{"id":591785,"date":"2026-04-18T13:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T13:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/591785\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T13:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T13:22:08","slug":"the-best-movies-to-stream-this-month-april-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/591785\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Movies to Stream This Month (April 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"

April might be springtime in the northern hemisphere, but some of the best streaming services<\/a> seem to think it\u2019s the perfect time for a dry run of spooky season. How else to explain the arrival of some exquisitely dark slices of horror, like 28 Days Later: The Bone Temple arriving on Netflix, Weapons coming to Prime Video, or Shelby Oaks landing on Hulu? If you prefer your off-season Halloween viewing to be in the vein of campy B movies rather than serious scares though, horror specialist Shudder has you covered with Deathstalker, a gloriously cheesy reboot of a near-forgotten \u201980s series.<\/p>\n

Reality is often scarier than fiction though, as shown by Louis Theroux\u2019s Inside the Manosphere\u2014his first documentary film with Netflix, exploring the dark side of social media and the world of toxic male influencers. (Be sure to read our interview with the filmmaker<\/a>.) And if the thought of that leaves you wanting something a bit more wholesome to watch, thankfully Zootopia 2 has popped up on Disney+\u2014and there\u2019s even a rabbit in that, for some appropriately springtime imagery.<\/p>\n

Here are WIRED\u2019s picks of the best movies to watch right now.<\/p>\n

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple<\/p>\n

The fourth film in the long-running postapocalyptic horror series switches focus from rampaging rage zombies to a more dangerous threat: humans. OK, OK, \u201cpeople are the real monsters\u201d isn\u2019t a hot take for the genre, but The Bone Temple offers a unique twist, with 28 Years Later<\/a> survivor Spike (Alfie Williams) trapped in the company of a murderous gang led by deranged satanist \u201cSir Lord\u201d Jimmy Crystal (Sinners\u2019 Jack O\u2019Connell). The villain is modeled on disgraced British TV presenter Jimmy Savile, whose sexual abuse crimes<\/a> hadn\u2019t been revealed by the time of the initial outbreak in 28 Days Later, adding a dash of real-world terror.<\/p>\n

As the group stalks what remains of the English countryside, Spike\u2019s only hope might be Dr. Ian Kelson (Ralph Fiennes), whose experiments on curing alpha zombie Samson (Chi Lewis-Parry) might hold humanity\u2019s last hope. Although best watched back to back with its predecessor for the full, horrifying picture, director Nia DaCosta\u2019s chapter stands on its own\u2014and earns bonus points for one of the best uses of Iron Maiden\u2019s \u201cNumber of the Beast<\/a>\u201d in film history.<\/p>\n

Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the silence that does the trick; British documentarian Louis Theroux<\/a> always knows when not to speak and instead let his subject expose themselves for the world to see. It\u2019s a masterful technique whether Theroux is investigating the Westboro Baptist Church<\/a> or UFO conspiracy theorists<\/a>, but it is rarely put to better use than in his latest outing: exploring the online \u201cmanosphere\u201d subculture of self-appointed \u201calphas\u201d offering toxic advice on how to be a \u201creal man.\u201d Speaking with key figures in the loosely defined movement, Theroux\u2019s mild-mannered approach often leaves them to do most of the talking, exposing shockingly misogynistic and extremist views. Even more distressing? The quiet revelation that for many of them their performative masculinity is all just one big grift, and how they rationalize the harm they cause in pursuit of a payout. Depressing but compelling viewing\u2014not all men, but definitely all of these men.<\/p>\n

Crime 101<\/p>\n

Jewel thief Mike (Chris Hemsworth) is the best in the business, a meticulous planner who pulls off his heists without leaving a shred of evidence\u2014much to the consternation of LAPD detective Lou Lubesnick (Mark Ruffalo), who doesn\u2019t even know exactly who he\u2019s hunting for a string of thefts. Elsewhere in the City of Angels, Sharon (Halle Berry) is an underappreciated VP at an insurance firm, frustrated at being passed over for promotion for years. She\u2019s the perfect insider to help Mike orchestrate an elaborate $11 million diamond heist. But as Lou uncovers evidence connecting to Mike\u2019s past, and the chaotic, violent biker Ormon (Barry Keoghan) aims to take the score for himself, even the most masterful planning can\u2019t prevent everything spiraling dangerously out of control.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April might be springtime in the northern hemisphere, but some of the best streaming services seem to think…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":591786,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[258333,88,1035,10028,206,217,7382],"class_list":{"0":"post-591785","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-culture-guides","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-hbo","11":"tag-hulu","12":"tag-movies","13":"tag-netflix","14":"tag-streaming"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=591785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/591786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=591785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=591785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=591785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}