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We close out March and enter April this week on Netflix, and the first of the month always brings a ton of new content for subscribers to stream. Every week, I go through the listings to pick out new material worth your time, and right now we have all the Mission: Impossible movies, the return of the super-popular Love on the Spectrum, a cool-looking new Japanese legal drama, and more. Here's what you should stream this week.
This Week on Netflix: PCMag's Picks
Anemone (March 28)
The directorial debut of Ronan Day-Lewis, written in collaboration with his father Daniel, who also co-stars, Anemone is an ambitious drama anchored by some great performances. When two veteran brothers meet up in a remote forest, they revisit old traumas and family secrets. This isn't a film you can watch while scrolling on your phone, but if you have the attention span, it's very rewarding.
- Director: Ronan Day-Lewis
- Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sean Bean, Samantha Morton
- Genre: Drama
- Rating: R
- IMDb Rating: 5.6/10
Love On The Spectrum: Season 4 (April 4)
Dating shows always feel a little bit exploitative, but the runaway success of Love on the Spectrum shows that there's somebody for just about everybody. The men and women at various points on the autism spectrum have the same desire for companionship as neurotypical people; they just talk about special interests more. Favorites like Connor Tomlinson return, joined by new faces on their own love quests.
- Cast: James Jones, Abbey Romeo, Connor Tomlinson
- Genre: Reality
- Rating: TV-14
- IMDb Rating: 8.5/10
Sins Of Kujo (April 2)
Japanese legal drama is a new genre to me, but the premise of Sins of Kujo grabbed me in this month's listings. Taiza Kujo is an attorney who specializes in cases the establishment won't touch, including those involving the yakuza. Working in a moral gray area, there's no line he won't cross in order to exonerate his clients, but does he actually have a sense of real justice? It's based on a popular manga series.
- Stars: Yuya Yagira, Hokuto Matsamura, Elaiza Ikeda
- Genre: Drama
- Rating: TV-14
Netflix New TV Series and Show Releases This Week
March 27
The Parisian Agency: Exclusive Properties - Season 6
April 1
Happy's Place - Season 1
Love on the Spectrum - Season 4
St. Denis Medical - Season 1
April 2
Agent from Above
Alkhallat+: The Series: Desert Rules
The Bad Guys: The Series - Season 2
The Ramparts of Ice
Sins of Kujo
XO, Kitty - Season 3
Netflix New Movie Releases This Week
March 27
53 Sundays
BTS: The Return
March 28
Anemone
March 31
Aaron Chen: Funny Garden
Untold: The Death & Life of Lamar Odom
April 1
The Age of Adaline
Along Came Polly
American Gangster
Atonement
Bohemian Rhapsody
Eat Pray Bark
Everest
The Giant Falls
Hotel Transylvania 2
It Takes a Village
Kindergarten Cop
Lucy
Madagascar
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
Mission: Impossible II
Mission: Impossible III
Money Talks
Penguins of Madagascar: The Movie
Sarah Millican: Late Bloomer
Smokey and the Bandit
Smokey and the Bandit II
The Wiz
Leaving Netflix This Week
March 31
The Hurt Locker
April 1
The American President
Best in Show
Big Momma's House
Big Momma's House 2
The Bucket List
Cheaper by the Dozen
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
District 9
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Dr. Seuss' The Lorax
Ford v. Ferrari
Free Solo
Friends with Benefits
Ghosts of Mississippi
Kicking & Screaming
Man on Fire
Misery
Molly's Game
Only the Brave
Pineapple Express
Pitch Perfect
Pitch Perfect 2
Rio
Rio 2
Rumor Has It...
Zero Dark Thirty