The Best Streaming Services: An Analysis of Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Apple TV+, and Amazon Prime

TV has always been a great place to turn when you needed an instant pick-me-up. And during these uncertain times, more and more people are looking toward streaming to help distract them or just to bring a little bit more joy into their lives. And who couldn't use a bit more joy right now? That's why we've rounded up the very best feel-good shows available to binge-watch right now.

Are you looking for a really good action film? Amazon Prime Video has got you covered with a catalog of movies to choose from to satisfy your action fix. Here’s a list of movies available right now on the streaming giant: This 2018 installment of "Mission: Impossible" shows Tom Cruise back as Ethan Hunt.

Hulu has announced everything that's coming to the streaming service in April, but you are much too important to spend time sorting through a long list of shows and movies for peasants. Lucky for you, I have no pride and am more than happy to your dirty work, selecting only the finest TV shows and movies on Hulu in April that are worthy of your time.

May is the best month in the Northern Hemisphere. It's not cold like March, and there's almost no chance of snow, unlike April. It is the beautiful spring of postcards, with trees full of green leaves and flowers in full bloom. But things are a bit weird this year, so if you're choosing to stay inside this May to avoid getting sick, no one can blame you. Luckily, there are some great options to soak up while you wait out the coronavirus and your seasonal allergies.

Why go outside against the advice of doctors, scientists, and your overly concerned mom, when you can stay inside and be safe? Be a good human and watch TV in your house. If you need something to watch on Amazon Prime Video, these are the best TV show and movie options coming to the service in April 2020. Highlights include arthouse horror movie The Lighthouse and sweet sci-fi series Tales From the Loop.

Along with Netflix and Hulu, Amazon Prime Video is one of the leading streaming platforms with an award-winning collection of original films and TV series as well as buzzworthy acquisitions that have crossed over from the U.K. In the 13 years since it first launched in September 2006 with its pilot TV program, the service has found its footing with popular series like and its series adaptation.

When the weekend finally arrives, you don’t want to waste a bunch of your precious free time trying to figure out what movie you’re going to watch. Netflix offers a slew of terrific movies for its users to stream right now in their entirety.

Parasite has set a big record at Hulu – it is now the most streamed independent or foreign language film on the streaming service!

It was not long after Netflix emerged as the world's leading streaming service that other major TV companies wanted to offer their own option.

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Everybody loves a good laugh. Amazon Prime has a seemingly never-ending list of movies to chose from on any given day, many of which can lift spirits with some serious humor.

During these uncertain times, TV can be a great place to turn to for an instant pick-me-up, allowing you to escape into another world and forget about the problems plaguing you in this one. Sure, harrowing horror shows, dramatic reality competitions, and gritty crime dramas can make for thrilling binges, but sometimes you really are just in the mood for something happy. That's why we've rounded up the best feel-good shows streaming right now.

If you're new to the documentary genre and have a phobia of being bored, let me assure you that the films on this list are anything but dry or tedious. TBH you're probably gonna want to grab a tube of moisturizing eye drops because you won't even want to *blink* and miss a moment of edge-of-your-couch excitement.

There’s a silver lining for the silver screen after the industry came to a halt at the outset of the coronavirus pandemic.

The online event will support filmmakers affected by SXSW's cancellation

After freeing his Monster mixtape onto streaming services for the project's fifth anniversary last year, today (April 3), Future opts to repeat the cycle by releasing his Zaytoven-produced opus, Beast Mode to all digital platforms.Released in January 2015, Beast Mode was the second of three mixtapes to enshrine Future's status as a decorated trap savant.The eight-song project boasted features from Juvenile and Young Scooter. In 2018, Future and Zaytoven doubled up and released Beast Mode 2.

Future’s 2015 mixtape, Beast Mode, is now available on all streaming platforms. He released it as part of a legendary run of projects kicking off with Monster, which the Atlanta rapper brought to streaming services for the first time in October 2019.

Disney+ officially launched in the UK this March and saw thousands of people sign up during lockdown.

We’re all going to SXSW this year, and we don't even have to drag ourselves off the couch.

We’re all going to SXSW this year, and we don't even have to drag ourselves off the couch.