Netflix revealed its April 2025 lineup featuring one major original blockbuster alongside several notable licensed acquisitions. The streaming giant’s monthly offerings include Tom Hardy’s action thriller Havoc and the Japanese action film Bullet Train Explosion from acclaimed director Shinji Higuchi.
Licensed content dominates the April slate with DreamWorks’ prehistoric family adventure and several star-studded dramas arriving on the platform.
Here’s a comprehensive look at the most significant titles coming to Netflix this April:
The Croods (April 1)
DreamWorks’ hit adventure comedy about a Neanderthal family navigating prehistoric challenges arrives on the streaming platform. The film features an all-star voice cast including Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Catherine Keener, Clark Duke, and Cloris Leachman.
The Place Beyond the Pines (April 1)
This critically acclaimed crime drama presents three interconnected stories spanning generations. Ryan Gosling stars as a stunt rider who turns to crime to support his family, while Bradley Cooper plays a police officer confronting departmental corruption. The film’s third act jumps forward fifteen years to follow two troubled teens (Emory Cohen and Dane DeHaan).
The Hating Game (April 9)
Lucy Hale and Austin Stowell headline this 2021 romantic comedy based on Sally Thorne’s popular novel. The film centers on two incompatible publishing executives forced to work together following a corporate merger.
Baby Mama (April 16)
Comedy powerhouses Tina Fey and Amy Poehler star in this 2008 rom-com. Fey portrays Kate Holbrook, a successful businesswoman struggling with infertility, who hires Poehler’s character Angie Ostrowski as her surrogate. The film was released during Fey’s run on 30 Rock and shortly before Poehler began Parks and Recreation.
Bullet Train Explosion (April 23)
Directed by Shinji Higuchi (Shin Godzilla, Shin Ultraman), this Japanese action thriller follows the high-stakes drama aboard a bullet train that will detonate if its speed drops below 100 km/h. The film remakes the 1975 classic The Bullet Train, which later inspired the Hollywood hit Speed.
Havoc (April 25)
Netflix‘s biggest original release of the month stars Tom Hardy as a detective fighting through the criminal underworld. Following a drug deal gone wrong, he must rescue a politician’s estranged son while uncovering a web of corruption that engulfs his entire city.
