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Here's What's Coming To All The Streaming Platforms In April
Streaming and cable have knocked off the broadcast premiere clock so much that it means April has turned into one of the most exciting months for premieres. Besides some awesome old titles coming to streaming platforms (Election! Usual Suspects! Several Disney Channel Original Movies!), April brings season and series premieres of some of the best television airing this year. Check out the full list below.
Coming to AMAZON in April
Available 4/1
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Almost Famous
Chaplin
Days of Thunder
Eddie Murphy Raw
Election
Ella Enchanted
Kiss the Girls
Mulholland Falls
Robocop
Robocop 2
Saturday Night Fever
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Sliver
The Ghost and the Darkness
There Will Be Blood
Tommy Boy
What If
Available 4/2
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Available 4/4
Tumble Leaf (Amazon Original)
The Last Exorcism
Precious Cargo
Available 4/7
American Playboy (Amazon Original): Season 1
Available 4/8
Barbershop: The Next Cut
Available 4/9
In A World
The Perfect Match
Available 4/13
The Handmaiden (Amazon Original)
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Available 4/14
Fortitude: Season 2
The Love Witch
Available 4/21
Bosch (Amazon Original): Season 3
Thunderbirds Are Go! (Amazon Original): Season 3
Thirteen: Season 1
American Pastoral
Available 4/27
American Honey
Available 4/28
Catastrophe (Amazon Original): Season 3
Available 4/30
Animal Kingdom: Season 1
Coming to HBO NOW in April
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Available 4/1
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Be Kind, Rewind
Breaking Away
Cape Fear
Criminal Activities
Crimson Tide
Dragon Blade
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Hollywood Ending
Kicks
Last Man Standing
Mamma Mia!
Operation Dumbo Drop
Play Misty for Me
Rat Race
Slumdog Millionaire
Speed Racer
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe
The Deer Hunter
The Simpsons Movie
The Wild Life
Unforgiven
Urban Cowboy
Y mañana Navidad
Available 4/3
Abortion: Stories Women Tell (HBO Original)
Available 4/4
HBO First Look: Fate of the Furious (HBO Original)
Saving My Tomorrow Part 5 (HBO Original)
Available 4/7
La cosa humana
Available 4/8
War Dogs
Available 4/11
Search Party
Available 4/14
La gunguna
Psi (HBO Original): Season 3
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Available 4/15
Suicide Squad (Theatrical & Extended Versions)
Available 4/16
The Leftovers (HBO Original): Season 3
Veep (HBO Original): Season 6
Available 4/17
Indignation
Available 4/22
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (HBO Original)
Saving My Tomorrow: Kids Love the Earth (HBO Original)
Available 4/23
Silicon Valley (HBO Original): Season 4
Available 4/24
The Memory of Justice (HBO Original)
Available 4/29
2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Victor Frankenstein
Coming to HULU in April
Some titles only available via Showtime premium add-on.
Available 4/1
1408 (*Showtime)
A Horse Tale
Agent Cody Banks
Affliction
Almost Famous
America’s Sweethearts (*Showtime)
Bad Company (*Showtime)
Bangkok Dangerous (*Showtime)
Ben Collins: Stunt Driver
Beyond the Sea (*Showtime)
The Big Empty
Bigfoot Country
The Burrowers
Cadillac Man
Call Me
Casual Encounters
Chaplin
Chosen
Company Man (*Showtime)
Cry Freedom (*Showtime)
Dancer
Days of Thunder
Deja vu (*Showtime)
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (*Showtime)
Eddie Murphy Raw
Election
The Ex (*Showtime)
Factory Girl (*Showtime)
Federal Hill
Felicia’s Journey
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Fifteen and Pregnant
Fight to the Finish
Flyboys
Frankenstein
Furry Vengeance (*Showtime)
Gator
The Giant King
The Ghost and the Darkness
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
Happy Endings
Hemingway’s Garden of Eden
The Hours
I Am Number Four (*Showtime)
I.Q.
