Spring is finally here and there’s so much to look forward to: nicer weather, rejuvenation, and of course, new TV content. With so many new projects being released on a daily basis, it can be overwhelming to pinpoint what to watch and when. We break down 10 new series coming to Netflix in April ranging in genre (and languages!).
Happy Spring binging.
War Sailor – April 2
Cast: Ine Marie Wilmann, Pål Sverre Hagen, Kristoffer Joner, Henrikke Lund Olsen, Armand Hannestad, Leon Tobias Slettbakk, Alexandra Gjerpen, Arthur Hakalahti
Synopsis: “Alfred Garnes is a working-class sailor, who has recently become the father of a third child. He and his childhood friend Sigbjørn Kvalen (Wally) are working on a merchant ship in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean when World War II breaks out. They are unarmed civilians on the front lines of a war they never asked to join. The two men struggle for survival in a spiral of violence and death, where at any moment German submarines may attack their valuable vessels. The war sailors have one goal: to survive–and to return home.”
Number of episodes: 3 — Limited series
Beef – April 6
Cast: Ali Wong, Steven Yeun, Young Mazino, Patti Yasutake, Mia Serafino, Justin H. Min, David Choe, Andrew Santino, Ashley Park, Joseph Lee
Synopsis: “A road rage incident between two strangers — a failing contractor and an unfulfilled entrepreneur — sparks a feud that brings out their darkest impulses.”
Number of episodes: 10
Transatlantic – April 7
Cast: Gillian Jacobs, Lucas Englander, Cory Michael Smith, Gregory Montel, Ralph Amoussou, Deleila Piasko, Amit Rahav and Corey Stoll, Moritz Bleibtreu, Alexander Fehling, Jonas Nay, Lolita Chammah, Jodhi May, Rafaela, Nicolay, Henriette Confurius
Synopsis: “Marseille 1940-1941.Transatlantic is inspired by the true story of Varian Fry, Mary Jayne Gold and the Emergency Rescue Committee. Risking their lives to help more than 2000 refugees escape occupied France, including many artists on the Nazis’ most-wanted list, an international gang of young superheroes and their famous charges occupy a villa at the edge of the city, where the threat of mortal danger gives way to unexpected collaborations and intense love affairs.”
Number of episodes: 7 — Limited series
American Manhunt: The Boston Marathon Bombing – April 12
Director: Floyd Russ
Synopsis: “Archive footage, chilling reenactments and exclusive interviews shed new light on a tragedy — and two brothers — that suspended a city in terror.”
Number of episodes: 3 — Limited docuseries
Florida Man – April 13
Cast: Edgar Ramírez, Abbey Lee, Anthony LaPaglia, Otmara Marrero, Lex Scott Davis, Emory Cohen, Clark Gregg, Isaiah Johnson, Paul Schneider, Lauren Buglioli
Synopsis: “When a struggling ex-cop (Edgar Ramírez) is forced to return to his home state of Florida to find a Philly mobster’s runaway girlfriend, what should be a quick gig becomes a wildly spiraling journey into buried family secrets, and an increasingly futile attempt to do the right thing in a place where so much is wrong. Florida Man, from creator Donald Todd, is a wild odyssey into a sunny place for shady people.”
Number of episodes: 8 — Limited series
Obsession – April 13
Cast: Richard Armitage, Charlie Murphy, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Indira Varma, Sonera Angel, Anil Goutam, Francesca Knight, Rish Shah, Marion Bailey, Kerim Hassan
Synopsis: “A respected London surgeon’s affair with his son’s fiancée turns into an erotic infatuation that threatens to change their lives forever.”
Number of episodes: 4 — Limited series
Queenmaker – April 14
Cast: Kim Hee-ae, Moon So-ri, Ryu Soo-young, Seo Yi-sook, Jin Kyung, Kim Tae-hoon
Synopsis: “Follows the story of Hwang Do-hee, a PR genius who used to oversee the Corporate Strategy Team in Eunsung Group, diving into an election campaign for human rights lawyer Oh Kyung-sook, nicknamed Ms. Rhino for having survived countless ups and downs, to get her elected as the mayor of Seoul.”
Number of episodes: 11
The Diplomat – April 20
Cast: Keri Russell, Rufus Sewell, David Gyasi, Ali Ahn, Rory Kinnear, and Ato Essandoh, Celia Imrie, Michael McKean, Nana Mensah, T’Nia Miller, Miguel Sandoval
Synopsis: “In the midst of an international crisis, a career diplomat lands in a high-profile job she’s unsuited for, with tectonic implications for her marriage and her political future.”
Number of episodes: 8
Love After Music – April 26
Cast: Ivan Hochman, Micaela Riera, Nahuel Monasterio, Daryna Butryk, Julián Kartún, Andy Chango
Synopsis: “A journey through 30 years in the life of Fito Páez, one of the Argentina’s greatest musicians, who changed the history of Hispanic rock forever.”
Number of episodes: 8
The Nurse – April 27
Cast: Josephine Park, Fanny Bernth, Amalie Lindegård, Peter Zandersen, Dick Kaysø
Synopsis: “In The Nurse we are taken behind the walls of a hospital in the outskirts of Denmark, where everyone knows each other and where there’s little change in personnel. We follow Pernille Kurzmann in her first days in her new job as a nurse. She soon befriends the very charming and charismatic nurse Christina Aistrup Hansen who at first seems to be one of a kind, loved by everyone, incredible at her job and always first on the spot in an emergency. However, as the days go by and Pernille gets to know her way around she slowly starts seeing that there might be more to Christina than what first meets the eye. She decides that she cannot turn a blind eye to what is happening in front of her and she journeys out to uncover the truth.”
Number of episodes: 4 — Limited series
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