Here's a wrap of some of the new series and movies to lookout for on Netflix in South Africa this month:
Sunday 1 April 2018
Wakfu 3 - Netflix Original Anime
When a secretive guild comes after Percedal's children, Yugo and friends embark on a daunting rescue mission.
Tuesday 3 April 2018
Fary Is the New Black - Netflix Original Comedy
Armed with wit and his trademark style, French comedy phenom Fary veers from pickup lines to racism and beyond in a dynamic, anything-goes special.
World of Winx - Netflix Original Series (For kids)
To stop the mysterious Talent Thief from abducting gifted youth, the six Winx fairies go undercover as scouts on the reality talent show "WOW!"
Friday 6 April 2018
6 Balloons - Netflix Film
Over the course of one night, a woman drives her heroin addict brother across LA in search of a detox center, with his two-year-old daughter in tow.
Amateur - Netflix Film
A 14-year-old basketball phenom struggles to fit in with his new team after a video of him goes viral. Directed by Ryan Koo.
Fastest Car - Netflix Original Series
In each episode, three souped-up "sleeper" cars go head-to-head with one of the world's most sought-after supercars.
La casa de papel: Part 2 - Netflix Original Series
As the police close in on the Professor's identity, his lack of communication with the Mint team leads to mutiny and the arrest of one of the robbers.
Orbiter 9 - Netflix Film
A woman who's been alone on a spaceship her whole life becomes enamored with an engineer who suddenly enters her life and upends her universe.
Ram Dass, Going Home - Netflix Original Documentary
Spiritual teacher and '60s icon Ram Dass meditates on life and death at his home on Maui 20 years after suffering a life-altering stroke.
The 4th Company - Netflix Film
In a violent prison in 1970s Mexico, a young inmate lands a spot on a football team that doubles as an enforcer squad for a corrupt administration.
The Boss Baby: Back in Business - Netflix Original Series (For kids)
With a little help from his brother and accomplice, Tim, Boss Baby tries to balance family life with his job at Baby Corp headquarters.
Todo lo que sería de Lucas Lauriente - Netflix Original Comedy
In his stand-up set, Argentine comic Lucas Lauriente animatedly rattles off reflections on different generations and begs kids to stop saying "goals."
Troy: Fall of a City - Netflix Original Series
Searching for the woman promised to him by Aphrodite, herdsman Paris learns his true identity and falls for Helen of Sparta, igniting the Trojan War.
Tuesday 10 April 2018
Greg Davies: You Magnificent Beast - Netflix Original Comedy
British comedian Greg Davies revisits terrifying dates, manscaping disasters, his father's pranks and more in a savagely funny stand-up special.
Thursday 12 April 2018
Pickpockets - Netflix Film
A trio of young, aspiring thieves learns what it takes to be successful pickpockets from a master in the arts of trickery and deception.
Friday 13 April 2018
Chef's Table: Pastry - Netflix Original Documentary
Dessert comes first this season as four renowned pastry chefs serve up decadent treats, daring new flavors, and stories of struggle and triumph.
Come Sunday - Netflix Film
Based on true events, globally-renowned pastor Carlton Pearson risks everything when he questions church doctrine and is branded a modern-day heretic.
Lost in Space - Netflix Original Series
With Earth in crisis, the Robinson family heads to space to write a new chapter in human history in this revival of the iconic '60s sci-fi series.
The Magic School Bus Rides Again 2 - Netflix Original Series (For kids)
The Magic School Bus pulls out all the stops, taking Ms. Frizzle and the class to the top of a noodle mountain - and the center of the sun itself.
I Am Not An Easy Man - Netflix Film
A shameless chauvinist gets a taste of his own medicine when he wakes up in a world dominated by women and locks horns with a powerful female author.
Sunday 15 April 2018
Four Seasons in Havana - Netflix Original Series
As Havana slowly revolves through the year, wistful detective Mario Conde probes the sultry heart of the city to investigate dark and deadly crimes.
Tuesday 17 April 2018
The Honeymoon Stand Up Special: Collection - Netflix Original Comedy
Impending parenthood does funny things to Natasha Leggero and Moshe Kasher, who dissect family, relationships and more in a trio of stand-up specials.
