From the looks of things, April may be a very slow month for movie lovers on Netflix.
It’s possible that the streamer may add more titles to next month’s lineup as we get closer to April. But for now, the options are slim.
The good news is that among the films coming to Netflix in April, there are a handful of hidden gems that deserve a bigger spotlight.
So when April arrives, these are the four underrated Netflix movies that you need to watch as soon as possible.
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‘Draft Day’ (2014)
Draft Day was the final film of celebrated director Ivan Reitman. And for his Hollywood swan song, Reithman cast Kevin Costner as Sonny Weaver Jr., the general manager of the Cleveland Browns. While dealing with personal drama including the recent death of his father, Sonny is given the golden opportunity to take the No. 1 draft pick.
Everyone in the football world expects Sonny to take Bo Callahan (Josh Pence), one of the top quarterbacks in the country. Except it isn’t so simple for Sonny since he’s not so sure Bo is the man he portrays himself as. But with the clock ticking, Sonny only has one chance to get this pick right.
Draft Day is now streaming on Netflix.
‘Jack the Giant Slayer’ (2013)
Jack and the Beanstalk is one of the most famous fairy tales, but it was never quite as adventurous as Jack the Giant Slayer. Nicholas Hoult had one of his first breakout roles as Jack, a young orphan who can barely feed himself. After a chance encounter, Jack befriends Princess Isabelle (Eleanor Tomlinson) and comes into possession of some magic beans.
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Unfortunately for Jack, one of those beans grows into a beanstalk that sends Isabelle straight to the land of the giants. If he wants to get Isabelle back, then Jack had better start climbing. Because there’s treachery awaiting on his way up, and even bigger dangers when he arrives.
Jack the Giant Slayer is now streaming on Netflix.
‘Sicario: Day of the Soldado’ (2018)
Yellowstone co-creator Taylor Sheridan returned to write Sicario: Day of the Soldado, the sequel to the critically acclaimed Sicario. Much like Terminator 2, the follow-up film is where the formerly monstrous character grows a heart. In this case, it’s the fearsome assassin, Alejandro Gillick (Benicio del Toro), who feels something other than ice water in his veins.
Isabel Reyes (Isabela Merced), the daughter of a prominent drug lord, has been kidnapped by American forces to pit two rival cartels against each other. However, Isabel knows too much about her captors and Gillick is supposed to silence her. Instead, he disobeys orders and tries to escort her to safety as the Americans and the cartels pursue them.
Sicario: Day of the Soldado is now streaming on Netflix.
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‘The Hating Game’ (2021)
Lucy Hale has starred in a lot of rom-coms, and it’s kind of her thing. The Hating Game is one of her best to date, and she plays Lucy Hutton, a young woman who is up for a promotion in a newly merged publisher. Her counterpart at the other publisher, Josh Templeman (Austin Stowell), is going for the same promotion, and neither wants to be subordinate to the other.
That’s why they make a bet: Whoever doesn’t get the job has to quit the company. But as you’ve seen in these movies so many times before, sparks are going to fly. And these two potential lovers have to decide which comes first: romance or their careers.
The Hating Game will stream on Netflix on April 9.
