3 New Netflix Movies You Need to Watch in April 2026 — Ranked by IMDb Scores

Netflix apparently decided April is spooky season now. The service is dropping an unusually big batch of horror movies this month, most of them hitting within the same window. The good news: it is not all the same flavor. You get a fresh original, a legacy sequel, and a follow-up to a well-loved sci-fi creeper. Here are three to queue up, ordered by their current IMDb user scores.

1. Him (2025 ) — IMDb: 5.0

   How far would you push it to become an all-time great? In this horror spin on that question, Cameron Cade (Tyriq Withers) is a college football phenom who grew up worshiping Isaiah White (Marlon Wayans), the superstar quarterback of the San Antonio Saviors. Cameron is right on the edge of breaking out when a head injury sidelines him before he ever takes a real snap.

   Then the Saviors — and Isaiah himself — dangle a lifeline: come into the franchise, step into the role, become the heir. What Cameron does not clock at first is the hidden price tag. The team and its longtime face have been sitting on some very old, very ugly secrets, and the bill is finally due. If he wants in on their tradition, he might have to walk away from everything he thinks he stands for.

   Now streaming on Netflix. Moody, pulpy, and yes, it plays like a gridiron Faust story.

2. Scream (2022) — IMDb: 6.3

   You can tell this landed right before Jenna Ortega blew up, because Tara Carpenter barely gets much beyond an extended opening. But that attack is enough to drag her estranged half-sister, Sam Carpenter (Melissa Barrera), back to Woodsboro. Sam left town after uncovering her unsettling tie to the original Ghostface murders roughly three decades earlier — and now someone is starting the cycle again.

   Which means the old guard gets pulled in: Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox), and Dewey Riley (David Arquette). They are not just leading the chase; they are squarely in the crosshairs. The new Ghostface is aiming to wipe out the original Woodsboro survivors along with a fresh batch of teens who suddenly find their names on the list.

   Streaming on Netflix. A proper legacy sequel that remembers to sharpen the knife.

3. A Quiet Place Part II (2021) — IMDb: 7.2

   John Krasinski pops in briefly as Lee Abbott and directs the sequel to his smash sci-fi/horror hybrid. After Lee’s death, Evelyn Abbott (Emily Blunt) has to find somewhere remotely safe for herself and her kids — Regan (Millicent Simmonds) and Marcus (Noah Jupe) — in a world where even the tiniest sound can summon the same vicious aliens that killed him.

   On the road, they run into Emmett (Cillian Murphy), an old family friend they have not seen since the invasion began. He is not the man he used to be, and Evelyn does not have many choices left, especially once they discover a survivor colony led by a man who is never named on screen (Djimon Hounsou).

   Also streaming on Netflix. Lean, tense, and still ruthless about noise.