The best TV series, movies and documentaries to stream in April

Stuck on deciding what to stream? Stop wasting your time scrolling, because Esquire's April streaming guide has got you covered

By Cayle Reid

Published: Mar 31, 2025

THE STREAMING LANDSCAPE is getting a big shake-up this month. Right when you thought you’d reached your limit of streaming subscriptions, Max is launching in Australia, and with it, a range of content will be migrating from Binge to the newcomer. Binge no longer has the rights to HBO originals or Warner Bros films, but White Lotus fans needn’t worry as we approach the grand finale (read out recap of the latest episode here), as all remaining episodes will still stream on Binge.

Max is coming in hot, with The Last Of Us season two coming to the platform on April 14th. The established streamers aren’t going to go down without a fight, however. The long-awaited seventh season of Black Mirror is coming to Netflix, as is season five of You. Over on Disney+ Andor is back for its second and final season. Amazon Prime also has a new Jacob Elordi-led series premiering, The Narrow Road to the Deep North.

With so much new content on offer, choosing what to spend your precious time watching is the hardest part. The big hitters like Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime and now Max are so packed with must-watch films and shows that it can be difficult to discern what’s worth your time and what’s best left on the back burner – especially when you’re prone to indecision and are paying for the luxury of choice with subscriptions to multiple platforms.

Not to worry, though, Esquire has you covered. To help you avoid being paralysed with indecision during a dreaded doomscroll, we’ve rounded up all the very best films and shows coming to streaming platforms, so you know what to stream in April 2025.

What’s new on Netflix Australia, April 2025

April Netflix Highlight – Black Mirror, season 7

A big month lies ahead for Netflix, with a number of beloved series returning for new seasons. Foremost among them is the seventh season of Black Mirror. The dystopian sci-fi series that poses questions about the dangers of technology has returned after a two-year hiatus. Details on the season’s episodes are scarce, but we do know that one of them will be a sequel to season 4 episode USS Callister – the one where Jesse Plemons cloned his colleagues into a video game spaceship so he could torment them. Outside of the flagship episode, brace yourself for some more scarily prescient predictions about the future of technology.

Also coming to Netflix in April is the fifth (and final) season of You. Penn Badgley returns as Joe, a serial killer who stalks a series of women. It’s getting harder and harder for Joe to get away with his crimes though, as his victims have started putting up some resistance. If we had to guess, we’d say that the final season of You could bring about Joe’s downfall. And for your action fix, look to Havoc on April 25th, which stars Tom Hardy as a jaded cop tasked with saving a politician’s son after a botched drug heist.

What new series are coming to Netflix in April 2025?

April 2

Love on the Spectrum: Season 3

Garnachas: Glorious Street Food!

April 3

PULSE

Devil May Cry

April 4

Karma

April 8

My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman: Season 5 Part 2

How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast): Season 4

The Clubhouse: A Year with the Red Sox

Kian’s Bizarre B&B

April 9

Bad Influence: The Dark Side of Kidfluencing

April 10

North of North

Black Mirror: Season 7

April 11

The Gardener

April 13

Resident Playbook

April 15

The Glass Dome

Keeping Up with the Kardashians: Season 15

Keeping Up with the Kardashians: Season 16

April 16

Project UFO

The Diamond Heist

April 17

Ransom Canyon

Istanbul Encyclopedia

April 18

Oklahoma City Bombing: American Terror

April 20

Heavenly Ever After

April 23

A Tragedy Foretold: Flight 3054

Battle Camp

Carlos Alcaraz: My Way

April 24

You: Season 5

April 28

Chef’s Table: Legends

April 30

Turning Point: The Vietnam War

The Eternaut

What new movies are coming to Netflix Australia in April 2025?

