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What's New on Amazon Prime Video in April 2021

The family from Them reads together on a bed in a screenshot from the series
Credit: Them/Amazon Studios

Amazon Prime Video’s newest original series will dive into a different kind of American horror story. THEM, from creator Little Marvin and producer Lena Waithe (Master of None) is an anthology show that will explore a new story each season, and based on the trailer, the first appears to combine elements of Lovecraft Country and the works of Jordan Peele (a fact that has resulted in some unflattering comparisons on Twitter) as it follows the unsettling experiences of a Black family that moves into an all-white L.A. suburb in the 1950s.

Certainly, at this point, it seems unfair to blast the show, which stars Ashley Thomas, Deborah Ayorinde, Shahadi Wright Joseph, and Melody Hurdas, as a rip-off of Lovecraft Country or Peele’s Us; it’s not like the genre isn’t big enough to fit in more than one show or movie that makes a metaphor out of the Black American experience. The early buzz is positive and the above trailer is drenched in gorgeous period detail, suggesting it has a good chance of drawing a following, even amid the streaming glut of 2021.

Otherwise, this month your Prime membership will earn you access to another Tom Clancy joint (following the John Krasinski-led Jack Ryan); Without Remorse (April 30), based on the Clancy novel of the same name, introduces ex-Navy SEAL John Kelly (award-winner Michael B. Jordan) as he uncovers a, wait for it, international conspiracy.

Here’s everything else coming to Prime in April.

What’s coming to Amazon Prime Video in April 2021

Coming soon (no date announced)

  • Frank Of Ireland — Amazon Original Series (Season 1)

  • Loudermilk: Season 1-2

Available April 1

  • A Hologram For The King (2016)

  • Anna Karenina (2012)

  • Art Of Falling In Love (2019) (UP Faith & Family)

  • A Simple Plan (1998)

  • Because I Said So (2007)

  • Bob Roberts (1992)

  • Brüno (2009)

  • Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974)

  • Chato’s Land (1972)

  • Cheech & Chong’s Still Smokin’ (1983)

  • Cohen And Tate (1989)

  • Devil In A Blue Dress (1995)

  • Did You Hear About The Morgans? (2009)

  • Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)

  • Evan Almighty (2007)

  • Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)

  • Four Weddings And A Funeral (1994)

  • Frankie & Alice (2014)

  • Girl With A Pearl Earring (2003)

  • Gunfighters Of Abilene (1959)

  • Hancock (2008)

  • Head Of State (2003)

  • How To Train Your Dragon (2010)

  • Inception (2010)

  • Johnny English (2003)

  • Lady In A Cage (1964)

  • Larry Crowne (2011)

  • League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)

  • Lords Of Dogtown (2005)

  • Love In Harmony Valley (2020) (UP Faith & Family)

  • Madea’s Big Happy Family (2011)

  • Madea Goes To Jail (2009)

  • Mad Max (1980)

  • Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World (2003)

  • Men Of Honor (2000)

  • Milk (2009)

  • Minority Report (2002)

  • Monster’s Ball (2001)

  • Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

  • Motel Hell (1980)

  • My Cousin Vinny (1992)

  • New In Town (1992)

  • Open Range (2003)

  • Platoon (1986)

  • Shaft (2000)

  • Shooter (2007)

  • Sleeping With The Enemy (1991)

  • Smiley Face Killers (2020)

  • So I Married An Axe Murderer (1993)

  • That Thing You Do! (1996)

  • The Abyss (1989)

  • The Dead Zone (1983)

  • The Devil’s Double (2011)

  • The Gift (2000)

  • The Happening (2008)

  • The Hunting Party (1971)

  • The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)

  • The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959)

  • The Pawnbroker (1964)

  • The Program (1993)

  • The Replacement Killers (1998)

  • The Skull (1965)

  • The Sum Of All Fears (2002)

  • Untraceable (2008)

  • Valerie (1957)

  • Waiting To Exhale (1995)

  • What About Bob? (1991)

  • Aber Bergen: Season 1 (MHz Choice)

  • After The First 48: Season 1 (A&E Crime Central)

  • Anne+: Season 1 (Topic)

  • Couples Therapy: Season 1 (Showtime)

  • Creepshow: Season 1 (Shudder)

  • Engine Masters: Season 1 (MotorTrend)

  • Garfield & Friends: Season 1 (Boomerang)

  • Ice Road Truckers: Season 1 (History Vault)

  • Jacqueline And Jilly: Season 1 (ALLBLK)

  • Keeping Faith: Season 1 (Acorn TV)

  • Rectify: Season 1 (AMC+)

  • Survivor’s Remorse: Seasons 1-4

  • The Adventures Of Napkin Man: Season 1 (Kidstream)

  • The Restaurant: Season 1 (Sundance Now)

Available April 2

  • Unhinged (2020)

Available April 3

  • Blair Witch (2016)

Available April 7

  • Girl From Monaco (2009)

  • High-Rise (2016)

  • Pulse (2005)

  • Ragnarok (2009)

  • The Answer Man (2009)

  • The Priest (2009)

  • Trollhunter (2011)

Available April 9

  • THEM — Amazon Original Series (Premiere)

Available April 12

  • Paranormal Activity 4 (2012)

  • Spontaneous (2020)

Available April 14

  • Burden (2020)

  • Cézanne Et Moi (2017)

  • Terror’s Advocate (2007)

Available April 16

  • Somewhere (2010)

  • Wander (2020)

Available April 21

  • Merantau (2010)

  • Muay Thai Giant (2011)

  • The Hero Of Color City (2014)

  • Venus And Serena (2013)

Available April 26

  • The Artist (2012)

Available April 28

  • Arrival (2016)

  • Barry Munday (2010)

  • Harlem Aria (2010)

  • Kiltro (2008)

  • The Commune (2017)

  • The Warlords (2010)

Available April 30

  • Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse — Amazon Original Movie (2021)