Here are the best new movies and series for seniors from the major TV streaming services. Highlights for March-April include American Rust Season 2 with Jeff Daniels, Franklin with Michael Douglas, Sugar with Colin Farrell, Scoop with Gillian Anderson, and A Gentleman in Moscow with Ewan McGregor. The overall top new streaming TV additions are:
- Amazon Prime Video: American Rust Season 2 and Exorcist: Believer
- Apple TV+: Sugar, Steve, Franklin and Palm Royale
- BritBox: Time Season 2
- Criterion: 1950: Peak Noir
- HBO Max: The Girls on the Bus, Quiet on the Set, Be My Guest with Ina Garten
- Hulu: Shogun, Under the Bridge
- Netflix: Mending the Line, The Beautiful Game, Ripley, Scoop, Good Times, Unfrosted
- Paramount+ and Showtime: A Gentleman in Moscow, Star Trek Discovery Season 5
- Peacock: Apples Never Fall, Good One
Details and previews are below, with the channels in alphabetical order. For the best deals on subscribing to streaming TV channels, see our article, Streaming TV Deals.
What’s New On Acorn TV
Acorn TV specializes in British films and TV shows, particularly mystery series like Dagliesh, Harry Wild, Manhunt, Line of Duty, Foyle’s War, George Gently, Midsomer Murders, and Murdoch Mysteries.
Recently added to Acorn TV are The Man Who Died, Season 1, Murdoch Mysteries Season 17, and National Treasure. Below is a trailer for what’s new on Acorn. You can find more info at:
What’s New On Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Prime Video has dozens of original series and movies, plus thousands of new and classic TV shows and movies. An Amazon Prime membership gives you both Prime Video plus free shipping on Amazon orders, and more benefits.
For a list of new shows on Amazon Prime, visit: Amazon Prime Recently Added Shows. Notable new shows and movies for March-April on Amazon Prime include:
- American Rust Season 2 (starts March 28): Jeff Daniels returns for a second season as a police chief in a Rust Belt town in southwest Pennsylvania. Daniels is investigates when the son of the woman he loves is accused of murder.
- Titanic (April 1): The 1997 epic returns to Amazon Prime.
- Fallout (April 11, 2024): Based on a popular video game, Fallout stars Ella Purnell stars as young woman who leaves a fallout shelter to venture out into the dangerously brutal, hostile, savage and unforgiving Wasteland of a devastated Los Angeles in the post apocalyptic United States. Also stars Kyle MacLachlan.
- Exorcist: Believer (April 9): A sequel to The Exorcist (1973) with Ellen Burstyn and Linda Blair reprising their roles from the original film. It follows a photographer who must confront the nadir of evil when his daughter and her best friend are possessed.
Below are previews. You can find more information at:
What’s New On AMC+
AMC+ has exclusive new series like Dark Winds and Sam Spade, plus classic AMC series like Mad Men and The Walking Dead. AMC+ also has top shows from BBC America, IFC, Sundance TV, Shudder, Sundance Now and IFC Films Unlimited.
Below are previews of what’s new on AMC+ and a trailer for Parish, starting March 31. You can find more info at:
What’s New On Apple TV+
Apple TV+ has exclusive series like Monarch, The Morning Show, Ted Lasso and Slow Horses, documentaries like Prehistoric Planet, and new movies. Some of the top new shows on Apple TV+ are:
- Sugar (starts April 5). Stars Colin Farrell as a private detective searching for a missing girl in modern Los Angeles.
- Steve (starts March 29): Two-part documentary about comedian and actor Steve Martin.
- Franklin (April 12). Michael Douglas stars as the Founding Father on his mission to France in 1776.
Previews are below. You can find more info at:
What’s New On BritBox
BritBox is another streaming service like Acorn TV that specializes in British TV shows and movies.
BritBox shows include classic British mystery series like Agatha Christie’s Poirot and Miss Marple, plus Sherlock Holmes, Vera, Inspector Morse, Lewis and Father Brown. BritBox also offers original series like Karen Pirie.
