It’s finally time to spring into action with this month’s selection of films and TV on HBO Max.

This month’s big Warner Bros. film release, Mortal Kombat, is the epitome of action. It debuts in theatres and on HBO Max on April 16. Adapted from the popular video game franchise, the film promises to be whatever fan wants and so much more. In addition, HBO Max users will have most of April to watch (and rewatch) Godzilla vs. Kong, which premieres on the app on March 31. A number of favorites will also be heading to the streaming service, such as Space Jam, Goodfellas, and Dreamgirls.

As for TV, the service will offer a wide variety of options. From Victorian-era sci-fi The Nevers, small-town murder mystery Mare of Easttown, comedic excellence from Black women in the form of A Black Lady Sketch Show, and so much more. 

As you check out the list of what’s coming, make sure to take a look at what’s leaving the service this month as well.

Check out the entire list of everything coming to and leaving HBO Max in April 2021:

April 1

• A Shock To The System (1990) – HBO
• Abandon (2002) – HBO
• Adam’s Rib (1949)
• All Is Lost (2013) – HBO
• Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl
• Barbarosa (1982) – HBO
• Black Dynamite (2009)
• Blindness (2008) – HBO
• The Bodyguard (1992)
• Boogie Nights (1997)
• Bringing Up Baby (1938)
• The Butcher’s Wife (1991) – HBO
• Caddyshack (1980)
• The Collection (2012) – HBO
• The Color Purple (1985)
• Dante’s Peak (1997) – HBO
• Dark Shadows (2012) – HBO
• Dead Silence (2007) – HBO
• Dirty Harry (1971)
• The Eagle Has Landed (1977) – HBO
• Early Man (2018) – HBO
• Easy Rider (1969)
• Ella Enchanted (2004) – HBO
• The Evil That Men Do (1984) – HBO
• Eye For An Eye (1996) – HBO
• Fear (1996) – HBO
• genera+ion (Season 1 Part One Finale)
• Ghost Rider (2007)
• Goodfellas (1990)
• The Great Pottery Throwdown (Season 4 Premiere) – HBO Max Original

• Green Lantern (2011)
• Hardball (2001) – HBO
• Happy Endings
• Haywire (2012) – HBO
• In & Out (1997) – HBO
• Kicking & Screaming (2005) – HBO
• King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword (2017) – HBO
• Lassiter (1984) – HBO
• Leatherface Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990) – HBO
• Let’s Go To Prison (2006) – HBO
• The Longest Yard (1974) – HBO
• Made For Love (Series Premiere) – HBO Max Original

• Man Up (2015) – HBO
• The Mask of Zorro (1998)
• The Man With The Iron Fists (2012) (Unrated Version) – HBO
• Missing In Action 2 – The Beginning (1985) – HBO
• Missing In Action (1984) – HBO
• My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006) – HBO
• The Nanny
• The Natural (1984)
• Now, Voyager (1942)
• One Day (2011) – HBO
• Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985) – HBO
• Police Academy 3: Back In Training (1986) – HBO
• Police Academy 4: Citizens On Patrol (1987) – HBO
• Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach (1988) – HBO
• Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989) – HBO
• Police Academy: Mission To Moscow (1994) – HBO
• Primal Fear (1996) – HBO
• Reasonable Doubt (2014) – HBO
• Red Dawn (1984) – HBO
• The Return  (2006) – HBO
• Risky Business (1983) – HBO
• Roger & Me (1989)
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
• Sneakers (1992) – HBO
• Space Jam (1996)
• Speed 2 Cruise Control (1997) – HBO
• Spellbound (2003) – HBO
• Stuart Little (1999)
• The Shack (2017) – HBO
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006) (Extended Version) – HBO
• Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family (2011)
• Wanderlust (2012) – HBO
• The Warriors (1979) (Director’s Cut) – HBO
• The Watch (2012) – HBO
• White Noise (2005) – HBO
• The Wild Life (2016) – HBO
• Within (2016) – HBO
• Wolves At The Door (2017) – HBO

April 2

• On the Spectrum

April 3

• Ted (2012) (Unrated Version) – HBO

April 4

• Q: Into The Storm (Documentary Series Finale) – HBO

April 5

• Hard (Season 2 Finale) – HBO

April 6

• Genndy Tartokovksy’s Primal (Season 1B)

April 7

• Exterminate All The Brutes (Documentary Series Premiere) – HBO
• South Side (Season 1)

April 9

• Intemperie (Aka Out In The Open) (2019) – HBO
• The Other Two (Season 1)
• A Tiny Audience (Season 2 Finale) – HBO

April 10

• The New Mutants (2020) – HBO

April 11

• The Nevers (Drama Series Premiere) – HBO

April 13

• Our Towns (Documentary Premiere) – HBO

April 15

• Infinity Train (Season 4 Premiere) – HBO Max Original

April 16

• Mortal Kombat (2021) – Warner Bros.

