Cancel your social plans for April because there are so many anticipated TV shows and films dropping this month that you simply won’t want to do anything else.
From films with an absolutely stacked cast to series finales years in the making, here are the most-anticipated titles to add to your watchlist.
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The Boys (final season)
The fifth and final season of The Boys is expected to follow a Supe-controlled world where Butcher (Karl Urban) uses a lethal virus to take down Homelander (Antony Starr) once and for all.
Showrunner Eric Kripke has teased that the season will be a “bloodbath” with a high body count and major character deaths occurring as early as the first episode — so don’t say we didn’t warn you.
Watch it on: Prime Video
Release date: April 8
The Testaments
If you finished all six seasons of The Handmaid’s Tale and still want more from the dystopian universe, The Testaments is a sequel series based on Margaret Atwood’s 2019 novel.
Set years after the events of The Handmaid’s Tale, the series features One Battle After Another’s breakout star Chase Infiniti as Agnes MacKenzie, alongside Aussie actress Mabel Li and Ann Dowd, who reprises her role as Aunt Lydia.
Watch it on: Disney+
Release date: April 8
Hacks (final season)
The fifth and final season of Hacks brings the tumultuous partnership between stand-up comedian Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) and comedy writer Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder) to its epic conclusion, and we cannot wait.
Influencer Trisha Paytas and Drag Race star Katya Zamolodchikova are tipped to make cameo appearances, so expect the series to go out with a bang — which is exactly what this masterpiece deserves.
Watch it on: Stan
Release date: April 9
Malcom in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair
The Malcolm in the Middle revivla is finally happening!!! After distancing himself from his family for over a decade, Malcolm is dragged back into their chaos when his parents demand his presence for their 40th wedding anniversary.
The four-episode series stars Frankie Muniz, Bryan Cranston, Jane Kaczmarek and more reprising their iconic roles, although Dewey has been recast as former child star Erik Per Sullivan declined to return to acting. Fingers crossed they use the same iconic theme song.
Watch it on: Disney+
Release date: April 10
Euphoria (final season)
After a massive four-year wait, the third and final season of Euphoria will move away from high school drama into a much darker “adult” phase — as if the series wasn’t already dark enough.
Set five years after the events of season two, the story follows the former East Highland students (including Zendaya, Sydney Sweeney, Jacob Elordi and Hunter Schafer) struggling to navigate their early twenties.
Watch it on: HBO Max
Release date: April 12
Margo’s Got Money Troubles
Based on the wildly popular 2024 novel by Rufi Thorpe, the series centres on Margo Millet (Elle Fanning) — the daughter of a Hooters waitress (Michelle Pfeiffer) and former professional wrestler (Nick Offerman) — who turns to OnlyFans after becoming pregnant with her college professor. Really relatable content.
The series also stars Nicole Kidman, is executive produced by Elle’s sister Dakota Fanning, and is created by Big Little Lies creator David E. Kelley — so yeah, it’s a big deal.
Watch it on: Apple+
Release date: April 15
Beef (season 2)
Beef, the wildly popular comedy-drama series starring Steven Yeun and Ali Wong as feuding strangers, is returning for a second season with a brand new set of characters in a high-stakes game of coercion.
The season will focus on the beef between a younger couple (Charles Melton and Cailee Spaeny) working at an exclusive country club who witness a fight between their boss (Oscar Isaac) and his wife (Carey Mulligan). Think The White Lotus meets Parasite.
Watch it on: Netflix
Release date: April 16
Stranger Things: Tales From ’85
The animated spin-off series serves as a “lost chapter” set during the winter of 1985, bridging the gap between the events of Stranger Things’ second and third seasons.
The Duffer Brothers have described the show as a tribute to Saturday morning cartoons from the 1980s, with a fresh cast voicing the characters we all know and love alongside Marty Supreme star Odessa A’zion as new character Nikki Baxter.
