New on Netflix: April 2024
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Savannah Salazar,
a Vulture editor who writes about streaming, movies, and TV
a Vulture associate editor who writes about streaming, movies, and television.
Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver.
Photo: NBC
Rebel Moon is probably not worth a critic’s pick spot. If anything this is more a reminder that there is a part two coming. But you know, maybe part two of Zack Synder’s take on Star Wars will bang because if it is his version of a Star Wars tale then The Scargiver would have to be the Empire Strikes Back of Rebel Moon, right? (Streaming April 19.)
➽ Ripley — Adapted from Patricia Highsmith’s thrilling novel (that set the stage for the beloved 1999 film), Ripley stars Andrew Scott as the talented con artist who is tasked with bringing a rich man’s son Dickie (Johnny Flynn) home who is galavanting around Italy with his girl, Marge (Dakota Fanning). (Streaming April 4.)
➽ Strange Way of Life — Eighteen years after turning down Brokeback Mountain, Pedro Almodóvar comes with a short film that has its own take on similar themes as he explores the love of two cowboys (Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal) as they reconnect after 25 years. (Streaming April 12.)
➽ The Circle, season 6 — It may never reach the highs of its novel first season, but The Circle can be entertaining enough reality television for when you need to do chores around the house. Now in its sixth season, the social media competition show is adding a new player to its list of competitors: an AI bot. If it wins, we’re doomed. (Streaming April 17.)
How We Write This List
New movies and shows pop up on Netflix every month — a staggered waterfall of dozens upon dozens of titles, many of them good, not all of them great. On the last day of every month and once a week, we’ll update this list with recommendations for what to watch that’s new on Netflix. To help you sort through the noise without relying on Netflix’s algorithm, we’ll recommend a critic’s pick and add some emojis (with very scientific categories!) to the noteworthy movies and shows below. 😇
Legend:
🎟️ Notable New Release
🏆 Award-Winning
🍭 Kid-Friendly
💧 Tearjerkers
⭐ Vulture Fave
The Magic Prank Show With Justin Willman — Netflix Series
American Graffiti 🏆⭐
Baby Driver ⭐
Battleship
Born on the Fourth of July
Glass
Happy Gilmore ⭐
Hotel Transylvania 🍭
Hotel Transylvania 2 🍭
How to Be Single
Inside Man
Inside Man: Most Wanted
It’s Kind of a Funny Story 💧
The Land Before Time 🍭💧
The Little Things
The Matrix 🏆⭐
The Matrix Reloaded ⭐
The Matrix Revolutions ⭐
Molly’s Game
Mortal Engines
One Piece Film: Red
Role Models
Sex and the City, seasons 1-6 🏆⭐
Smokey and the Bandit
Smokey and the Bandit II
Split ⭐
Step Up: Revolution
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby ⭐
The Theory of Everything 🏆💧
Wild Things
You’ve Got Mail ⭐
Demetri Martin: Demetri Deconstructed — Netflix Comedy
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Crime Scene Berlin: Nightlife Killer — Netflix Documentary
Files of the Unexplained — Netflix Documentary
Rodeio Rock — Netflix Film
100 Days to Indy, season 1
Blackfish
Crooks — Netflix Series
I Woke Up A Vampire, season 2 — Netflix Family
Ripley — Netflix Series 🎟️⭐
The Tearsmith — Netflix Film
The Antisocial Network: Memes to Mayhem — Netflix Documentary
Parasyte: The Grey — Netflix Series
Scoop — Netflix Film 🎟️
Spirit Rangers, season 3 — Netflix Family 🍭
Neal Brennan: Crazy Good — Netflix Comedy
Anthracite: Secrets of the Sect — Netflix Series
The Hijacking of Flight 601 — Netflix Series
Unlocked: A Jail Experiment — Netflix Series
What Jennifer Did — Netflix Documentary
As the Crow Flies, season 3 — Netflix Series
The Bricklayer
Heartbreak High, season 2 — Netflix Series 🎟️
Meekah, season 2
Midsummer Night — Netflix Series
A Journey — Netflix Film
Amar Singh Chamkila — Netflix Film
Good Times — Netflix Series
Love, Divided — Netflix Film
Stolen — Netflix Film
Strange Way of Life 🎟️⭐
Woody Woodpecker Goes to Camp — Netflix Family
The Fairly OddParents, seasons 4-5 🍭
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
Knocked Up
Jimmy Carr: Natural Born Killer — Netflix Comedy
Black Sails, seasons 1-4
The Circle, season 6 — Netflix Series 🎟️⭐
Don’t Hate the Player — Netflix Series
The Grimm Variations — Netflix Anime
Our Living World — Netflix Documentary
Bros — Netflix Series
The Upshaws: Part 5 — Netflix Series 🎟️
Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver — Netflix Film 🎟️
Duran Duran: There’s Something You Should Know
Ahead of the Curve
CoComelon Lane, season 2 — Netflix Family 🍭
Fern Brady: Autistic Bikini Queen — Netflix Comedy
Brigands: The Quest for Gold — Netflix Series
Fight for Paradise: Who Can You Trust? — Netflix Series
Deliver Me — Netflix Series
Don’t Hate the Player — Netflix Series
King Richard 🏆⭐
TLC Forever
City Hunter — Netflix Film
Dead Boy Detectives — Netflix Series
The Asunta Case — Netflix Series
Hack Your Health: The Secrets of Your Gut — Netflix Documentary
Boiling Point, season 1
Honeymoonish — Netflix Film
Flasco — Netflix Series
For more coverage of the best movies and TV shows available on Netflix, HBO, Amazon Prime, Hulu, and Showtime, check out Vulture’s What to Stream Now hub, which is updated throughout the month.
New on Netflix: April 2024
