Netflix and other streaming services are springing forward and releasing a packed lineup of new movies, series, and games in April 2025, including big-budget thrillers, new series, returning favorites, and international hits. The streaming service will feature a beloved anthology return (Black Mirror), finales (The Handmaid’s Tale Season 6), and there are plenty of chances to revisit shows like Cloverfield and Instellar. April offers drama, romance, and adventure. Read on to find out what’s coming next month to your favorite streaming service.
What’s Coming to Disney+ in April 2025
April 11, 2025
The Abyss (1990)
Directed by: James Cameron
Starring: Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn, Leo Burmester, Todd Graff
Synopsis: “A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver (Ed Harris) soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean’s surface where he confronts a mysterious force that has the power to change the world or destroy it.”
April 12, 2025
Doctor Who (2025): Season 2
Starring: Rose Ayling-Ellis, Nicola Coughlan, Ncuti Gatwa, Millie Gibson, Jonah Hauer-King
Synopsis: “Audiences join The Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and Belinda Chandra (Varada Sethu) on an epic quest to get Belinda back to Earth. But a mysterious force is stopping their return and the time-travelling TARDIS team must face great dangers, ferocious enemies and wilder terrors than ever before.”
April 22, 2025
Andor: A Star Wars Story (2025)
Starring: Diego Luna, Adria Arjona, Alan Tudyk, Ben Mendelsohn, Stellan Skarsgård
Synopsis: From the very first scene, Cassian’s story has activated an ever-widening ensemble of allies and enemies. Season 2 will see these relationships intensify as the horizon of galactic war draws near. Everyone will be tested and, as the stakes rise, the betrayals, sacrifices, and conflicting agendas will become profound.”
What’s Coming to HULU in April 2025
April 1, 2025
Arrival (2016)
Directed by: Denis Villeneuve
Starring: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, Mark O’Brien
Synopsis: “When mysterious spacecraft touch down across the globe, an elite team is put together to investigate – including language expert Louise Banks (Amy Adams). Mankind teeters on the verge of global war as everyone scrambles for answers – and to find them, Banks will take a chance that could threaten her life, and quite possibly humanity.”
April 1, 2025
Interstellar (2014)
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Mackenzie Foy, John Lithgow, Timothée Chalamet, Francis X. McCarthy
Synopsis: “With our time on Earth coming to an end, a team of explorers undertakes the most important mission in human history; traveling beyond this galaxy to discover whether mankind has a future among the stars. “
Jurassic Park III (2001)
Directed by: Joe Johnston
Starring: Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Téa Leoni, Alessandro Nivola, Trevor Morgan
Synopsis: Eight years after the InGen incident, Dr. Alan Grant is happy with his life far from any dinosaurs other than fossilized. Unfortunately, he is extremely short in research money, and therefore accepts the offer of wealthy businessman Paul Kirby: A low flight over isolated Isla Sorna, where InGen’s second research site was located, and Dr. Grant can fund his future research for a long time. What Dr. Grant didn’t know is that Kirby just needs a dinosaur expert to help him and his wife find their 14-year-old son Eric, who crashed on the island while paragliding. What he did suspect, but never wanted to witness, is that the Velociraptors have evolved into a communicating species (and seemingly all along had the capability to do so), now being smarter than primates.”
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Pete Postlethwaite, Arliss Howard, Richard Attenborough
Synopsis: “Director Steven Spielberg takes us back to the scene of Jurassic Park in The Lost World: Jurassic Park, the blockbuster sequel with even more dinosaurs, action and Academy Award nominated visual effects. Four years since the disaster at Jurassic Park, two groups are in a race against time that will determine the fate of the remote island’s prehistoric inhabitants.”
April 8, 2025
The Handmaid’s Tale Season 6
Starring: Elisabeth Moss, Yvonne Strahovski, Madeline Brewer, Bradley Whitford, Ever Carradine
Synopsis: “This final chapter of June’s journey highlights the importance of hope, courage, solidarity, and resilience in the pursuit of justice and freedom.”
What’s Coming to MAX in April 2025
April 1, 2025
Logan (2017)
Directed by: James Mangold
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Dafne Keen, Boyd Holbrook, Stephen Merchant
Synopsis: “In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hideout on the Mexican border. But Logan’s attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are upended when a young mutant arrives, pursued by dark forces.”
The Terminator (1984)
Directed by: James Cameron
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton, Paul Winfield, Lance Henriksen
Synopsis: “Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton. The blockbuster sci-fi thriller about a killer cyborg from the robot-ruled future sent back in time to stop a woman from giving birth to a future resistance leader.”
