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Want to know what's streaming? Check this list of the new movies on Netflix this month. See all the new TV shows and originals streaming on Netflix. Plus, find out what's leaving!

by RT Staff | March 23, 2020

TAGGED AS: movies, Netflix, streaming, television, TV

The latest movies, new Netflix series, and other new releases coming to the streaming giant this month include the return of lauded series including Israeli spy thriller Fauda, Anglo-Saxons vs. Vikings series The Last Kingdom, Ricky Gervais’ After Life, and Terrace House: Tokyo 2019-2020.

New Netflix original series and movies include #blackAF, a series inspired by Kenya Barris’ life that costars Rashida Jones; action film Extraction, starring Chris Hemsworth as a black-market mercenary; coming-of-age comedy Never Have I Ever from Mindy Kaling; Riverdale’s Camila Mendes in thriller Dangerous Lies; and Wagner Moura and Ana de Armas in political drama Sergio.

Netflix ramps up the funny with a series from Iliza Shlesinger, Chris D’Elia stand-up, and a three-part improv special starring Thomas Middleditch and Ben Schwartz.

The Artist, The Death of Stalin, Django Unchained, Hail, Caesar!, The Matrix, Minority Report, Mud, The Social Network, and Taxi Driver are among the top former theatrical releases added to Netflix movies in April. Plus, catch these top-rated Certified Fresh movies soon before they leave: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, GoodFellas, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Rosemary’s Baby, The Shawshank Redemption, Spy Kids, Strictly Ballroom, and True Grit.

Read on if you’re looking for a worthy binge, starting with a few titles to look out for at the top.

HIGHLIGHTS

Fauda

100%

Description: In season 3 of the Israeli spy series, Doron ensnares a determined young boxer when a months-long covert mission puts the team on the trail of a Hamas leader high on Shin Bet’s wanted list.

Hail, Caesar!

Premiere Date: April 16, 2020

After Life: Season 2

79%

Description: Set in the small fictitious town of Tambury, the comedy-drama series follows Tony (Ricky Gervais), a writer for the local newspaper whose life is upended after his wife dies from cancer.

In series 2, whilst still struggling with immense grief for his wife, we see Tony try to become a better friend to those around him. Each grappling with their own problems and only to be intensified by the looming threat of the local newspaper being shut down.

Will the town’s local Am-Dram show lift everyone’s spirits?

Premiere Date: April 24, 2020

Extraction (2020)

67%

Description: Tyler Rake (Chris Hemsworth) is a fearless black market mercenary with nothing left to lose when his skills are solicited to rescue the kidnapped son of an imprisoned international crime lord. But in the murky underworld of weapons dealers and drug traffickers, an already deadly mission approaches the impossible, forever altering the lives of Rake and the boy. An action-packed, edge-of-your-seat thriller directed by Sam Hargrave, Extraction is an AGBO Films and TGIM Films, Inc. production, produced by Joe Russo, Anthony Russo, Mike Larocca, Chris Hemsworth, Eric Gitter, and Peter Schwerin.

Premiere Date: April 24, 2020

The Last Kingdom: Season 4

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Description: As Edward and Aethelflaed spar over the future of Mercia and their father’s dream of a united England, Uhtred tries to recover his lost birthright.

Premiere Date: April 24, 2020

Never Have I Ever: Season 1

97%

Description: A coming-of-age comedy series about the life of a modern first-generation Indian American teenage girl, inspired by Mindy Kaling’s own childhood.

Premiere Date: April 26, 2020