What’s New on Netflix in April 2022
Reading Time: 3 minutesWill a show about endlessly repeating the same day hit differently, post-pandemic?
For my money, Russian Doll is one of the best original series Netflix has ever produced: a perfectly formed jewel of a miniseries crafted around one of my favorite fiction tropes (time loops rule) and anchored by an irresistible comeback performance from star/writer/co-creator Natasha Lyonne.
In six brief episodes, the show told a perfect sci-fi fable about what a struggle it is to change your bad habits, and how freeing it can be to finally separate yourself from your own worst impulses. The last thing I wanted, as the credits rolled, was a second season that might fuck it all up. But a second season is coming all the same—on 4/20, appropriately enough.
Well, that was three years ago, and a lot has changed since then. (Cough.) And surprisingly, I find myself excited to see how the show manages to continue the story into the future. I still think the first season will be hard to top—perhaps a show about someone trapped in an endlessly repeating day will hit a bit differently after the pandemic—but it seems probable that the time since has given the creative team the best chance of getting it right. Optimism, what a concept!
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Other good stuff on tap for the month: The final episodes of Ozark and Grace & Frankie (both April 29); Choose or Die (April 15), a fun-sounding Netflix Original involving a mysterious vintage video game; documentaries about Elon Musk going to space (April 7) and the implosion of once ubiquitous retail brand Abercrombie & Fitch (April 19), and a new comedy special from David Spade (April 26).
What’s coming to Netflix in April 2022
Coming soon (no date announced)
- Hold Tight — Netflix Series
- The Taming of The Shrew — Netflix Film
April 1
- Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood — Netflix Film
- Battle: Freestyle — Netflix Film
- The Bubble — Netflix Film
- Captain Nova — Netflix Family
- Celeb Five: Behind the Curtain — Netflix Comedy
- Forever Out of My League — Netflix Film
- Get Organized with The Home Edit: Season 2 — Netflix Series
- The Last Bus — Netflix Family
- Tomorrow — Netflix Series
- Trivia Quest — Netflix Series (new episodes daily)
- Cinderella Story
- Abby Hatcher: Season 2
- Any Given Sunday
- Argo
- Blade
- Blade II
- Blade: Trinity
- The Blind Side
- Blow
- Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
- Catch and Release
- CoComelon: Season 5
- Delta Farce
- Eagle Eye
- Four Brothers
- Full Metal Jacket
- Grown Ups
- Heartland: Season 14
- Her
- How to Train Your Dragon
- Inception
- Love Actually
- Molly’s Game
- Monster-in-Law
- New York Minute
- The Nut Job
- Polly Pocket: Season 4: Part 1: Summer of Fun
- Puss in Boots
- The Rental
- The Ring
- Rumor Has It…
- Saving Private Ryan
- Sherlock Holmes
- Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
- Shrek Forever After
- Something’s Gotta Give
- We The Animals
April 4
- Better Call Saul: Season 5
April 5
- Ronny Chieng: Speakeasy — Netflix Comedy
April 6
- Furioza — Netflix Film
- Green Mothers’ Club — Netflix Series
- Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story — Netflix Documentary
- Michela Giraud: the Truth, I Swear! — Netflix Comedy
- The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On — Netflix Series (new episodes weekly)
April 7
- Queen of the South: Season 5
- Return to Space — Netflix Documentary
- Senzo: Murder of a Soccer Star — Netflix Documentary
April 8
- Barbie It Takes Two: Season 1
- Dancing on Glass — Netflix Film
- Dirty Lines — Netflix Series
- Elite: Season 5 — Netflix Series
- Green Eggs and Ham: Season 2 — Netflix Family
- Metal Lords — Netflix Film
- Tiger & Bunny 2 — Netflix Anime
- Yaksha: Ruthless Operations — Netflix Film
April 9
- My Liberation Notes — Netflix Series
- Our Blues — Netflix Series
April 10
- The Call
- Nightcrawler
April 12
- Hard Cell — Netflix Series
- The Creature Cases — Netflix Family
April 13
- Almost Happy: Season 2 — Netflix Series
- Our Great National Parks — Netflix Documentary
- Smother-in-Law — Netflix Series
- Today We Fix the World — Netflix Film
April 14
- Ultraman: Season 2 — Netflix Anime
April 15
- Anatomy of a Scandal — Netflix Series
- Choose or Die — Netflix Film
- Heirs to the Land — Netflix Series
- Mai — Netflix Series
- One Piece Film Z
- Strawberry Shortcake Berry in the Big City: Season 1
April 16
- LEGO Friends: Girls on a Mission: Seasons 1-4
- Man of God — Netflix Film
- Ouija: Origin of Evil
- Van Helsing: Season 5
April 19
- Battle Kitty — Netflix Family
- Pacific Rim: The Black: Season 2 — Netflix Anime
- White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch — Netflix Documentary
April 20
- The Marked Heart — Netflix Series
- Russian Doll: Season 2 — Netflix Series
- The Turning Point — Netflix Film
- Yakamoz S-245 — Netflix Series
April 21
- All About Gila — Netflix Comedy
- He’s Expecting — Netflix Series
April 22
- Along for the Ride — Netflix Film
- Heartstopper — Netflix Series
- Selling Sunset: Season 5 — Netflix Series
- The Seven Lives of Lea — Netflix Series
April 25
- Big Eyes
April 26
- David Spade: Nothing Personal — Netflix Comedy
April 27
- Bullsh*t The Game Show — Netflix Series
- The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes — Netflix Documentary
- Silverton Siege — Netflix Film
April 28
- Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles — Netflix Family
- Bubble — Netflix Anime
April 29
- Grace and Frankie: Season 7 – The Final Episodes — Netflix Series
- Honeymoon with My Mother — Netflix Film
- Ozark: Season 4 Part 2 — Netflix Series
- Rumspringa — Netflix Film
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What’s leaving Netflix in April 2022
April 1
- Star Trek: The Next Generation: Seasons 1-7
April 2
- Truth or Dare
April 4
- The Killing of a Sacred Deer
April 5
- The Florida Project
April 8
- House of the Witch
April 15
- About Time
April 18
- Miss Sloane
April 24
- King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
April 25
- The Artist
April 26
- August: Osage County
April 29
- El señor de los Cielos: Seasons 1-7
- Hostel
April 30
- Dawson’s Creek: Seasons 1-6
- Dear John
- First Knight
- Léon: The Professional
- Moneyball
- Snakes on a Plane
- Snatch
- Stripes
- Superman Returns
- The Shawshank Redemption
- The Town