{"id":7992731,"date":"2026-04-10T14:43:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T21:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/?p=7992731"},"modified":"2026-04-10T14:43:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T21:43:46","slug":"best-new-streaming-movies-april-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/creative-content\/what-to-watch\/best-new-streaming-movies-april-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"The Top 21 New Movies Streaming Now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

April is here, and with it comes a slew of new movies hitting the various streaming services. Not only are there big films in theaters this month, but several hits from the last few months are making their streaming debut in April, including the Sydney Sweeney hit “The Housemaid,” Timothee Chalamet’s Oscar hopeful “Marty Supreme” and Park Chan-wook’s “No Other Choice.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But that’s not all! There’s plenty more. We sifted through everything new to streaming in April to make a curated list of the best new movies streaming on Netflix<\/a>, Prime Video<\/a>, HBO Max<\/a>, Paramount+ and more this month, so let this guide serve as your one-stop shop when you’re trying to figure out what to watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to those theatrical hits making their streaming debuts, April also brings several streaming-original movies \u2014 there’s Jonah Hill’s new movie “Outcome” starring Keanu Reeves on Apple TV, a laugh-out-loud comedy starring Mark Wahlberg and Paul Walter Hauser, and a Netflix shark movie you have to see to believe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out our list of the best new movies streaming in April below.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Housemaid<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Amanda Seyfried and Sydney Sweeney in “The Housemaid” (Lionsgate)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Starz – April 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of last year\u2019s surprise hits, \u201cThe Housemaid,\u201d based on Freida McFadden\u2019s 2022 novel, is finally home. In \u201cThe Housemaid,\u201d Sydney Sweeney plays a young woman who goes to work for a wealthy couple (Amanda Seyfried and Brandon Sklenar), soon getting a little too involved in their lives before realizing the dark secret at the heart of their seemingly picture-perfect American life. Directed by Paul Feig, whose credits include \u201cA Simple Favor\u201d (and its iffy sequel) and \u201cBridesmaids,\u201d somehow managed to resurrect the R-rated erotic thriller, a style of page-turning suspense movie that hasn\u2019t taken purchase since the 1990\u2019s, making nearly $400 million on a budget of just $35 million. And what\u2019s more, he somehow managed to turn that into a franchise for adults, with a sequel (\u201cThe Housemaid\u2019s Secret\u201d) already on the way for 2027, this time co-starring Kirsten Dunst.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crime 101<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Prime Video – April 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCrime 101\u201d opened earlier this year and was oddly overlooked, especially given the talent involved \u2013 the cast includes Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Barry Keoghan, Monica Barbarro, Halle Berry and Nick Nolte, the script is based on a story by modern crime master Don Winslow and it was written and directed by Bart Layton, who made 2018\u2019s terrific \u201cAmerican Animals.\u201d Also, the movie is very good. Hemsworth stars as a slick thief, who usually hits places and people off the 101 highway in Los Angeles. Berry is an insurance adjustor. And Ruffalo is a dogged detective determined to prove that his theory (that all of the crimes are perpetrated by one very good professional) is correct. How the different narrative strands intersect and are pulled apart, is where the niftiness of \u201cCrime 101\u201d really shines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCrime 101\u201d succeeds as a sophisticated, immaculately produced thriller made for adults and populated by movie stars, something that is increasingly rare in our IP-obsessed, risk-averse cinematic landscape. The movie might have disappointed when it was released, but that doesn\u2019t mean that you can\u2019t enjoy it now. Just know you\u2019ll probably ask yourself, Why didn\u2019t I go see this in the theater<\/em>? At the very least, turn your home sound system all the way up \u2013 it\u2019s got an ingenious sound mix and a killer score by British electronic artist Blanck Mass. \u201cCrime 101\u201d deserves it.<\/p>\n\n\n

