What to Watch in April: 24 Notable TV Shows & Streaming Movies

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor – March 29, 2022

The month ahead will bring the long-awaited returns of critic favorites Better Call Saul, Russian Doll, and Barry, a series adaptation of The Man Who Fell to Earth, new films from Judd Apatow and Richard Linklater, a new Michael Mann-directed crime drama, David Simon's latest HBO miniseries, and more. In the gallery on this page, our editors have selected the most interesting TV and movie titles debuting at home throughout April, listed in order by premiere date.

25 of 26 photo by Paramount Pictures

BONUS: Top older titles coming to the streaming services in April

pictured above:

▣ The Godfather (1972) - Paramount+, 4/28
▣ The Godfather Part II (1974) - Paramount+, 4/28
▣ The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone (1990/2020) - Paramount+, 4/28
Why watch a series based on the making of one of the greatest films in history when you can watch the actual film (and its two sequels) instead? All three Godfather films—including the recently released and improved re-cut of the oft-maligned third film, now titled The Godfather Coda—will begin streaming on Paramount+ on April 28, the same day that The Offer debuts.

also available:

Apollo 13 (1995) - Peacock, 4/1

Argo (2012) - Netflix, 4/1

Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) - Prime Video, 4/1

The Blair Witch Project (1999) - HBO Max, 4/30

Bloody Sunday (2002) - Paramount+, 4/1

Blow Out (1981) - Prime Video, 4/1

Bonnie and Clyde (1967) - Netflix, 4/1

Bugsy (1991) - Paramount+, 4/1

Capote (2005) - HBO and HBO Max, 4/1

Carrie (1976) - Paramount+ and Prime Video, 4/1

Catch Me If You Can (2002) - Paramount+, 4/1

Chicago (2002) - HBO and HBO Max, 4/1

The Color of Money (1986) - Prime Video, 4/1

The Conversation (1974) - Paramount+, 4/1

District 9 (2009) - Prime Video, 4/1

Elizabeth (1998) - Peacock, 4/1

Fargo (1996) - Prime Video, 4/1

Five Easy Pieces (1970) - HBO Max, 4/1

The Fly (1986) - Paramount+, 4/1

Fly Away Home (1996) - Hulu, 4/1

Forrest Gump (1994) - Paramount+, 4/1

The Freshman (1990) - HBO and HBO Max, 4/1

Full Metal Jacket (1987) - Netflix, 4/1

Gandhi (1982) - Peacock, 4/1

Ghost World (2001) - Paramount+, 4/1

Her (2013) - Netflix, 4/1

How to Train Your Dragon (2010) - Netflix, 4/1

Hugo (2011) - HBO and HBO Max, 4/1

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) - Prime Video, 4/1

Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2012) - Prime Video, 4/1

The Joy Luck Club (1993) - Prime Video, 4/1

The Last Detail (1973) - HBO Max, 4/1

Let the Right One In (2008) - Hulu, 4/8

Little Miss Sunshine (2006) - Paramount+, 4/1

The Long Goodbye (1973) - Paramount+, 4/1

Looper (2012) - Hulu, 4/1

Minority Report (2002) - Peacock, 4/1

Nightcrawler (2014) - Netflix, 4/10

Nobody's Fool (1994) - HBO and HBO Max, 4/1

Nobody's Watching (2017) - Paramount+, 4/1

On the Waterfront (1954) - HBO Max, 4/1

Only Lovers Left Alive (2014) - HBO and HBO Max, 4/1

Pulp Fiction (1994) - Paramount+, 4/1

Raging Bull (1980) - Prime Video, 4/1

Rushmore (1998) - Prime Video, 4/1

Saving Private Ryan (1998) - Netflix, 4/1

The Secret in Their Eyes (2010) - HBO and HBO Max, 4/1

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) - HBO Max, 4/1

Shanghai Noon (2000) - Prime Video, 4/1

Shrek (2001) - Hulu, 4/1

Shrek 2 (2004) - Hulu, 4/1

The Thin Red Line (1999) - Paramount+, 4/1

Titanic (1997) - Paramount+, 4/1

Tootsie (1982) - HBO and HBO Max, 4/1

We the Animals (2018) - Netflix, 4/1

What's Love Got to Do With It (1993) - Peacock, 4/1

Young Frankenstein (1974) - Prime Video, 4/1

Zero Dark Thirty (2012) - Peacock, 4/1

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