April 7, 2025
2073 (2024)
Directed by: Asif Kapadia
Starring: Samantha Morton, Naomi Ackie, Hector Hewer, Maria Ressa, Carole Cadwalladr
Synopsis: “It’s 2073, and the worst fears of modern life have been realized. Surveillance drones fill the burnt orange skies and militarized police roam the wrecked streets, while survivors hide away underground. Interconnecting today’s global crises of authoritarianism, unchecked big tech, inequality, and global climate change, 2073 is an unshakable vision of a future that could very well be our own.”
April 13, 2025
The Last of Us (2025): Season 2
Starring: Pedro Pascal, Kaitlyn Dever, Ariela Barer, Ben Ahlers, Ariela Barer
Synopsis: “The Last of Us picks up in Season 2, five years after the events of the first season, Joel and Ellie are drawn into conflict with each other and a world even more dangerous and unpredictable than the one they left behind.”
What’s Coming to Netflix in April 2025
April 1, 2025
Y2K (2024)
Directed by: Kyle Mooney
Starring: Jaeden Martell, Rachel Zegler, Julian Dennison, The Kid Laroi, Lachlan Watson
Synopsis: “Two high school juniors crash a New Year’s Eve party only to find themselves fighting for their lives when the terror of Y2K becomes a reality.”
Black Mirror (2025): Season 7
Starring: Awkwafina, Peter Capaldi, Emma Corrin, Rashida Jones, Paul Giamatti
Synopsis: Twisted tales run wild in this mind-bending anthology series that reveals humanity’s worst traits, greatest innovations and more.”
The Eternaut (2025): Season 1
Starring: Ricardo Darín,Carla Peterson,César Troncoso,Andrea Pietra,Ariel Staltari
Synopsis: “After a devastating toxic snowfall kills millions, Juan Salvo and a group of survivors in Buenos Aires must resist an invisible threat from another world.”
What’s Coming to Paramount+ in April 2025
April 1, 2025
Face/Off (1997)
Directed by: John Woo
Starring: John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen, Alessandro Nivola, Gina Gershon
Synopsis: “Losing face takes on new meaning in director John Woo’s hyper-kinetic actioner. FBI agent Sean Archer (John Travolta), in order to learn where in Los Angeles a nerve gas bomb was hidden by terrorist assassin Castor Troy (Nicolas Cage), undergoes an experimental operation to give him the voice and appearance of his foe. The procedure works-until Troy manages to assume Archer’s face and identity and leave him behind bars.”
Interstellar (2014)
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Mackenzie Foy, John Lithgow, Timothée Chalamet, Francis X. McCarthy
Synopsis: “With our time on Earth coming to an end, a team of explorers undertakes the most important mission in human history; traveling beyond this galaxy to discover whether mankind has a future among the stars. “
Prey (2022)
Directed by: Dan Trachtenberg
Starring: Amber Midthunder, Dakota Beavers, Dane DiLiegro, Stormee Kipp, Michelle Thrush
Synopsis: “The epic Predator legacy continues with this action-thriller set in the Comanche Nation. When Naru, a fierce and highly skilled young warrior, sets out to protect her people, the prey she stalks turns out to be a highly evolved alien predator – leading to a vicious and terrifying showdown.”
What’s Coming to TUBI in April 2025
April 1, 2025
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2010)
Directed by: Stephen Sommers
Starring: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Christopher Eccleston, Grégory Fitoussi, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Leo Howard
Synopsis: “From the Egyptian desert to deep below the polar ice caps, the elite G.I. JOE team uses the latest in next-generation spy and military equipment to fight the corrupt arms dealer Destro and the growing threat of the mysterious Cobra organization to prevent them from plunging the world into chaos. ‘G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.’ is directed by Stephen Sommers.”
G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013)
Directed by: Jon M. Chu
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Jonathan Pryce, Lee Byung-hun, Elodie Yung, Ray Stevenson
Synopsis: “In this sequel, the G.I. Joes are not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence.”
Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
Directed by: Adam Wingard
Starring: Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Shun Oguri
Synopsis: “Legends collide in ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ as these mythic adversaries meet in a spectacular battle for the ages, with the fate of the world hanging in the balance. Kong and his protectors undertake a perilous journey to find his true home, and with them is Jia, a young orphaned girl with whom he has formed a unique and powerful bond. But they unexpectedly find themselves in the path of an enraged Godzilla, cutting a swath of destruction across the globe. The epic clash between the two titans—instigated by unseen forces—is only the beginning of the mystery that lies deep within the core of the Earth.”
Max Payne (2008)
Directed by: John Moore
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Beau Bridges, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Olga Kurylenko
Synopsis: “Max Payne (Wahlberg) is a maverick cop with little regard for rules and nothing left to lose. Hell-bent on revenge, he’s determined to track down those responsible for the brutal murder of his family, but his obsessive investigation takes him on a nightmarish journey where dark fantasy collides with stark reality. As the mystery deepens, Max is forced to battle enemies beyond the natural world… and face an unthinkable betrayal that will drive him to the edge of his own sanity.”
