What’s new to streaming this week? (April 24, 2026)

Looking for something great to watch at home? Streaming subscribers are spoiled for choice between Hulu, Netflix, HBO Max, Disney+, Apple TV, Prime Video, Shudder, Paramount+, Peacock, and more. And that’s before you even look at the vast libraries of movies and television programs within each streamer!

Don’t be overwhelmed or waste an hour scrolling through your services to determine what to watch. We’ve got your back, whatever your mood. Mashable offers watch guides for all of the above, broken down by genre: comedy, thriller, horror, documentary, and animation, among others. But if you’re seeking something brand new (or just new to streaming), we’ve got you covered there, too.

14. Dolly

If you’re planning on hiking this week, think twice about watching Dolly. In writer/director Rod Blackhurst’s slasher movie, a couple (Fabianne Therese and American Pie‘s Seann William Scott) find their wilderness wandering violently interrupted by a mask-wearing figure, played by pro wrestler Max the Impaler. The film, which premiered at Fantastic Fest last year, sees the doll-faced villain hell-bent on mothering one of these doomed adventurers. You heard me. Mothering. If you’re still recovering from Barbarian, this won’t help. — Shannon Connellan, Senior Editor

Starring: Fabianne Therese, Seann William Scott, and Max the Impaler

How to watch: Dolly premieres on Shudder April 24.

13. Cheech & Chong’s Last Movie

“Is this a documentary or a movie?” asks Cheech Marin in Cheech & Chong’s Last Movie, and it’s a fair question — one Tommy Chong can’t really answer. Tracking the illustrious, high-flying career of the comedy legends, director David Bushell’s film was fittingly released on 4/20. Countercultural icons of the ’70s, Cheech and Chong team up for a rambunctious road trip down memory lane, through the cannabis-fuelled creativity and stoner humor of their hit films, stand-up sets, and comedy records. Buckle up. — S.C.

Starring: Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong

How to watch: Cheech & Chong’s Last Movie premieres on Paramount+ April 20.

12. Nikki Glaser: Good Girl

Nikki Glaser, the stand-up comedian whose fame rocketed after her brutal live roast of Tom Brady on Netflix, is back with a new Hulu special. Nikki Glaser: Good Girl sees Glaser discussing beauty, sex and fame, mixing her trademark insult comedy with dry observational humor.

“Thank you for being here,” she tells the audience in the teaser above. “Every single person in here, you mean so much money to me.” — Sam Haysom, General Assignment Editor, UK

Starring: Nikki Glaser

How to watch: Nikki Glaser: Good Girl begins streaming on Hulu April 24.

11. This Is a Gardening Show

In Zach Galifianakis’ new Netflix show, the actor sits between more than two ferns. This Is a Gardening Show sees the Baskets star proudly presenting exactly that, a short-format series in which Galifianakis celebrate his love of growing plants in his garden in rural British Columbia. In his signature deadpan style, he interviews kids and gardeners about the importance of growing our own food, living off-grid, and questioning the food systems that run what’s on our plates. — S.C.

Starring: Zach Galifianakis

How to watch: This Is a Gardening Show begins streaming on Netflix April 22.

10. Killing Grounds: The Gilgo Beach Murders

For years, the unsolved murders of the Long Island Serial Killer horrified both true crime fans and New York residents, who helplessly followed the trail of bodies left along Gilgo Beach. Now, just weeks after suspected LISK Rex Heuermann pled guilty to seven murders, including the Gilgo Four, Prime Video offers a new docuseries with Killing Grounds: The Gilgo Beach Murders.

Five-time Emmy Award–winning journalist Kristin Thorne serves as the guide through the grim details of the Gilgo Beach murders, digging not only into Heuermann’s homicidal behavior but also the stigmatizing of sex workers that inhibited the victims’ families from getting public support or police assistance. Through interviews with sisters, friends, and mothers, this docuseries explores who these women were before it gives any attention to the brute who murdered them.

It’s a fascinating series that plays out over four episodes. But pace yourself. Now that Heuermann is convicted, horrid details are revealed here that are hard to process. — Kristy Puchko, Entertainment Editor

How to watch: Killing Grounds: The Gilgo Beach Murders begins streaming on Prime Video April 22.

9. Criminal Record, Season 2

British crime drama Criminal Record is back, with Peter Capaldi and Cush Jumbo’s detectives likely set to clash again. This time around, June (Jumbo) witnesses a young man’s death when far-right protestors accost a political rally. Racked by guilt, she seeks to bring the man’s killer justice — but to do so, she’ll have to take a dangerous bargain from Daniel (Capaldi).* — Belen Edwards, Writer

Starring: Peter Capaldi and Cush Jumbo

How to watch: Criminal Record Season 2 debuts on Apple TV April 22.

8. Stranger Things: Tales from ’85

It’s been four months since Stranger Things ended with a controversial finale, but Netflix is already taking fans back to Hawkins with Stranger Things: Tales from ’85. This animated spin-off series takes place during the winter between Seasons 2 and 3, when the Hawkins party faces off against dangerous new creatures from the Upside Down. How did these creatures make it through the gate Eleven (voiced by Brooklyn Davey Norstedt) closed in Season 2? More importantly, how does this adventure fit into the live-action seasons?

The answer to the latter question: not too well. Tales from ’85 has little to no bearing on the main series. If its story feels like an afterthought, that’s because it is — one that’s been awkwardly smashed between two established seasons. As I wrote in my review, “For something that’s meant to fit into Stranger Things, Tales From ’85 winds up feeling woefully disjointed.” — Belen Edwards, Entertainment Reporter

Starring: Brooklyn Davey Norstedt, Jolie Hoang-Rappaport, Luca Diaz, EJ Williams, Braxton Quinney, Benjamin Plessala, Brett Gipson, Odessa A’zion, Janeane Garofalo, and Lou Diamond Phillips

How to watch: Stranger Things: Tales from ’85 begins streaming on Netflix April 23.

7. Kevin

Created by Aubrey Plaza and Joe Wengert, this animated series is for adults only.

Set in the hip neighborhood of Astoria in Queens, New York, Kevin centers on a coddled house cat (voiced by Jason Schwartzman), who is so livid when his people break up that he runs away. Soon, he ends up in a pet rescue named Furrever Friends, where a snippy Shih Tzu (Amy Sedaris) barks orders to a crusty crew of pets.

Much like Archer or South Park, the humor here is outrageous and crude, dealing in sex, drugs, violence, and gross-out gags. And it’s added fun to listen for the many, many celebrities that Plaza and Wengert got to play in their turd-filled sandbox. —K.P.

Starring: Jason Schwartzman, Amy Sedaris, Aparna Nancherla, Gil Ozeri, Aubrey Plaza, John Waters, and Whoopi Goldberg

How to watch: Kevin debuts on Prime Video April 20.

6. Running Point, Season 2

Celebrate the NBA playoffs with the return of Running Point, Netflix’s charming basketball comedy from Mindy Kaling, Ike Barinholtz, Elaine Ko, and David Stassen. Season 1 introduced viewers to Isla Gordon (Kate Hudson), the freshly appointed Los Angeles Waves president tasked with saving a sinking team. By Season 2, she’s got her sea legs, but she’s also got more opposition in the form of her brother Cam (Justin Theroux). He claims he’s a reformed man, but will he try to take control from Isla? Who will prevail in this sibling showdown of who knows ball? — B.E.

Starring: Kate Hudson, Scott MacArthur, Drew Tarver, Max Greenfield, Brenda Song, Fabrizio Guido, Justin Theroux, Toby Sandeman, Jay Ellis, and Chet Hanks

How to watch: Running Point Season 2 is now streaming on Netflix.

5. Marty Supreme

Polarizing comments about opera and ballet aside, Timothée Chalamet is on fire in Marty Supreme, which at first glance might look like a sports drama. But under its greasy and gritty surface, it’s much, much more.

Co-written and directed by Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme takes the true story of a charismatic ping-pong player and makes it the stuff of New York legends. Chalamet stars as Marty Mauser, a skilled pro table tennis player whose mouth is regularly writing checks his ass can’t cash. Though set in the 1950s, Safdie chooses an ’80s soundtrack of synth pop that makes Marty feel like an anti-hero ahead of his time, with a hustle and frenetic energy better suited to an era of big egos and bigger ambitions. Chalamet and an incredible ensemble build on this energy to the point where at times, as in Safdie’s Uncut Gems, Marty Supreme can feel like a masterfully orchestrated panic attack.

As I roared in my review, “This zinging dialogue, racing score, and electric cast collide to create cinema that celebrates New York, while recognizing its warts with a bleeding grin. All of this makes Marty Supreme an unusual crowdpleaser. Full of wild humor and shocking turns, it has its audience in a chokehold of tension and surprise, rarely letting up for us to breathe. And yet, what a thrill to be breathless.”* — K.P.

Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Gwyneth Paltrow, Odessa A’zion, Kevin O’Leary, Tyler Okonma, Abel Ferrara, and Fran Drescher

How to watch: Marty Supreme begins streaming on HBO Max April 24.

4. Good Boy

Mashable’s Entertainment team fell hard for Good Boy, a haunted house thriller that centers on a charismatic dog named Indy. When his owner takes him to a remote cabin, this good boy quickly realizes something is off. But, being a dog, he struggles to communicate the threat they face to his human. The traditional haunted house scares hit all the harder when audiences are watching a sweet dog in a fight for survival. And we only came to love the movie more as we learned how it was made.

Married collaborators Ben Leonberg and Kari Fischer created Good Boy by building a movie around their lovable pet, Indy. In an interview with Mashable, they detailed how they directed their dog. We even gave it a go on our own, creating a deeper appreciation for the patience and filmmaking prowess demanded of this concept. So, we wholeheartedly recommend Good Boy as a thrilling film. And hey, if you need to know before you hit play if the dog dies, we’ve got you covered there too. Then, we invite you down the rabbit hole of how a movie like this gets made, so you can appreciate how special Good Boy and Indy really are. — K.P.

How to watch: Good Boy begins streaming on Hulu April 25.

3. No Other Choice

Boasting a corporate jargon title long-deployed to evade responsibility, Park Chan-wook’s anti-capitalist parable No Other Choice might feel a little too real to those burned by the job market. This wicked social commentary is one of the director’s most comedic films to date, but that doesn’t mean it’s not dark as hell. 

Based on Donald E. Westlake’s 1997 novel The Ax and written by Park, Lee Kyoung-mi, Jahye Lee, and Don McKellar, the film follows hardworking paper company employee Yoo Man-soo (an outstanding Lee Byung-hun), who gets the chop in a merciless company restructure. With his family to provide for, including his wife Mi-ri (Crash Landing on You‘s Son Ye-jin) and two kids, Man-soo scrambles to find a job — and when the perfect opportunity comes along, he takes drastic measures to ensure he’ll land it.

Critics praised No Other Choice for its moral ambiguity and biting social satire. As I wrote in my own review, “As a viewer, we’re simultaneously rooting for Man-soo and unnerved by his capacity for calculated manipulation and murder. No Other Choice poses the question: Would you kill for the life you want? In fact, the film doesn’t even ask it, instead presenting a man believing himself forced into making such a decision due to cold, hard corporate strategy. It’s out of his hands.”* — S.C.

Starring: Lee Byung-hun, Son Ye-jin, Park Hee-soon, Lee Sung-min, Yeom Hye-ran, and Cha Seung-won

How to watch: No Other Choice begins streaming on Hulu April 24.

2. Half Man

The second series – and first fully fictional outing – from Baby Reindeer creator Richard Gadd, Half Man tells the story of the love/hate relationship between two step brothers, from their difficult teenage years in Glasgow to their changing fortunes as adults. It’s dark, depressing, and often gripping TV.

“Is it as good as Baby Reindeer?” I asked in my review. “No. But that would have been close to impossible. Baby Reindeer, with its unique subject matter, incredible blend of awkward comedy and extremely dark themes, and true story tagline, felt like a groundbreaking show. The kind of series that doesn’t come along every year. Half Man walks a more well-trodden path. But it does what it does well, cementing Gadd as a storyteller with a lot more to offer.” — S.H.

Starring: Richard Gadd, Jamie Bell, Stuart Campbell, and Mitchell Robertson

How to watch: Half Man begins streaming on HBO Max and BBC iPlayer April 23.

Best of streaming this week: Apex

From Baltasar Kormákur comes a horror-thriller that should scare the adrenaline junkie right out of you.

Charlize Theron stars as a rock climber determined to take on the white water rapids in Australia solo. But out here in the wilderness, she soon realizes the forces of nature aren’t what she should fear. It’s a hunter who has his sights set on her.

A truly gnarly action movie, Apex pits a steely Theron against an unhinged Taron Egerton. And sure, the script by Jeremy Robbins sets up some early hints that this is going into sicko territory, but I’d wager you won’t predict just how wild this cat-and-mouse game gets. Silence your cell phone. Turn the lights down, and give yourself over to this frightening, fucked-up ride. — K.P.

Starring: Charlize Theron, Taron Egerton, and Eric Bana

How to watch: Apex begins streaming on Netflix April 24.

(*) denotes a blurb came from a prior list.