In Old California
JFK
Kill Me Again
Kingdom of Blood
Kiss the Girls
Lincoln (*Showtime)
The Magnificent Seven Ride
March of the Penguins
Mighty Joe Young (*Showtime)
Miss Potter (*Showtime)
Mother’s Day (*Showtime)
Mr. Brooks (*Showtime)
Mulholland Falls
My Best Friend’s Girl (*Showtime)
NYC Underground
Original Sin
Out of the Inferno
Payback
People Like Us (*Showtime)
The People vs. George Lucas
Pony Express
Premonition (*Showtime)
The Puffy Chair
Return of the Living Dead 3
Return of the Living Dead 4
Return of the Living Dead 5
Road Trip
Robocop
Robocop 2
Robocop 3
Saturday Night Fever
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Serpico
Sexipede (*Showtime)
Scrooged (*Showtime)
Shaun of the Dead (*Showtime)
Sliver
The Spirit (*Showtime)
The Switch
Tale of Tales (*Showtime)
Tapeheads
Thelma & Louise
Tommy Boy
Trail of Blood
Twice Upon a Yesterday
Tyler Perry’s The Family That Preys (*Showtime)
Under the Sea
Usual Suspects
The Warriors
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (*Showtime)
Wicker Park
The Yards (*Showtime)
Available 4/2
Hello, My Name is Doris
Available 4/4
Dimension 404
Precious Cargo
The Last Exorcism
Available 4/5
Preacher: Season 1
Prison Break: Season 5
Available 4/6
NHL Road to the Outdoor Classics Ep. 4
Available 4/7
The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds (*Showtime)
Steve Byrne: Tell the Damn Joke (*Showtime)
Available 4/8
Camp Lakebottom: Season 1
First Dates
Barbershop: The Next Cut
Beyond the Edge
Perfect in ’76 (*Showtime)
Available 4/9
The Perfect Match
In A World
Available 4/10
Swelter (2014)
Available 4/13
Short Term 12
Available 4/14
The Babadook
The Man Who Knew Infinity (*Showtime)
The Straight Story (*Showtime)
Available 4/15
DOT: Season 1
Sid the Science Kid: Seasons 1 and 2
Sid the Science Kid: The Movie
Available 4/18
Famous in Love
My Hero Academia: Season 1
Ain’t Them Bodies Saints
Election Day: Lens Across America
Available 4/19
Pretty Little Liars: Season 7
Teen Beach Movie
Den Brother
The Even Stevens Movie
Johnny Tsunami
Stuck in the Suburbs
Tiger Cruise
Available 4/21
LA Story: Season 2
Warpath
Available 4/22
Cesar Millan’s Dog Nation
Available 4/24
Top of the Lake: Season 1
Available 4/25
Origins: The Journey of Humankind
Wayward Pines: Season 2
Available 4/26
The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu Original): Season 1
Available 4/29
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Season 4
Coming to NETFLIX in April
Available 4/1
A Weekend with the Family
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Across the Universe
An American Tail
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster
Boy Bye
Born To Be Free
Cool Runnings
Good Witch: Season 2
Gremlins
Only for One Night
Richard Pryor: Live & Smokin'
Scooby-Doo
Schindler's List
Something's Gotta Give
Thunderstruck
Wynonna Earp: Season 1
Trouble with the Curve
Tropic Thunder
The Tenth Man
Available 4/2
The D Train
Available 4/4
Chewing Gum (Netflix Original): Season 2
Louis C.K. 2017 (Netflix Original)
Available 4/6
Disney’s The BFG
Available 4/7
El Faro De Las Orcas (Netflix Original)
Dawn of the Croods (Netflix Original): Season 3
The Get Down (Netflix Original): Part 2
Win It All (Netflix Original)
Available 4/8
Kubo and the Two Strings
Available 4/10
Documentary Now!: Season 2
Available 4/11
Kevin Hart: What Now
Available 4/12
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow: Season 2
Available 4/14
Chelsea (Netflix Original): Season 2
El Elegido
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return (Netflix Original)
Sandy Wexler (Netflix Original)
Available 4/15
Disney’s Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
Slam (Netflix Original)
Available 4/18
Lucas Brothers: On Drugs (Netflix Original)
Available 4/19
A Plastic Ocean
Available 4/21
Bill Nye Saves the World (Netflix Original): Season 1
Girlboss (Netflix Original): Season 1
Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On (Netflix Original): Season 1
Sand Castle (Netflix Original)
Tales by Light (Netflix Original): Season 2
The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show (Netflix Original): Season 4
The Prestige
Tramps (Netflix Original)
Available 4/22
The Great British Baking Show: Masterclass: Season 1-3 (2016)
The Secret Life of Pets
Available 4/23
Liv and Maddie: Season 4
Phantom
Available 4/24
Long Nights Short Mornings
Available 4/25
Disney’s Queen of Katwe
The 101-Year-Old Man Who Skipped Out on the Bill and Disappeared (Netflix Original)
Vir Das: Abroad Understanding (Netflix Original)
Available 4/26
Real Rescues: Season 6-7
Trust
Available 4/27
Las Chicas del Cable (Netflix Original): Season 1
Available 4/28
A Murder in the Park
Casting JonBenet (Netflix Original)
Dear White People (Netflix Original): Season 1
Rodney King (Netflix Original)
Small Crimes (Netflix Original)
Available 4/30
Sofia the First: Season 3
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