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What's New on Netflix in April 2024

Catch thriller series "Ripley," true-crime doc "What Jennifer Did," and a slate of stand-up specials.
Still from "Ripley"
Credit: Netflix

Netflix's April slate includes anticipated series, a reality prank show, and dark documentaries. Ripley (April 4) is based on Patricia Highsmith's 1955 novel The Talented Mr. Ripley (you might be familiar with the 1999 movie of the same name). It's now a black-and-white series starring Andrew Scott, Dakota Fanning, and Johnny Flynn. Scott plays the titular character, a New York scam artist, in this eight-episode psychological thriller.

Later in the month is the season six premiere of The Circle (April 17), the reality competition show in which contestants fight to become the top social media influencer.

April Fool's Day brings a new show from magician-comedian Justin Willman, whose Magic for Humans series has had three seasons on Netflix thus far. The Magic Prank Show with Justin Willman (April 1) leans into elaborate pranks played on unsuspecting targets.

In the true crime genre, there's feature-length What Jennifer Did (April 10) about the investigation into what appeared to be a deadly home invasion in Ontario, Canada in 2010, and Crime Scene Berlin: Nightlife Killer (April 3), which looks at a series of murders in the Berlin party scene in 2012.

Also in the documentary category is Our Living World (April 17), a new nature series narrated by Cate Blanchett, and The Antisocial Network: Memes to Mayhem (April 5), which dives into the rise and impact of internet forum 4chan and is landing on Netflix following its recent premiere at SXSW Film Festival.

April's comedy lineup includes a new hour from Demetri Martin (Demetri Deconstructed, April 2) and Neal Brennan's third Netflix special (Crazy Good, April 9) covering everything from crypto to mental health, as well as specials from Jimmy Carr (Natural Born Killer, April 16) and Fern Brady (Autistic Bikini Queen, April 22).

Here’s everything else coming to (and leaving) Netflix in April.

What’s coming to Netflix in April 2024

Available soon

Available April 1

  • THE MAGIC PRANK SHOW WITH JUSTIN WILLMAN—Netflix Series

  • American Graffiti

  • Baby Driver

  • Battleship

  • Born on the Fourth of July

  • Glass

  • Happy Gilmore

  • Hotel Transylvania

  • Hotel Transylvania 2

  • How to Be Single

  • Inside Man

  • Inside Man: Most Wanted

  • It's Kind of a Funny Story

  • The Land Before Time

  • The Little Things

  • The Matrix

  • The Matrix Reloaded

  • The Matrix Revolutions

  • Molly's Game

  • Mortal Engines

  • One Piece Film: Red

  • Role Models

  • Sex and the City: Seasons 1-6

  • Smokey and the Bandit

  • Smokey and the Bandit II

  • Split

  • Step Up: Revolution

  • Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

  • The Theory of Everything

  • Wild Things

  • You've Got Mail

Available April 2

  • Demetri Martin: Demetri Deconstructed—Netflix Comedy

  • Space Jam: A New Legacy

Available April 3

Available April 4

Available April 5

  • The Antisocial Network: Memes to Mayhem—Netflix Documentary

  • Parasyte: The Grey—Netflix Series

  • Scoop—Netflix Film

Available April 8

Available April 9

Available April 10

Available April 11

Available April 12

Available April 15

  • The Fairly OddParents: Seasons 4-5

  • Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel

Available April 16

Available April 17

Available April 18

Available April 19

Available April 21

  • Duran Duran: There's Something You Should Know

Available April 22

Available April 23

Available April 24

  • Deliver Me

  • Don't Hate the Player

  • King Richard

  • TLC Forever

Available April 25

Available April 26

  • The Asunta Case—Netflix Series

  • Hack Your Health: The Secrets of Your Gut—Netflix Documentary

Available April 29

Available April 30

What’s leaving Netflix in April 2024

Leaving April 4

  • Day of the Dead: Bloodline

  • Imposters: Seasons 1-2

Leaving April 7

  • Marshall

Leaving April 8

  • The Nice Guys

Leaving April 9

  • Horrible Bosses 2

Leaving April 11

  • Deliver Us from Evil

Leaving April 15

  • Rush

  • Synchronic

  • The Zookeeper's Wife

Leaving April 22

  • The Meg

  • Train to Busan

Leaving April 24

  • The Hateful Eight

  • The Hateful Eight: Extended Version: Season 1

Leaving April 25

  • Kung Fu Panda 3

Leaving April 26

  • Malignant

Leaving April 30

  • 13 Going on 30

  • 27 Dresses

  • 30 Days of Night

  • Apollo 13

  • Barney and Friends: Seasons 13-14

  • Elvis

  • Erin Brockovich

  • The First Purge

  • Fried Green Tomatoes

  • How to Train Your Dragon 2

  • Joker

  • Jurassic Park

  • Jurassic Park III

  • Kindergarten Cop

  • The Lost World: Jurassic Park

  • Mamma Mia!

  • Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

  • The Purge: Election Year

  • Silver Linings Playbook

  • Step Brothers

  • Twins

  • Whiplash