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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Netflix – April 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Danny Boyle and Alex Garland sold the idea of making a sequel to their groundbreaking “28 Days Later,” they sold it as a trilogy of films. First was “28 Years Later,” which Boyle directed and came out in 2024 \u2014 one of the year’s best films. And they also shot the next film, “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple,” back-to-back with that movie, with Nia DaCosta in the director’s chair. While the third film, which would bring Boyle back and star Cillian Murphy, is up in the air, at the very least “The Bone Temple” got made and now it’s on Netflix. The sequel continues the story from “28 Years Later,” this time focusing on Ralph Fiennes’ Dr. Kelson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mission: Impossible 1-5<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Netflix – April 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the best movie franchises of all time \u2014 and, uniquely, one that gets better as it goes along \u2014 the “Mission: Impossible” movies make for a fine binge-watch, and the first five are on Netflix now. Start with Brian De Palma’s paranoia-laced original, followed by John Woo’s balletic “M:I 2,” then J.J. Abrams’ romantic “M:I 3,” then you get to Brad Bird’s truly global (and jaw-dropping) “Ghost Protocol,” and then of course there’s Christopher McQuarrie’s “Rogue Nation,” which introduced Rebecca Ferguson’s terrific Ilsa Faust. Plus, while Netflix doesn’t have the magnificent “Fallout” streaming, it does<\/em> have 2023’s “Dead Reckoning,” which has its moments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Devil Wears Prada<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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HBO Max – April 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’re wondering where to stream “The Devil Wears Prada” before the sequel hits theaters next month, HBO Max is your answer. One of the greatest comfort watches of all time, this tale of Anne Hathaway’s journalist-turned-fashion-assistant hits all the right notes, and everyone’s back for the sequel so you know<\/em> you need to give it one more watch before heading to the theater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Mummy and The Mummy Returns<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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HBO Max – April 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First of all yes, there is a new “Mummy” movie hitting theaters this month. No, it’s not connected to the Brendan Fraser\/Rachel Weisz “Mummy” movies, but it is<\/em> a good excuse to give these swashbuckling adventure films another watch. “The Mummy” is an absolute joy (and they’re making another one!<\/a>), and while “The Mummy Returns” is a pretty significant downstep, it’s at least fun to see Fraser and Weisz banter off of one another again.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Deathstalker<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Shudder – April 3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDeathstalker\u201d is tons of fun. It\u2019s a remake of a marginal 1983 movie of the same name, part of a glut of sword-and-sandal fantasy movies from the period that failed to catch on but are now fondly remembered as cult relics. (They always had great posters and \u201cDeathstalker\u201d was no exception.) The original movie inspired several sequels, the last of which was released in 1991. The fact that anyone would want to remake \u201cDeathstalker\u201d is part of what makes this remake so charming, but the fact that writer\/director Steven Kostanski, who made \u201cFrankie Freako\u201d and \u201cPsycho Goreman,\u201d packs so much heart and gore and rubber monsters into the movie\u2019s svelte 103-minute runtime, well, you can\u2019t help but love it. It\u2019s also lovely that Daniel Bernhardt, one of the hardest working stunt professionals in the business, takes center stage and Patton Oswalt voices his troll sidekick (named Doodad), and, really, what more do you need to know? It\u2019s a hoot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pizza Movie<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Hulu – April 3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hulu describes the movie as such: \u201cA shy college student and his reckless roommate set out on a simple mission to grab pizza; but after a strange dose of a mind-bending experimental drug, they\u2019re thrust into a chaotic night of absurd encounters, wild hallucinations, and unexpected revelations that could change their lives forever.