The 15 best films on Netflix in April

Burt Reynolds speeding down the highway, an animated cat in a cavalier's hat, and Woody Harrelson fighting zombies are all available as Netflix ushers in spring

By Don Lewis  |  April 7, 2023 | 2:00pm
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The 15 best films on Netflix in April
Clockwise from Left: Inception (Melissa Moseley/Warner Bros.), Smokey And The Bandit (Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images), American Hustle (Sony Pictures), Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (Dreamworks Animation) Graphic: AVClub

Spring is in the air and Netflix is here for it with a veritable banquet of thrillers, comedies, and Oscar-winning dramas. April sees the Red Envelope going a bit stunt-happy with all three Bourne movies, Christopher Nolan’s head-scratcher Inception, and, buckle your seat belt, the great Smokey And The Bandit.

If that’s not enough couch potato entertainment for you, first of all, why are you so hard to please, and second of all, Netflix also ushers in baseball season with one of the all-time great baseball films and then tips its helmet to high school football with the outstanding, Friday Night Lights. Add to that a pair of Hitchcock classics and a zombie comedy starring Woody Harrelson and you’ve got yourself an April to remember.

Need more streaming suggestions? Check out our latest Hulu and Prime film guides.

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Inception (2010) Official Trailer #1 - Christopher Nolan Movie HD

As the cinematic world anxiously awaits Christopher Nolan’s newest film,  (arriving in July), Netflix is bringing back his story within a story within a film within a film within a … well, you get it, with the outstanding (2010). While certainly less confounding than Nolan’s last offering, (2020), Inception is a film that reveals itself more and more upon each viewing. Making the film easy to revisit—or watch for the first time—is the stellar cast featuring Leonardo DiCaprio, Elliot Page, Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Cillian Murphy, and Marion Cotillard.

7 Comments

  • traxer-av says:
    April 7, 2023 at 4:45 pm

    The first “Puss in Boots” is an okay movie. Though this joke/reveal killed me:

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  • mavar-av says:
    April 8, 2023 at 2:05 am

    We need this…

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  • apostkinjapocalypticwasteland-av says:
    April 8, 2023 at 3:59 am

    “After Quentin Tarantino’s masterful Once Upon A Time … In Hollywood (2019), the world suddenly had a hankering for older Hollywood fare where men were more manly and not everything onscreen was so PC.”Is this the Mirror Universe AV Club? 

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    • thepetemurray-darlingbasinauthorithy-av says:
      April 8, 2023 at 9:13 am

      Ray Greene is going to bitch out Don Lewis so hard on tumblr. 

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    • earlydiscloser-av says:
      April 8, 2023 at 9:40 am

      That’s such a bizarre comment even without the political undertone. “Thank you Quentin for opening our eyes! Before you came along we could never enjoy a film from before 2019!(And also, once again, fuck that film for the Bruce Lee bullshit.)

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  • nemo1-av says:
    April 8, 2023 at 2:06 pm

    Inception just felt like I was having a panic attack the whole time. Maybe I just need to pop a gummy and watch it again. The cast is super solid.
    I barely remember American Hustle. Was that fat Christian Bale? I can’t keep track anymore.

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  • irish1711-av says:
    May 4, 2023 at 5:05 pm

    Another SPOT ON movie suggestion by Don! This guy always offers up amazing suggestions.

    Annnnd I just learned why! Don wrote/directed my favorite documentary of all time, “Worst in Show”. If you love people-watching, Don has captured something for you.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1720293/

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