Below are previews of two new mystery series on Britbox: Time Season 2, starting March 27, and Agatha Christie’s Murder is Easy, starting March 1. You can find more info at:
What’s New On The Criterion Channel
The Criterion Channel offers almost 3,000 of the finest American and international classic films like Fellini’s 8 1/2, Chimes at Midnight, The Asphalt Jungle, The Long Goodbye and Fanny and Alexander.
Highlights of new collections on Criterion are Gothic Noir, 100 Years of Columbia Pictures, Starring Ava Gardner and 1950: Peak Noir.
1950: Peak Noir is a collection of film noir pictures from 1950, which has been called the peak of the genre. Classics included in the collection are films by directors like Nicholas Ray, Billy Wilder, and John Huston. Titles include films exposing racism (NO WAY OUT) and mob violence (TRY AND GET ME!), melodrama and “women’s pictures” (CAGED, THE DAMNED DON’T CRY), heist capers (THE ASPHALT JUNGLE), road movies (GUN CRAZY), and even cynical self-portraits of Hollywood itself (SUNSET BOULEVARD, IN A LONELY PLACE).
Below is a preview of 1950: Peak Noir hosted by film historian Eddie Muller, followed by another preview of what’s new on Criterion. You can find more info at:
- Criterion Channel Website
- Criterion Channel Facebook Page
- Criterion Channel YouTube Channel
- Criterion Channel New Releases
Below is a sample of what else is playing on Criterion.
What’s New On Disney+
Disney+ is the exclusive home for many of your favorite movies and TV shows from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, and National Geographic. You can find more info at:
Below is a look at what’s new on Disney+ in April. You can find more previews at the Disney+ Youtube Channel.
What’s New On HBO Max
HBO Max – now rebranded as just “Max” – is HBO’s online streaming service that gives you access to HBO’s original series such as Succession, Game of Thrones, plus many movies, recent and classic, and TV series such as Friends. HBO also partners with TCM to bring you many classic movies like The Maltese Falcon and Asphalt Jungle. Max also includes many popular shows from Discovery, HGTV, and Food Network.
You can view several free episodes of HBO Max series, without subscribing, at: HBO Max Free Shows
New HBO originals starting in March-April on Max include:
- The Girls on the Bus (March 14)
- The Sympathizer (April 14)
- The Jinx Part Two (April 21)
- The Many Lives of Martha Stewart (now showing)
- Quiet on the Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV (now showing)
- Be My Guest with Ina Garten Season 4 (starts April 21)
Below are previews. You can find more info at:
What’s New On Hulu
Hulu is a premium streaming service that offers some of the top TV series, movies and documentaries. Notable new additions to Hulu are:
- Shogun, a remake of the classic 1980 miniseries (early episodes available now, all episodes available April 23)
- We Were the Lucky Ones about a Polish family under Nazi rule (March 28)
- Under the Bridge, a Dramatization of the 1997 true story of fourteen-year old Reena Virk’s disappearance in 1997 (April 17).
- Shardlake, a series based on the mystery novels of C.J. Samson (May 1)
Below are previews. You can find more info at:
What’s New On MGM+
MGM+ (formerly called Epix) is an American premium cable and satellite television network owned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The channel’s programming consists of recent and older theatrically released motion pictures, original series like Belgravia and A Spy Among Friends, documentaries, and music and comedy specials.
Notable new additions to MGM+ are:
- The Music of Paul Simon, a two-part documentary that started March 17
- American Fiction: An African American novelist decides to write his own outlandish Black book and is suddenly swept up in the madness he claims to disdain.
- Bob Marley: One Love: the Jamaican singer-songwriter overcomes adversity to become a global sensation.
Below are previews. You can find more info at:
What’s New On Netflix
Netflix is the world’s top streaming service with 158 million paid memberships in over 190 countries. Netflix has dozens or original series and movies, plus thousands of TV shows and movies, both recent and classic, American and international.
