New on Netflix: 5 Movies and Shows to Watch This Week (April 8-14)

New on Netflix: 5 Movies and Shows to Watch This Week (April 8-14)

While you're enjoying the spring flowers, why not catch a movie or TV show on your favorite streaming service? Here's another week of new content from Netflix. We start with a surprising hit from Pedro Pascal and Ethan Hawke.

"Strange Way of Life" follows the friendship of two gunmen who reunite after 25 years. This Spanish western was a Cannes Film Festival favorite and will leave you wanting more.

If you're looking for something a little less dramatic, the animated reboot of "Good Times" arrives on Netflix this week and is directed by executive producers Seth MacFarlane, Stephen Smith, and Norman Lear. Yvette Nicole Brown, J.B. Smoove, and Wanda Sykes will star.

More to watch. Check out this week's new Netflix shows on a daily basis.

When a young woman named Jennifer Pang called 911 after a robbery in 2020, no one could doubt what had really happened. She reported that armed gunmen tied her up, stole her family's valuables, and shot her parents before fleeing. While Pang waited for help, her father lived, but when the police finally arrived, it seemed that Pang knew more about the "break-in" than she had told them. In this thriller documentary, Pan's web of lies and deception is unraveled in a shocking series of events told and corroborated by police footage and interviews with Pan herself. [Arkansas Sheriff Eric Higgins is inspired to conduct a social experiment: for six weeks, he gives inmates at a local jail autonomy and does not allow them to control their daily activities. His goal was to see if a community-based environment would improve living conditions in the facility and deter inmates from committing future crimes. Higgins' method unfolds in eight episodes, including prisoners who move freely in and out of their cells and others who choose to follow a rigid schedule.

Watch on Netflix starting April 10

When insurgents assassinate foreign journalists, their goal is to hold the CIA accountable. Agent Steve Vail (Aaron Eckhart) is forced to retire after finding work as a bricklayer to clear the CIA's name. Upon his return to the field, he finds himself questioning his past actions and how returning to a deadly profession will change his future.

Watch on Netflix starting April 11

Showrunner Lanada Shepard and executive producers Seth MacFarlane, Norman Lear, and Stephen Curry team up to reboot the 1970s sitcom "Good Times" for a new audience. The film follows a new generation of the Evans family, the black family that starred in the original series, living in apartment 17C in Chicago. Its irreverent comedy is a departure from the wholesome humor of the original, confronting new audiences with social criticism and boundary pushing. Starring Yvette Nicole Brown, J.B. Smoove, and Jay Pharoah as the new cast.

Watch on Netflix starting April 12

A man named Silva (Pedro Pascal) crosses the desert to meet his friend Sheriff Jake (Ethan Hawke). The murder of Jake's brother's wife brings back tender memories of their youth, and the question of whether they will have a future together after their relationship with murder suspect Joe (George Steen) ends.

Watch on Netflix starting April 12

APRIL 8

"Spirit Rangers" Season 3 (Netflix Family) The Spirit Rangers return to help more friends in Exus National Park and learn more about their culture, and the world around them, every day.

APRIL 9

"Neal Brennan: Crazy Good" (Netflix Comedy) Neal Brennan is feeling pretty good in his third Netflix original comedy, and he's ready to tell you why. From crypto and millionaire thinking to his ever-evolving views on mental health and relationships, Neals offers a fresh perspective on a variety of hilarious topics.

APRIL 10

"Anthracite: Secrets of a Sect" (France) (Netflix series) A reporter goes missing, leading his daughter to a small mountain town haunted by sects, secrets and death.

"Flight 601 Hijacking" (CO) (Netflix series) After a plane is hijacked, two flight attendants must outmaneuver the perpetrators in intense negotiations in the air and on the ground. Based on an actual incident.

"Unlocked: The Prison Experiment" (Netflix series) A reality series in which a sheriff conducts a radical social experiment in an Arkansas detention facility to give incarcerated men more agency.

"What Jennifer Did" (GB) (Netflix documentary) A violent crime rocks a quiet Canadian town: a mysterious intruder breaks into the home of a Vietnamese immigrant, terrorizing the family and leaving their traumatized daughter as the only witness. Neighbors and friends describe the family as hospitable, generous, and hardworking.

APRIL 11

"As the Crow Flies" Season 3 (TR) (Netflix series) When familiar faces step in front of the camera, old alliances are broken, new relationships are formed, and the broadcast news cards are switched.

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"Heartbreak High" Season 2 (AU) (Netflix series) Just when she thinks she can finally welcome the new school year in peace, new troubles arise and an even stranger stalker begins to disrupt her life.

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"Midsummer Night" (no) (Netflix series) Carina invites her family to a traditional Swedish Midsummer celebration, but the joyous event goes awry as long-held secrets begin to come to light.

APRIL 12

"Departure" (ph) (Netflix film) A woman who refuses treatment for cancer takes a road trip across Tasmania with her husband and best friend to check an item off her bucket list.

"Amar Singh Chamkila" (IN) (Netflix film) A humble singer meets an untimely death, suffering soaring success and cruel criticism, igniting fame and anger throughout Punjab.

"Good Times" (Netflix series) In this edgy and irreverent re-imagining of the TV drama, a new generation of the Evans family finds their heads in a Chicago housing project.

"Love, Divided" (ES) (Netflix production) Valentina is a young pianist. Her neighbor David is an inventor who hates noise. And a paper-thin wall is about to become their matchmaker.

"Stolen" (SE) (Netflix film) A young woman in Sweden's indigenous Sámi community hunts down a murderer to settle a personal score in this moving drama based on a real-life case.

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"Woodpecker Goes to Camp" (Netflix Family) After being evicted from the woods, Woody thinks he has found his forever home at Camp Uhu.

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