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New on Netflix: April 2024’s Best New Movies & Shows

A new month brings new movies like Scoop's dramatization of Prince Andrew's 2019 BBC interview, a new television series about Tom Ripley, and old friends as Sex and the City hits Netflix for the first time. 
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Ripley. Andrew Scott as Tom Ripley in Episode 101 of RIPLEY. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2024Courtesy of Netflix

Spring has officially sprung, and with it come plenty of new Netflix offerings. This April, you can finally stay in and enjoy brunch with Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha, as all episodes from HBO's beloved series Sex and the City will hit Netflix for the first time ever.

For those who just finished their umpteenth SATC rewatch, Netflix has plenty of other options from a plethora of genres. Sci-fi fans can check out Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver, on Netflix April 19, to see rebel warriors prepare for battle against dark forces from the Motherworld. For the true crime obsessives, there's What Jennifer Did, which premieres on the streamer on April 9. The Netflix documentary from director Jenny Popplewell promises to share what happened when a group of intruders break into the home of Vietnamese immigrants and its ripple effect on a a small Canadian town.

Those interested in lighter fare this spring can check out any of the multiple new comedy specials Netflix is offering up in April, including work from celebrated comedians like Neal Brennan, Jimmy Carr and Demetri Martin

Here’s what else is coming to Netflix in April:

Ripley

Ripley. Andrew Scott as Tom Ripley in Episode 101 of RIPLEY. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2024Courtesy of Netflix

Scammers gotta scam. All Of Us Strangers star Andrew Scott is the title character in Ripley, Netflix's dark limited series about the infamous grifter previously played by Matt Damon in the 1999 classic The Talented Mr. Ripley. Based on Patricia Highsmith's bestselling Tom Ripley novels, Ripley tells the same story of the notorious 1960's scammer who's hired by a wealthy man to get his prodigal son to return home from Italy—but in a brand new way. “It was a heavy part to play,” Scott told VF. “I found it mentally and physically really hard. That’s just the truth of it.” Ripley hits Netflix on April 4. 

Sex and the City: Seasons 1-6

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And Just Like That… Sex and the City is on Netflix. Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, and Kim Cattrall's famous foursome will make their way onto the streaming platform this April, and the discourse will surely follow. Given that the SATC revival series won't return until at least 2025, Sex and the City fans can fill the hole in their heart with a fresh rewatch on a new platform. Still, it's anyone's guess what a new generation of viewers will make of these decidedly early aughts ladies. What will the masses make of Carrie, her Manolo obsession, and her main character energy? Will today’s teens relate more to Charlotte's prudishness or Miranda's careerism? Can Gen Z handle Samantha Jones? We'll find out when Sex and the City struts onto Netflix April 1. 

Scoop

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What a time for a new movie about the royal family. Scoop stars Gillian Anderson and Rufus Sewell as BBC interviewer Emily Maitlis and Prince Andrew, respectively, and provides a fictionalized account of how the women of BBC's Newsnight locked down Andrew for his notoriously scandalous interview in 2019. The interview—where Andrew defended his ties to Jeffrey Epstein—was such a calamity that it led to the royal taking a “step back” from his official duties. While everyone else may be wondering about the status of Princess Kate, you can watch a fictional dramatization of how Prince Andrew's disastrous interview went down on Netflix April 5.

The Circle: Season 6 

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The Circle will take catfishing to a whole new level. Netflix's hit reality competition show, in which contestants compete in a social experiment to see who will become the top influencer, will see status and strategy collide in its newest iteration. Will season six take a note from Peacock's The Traitors and cast more recognizable reality television stars, like season one champion and Perfect Match star Joey Sasso? You'll have to wait and see when The Circle returns to Netflix on April 17. 

The full list of what’s coming to Netflix in April:

Coming Soon

Baby Reindeer (NETFLIX SERIES)

April 1

THE MAGIC PRANK SHOW WITH JUSTIN WILLMAN (NETFLIX SERIES)

American Graffiti

Baby Driver

Battleship

Born on the Fourth of July

Glass

Happy Gilmore

Hotel Transylvania

Hotel Transylvania 2

How to Be Single

Inside Man

Inside Man: Most Wanted

It's Kind of a Funny Story

The Land Before Time

The Little Things

The Matrix

The Matrix Reloaded

The Matrix Revolutions

Molly's Game

Mortal Engines

One Piece Film: Red

Role Models

Sex and the City: Seasons 1-6

Smokey and the Bandit

Smokey and the Bandit II

Split

Step Up: Revolution

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

The Theory of Everything

Wild Things

You've Got Mail

April 2

Demetri Martin: Demetri Deconstructed (NETFLIX COMEDY)