\u201d It stars two likable young actors (Gaten Matarazzo and Sean Giambrone), with a fun supporting cast (including Lulu Wilson, Jack Martin, Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Daniel Radcliffe and Sarah Sherman) and it was written and directed by Brian McElhaney and Nick Kocher, known collectively as BriTANicK. \u201cPizza Movie\u201d had its world premiere recently at the SXSW Film Festival, which is exactly the sort of place where something called \u201cPizza Movie\u201d would play well. (It was warmly reviewed.) And it\u2019s just nice to have another movie like \u201cSuperbad\u201d or \u201cThe Hangover\u201d \u2013 broad, R-rated hangout movies that don\u2019t insult your intelligence and are good for a fun, disposable time. Have your favorite pizza joint on speed dial. It\u2019s a whole \u201cPizza Movie\u201d\/pizza night vibe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alien: Romulus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Cailee Spaeny as Rain Carradine in “Alien: Romulus” (20th Century Studios)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

HBO Max – April 3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Also \u2013 Alien vs. Predator: Extended Cut, Alien, Alien 3, Alien 3: The Assembly Cut, Alien Resurrection, Alien Resurrection: Special Edition, Alien vs. Predator: Requiem: Extended Cut, Alien: Director’s Cut, Aliens, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, Aliens: Director’s Cut, AVP: Alien vs. Predator)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019d think that Disney would want \u201cAlien\u201d to stay put on Disney+\/Hulu mothership, as it is one of the marquee franchises for the company following its acquisition of the 21st<\/sup> Century assets. But here we are. Not only is \u201cAlien: Romulus,\u201d the most recent entry in the series, premiering on the service. If you never saw that one, it\u2019s set in between \u201cAlien\u201d and \u201cAliens\u201d and has a very likeable cast and some standout sequences (including a set piece in zero gravity that is just stunning). But more than \u201cAlien: Romulus,\u201d all of the movies are migrating to HBO Max \u2013 including multiple versions of several of the movies. \u201cAlien vs. Predator\u201d Extended Cut, \u201cAlien,\u201d \u201cAlien 3\u201d, \u201cAlien 3\u201d The Assembly Cut (a rough approximation of David Fincher\u2019s original intended version, before Fox meddling), \u201cAlien Resurrection,\u201d \u201cAlien Resurrection\u201d Special Edition, \u201cAlien vs. Predator: Requiem\u201d Extended Cut, \u201cAlien\u201d Director’s Cut, \u201cAliens,\u201d \u201cAliens vs. Predator: Requiem,\u201d \u201cAliens\u201d Director’s Cut (we wholly endorse this version, especially because it had the scenes that would have won Sigourney Weaver the Best Actress Oscar instead of merely being nominated) and \u201cAVP: Alien vs. Predator\u201d all appear on HBO Max. Because in space (or on a competing direct-to-consumer streaming service) no one can hear you scream.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Game Night<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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HBO Max – April 4<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s time we talk openly and honestly about \u201cGame Night\u201d being one of the great cinematic comedies of the modern era. Because it really is. Directed by the great John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, who helmed the similarly impressive and underseen \u201cDungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves,\u201d \u201cGame Night\u201d concerns a bland suburban couple (Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams), whose weekly game night takes a dangerous turn. With an excellent supporting cast that includes Jesse Plemons, Lamorne Morris, Sharon Horgan, Billy Magnussen, Kyle Chandler, Danny Huston and Michael C. Hall, a killer score from Cliff Martinez and genuinely beautiful cinematography from Barry Peterson, it\u2019s the rare R-rated big screen comedy that actually feels like a real movie. Endlessly rewatchable and just as quotable, if for some reason you haven\u2019t seen \u201cGame Night,\u201d it\u2019s time to remedy that ASAP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sir\u0101t<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Hulu – April 6<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSir\u0101t,\u201d which premiered at last year\u2019s Cannes Film Festival to rapturous reviews, before being acquired by NEON and later nominated for the Best International Feature Film at the Academy Awards, is a truly one-of-a-kind experience. Set largely at a dusty outdoor electronic music festival, the film follows Luis (Sergi L\u00f3pez, who you might remember as the evil general in Guillermo del Toro\u2019s \u201cPan\u2019s