Whats new to streaming this week? (April 18, 2025)
Looking for something great to watch at home? Streaming subscribers are spoiled for choice between Hulu, Netflix, Max, Disney+, Apple TV+, Prime Video, Shudder, Paramount+, Peacock, and more. And that's before you even look at the vast libraries of movies and television programs within each one!
Don't be overwhelmed or waste an hour scrolling through your services to determine what to watch. We've got your back, whatever your mood. Mashable offers watch guides for all of the above, broken down by genre: comedy, thriller, horror, documentary, and animation, among others. But if you're seeking something brand-new (or just new to streaming), we've got you covered there, too.
Mashable's entertainment team has scoured the streaming services to highlight the most buzzed-about releases of this week and ranked them from worst to best — or least worth your time to most watchable. Whether you're looking for something heart-wrenching, sexy, unnerving, or hilarious, we've got something just for you.
Here's what's new on streaming, from worst to best.
9. Wolf Man (2025)
If you watch only one movie this week, make it anything but Wolf Man. Following the success of 2020's The Invisible Man, writer/director Leigh Whannell took a crack at reinvigorating another Universal Monster movie — in this case, the 1941 classic starring Lon Chaney — but failed miserably.
Forget everything you think you know about werewolves, because this tragedy-steeped mess of a movie is using lycanthropy as a metaphor for chronic illness. In my review for the film's theatrical release, I jeered, "Whannell's Wolf Man is a maudlin mess, which heaps on grief and grisliness without balancing it with character... Compared to The Invisible Man, it's a serious misstep for Whannell. Compared to The Mummy, well, that might have been a wreck of a movie, but at least it was occasionally fun. " — Kristy Puchko, Entertainment Editor
Starring: Christopher Abbott, Julia Garner, and Sam Jaeger
How to watch: Wolf Man begins streaming on Peacock on April 18.
8. #1 Happy Family USA
Ramy Youssef (co-creator of Ramy and Mo) jumps into the world of adult animated series with #1 Happy Family USA, a dark satirical look at a Muslim American family living in post-9/11 New Jersey.
On top of creating and executive producing the show, Youssef also voices two members of the Hussein family: youngest son Rumi, whose closest friend is a talking lamb, and patriarch Hussein, who is determined to make sure his family fits in with the rest of America. Cue attempts at assimilation, code-switching, and American patriotism, all heightened with crass animated absurdity. — Belen Edwards, Entertainment Reporter
Starring: Ramy Youssef, Alia Shawkat, Salma Hindy, Randa Jarrar, Azhar Usman, Chris Redd, Akaash Singh, Whitmer Thomas, and Mandy Moore
How to watch: #1 Happy Family USA is now streaming on Prime Video.
7. Ransom Canyon
American Primeval isn't the only Western hitting Netflix this year. Joining it is Ransom Canyon, a Western romance based on the book series of the same name by Jodi Thomas.
Josh Duhamel stars as Staten Kirkland, a longtime rancher in the Texas town of Ransom Canyon. As Staten grieves the loss of his family and fends off greedy pipeline surveyors, he finds comfort in his late wife's best friend, Quinn O'Grady (Minka Kelly). But can their love bloom in a town full of secrets and mysterious cowboys?
Melodrama and cliché abound here, but if you like sprawling Westerns in the vein of Yellowstone, chances are you'll want to stay in Ransom Canyon. — B.E.
Starring: Josh Duhamel, Minka Kelly, Lizzy Greene, James Brolin, and Eoin Macken
How to watch: Ransom Canyon is now streaming on Netflix.
6. Eephus
If you like your comedy offbeat, you'll find a real winner in Eephus.
Set in a small Massachusetts town in the '90s, this sports comedy focuses on the last game played on a ratty old field before construction crews come to turn it into a new school. This means the middle-aged men facing off have one last chance to revel in the game. It does not mean they'll do it with grace. Their shenanigans are full of cursing, relatable irritation, and slyly hilarious highs and lows. Basically, if you like a dad movie with a little bit of spice, Eephus has got that pepper. — K.P.
Starring: Keith William Richards, Frederick Wiseman, Cliff Blake, Ray Hryb, and Bill "Spaceman" Lee
How to watch: Eephus is now available for rent or purchase on Prime Video.
5. Government Cheese
Craving something intriguing? Check out the premiere of Government Cheese.
In this surreal dramedy from creators Paul Hunter and Aeysha Carr, David Oyelowo stars as Hampton Chambers, a burglar-turned-inventor who's fresh out of prison and eager to make a fortune with his self-sharpening power drill, the "Bit Magician." Now if only he can get his family, friends, or any backers to understand his vision.
