April is not playing around this year. Between blockbuster sequels, prestige biopics and at least one film that has the entire internet holding its breath, the cinema is earning your seat back this month.

Whether your taste runs toward animated chaos, ancient warfare or Bollywood heartbreak, there is something here for you.

Here are 10 April releases that are worth keeping on your watchlist.

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (April 1)

The first film made over a billion dollars, therefore, the pressure on this sequel is immense. Peach's birthday party sparks a galactic adventure, sending Mario, Luigi and Yoshi into space to stop Bowser Jr.

The returning cast — Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Jack Black, Charlie Day — is joined byBrie Larson as Rosalinaand Donald Glover voicing Yoshi.

The Drama (April 3)

A24 giving us a rom-com is already suspicious. A24 rom-com produced by Ari Asteris outright alarming and yet here we are.

Days before their wedding, a couple's relationship unravels when one partner discovers unsettling truths about the other.

Zendaya and Robert Pattinson lead and director Kristoffer Borgli is begging audiences not to spoil the twist.

It is rated R and from the director of Dream Scenario and it is not what the trailers are making it look like.

A Great Awakening (April 3)

For those who want something with historical weight, this one tells the true story of Reverend George Whitefield and his unlikely friendship with Benjamin Franklin.

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With the colonies on the brink of collapse, Whitefield sparks the first Great Awakening, uniting a generation with a proclamation of liberty and Franklin discovers that true liberty must be awakened in the hearts of people, not just written into law.

It sounds dry in a summary and looks electric in a trailer.

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Awarapan 2 (April 3)

It is time for Bollywood fans. Nearly two decades after the 2007 cult classic, Emraan Hashmi is back as Shivam. The sequel tells a completely new story, shot across Bangkok, Rajasthan and Malaysia.

Disha Patani and Shabana Azmi join the cast for what is being described as an intense action romance. If you have ever quoted a single line from the original, this one is already on your watchlist.

You, Me & Tuscany (April 10)

Halle Bailey and Regé-Jean Page in an Italian romance is the kind of casting that would make you want to secure a front-seat ticket.

Anna is drifting through her twenties making bad choices until a chance encounter with Matteo, a charming Italian with a villa in Tuscany, pushes her to abandon everything and fly to Italy, against her best friend's advice.

Sometimes you just need sunlight, a European setting, and Regé-Jean Page being impossibly charming.

Exit 8 (April 10)

This one is doing numbers before it officially opens. Exit 8 premieredat the 2025 Cannes Film Festival to an eight-minute standing ovation and carries a near-perfect 97% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Based on the global hit video game, the film follows a man trapped in an endless sterile subway passageway with one rule — do not overlook anything out of the ordinary, or you go back to the beginning. It sounds simple and it is terrifying.

Ready or Not 2: Here I Come

This dropped on March 20, but if you haven't seen it yet, it still counts. After surviving one deadly game, Grace and her sister, Faith must outrun four rival families competing for a powerful throne; winner takes all.

Samara Weaving and Kathryn Newton leading the chaos together is the exact energy this franchise needed. Go before everyone spoils it.

Lee Cronin's The Mummy (April 17)

The director of Evil Dead Rise is tackling the Mummy mythology and this is already shaping up to be the best version of the property in years.

An original story follows a journalist whose young daughter disappears in the desert, only to resurface eight years later — and all is not well with Katie.

Cronin has promised this will be unlike any Mummy film audiences have seen before. Given his track record, that statement means something.

Desert Warrior (April 24)

Set in seventh-century Arabia, this long-delayed epic follows Princess Hind, who escapes into the desert rather than become a concubine to the Iranian Emperor Kisra.

Forced to trust a legendary bandit played by Anthony Mackie, she rises from fugitive to fearless warrior, uniting warring tribes for a final stand at the Battle of Ze Qar.

Ben Kingsley and Sharlto Copley also star. Sometimes the wait is worth it.

Michael (April 24)

This is the biggest release of the month. The film traces Michael Jackson's journey from his extraordinary early talent as lead of the Jackson Five to the visionary artist who became the biggest entertainer in the world.

Directed by Antoine Fuqua, written by John Logan, and starring Jackson's nephew, Jaafar Jackson in the lead role.

The teaser reportedly crossed 100 million views in its first 24 hours. Whatever you think of the controversies surrounding the man, this is going to be a cultural moment. You might as well be in the room.

April 2026 is stacked. Pick your battles wisely.