The first of the month is often a major update day for streaming services, but there’s not too much to get excited about in our first April update of the best movies to stream on Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, Max (HBO), and other services. Compared to a loaded March with multiple Oscar winners — including Anora, A Complete Unknown, and Wicked — arriving on streaming, this April is off to a slow start.
Nonetheless, we still add four flicks to the list this week, highlighted by hit comedy One of Them Days on Netflix and A24 horror-comedy Y2K on Max.
We also have guides to the best movies on Netflix, the best movies on Hulu, the best movies on Amazon Prime Video, the best movies on Max, and the best movies on Disney+.
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One of Them Days (2025)
71%When they realize that Alyssa’s (SZA) boyfriend blew their rent money, they’re up against the clock to avoid eviction. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg, as the women’s issues keep compounding to the point that their friendship is stressed to the limit.
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera (2025)
60%After a largely lackluster theatrical release, 2018’s Den of Thieves gained a second life after hitting streaming services. Enough so that, seven years later, Den of Thieves 2: Pantera sees Gerard Butler return as Big Nick, hunting for diamond thief Donnie (O’Shea Jackson) in Europe.
Embroiled in the treacherous world of the Panther mafia, the two men join forces once again to plot a massive heist of the world’s largest diamond exchange.
The Outrun (2024)
72%Oscar-nominee Saoirse Ronan plays a troubled woman fresh out of rehab in this emotional drama. Rona (Ronan) returns to her home on the Orkney Islands, off the Scottish coast, after her most recent rehab stint and more than a decade of living life on the edge in London.
Reconnecting with the dramatic landscape of her home, she’s haunted by memories of a traumatic childhood and met with new challenges on her road to recovery.
Kraven the Hunter (2024)
35%Sony’s Marvel-adjacent universe has not gone particularly well. The Venom franchise has been okay, but between Morbius, Madame Web, and now Kraven the Hunter, Sony has somehow continually lowered the bar on how bad superhero movies can be. Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who is suddenly in everything these days, plays Kraven Kravinoff, a ruthless hunter with a complicated relationship with his gangster father, Nikolai (Russell Crowe). That relationship puts him on a path of vengeance that soon has brutal consequences.
The Electric State (2025)
32%The Russo brothers (Ant-Man) team up The Electric State, a PG-13 sci-fi original set in a world in which sentient robots once peacefully lived among humans but are now in exile after a failed uprising. But when Michelle (Millie Bobby Brown) is visited by a sweet robot called Cosmo, who seems to be controlled by her thought-to-be-deceased brother, Christopher, she soon finds her whole world turned upside down.
Joining Cosmo, Michelle sets out across a futuristic American southwest to find Christopher, forced to join up with a smuggler (Chris Pratt) and his robot sidekick (Anthony Mackie) along the way. Venturing into the Exclusion Zone where robots have been banished, the squad uncovers a sinister cospiracy.
Max (formerly HBO and HBO Max)
Y2K (2024)
49%Playing on some of the sensationalist fears that gripped the nation before the turn of the millennium, Y2K ratchets up into an overdrive of zaniness when the clock strikes midnight. And all with a couple of stars at its center who weren’t even born at the time.
Queer (2024)
72%Daniel Craig takes on a decidedly different role than James Bond in Luca Guadagnino’s (Call Me By Your Name) Queer. In 1950s Mexico City, American expat William Lee (Craig) leads a quiet, solitary life within a small American community.
But when a young student, Eugene Allerton (Drew Starkey), arrives, William finds himself drawn to the intriguing young man. For the first time in his life, he begins to establish a meaningful connection with another person.
Sing Sing (2024)
83%Another 2024 Oscar nominee, Sing Sing is an A24 summer release that went somewhat under the radar. Colman Domingo stars as Divine G, a man imprisoned at Sing Sing Prison for a crime he didn’t commit.
Feeling defeated, he finds purpose by acting in a theatre group composed of other inmates. Together, they find a greater purpose and a spirit of resilience despite the soul-crushing monotony of prison life. Sing Sing‘s ensemble is special because it’s entirely comprised of formerly incarcerated actors.
The Parenting (2025)
Craig Johnson (The Skeleton Twins) directs this tongue-in-cheek horror original on Max about a young couple planning the perfect getaway to introduce their parents to one another. But the traditional Sharon and Frank (Edie Falco and Brian Cox) do not vibe with the laid-back Liddy and Cliff (Lisa Kudrow and Dean Norris), leading to some incredibly awkward tensions.
