It’s April. That cruel month when you’re still pretending you’re going to “touch grass” but also increasingly glued to your couch because pollen is a terrorist and everyone you know has decided to become a “runner.” You, however, are choosing joy. And by joy, I mean television. And movies. And copious amounts of snacks that whisper, you’re valid for not leaving the house today.
Thankfully, 2025 is already delivering some unreasonably good screen content to drown in, whether you want trauma, murder, prestige satire, or a sentient chicken riding a Minecraft pig. (Yes, really. Stick around.)
So here are 15 things to glue your eyeballs to right now. No, not someday. Now. Because your spring wardrobe can wait, and let’s be real—you weren’t going to organize your spice rack anyway.
1. Sinners
Where to watch: Theaters
This is Ryan Coogler in full “I’m tired of making Marvel money and want to scare Sundance” mode. Sinners is an operatic, genre-jumping megaton of a film that feels like Coogler’s been mainlining every film school thesis and Tarantino fever dream since Creed. It punches you in the face with originality and then politely apologizes for it—only to do it again.
Biggest takeaway: You need to see it on the biggest screen possible, preferably surrounded by people gasping and clutching their pearls like it’s a Jordan Peele revival tent. It’s that good.
2. The Pitt: Season One
Where to watch: Max
Medical dramas are usually about as fresh as hospital cafeteria coffee, but The Pitt manages to give the genre CPR and then slap it in the face. Noah Wyle returns from wherever he’s been hiding (presumably drinking from the Fountain of DILF) to deliver a masterclass as Dr. Robby, the kind of doctor you want operating on your soul.
This is ER if it went to therapy and then dropped acid. Bless it.
3. Eephus
Where to watch: Theaters, PVOD
Imagine Field of Dreams had a baby with Boyhood and then told that baby, “You only get 90 minutes, kid. Make it poetic.” Eephus is a love letter to baseball, nostalgia, and that guy who peaked in high school but still wears his letterman jacket to the grocery store.
You’ll cry. You’ll crave hot dogs. You’ll question the slow death of your dreams. Just baseball stuff.
4. The Righteous Gemstones: Season Four
Where to watch: Max
Danny McBride’s televangelist circus of chaos is taking its final holy bow, and it's going out with more f-bombs than a confessional booth at Coachella. This season doubles down on the satire, the blasphemy, and the reminder that organized religion is a trip, especially when it includes full gospel choreography and deeply inappropriate family feuds.
Final verdict: Praise be. And pass the wine. Jesus would.
5. Drop
Where to watch: Theaters
Not every thriller needs to change cinema forever. Some just need to make you nervous enough to avoid dinner theater forever. Enter Drop, where the most terrifying moment isn’t the murder—it’s a waiter doing improv.
It’s tight, quick, and just weird enough to make you whisper “what the hell” at least four times. The ultimate pre-summer snack of a movie.
6. Hacks: Season Four
Where to watch: Max
Ava and Deb are back, and so is your existential dread about your own creative career. Hacks is still sharp enough to draw blood, still mean enough to make you laugh uncomfortably, and still emotionally messy in a way that feels like your last relationship with your boss-slash-mentor-slash-trauma.
If you like your comedy acidic and your characters one bad email away from a breakdown, you’re in good hands.
7. Warfare
Where to watch: Theaters
This is a war film that said, “What if we gave you PTSD in Dolby surround?” It’s gritty, it’s brutal, and it opens with soldiers having a rave before all hell breaks loose. You don’t know who half the people are, but that’s okay because the explosions have more character development than some of your coworkers.
It’ll stay in your brain like shrapnel. In a good way. (Sort of.)
8. The White Lotus: Season Three
Where to watch: Max
Mike White decided vibes > plot and we’re not mad about it. This season is slower, creepier, and somehow more judgmental than your aunt at Thanksgiving. The rich people are still awful. The location is still to die for. And the ending will leave you quietly stunned like you just got dumped in a five-star spa.
White Lotus remains undefeated at making vacation seem terrifying.
9. Mickey 17
Where to watch: Theaters, PVOD
Robert Pattinson times two? Bong Joon-ho doing his best “corporate dystopia but make it fun” thing again? Sign us up. Mickey 17 is weird in all the right places and proof that sci-fi doesn't have to be grimdark to make a point.
Yes, it’s too long. Yes, some of it makes no damn sense. But you won’t care because it’s Bong Joon-ho, and you're still emotionally recovering from Parasite.
10. The Studio: Season One
Where to watch: Apple TV+
Hollywood satire is either brilliant or insufferable. The Studio lands squarely in the brilliant camp, mostly because Seth Rogen finally figured out how to make his man-child energy work as a studio exec. Imagine 30 Rock but on cocaine and with more self-awareness.
This is for everyone who’s ever screamed “WHY DID THEY CANCEL THAT SHOW” into the void. The answer is here. And it’s hilarious.
11. Black Bag
Where to watch: Theaters, PVOD
Soderbergh strikes again with a spy thriller that’s less about espionage and more about emotional fidelity. Somehow, he makes marriage and wiretapping seem like equally high-stakes activities.
This is the kind of movie that’s so smooth, it should come with a cocktail and a trench coat. A sleek little gem that whispers, you still care about grown-up thrillers, don’t you?
12. Novocaine
Where to watch: Theaters, PVOD
Jack Quaid is the unlikely action hero we didn’t know we needed. In Novocaine, he’s basically a human punching bag who can’t feel pain but definitely feels every inconvenience like a man who just realized he left his phone at a Waffle House.
It’s gory, funny, and surprisingly sweet. Like John Wick with anxiety and Midwestern manners.
13. Heart Eyes
Where to watch: Theaters, PVOD
Slasher flicks are back, baby, and this one is wearing a creepy romantic mask and blasting OutKast. Heart Eyes knows exactly what it is: a bloody Valentine with just enough charm to make you feel okay about rooting for chaos.
The dialogue occasionally goes full cheese, but who cares? The killer is iconic, and the final girl actually has a brain. That’s a win in 2025 horror.
14. Companion
Where to watch: Max, PVOD
This is Black Mirror for people who think Siri is already plotting their demise. Companion asks the hard questions, like “What if your emotional support robot got too attached?” and “Are we all just tech bros one bad firmware update away from a meltdown?”
Jack Quaid shows up again (he’s everywhere, bless him), and you leave this one both entertained and deeply afraid of your smart toaster. Worth it.
15. A Minecraft Movie
Where to watch: Theaters
This film is like being stuck in a sugar-high sleepover for 90 minutes, and honestly? Not the worst thing. Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite) throws Minecraft characters at the screen with the giddy energy of a dad trying to “get it,” and for the first half, it weirdly works.
Then it becomes “for the children.” But hey—children need their weird, pixelated hero’s journey, too. And the chicken jockey? Iconic. Terrifying. Probably symbolic.
Final Thoughts:
Whether you're in the mood for emotional trauma, slapstick gore, satirical absurdity, or a war film that punches you in the lungs, this list has something for every variety of couch gremlin. So cancel those plans. Fire up the snacks. Let your brain rot a little.
You're not procrastinating—you’re curating culture.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I need to go rewatch The Pitt while crying into a burrito bowl. For art.
Which one are you watching first? Or are you just going to pretend to watch while scrolling TikTok again? Be honest.
