Streaming services have taken over as one of the best ways to catch the latest movies. Whether they’re making a stop in theaters before rolling out digital rentals or they launch as first-run originals from the likes of Netflix, Apple TV, or HBO; we’re rounding up the best titles so you’re not left in the dark — until it’s time to start the film, that is. Check back each week (usually on Friday) to see the latest additions for movies that are now available to stream, the latest theatrical releases, and movies coming next week.
New This Week — April 5
Wish
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Release Date: April 3 (Disney+), Jan 26 (VOD) | Nov 22, 2023 (theater)
Cast: Chris Pine, Alan Tudyk, Ariana DeBose
In the Kingdom of Rosas, a 17-year-old girl named Asha senses a darkness that no one else does, passionately pleas to the stars for help…and gets more than what she bargained for in return.
The American Society of Magical Negroes
Genre: Fantasy, Comedy
Release Date: April 5 | March 15 (theater)
Cast: Justice Smith, David Alan Grier, An Li Bogan, Drew Tarver, Michaela Watkins, Rupert Friend, Nicole Byer, Aisha Hinds, Tim Baltz
A young man, Aren, is recruited into a secret society of magical Black people who dedicate their lives to a cause of utmost importance: making white people’s lives easier.
Snack Shack
Genre: Comedy
Release Date: April 1 | March 15 (theater)
Cast: Conor Sherry, Gabriel LaBelle, Mika Abdalla, Nick Robinson, David Costabile, Gillian Vigman, Christian James, Michael Bonini, J.D. Evermore
Nebraska City, 1991, two best friends get the chance to run the swimming pool snack shack, that later comes to be the perfect scenario for transgression, fun, personal discovery and romance.
How to Date Billy Walsh
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Release Date: April 5
Cast: Sebastian Croft, Charithra Chandran, Tanner Buchanan, Kunal Nayyar, Nick Frost, Guz Khan, Lucy Punch, Tim Downie, Daisy Jelley
Archie has been in love with his best friend Amelia for as long as he can remember. Just when he builds up the courage to declare his feelings, she falls head over heels for Billy Walsh, a new American transfer student.
Control
Genre: Action, Thriller
Release Date: April 5 | December 15, 2023 (limited) (theater)
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Lauren Metcalfe, Mark Hampton, Natasha Kemball, Eire Farrell, Aaron Liburd, Joshua Frater-Loughlin, Adam Southwick, Alexandra Hansler
British Home Secretary Stella Simmons drives home one night while engaging in an affair with the Prime Minister. A mysterious man remotely hijacks her self-driving car, forcing her on a rampage through London
Strictly Confidential
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Release Date: April 5
Cast: Elizabeth Hurley, Georgia Lock, Lauren McQueen, Freddie Thorp, Genevieve Gaunt, Pear Chiravara, Max Parker, Llyrio Boateng, Amber Townsend
On the anniversary of Rebecca’s death, Mia returns to the Caribbean paradise where she and her best friend shared her final days. As Mia and sets out to unravel the mysterious events of her passing, old passions rise, new secrets are uncovered and Mia is pulled into a seductive world of sex, betrayal and murder.
Scoop
Genre: Drama
Release Date: April 5 (Netflix)
Cast: Gillian Anderson, Rufus Sewell, Keeley Hawes, Billie Piper, Charity Wakefield, Romola Garai, Lia Williams, Connor Swindells, Amanda Redman
The inside track of the women that broke through the Buckingham Palace establishment to secure the scoop of the decade which led to the catastrophic fall from grace of Prince Andrew.
A Bit of Light
Genre: Drama
Release Date: April 5
Cast: Anna Paquin, Ray Winstone, Luca Hogan, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Youssef Kerkour, Rebecca Callard, Tim Cullingworth-Hudson, Eliza-Beau Ibbetson, Xena Ibbetson
Ella, at almost forty, is forced to move back in with her father Alan. She’s trying to stay sober having temporarily given up custody of her young daughters to her ex-husband Joseph and his new partner Bethan.
How to Have Sex
Genre: Drama
Release Date: April 5 | February 3 (limited) (theater)
Cast: Mia McKenna-Bruce, Lara Peake, Enva Lewis, Samuel Bottomley, Eilidh Loan, Shaun Thomas, Daisy Jelley, Laura Ambler, Anna Antoniades
Three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday—drinking, clubbing and hooking up, in what should be the best summer of their lives.