The Chalet - Netflix Original Series
Friends gathered at a remote chalet in the French Alps for a summer getaway are caught in a deadly trap as a dark secret from the past comes to light.
Thursday 19 April 2018
The Alienist - Netflix Original Series
In 1896 New York, Dr. Laszlo Kreizler joins reporter John Moore, police clerk Sara Howard and forensics experts the Isaacsons to catch a serial killer.
Charité - Netflix Original Series
In Berlin at the end of the 19th Century, a young woman works off her debts at the world-famous Charité hospital, encountering billiant physicians and discovering her passion for medicine.
Ainori Love Wagon: Asian Journey - Netflix Original Series
Traveling around the world on a pink bus, seven attractive young men and women pursue true love, with the goal of returning home as part of a couple.
Friday 20 April 2018
Aggretsuko - Netflix Original Anime
Retsuko is a 25-year-old red panda who is an office associate in the accounting department of a trading company in Tokyo. All she wants is to do her job and get through the day, but when frustrations reach a boiling point, she vents through death metal.
Dope 2 - Netflix Original Series
The drug war never ends. Camera crews follow smugglers, users and law enforcement agencies across Indiana, the Caribbean, Detroit and Atlanta.
Dude - Netflix Film
Four best girlfriends negotiate loss and major life changes during the last two weeks of high school in this coming-of-age comedy.
Kodachrome - Netflix Film
A dying photographer and his estranged record company executive son reunite for a road trip to the last photo lab still developing Kodachrome film.
Mercury 13 - Netflix Original Documentary
This documentary profiles women who were tested in 1961 for spaceflight, but had their dreams dashed when only men were chosen to become astronauts.
Spy Kids: Mission Critical: Season 1 - Netflix Original Series (For kids)
What if grown-up spies can't do the job? It's up to junior spies Juni and Carmen Cortez to defeat S.W.A.M.P. in an animated series based on the films.
Saturday 21 April 2018
The Letdown: Season 1- Netflix Original Series
Audrey, mother of a 2-month-old, joins a new-parents support group, where she makes some quirky friends facing various challenges and life changes.
Tuesday 24 April 2018
Kevin James: Never Don't Give Up - Netflix Original Comedy
Comedy star Kevin James dishes on fatherhood, fan interactions, ice cream and much more as he returns to the stand-up stage after a long absence.
Wednesday 25 April 2018
Psychokinesis - Netflix Film
Suddenly possessed with supernatural powers, a father sets out to help his estranged daughter, who's at risk of losing everything she's lived for.
Thursday 26 April 2018
Happy! - Netflix Original Series
A boozy ex-cop turned hit man thinks he's losing his marbles when a cartoon unicorn only he can see urges him to rescue a girl kidnapped by Santa.
Friday 27 April 2018
3%: Season 2 - Netflix Original Series
As the next Process nears, the Cause plots to wipe out the system once and for all, and Michele finds herself in a precarious position.
Bobby Kennedy for President - Netflix Original Documentary
This docuseries examines the "Bobby Phenomenon" of the 1960s and the continuing influence of the man many see as the greatest loss of a turbulent era.
Candy Jar - Netflix Film
An introverted high school girl from a working-class background falls in love with her wealthy debate team nemesis and realizes they share more in common than they thought.
The New Legends of Monkey - Netflix Original Series (For kids)
A valiant girl liberates the Monkey King - a god long trapped in stone - in a quest to find seven sacred scrolls and save the world from evil.
The Rachel Divide - Netflix Original Documentary
Self-described "trans racial" activist Rachel Dolezal ignited a media storm when a local news station in Spokane, WA outed her as a white woman who had been living as the black president of the NAACP. Since the controversy erupted, director Laura Brownson and team filmed with Rachel, her sons and her adopted sister Esther, to capture her life in this documentary.
The Week Of - Netflix Film
Starring Adam Sandler and Chris Rock, this comedy centers on the week leading up to the wedding of their characters' kids. Robert Smigel directs.
Sunday 29 April 2018
Superstition - Netflix Original Series
A family of morticians with supernatural connections provides "afterlife care" for clients who've suffered unworldly deaths.