April 17

• The Dark Knight Rises (2012) – HBO

April 18

• Mare of Easttown (Limited Series Premiere) – HBO

April 20

• Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel – HBO

April 22

• 1,2,3 All Eyes On Me (2020) – HBO
• First Ladies (2020)
• Princess Cut (2020) – HBO
• Rizo (2020) – HBO

April 23

• A Black Lady Sketch Show (Season 2 Premiere) – HBO

• El Robo Del Siglo (Aka Heist Of The Century) – HBO

April 24

• Dreamgirls (2006) – HBO

April 26

• The Artist (2011)

April 29

• Looney Tunes Cartoons (Season 1D)

TBA

• The Big Shot with Bethenny (Series Premiere) – HBO Max Original
• Ellen’s Next Great Designer (Series Premiere) – HBO Max Original
• Generation Hustle (Series Premiere) – HBO Max Original
• Pray, Obey, Kill (Documentary Series Premiere) – HBO

Leaving April 11

• Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Leaving April 15

• Lego DC Shazam: Magic And Monsters! (2020)

Leaving April 30

• 3 Godfathers (1949)
• 9½ Weeks (1986)
• Above The Rim (1994) – HBO
• The Adventures Of Robin Hood (1938)
• Adventures Of Tom Thumb And Thumbelina (2002) – HBO
• After Hours (1985)
• An American Werewolf In London (1981) – HBO
• Beasts Of The Southern Wild (2012) – HBO
• Being There (1979)
• Bullitt (1968)
• Bundle Of Joy (1956)
• Can’t Buy Me Love (1987) – HBO
• The Candidate (1972)
• Cast Away (2000) – HBO
• Catwoman (2004)
• Chasing Liberty (2004)
• Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
• Cimarron (1960)
• Critters 2 (1988)
• Critters 4 (1992)
• Dead Man Walking (1995) – HBO
• Diner (1982)
• Dirt (2017)
• The Exorcist (1973)
• Femme Fatale (2002) – HBO
• Fool’s Gold (2008)
• Get Carter (1971)
• Godzilla: King Of The Monsters (2019) – HBO
• Godzilla Vs. Kong (2021)
• Green Lantern: Emerald Knights (2011)
• The Green Mile (1999)
• Grumpier Old Men (1995)
• Grumpy Old Men (1993)
• The Hangover Part II (2011) – HBO
• A Hidden Life (2019) – HBO
• The Hills Have Eyes II (2007) (Extended Version) – HBO
• The Hills Have Eyes (2006) (Extended Version) – HBO
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
• Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armie (2014)
• Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug  (2013)
• How The West Was Won (1962)
• I Am Sam (2002)
• The Invisible Man (2020) – HBO
• Jojo Rabbit (2019) – HBO
• Jonny Quest (1964) 
• Josie And The Pussycats In Outer Space (1972)
• Josie And The Pussycats (1970)
• Just Mercy (2019) – HBO
• The Looney Tunes Show (2011)
• Looney Tunes: Back In Action (2003)
• Lying And Stealing (2019) – HBO
• Ma (2019) – HBO
• The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
• Marvin’s Room (1996) – HBO
• Mildred Pierce (1945)
• Mister Roberts (1955)
• My Blue Heaven (1990)
• My Dog Skip (2000)
• My Favorite Year (1982)
• National Lampoon’s European Vacation (1985)
• National Lampoon’s Vacation (1983)
• The Neverending Story (1984)
• New Jack City (1991)
• New Looney Tunes (2015)
• New York Minute (2004)
• Of Mice And Men (1992) – HBO
• Open Water 2: Adrift (2006) – HBO
• Open Water (2004) – HBO
• Paddington Bear (1989)
• Patriots Day, (2016)
• Presumed Innocent (1990)
• Pride And Prejudice (1940)
• Private Benjamin (1980)
• Red Tails (2012) – HBO
• Reversal Of Fortune (1990)
• Rio Bravo (1959)
• Rise Of The Guardians (2012) – HBO
• School Of Rock (2003) – HBO
• Scooby-Doo And Scrappy-Doo (1981)
• The Scooby-Doo Show (1976)
• Scooby-Doo Where Are You! (1969)
• The Secret Garden (1993)
• She’s All That (1999)
• Snakes On A Plane (2006)
• Son Of The Mask (2005)
• Space Cowboys (2000)
• Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries (1995)
• Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride (2005)
• Tom And Jerry (Classic) (1967)
• Tower Heist (2011) – HBO
• Under Siege (1992)
• Viva Las Vegas (1964)
• We Bought A Zoo (2011) – HBO
• What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? (1962) – HBO
• Where The Wild Things Are (2009)
• The Wild Bunch, 1969
• The Wind And The Lion (1975)
• The Yogi Bear Show (1988)

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