No foolin’ — Netflix is showering you in incredible content this April 2025 with fantastic films and specials that will do everything from hook you with thrilling stories to transport you on an unforgettable journey from the comforts of home. Whether you’re looking for something intense, informative, or entertaining, Netflix has got you covered. Keep reading for the streamer’s best new movies coming in April.
Netflix is releasing two standout original films in the middle and latter half of the month, with Tom Hardy-helmed action thriller Havoc and Tsuyoshi Kusanagi-led action thriller Bullet Train Explosion, which are both poised to potentially land in the Netflix Top 10.
Additionally, towards the middle of the month, Netflix will debut some fascinating documentary films covering everything from a notable act of domestic terrorism in the U.S. to a scaly anteater’s voyage back to the wild in Oklahoma City Bombing: American Terror and Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey.
Lastly, all throughout Netflix’s April streaming slate, you can broaden your horizons with a diverse array of terrific titles from all over the world, like Indian action adventure thriller Jewel Thief – The Heist Begins, Mexican comedy-drama The Dad Quest, and South African romantic comedy-drama Meet the Khumalos.
Want to know what other eye-grabbing movies are dropping on Netflix in the next month? Keep scrolling to check out our full list of must-watch movies on Netflix in April.
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Released April 25
Photo: Netflix This highly-anticipated Netflix Original action thriller stars Tom Hardy as Walker, a hardened detective who must duke it out through the trecherous criminal underworld in order to save a politician’s estranged son following a drug deal gone wrong. In the process, Walker will have to face his own demons as well as the web of conspiracy and corruption that’s plaguing his whole city.
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Released April 23
Photo: Netflix Created as a remake of the 1975 Japanese film The Bullet Train, this premiering Netflix Original action thriller revolves around a Tokyo-bound bullet train threatened with a bomb that will detonate if it slows under 100 km/h , as well as the panic, terror, and drama that this horrific news incites. With the bomber demanding a ¥100 billion ransom for the lives of all onboard, the train’s crew and government authorities must race against the clock to stop the assailant and their deadly device before it is too late.
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Released April 25
Photo: Netflix Jewel Thief – The Heist Begins is an action adventure thriller out of India that follows brilliant con artist Rehan (Saif Ali Khan) on his quest to steal the famous African Red Sun diamond. Going head-to-head with his sadistic enemy, Rajan (Jaideep Ahlawat), Rehan must outsmart and outlast the mafia boss if he hopes to claim his prize and live to steal another day.
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Released April 18
Photo: Netflix Inspired by the real-life hostage crisis at Amsterdam’s Apple Store in 2022, iHostage is a tense thriller film that centers on a Bulgarian man (Admir Šehović) and other civilians who are held hostage an armed attacker (Soufiane Moussouli) in an Apple Store at the heart of Amsterdam. As a standoff ensues between the gunman and local police, the hostages will have their bravery, minds, and survival skills tested as they attempt to make it out alive.
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Released April 4
Photo: Netflix TEST is a Netflix Original Tamil-language sports drama that sees the worlds of three very different people collide during a historic international cricket test match in Chennai, India. As a result, they will have to make some difficult decisions that will change the course of their lives forever.
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Released April 9
Photo: Netflix This touching Spanish-language comedy-drama movie tells the story of a father (Michel Brown) and son (Martino Leonardi) who go on a wild, entertaining, and emotional journey across Mexico looking for answers after learning that they may not actually be biologically related.
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Released April 11
Photo: Netflix Meet the Khumalos is a romantic comedy-drama out of South Africa in which one woman’s happy life is suddenly disrupted when her former best friend turned enemy moves in next-door. But when the two moms find out that their respective son and daughter are in love and secretly dating, they reluctantly join forces in hopes of breaking their kids up for good.
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Released April 2
Photo: Netflix This French comedy follows a washed-up DJ (Mister V) whose life and stalled career take a sharp turn when cops recruit him to bust a criminal gang and take down his rival in the process. Along the way, he just might find inspiration to create the perfect banger that’ll get him back to the top.
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Released April 21
Photo: Netflix From the director of the Academy Award-winning My Octopus Teacher comes this new Netflix Original documentary that tracks the remarkable journey of a baby pangolin named Kulu and the man who saved the creature from poachers. Also known as “scaly anteaters,” pangolins are one of the world’s most trafficked planet, and Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey seeks to share their tale as it chronicles one young pangolin’s riveting return to the wild.
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Released April 10
Photo: Netflix Frozen Hot Boys is a Thai coming-of-age dramedy that follows the mischievous Teacher Chom (Natapohn-Taew Tameeruks) as she leads a group of misfits from her juvenile detention center on a trip to Japan. There, she enters the teens in an international snow sculpting contest with her own hidden agenda to reunite with her father in this unique Netflix Original underdog story.
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Released April 18
Photo: Netflix STREAM Oklahoma City Bombing: American Terror ON NETFLIX
Oklahoma City Bombing: American Terror is a Netflix Original documentary offering a raw and unflinching look at the April 19, 1995 bombing of Oklahoma City’s Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. Utilizing interviews from those who were directly involved as well as crime scene recreations, the film offers a detailed and honest look at this deadliest act of domestic terrorism in US history, as well as its aftermath and lasting impact.