Set in 1969 Los Angeles, Government Cheese explores a pivotal moment in U.S. history through the distorted lens of the American Dream. In the mix of this curious series are Hampton's no-nonsense wife, quirky cohorts, violent gangsters, and moments of divine intervention. Where's it going to go? The only way to know is to watch. — K.P.
Starring: David Oyelowo, Simone Missick, Bokeem Woodbine, Adam Beach, and Sunita Mani
How to watch: Government Cheese premiered on Apple TV+ on April 16, with new episodes weekly.
4. I Am Love
Luca Guadagnino has awed critics with his passionate and even feral tales of love in films like Call My By Your Name, Queer, and Bones and All. This treasure from 2009 is less wild and more rapturous.
In picturesque Italian setting, I Am Love stars Tilda Swinton as a devoted wife and mother whose life is thrown into a thrilling spin once she meets a talented (and hot) young chef. For much of her adult life, Emma (Swinton) has absorbed the culture of Milan to be the appropriate wife to her rich Italian husband. But as the power dynamics of the industrial family changes, she finds a taste for something sublime and scandalous. Their love affair is gorgeously captured and bolstered by meals that look so delicious that you'll be left drooling. — K.P.
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Flavio Parenti, Edoardo Gabbriellini, Alba Rohrwacher, Pippo Delbono, Maria Paiato, Diane Fleri, Waris Ahluwalia, Marisa Berenson, and Gabriele Ferzetti
How to watch: I am Love is available for rent or purchase on Prime Video.
3. The Order
Want a harrowing tale of true crime? Australian director Justin Kurzel, who previously helmed such heralded base-on-real-events dramas as Snowtown and True History of the Kelly Gang, turns his eye to the United State's darker corners for The Order.
Adapted from the non-fiction book The Silent Brotherhood: The Chilling Inside Story of America's Violent, Anti-Government Militia Movement by Gary Gerhardt and Kevin Flynn, this film follows an FBI agent (Jude Law) who is investigating a domestic terrorist group run by a devoted white supremacist (Nicholas Hoult). The result is a gripping drama, rich with tense sequences, shocking revelations, and riveting performances. And more than that, it's a satisfying action movie.
As Siddhant Adlakha wrote in his review out of the Venice International Film Festival last year, "That it's an action movie in the body of something more 'prestigious' or important ought to feel insulting, but really, it's been the key to Kurzel's necessary transformation all along." — K.P.
Starring: Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, Jurnee Smollett, Alison Oliver, and Marc Maron
How to watch: The Order begins streaming on Hulu April 18.
2. The Room Next Door
Seeking a place to feel your pain? Try The Room Next Door. Visionary writer/director Pedro Almodóvar makes his English-language feature debut with this drama, based on Sigrid Nunez's 2020 novel What Are You Going Through. Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore star as war reporter Martha and novelist Ingrid, two friends who've lost touch over the years but reconnect as Martha grapples grappling with a terminal diagnosis. Together, they rehash the past and look to a future that for Martha means death, either by slow deterioration or — if she has her way — euthanasia. So she asks Ingrid to be her companion in her final days, renting a charming but remote cabin for them to talk, read, sunbathe, and eat in.
A sad tale is given glorious depth through Almodóvar's direction and the nuanced performances of his magnificent leading ladies. It's a gorgeous and moving film that invites audiences in with an intimate understanding of grief, love, and friendship. In my review out of the film's premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, I cheered, "The Room Next Door quietly urges its audience to embrace the now, for it is all that's certain beyond an end." — K.P.
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Julianne Moore, John Turturro, and Alessandro Nivola
How to watch: The Room Next Door begins streaming on Netflix on April 19.
1. Companion
Want some twisted, genre-bending fun? Then you'll fall hard for Companion. Written and directed by Drew Hancock, this tale of bad romance begins with a seemingly picture-perfect couple, Iris (Yellowjackets and Heretic's Sophie Thatcher) and Josh (Star Trek: Lower Decks and Novocaine's Jack Quaid). But the harrowing truth of their relationship is unearthed during a weekend getaway at a remote mountain cabin. There, a misread signal leads to bloodshed, and before long all hell breaks loose.
The trailers for the film gleefully gave away how romantic comedy tropes like meet-cutes collide with slasher thrills and sci-fi shenanigans. But even if you know what's really going on between Josh and Iris before going in, it's still fun to see where Hancock's wild story goes next. And hey, keep an ear out for a '90s pop classic that's a clever Easter egg. — K.P.
Starring: Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage, Megan Suri, Harvey Guillén, and Rupert Friend
How to watch: Companion begins streaming on Max on April 18.