Prime Video: best new shows & films streaming April 2026

Discover the best new shows & films to stream in April 2026 on Prime Video with this guide.
Balls Up. Image: Prime Video.

NBA – throughout April

The 25/26 NBA regular season is coming to an end with a double header on Friday 10 April with:

  • Celtics vs Nicks (9.30am AEST | 11am NZT) 
  • Lakers vs Warriors (12pm AEST | 2pm NZT)

Plus on 11 April:

  • Hawks vs Cavaliers (9am AEST | 11am NZT)
  • Thunder vs Nuggets (12pm AEST | 2pm NZT)

The 2026 Play-In Tournament will be broadcast exclusively on Prime Video featuring six games on 15, 16 and 18 April. The tournament features the Nos. 7-10 teams in each conference vying for the 7th and 8th NBA Playoff seeds.

Prime members in Australia will also be able to watch select Playoffs live and exclusive on Prime Video beginning 19 April. Full schedule to be announced closer to the time.

The Boys – 8 April

The Boys. Image: Prime Video.
The Boys. Image: Prime Video.

Series. In the fifth and final season, it’s Homelander’s world, completely subject to his erratic, egomaniacal whims.

Hughie, Mother’s Milk and Frenchie are imprisoned in a Freedom Camp. Annie struggles to mount a resistance against the overwhelming Supe force. Kimiko is nowhere to be found. But when Butcher reappears, ready and willing to use a virus that will wipe all Supes off the map, he sets in motion a chain of events that will forever change the world and everyone in it.

Starring Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty and Jessie T Usher.

Balls Up – 15 April

Balls Up. Image: Prime Video.
Balls Up. Image: Prime Video.

Film (2026). In this raunchy, over-the-top comedy, marketing executives Brad (Mark Wahlberg) and Elijah (Paul Walter Hause) go ‘balls out’ and pitch a bold full‑coverage condom sponsorship with the World Cup.

After their drunken celebration in Brazil sparks a global scandal, they must outrun furious fans, criminals and power-hungry officials to salvage their careers and make it home alive.

Starring Mark Wahlberg, Paul Walter Hauser and Molly Shannon.

American Gladiators – 17 April

American Gladiators is created and executive produced by Johnny C Ferraro. Daniel Calin serves as the series showrunner and executive producer, alongside Barry Poznick. Susan Janis-Mashayekhi, Sarah Happel Jackson and Adam Cooper serve as co-executive producers.

The series is directed by Ramy Romany. Starring Rocsi Diaz, Jessie Godderz and Kailey Farmer.

Kevin Season 1 – 20 April

Kevin Season 1. Image: Prime Video.
Kevin S1. Image: Prime Video.

Series. Loosely inspired by a real life break-up and the cat who was caught in the middle, Kevin is a hilarious and heart-warming story about finding where you belong in the world.

After the unexpected break-up of his human owners, Kevin moves into a local pet rescue in Astoria, Queens where a chaotic band of misfit animals will help him to figure out what he really wants out of life.

Strring Jason Schwartzman, Aubrey Plaza, Whoopi Goldberg, John Waters, Aparna Nancherla, Gil Ozeri and Amy Sedaris.

Greenland 2: Migration – 27 April

Film (2026). The surviving Garrity family must leave the safety of the Greenland bunker and embark on a perilous journey across the decimated frozen wasteland of Europe to find a new home.

Starring Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin and Roman Griffin Davis.

The House Of The Spirits – 29 April

Series. A magnificent family saga that tells the epic tale of a proud and passionate family, secret loves and bloody revolution.

The Trueba family’s passions, struggles, and secrets span a century of violent social change, culminating in a crisis that hurls the proud, tyrannical patriarch and his beloved granddaughter towards opposite sides of the fence.

Starring Alfonso Herrera, Dolores Fonzi, Nicole Wallace, Juan Pablo Raba and Fernanda Castillo.


Discover more screen, games & arts news and reviews on ScreenHub and ArtsHub. Sign up for our free ArtsHub and ScreenHub newsletters.

Paul Dalgarno is author of the novels A Country of Eternal Light (2023) and Poly (2020); the memoir And You May Find Yourself (2015); and the creative non-fiction book Prudish Nation (2023). He is Head of Content at ArtsHub & ScreenHub. Insta: @dalgarnowrites