Major streaming platforms like Netflix, Prime Video, and Apple TV+ are releasing new shows in the last week of April 2026. These include films, documentaries, and returning series. The content covers many genres including animated stories and survival thrillers.
The week's lineup reflects a broader industry trend toward tonal variety, mixing legacy storytelling with experimental premises and character-driven dramas across multiple platforms. Nostalgia, sport, psychological tension, and supernatural fiction all feature within days of one another.
New releases
A four-part documentary on Hulk Hogan arrives on Netflix on April 22, drawing on interviews Terry Bollea gave before his 2025 death. Rather than a straightforward tribute, the series examines both his rise during wrestling's golden era and the legal disputes, public scrutiny, and personal contradictions that defined his later years - framing his story as a broader meditation on fame and its costs.
An animated spin-off, Tales From '85, arrives on Netflix on April 23, set during a Hawkins winter and bridging the gap between Seasons 2 and 3. The original core cast: Eleven, Mike, Will, Dustin, Lucas, and Max - returns alongside a new character, Nikki Baxter, as fresh threats emerge from the Upside Down.
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The animated format allows for more creative and stylised action. It also helps show imaginative and unique creature designs. At the same time, it keeps the emotional tone of the original series.
Timothée Chalamet stars in Marty Supreme, a Prime Video film releasing April 24, inspired by real-life legend Marty Reisman. Set in 1950s New York, it follows a shoe salesman whose obsessive ambition to become a world table tennis champion leads him down a messy, impulsive, and often self-destructive path. The film blends humour and desperation in its portrait of reinvention.
Unchosen has premiered on Netflix on April 21. This is set within a closed religious community in London. It follows Rosie, a devoted wife and mother whose decision to help an escaped convict sets off a slow unravelling of her beliefs and identity. The series builds its tension through moral conflict and silence rather than overt action.
Apex is going to stream on Netflix on April 24. The story revolves around a woman who is grieving and goes to the Australian wilderness to be alone. There, she is suddenly hunted by a serial killer. The remote setting becomes both a real danger and an emotional struggle. The film shows survival as a mental challenge as much as a physical one.
If Wishes Could Kill is a South Korean thriller. It debuts on Netflix on April 24. Five high school students discover an app that fulfils their wishes but triggers a deadly countdown with each use.
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The series uses its high-concept premise to examine greed, consequence, and the illusion of control.
Returning series
Apple TV+ brings back Criminal Record for a second season on April 22. Peter Capaldi and Cush Jumbo return as their characters to investigate a murder at a political rally. The case is complex and not clearly right or wrong.
Running Point returns on Netflix on April 23 with Kate Hudson reprising her role as Isla Gordon, now navigating her first full season as president of a professional basketball team. A power struggle with her brother Cam, who is seeking to reclaim control of the franchise, runs alongside the pressures of leading the team itself.
