News

New on Netflix in April 2021

An Idris Elba cowboy movie, the long-anticipated adaptation of the Grishaverse novels, and big laughs courtesy of Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer will keep you glued to your couch this April.


TAGGED AS: , , , , , ,

Shadow and Bone

(Photo by Courtesy of Netflix)

The weather might be getting nicer outside, but Netflix is giving you plenty of reasons to stay indoors this April.

TV selections headed to the streaming service this month include limited series The Serpent, starring Tahar Rahim of the Golden Globe-winning= film The Mauritanian and former Doctor Who companion Jenna Coleman in a true-crime thriller about 1970s serial killer Charles Sobhraj; YA fantasy drama Shadow & Bone, the long-awaited adaptation of Leigh Bardugo’s “Grishaverse” novels (the Shadow and Bone and Six of Crows series); docuseries This Is A Robbery: The World’s Biggest Art Heist, about the 1990 heist that saw two men pose as cops in order to break into Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and steal millions of dollars worth of art; and original anime Yasuke, about the legendary Black Samurai.

Films include Octavia Spencer and Melissa McCarthy’s superhero team-up Thunder Force, plus Idris Elba and Stranger Things’ Caleb McLaughlin in the drama Concrete Cowboy, about a troubled teen sent to live with his estranged father who finds kinship in a tight-knit Philadelphia community of Black cowboys.

And don’t forget you can catch up on Netflix’s Oscar-nominated films before the Academy Awards ceremony on April 25 — including The Trial of the Chicago 7, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, and more.

Read on to find out what else is joining them on Netflix and what’s leaving the service in April, with some highlights noted at the top.


HIGHLIGHTS












Yasuke

(Photo by Netflix)



FULL LIST OF SHOWS AND MOVIES COMING TO NETFLIX THIS MONTH


Available 4/1















Tersanjung the Movie (Netflix Original)
Secrets of Great British Castles: Season 1


Available 4/2



Just Say Yes (Netflix Original)
Sky High (Netflix Original)


Available 4/3

Escape from Planet Earth


Available 4/4

What Lies Below


Available 4/5



Available 4/6

The Last Kids on Earth: Happy Apocalypse to You (Netflix Original)


Available 4/7






Available 4/8

The Way of the Househusband (Netfllix Original)


Available 4/9

Have You Ever Seen Fireflies? (Netflix Original)



Available 4/10

The Stand-In


Available 4/11

Diana: The Interview that Shook the World


Available 4/12

New Gods: Nezha Reborn (Netflix Original)
Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn: Seasons 1-4


Available 4/13




Available 4/14


Law School (Netflix Original)
The Soul(Netflix Original)
Why Did You Kill Me? (Netflix Original)


Available 4/15

The Master
Ride or Die (Netflix Original)


Available 4/16

Arlo the Alligator Boy (Netflix Original)
Ajeeb Daastaans (Netflix Original)
Fast & Furious Spy Racers: Season 4: Mexico (Netflix Original)
Into the Beat (Netflix Original)
Rush





Available 4/18


Available 4/19

PJ Masks: Season 3


Available 4/20


Available 4/21

Zero (Netflix Original)


Available 4/22



Available 4/23

Heroes: Silence and Rock & Roll
Tell Me When (Netflix Original)


Available 4/27

Battle of Los Angeles
Fatma (Netflix Original)
Go! Go! Cory Carson: Season 4 (Netflix Original)


Available 4/28

Sexify (Netflix Original)
Headspace Guide to Sleep (Netflix Original)


Available 4/29



Available 4/30

The Innocent (Netflix Original)
The Mitchells vs. The Machines (Netflix Original)
Pet Stars (Netflix Original)
The Unremarkable Juanquini: Season 2 (Netflix Original)


TV SHOWS AND MOVIES LEAVING NETFLIX THIS MONTH


Leaving 4/2


Leaving 4/4


Leaving 4/11


Leaving 4/12

Married at First Sight: Season 9
Surviving R. Kelly Part II: The Reckoning: Season 1


Leaving 4/13

Antidote


Leaving 4/14





Leaving 4/15


Leaving 4/19



Leaving 4/20

The Last Resort


Leaving 4/21




Leaving 4/22





Leaving 4/23


Leaving 4/24


Leaving 4/26


Leaving 4/27



Leaving 4/28


Leaving 4/30
















The Green Hornet
Knock Knock


On an Apple device? Follow Rotten Tomatoes on Apple News.


Thumbnail images: Netflix