Viola Davis, G20
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As our president continues to do whatever it is he’s doing, you might wish he were more like Viola Davis in the Amazon Prime Video action thriller G20, in which the Oscar winner plays the American president during a terrorist takeover of the G20 summit. But instead of hiding behind bodyguards, she shoots her way out! She’s got my vote.
Also coming to the streamer in April is the new series Étoile, from Gilmore Girls‘ Amy Sherman-Palladino, a ballet drama that’s as light on its feet as it is with its tongue, and the supernatural drama The Bondsman, starring Kevin Bacon as a demon-slaying bounty hunter. And making the move from the Amazon-owned MGM+ to Prime Video is Nickel Boys, the Academy Award-nominated film from RaMell Ross.
Below, you’ll find our picks for the best shows and movies to watch on Amazon Prime Video in April, as well as everything coming to Prime Video this month.
Next month’s guide: New Prime Video shows and movies in May 2025
Last month’s guide: New Prime Video shows and movies in March 2025
More streaming:
The best new movies and shows on Prime Video in April
Charlotte Gainsbourgh, Étoile
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The Bondsman (April 3)
Kevin Bacon plays Hub Halloran, a bounty hunter who gets a second chance at life after he’s murdered, courtesy of a resurrection by the devil himself. (Is there a catch?) Now he’s hunting down wayward demons and sending them back to hell, while giving life — and country music (!?!?) — a second chance. [Trailer] [The Bondsman review]
G20 (April 10)
Here’s another big action movie that is good enough for Prime Video, but maybe not good enough for theaters. In the thriller, Viola Davis plays the U.S. president when the G20 summit, being held in Cape Town, South Africa, comes under attack by terrorists. It’s time for the president to kick some butt! Anthony Anderson, Antony Starr, and Ramón Rodríguez also star. [Trailer]
Étoile (April 24)
Amy Sherman-Palladino, the creator of Gilmore Girls and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, brings her signature chatterbox dialogue to the world of ballet in this new eight-episode series. Set in New York City and Paris, it follows a pair of renowned dance companies as they enact a grand plan to save their troupes by swapping stars. Charlotte Gainsbourg and Luke Kirby star. [Trailer]
More on Amazon:
Everything coming to Prime Video in April
April 1
1984
12 Strong
2 Guns
48 Hours (Seasons 1–5)
A Fistful of Dollars
A Guy Thing
Alert: Missing Persons Unit (Seasons 1–2)
All Dogs Go to Heaven
America’s Test Kitchen: The Next Generation (Season 2)
Annie Hall
Baby Boy
Basic Instinct 2
Battleship
Be Cool
Beauty Shop
Bones and All
Bull Durham
Cheech & Chong Get Out of My Room
Dazed and Confused
Death at a Funeral
Death Warrant
Death Wish 3
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
Death Wish II
Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection
Dog
Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax
Dunkirk
Fargo
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fighting With My Family
For a Few Dollars More
Ford v Ferrari
Forrest Gump
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Freaks and Geeks (Season 1)
Get Shorty
Green Zone
Hackers
Hair
Hang ‘Em High
Hannah and Her Sisters
Hannibal
Harvey
Hoosiers
Hot Pursuit
Hot Tub Time Machine
Hotel Rwanda
Igor
Jeepers Creepers
Jerry Maguire
Jesus Christ Superstar
Joe Dirt
King Solomon’s Mines
Kung Fu Panda 3
Lady Chatterley’s Lover
Lars and the Real Girl
Last Tango in Paris
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Legion
Lifeforce
Lions for Lambs
Lost in Translation
Max
Max 2: White House Hero
Meet Joe Black
Mermaids
Mind the Game (Season 2)
Missing in Action
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible II
Mission: Impossible III
Mission: Impossible IV Ghost Protocol
Moonstruck
Mr. Mom
Navy Seals
Original Sin
Out of Sight
Out of Time
Over the Top
Overboard
Passengers
Pineapple Express
Quigley Down Under
Rain Man
Red Dawn
Return to Me
Rob Roy
Robin Hood
Safe House
Sense and Sensibility
Sleepover
Soul Plane
Spaceballs
Speak No Evil
Species
Species II
Species III
Stigmata
Street Fighter
The Amityville Horror
The Aviator
The Benchwarmers
The Big Country
The Big Lebowski
The Boy Next Door
The Chosen (Seasons 1–4)
The Cutting Edge
The Deer Hunter
The Delta Force
The Eiger Sanction
The Game
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The Great Escape
The Greatest Story Ever Told
The Last Temptation of Christ
The Man in the Iron Mask
The Menu
The Nanny (Seasons 1–6)
The Poughkeepsie Tapes
The Prodigy
The Serpent and the Rainbow
The Unforgiven
The Visit
The Way West
The Young Messiah
Thelma & Louise
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Till
Timeless (Seasons 1–2)
Titanic
Top Gun
Uptown Girls
Wargames
West Side Story
What’s the Worst That Could Happen?
Women Talking
Yours, Mine & Ours
April 3
The Bondsman (Season 1)
April 8
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX
Spy High
April 10
G20
April 11
NWSL on Prime
April 13
Conclave
April 14
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
April 17
#1 Happy Family USA (Season 1)
April 18
LOL: Se Rir, Já Era
NWSL on Prime
April 22
Gladiator II
Teenage Kraken
April 24
American Horror Story (Season 12)
Étoile (Season 1)
Superboys of Malegaon
April 25
NWSL on Prime
April 29
Nickel Boys
Wear Whatever the F You Want (Season 1)
