Despite the imminent departure of television classics like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and The X-Files, a lot of great titles from TV and the silver screen are about to hit Netflix in April. What’s more, the dominant streaming platform is about to unload an unseemly amount of original content on its subscribers — including the first of two stand-up comedy specials by everyone’s favorite anti-Cheers bar owner, Louis C.K.
Tropic Thunder (4/1)
Fans of the hit 2008 comedy Tropic Thunder will probably never get the solo Les Grossman sequel they wanted — Tom Cruise included. However, en lieu of what could have been, there’s always the original Hollywood farce starring Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black, Matthew McConaughey and Ben Stiller — who also co-wrote and directed the film.
Gremlins (4/11)
If movies about movies aren’t your thing (i.e. if you’re more Moonlight than La La Land), there’s always the 1984 classic Gremlins. Whether or not you think it’s the best Christmas movie ever, the brainchild of director Joe Dante, writer Christopher Columbus and producer Steven Spielberg remains a mush-watch all year round.
Mystery Science Theater 3000 (4/14)
Not only does Netflix’s original revival for Mystery Science Theater 3000 finally arrive in April, but its first official trailer just dropped online. With Jonah Ray, Felicia Day, Patton Oswalt and Hampton Yount rounding out the new cast (whose characters all just happen to have wonderfully convenient connections to the original series), older fans and novice newcomers alike will surely enjoy what the gang has to say about a new batch of bad movies.
Here’s the full list of titles coming to Netflix in April:
4/1/17
A Weekend with the Family (2016)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Across the Universe (2007)
An American Tail (1986)
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991)
An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster (1999)
Boy Bye (2016)
Born To Be Free (2016)
Cool Runnings (1993)
Good Witch: Season 2 (2016)
Gremlins (1984)
Only for One Night (2016)
Richard Pryor: Live & Smokin’ (1971)
Scooby-Doo (2002)
Schindler’s List (1993)
Something’s Gotta Give (2003)
Thunderstruck (2012)
Wynonna Earp: Season 1 (2016)
Trouble with the Curve (2012)
Tropic Thunder (2008)
The Tenth Man (2016)
4/2/17
The D Train (2015)
4/4/17
Chewing Gum: Season 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Louis C.K. 2017 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
4/6/17
Disney’s The BFG (2016)
4/7/17
El Faro De Las Orcas — NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM
Dawn of the Croods: Season 3 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
The Get Down: Part 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Win It All — NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM
4/8/17
Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
4/10/17
Documentary Now!: Season 2 (2016)
4/11/17
Kevin Hart: What Now (2016)
4/12/17
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow: Season 2 (2016)
4/14/17
Chelsea: Season 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
El Elegido (2017)
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Sandy Wexler — NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM
4/15/17
Disney’s Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993)
Slam — NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM
4/18/17
Lucas Brothers: On Drugs — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
4/19/17
A Plastic Ocean
4/21/17
Bill Nye Saves the World: Season 1 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Girlboss: Season 1 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On: Season 1 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Sand Castle — NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM
Tales by Light: Season 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show: Season 4 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
The Prestige (2006)
Tramps — NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM
4/22/17
The Great British Baking Show: Masterclass: Season 1-3 (2016)
The Secret Life of Pets (2016)
4/23/17
Liv and Maddie: Season 4 (2016)
Phantom (2013)
4/24/17
Long Nights Short Mornings (2016)
4/25/17
Disney’s Queen of Katwe (2016)
The 101-Year-Old Man Who Skipped Out on the Bill and Disappeared — NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM
Vir Das: Abroad Understanding — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
4/26/17
Real Rescues: Season 6-7 (2012)
Trust (2010)
4/27/17
Las Chicas del Cable: Season 1 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
4/28/17
A Murder in the Park (2014)
Casting JonBenet — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Dear White People: Season 1 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Rodney King — NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM
Small Crimes — NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM
4/30/17
Sofia the First: Season 3 (2015)
