The best movies leaving streaming in April 2023, with great movies to watch on Netflix, HBO Max, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video, like Tenet, The Town, and A.I. Artificial Intelligence.
It’s nearing the end of April, and that means a few great movies are leaving streaming services like Netflix, Prime Video, and HBO Max at the end of the month.
This month’s crop of movies leaving streaming services features classics old and new alike: It’s your last chance to watch Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi blockbuster Tenet, Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk, and Steven Spielberg’s A.I. Artificial Intelligence on their current streaming platforms. There’s also solid genre fare like Den of Thieves, The Town, and Jailbreak for the action heads out there, and all-timers like Duck Soup and Cabaret, among many other great movies.
Let’s get into it.Movies to watch on NetflixDen of Thieves
Year: 2018
Genre: Heist thriller
Run time: 2h 20m
Director: Christian Gudegast
Cast: Gerard Butler, Pablo Schreiber, O’Shea Jackson Jr.
“Los Angeles heist movie” is a tried and true genre of action thriller, blessed with titles like Heat, The Italian Job remake, Point Break, and one of the best movies of 2022, Ambulance. 2018’s Den of Thieves sits under the radar in comparison, but it’s well worth your time as a grimier version of that kind of movie.
Starring a Pepto Bismol-chugging Gerard Butler, Den of Thieves could accurately be described as “dirtbag Heat.” The movie follows a team of former Marines (including Pablo Schreiber, O’Shea Jackson Jr., and 50 Cent) who plan to rob the Federal Reserve in Los Angeles, and the amoral detective (Butler) who hopes to stop them. The debut feature film for director Christian Gudegast, with sharp editing by frequent Clint Eastwood collaborator Joel Cox and an energetic score by former Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Cliff Martinez, Den of Thieves is a hard-hitting heist movie that delivers on its scheme. —Pete Volk
Den of Thieves leaves Netflix May 1.Road to Perdition
Year: 2002
Genre: Crime drama
Run time: 1h 57m
Director: Sam Mendes
Cast: Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law
Set in 1931 amid the Great Depression and the height of Prohibition, Road to Perdition centers on the story of Michael Sullivan (Hanks), an enforcer working for the Irish mob, as told by his eldest son, Michael Sullivan Jr. (Hoechlin). When Michael Jr. inadvertently witnesses the murder of a close associate of crime boss John Rooney (Paul Newman) by his own son, Connor (Daniel Craig), Sullivan Sr. and his family are marked for death and pursued by a sadistic hitman (Jude Law) with a fetish for photographing his own killings.
Road to Perdition is a beautiful and riveting film that probes at the redemption and the murkiness of sin. Tom Hanks delivers a captivating against-type performance as the stolid yet compassionate father figure of Michael; Tyler Hoechlin is fantastic as the sensitive and observant Michael Jr.; Paul Newman’s subdued yet memorable turn as John Rooney is one hell of a final theatrical role to go out on; and Jude Law is genuinely spine-chilling as the leering paparazzi assassin Harlen. That’s not even mentioning Daniel Craig’s own against-type performance as Rooney’s sniveling, Commodus-like nepo-baby son or the inimitable Conrad Hall’s tremendous shadow-filled cinematography (Road to Perdition would be the final film Hall would work on prior to his death in 2003). 1917, American Beauty, and Skyfall might get the lion’s share of attention, but Road to Perdition quietly yet confidently stands apart as Sam Mendes’ greatest work to date. —Toussaint Egan
Road to Perdition leaves Netflix May 1.Jailbreak
Year: 2017
Genre: Action
Run time: 1h 32m
Director: Jimmy Henderson
Cast: Jean-Paul Ly, Dara Our, Tharoth Sam
This Cambodian action movie is about a group of police officers (including the excellent martial artist and actor Jean-Paul Ly) escorting a high-value prisoner. When a bounty is put on the prisoner’s head, the group must work together to protect themselves and make it out alive.