April 2

Banger

April 4

TEST

Speak No Evil

BlackBerry

April 9

The Dad Quest

Joy Ride

April 10

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning

Frozen Hot Boys

April 11

Meet the Khumalos

Left Write Hook

April 18

The Wild Robot

iHostage

April 21

Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey

April 23

Bullet Train Explosion

April 25

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Havoc

April 30

Exterritorial

What’s new on Disney+ Australia, April 2025

April Disney+ Highlight – Andor, season 2

The most critically acclaimed Disney+ Star Wars series to date, Andor largely eschews the standard Star-Wars-iness that endears the franchise to its fans but isolates outsiders who aren’t already well-versed in almost 50 years of lore. Instead, Andor tells a grittier story about political espionage and rebellion during a time of oppression. It could stand on its own outside of the Star Wars universe, but works just as well in it. The first three episodes of season two will drop on April 23rd.

What new series are coming to Disney+ in April 2025?

April 1

Lost Treasures of Rome: Season 2

National Parks: USA

RoboGobo

The Rookie: Seasons 1-5

April 2

The Hardy Boys: Season 3

April 3

Oklahoma City Bombing: One Day in America

April 4

Dying for Sex

Maria: The Outlaw Legend

April 7

David Blaine Do Not Attempt

Doctor Odyssey

April 9

Marvel’s Spidey and His Amazing Friends: Season 3

April 11

Got to Get Out

April 12

To Catch a Smuggler: Season 8

April 16

Big City Greens: Season 4

SuperKitties: Season 2

The Stolen Girl

How I Escaped My Cult

Tracker: Season 2

April 18

Light & Magic: Season 2

April 21

Secret of the Penguins

April 22

ABC News Live Special: Last Lands

April 23

Andor: Season 2

Abbott Elementary: Season 4

April 24

Vanderpump Villa: Season 2

What new movies are coming to Disney+ in April 2025?

April 7

Not Just a Goof

April 11

The Abyss

Pets

April 12

Titanic: The Digital Resurrection

April 22

Sea Lions of the Galapagos

Guardians of the Galapagos

April 25

Megastructures: Real Madrid Super Stadium

What’s new on Stan, April 2025

April Stan Highlight – Scrublands, season 2

A Stan original, Scrublands is back for a sophomore season. Based on a crime novel by Chris Hammer, the first season of Scrublands was set in a rural New South Wales town one year removed from the massacre of five parishioners by the leader of their congregation. Investigative journalist Martin Scarsden arrived to write a feature on the tragedy for its anniversary, but ended up uncovering that the previously accepted narrative wasn’t the full truth. Now, in season two, Scarsden is returning to his coastal hometown to find that his partner has been accused of murdering his closest childhood friend.

Also new on Stan is the fourth season of comedy-drama Hacks, and the streaming debut of the Oscar-nominated and Australian-made Memoir of a Snail.

What new series are coming to Stan in April 2025?

April 1

The Next Step: Season 9, Part 1

Pokemon: Horizons – The Search for Laqua: Season 1, Part 1

April 6

Love Triangle: Season 3

April 11

Hacks: Season 4

April 13

Godfather of Harlem: Season 4

April 16

Offspring: Seasons 1-7

April 17

Scrublands: Season 2

April 21

Murder in the First [1995]
The Desert Bride

April 22

Me and My Sugar Daddy

April 28

Sullivan’s Crossing: Season 3

April 30

Puberty Blues: Seasons 1-2

What new movies are coming to Stan in April 2025?

