7 Unmissable New Movies and TV Shows Streaming on Peacock This April

April rolled in, and with it, the usual tidal wave of new stuff to stream. Peacock just dropped a bunch of movies and one new series, and because these libraries rotate like produce at a farmers market, here are the seven additions actually worth your time this month. Mix of classics, chaos, and one fresh original. Dive in.

1. Marvel 's Blade Trilogy (April 1st)

   A three-pack right out of the gate: Blade (1998 ), Blade II (2002), and Blade: Trinity ( 2004). Wesley Snipes anchors all three as the half-vampire 'daywalker,' slicing through bloodsuckers with a vibe that is equal parts comic-book cool and straight-up horror. The first one is still the champ, but the whole run works even if you do not care about capes. Call it Marvel's most consistently badass trilogy and move on.

2. Interstellar (April 1st)

   If you just came out of Project Hail Mary buzzing on space brain-candy and want something bigger and more operatic, here you go. Christopher Nolan 's 2014 epic sends former NASA test pilot Joseph Cooper (Matthew McConaughey ) through a distant wormhole to find a new home for humanity while Earth collapses under climate disaster. It is not jokey, but it is pure wonder. Cast is stacked: Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Bill Irwin, Ellen Burstyn, and Michael Caine. It is also gorgeous to look at, in that 'I suddenly respect cornfields' kind of way.

3. The Miniature Wife (April 9th)

   All 10 episodes of Peacock's new original series drop at once on April 9. Premise is delightfully unhinged: a world-famous scientist on the cusp of a breakthrough accidentally shrinks his wife down to six inches tall, and their already messy marriage somehow gets even messier. High-concept relationship comedy with a sci-fi tilt, built to binge.

4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (April 1st)

   Want space, but funnier? Douglas Adams' beloved absurdist sci-fi gets the big-screen treatment with Martin Freeman as terminally confused everyman Arthur Dent and Mos Def as his not-so-human pal Ford Prefect, an alien journalist updating a universal travel guide. On a very inconvenient Thursday, Arthur learns his house is being bulldozed for a bypass, just as Earth is about to be vaporized by Vogons for a hyperspace bypass. Ford yanks him off-planet by hitching a ride on an alien ship. The ensemble is ridiculously deep: Sam Rockwell, Zooey Deschanel, Bill Nighy, Anna Chancellor, John Malkovich, plus voice work from Stephen Fry, Helen Mirren, Richard Griffiths, Thomas Lennon, Ian McNeice, and Alan Rickman. It is a breezy, very British cosmic road trip.

5. Pulp Fiction (April 1st)

   Yes, you have probably seen it. Yes, it still slaps. Quentin Tarantino's best-known film crisscrosses four interlocked tales of Los Angeles crime and bad decisions, told out of order. The lineup: John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, Tim Roth, Ving Rhames, Uma Thurman. It is the kind of movie you rewatch and catch three new details you somehow missed every time.

6. Dead Poets Society (April 1st)

   From 1989 and still quietly devastating. Robin Williams plays John Keating, a new English teacher at the ultra-elite Welton Academy who coaxes his students to actually feel something through poetry. Alongside Williams: Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles, Gale Hansen, and Dylan Kussman. Awards-wise, it was a critical darling: Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor ( Williams), and a win for Best Original Screenplay.

7. Face/Off (April 1st)

   One of the greatest rides the 1990s ever gave us, and the premise is gloriously bananas: John Travolta is an FBI agent, Nicolas Cage is a terrorist, and an experimental surgery swaps their faces so each is stuck living as the other. Do not overthink it. The trick here is the performances: both actors are essentially playing each other playing themselves, and the result is a surprisingly layered, high-wire act. If you only watch one thing from this list, make it this.

That should keep your queue busy. Most of these drop April 1st, with the new series landing April 9, so plan the couch time accordingly.