We’re still checking our mailboxes for the monthly Netflix newsletter that provides a day-by-day breakdown of everything fresh on the streamer. In the meantime, as we enter the first weekend of April, here’s a curated selection of the new movies, series and documentaries coming to Netflix this month. There’s also this five-minute teaser reel to get you up to speed and suitably hyped for the varied new offerings.
Ripley
Limited series releasing 4 April
Tom Ripley, a grifter scraping by in early 1960s New York, is hired by a wealthy man to travel to Italy to try to convince his vagabond son to return home. Tom’s acceptance of the job is the first step into a complex life of deceit, fraud and murder. The limited series drama is based on Patricia Highsmith’s bestselling Tom Ripley novels. Starring Andrew Scott as the titular character, Ripley also stars Dakota Fanning and Johnny Flynn.
Scoop
Film releasing 5 April
Inspired by real events, SCOOP is the inside account of the tenacious journalism that landed an earthshattering interview – Prince Andrew’s infamous BBC Newsnight appearance. From the tension of producer Sam McAlister’s high stakes negotiations with Buckingham Palace, all the way to Emily Maitlis’s jaw dropping, forensic showdown with the prince, SCOOP takes us inside the story, with the women who would stop at nothing to get it. To get an interview this big, you have to be bold. Scoop stars Gillian Anderson as BBC journalist Emily Maitlis, Billie Piper as BBC Producer Sam McAlister, Keeley Hawes as private secretary Amanda Thirsk, and Rufus Sewell as Prince Andrew.
The Antisocial Network
Documentary releasing 5 April
From the rise of QAnon to the January 6th riots, The Antisocial Network explains how a group of bored teenagers built online community 4chan out of their shared loneliness but accidentally shattered consensus reality in the process.
Parasyte: The Grey
Series releasing 5 April
Based on the legendary horror manga Parasyte by artist Hitoshi Iwaaki, Parasyte: The Grey follows the story of unidentified parasites violently taking over human hosts and gaining power. As humanity rises to combat the growing threat, one high-schooler is stuck in the middle, bonded with her parasite and an enemy of both factions.
What Jennifer Did
Documentary releasing 10 April
It was a violent crime that shook a quiet Canadian town: Mysterious intruders break into the home of Vietnamese immigrants, terrorize the family, and leave a traumatized daughter as the only witness. Neighbors and friends describe the family as hospitable, generous, and hard-working – how could they be targets? This feature-length documentary from director Jenny Popplewell (American Murder: The Family Next Door) uses police interrogation footage and testimony from those involved to unravel a web of complexities that no one saw coming.
Unlocked: A Jail Experiment
Series releasing 10 April
At an Arkansas detention facility, a sheriff implements a radical social experiment to grant men who are incarcerated more agency.
Baby Reindeer
Series releasing 11 April
When a struggling comedian shows an act of kindness to a vulnerable woman, it sparks a suffocating obsession which threatens to wreck both their lives.
The Grimm Variations
Anime releasing 17 April
Once upon a time, brothers Jacob and Wilhelm collected fairy tales from across the land and made them into a book. They also had a much younger sister, the innocent and curious Charlotte, who they loved very much. One day, while the brothers were telling Charlotte a fairy tale like usual, they saw that she had a somewhat melancholy look on her face. She asked them, “Do you suppose they really lived happily ever after?” The pages of Grimms’ Fairy Tales, written by Jacob and Wilhelm, are now presented from the unique perspective of Charlotte, who sees the stories quite differently from her brothers.
Our Living World
Documentary releasing April 17
From the Emmy Award-winning team behind Our Great National Parks comes a revealing look at the secret network of connections that unites us all and sustains our planet’s most magical phenomenon: life itself. Narrated by Academy Award-winner Cate Blanchett, this docuseries spans the globe to showcase the extraordinary creatures and ecosystems, great and small, that work together to help restore and sustain Our Living World.
The Upshaws Part 5
Series releasing 18 April
Bennie Upshaw (Mike Epps), the head of a Black working-class family in Indianapolis, is a charming, well-intentioned mechanic and lifelong mess just trying his best to step up and care for his family — wife Regina (Kim Fields), their two young daughters (Khali Spraggins, Journey Christine) and firstborn son (Jermelle Simon), the teenage son (Diamond Lyons) he fathered with another woman (Gabrielle Dennis) — and tolerate his sardonic sister-in-law (Wanda Sykes), all without a blueprint for success. But the Upshaws are determined to make it work, and make it to the next level, together.
Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver
Film releasing 19 April
Zach Snyder’s sci-fi epic reaches its conclusion… though we’re not sure how many people are watching after the pretty awful Part One: A Child of Fire.
Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver continues the epic saga of Kora and the surviving warriors as they prepare to sacrifice everything, fighting alongside the brave people of Veldt, to defend a once peaceful village, a newfound homeland for those who have lost their own in the fight against the Motherworld. On the eve of their battle the warriors must face the truths of their own pasts, each revealing why they fight. As the full force of the Realm bears down on the burgeoning rebellion, unbreakable bonds are forged, heroes emerge, and legends are made.
Dead Boy Detectives
Series releasing 25 April
Do you have a pesky ghost haunting you? Has a demon stolen your core memories? You may want to ring the Dead Boy Detectives. Meet Edwin Payne (George Rexstrew) and Charles Rowland (Jayden Revri), “the brains” and “the brawn” behind the Dead Boy Detectives agency. Teenagers born decades apart who find each other only in death, Edwin and Charles are best friends and ghosts… who solve mysteries. They will do anything to stick together – including escaping evil witches, Hell and Death herself. With the help of a clairvoyant named Crystal (Kassius Nelson) and her friend Niko (Yuyu Kitamura), they are able to crack some of the mortal realm’s most mystifying paranormal cases. As part of The Sandman Universe for Netflix and based on the beloved comic series from Neil Gaiman, DEAD BOY DETECTIVES was developed for television by Steve Yockey.