April 1

Hancock

Zombieland

Zombieland: Double Tap

April 2

Pretty in Pink

Nina And The Secret Of The Hedgehog

April 3

My Soul Summer

April 4

Dead Man Walking

April 6

Stargate

Inshallah A Boy

April 7

Proof

A Thief’s Daughter

April 8

The Cobbler

The Blue Star

I’m Gilda

April 9

The Man In The Iron Mask

April 10

If I Were Rich

Mortdecai

April 11

Bad Teacher

Big Daddy

April 12

Julie & Julia

April 13

A Few Less Men

Cross The Line

April 14

Criminal Activities

April 15

Memoir of a Snail

April 16

The Bribe Of Heaven

April 17

Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey

Trolls World Tour

April 18

The Illusionist

April 19

Swallows And Amazons

Robinson Crusoe: The Wild Life

True Story

April 20

Murder in the First

The Desert Bride

April 22

Tully

Boys On The Side

April 23

Brazil

Almost Legends

April 24

Winchester

April 25

Just Before I Go

April 26

Snitch

Lost Illusions

April 27

Stay

The Goya Murders

April 29

Bedazzled

The Adopters

What’s new on Amazon Prime Video Australia, April 2025

April Amazon Prime Video Highlight – The Narrow Road to the Deep North

An adaptation of Richard Flanagan’s Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name, The Narrow Road to the Deep North stars Jacob Elordi as Lieutenant-Colonel Dorrigo Evans. We follow Evans across multiple time periods, beginning with his experience as a prisoner-of-war on the Thailand-Burma Railway during WWII, a time he is clearly haunted by when we find him later in life, as a respected doctor and Australian war hero. The trajectory of Evans’ life is reshaped by a brief love affair with a woman named Amy Mulvaney and the story of its fallout is told over multiple decades.

The next big action hit is also coming to Amazon Prime in April. G20, which stars Viola Davis as a gun-toting US President, follows the mayhem that ensues after a group of terrorists take over a G20 Summit and take a number of world leaders hostage. Security is notably absent, and it’s up to the ex-military Prez played by Davis to protect her family, fellow leaders and the world from total chaos.

What new series are coming to Amazon Prime in April?

April 3

The Bondsman

April 8

Mobile Suit Gundam Gquuuuuux

April 17

#1 Happy Family USA

Leverage: Redemption: Season 3

April 18

The Narrow Road to the Deep North

April 24

Étoile

What new movies are coming to Amazon Prime in April?

April 1

The Amityville Horror

The Silence of the Lambs

Hot Pursuit

Overboard

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Dead Man Walking

Fargo

Rain Man

Hot Tub Time Machine

Hot Tub Time Machine 2

1984

Thelma & Louise

Jumanji: The Next Level

Legally Blonde

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde

April 3

San Andreas

April 4

Marked Men

White House Down

Step Brothers

April 9

American Sniper

April 10

Terrifier 3

G20

April 11

Never Let Go

April 14

Bad Boys II

April 15

Bad Boys For Life

Get Smart

April 17

The Boogeyman

April 18

The Critic

April 24

Ash

April 28

White Chicks

April 30

Jupiter Ascending

What’s new on Binge, April 2025

April Binge Highlight – The White Lotus, season three

April is a month of upheaval on Binge. With the launch of Max, Binge loses the rights to all of its HBO originals and Warner Bros films, so the fresh content on the platform is looking a little more stale than usual. The good news for Binge subscribers is that The White Lotus, an HBO original, will continue streaming on the platform until the end of season three. The season finale is right around the corner, so don’t go cancelling your subscription too soon.

What’s new movies and series are coming to Binge in April 2025?

April 1

Line of Duty: Seasons 1-6

The Hotel Inspector: Season 17

Dunhuang: Ancient Frontier Fortress: Season 1

1979: The Year Of The Islamist: Season 1

FBI: International: Season 3

House Hunters International: Season 193

Expert Witness: Season 4

Don’t Breathe

Mickey Blue Eyes

An American Tail

Intolerable Cruelty

Jesus Christ Superstar

Paul Blart: Mall Cop

Takers

April 2

Murder Uncut

The Great American Bake Off: Season 5

Long Lost Family: Season 13

Sumotherhood

Fury

April 3

Animal Control: Season 3

Secrets of the London Underground: Season 4

April 4

Secrets in the Ice: Season 3

And Mrs

Speak No Evil

April 6

The Rare Breed

April 7

Outback Car Hunters

April 8

Highwaymen: Pirates & Rogues

April 10

Amazon: Women Warriors

April 11

Embarrassing Bodies: Seasons 3-4

The Frontier

April 16

Time Team: Seasons 9-11

April 17

Station: Seasons 1-6

Good Bones: Season 8

April 18

Scott’s Vacation House Rules

Behind The Crime

The Wild Robot

The Critic

April 21:

Aerial Profiles: Season 4

April 22

Jellystone: Season 3

Bugs Bunny Builders: Season 2

April 23

Long Lost Family: What Happened Next: Season 8

April 24

Jamie’s 5 Ingredient Mediterranean Meals

April 28

Stanley Tucci: Searching For Italy

Botched

Hollywood Demons

April 29

Filfthy Fortunes

Hospital: Life on the Line

The Grudge

April 30

Backed by the Bros

Murder Case: Season 3

What’s new on Apple TV+, April 2025

April Apple TV+ Highlight – Your Friends and Neighbours

Jon Hamm stars in Your Friends and Neighbours as a recently divorced and recently out of a job hedge fund manager. When his sudden loss of income makes living his lavish lifestyle difficult, Hamm’s character turns to stealing from his wealthy neighbours. But in the process of his thieving, Hamm discovers that the residents of his picture-perfect community have a few skeletons in their closets.

April 11

Your Friends And Neighbours

April 16

Government Cheese

April 18

Jane: Season 3

April 25

WondLa: Season 2

April 30

Carême

What’s new on Max, April 2025

April Max Highlight – The Last Of Us, season 2

Leading the charge in Max’s first month in Australia is Pedro Pascal’s return to the post-apocalypse in season two of The Last of Us. For those who are real desperate to find out what happens next, we suggest picking up the video game on which the series is based, because season one stuck very close to its source material. Resuming a few years after the previous season’s chaotic finale, Pascal’s Joel and Bella Ramsey’s Ellie have found their way to Joel’s brother’s settlement in Wyoming. All is well, but when a figure from Joel’s past shows up and is keen on revenge, a new fight for survival begins.

What movies and shows are on Max?

From March 31

The Parenting
Twisters
Trap
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Joker: Folie à Deux
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
The Commandant’s Shadow
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
Juror #2
The Pitt
Paul American
Real Time with Bill Maher: Season 23
We Beat the Dream Team
Celtics City
The Righteous Gemstones: Season 4
The White Lotus: Season 3
Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage
Rescue: HI-Surf
Found: Season 2
Harley Quinn: Season 5
Rick and Morty: The Anime
Gone With the Wind
The Maltese Falcon
North By Northwest
Rebel Without a Cause
Singin’ In the Rain
A Streetcar Named Desire
2001: A Space Odyssey
Bullitt
Casablanca
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
The Wizard Of Oz
The Exorcist
Doctor Zhivago
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
All the President’s Men
Ben Hur
Bonnie and Clyde
A Clockwork Orange
Cool Hand Luke
Deliverance
Mean Streets
Dial M For Murder
Dirty Harry
Enter the Dragon
Gaslight

What new series are coming to Max in April 2025?

April 1

Destinations of the Damned with Zak Bagans
Forbidden Love
Friends: Seasons 1-10
Friends: The Reunion
Fast Friends

April 2

Portals to Hell: Season 3
Ghost Nation
90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way: Season 7
Homestead Rescue: Season 12

April 3

Baylen Out Loud
The Baldwins
Aussie Gold Hunters: Season 9
Gold Rush: Season 15

April 4

Doubling Down with the Derricos: Season 3
Ghost Brothers: Lights Out

April 5

Hollywood Demons
Ghost Adventures: House Calls

April 6

90 Day Fiancé: Season 11
Fright Club: Season 2
Feuds Turned Fatal

April 7

Agents of Chaos

April 8

Expedition Files

April 11

A Body in the Snow: The Trial of Karen Read
Doubling Down with the Derricos: Season 4

April 14

The Last of Us: Season 2
Not So Pretty

April 16

The Leftovers: Seasons 1-3

April 21

The Rehearsal: Season 2

April 22

90 Day Fiancé Pillow Talk: The Other Way: Season 4

April 28

The Soul of America

What new movies are coming to Max in April 2025?

April 1

Dune
The Batman
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Matrix Resurrections
Elvis
Black Adam
DC League of Super-Pets
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Mummies

I’m short on time, what should I watch in April to keep up with the zeitgeist?

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