Well, this is it. We’re just over two weeks out from the last season premiere for Game of Thrones. (Be sure to check out Def Pen’s latest recap here if you aren’t caught up or just need a refresher.) But, HBO isn’t taking the month off as there are still plenty of shows and movies coming to the service in April.
Let’s get the obvious one out of the way first, for those last few people who don’t know: Game of Thrones season 8 premieres on April 14. That isn’t the only original series dropping this month though as Gentleman Jack has its series premiere a week later on the 22nd. Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas is also returning in April with its second season premiering on the 5th. This month also sees the series finale of the short-lived Esme and Roy, which bows out on the 27th.
HBO also has a number of big movies from last year premiering on the service this month. First up, The Nun drops early on April 6th. Its followed a week later by Crazy Rich Asians on the 13th, then Spike Lee’s Oscar-winner BlacKkKlansman drops onto the service on April 20th. A number of good older films are also hitting HBO in April. Notably, Annie Hall and the directors cut of Kingdom of Heaven will be made available on April 1st. Eli Roth’s massively underrated 2015 film The Green Inferno also hits the catalog on the 1st but I’d only recommend that one if you’ve got a strong stomach.
Unfortunately, we’ve also got to say goodbye to some great films this month so be sure to check these out while you still have the chance. Luckily, they won’t start leaving until April 24th, when Man on Fire exits the service. Then, a few days late on the 27th, Wonder Woman also says her goodbyes to HBO for a while. A few more days later on the 30th, even more films are leaving the service. Most notably, the extended edition of Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy and The Phantom Thread.
Check out the full list of everything coming to (and leaving) HBO in April:
Original Programming:
Native Son (4/6)
Sesame Street: Julia’s Haircut (4/8)
VICE Special Report (4/19)
HBO First Look: John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum (4/23)
HBO First Look: Tolkien (4/25)
Entre Nos: Spot On, 2018 (4/26)
2019 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (4/27)
Series Premieres:
Golden Life, Season 3 Premiere (4/1)
Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas, Season 2 Premiere (4/5)
Game of Thrones, Season 8 Premiere (4/14)
Gentleman Jack, Series Premiere (4/22)
On Tour with Asperger’s Are Us, Six Part Docuseries Premiere (4/30)
Series Finale:
Esme and Roy, Season 1 (4/27)
Theatrical Premieres:
The Nun, 2018 (4/6)
Crazy Rich Asians, 2018 (4/13)
BlacKkKlansman, 2018 (4/20)
The Darkest Minds, 2018 (4/27)
Starting April 1:
A Fantastic Fear of Everything, 2012
A Time to Kill, 1996
A Walk in the Clouds, 1995
Annie Hall, 1977
Bananas, 1971
Ben, 1972
Color of Night (Director’s Cut Only), 1994
The Green Inferno, 2015
Griff The Invisible, 2011
Hannah and Her Sisters, 1986
Hoffa, 1992
I Am Sam, 2002
Jonah Hex, 2010
Just Wright, 2010
Kingdom of Heaven (Director’s Cut), 2005
The Little Rascals, 1994
Manhattan, 1979
Mean Girls, 2004
October Sky, 1999
Pride, 2007
Repo Men (Extended Version), 2010
Slow Burn, 2007
Splice, 2010
Suffragette, 2015
Veronica Mars, 2014
Waking Ned Devine, 1998
Ending April 24:
Man on Fire, 2004
Ending April 27:
Wonder Woman, 2017
Ending April 30:
American Loser, 2011
Analyze That, 2002
Analyze This, 1999
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (Extended Version), 2004
Cheaper by the Dozen, 2003
Cop Car, 2015
Dances with Wolves (Extended Version), 1990
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul, 2017
Edge of Darkness, 2010
Father Figures, 2017
First Daughter, 2004
Four Christmases, 2008
The Greatest Showman (Sing-Along Version), 2017
House of the Dead 2, 2006
Invictus, 2009
The Lost Boys, 1987
Lowriders, 2017
The Midnight Meat Train (Unrated Version), 2008
The Mummy, 2017
The Nutty Professor, 1996
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, 2000
Once Upon a Time in Mexico, 2003
Phantom Thread, 2017
Pitch Perfect 3, 2017
Romeo Must Die, 2000
The Thin Red Line, 1998
The Truth About Charlie, 2002
U.S. Marshals, 1998
