In the age of hybrid workforces, many more of us are relying on streaming platforms in search of distraction, escape or just plain entertainment. With a new month comes new possibilities, talent, collaborations and shiny new releases for us to get lost in. From Vikramaditya Motwane's show Jubilee on Amazon Prime Video to Chris Evans romcom Ghosted on Apple TV+, here’s a list of what's releasing this month across platforms.
When: April 6
Two strangers (Ali Wong and Steven Yeun) get into a road rage incident that exposes their darkest impulses.
When: April 8
The Thai drama follows a street-food cook pushed to her limits after she accepts an invitation to train under a demanding chef at a fine-dining restaurant.
When: April 20
A vampire with a broken fang falls for the shy dentist she has an appointment with. The show stars Tanya Maniktala, Shantanu Maheshwari and Sikander Kher.
When: April 20
Keri Russell stars as a career diplomat juggling her new high-profile job as ambassador to the UK, an international crisis and her turbulent marriage in this eight-episode series.
When: April 21
The reality show continues to follow Mumbai matchmaker Sima Taparia as she sets up single millennials around the world.
When: April 25
Emmy Award-winning comedian John Mulaney returns with a new standup special.
When: April 7
Prosenjit Chatterjee, Aditi Rao Hydari, Aparshakti Khurrana, Ram Kapoor and Wamiqa Gabbi star in this Vikramaditya Motwane series tracing Bombay in the Forties and Fifties.
When: April 7
Based on a true-story, the film stars Dennis Quaid as passenger who is forced to land a plane with his family onboard after the pilot dies mysteriously mid-flight.
When: April 14
Rachel Brosnahan, Alex Borstein, Marin Hinkle and Tony Shalhoub return for the final season of this Emmy Award-winning comedy.
When: April 21
This gender-swapped take on David Cronenberg’s 1988 body horror film of the same name stars Rachel Weisz as co-dependent twin gynecologists. Poppy Liu, Britne Oldford, and Michael Chernus round out the cast of this psychological thriller.
When: April 28
Eight years after a global spy agency is destroyed by a crime syndicate, agents Mason Kane (Richard Madden) and Nadia Sinh (Priyanka Chopra Jonas) must piece together their fragmented memories of the incident and put an end to it.
When: April 4
Based on Kwame Alexander’s bestselling novel of the same name, the series follows brothers and basketball greats Josh and Jordan Bell. As their former pro basketball player father adjusts to life after the sport, their mother finally pursues her own lifelong dreams.
When: April 12
In this four-part docuseries, Jeremy Renner teams up with expert builders to acquire decommissioned government vehicles and re-configure them as tools that can help communities around the world.
When: April 28
Yara Shahidi, Jude Law, Alan Tudyk and Jim Gaffigan star in David Lowery’s reimagining of the classic Disney tale, in which a young girl looking to avoid boarding school meets a young boy who refuses to grow up.
When: April 14
Based on Laura Dave’s New York Times bestselling novel, the series follows a woman who must reconnect with her stepdaughter to uncover the truth about why her husband mysteriously disappeared. It stars Jennifer Garner, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Angourie Rice, Aisha Tyler, Augusto Aguilera, Geoff Stults and John Harlan Kim.
When: April 14
Inspired by the primatologist Jane Goodall, a 9-year-old budding environmentalist goes on a quest to save endangered animals around the world.
When: April 21
Chris Evans and Ana de Armas reunite for the third time onscreen in this comedy about a man falls head over heels for a mysterious stranger — but then discovers that she's a secret agent.
When: April 28
Tiffany Haddish returns as a detective for season 2 of the anthology detective series. This time around, a groom is murdered before his wedding and every guest is a suspect.
When: April 21
The friendship between two 13-year-old boys is threatened when their classmates begin to cast aspersions on their closeness. Lukas Dhont’s film was nominated in the Best International Film category at the 95th Academy Awards.
When: April 28
A gay teen (Paul Kircher) copes with the unexpected death of his father in what may or may not have been a case of suicide. Director Christophe Honoré, who plays the father, won best leading performance at the San Sebastian International Film Festival.
When: April 5
Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Diego Calva and Jean Smart star in this Damien Chazelle film, set in Twenties' Hollywood as the industry begins to transition from silent pictures to sound.
When: April 6
When her mother disappears while on vacation in Colombia with her new boyfriend, a young girl in Los Angeles must use all the technology she has at her disposal to find her.
When: April 7
After a 500-pound black bear consumes a significant amount of cocaine and embarks on a drug-fueled rampage in Georgia, an eccentric group of cops, criminals and tourists asssemble to take him down.
When: April 14
Radhika Apte plays a housewife who must return to her former job as a secret agent after a decade. The film also stars Sumeet Vyas and Rajesh Sharma.
When: April 7
Adam Scott, Jane Lynch, Lizzy Caplan and Ryan Hansen play struggling actors who move to Los Angeles in hopes of making it big but end up as party caterers.
When: April 14
A plot caught inside a war zone is forced to land in the middle of a storm with a fugitive in tow.
When: TBA
Directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia, the show follows a young man who moves out of his hometown as he aspires to become a civil servant but ends up in a world of college politics and crime instead.
When: April 7
Based on Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay's Chiriyakhana, the show follows private detective Byomkesh Bakshi and his best friend and partner, author Ajit Kumar Banerjee as they attempt to unravel a chilling mystery. It stars Anirban Bhattacharya, Ridhima Ghosh, Bhaswar Chatterjee and Babu Dutta Roy.
When: April 5
Woo-A Jin is a dutiful daughter-in-law whose world comes crashing down when she hires a new caretaker, Park Bok-Ja, who seduces her ailing father-in-law and becomes his wife. This drama exposes the hypocrisy of the supposedly elegant upper class.
When: April 19
Set during the Tang Dynasty, this Chinese drama tells the love story of Sheng Chu Mu, the son of a prestigious military family (Xu Kai) and Fu Rou (Li Yi Tong), the daughter of a local merchant.