April is here and spring is blossoming, bringing the vibrancy of life and new beginnings back into the world. So, what better time to lock yourself up in your room and binge Netflix? To be honest, with the end of the semester and finals fast approaching, some needed downtime with the television may be more important than active recreation. Here’s the new (and some old) titles arriving on Netflix this month:
Worn Stories (April 1)
Worn Stories is a docu-series based on the book of the same name by Emily Spivack. Expect it to be good, as it’s being adapted by Jenji Kohan, who also adapted Orange is the New Black. This show is essentially the anti-Marie Kando; it’s a show about why we keep the clothes we do and the attachments we have to them. Watch this if you’re in the mood for something light.
Concrete Cowboy (April 2)
Concrete Cowboy is an indie-film darling that premiered at last year’s Toronto Film Festival and is now getting its international release through Netflix. It’s main hook is that it's a western meets inner-city tale about a community of horseback riders in Philadelphia. It’s unique because it mixes two locales/genres that are normally thought of as separate. It has a star studded cast featuring Idris Elba (Luther, The Wire) and Caleb McLaughlin (Stranger Things).
Thunder Force (April 9)
Thunder Force is a superhero comedy romp featuring Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer. A scientist accidentally imbues herself (Spencer) and an estranged childhood friend (McCarthy) with super powers creating the world’s first superhero duo, who now have to go out and fight a fierce crime gang known as the Miscreants. This movie will be good for popcorn fodder. It’s good to see Netflix producing movies with a focus on female leads, bringing some diversity to the platform.
What’s New:
Available April 1
Magical Andes: season 2 (Netflix Original)
Prank Encounters: season 2 (Netflix Original)
Tersanjung the Movie (Netflix Original)
Worn Stories (Netflix Original)
2012
Cop Out
Friends with Benefits
Insidious
Legally Blonde
Leprechaun
The Pianist
The Possession
Secrets of Great British Castles: season 1
The Time Traveler’s Wife
Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family
White Boy
Yes Man
Available April 2
Concrete Cowboy (Netflix Original)
Just Say Yes (Netflix Original)
Madame Claude (Netflix Original)
The Serpent (Netflix Original)
Sky High
Available April 3
Escape from Planet Earth
Available April 4
What Lies Below
Available April 5
Family Reunion: Part 3 (Netflix Original)
Coded Bias
Available April 6
The Last Kids on Earth: Happy Apocalypse to You (Netflix Original)
Available April 7
The Big Day: Collection 2 (Netflix Original)
Dolly Parton: A MusiCares Tribute (Netflix Original)
Snabba Cash (Netflix Original)
This Is A Robbery: The World’s Biggest Art Heist (Netflix Original)
The Wedding Coach (Netflix Original)
Available April 8
The Way of the Househusband (Netflix Original)
Available April 9
Have You Ever Seen Fireflies? (Netflix Original)
Night in Paradise (Netflix Original)
Thunder Force (Netflix Original)
Available April 10
The Stand-In
Available April 11
Diana: The Interview that Shook the World
Available April 12
New Gods: Nezha Reborn (Netflix Original)
Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn: seasons 1-4
Available April 13
Mighty Express: season 3 (Netflix Original)
My Love: Six Stories of True Love (Netflix Original)
The Baker and the Beauty: season 1
Available April 14
Dad Stop Embarrassing Me! (Netflix Original)
The Circle: season 2 (Netflix Original)
Law School (Netflix Original)
The Soul (Netflix Original)
Why Did You Kill Me? (Netflix Original)
Available April 15
Ride or Die (Netflix Original)
Dark City Beneath the Beat
The Master
Available April 16
Arlo the Alligator Boy (Netflix Original)
Ajeeb Daastaans (Netflix Original)
Fast & Furious Spy Racers: season 4: Mexico (Netflix Original)
Into the Beat (Netflix Original)
Why Are You Like This (Netflix Original)
Crimson Peak
Rush
Synchronic
The Zookeeper’s Wife
Available April 18
Luis Miguel – The Series: season 2 (Netflix Original)
Available April 19
Miss Sloane
PJ Masks: season 3
Available April 20
Izzy’s Koala World: season 2 (Netflix Original)
Available April 21
Zero (Netflix Original)
Available April 22
Life in Color with David Attenborough (Netflix Original)
Stowaway (Netflix Original)
Available April 23
Shadow and Bone (Netflix Original)
Tell Me When (Netflix Original)
Heroes: Silence and Rock & Roll
Available April 27
Go! Go! Cory Carson: season 4 (Netflix Original)
August: Osage County
Battle of Los Angele
Available April 28
Sexify (Netflix Original)
Headspace Guide to Sleep
Available April 29
Things Heard & Seen (Netflix Original)
Yasuke (Netflix Original)
Available April 30
The Innocent (Netflix Original)
The Mitchells vs. The Machines (Netflix Original)
Pet Stars (Netflix Original)
The Unremarkable Juanquini: season 2 (Netflix Original)
What’s Leaving:
Leaving April 2
Honey: Rise Up and Dance
Leaving April 4
Backfire
Leaving April 11
Time Trap
Leaving April 12
Married at First Sight: season 9
Surviving R. Kelly Part II: The Reckoning: season 1
Leaving April 13
Antidote
Leaving April 14
Eddie Murphy: Delirious
The New Romantic
Once Upon a Time in London
Thor: Tales of Asgard
Leaving April 15
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant
Leaving April 19
Carol
The Vatican Tapes
Leaving April 20
The Last Resort
Leaving April 21
The Great British Baking Show: Masterclass: seasons 1-3
Leaving April 22
Liv and Maddie: seasons 1-4
Leaving April 23
Mirror Mirror
Leaving April 24
Django Unchained
Leaving April 26
The Sapphires
Leaving April 27
The Car
Doom
Leaving April 28
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Leaving April 30
17 Again
Blackfish
Can’t Hardly Wait
Den of Thieves
How to Be a Latin Lover
I Am Legend
Jumping the Broom
Kingdom: seasons 1-3
Knock Knock
Palm Trees in the Snow
Platoon
Runaway Bride
Snowpiercer
The Green Hornet
The Indian in the Cupboard
Waiting