Some of the top new shows coming to Netflix in March-April are:
- Mending the Line (now showing): This recent movie now on Netflix follows a wounded Marine (Sinqua Walls) who learns flyfishing from a Vietnam Vet (Brian Cox).
- The Beautiful Game (March 29). A squad of English homeless footballers, including the talented but troubled striker Vinny, are led by their coach Mal, to compete in Rome at the global annual football tournament, the Homeless World Cup. Stars Bill Nighy.
- Heart of the Hunter (March 29). The story of Zuko Khumalo, a man whose mission to save his family escalates into a battle to prevent a corrupt politician from becoming President.
- Ripley (April 4). Eight-episode remake of the Patricia Highsmith thriller about Tom Ripley, who is hired by a wealthy man to convince his wayward son to return home from Italy, and tries to take his place.
- Scoop (April 5) about BBC journalist Emily Maitlis (played by Gillian Anderson) who grills Prince Andrew (Rufus Sewell) about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
- Good Times (April 12): Animated reboot of the classic 1970s comedy series about an up-and-coming black family.
- A Man in Full (May 2): Based on the novel by the late Tom Wolfe. Atlanta real estate mogul Charlie Croker faces sudden bankruptcy, political and business interests collide as Charlie defends his empire from those attempting to capitalize on his fall from grace.
- Unfrosted (May 3): Jerry Seinfeld directs and appears in this comedy about the Pop-Tart wars of the 1960s.
Below are previews. You can find more info at:
What’s New On Paramount+
Paramount+ (formerly known as CBS All Access) offers original series like 1883, Mayor of Kingstown, and Star Trek Picard, plus your favorite CBS shows.
Below are previews of three recent additions to Paramount+:
- Little Wing starring Brian Cox (starts March 13)
- What Happens Later (March 10) starring Meg Ryan and David Duchovny
- Star Trek Discovery Season 5 (new episodes Thursdays starting April 4)
- Live Stream 7 National Parks (4.22 – 4/28)
Below are previews. You can find more info at:
What’s What’s New On Peacock
Peacock is a streaming service from NBC Universal with full seasons of exclusive originals; next-day airings of current NBC, Bravo, and Telemundo hits; live sports; and thousands of hours of TV shows and movies.
Popular shows on Peacock include Blacklist, Law and Order (original and spinoffs), The Office, and Yellowstone (all seasons). Peacock also has all eight Harry Potter films. New original shows include:
- Apples Never Fall starring Annette Bening and Sam Neill as a tennis professional couple in Palm Beach (starts March 14)
- Orlando Bloom: To The Edge (April 18). Follows the movie star on a journey of self-discovery, pushing his physical and mental limits in amazing locations.
- Good One: A Show About Jokes (March 26): highlights the journey of comedian Mike Birbiglia as writes and tries out material.
- The Tattooist of Auschwitz (starts May 2): Based on the real-life story of Jewish prisoner who was tasked with tattooing ID numbers on prisoners’ arms in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp during World War Two. Stars Harvey Keitel.
Below are previews. You can find more info at:
What’s New On Showtime
Showtime offers online access to commercial-free, award-winning SHOWTIME original series, can’t-miss movies, groundbreaking documentaries, laugh-out-loud comedy specials, hard-hitting sports and much more. Showtime now comes only as an add-on to the Paramount+ streaming channel.
A standout new series coming to Showtime / Paramount+ is A Gentleman in Moscow starring Ewan McGregor (starts March 29 with new episodes on Fridays and all episodes available May 17).
Below is a preview. You can find more info at:
What’s New On MHz Choice + Topic
MhZ Choice and Topic is a streaming service that has international series and films from more than 40 countries, including Nordic Noir, French political thrillers, and supernatural mysteries from Italy and Senegal. Starting April 1, 2024, MHz also contains all the content formerly found in the Topic channel.
Below are previews. You can find more info at:
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