Labyrinth\u201d) and his son Esteban (Bruno N\u00fa\u00f1ez Arjona) and their dog Pipa, as they desperately search for their missing daughter. They fall in with a group of grungy ravers as the search for Luis\u2019 daughter becomes more dangerous. (We should also mention that somewhere in the background, World War III has erupted.) Combining elements of William Friedkin\u2019s \u201cSorcerer\u201d with something like Doug Liman\u2019s \u201cGo,\u201d \u201cSir\u0101t\u201d is a truly singular experience, one that becomes increasingly dark and devastating as the runtime rolls on. But for those who are on the movie\u2019s wavelength, the movie can feel like a breath of fresh air in an arid cinematic landscape largely consisting of the same-old, same-old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Outcome<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Apple TV – April 10<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jonah Hill\u2019s sophomore narrative feature as a director, after A24\u2019s charming, low-key \u201cMid90s,\u201d follows Keanu Reeves\u2019 Hollywood star, who is being extorted with a video from his past. This leads him on an odyssey to learn what he did wrong, who he possibly screwed over and whether or not he can successfully rebound, no matter the outcome. Hill co-wrote, directed, and co-stars in \u201cOutcome\u201d (as Reeves\u2019 crisis lawyer), with a cast that also includes Cameron Diaz, Matt Bomer, Laverne Cox, David Spade, Kaia Gerber, Susan Lucci, Martin Scorsese and Drew Barrymore. Not too shabby. We\u2019re just excited to finally see \u201cOutcome,\u201d which wrapped production way back in 2024. Whatever the outcome is, we\u2019re here for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thrash<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Netflix – April 10<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThrash\u201d is terrific \u2013 a 1970s disaster movie, cross-pollinated with a grade-A creature feature and embroidered with timely environmental commentary about the tenuousness of our ecosystem and the dangers associated with increasingly temperamental weather patterns. In \u201cThrash,\u201d a historic hurricane brings more than just water to a small coastal town \u2013 it brings a group of very hungry sharks (actually known as a shiver<\/em>, which was the movie\u2019s original title), who start to swim around the town and go into people\u2019s homes and generally cause all sorts of mayhem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tommy Wirkola knows how patently ridiculous the premise is, so he decides to ground it in the story of various townspeople \u2013 Phoebe Dynevor is a pregnant woman on the verge of giving birth, Djimon Hounsou is a scientist studying the sharks and there are a bunch of redneck kids who are not-so-secretly rooting for the sharks to take care of their conniving stepparents. Tommy Wirkola, a master of delightful, violent absurdity, stages the action cleanly, with careful attention paid to the geography of the town and the spatial relationship of the characters to one another and the sharks. It\u2019s also just so much fun<\/em>. The fact that it won\u2019t be in theaters nationwide, enjoyed with an amped-up Friday night audience, is the only bummer about \u201cThrash.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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Christy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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HBO Max – April 10<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sydney Sweeney won the Bank of America Award last year with her box office smash \u201cThe Housemaid\u201d (see above), but she was really angling for some Academy Award recognition for \u201cChristy,\u201d a roughhewn biography of real-life female boxer Christy Martin that was Sweeney\u2019s labor of love. Directed and co-written by underrated Australian auteur David Mich\u00f4d, who takes an agreeably no-frills approach to Martin\u2019s rise in the sport and her destructive, abusive relationship with James V. Martin (a terrific Ben Foster), her coach-turned-husband who later attempted to murder her. (Yes, this is all 100% true.) With delicate supporting turns by Merritt Wever, Ethan Embry and Katy O\u2019Brian, \u201cChristy\u201d charts the life of a woman ahead of her time, constantly constrained to what society wanted to make of her, while fighting desperately to be her own person. Forget the narrative about the movie\u2019s disastrous box office performance and go into \u201cChristy\u201d with an open mind \u2013 much like Sweeney\u2019s steely performance, it will surprise you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Quiet Place: Part II<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Netflix – April 11<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With cameras rolling on “A Quiet Place 3,”<\/a> now’s as good a time as any to revisit John Krasinski’s horror sequel “A Quiet Place: Part II.” The 2020 film shifted the POV from Emily Blunt’s character to her daughter, played by Millicent Simmonds, as she set off on her own to save her family. Cillian Murphy joined the ranks as a mysterious stranger, and Blunt held it down with Noah Jupe and her baby. How big of a time jump with the third movie have, given that these kids definitely don’t look like little kids anymore? It’s anyone’s guess, but “A Quiet Place 2” is very good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Balls Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Prime Video – April 15<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With 2018\u2019s \u201cGreen Book,\u201d which ultimately won the Best Picture Academy Award, Peter Farrelly, who with his brother Bobby had made some of the great outr\u00e9 comedies of the 1990\u2019s (including \u201cDumb and Dumber,\u201d \u201cKingpin\u201d and \u201cThere\u2019s Something About Mary\u201d) took a hard turn into respectability. Thankfully, he has been letting the silliness creep back in over the past few years and before he returns to potential Oscar glory with this fall\u2019s \u201cI Play Rocky,\u201d a retelling of the making of \u201cRocky\u201d (with Anthony Ippolito playing Sylvester Stallone), he really lets loose. \u201cBalls Up,\u201d featuring a script by \u201cDeadpool\u201d writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, follows Brad (Mark Wahlberg) and Elijah (Paul Walter Hauser), two men who work at a condom company, who introduce a revolutionary product that covers both your penis and testicles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From this simple, absurd premise, a grand buddy action comedy is born, involving the World Cup, an unscrupulous drug dealer (played hilariously by Sacha Baron Cohen) and a desperate trek across the jungle that involves a group of eco-hippies (led by Eric Andr\u00e9) and some fish that will swim into your penis. Listen, with \u201cBalls Up,\u201d you will probably laugh a lot. You might feel guilty about it, but that cannot lessen the LOLz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shelby Oaks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Hulu – April 17<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pathway from YouTube creator to legitimate filmmaker is a treacherous one. Chris Stuckmann, who built up a loyal following on the platform, made the leap last fall with \u201cShelby Oaks,\u201d a spooky, pseudo found-footage movie about a YouTube paranormal investigator that goes missing and the desperate attempt to figure out what went wrong. The movie was helped along by genre mainstay Mike Flanagan, who assisted in refining Stuckmann\u2019s vision, and NEON, who purchased the rights and paid for some reshoots and additional post-production. While the movie wasn\u2019t quite the sensation that everyone hoped it would be, it made more than $8 million on a budget of around $1 million. And more than that, it proved, like Danny and Michael Philippou before him, that you could successful make the transition from YouTube to really-for-real filmmaking.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Dust Bunny<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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HBO Max – April 17<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The feature directorial debut of \u201cHannibal\u201d and \u201cPushing Daisies\u201d creator Bryan Fuller is just as bonkers and brilliant as you were hoping it would be. In \u201cDust Bunny\u201d a young girl named Aurora (Sophie Sloan) hires the hit man in her apartment building, Resident 5B (Mads Mikkelsen) to kill the monster that lives under her bed; the same one that ate her parents. Resident 5B accepts the job. And all manner of mayhem ensues. Originally developed as an episode<\/a> of the new version of Steven Spielberg\u2019s \u201cAmazing Stories\u201d anthology series, \u201cDust Bunny\u201d does play like a lost Amblin movie from the 1980s \u2013 it\u2019s set in a fantastical city, is full of colorful characters and is embroidered with jaw-dropping stylistic flourishes, many too good to reveal here. Sigourney Weaver plays Resident 5B\u2019s prickly handler, there are inventively staged action sequences and an ingenious creature design. Truly, you\u2019ve never seen anything quite like \u201cDust Bunny.