12 Great Movies That Will No Longer Be on Streaming Services by the End of April 2022

May is just a hair’s breadth away, which means there are a ton of movies to stream before they get wiped from your favorite streaming service at the end of the month. Still not sure what to cross off your watchlist this week? Don’t worry; we’ve rounded up a list of the best movies to stream through the end of April.

From horror thrillers like Bram Stoker’s Dracula to classic action movies like Blood sport And The Rockthere is plenty of great entertainment to choose from.

These are the 12 best movies you need to see before they stop streaming at the end of April.

If martial arts films are an ode to moving bodies, there are few better examples than Jean-Claude Van Damme’s film Blood sport. Van Damme stars as U.S. Army Captain Frank Dux, a skilled martial artist who is invited to an underground fighting tournament in Hong Kong. When his superiors refuse to allow him to attend, Dux goes anyway, resulting in 1) two army investigators (including Forest Whitaker) pursuing him to Hong Kong; 2) Dux falling in love with a journalist (Leah Ayres) investigating the tournament; and 3) Dux brawling with a bunch of dudes.

Reportedly based on the apocryphal exploits of the real Frank Dux, Blood sport is instead best seen as an effective showcase of Van Damme’s charisma, on-screen fighting skills and good looks, and for the incredible performance of all-time action baddie Bolo Yeung as the villainous Chong Li. Be prepared for many, many impressive examples of JCVD ​​doing the splits. —Pete Volk

Blood sport to leaf through HBO Max on April 30th.

Drama by Douglas Sirk from 1959 Imitation of life follows the story of Lora (Lana Turner), an aspiring actress and single mother, her black housekeeper Annie (Juanita Moore), and their young daughters Susie and Sarah. While Lora struggles to build her career, Annie is heartbroken by her relationship with her daughter, who struggles with her identity and wants to pass as white. Told over a period of ten years, Sirk’s final film is a gripping and devastating portrait of love and parenthood at the intersection of race, class, and gender, and a compelling work of cinematic storytelling. -AT

Imitation of life to leaf through Criterion channel on April 30th.

A caped, madcap comedy about a group of pint-sized superheroes who must save the day when a Superman stand-in (Greg Kinnear) goes missing. Mysterious men is a surprisingly sharp critique of the intersection of capitalism and superhero culture that also doesn’t shy away from a few fart jokes. With a hilarious cast including Ben Stiller, Wes Studi, William H. Macy and many, many more, the acclaimed commercial director’s only feature film is an absolute riot. —PV

Mysterious men to leaf through Peacock on May 1st.

A classic Michael Bay film and a classic 90s action film, The Rock stars Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage and Ed Harris at their best in an action thriller set on Alcatraz. When a group of rogue Marines led by a charismatic general (Harris) steal chemical weapons and take control of the iconic prison island, the FBI sends in its top chemical weapons expert (Cage) and a former MI6 agent (Connery) to save the day. As in many Bay films, hidden beneath the big explosions and tough-guy machismo is a moving story about forgotten people: in this case, Harris’s largely sympathetic cause to get money for his soldiers and the families of men who died on secret missions the government won’t recognize. Of course, his sympathetic cause is undermined by his extreme methods, but that’s par for the course in this kind of film. —PV

The Rock to leaf through Amazon Prime Video on April 30th.

Bruce Willis stars in Terry Gilliam’s 1995 science fiction film 12 monkeys as James Cole, a state prisoner in the year 2035 who is sent back in time to stop a man-made virus from destroying humanity. Accidentally transported several years before the virus arrived, James is declared insane by Dr. Kathryn Railly (Madeleine Stowe) and locked up in a psychiatric facility. Escaping the facility, James must uncover the identity of the leader of the mysterious anarcho-environmentalist group Army of the Twelve Monkeys before they doom the planet. Inspired by Chris Marker’s The Jetée and the subject of an infamous lawsuit between Universal Pictures and architect Lebbeus Woods, 12 monkeys is a thrilling apocalyptic drama with an ending that will leave audiences in raptures. -AT

12 monkeys to leaf through Peacock on May 1st.