What’s New On Sundance Now April 2018: ‘Dr. Strangelove,’ ‘Sami Blood,’ ‘Amour,’ And More

For just $6.99 a month, Sundance Now gives you access to the best content available in the indie world, which will finally allow you to one-up your artsy friends at parties. The streaming service delivering little-known gems, fresh original series, and award-winning films right to the screen of your choice, be that a flat-screen that sits on your wall or a phone that sits in your hand. With titles you won’t see anywhere else, this subscription package packs a huge punch.

This April, Sundance Now is delivering a ton of award-winning favorites to the platform. Just a few films becoming available to stream are Oscar winners like Amour, which was crowned Best Foreign Language Film at the 2013 Academy Awards and the Swedish coming-of-age drama, Sami Blood, which received several awards at multiple international film festivals. Some intriguing Sundance Now exclusives can also fill up a weekend of binge-watching, like their Take 5 Collection- Shadow of Isis in which five documentaries of the series centering around terrorism and Isis will be available for streaming. Sundance Now never fails to provide a wide variety of documentaries, foreign films, dramas, thrillers, and exclusives you can’t find on other streaming platforms, so here’s what’s new to Sundance Now this April.

Available April 2

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

Dr. Strangelove simply satirizes fears of a nuclear conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union. Pretty similar to what’s being talked about in current news, right? Directed, produced, and co-written by Stanley Kubrick, the film plays out the story of a crazy general who arranges for a first strike nuclear attack on the Soviet Union. Then the President of the United States and political advisors must try to prevent a nuclear war and apocalypse and try to recall the bombers. It stars comedian Peter Sellers who plays three roles and it received four Academy Award nominations.

Available April 3

Prisoners: Season 1 (2017)

Available April 9

Sami Blood (2016)

This Swedish coming-of-age film is both written and directed by Amanda Kernell and concerns a 14 year-old girl of the Sami people, a Scandinavian ethnic minority. Upset with how she’s treated at her school because of her cultural identity, she has to choose whether to pursue an education and take hold of opportunities otherwise denied to her, or stay true to her people and identity. Kernell is half-Sami and has made the story of a Swedish minority group universal to a young person faced with the idea of changing herself just to fit in and the consequences such as secrets and lies that can stem from it.

[Stream Sami Blood on Sundance Now April 9]

Available April 16

Amour (2012)

You may remember Amour as the foreign movie that appeared in several of the main award categories like Best Picture, Best Director, Best Foreign Language Film, and more at the 85th Academy Awards. Now you can stream this Oscar-favorite on Sundance Now if you didn’t catch it a few years back. This French romantic drama revolves around Anne and Georges, an elderly couple who are retired music teachers. Once Anne (Oscar nominee Emmanuelle Riva) suffers a stroke, their lives change as Anne’s physical and mental health decline. It leaves George to make some tough decisions that may shock you and the ambiguous ending may leave you searching for more to the story.

[Stream Amour on Sundance Now April 16]

Available April 19

Europe’s Border Crisis: The Long Road Home (2015)
Girls, Guns & ISIS (2016)
Recruiting For Jihad (2017)
Terror Studios (2016)
War Child (2017)

Available April 23

Do You Dream in Color? (2015)

Available April 26

The Valley (2015)

Available April 30

Arianna (2015)

Wondering what your favorite streaming services are adding to their offerings each month? Decider’s got you covered. Stay tuned for our reports on everything coming to Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, HBO, Showtime, STARZ, Sundance Now, Shudder, Acorn TV, BritBox, and Walter Presents, plus a look at the top titles from all of them.