This week’s new movies across the best streaming services offer a little something for everybody. Whether you want to watch a survival thriller, a sports drama, a very dark comedy or a bloody slasher, there are fresh movies to satisfy all tastes this week.
Netflix has a new original, “Apex.” This survival thriller teams up Charlize Theron and Taron Egerton, and looks like a shoo-in for Netflix No. 1. Meanwhile, Hulu has a phenomenal comedy-thriller with a relevant social message, HBO Max has my favorite movie of 2025 starring Timothée Chalamet, and spooky streaming service Shudder has a new horror (naturally), which stars a killer wearing a creepy doll mask.
These are the latest movies across all the most popular streaming platforms this week. And don’t forget to check out our companion guide covering all the top new TV shows this week.
‘Tow’ (PVOD)
Rose Byrne earned herself an Oscar nomination with last year’s “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,” and her follow-up to that acclaimed drama is another cinematic vehicle that showcases Byrne’s serious talent, and explores a complicated character, Amanda Ogle. But perhaps most impressively about “Tow” is the supporting cast around Byrne, which includes Dominic Sessa, Demi Lovato, Ariana DeBose and Octavia Spencer. According to the critics, Byrne delivers another winning turn in this based-on-a-true-story drama.
Amanda Ogle is a homeless woman living in Seattle. Her car is the only thing keeping her life together, so when a tow company impounds the vehicle, and Amanda is given a $21,634 bill, she has no choice but to fight to reclaim ownership. Thrown into a legal battle against a system that doesn’t care about the little guy, “Tow” starts as a comedy about a woman trying to get her car back, but becomes an important story about refusing to accept unfair systems.
Watch on Prime Video (buy/rent) from April 21
‘Apex’ (Netflix)
Netflix’s major movie this week is “Apex,” and I’m particularly confident that it’s going to rocket straight to the top of the streaming service’s top 10 most-watched chart. It’s a survival thriller starring Charlize Theron, Taron Egerton and Eric Bana, which are all the ingredients needed for a Netflix No. 1. Does that guarantee its quality? Not necessarily, but I’m cautiously optimistic that “Apex” will be a new Netflix original movie worth watching this week.
Theron plays Sasha, a grieving woman and rock climbing enthusiast, who looks for solace in the wilderness only to become locked in a deadly game of cat and mouse against a sadistic serial killer (Egerton). Hunted by a hunter, it’s up to Sasha to outsmart this predator. “Apex” is directed by Baltasar Kormákur, who certainly knows their way around a gripping thriller, having also helmed movies such as “Contraband,” “Everest,” and “2 Guns.”
Watch on Netflix from April 24
‘Marty Supreme’ (HBO Max)
I rank “Marty Supreme” as my favorite movie of 2025, and considering I saw more than 110 movies in theaters last year, that is no small compliment. It’s a phenomenal sports drama, expertly directed by Josh Safdie. The stakes keep being raised across its 150-minute runtime (Which totally flies by), and just when you think it’s reached a peak, it shifts up another gear. Plus, you’ve got Timothée Chalamet giving one of his best-ever performances.
“Marty Supreme” centers on the titular Marty Mauser, a table tennis player with dreams of becoming the world’s best and most marketable player. He faces numerous hurdles as he battles to achieve greatness, many self-inflicted. But even when the road gets rocky, his faith in his destiny never wavers for a moment. Also starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Odessa A'zion, Kevin O'Leary and Tyler Okonma, “Marty Supreme” is a fast-paced and energetic drama.
Watch on HBO Max from April 24
‘No Other Choice’ (Hulu)
Director Park Chan-wook delivers a biting, sharp comedy thriller that really deserved more love. I’m still confused as to how it didn’t scoop a single Oscar nomination. At the very least, it should have been included in the Best International Feature Film field. Considering its strong critical scores, it would maybe be inaccurate to label it “underrated,” but I certainly think it qualifies as one of 2025’s most “overlooked” movies. Fortunately, it’s heading to Hulu this week, which I’m hoping will ensure a whole bunch more people watch this great thriller.
Yoo Man-su (Lee Byung-hun, who you might recognize from Netflix’s “Squid Game”) is a veteran employee at a papermaking company in South Korea. When new American owners take over the firm, Man-su is cruelly laid off. Facing a dehumanizing job market, where workers compete with each other for the few jobs available, Man-Su resorts to an extreme solution: Murder his competition to ensure that he can land a job and maintain his lifestyle.
Watch on Hulu from April 24
‘Dolly’ (Shudder)
Shudder is the streaming service for horror fanatics, and this week the platform is serving up a new slasher, “Dolly.” This low-budget chiller has enjoyed respectable reviews, currently scoring 63% on Rotten Tomatoes. It’s been praised for its “relentless set pieces and gleefully excessive gore." While it doesn’t attempt to reinvent the slasher genre, it looks like it might serve up enough sadistic pleasures to keep horror fans entertained across its very trim 85-minute runtime.
Macy (Fabianne Therese) and her boyfriend Chase (Sean William Scott) are hiking in the remote woods when they find themselves the latest victims of a brutal killer known only as “Dolly.” Macy is captured and awakens in a nursery crib, forced to partake in a warped form of role-play with this porcelain-mask-wearing monster. If you like your horror movies particularly bloody, then “Dolly” offers plenty of wince-inducing moments of shock and gore.
Watch on Shudder from April 24
