The 15 best films coming to Prime Video in April

Very few people understand the full extent of the damage that steroids can do to an athlete. Even fewer realize how many professional athletes go even further to gain that competitive edge, like getting their eyes operated on to improve their vision as well as trying all sorts of new methods to get, you guessed it, . Filmmaker Chris Bell casts a balanced look at the games people play to stay ahead of their opponents in this solid 2008 documentary.

Mark Pellington is an underrated director whose films include the recently reworked and re-released Ben Affleck-starrer (1997) as well as 1999’s and 2002’s . Before that, he directed some great music videos including the classic for Pearl Jam’s “Jeremy.” In his 2011 drama , Pellington leans heavily into a more arty style as he focuses on a group of friends gathering to celebrate a 44th birthday who get way too deep into their feelings. The film stars Thomas Jane, Jeremy Piven, and Rob Lowe, and also features a short appearance from Twitch star Sasha Grey.

In terms of people who have had a positive impact on the world and are way, way overdue for a documentary about them, pioneering YA novelist Judy Blume was sitting pretty high on the list. Luckily filmmakers Davina Pardo and Leah Wolchok answered the call with . Fortunately for everyone, Blume is still alive and well and appears in the doc, as do fans like Samantha Bee and Molly Ringwald.  

2007’s is an insane documentary that one could definitely file under “sometimes truth is stranger than fiction.” It’s the weird story of a May-December romance that goes awry when wealthy attorney Burt Pugach falls for the much younger Linda Riss who soon dumps Pugach upon learning he’s still married. Pugach doesn’t take it well and hires hitmen to disfigure her. And that’s only the beginning. Co-directed by Fisher Stevens and Dan Klores, the film feels like one of those explosive Dateline specials but the documentary goes to some unexpected places.

In 2022’s , Billy Eichner plays Bobby, a popular podcast host whose schtick is being a single man in Manhattan. Since this is a rom-com, that whole character identity is going to be sent spiraling as Bobby soon meets the adorable Aaron (Luke Macfarlane). Will their romance stick? Tune in and find out! Eichner rightly and proudly trumpeted Bros as the first major studio comedy about a gay couple with an entirely LGBTQ principal cast. If that’s not reason enough to see it, then see it because it’s also damn funny.

Did you miss the return of Julia Roberts and George Clooney to the big screen together in 2022’s ? The tepid box office results for the film suggest, “Yes, yes you did.” Fear not, as Prime Video is here to reignite your love for two of the most charismatic leads to ever grace the silver screen. In the film, Roberts and Clooney play a divorced couple who team up to try and stop their daughter from marrying a seaweed farmer in Bali. What do you think happens when two beautiful people are thrown together in an exotic location in a movie called Ticket To Paradise? Sure, it’s predictable, but there’s nothing as warm, reassuring, and funny as two modern icons reuniting for a rom-com.

A 1984 movie starring Nicolas Cage and Sean Penn as two Marines about to be deployed to World War II? Umm, yes please! Henry Nash (Penn) and Nicky (Cage) are two small-town pals looking to get a little lovin’ before they ship out in . The film was Steve Kloves’ first produced screenplay before he went on to write the bulk of the films. Racing With The Moon also stars ’80s mainstay Elizabeth McGovern, and a pre- Dana Carvey.