The Punisher (1991)
Directed by: Mark Goldblatt
Starring: Dolph Lundgren, Louis Gossett Jr., Jeroen Krabbé, Kim Miyori, Bryan Marshall
Synopsis: “When Frank Castle’s family is murdered by criminals, he wages war on crime as a vigilante assassin known only as the Punisher.”
The Mask (1994)
Directed by: Chuck Russell
Starring: Jim Carrey, Peter Riegert, Peter Greene, Amy Yasbeck, Richard Jeni
Synopsis: “After being thrown out of the Coco Bongo nightclub one sad evening, timid bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss happens across a powerful Norse mask in the river which transforms him into a wise-cracking, zoot-suited, green-faced superhero. With his new-found charm and powers, which include infinite malleability of his own body, Stanley chats up the gorgeous woman of his dreams, singer Tina Carlyle, robs his own bank, outwits the cops, and demolishes the local hoods. His extravagant nightly exploits attract the unwanted attention of Lt. Mitch Kellaway and Tina’s boyfriend Dorian Tyrell, who is trying to exert his own control over the city.”
Cloverfield (2007)
Directed by: Matt Reeves
Starring: Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas, T.J. Miller, Michael Stahl-David, Mike Vogel
Synopsis: “Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal, horrifying event of their lives.”
The Thing (1982)
Directed by: John Carpenter
Starring: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter, David Clennon, Keith David
Synopsis: “Director John Carpenter (Halloween) teams Kurt Russell’s outstanding performance with incredible visual effects to create a chilling version of the classic The Thing. Set in the winter of 1982 at a research station in Antarctica, a twelve-man research team finds an alien being that has fallen from the sky and has remained buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Soon it is unfrozen and unleashed, creating havoc and terror as it changes forms and becomes one of them”
The Thing (2011)
Directed by: Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.
Starring: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Ulrich Thomsen, Eric Christian Olsen
Synopsis: “When paleontologist Kate Lloyd (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as they realize that their experiment has freed a mysterious being from its frozen prison. Paranoia spreads like an epidemic as a creature that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish in this spine-tingling thriller.”
Babylon A.D. (2008)
Directed by: Mathieu Kassovitz
Starring: Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh, Mélanie Thierry, Gérard Depardieu, Charlotte Rampling
Synopsis: “It is the not-too-distant future. Thousands of satellites scan, observe and monitor our every move. Much of the planet is a war zone; the rest, a collection of wretched way stations, teeming megalopolises, and vast wastelands punctuated by areas left radioactive from nuclear meltdowns. It is a world made for hardened warriors, one of whom, a mercenary known only as Toorop, lives by a simple survivor’s code: kill or be killed. His latest assignment has him smuggling a young woman named Aurora from a convent in Kazakhstan to New York City. Toorop, his new young charge Aurora and Aurora’s guardian Sister Rebeka embark on a 6,000-mile journey that takes them from Eastern Europe, through a refugee camp in “New Russia,” across the Bering Straight in a pilfered submarine, then through the frozen tundra of Alaska and Canada, and finally to New York.”
Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
Directed by: Doug Liman
Starring: Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton, Brendan Gleeson
Synopsis: “An alien race, undefeatable by any existing military unit, has launched a relentless attack on Earth, and Major William Cage (Tom Cruise) finds himself dropped into a suicide mission. Killed within minutes, Cage is thrown into a time loop, forced to live out the same brutal combat over and over, fighting and dying again and again. Training alongside warrior Rita Vrataski (Emily Blunt), his skills slowly evolve, and each battle moves them one step closer to defeating the enemy in this fun action thriller.”
Mystery Men (1999)
Directed by: Kinka Usher
Starring: Hank Azaria, Claire Forlani, Janeane Garofalo, Eddie Izzard, Greg Kinnear
Synopsis: “When Captain Amazing, Champion City’s legendary superhero, falls into the hands of the evil madman Casanova Frankenstein and his disco-dancing henchmen, there’s suddenly a chance for the aspiring superheroes to show what they can do. They’re the Mystery Men… a ragtag team of superhero wannabes featuring: Mr. Furious, whose power comes from his boundless rage; The Shoveler, a father who shovels ‘better than anyone’; The Blue Raja, a fork-flinging mama’s boy; The Bowler, who fights crime with the help of her father’s skull; The Spleen, whose power is pure flatulence; Invisible Boy, who’s only invisible when no one’s watching and The Sphinx, a cliche-spewing philosopher.”
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