Fortunately, their rental is haunted by a 400-year-old poltergeist, and, as everyone knows, nothing brings families together like being haunted by a 400-year-old poltergeist.
Heretic (2024)
71%Hugh Grant has been shedding the rom-com reputation for several years now, and Heretic might be his most aggressive reprisal yet. In Heretic, Grant plays Mr. Reed, a diabolical, deeply devout man with a sadistic reading of the Bible.
When two young missionaries come knocking at his door, he invites them in, determined to prove their faith. But they must prove it to his liking as Mr. Reed quickly ensnares the missionaries in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse.
Peacock
Girl You Know It's True (2023)
They simply stole the voices of other singers and represented them as their own, spurring one of the biggest scandals in music history. This documentary explores the rise and fall of Milli Vanilli.
Wicked (2024)
73%2024’s biggest family-friendly movie became one of the year’s biggest cultural phenomena. The film adaptation of the first half of the beloved Broadway musical stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande. Elphaba (Erivo) is misunderstood due to her green skin. Glinda (Grande) is a popular girl, possessed by ambition.
Both students at Shiz University, they form an unlikely odd-couple friendship that leads them on diverging paths towards their destinies to become Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West. Nominated for ten Oscars, Wicked won Best Costume Design and Best Production Design.
The Killer (2024)
60%John Woo directs The Killer, a Peacock original about a mysterious assassin known in the Parisian underworld as the Queen of the Dead. Zee (Nathalie Emmanuel) is a brutal killer, but when she refuses to kill a young blind woman in a Paris nightclub, her shadowy mentor and handler (Sam Worthington) turns against her, along with the rest of her alliances.
As the underworld upheaval catches the attention of a dogged police investigator (Omar Sy), Zee soon finds herself at the center of a sinister criminal conspiracy.
Shudder
825 Forest Road (2025)
Bloody Axe Wound (2024)
As Abbie delves further into the family business and feels the tender stirrings of love even more, she wonders if it’s time to find a new direction for the family business.
Hulu
A Complete Unknown (2024)
70%Although it was shut out from the podium at the 2025 Oscars, A Complete Unknown did earn eight nominations, including Best Picture and acting nods for Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, and Monica Barbaro. The Bob Dylan biopic follows 19-year-old Dylan as an unknown Minnesota musician trying to make a splash on the New York music scene in the early 1960s. The film follows his meteoric rise from folk singer to the top of the charts and the demands put upon him by such a sudden burst of fame. Just as his style becomes unique and inimitable, Dylan refuses to be pigeonholeed, picking up an electric guitar at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965.
The Line (2024)
74%Alex Wolff stars in this college drama as Tom, a working-class student on a scholarship who is immediately drawn to the prestigious KNA fraternity. The frat is the playpen of wealthy scions and alumni connections that can open a pathway out of the lower classes.
When he meets Annabelle (Halle Bailey), a woman outside of his social circle, he soon finds himself embroiled in a manipulative game of ambition and loyalty, with the string pulled by his sadistic fraternity president (Lewis Pullman).
Anora (2024)
91%The biggest winner at this year’s Oscars, Anora took home five statues, including wins for Best Picture and Best Actress for debut star, Mikey Madison.
In this heartfelt dramedy, Madison stars as Anora, a young sex worker from Brooklyn who gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she captures the heart of an oligarch’s son. Getting married on a lark, the news soon reaches Russia, and Anora’s new in-laws head to New York to get the marriage annulled by any means necessary.
Exhibiting Forgiveness (2024)
82%When she and her colleague (Gael García Bernal) become suspicious of a secret that impacts several people in the community, they can’t let it go. Pulling at the threads, they soon discover nothing in their picture-perfect lives is quite as it seems.
O'Dessa (2025)
34%Sadie Sink stars in this curious Scott Pilgrim-adjacent sci-fi musical drama. O’Dessa (Sink) is a farm girl forced to recover a cherished family heirloom after it goes missing.
Her journey takes her to a strange and dangerous city, where she meets Euri (Kelvin Harrison, Jr.). When Euri’s soul is threatened, O’Dessa must go beyond the heirloom to save her one true love.
