10 Must-Watch Movies Streaming in April

As the year turns to April, many excellent new movie releases are available to stream on various platforms. However, finding the movie that best suits your needs on streaming services may be overwhelming. This article delved through the collection to compile a selection of ten of the best movies accessible for streaming in April, ranging from classics to recent releases.

Netflix

Her

“Her” is a sci-fi romantic thriller starred by Joaquin Phoenix, who plays Theodore Twombly, who falls for an artificial intelligence operating system, Samantha. Spike Jonze’s artistic tribute to the interlocking influences of love and technology, set in an unsettling future, is a comic and touching encounter whose clarity will linger with you even after the movie ends.

Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

In the stunning rotoscope animation style of Richard Linklater, Apollo 10½ tells the history of the first lunar landing mission from two viewpoints: the astronaut and command center and a Texas kid following as it all unfolds on TV. The movie is based on Linklater’s personal experiences and acts as a soothing, often provocative glimpse of 1960s America.

Inception

This April, Christopher Nolan’s mind-bending film “Inception” returns to the screens. Leonardo DiCaprio helms the cast as a sad widower charged with penetrating a billionaire’s brain to commit a dream robbery. The movie’s intricate dream-diving concept makes watching extremely satisfying.

Nightcrawler

“Nightcrawler” is Dan Gilroy’s harrowing depiction of greed, morality, and ethics, starred by Jake Gyllenhaal, who plays Lou Bloom, a freelance video journalist. The robber-turned-journalist captures the attention of a local Los Angeles TV news outfit hungry for lurid content with his recordings of crime scenes.

Hulu

Eyes Wide Shut

Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman play husband and wife in a crisis in Stanley Kubrick’s erotic psychological drama. Cruise becomes fascinated with seeking his random sexual encounters outside of marriage after the wife confesses to having desires about a serviceman she met over a year ago. The movie is a beautiful blend of overwhelming stateliness and occasionally great intimacy.

Compliance

“Compliance,” Craig Zobel’s spine-chilling thriller, explores issues concerning the atrocity of authority, the police mentality, women exploitation, and consent. The movie is centered on the true story of a man who pretended to be a policeman over the phone and persuaded restaurant management to conduct illegal treatments on an employee.

Looper

“Looper,” an action-thriller starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who plays Joe, tells the story of a hitman working for a crime syndicate who time-travels back to execute his future self (Bruce Willis). The movie is an intriguing and profoundly captivating action drama with a core that matches the concepts that power it.

Prime Video

Con Air

“Con Air” is an action-thriller that stars Nicolas Cage, who plays Cameron Poe, a recently paroled and former Army Ranger. Poe helps authorities reclaim a flight taken over by prisoners following a prison break onboard.

HBO Max

The Raid: Redemption

This action film significantly revolutionized the game and impacted many subsequent entries in the genre, notably the John Wick franchise. Iko Uwais plays a novice recruit of a special force charged with penetrating a high-rise building and bringing down a brutal drug kingpin. This movie is still one of the most exhilarating, imaginative, and brilliant action films in 2022 and is a must-see for this genre enthusiasts.

Beetlejuice

“Beetlejuice” is based on a couple, played by Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis, that perish in a car crash and become ghosts locked within their home, where they are doomed to witness its selling and makeover by a sleazy city family. The movie offers a vibrant and creative take on the afterlife, with a darkly humorous twist on the living dead.