New Releases on Netflix This Week and Top 10 Movies & Series: April 18, 2026

Denial is now on Netflix – Picture Credit: Bleecker Street

It’s time to look back at the last seven days on Netflix. While the headlines might be dominated by the return of some heavy-hitting Emmy winners, it’s actually a massive week for sports fans, documentary junkies, and those looking for some high-octane library additions. In total, Netflix US added 49 new releases this week, split down the middle with 16movies and 23 TV series.

For more on what’s coming up throughout the remainder of April 2026, keep it locked here on What’s on Netflix, and we’re also tracking May 2026 additions here.

Here are the highlights of what’s new and what’s trending for the week ending April 17th, 2026, and while we won’t include them below, Netflix also added two new shark thrillers if you loved Thrash from last week.

Best New Additions to Netflix This Week

BEEF (Season 2)

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Runtime: 8 Episodes

The wait is finally over. After sweeping the awards circuit with its first outing, Lee Sung Jin’s anthology series returns with a brand-new feud. This time, the spark ignites in the high-stakes world of a private country club, involving a young couple and their billionaire boss. Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan lead a stellar cast that proves lightning can indeed strike twice. If you can’t get enough, Netflix also dropped yet another companion podcast on Netflix day-and-date titled BEEF: The Official Podcast to help you dive deeper into the chaos.

The only downside we can see right now is that the series is struggling to stay in the Netflix top 10s for a few days. Season 3 may not be achievable, although Netflix has signed a deal with the creator, so he’ll be sticking around with a new project at the very least.  

HISTORY Channel Collection

Picture Credit: HISTORY Channel

If you’re looking to brush up on your historical knowledge this weekend, Netflix has just delivered a massive gift with a brand-new collection of History Channel docuseries dropping on the platform. Whether you want to explore the gritty underworld of organized crime in American Godfathers: The Five Families, or revisit the pioneering spirit that shaped a nation in The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen and America: Our Defining Hours, there is plenty of factual content to binge.

The massive drop also features fascinating deep dives like Sitting Bull (produced by Leonardo DiCaprio) and the tantalizingly titled The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America, giving documentary fans an absolute treasure trove of gripping, real-life drama to add to their watchlists.

DENIAL (2016)

Director: Mick Jackson
Writer: Deborah Lipstadt, David Hare
Cast: Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Spall

Finally, and in keeping with the theme of riveting historical events, this week’s movie lineup brings us the phenomenal 2016 legal drama Denial. Starring Rachel Weisz, Timothy Spall, and Andrew Scott, the film chronicles the astonishing real-life legal battle of American historian Deborah E. Lipstadt, who is sued for libel by a notorious Holocaust denier and is forced to prove in a British courtroom that the Holocaust actually happened. It’s an incredibly tense, impeccably acted thriller that pairs perfectly with this week’s influx of historical docs, serving as a powerful, must-watch reminder of why defending the truth matters.

Full List of New Arrivals on Netflix This Week

26 New Movies Added This Week

• 180 (2026) Netflix Original – TV-MA – English
• A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough (2026) Netflix Original – TV-PG – English
• Agape: The Unconditional Love (2025) – TV-14 – Indonesian
• Almost Christmas (2016) – PG-13 – English
• Arizona (2018) – TV-MA – English
• Dark Tide (2012) – PG-13 – English
• Denial (2016) – PG-13 – English
• Do Deewane Seher Mein (2026) – TV-14 – Hindi
• Gen Hoshino presents MAD HOPE MAD MUSIC (2026) – TV-PG – Japanese
• GEN HOSHINO STADIUM TOUR “POP VIRUS” (2019) – TV-14 – Japanese
• Halloween Ends (2022) – R – English
• Husband, Father, Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story (2024) – TV-14 – English
• I Give It a Year (2013) – R – English
• Kid Cannabis (2014) – TV-MA – English
• Noah Kahan: Out of Body (2026) Netflix Original – TV-MA – English
• Nobody Dumps My Daughter (2024) – TV-PG – English
• Roommates (2026) Netflix Original – R – English
• Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins (2021) – PG-13 – English
• The End of the Tour (2015) – R – English
• The Requin (2022) – R – English
• Toaster (2025) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Hindi
• Trevor Noah: Joy in The Trenches (2026) Netflix Original – TV-MA – English
• Untold: Jail Blazers (2026) Netflix Original – TV-MA – English
• Ustaad Bhagat Singh (2024) – TV-MA – Telugu
• Wrinkles the Clown (2019) – TV-MA – English
• Youth (2026) – TV-PG – Tamil