A Perfect Day for Caribou
Genre: Drama
Release Date: April 2
Cast: Charlie Plummer, Jeb Berrier, Rachael Perrell Fosket, Dana Millican, Wrick Jones, Loudon McCleery, Connor Brenes, Miles Olsen, Oellis Levine
An estranged father and son spend the day ambling around a cemetery, wandering the wilderness, searching for family, and stumbling through disharmony and heartache.
Origin
Genre: Drama
Release Date: April 5 | Dec 8, 2023 (limited) (theater)
Cast: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Jon Bernthal, Niecy Nash, Emily Yancy, Finn Wittrock, Victoria Pedretti, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Isha Blaaker, Vera Farmiga
While grappling with tremendous personal tragedy, writer Isabel Wilkerson sets herself on a path of global investigation and discovery.
Seagrass
Genre: Drama
Release Date: April 5 | February 23 (theater)
Cast: Ally Maki, Luke Roberts, Chris Pang, Nyha Huanga Breitkreuz, Remy Marthaller, Hannah Bos, Benjamin Goas, Danielle Klaudt
It follows a Japanese-Canadian woman grappling with the death of her mother as she brings her family to a retreat. When her relationship with her husband begins to affect the children’s emotional security, the family is forever changed.
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
Genre: Drama
Release Date: April 5 | 2014 (limited) (theater)
Cast: Rinko Kikuchi, Nobuyuki Katsube, Kanako Higashi, Ichi Kyokaku, Ayaka Onishi, Mayuko Kawakita, Asami Tano, Ako Yoshida, Anna Wakamori
Frustrated with her mundane life, a Tokyo office worker becomes obsessed with a fictional movie that she mistakes for a documentary. Fixating on a scene where stolen cash is buried in North Dakota, she travels to America to find it.
Killing Me Softly with His Songs
Genre: Documentary, Music
Release Date: April 2
Cast: Jason Alexander, Alain Boublil, Barenaked Ladies, Common, A.J. Croce, Alexandre Desplat, Roberta Flack, Diane Warren, Paul Williams
Killing Me Softly With His Songs is a musical documentary about the life and work of composer Charles Fox, known for pop hits such as “Killing Me Softly With His Song,” “I Got A Name,” and “Ready To Take A Chance Again,” as well as iconic television show themes for Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, The Love Boat and Wonder Woman.
The Antisocial Network: Memes to Mayhem
Genre: Documentary
Release Date: April 5
From Rickrolling to viral conspiracy theories, explore how an anonymous website evolved into a hub for real-world chaos in this documentary.
Beyond the Aggressives: 25 Years Later
Genre: Documentary
Release Date: April 5, 2024 | November 17, 2023 (LA/NY) (theater)
Cast: Kisha Batista, Octavio Sanders, Trevon Haynes, Chin Tsui
Follows the lives of four queer masculine-presenting BIPOC – all assigned female at birth – as they challenge conceptions of gender identity while navigating life’s hardships and triumphs.
Bag of Lies
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Release Date: April 2 | March 29 (limited) (theater)
Cast: John Wells, Madison Pullins, Patrick Taft, Brandi Botkin, Terry Tocantins
How far would you go for the one you love? Desperate to save his dying wife, Matt turns to The Bag, an ancient relic with dark magic. The cure demands a chilling ritual and strict rules. As his wife heals, Matt’s sanity unravels, facing terrifying consequences.
Model House
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Release Date: April 5
Cast: Scout Taylor-Compton, Chris Zylka, CoryAnne Roberts, Kyra Santoro, Hailee Keanna Lautenbach, Priscilla Huggins, Natalie Nootenboom, Phillip Andre Botello
Models staying in a secluded house for the night are terrorized by intruders.
Mister Sleep
Genre: Horror
Release Date: April 2
Cast: Roger Dorsey, Kate Dailey, Bronsonn Taylor, Olaundra Grace, John Grove, Ashley Terpstra, Anna Borchert, Alec James, Austin Rhodes
A deranged killer known as Mr. Sleep takes retribution on a group of insomnia patients who he believes stole his memories.
The Glenarma Tapes
Genre: Horror
Release Date: April 2
Cast: Warren McCook, Emily Lamey, Ryan Early, Sophie Hill, Colette Lennon Dougal, Charlie Bonner, Gerard Jordan, Richard Croxford
In Spring 2020 when five students and two faculty members from the Mid Ulster College of Art go missing in a forest on the north coast of Ireland. What happened on the day they disappeared has remained a mystery – until now.