Watch it on: Netflix
Release date: April 23
Bad Company
The much-anticipated Aussie series Bad Comedy centres on the rivalry between a chaotic artistic director (Anne Edmonds) and a corporate high-flyer (Kitty Flanagan) trying to save the theatre.
The workplace comedy gives serious Summer Heights High-slash-The Office vibes and should definitely fill the Fisk-shaped hole in your heart.
Watch it on: ABC and ABC iview
Release date: April 26
The Best New Films Being Released In April 2026
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
A sequel to The Super Mario Bros. Movie, this film sees Mario (Chris Pratt), Luigi (Charlie Day), Princess Peach (Anya Taylor-Joy) and Toad (Keegan-Michael Key) venture into outer space to face off against Bowser’s son, Bowser Jr. (Benny Safdie).
The first movie broke multiple box-office records and is the third-highest-grossing animated film of all time, so there’s no doubt the sequel will also be hugely popular amongst kids and adults alike. Let’s just hope teens don’t trash the cinemas as they did for The Minecraft Movie last year.
In Australian cinemas from: April 1
The Drama
Starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson, The Drama begins as a romantic comedy but quickly shifts into a tense thriller when a disturbing secret is revealed during a couple’s wedding week. The film has gotten everyone talking and is already copping backlash over its grim twist, so you’ll definitely want to watch it to be a part of the conversation.
In Australian cinemas from: April 3
Balls Up
If you were missing the raunchy genre of films with over-the-top humour and high-energy action like The Hangover and 21 Jump Street, then Balls Up is here to fill that gap in the market.
The R-rated action-comedy stars two rival coworkers (Mark Wahlberg and Paul Walter Hauser) who must find a way out of Brazil after causing an international incident at the World Cup Final. Teenage boys will likely be watching this film at sleepovers for years to come.
Watch it on: Prime Video
Release date: April 15
Lee Cronin’s The Mummy
Unlike the action-adventure versions of The Mummy starring Brendan Fraser or Tom Cruise, this psychological supernatural horror film is a “twisted retelling” produced by James Wan (Atomic Monster) and Jason Blum (Blumhouse Productions). Prepare to be terrified.
In Australian cinemas from: April 17
Mother Mary
Anne Hathaway is entering her pop star era in Mother Mary, which features original songs from Jack Antonoff and Charli xcx. Between acting in The Moment and writing songs for two different films, our brat queen has been very busy.
The film follows the psychosexual affair between pop singer Mary (Hathaway) and fashion designer Sam (Michaela Coel) after they’re drawn back together for Mary’s new tour. As a huge fan of fictional pop stars (Miley Cyrus‘ Ashley O in Black Mirror, Hilary Duff‘s Isabella Parigiin The Lizzie McGuire Movie and Lady Gaga‘s Ally Maine in A Star Is Born, among others), I will definitely be watching.
In Australian cinemas from: April 24
Michael
The much-anticipated Michael Jackson biopic follows the pop icon’s career from his time with the Jackson 5 to becoming a megastar in the 1980s. The musical drama was first announced in 2019 and began filming in 2024, with Michael Jackson’s nephew Jaafar Jackson taking on the lead role in his film debut.
Surprisingly, Michael is actually promising to tackle the singer’s controversial legal history head-on. But with the Jackson Estate literally running the show, everyone’s wondering if we’ll get a real look at his scandals or just a high-budget, sanitised glow-up.
In Australian cinemas from: April 24
Apex
Filmed in the Blue Mountains, NSW, Apex stars Charlize Theron as a rock climber in the Australian wilderness who finds herself in a lethal game of cat-and-mouse when she is targeted by a relentless hunter, played by Taron Egerton.
The director Baltasar Kormákur — known for his expertise in man-vs-nature survival films — has described the film as Free Solo meets Silence of the Lambs, and judging from the trailer, Taron has really mastered the psycho killer vibe.
Watch it on: Netflix
Release date: April 24
Well, there you go — now you can’t complain “there’s nothing to watch” and end up scrolling TikTok for hours into the night. You’re welcome!
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