Every month, all the major streaming services add a host of newly acquired (or just plain new) shows, movies, and documentaries into their ever-rotating libraries. So what’s a dedicated reader to watch? Well, whatever you want, of course, but the name of this website is Literary Hub, so we sort of have an angle. To that end, here’s a selection of the best (and most enjoyably bad) literary film and TV coming to streaming services this month. Have fun.

NEW:

The Testaments
Hulu, April 8

Literary bona fides: based on The Testaments by Margaret Atwood (2019)

From our 2026 preview: The Handmaid’s Tale finally concluded last year after six seasons (only the first of which was actually an adaptation of the novel), so now there’s room for The Testaments, based on Atwood’s sequel, which is set five years after the Handmaid’s Tale finale and follows a generation of young women growing up in Gilead. Most exciting is that it stars One Battle After Another star Chase Infiniti as Agnes, June’s daughter.

The Miniature Wife
Peacock, April 9

Literary bona fides: based on “The Miniature Wife” by Manuel Gonzalez (2013)

It’s been a single Millennial’s lifetime since Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, so perhaps it’s time for a new, kid-less version? Elizabeth Banks and Matthew Macfadyen star in this adaptation of Manuel Gonzalez’s short story, in which, well, a scientist accidentally shrinks his wife. Whether this turns out to be a goofy bit of fluff or an actual examination of power dynamics in relationships is yet to be determined (though the trailer suggests the former).

Margo’s Got Money Troubles
Apple TV, April 15

Literary bona fides: based on Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe (2024)

From our 2026 preview: Elle Fanning, Michelle Pfeiffer, Nick Offerman, and Nicole Kidman star in David E. Kelley’s miniseries adaptation of Thorpe’s delightfully oddball novel, in which the daughter of a former pro-wrestler (and a former pro Hooters waitress) finds herself pregnant with her English professor’s baby, and turns to OnlyFans to support herself. Things go better than expected (at least in some ways).

The House of the Spirits
Prime Video, April 29

Literary bona fides: based on Isabel Allende’s The House of the Spirits (1982)

The first television adaptation—and first Spanish-language adaptation—of Allende’s beloved family saga follows three generations of women caught in the upheavals of both family and country. Fans will be glad to know that the eight episode series, produced by Eva Longoria, Courtney Saladino, and Allende, promises to be very faithful to the book (while also making use of its new medium).

Man on Fire
Netflix, April 30

Literary bona fides: based on A.J. Quinnell’s Man on Fire (1980)

You may remember Man on Fire as the 2004 movie of the same name, starring Denzel Washington and Dakota Fanning; that too was based on Quinnell’s novel, but in its latest incarnation, it is a new series starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as the revenge-minded mercenary John Creasy.

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THROWBACK:

The Wiz (1978)
Netflix, April 1

Literary bona fides: based on The Wiz (the 1975 Broadway play by William F. Brown), itself a re-imagining of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum (1900)

Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Ted Ross, Lena Horne, and Richard Pryor star in this stone cold American cult classic. Always worth a rewatch, especially with friends.

Vanity Fair (2004)
Prime Video, April 1

Literary bona fides: based on Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray (1848)

Mira Nair took heat for filing down the edges of Becky Sharp, but this was peak Witherspoon, and there’s sort of no arguing with that.

The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
HBO Max, April 1

Literary bona fides: based on The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger (2003)

Get thee ready to have opinions about the sequel.

Atonement (2007)
Netflix, April 1

Literary bona fides: based on Atonement by Ian McEwan (2001)

Joe Wright’s adaptation of McEwan’s most beloved novel has everything: war, forbidden love, metafictional trauma, Keira Knightley’s green dress! Could do worse.

American Fiction (2023)
Prime Video, April 1

Literary bona fides: based on Erasure by Percival Everett (2001)

Cord Jefferson’s funny, subtle adaptation of Everett’s satirical novel—which skewers the publishing industry from top to bottom—is made even better by the great Jeffrey Wright. Worth a watch if you missed this one.