5 Must-See New Movies and Shows Streaming on Netflix and More This Week (April 27–May 1)

April is packing up, but the streamers are not. If you need something to watch between April 27 and May 1, I have five picks worth your time: a vengeance-soaked Netflix thriller, a shamelessly messy Prime Video melodrama, a dog-eyed haunted house on Hulu, a killer comedy- horror on Apple TV, and a true crime doc that starts with a jaw-dropping confession and only gets wilder.

• Man on Fire — Netflix — April 30
• Widow's Bay Season 1 — Apple TV — April 29
• Should I Marry a Murderer? Season 1 — Netflix — April 29
• Regretting You (2025 ) — Prime Video — Streaming now
• Good Boy (2025) — Hulu — Streaming now

Man on Fire — Netflix

New week, new take on a familiar inferno. Netflix is rolling out a seven-episode adaptation of A.J. Quinnell's 1980 novel, which already hit screens twice: first in 1987 with Scott Glenn, then in 2004 with Denzel Washington and Dakota Fanning. This time, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II takes over as John Creasy, a former CIA operative wrestling with PTSD who tries to retire quietly and inevitably gets dragged back into a revenge mission. The series is created by Kyle Killen (he worked on the Halo series from 2022 to 2024) and co-stars Bobby Cannavale, Scoot McNairy, and Alice Braga.

The Tony Scott film still rips, but the episodic format should let this story actually breathe a little. Stream it April 30.

Regretting You (2025) — Prime Video

If you want a glossy, twisty family drama that occasionally careens into "did a human write that line?" territory, here you go. Morgan (Allison Williams) was a teen mom; now she is raising her own teenage daughter, Clara (McKenna Grace), with her high school sweetheart-turned-husband, Chris (Scott Eastwood). Secret problem: Morgan has long-simmering feelings for Jonah (Dave Franco), the partner of her sister Jenny (Willa Fitzgerald), who she has known since childhood. Then a tragic accident kills two loved ones, and the fallout rips through both families as buried secrets surface and Morgan's relationship with Clara gets very rocky.

No one is handing this thing an Oscar, but as a watch-it-and-yell-at-the-screen special, it delivers. It's so consistently ridiculous it loops back around to fun. Streaming now.

Good Boy (2025) — Hulu

This one's ambitious and, yes, a little strange in a good way: a haunted house movie told from the perspective of a dog. Indy (making his acting debut) moves with his owner, Todd (Shane Jensen), into Todd's late grandfather's home. Indy immediately senses something off in the shadows, and a malevolent force starts closing in on Todd, who has a chronic lung disease. Our canine lead decides to do something about it.

In his feature directing debut, Ben Leonberg leans hard into the idea that dogs pick up on things we don't. The movie foregrounds action and POV so Indy is the true protagonist, which gives the whole thing an eerie, lived-in texture. The story has a few rough patches, but the technical swing is bold, and the atmosphere sticks. Streaming now.

Widow's Bay Season 1 — Apple TV

A comedy-horror from Katie Dippold (Parks and Recreation, The Heat) starring Matthew Rhys as Mayor Tom Loftis, a pragmatic nonbeliever trying to juice tourism in his sleepy New England town while locals insist the place is cursed. Then the weirdness starts piling up, and the curse stops feeling theoretical. The cast is stacked: Stephen Root, Kate O'Flynn, Kevin Carroll, and Dale Dickey round things out.

Early reactions have been glowing, calling it a sharp blend of big laughs and genuine scares, the kind that makes you chuckle and then immediately cover your eyes. It's lively, ambitious, sneakily haunting, and anchored by excellent performances. On paper and in practice, it looks like one of the year's best new series so far. Streams April 29.

Should I Marry a Murderer? Season 1 — Netflix

This three-part British true crime doc starts with a confession you won't forget. In 2020, Dr. Caroline Muirhead, a forensic pathologist, says her fiancé, Alexander "Sandy" McKellar, told her that he and his twin brother had killed a man in a hit-and-run and buried the body. She had been dating him for four months after meeting on Tinder. She stayed engaged, all while quietly gathering evidence that would become crucial to the arrests of both McKellar brothers, Alexander and Robert.

The setup feels like a scripted thriller you would not buy if it were scripted. Episodes run 44 to 56 minutes, and if you are a regular in the true crime aisles, bump it to the top of your queue. Streams April 29.