX FAMILY

Funny AF with Kevin Hart *NETFLIX SERIES

Released April 21

Unchosen (GB) *NETFLIX SERIES

Untold: The Shooting at Hawthorne Hill *NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY

Released April 22

Lainey Wilson: Keepin’ Country Cool *NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY

Million Dollar Secret: Season 2 *NETFLIX SERIES (new episodes)

Santita (MX) *NETFLIX SERIES

Sold Out on You (KR) *NETFLIX SERIES

This Is a Gardening Show *NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY

Released April 23

Flunked (FR) *NETFLIX SERIES

Running Point: Season 2 *NETFLIX SERIES

Stranger Things: Tales From ’85 *NETFLIX SERIES

Released April 24

Apex *NETFLIX FILM

If Wishes Could Kill (KR) *NETFLIX SERIES

Released April 26

Supernova: Genesis (MX) *NETFLIX LIVE EVENT

Released April 27

Straight to Hell (JP) *NETFLIX SERIES

Released April 29

Je m’appelle Agneta (SE) *NETFLIX FILM

Million Dollar Secret: Season 2 *NETFLIX SERIES (new episodes)

Should I Marry A Murderer? (GB) *NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY

Released April 30

Man on Fire *NETFLIX SERIES

May Netflix Release Dates Worth Looking Forward To

Still wondering what Netflix content is on the horizon? Here are two buzz-worthy titles to look forward to watching on Netflix in May:

Remarkably Bright Creatures **(Released May 8) *Netflix Film**

Based on Shelby Van Pelt’s 2022 novel of the same name, Remarkably Bright Creatures is a Netflix Original mystery drama film that centers on Tova (Sally Field), an elderly widow whose night shift aquarium job leads her to form surprising, strong bonds with a wayward younger man (Lewis Pullman) and a giant Pacific octopus. Together, they work to unravel a mystery that has the capacity to give Tova some long-sought-after answers and remind all of them how it feels to live every day with a sense of wonder and joy.

Stream Remarkably Bright Creatures on netflix on may 8

The Money Heist prequel series, Berlin, returns to Netflix after almost three years with an exciting sophomore season under a new name. Berlin and the Lady with an Ermine picks up with our titular grand larcenist (Pedro Alonso) as he takes to Seville for his most ambitious heist yet: pretending to steal a Da Vinci painting. Berlin will gather his crafty criminal gang once more to feign the theft of The Lady with an Ermine as part of an intricate revenge plot on a Duke and Duchess who are trying to blackmail him. Get in on all the action by watching Berlin: Season 2 when it drops on Netflix next month.

Stream Berlin and the Lady with an Ermine on netflix on may 15

What Else Is Streaming New This April 2026

Netflix’s new releases are just a portion of the new movies and shows you can watch this month if you’ve got more than one streaming service subscription. We update our guides to the new releases on the most popular streaming platforms every month, so you can stay on top of the freshest titles to watch. Here are full lists, schedules, and reviews for everything streaming: