From original shows and movies to an impressive lineup of classic films and legendary directors, there's plenty to be excited for next month on Netflix. Unfortunately, what streaming services giveth they also taketh away.
Let's start with the bad news first: "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," "The Princess Bride" and "The Usual Suspects" are all leaving your televisions. Plus, if you're a Joss Whedon fan, prepare to cry like he just killed off one of your favorite charming and unassuming characters – again! – because all of "Angel," "Buffy," "Dollhouse" and "Firefly" are leaving Netflix next month.
Don't cry yourself too many April showers, however, because there's plenty of good stuff coming to help attempt to fill the Whedon-shaped hole in your life, from classics ("A Nightmare on Elm Street," "Cool Runnings," "Gremlins") to new gems like the beautiful stop-motion animated movie "Kubo and the Two Strings." Netflix's deal with Disney continues to pay off, as well, with the under-appreciated inspirational story "Queen of Katwe" and Steven Spielberg's "The BFG" coming to the streaming service. Wait, wasn't that supposed to be released last month? Huh ...
But speaking of Spielberg, have you ever been bored on a dull, quiet Saturday night and thought to yourself, "You know what I'm in the mood for? 'Schindler's List.'"? Well, you distressing weirdo, problem solved, because it'll be available next month.
As has become standard, the originals are where most of the flashiest titles pop up for next month. Indie hits "Win It All" and "Small Crimes" will likely be little gems that you randomly hear your cinephile friends recommending next month, while the new series "Dear White People" will finally arrive on Netflix after stirring up some mild controversy among racists (psst, nobody tell them it's based on a movie that came out three years ago). Fun familiar faces Louis C.K. and Bill Nye are set to appear with new projects, the very expensive but also quietly very appreciated "The Get Down" will drop its part two and – oh my gosh, they actually did it; they made new "Mystery Science Theater 3000" episodes!
Feast your eyes upon its perfect shoddiness! Let the delightful cheapness massage your eyeholes!
So obviously – even with the dearly departeds – April is going to bring plenty of stream-worthy stuff to happily ring in the spring. And also Adam Sandler has a new movie, I guess.
Coming to Netflix
April 1
"A Weekend with the Family" (2016)
"A Nightmare on Elm Street" (1984)
"Across the Universe" (2007)
"An American Tail" (1986)
"An American Tail: Fievel Goes West" (1991)
"An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster" (1999)
"Boy Bye" (2016)
"Born To Be Free" (2016)
"Cool Runnings" (1993)
"Good Witch" season 2
"Gremlins" (1984)
"Only for One Night" (2016)
"Richard Pryor: Live & Smokin'" (1971)
"Scooby-Doo" (2002)
"Schindler's List" (1993)
"Something's Gotta Give" (2003)
"Thunderstruck" (2012)
"Wynonna Earp" season 1
"The Tenth Man" (2016)
"Trouble with the Curve" (2012)
"Tropic Thunder" (2008)
April 2
"The D Train" (2015)
April 4
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Chewing Gum" season 2
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Louis C.K. 2017"
April 6
"The BFG" (2016)
April 7
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "El Faro De Las Orcas"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Dawn of the Croods" season 3
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Get Down: Part 2"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Win It All"
April 8
"Kubo and the Two Strings" (2016)
April 10
"Documentary Now!" season 2
April 11
"Kevin Hart: What Now" (2016)
April 12
"DC's Legends of Tomorrow" season 2
April 14
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Chelsea" season 2
"El Elegido" (2017)
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Sandy Wexler"
April 15
"Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey" (1993)
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Slam"
April 18
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Lucas Brothers: On Drugs"
April 19
"A Plastic Ocean" (2016)
April 21
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Bill Nye Saves the World" season 1
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Girlboss" season 1
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On" season 1
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Sand Castle"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Tales by Light" season 2
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show" season 4
"The Prestige" (2006)
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Tramps"
April 22
"The Great British Baking Show: Masterclass" seasons 1-3
"The Secret Life of Pets" (2016)
April 23
"Liv and Maddie" season 4
"Phantom" (2013)
April 24
"Long Nights Short Mornings" (2016)
April 25
"Queen of Katwe" (2016)
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The 101-Year-Old Man Who Skipped Out on the Bill and Disappeared"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Vir Das: Abroad Understanding"
April 26
"Real Rescues" seasons 6-7
"Trust" (2010)
April 27
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Las Chicas del Cable" season 1
April 28
"A Murder in the Park" (2014)
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Casting JonBenet"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Dear White People" season 1
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Rodney King"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Small Crimes"
April 30
"Sofia the First" season 3
Leaving Netflix
April 1
"Ally McBeal" seasons 1-5
"Angel" seasons 1-5
"Better Off Ted" season 1
"Barbershop 2: Back in Business"
"Bones" seasons 1-4
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" seasons 1-7
"Chaplin"
"Dollhouse" season 1
"Ferris Bueller's Day Off"
"Firefly"
"House M.D." seasons 1-8
"Lie to Me" season 1
"Menace II Society"
"Resident Evil: Extinction"
"Roswell" seasons 1-3
"Snow Day"
"Stomp the Yard"
"Superman II"
"Superman III"
"Superman IV: The Quest for Peace"
"Superman Returns"
"Superman: The Movie"
"The Agony and the Ecstasy"
"The Boys from Brazil"
"The Escapist"
"The Princess Bride"
"The Riches" seasons 1-2
"The Usual Suspects"
"The X-Files" seasons 1-9
"Vanilla Sky"
April 3
"Collateral Damage"
"The Circle"
April 7
"Legit" season 2
"Wilfred" season 4
April 9
"Hero"
April 10
"Legit" season 1
"Flower Girl"
April 14
"The Lazarus Effect"
April 15
"A Fantastic Fear of Everything Leaving"
April 17
"American Dad" season 6
April 26
"The Nutty Professor 2: Facing the Fear"
April 30
"Under the Tuscan Sun"
"The Mirror"
"Born to Defense"
"The Defender"
As much as it is a gigantic cliché to say that one has always had a passion for film, Matt Mueller has always had a passion for film. Whether it was bringing in the latest movie reviews for his first grade show-and-tell or writing film reviews for the St. Norbert College Times as a high school student, Matt is way too obsessed with movies for his own good.
When he's not writing about the latest blockbuster or talking much too glowingly about "Piranha 3D," Matt can probably be found watching literally any sport (minus cricket) or working at - get this - a local movie theater. Or watching a movie. Yeah, he's probably watching a movie.