April 2025 is bringing movies for viewers of all ages and for all tastes, and these, along with some of March’s biggest hits, are now playing in theaters. 2024 was an interesting and successful year for the film industry, with big hits from different genres – and 2025 has been off to a great start. The first months of the year brought movies like the one-of-a-kind biographical musical Better Man, the horror movie Wolf Man, a new Paddington movie, and more.
April started strong with the Mickey Mouse horror movie Screamboat, the fantasy movie A Minecraft Movie, and the horror comedy Hell of a Summer. Joining these and some of March’s most successful releases this weekend is Christopher Landon’s latest movie, a spy thriller starring Rami Malek, and a war movie with an all-star cast.
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30 Best Movies On Netflix Right Now (April 2025)
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Drop
Drop Was Released On April 11, 2025
Drop is a mystery thriller film directed by Christopher Landon. Drop follows Violet, a widowed mother who goes on a date with a man named Henry. However, during the date, she begins to be terrorized by an anonymous source who sends her messages to her phone via AirDrop. The caller orders her to not alert anyone or her sister and her son will be killed, and begins to give her instructions on what to do, with Henry as their next target.
You can read Screen Rant’s Drop review here.
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The Amateur
The Amateur Was Released On April 11, 2025
The Amateur is a spy thriller directed by James Hawes. The Amateur follows CIA cryptographer Charles Heller, whose life takes a turn when his wife is killed in a terrorist attack. Charles’ supervisors refuse to take action and find those responsible, so Charles decides to do it himself. However, he’s not trained to be a killer, so he has to use his intelligence and strategic mind to find and face his wife’s killers.
You can read Screen Rant’s The Amateur review here.
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Warfare
Warfare Was Released On April 11, 2025
Warfare is a war action movie directed by Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland. Warfare follows a platoon of Navy SEALS on a surveillance mission through insurgent territory in 2006, but it doesn’t go as expected. Warfare is based on Mendoza’s experiences during the Iraq War as a former U.S. Navy SEAL, and the story is told in real time. Warfare’s all-star cast includes names like Will Poulter, Joseph Quinn, and Michael Gandolfini.
You can read Screen Rant’s Warfare review here.
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A Minecraft Movie
A Minecraft Movie Was Released On April 4, 2025
A Minecraft Movie is a fantasy adventure comedy movie based on the popular video game Minecraft. Directed by Jared Hess, A Minecraft Movie follows four misfits who are pulled through a portal into the Overworld, a strange, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To get back home, the group will have to master this world and protect it from all sorts of evil things, while they also embark on a magical quest with an expert crafter named Steve. This journey will lead them to reconnect with what makes them uniquely creative, which will be key to returning home.
You can read Screen Rant’s A Minecraft Movie review here.
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Hell of a Summer
Hell of a Summer Was Released On April 4, 2025
Hell of a Summer is a comedy horror movie directed by Finn Wolfhard and Billy Byrk. Hell of a Summer is set in Camp Pineway, as the counselors prepare everything the night before the campers arrive. Among the counselors is Jason Hochberg, a 24-year-old young man and the oldest of the group, who is constantly made fun of for insisting on returning every year. Despite feeling left out, Hochberg and the rest are forced to come together when a masked killer is on the loose and has chosen them as targets.
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A Working Man
A Working Man Was Released On March 28, 2025
A Working Man is an action thriller directed by David Ayer and co-written by him and Sylvester Stallone. Based on Chuck Dixon’s 2014 novel Levon’s Trade, A Working Man centers on Levon Cade, a former Royal Marines commando now working in construction. When the teenage daughter of Levon’s boss is taken by human traffickers, Levon uses his old skills to find her, and in the process, he uncovers a disturbing web of corruption that goes all the way into the government.
You can read Screen Rant’s A Working Man review here.
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The Woman in the Yard
The Woman in the Yard Was Released On March 28, 2025
The Woman in the Yard is a psychological horror movie directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. The Woman in the Yard tells the story of a family haunted by a mysterious woman dressed in all black who repeatedly appears in their front yard. The identity of the woman is unknown, as well as where she’s from and what she wants, but every time she shows up, she delivers unsettling messages and warnings to the family – and her most recent message is “today’s the day.”
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Death of a Unicorn
Death of a Unicorn Was Released On March 28, 2025
Death of a Unicorn is a comedy horror movie written and directed by Alex Scharfman. Death of a Unicorn follows Elliot and his daughter Riley, who, on their way to a summit with his boss, hit a unicorn with their car. His boss’ family takes the unicorn and has their scientists study it, discovering it has supernaturally curative powers, which they want to exploit. However, when the unicorn’s parents arrive, they begin to slaughter all those involved in their child’s death.
You can read Screen Rant’s Death of a Unicorn review here.
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Snow White
Snow White Was Released On March 21, 2025
The latest live-action version of a Disney animated movie has arrived. Based on the 1937 animated movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs comes Snow White, directed by Marc Webb. Snow White tells the story of the title princess, who lives with her vain and cruel stepmother, the Evil Queen. When the Evil Queen tries to get Snow White killed, she flees into the woods and finds refuge with seven kindhearted dwarfs, but the Evil Queen won’t stop until she finds her and gets rid of her.
You can read Screen Rant’s Snow White review here.
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Mickey 17
Mickey 17 Was Released On March 7, 2025
Mickey 17 is a sci-fi black comedy directed by Bong Joon-ho. Based on the 2022 novel Mickey7, by Edward Ashton, Mickey 17 follows Mickey Barnes, who signs up to be an “expendable” in the human colony Nilfheim. This turns Mickey into a disposable clone worker, and he’s sent on high-risk assignments his superiors know he won’t survive, as a new body is generated every time he dies. One day, however, the Mickey 17 clone is believed to be dead and is replaced, but when the two Mickeys meet, they panic as only one iteration of an expandable may exist at one time.
You can read Screen Rant’s Mickey 17 review here.