This April, Netflix is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the highly anticipated new season of BEEF to the premiere of a Stranger Things spin-off series. However, for this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Netflix next month and have an 80% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the eight best films that are coming to Netflix in April 2026 with a 89% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.
Atonement (April 1) RT Score: 83%
Atonement is a romantic war tragedy film directed by Joe Wright from a screenplay by Christopher Hampton. Based on Ian McEwan’s 2001 novel, the 2007 film is set in the 1930s, and it follows a young aspiring writer who changes the lives of two people after she accuses one of them of a horrific crime he did not commit. Atonement stars James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, Saoirse Ronan, Brenda Blethyn, and Benedict Cumberbatch.
American Gangster (April 1) RT Score: 81%
American Gangster is a biographical crime drama film directed by Ridley Scott from a screenplay by Steven Zaillian. The 2007 film follows Frank, a powerful drug lord whose empire begins to crumble because of crooked cops and low-level drug gangs, while a detective relentlessly pursues him. American Gangster stars Russell Crowe, Denzel Washington, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cuba Gooding Jr., Josh Brolin, and Ted Levine.
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (April 1) RT Score: 93%
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol is a spy action thriller film directed by Brad Bird from a screenplay by Josh Applebaum and André Nemec. The 2011 film is the fourth installment in the Mission: Impossible film franchise, and it follows Ethan Hunt and his team as they try to infiltrate the Kremlin to find the man who’s trying to start a nuclear war. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol stars Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, and Paula Patton.
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (April 1) RT Score: 94%
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation is a spy action thriller film written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie. The 2015 film is the fifth installment in the Mission: Impossible film franchise, and it follows Ethan Hunt and his team after the IMF is disbanded and they become targets for the CIA while trying to bring down a dangerous organization known as The Syndicate. Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation stars Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Ving Rhames, Sean Harris, Sagar Radia, and Alec Baldwin.
A Day to Die (April 5) RT Score: 85%
A Day to Die is a heist action thriller film directed by Wes Miller, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Scott Mallace and Rab Berry. The 2022 film follows a former ex-military ops officer who reunites with his old team to pull off an extremely dangerous heist to pay off a drug lord who’s holding his wife hostage. A Day to Die stars Kevin Dillon, Bruce Willis, Frank Grillo, Mohamed Karim, and Leon.
Benedetta (April 9) RT Score: 85%
Benedetta is a biographical psychological drama film directed by Paul Verhoeven, who also co-wrote the screenplay with David Birke. Based on Judith C. Brown’s 1986 book, the 2021 film is set in the 17th century, and it follows a nun who gets involved in a forbidden affair with another woman. Benedetta stars Virginie Efira, Charlotte Rampling, Daphné Patakia, Lambert Wilson, and Olivier Rabourdin.
Denial (April 18) RT Score: 82%
Denial is a biographical film directed by Mick Jackson from a screenplay by David Hare. Based on Deborah Lipstadt’s 2005 book History on Trial: My Davy in Court with a Holocaust Denier, the 2016 film follows historian Deborah Lipstadt as she attempts to prove that Holocaust really happened after a denier sues her. Denial stars Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Spall, Andrew Scott, Jack Lowden, Caren Pistorius, and Alex Jennings.
Bugonia (April 26) RT Score: 87%
Bugonia is a dark comedy thriller film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos from a screenplay by Will Tracy. Based on the 2003 South Korean film Save the Green Planet! by Jang Joon-hwan, the 2025 film follows two down-and-out man who believe that a high-profile CEO is an alien sent to destroy the world. They soon decide to kidnap her to save their planet. Bugonia stars Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis, Stavros Halkias, and Alicia Silverstone.