New Movies Releasing in April 2026

April has such a hectic lineup that almost makes me wonder who’s scheduling these things. Have they considered the people who have jobs?

This month opens with a children’s animated sequel that’ll probably be the highest-grossing film of the month. Then, we have Salman Khan back on screens. And if that wasn’t enough, Akshay Kumar and Priyadarshan reunite together for the first time in 14 years. The most talked-about movie this month is definitely going to be the Robert Pattinson and Zendaya A24 starrer, The Drama, that has already generated so much buzz on the Internet.

Movies Releasing in April 2026

Here is everything worth watching in April 2026.

The Drama

Release Date: 3 April 2026

Here's the situation: Zendaya and Robert Pattinson are appearing in three films together this year — this one, Dune: Part Three, and Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey. And honestly, who are we to argue?

The Drama is their first — directed by Kristoffer Borgli, the man behind Dream Scenario, produced by Ari Aster, released by A24. Zendaya plays a bookstore clerk from Louisiana. Pattinson plays a British museum director with a PhD from Tufts. They're engaged, days from their wedding, when Emma uncovers something about Charlie that unravels everything. Borgli describes it as a black comedy about "the blindness of love."

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

Release date: 3 April 2026

Three years ago, The Super Mario Bros. Movie made $1.3 billion worldwide. This sequel now takes Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, and a newly introduced Yoshi into outer space. The voice cast returns in full: Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black, Keegan-Michael Key. New additions include Benny Safdie as Bowser Jr. and Brie Larson as Rosalina. Meanwhile, Donald Glover voices Yoshi. It will be the highest-grossing film of the month, possibly the year.

You, Me & Tuscany

Release date: 10 April 2026

Halle Bailey lies to a stranger's mother about being her son's fiancée and then falls for his cousin. And the cousin is no one but Regé-Jean Page! We have been waiting for Regé-Jean Page to be in a proper romantic comedy since Bridgerton made him a household name, and here it is, filmed in Tuscany. It’s a classic romcom, so just go to enjoy the man.

Bhooth Bangla

Release date: 10 April 2026

After 14 years, Akshay Kumar and director Priyadarshan are finally back together!

The last time these two made a film together, the result was Bhool Bhulaiyaa, which is still iconic today. Now they're back, and they've put themselves in a haunted mansion with Tabu, Paresh Rawal, Rajpal Yadav, and Asrani. The Priyadarshan-Kumar collaborations — Hera Pheri, Bhool Bhulaiyaa, Garam Masala — occupy a specific, irreplaceable space in Hindi cinema comedy. And so you understand why we can hardly wait.

Lee Cronin's The Mummy

Release date: 17 April 2026

Honestly, this one has nothing to do with Brendan Fraser or that sad little 2017 Tom Cruise misfire. Instead, the director of Evil Dead Rise has taken one of horror’s oldest IPs for this one. A journalist’s young daughter disappears in the desert and comes back eight years later.  Jack Reynor plays the journalist, with Laia Costa, May Calamawy, Natalie Grace, and Verónica Falcón in supporting roles. The film cites Poltergeist and Se7en as reference points.

MaatriBhumi

Release date: 17 April 2026

In June 2020, Indian and Chinese soldiers fought each other in the Galwan Valley with their bare hands and rocks and clubs in the dead of night, because firearms were prohibited under the standing agreement along the LAC. Twenty Indian soldiers died. Colonel B. Santosh Babu led them. Apoorva Lakhia is directing, and Salman Khan plays Colonel Babu.

Normal

Release date: 17 April 2026

Bob Odenkirk plays an interim sheriff called to the snowbound town of Normal, Minnesota, who arrives expecting a quiet posting and instead uncovers a criminal conspiracy running through every level of the local government. Written by Derek Kolstad — the architect of the John Wick franchise and Odenkirk's Nobody — and directed by Ben Wheatley. The film premiered at TIFF in September 2025 and already holds an 83% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Fuze

Release date: 24 April 2026

An unexploded WWII bomb is unearthed at a construction site in central London, and the ensuing evacuation is used as cover for a meticulously planned heist. That is the setup for David Mackenzie's (Hell or High Water) latest — a thriller starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson as a bomb disposal expert, Theo James as the criminal operation's lead, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Sam Worthington rounding out the cast.

Michael

Release date: 24 April 2026

Look, this film has been through it. Legal battles over depicting the abuse allegations, reshoots, a four-hour cut that got trimmed down, and finally a release date pushed back by a full year.

And yet here we are, and here's the thing — Michael Jackson was one of the greatest entertainers who has ever lived, full stop, and his nephew Jaafar is playing him in his very first screen role, and by all accounts the kid looks extraordinary. The trailer was viewed 116 million times in 24 hours. Whatever else this film is — complicated, contested, overwhelming — I still recommend you watch it.

Peddi

Release date: 30 April 2026

Ram Charan, in his first collaboration with director Buchi Babu Sana, plays a villager in 1980s coastal Andhra Pradesh who rallies his community through sport against a powerful rival. Janhvi Kapoor plays Achiyyamma, his female lead. The ensemble includes Shiva Rajkumar, Jagapathi Babu, Divyenndu, and Boman Irani. It opens on the eve of the May 1 holiday, giving it an extended first weekend. Coming off RRR, expectations for Charan in a Telugu period action film with Buchi Babu Sana — who directed Uppena — are high. This is the month's biggest Indian close.