\u201d And you may never see anything like it again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Orangutan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Disney+ – April 22<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of the time, Earth Day means a new Disneynature documentary. The Disneynature movies, which started back in 2008 and harkened back to the Oscar-winning \u201cTrue-Life Adventures\u201d nature documentaries that Walt Disney pioneered, usually focus on a type of animal or a specific environment. They also normally have energetic celebrity narration, that gives personality and context to the animals or biomes. (The Catherine Keener-narrated \u201cPolar Bear\u201d from 2022 remains a bleak favorite.) This time around, the focus is on Indah, \u201can inquisitive adolescent orangutan learning how to navigate life as she prepares to leave her family and venture out on her own for the first time,\u201d according to the official release. \u201cOrangutan\u201d is set in Southeast Asia, with Josh Gad serving as the narrator who will take audiences \u201cinto the world\u2019s most majestic rainforest canopy.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every time a new Disneynature movie is released, it feels like a miracle. They are perfect and entertaining and deeply environmental, even without any explicit messaging. This became even truer once Disney, with their acquisition of the 21st<\/sup> Century assets, owned National Geographic. But we\u2019ll celebrate Disneynature movies for as long as they are released. Truly, an endangered species worth rooting for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No Other Choice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Hulu – April 24<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the best movies of last year, \u201cNo Other Choice\u201d<\/a> was oddly omitted from the Best International Feature Film Oscar race. Instead, it will live on as a favorite for those who saw it, which will soon be a much bigger group thanks to its appearance on Hulu. The latest from visionary filmmaker Park Chan-wook, \u201cNo Other Choice\u201d follows a man (Lee Byung-hun) who is laid off from his job at the paper factory. His search for employment becomes so desperate that he starts murdering those who would probably pose the greatest threat to him on the job market. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inspired by mystery writer Donald Westlake\u2019s 1997 novel \u201cThe Ax\u201d and co-written by Canadian filmmaker Don McKellar, \u201cNo Other Choice\u201d is both hilarious and deeply unsettling, full of the kind of suspense set pieces that only Park could orchestrate, combining edge-of-your-seat thrills with totally absurd humor. One of the filmmaker\u2019s very best movies, you really shouldn\u2019t miss \u201cNo Other Choice.\u201d You really \u2013 wait for it \u2013 don\u2019t have any other choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marty Supreme<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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“Marty Supreme” (Credit: A24)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

HBO Max – April 24<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMarty Supreme,\u201d<\/a> after its ingenious marketing campaign and Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet\u2019s near nonstop press blitz, became the highest grossing movie that A24 had ever released. It\u2019s also one of the best movies they\u2019ve ever put out \u2013 a sprawling, richly detailed historical drama set in the burgeoning world of ping-pong. In post-war New York City, Marty Mauser (Chalamet) struggles to make it big in a sport that most people are unaware of. But he\u2019s always getting in his own way, undermining his attempts at success along the way. Directed and co-written by Josh Safdie, \u201cMarty Supreme\u201d has a freewheeling (yes, ping-ponging<\/em>) energy that is barely contained, full of lively performances from Gwyneth Paltrow, Odessa A\u2019zion, Tyler the Creator, Abel Ferrara and, yes, Kevin O\u2019Leary from \u201cShark Tank,\u201d jaw-dropping cinematography from Darius Khondji and an all-timer score by Daniel Lopatin, that is occasionally broken up by 1980\u2019s bangers like Peter Gabriel\u2019s \u201cI Have the Touch,\u201d New Order\u2019s \u201cThe Perfect Kiss\u201d and Public Image Ltd\u2019s \u201cThe Order of Death.\u201d What a movie<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMarty Supreme\u201d weathered a bizarre awards smear campaign and was ultimately nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director (for Safdie) and Best Actor (for Chalamet), but didn\u2019t take home a single trophy. In some respects, that\u2019s the most \u201cMarty Supreme\u201d outcome they could have hoped for. But those in the know already (rightfully) crowned the movie as a modern classic. It\u2019s a winner.<\/p>\n\n\n

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