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What to Watch April 2025: Dark magic and darker thrills come to Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu & more as streaming welcomes spring
Twisted science fiction, several deals with the devil, and a whole lot of witchcraft and wickedness are welcoming you to Spring 2025

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Spring is a time of renewed life and positivity. The sun is finally out, the snow is finally melting, and the world feels just a little bit better than it did in the previous weeks. But you wouldn't know that if you were only looking at the streaming schedule for April 2025. Apparently, someone in the upper echelons of the entertainment world decided that this month would be… well, less positive.
Which is not to say you shouldn't be excited. Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, and more are bringing some superlative skullduggery to the table this month, particularly in the sci-fi, fantasy and thriller genres. but don't take my word for it, check out Popverse’s streaming guide April 2025 to see what's lurking for yourself.
What's streaming on Netflix in April 2025

Kicking off our month-long descent into darkness is Netflix, with the impactful but famously gloomy science fiction series Black Mirror. Black Mirror is returning for its 7th season, and even though it is sure to depress us with its storyline, it is certainly going to excite us with it cast of celebrities. Folks like Paul Giamatti and Cristin Milioti (hey that rhymes!) are joining the cast to warn us about the dangers of technology. And if you're more interested in dark fantasy than you are dark science fiction, tune in to the Devil May Cry anime, which debuts April 3.
Title | Streaming Date | Type |
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Nimesh Patel: Instant Karma | April 1 | Comedy special |
Banger | April 2 | Live-action movie |
Garnachas: Glorious Street Food! | April 2 | Docuseries |
Love on the Spectrum US, season 3 | April 2 | Docuseries |
Jurassic World: Chaos Theory, season 3 | April 3 | Animated series |
Pulse | April 3 | Live-action series |
Devil May Cry | April 3 | Animated series |
Karma | April 4 | Live-action series |
Blippi's Job Show | April 7 | Live-action series |
Kill Tony | April 7 | Comedy special |
How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast), season 3 | April 8 | Live-action series |
Kian’s Bizarre B&B | April 8 | Reality series |
The Clubhouse: A Year with the Red Sox | April 8 | Docuseries |
Unicorn Academy, chapter 3, Legendary Summer) | April 9 | Animated series |
The Dad Quest | April 9 | Live-action movie |
Black Mirror, season 7 | April 10 | Live-action series |
Frozen Hot Boys | April 10 | Live-action series |
Moonrise | April 10 | Animated series |
Resident Playbook | April 12 | Live-action series |
The Glass Dome | April 15 | Live-action series |
Project UFO | April 16 | Docuseries |
Ransom Canyon | April 17 | Live-action series |
iHostage | April 18 | Live-action movie |
Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey | April 21 | Documentary |
Bullet Train Explosion | April 23 | Live-action movie |
You, season 5 | April 24 | Live-action series |
Havoc | April 25 | Live-action series |
Pokémon Horizons, season 2,The Search for Laqua, part 2 | April 25 | Animated series |
Astérix & Obelix: The Big Fight | April 30 | Animated series |
The Eternaut | April 30 | Live-action series |
Heavenly Ever After | April TBD | Live-action series |
What's streaming on Amazon Prime Video in April 2025

Next up is Amazon's Prime Video, which brings the chills and thrills via the horror action series The Bondsman. The Bondsman stars Kevin Bacon as a bounty hunter who is killed, but then comes back to life on a mission from Lucifer himself. Now, if you like your suspense a little bit closer to reality, then check out the Viola Davis starring presidential thriller G20, which sees the Suicide Squad actress in an Air Force One role of her own.
Title | Streaming Date | Type |
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The Bondsman | April 3 | Live-action series |
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX | April 8 | Animated series |
G20 | April 10 | LIve-action movie |
Leverage: Redemption, season 3 | April 17 | Live-action series |
#1 Happy Family USA | April 18 | Animated series |
Étoile | April 24 | Live-action series |
What's streaming on Hulu in April 2025

And speaking of realistic suspense, you won't get more terrifying in our current historical moment than Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale, based on the novel by Margaret Atwood. The Elizabeth Moss-starring dystopian drama is back for its sixth and final season on the streamer, and will debut April 8. Of all of the darkness that's coming out this month, this series may just be the most prescient.
Title | Streaming Date | Type |
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The Handmaid's Tale, season 6 | April 8 | Live-action series |
Got to Get Out | April 11 | Reality series |
What's streaming on Max in April 2025

At least one streaming Series has to lighten the mood a little bit, right? apparently that role is being filled by HBO's Max this April, as it kicks off spring not with a dense and our drama, but with a comedy based around comedy itself. Hacks, the massively popular, Jean Smart-starring Series that takes place in the world of stand-up comedy, will be available to stream on your own devices April 15.
Title | Streaming Date | Type |
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Gremlins: The Wild Batch, season 2 | April 10 | Animated series |
Hacks, season 4 | April 15 | Live-action series |
What's streaming on Disney+ in April 2025

Perhaps the biggest streaming release of this month, Andor comes back for season 2 on Disney+ this April 22. Considered by many to be not only the best but the most grown up Star Wars story to date, Andor’s second season will be its last, wrapping up the story of its titular character ahead of the events he was part of in 2016’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
Title | Streaming Date | Type |
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Andor, season 2 | April 22 | Live-action series |
What's coming to Apple TV+ in April 2025

Not quite as dark, but certainly not warm and fuzzy is the John Hamm-starring Your Friends and Neighbors, which is about a wealthy neighborhood resident who, after losing his job, must turn to burglarizing his neighbors to survive. You can expect there to be at least a little bit of charm from the main character, as is expected when it comes to John Hamm, but perhaps the class commentary within the show will make it the darkest entry on this list yet? We’ll find out April 11.
Title | Streaming Date | Type |
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Your Friends and Neighbors | April 11 | Live-action series |
Government Cheese | April 16 | Live-action series |
Jane, season 3 | April 18 | Live-action series |
Carême | April 30 | Live-action series |
What's coming to Peacock in April 2025

The latest chapter in the law and order saga, one of TVs longest running and most well-regarded, continues the character arc of Elliot Stabler, played by Christopher Meloni. However, season 5 of the television staple will feel at least a little bit different, as it moves from its TV home on NBC to exclusively streaming on Peacock.
Title | Streaming Date | Type |
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Law & Order: Organized Crime, season 5 | April 17 | LIve-action series |
What's coming to Crunchyroll in April 2025

Last but not least, is the magical anime Witch Watch. I'm not going to lie here, folks, as someone unfamiliar with this manga-turned-anime, I was expecting a little bit of a darker outlook on the series. however after learning more about the whimsy and wonder that the manga entails, I'm starting to regret trying to work this series into the dreary and dismal theme that the rest of your streaming platforms are coming out with.
Oh well, if you really want some R-rated, bloody anime, there's always Devil May Cry.
Title | Streaming Date | Type |
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Witch Watch | April TBD | Animated series |
That's all the major streaming movies and TV shows on our radar right now, but we'll be updating this list as more information becomes available. For those updates, and for all you need to know about the future of streaming, keep an eye on Popverse.
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