23 New TV Series Added This Week

• Alpha Males (Season 5) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Spanish
• America: Our Defining Hours (Season 1) – TV-14 – English
• American Godfathers: The Five Families (Season 1) – TV-14 – English
• At Home With The Furys (Season 2) Netflix Original – TV-MA – English
• BEEF (Season 2) Netflix Original – TV-MA – English
• BEEF: The Official Podcast (Season 1) Netflix Original – TV-MA – English
• Black Monday (Seasons 1-3) – TV-MA – English
• Crooks (Season 2) Netflix Original – TV-MA – German
• Dandelion (Season 1) Netflix Original – TV-PG – Japanese
• Fake Profile (Season 3) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Spanish
• Full Swing (Season 4) Netflix Original – TV-MA – English
• LEGO® Friends The Next Chapter (Season 4) – TV-Y – English
• Love Generation (Season 1) – TV-MA – Japanese
• Made with Love (Season 1) Netflix Original – TV-14 – Indonesian
• Million Dollar Secret (Season 2) Netflix Original – TV-14 – English
• My Sesame Street Friends: My Elmo (Season 1) – TV-Y – English
• Ronaldinho: The One and Only (Limited Series) Netflix Original – TV-14 – Portuguese
• Sitting Bull (Season 1) – TV-14 – English
• Someone Has to Know (Limited Series) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Spanish
• Tatsuki: Too Kind for School (Season 1 – New Episodes Weekly) – TV-14 – Japanese
• The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America (Season 1) – TV-14 – English
• The Law According to Lidia Poët (Season 3) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Italian
• The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen (Season 1) – TV-PG – English

Most Popular Movies on Netflix US This Week

Thrash. Whitney Peak as Dakota in Thrash. Cr. Netflix © 2026.

No surprises in the movie charts this week, with Thrash taking home the top haul of points for the week. It didn’t get great reviews but what can you say, people love shark movies. Elsewhere, it’s mostly licensed pickups from the last few weeks dominating the rest of the list with Jumanji taking home second place and the box office disaster IF taking home third. 

1. Thrash (70 points)
2. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (64 points)
3. IF (51 points)
4. Beast (English) (46 points)
5. Anaconda (31 points)
6. The Truth and Tragedy of Moriah Wilson (28 points)
7. Black and Blue (25 points)
8. Untold: Jail Blazers (24 points)
9. Husband, Father, Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story (18 points)
10. The Fifth Element (16 points)
11. Nobody Dumps My Daughter (15 points)
12. KPop Demon Hunters (14 points)
13. Halloween Ends (13 points)
14. Madagascar (11 points)
15. The Roommate (7 points)
16. Minions: The Rise of Gru (3 points)
17. Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (3 points)
18. Untold: The Death & Life of Lamar Odom (1 point)

Most Popular Series on Netflix US This Week

Picture: Netflix

A busy week in the TV top 10s with the biggest points haul in the top 10s going to Trust Me: The False Prophet. True crime docs still have it in spades, and this one has been creating a bunch of headlines, so it’s no surprise it managed to beat Big Mistakes, which thankfully has grown after a rather lackluster (putting it mildly) debut in the global top 10s for its opening weekend. 

1. Trust Me: The False Prophet (80 points)
2. Big Mistakes (69 points)
3. Temptation Island (46 points)
4. Salish & Jordan Matter (39 points)
5. Danny Go! (35 points)
6. Love on the Spectrum (33 points)
7. XO, Kitty (21 points)
8. Trevor Noah: Joy in The Trenches (20 points)
9. Bandi (18 points)
10. American Godfathers: The Five Families (17 points)
11. Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen (14 points)
12. Tyson Fury vs. Arslanbek Makhmudov (11 points)
13. Million Dollar Secret (8 points)
14. The Predator of Seville (6 points)
15. Raw (6 points)
16. Sitting Bull (5 points)
17. NASA+ Live on Netflix (4 points)
18. Virgin River (4 points)
19. Beauty in Black (2 points)
20. Bloodhounds (1 point)
21. BEEF (1 point)

That’s it for this week – we’ll be back for a look ahead at the week to come tomorrow! What are you watching on Netflix? Let us know in the comments.