Spring has sprung, and the movie calendar is in a bit of a lull ahead of the summer blockbuster season. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t anything new to watch. Throughout the month of April, the major streaming services are still adding to their libraries, although the headline-grabbing additions are a bit more few and far between. Still, we’re keeping track of the arrivals for you every week in this roundup.
Read on for the best new movies to stream on Netflix, Hulu, Prime, HBO, and other streaming services.
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Apple TV+
This genre-bending rom-com stars Chris Evans and Ana de Armas as polar opposites who stumble into romance. Cole (Evans) is a salt-of-the-earth, cautious romantic who falls head over heels for the enigmatic Sadie (de Armas) after one good date.
But when she stops replying to his texts, Cole begins to fear he’s been ghosted. Turns out, she’s a secret agent, and before she can completely ghost Cole, they’re forced to team up on an international adventure to save the world.
Netflix
Alfred Hitchcock’s classic thriller stars Vera Miles as Phoenix secretary Marion Crane, on the run after embezzling $40,000 from her employer’s client.
Hoping to start a new life, she checks into the remote Bates Motel, despite being vaguely aware of some alleged notoriety surrounding the place. The owner, Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), however, seems nice enough, if a little browbeaten by his domineering mother. But all is not as it seems.
Luther gained popularity in the U.K. as a BBC series before Netflix brought it to the U.S., rebranding as a Netflix Original. Now, Netflix is taking the story further in this original feature film continuation of the acclaimed series.
Disgraced and behind bars, brilliant detective John Luther (Idris Elba) is haunted by his failure to capture the cyber psychopath who continues to taunt him. But when a gruesome serial killer (Andy Serkis) begins to terrorize London, Luther sees a chance at redemption, resolving to break out of prison by any means necessary.
Hulu
In Phyllis Nagy’s drama Call Jane, it’s 1968 in Chicago, the epicenter of the nation’s crossroads between a conservative past and a more progressive future. Removed from it all, suburban housewife Joy (Elizabeth Banks) leads an ordinary life.
But when her pregnancy leads to a life-threatening heart condition, she faces a sexist, entirely male medical establishment unwilling to terminate her pregnancy to save her life. In her literal fight for her life, she joins forces with women’s health visionary Virginia (Sigourney Weaver) and abortion activist Gwen (Wunmi Mosaku).
Set in 1960s Boston, the true crime thriller Boston Strangler sees reporter Loretta McLaughlin (Keira Knightley) face rampant sexism from her employer, the Record-American newspaper, as she attempts to connect the dots and unravel the mystery of a serial killer on the loose.
As the so-called Boston Strangler continues his rampage, McLaughlin confides in colleague Jean Cole (Carrie Coon), and the duo go beyond the pale to investigate the murders. Putting themselves at grave risk, McLaughlin and Cole set out on a dogged mission to capture the killer.
Amazon Prime Video
One of 2022’s best movies, Top Gun: Maverick was nominated for six Oscars, including Best Picture. It only won for Best Sound — but holy moly, that sound.
Set decades after the original, we find that Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) has spent more than 30 years as one of the Navy’s top pilots, intentionally dodging promotions that would ground him. Still seen as an annoyance within the Navy, his superiors bristle when an old friend, Adm. Tom “Iceman” Kazinsky (Val Kilmer). taps Maverick to train a special detachment of elite Top Gun graduates for a mission no living pilot has ever seen, let alone accomplished.
Between Get Out and Us, Jordan Peele built a strong reputation as a master of suspense as social commentary. His third film Nope doesn’t disappoint; in fact, it was one of 2022’s best movies.
Set in a lonely gulch in California’s Inland Empire, OJ Haywood (Daniel Kaluuya) runs a ranch renting out horses for Hollywood movies. But after a series of strange happenings leads him to recognize a strange presence in the sky by the ranch, OJ enlists the help of his sister Emerald (Keke Palmer) and AV expert Angel (Brandon Perea) to figure out what’s behind all the weirdness.
HBO and HBO Max
The classic video game series (and film franchise) gets a modern update in this original film. Unsuccessful MMA fighter Cole Young (Lewis Tan) is used to taking a beating for money, but when Outworld Emperor Shang Tsung (Chin Han) sends Cryomancer Sub-Zero (Joe Taslim) to hunt Cole down, Cole is barely able to escape.
Soon, Cole is led to the temple of Lord Raiden (Tadanobu Asano), an Elder God and the protector of Earthrealm, where he learns that Mortal Kombat, the great tournament of champions to determine dominance over Earthrealm is nigh. Marked to compete, Cole has no choice but to train with Earthrealm’s other warriors as the last defense against an Outworld invasion.
Alfonso Cuarón’s mind-blowing space thriller won seven Oscars, mostly in technical categories, including Best Director, for its horrifying rendition of space’s emptiness. Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) is on her first space shuttle mission. Veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky (George Clooney) is commanding his last mission before retirement.
It’s supposed to be routine, but when disaster strikes, the shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky untethered to anything but one another as they careen into the blackness of space. Losing their communication with Earth and facing a dwindling oxygen supply, the astronauts come to the terrifying conclusion that their only chance of making it back to Earth might be by going even deeper into the expanse.
Disney+
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