This Week’s Top Streaming Picks: April 20 – 26
As another week begins, streaming platforms are delivering a powerhouse selection of fresh content designed to cater to every viewer’s appetite. Whether you’re in the mood for high-stakes thrillers, insightful documentaries, or laugh-out-loud comedies, the next seven days have you covered. Our curated guide breaks down the most anticipated releases, listed chronologically to help you plan your viewing schedule.
April 20: Docuseries and Comedy Specials Kick Off the Week
The week launches with a deep dive into pop culture history and a search for the next comedy superstar.
- Boy Band Confidential: A Hollywood Demons Event arrives on Discovery+. This four-part investigative series pulls back the curtain on the manufactured glamour of the late 90s and early 2000s boy band era, exposing the exploitative contracts, financial manipulation, and troubling abuse that festered behind massive stadium tours.
- Kevin Hart takes center stage on Netflix with Funny AF with Kevin Hart. This innovative eight-episode competition pits over 40 emerging comedians from major hubs like NYC, LA, and Chicago against each other. They face real-world challenges—from bombing on stage to last-minute rewrites—all competing for the grand prize: their own Netflix stand-up special.
- Also on April 20, Aubrey Plaza and Joe Wengert bring a uniquely offbeat animated comedy to Prime Video with Kevin. Loosely inspired by a real-life breakup, this adult-oriented series explores the absurdity of a situation involving a man and the cat caught in the middle of his relationship fallout.
April 21-22: Thrillers, Crime, and Compelling Investigations
Mid-week brings tension and mystery, from secluded religious communities to high-stakes criminal investigations.
- On April 21, Netflix premieres the tense psychological thriller Unchosen. Molly Windsor stars as Rosie, a dedicated mother living within an insular conservative Christian sect. Her meticulously controlled life begins to unravel with the arrival of Sam (Fra Fee), an escaped convict whose presence threatens to destroy her community from within.
- The same day, the acclaimed Untold documentary franchise returns with Untold: The Shooting at Hawthorne Hill. This chapter ventures into the exclusive world of competitive dressage, uncovering a deeply disturbing story that lies beneath the sport’s polished surface.
- April 22 marks the return of the critically acclaimed British crime drama Criminal Record on Apple TV+. Peter Capaldi and Cush Jumbo reprise their roles for a second season that promises to raise the stakes significantly in this gripping cat-and-mouse game.
- Prime Video adds to the true-crime genre with Killing Grounds: The Gilgo Beach Murders. This four-part docuseries provides a comprehensive examination of one of America’s most haunting cold cases, offering an intimate look at the 15-year investigation following the seismic guilty plea of Rex Heuermann.
April 23-24: Animation, Sports, and High-Octane Action
The week culminates with highly anticipated series returns and action-packed feature films.
- Tuesday, April 23, is a big day for Netflix. First, the French comedy Flunked debuts, starring Alexandre Kominek as Eddy, a brilliant con artist forced to become a substitute teacher to unmask a criminal’s child as part of an unusual plea deal.
- Also on the 23rd, Mindy Kaling and Ike Barinholtz’s breakout hit Running Point returns for a second season. Kate Hudson stars as Isla Gordon, who continues to battle locker-room mutinies and the power plays of her brother (Justin Theroux) as she fights to keep her NBA franchise, the Los Angeles Waves, relevant and successful.
- Fans of the hit series can also rejoice as The Duffer Brothers expand the universe with Stranger Things: Tales from ’85. This vibrant animated anthology series explores the “smaller” supernatural urban legends that plagued Hawkins during the iconic summer of 1985, bridging the gap between main seasons.
- On April 24, director Baltasar Kormákur (Everest) unleashes the relentless survival thriller Apex. The film stars Charlize Theron and Taron Egerton in a lethal game of cat-and-mouse across the brutal and unforgiving landscape of the Australian outback.
- Anil Kapoor steps back into the shoes of Jai Singh Rathod for the highly anticipated third season of 24. Moving from traditional television to streaming, the high-octane thriller is set to premiere on JioHotstar this April 24. This new chapter marks the franchise’s official leap into the OTT space, making it one of the week’s biggest must-watch releases.
- Rounding out the week is the Korean horror story If Wishes Could Kill. This new Netflix original follows a group of five friends whose lives are terrorized by a mysterious and malevolent app called ‘Girigo.’
