New on Netflix in April 2021: All the new movies and shows

The new Netflix movies and shows coming this April — (Image credit: Netflix)

No fooling around here. Netflix is delivering the goods this April, offering up a slate of impressive originals, classic movies, comedies, and so much more to tide you over until sunny season finally arrives.

Among the highlights this April on the streamer are Concrete Cowboy, a Western with Idris Elba. I hardly need to say more, do I? You'll be there day one. Elsewhere, Thunder Force's superpower might be its ability to split your sides; the Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer superhero comedy is soaring your way later this month. There's also Shadow and Bone, an adaptation Leigh Bardugo's fantasy novel that's sure to get Grisha-heads counting down the days until its arrival.

Plus, for those across the pond, there's a look at Netflix UK's April lineup. First, let's start with this month's biggest highlights.

Concrete Cowboy – April 2

Idris Elba and Caleb McLaughlin in Concrete Cowboy — (Image credit: Netflix)

Based on the novel Ghetto Cowboy, Idris Elba plays Harp, an "urban cowboy" living in Philadelphia. He's soon joined by his son, Cole, (Stranger Things' Caleb McLaughlin) in a role that is sure to wrangle the heartstrings and rustle up a few tears. As the pair bond over their shared circumstance, an untold history, based on a real-world group of cowboys, begins to emerge.

Thunder Force – April 9

Superhero movies are a dime a spandex-clad dozen nowadays. Netflix, though, is opting to take the road less traveled with a comedy about two best friends whose relationship has turned frosty but thaws when one is imbued with super powers. Obviously. Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer bounce off each other, sometimes literally, in a slapstick-strewn send-up of everyone's favorite genre. Jason Bateman is set to steal the show, too, as mutant The Crab. Watch out for his pincer movement.

Shadow and Bone – April 23

If you're anything like us, you can't go five minutes without a new fantasy series to binge. Shadow and Bone is sure to scratch that itch. An adaptation of Leigh Bardugo's beloved series, Shadow and Bone sees orphan Alina (Jessie Mei Lei) thrust into a world of magic and mayhem. All episodes are available to stream this April.

Everything new on Netflix US this April

New on Netflix: April 1

2012
Cop Out
Friends with Benefits
Insidious
Legally Blonde
Leprechaun
Magical Andes season 2
The Pianist
The Possession
Prank Encounters season 2
Secrets of Great British Castles season 1
The Time Traveler's Wife
Tyler Perry's Medea's Big Happy Family
White Boy
Worn Stories
Yes Man

New on Netflix: April 2

Concrete Cowboy
Just Say Yes
Madame Claude
The Serpent
Sky High

New on Netflix: April 3

Escape from Planet Earth

New on Netflix: April 4

What Lies Below

New on Netflix: April 5

Coded Bias
Family Reunion Part 2

New on Netflix: April 7

Dolly Parton: A MusiCares Tribute
This is a Robbery: The World's Biggest Art Heist
The Wedding Coach

New on Netflix: April 8

The Way of the Househusband

New on Netflix: April 9

Have You Ever Seen Fireflies?
Night in Paradise
Thunder Force

New on Netflix: April 10

The Stand-In

New on Netflix: April 11

Diana: The Interview That Shook the World

New on Netflix: April 12

New Gods: Nezha Reborn
Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn (seasons 1-4)

New on Netflix: April 13

The Baker and the Beauty season 1
Mighty Express season 3
My Love: Six Stories of True Love

New on Netflix: April 14

The Circle season 2
Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!
Law School
The Soul
Why Did You Kill Me?

New on Netflix: April 15

Dark City Beneath the Beat
The Master

New on Netflix: April 16

Arlo the Alligator Boy
Barbie & Chelsea: The Lost Birthday
Crimson Peak
Fast and Furious Spy Racers season 4: Mexico
Into the Beat
Rush
Synchronic
Why Are You Like This
The Zookeeper's Wife

New on Netflix: April 19

Miss Sloane
PJ Masks season 3

New on Netflix: April 20

Izzy's Koala World season 2

New on Netflix: April 21

Zero

New on Netflix: April 22

Life in Color with David Attenborough
Stowaway

New on Netflix: April 23

Heroes: Silence and Rock & Roll
Shadow and Bone
Tell Me When

New on Netflix: April 27

August: Osage County
Fatma
Go! Go! Cory Carson season 4

New on Netflix: April 28

Headspace Guide to Sleep
Sexify

New on Netflix: April 29

Things Heard & Seen
Yasuke

New on Netflix: April 30

The Innocent
The Mitchells vs. The Machines
Pet Stars
The Unremarkable Juanquini season 2

Everything new on Netflix UK this April