Disney+
Mufasa: The Lion King (2024)
56%The tale follows Mufasa as an orphaned cub, alone and close to death when he’s found by Taka, who just happens to be heir to a royal bloodline. Suddenly, destiny is rewritten.
Moana 2 (2024)
58%Moana 2 was a box office success, but there’s no argument that it falls well short of the outstanding original. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s influence is noticeably absent on the disappointingly forgettable soundtrack, but at least the adventure and humor are present.
After an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana (Auli’i Cravalho) returns to the sea with Maui (Dwayne Johnson) and a new crew to seek out a mythical island that once served as a waypoint for voyaging cultures around the world and establish relations once again.
Blink (2024)
MGM+
The Fire Inside (2024)
76%Motivated by her tough-love coach, Jason Crutchfield (Brian Tyree Henry), Claressa pushes to reach the pinnacle of her sport. But even when she arrives, she discovers that as a Black woman in boxing, her fight has only just begun.
Amazon Prime Video
Holland (2025)
44%Broken Rage (2024)
When he’s caught by police, Mouse is given a deal to go undercover and infiltrate the yakuza. If he refuses, he will go to jail. Tapping into all of his cunning, Mouse struggles to stay a step ahead of both organizations, orchestrating a delicate plan while using just a little bit of violence when needed.
You're Cordially Invited (2025)
56%They don’t make many pure R-rated comedies anymore, so that in its own right makes You’re Cordially Invited something of a breath of fresh air. Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon star as antagonists in this flick about an accidental double-booking at the same wedding venue.
Each bridal party is determined to make the most of the situation and preserve their family’s special moment despite the tight quarters. Yet the father of one bride (Ferrell) and the sister of the other (Witherspoon) are motivated to make the day even more memorable for their special people.
Unstoppable (2024)
68%Anthony Robles (Jharrel Jerome) was born with one leg, but through his indomitable spirit and the support of his devoted mother, Judy (Jennifer Lopez), and his high school coaches, he fought to earn a spot on the Arizona State Division 1 wrestling team.
But at a new level, it takes absolutely everything he has to achieve his ultimate goal to become an NCAA Champion. This Amazon Prime original is based on a true story.
Red One (2024)
34%What would you get if you crossed The Santa Clause with Mission: Impossible? Well, you’d get Red One and you might wonder why you ever thought of this idea in the first place. Regardless, it’s the biggest-budget Christmas movie of all time and is arriving on Prime Video less than a month after it’s theatrical release.
So, buckle up and follow E.L.F. (Extremely Large and Formidable) operative Callum Drift (Dwayne Johnson) and the world’s greatest tracker, Jack O’Malley (Chris Evans), as they chase down a villain who has kidnapped Santa (J.K. Simmons) to try and stop Christmas.
Paramount+
Better Man (2024)
77%While the film is about the challenges of fame and success, the greatest irony is that Williams was nowhere near a big enough star to make a film like this in the first place.
September 5 (2024)
76%After Israeli athletes are taken hostage during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, the world’s sports broadcasters had to learn a new style on the fly. September 5 follows a team of American sports broadcasters as they take over live coverage of one of the world’s most significant political events in the post-war world.
Ambitious producer Geoff (John Magaro) strives to prove himself to his boss, TV executive Roone Arledge (Peter Sarsgaard), with help from German interpreter Marianne (Leonie Benesch) and mentor Marvin Bader (Ben Chaplin).
Apple TV+
The Gorge (2025)
Anya Taylor-Joy and Miles Teller star in The Gorge, a sci-fi dystopian thriller. Appointed to posts in guard towers on opposite sides of a vast, highly classified gorge, two operatives grow close to one another as they protect the planet from an undisclosed, mysterious evil lurking within the gorge. After bonding from a distance, their connection is tested when a cataclysmic event finally rattles the gorge and threatens to release the evil upon the world.
Fly Me to the Moon (2024)
53%The rare film to be made by another studio and get a theatrical release before landing on Apple TV+, Fly Me to the Moon had some modest box office success this summer. Marketing pro Kelly Jones (Scarlett Johansson) is brought in to fix NASA’s public image problems as the agency prepares for its most important mission to date: putting a man on the moon.
All this messaging wreaks havoc on launch director Cole Davis’ (Channing Tatum) worksite. When the White House deems the mission too important to fail, suddenly both Jones and Davis have another job. They must stage a fake moon landing, just in case the real one doesn’t pan out.