Space Jam: A New Legacy

April 3

Crime Scene Berlin: Nightlife Killer (NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY)

Files of the Unexplained (NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY)

Rodeio Rock (NETFLIX FILM)

April 4

100 Days to Indy: Season 1

Blackfish

Crooks (NETFLIX SERIES)

I Woke Up A Vampire: Season 2 (NETFLIX FAMILY)

Ripley (NETFLIX SERIES)

The Tearsmith (NETFLIX FILM)

April 5

The Antisocial Network: Memes to Mayhem (NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY)

Parasyte: The Grey (NETFLIX SERIES)

Scoop (NETFLIX FILM)

April 8

Spirit Rangers: Season 3 (NETFLIX FAMILY)

April 9

Neal Brennan: Crazy Good (NETFLIX COMEDY)

April 10

Anthracite: Secrets of the Sect (NETFLIX SERIES)

The Hijacking of Flight 601 (NETFLIX SERIES)

Unlocked: A Jail Experiment (NETFLIX SERIES)

What Jennifer Did (NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY)

April 11

As the Crow Flies: Season 3 (NETFLIX SERIES)

The Bricklayer

Heartbreak High: Season 2 (NETFLIX SERIES)

Meekah: Season 2

Midsummer Night (NETFLIX SERIES)

April 12

A Journey (NETFLIX FILM)

Amar Singh Chamkila (NETFLIX FILM)

Good Times (NETFLIX SERIES)

Love, Divided (NETFLIX FILM)

Stolen (NETFLIX FILM)

Strange Way of Life

Woody Woodpecker Goes to Camp (NETFLIX FAMILY)

April 15

The Fairly OddParents: Seasons 4-5

Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel

April 16

Knocked Up

Jimmy Carr: Natural Born Killer (NETFLIX COMEDY)

April 17

Black Sails: Seasons 1-4

The Circle: Season 6 (NETFLIX SERIES)

Don't Hate the Player (NETFLIX SERIES)

The Grimm Variations (NETFLIX ANIME)

Our Living World (NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY)

April 18

Bros (NETFLIX SERIES)

The Upshaws: Part 5 (NETFLIX SERIES)

April 19

Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver (NETFLIX FILM)

April 21

Duran Duran: There's Something You Should Know

April 22

Ahead of the Curve

CoComelon Lane: Season 2 (NETFLIX FAMILY)

Fern Brady: Autistic Bikini Queen (NETFLIX COMEDY)

April 23

Brigands: The Quest for Gold (NETFLIX SERIES)

Fight for Paradise: Who Can You Trust? (NETFLIX SERIES)

April 24

Deliver Me (NETFLIX SERIES)

Don't Hate the Player (NETFLIX SERIES)

King Richard

TLC Forever

April 25

City Hunter (NETFLIX FILM)

Dead Boy Detectives (NETFLIX SERIES)

April 26

The Asunta Case (NETFLIX SERIES)

Hack Your Health: The Secrets of Your Gut (NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY)

April 29

Boiling Point: Season 1

Honeymoonish (NETFLIX FILM)

April 30

Fiasco (NETFLIX SERIES)

Fight for Paradise: Who Can You Trust? (NETFLIX SERIES)

What’s leaving Netflix in April 2024:

As the seasons change, so too must Netflix's viewing options. In April, you can say goodbye to winter, as well as Deliver Us from Evil, The Zookeeper's Wife, and The Meg. It's also your last chance to watch Oscar-winning films like Whiplash and Erin Brokovich, as well as both Mamma Mia movies. Sigh, you can't stay 17 forever.

April 4

Day of the Dead: Bloodline

Imposters: Seasons 1-2

April 7

Marshall

April 8

The Nice Guys

April 9

Horrible Bosses 2

April 11

Deliver Us from Evil

April 15

Rush

Synchronic

The Zookeeper's Wife

April 22

The Meg

Train to Busan

April 24

The Hateful Eight

The Hateful Eight: Extended Version: Season 1

April 25

Kung Fu Panda 3

April 26

Malignant

April 30

13 Going on 30

27 Dresses

30 Days of Night

Apollo 13

Barney and Friends: Seasons 13-14

Elvis

Erin Brockovich

The First Purge

Fried Green Tomatoes

How to Train Your Dragon 2

Joker

Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park III

Kindergarten Cop

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

Mamma Mia!

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

The Purge: Election Year

Silver Linings Playbook

Step Brothers

Twins

Whiplash

For more, check out VF’s list of the best shows on Netflix.