10 APRIL 2026
“On Drive,” “Gourou,” and “Outcome”: This Week’s Major Premieres in Cinemas and Online
This week’s main premieres in Ukrainian cinemas will include the Ukrainian coming-of-age adventure action film about growing up and car racing, “On Drive,” as well as the French psychological thriller “Gourou” and the Italian musical historical drama “Primavera”.
Meanwhile, online on Apple TV, the dark comedy “Outcome,” starring Keanu Reeves, Cameron Diaz, and Jonah Hill, will be released, while Netflix will present the survival thriller “Thrash.”
Read more about this week’s main film releases in the UNIAN review.
On Drive (Ukraine, 2026, adventure/action)
The film, which boldly presents itself as “the first Ukrainian adventure action film about car racing,” is set in the city of Kharkiv three years after the start of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine. At the center of the story is a diverse group of high school graduates whose school was destroyed by a Russian missile, while most of their peers have left the country. Despite this, they continue to live their lives and grow up in a city under constant shelling.
While wandering the city in search of adventure, they come across an abandoned shopping mall, where a number of luxury cars still remain in the underground parking lot. Without much hesitation, in this place protected from drones and missiles, they organize improvised car races. Gradually, this passion grows into something bigger — new friends and questionable business partners appear, along with serious challenges that test their friendship, relationships, and plans for the future.
Most of the main roles in the film are played by young Ukrainian actors for whom this is their first major project — Iolanta Bogdun, Bohdan Moroshan, Mariia Saminina, Sofia Baiun, Tetiana Ostapenko, and Bohdan Chulovskyi. Only the lead actors, Ivan Dovzhenko and Eduard Poliakov, already have another notable project to their credit — the romantic fantasy “Mavka. The True Myth,” which was released in cinemas in March of the same year.
The film also features several star cameos — for example, MONATIK, who also performed the main song for it.
The film was directed by Ukrainian filmmaker and screenwriter Artem Lytvynenko, who previously worked extensively in television, including on the series “Sniffer” and “The First Days.”
For more details about the film, read our separate review.
Gourou (France, Belgium, 2025, psychological thriller)
At the center of the film’s plot is a popular personal development coach, Mathieu Vasseur. He reaches the peak of his popularity thanks to his charismatic influence, while skillfully hiding his destructive and manipulative personality. This inevitably leads to a tragic ending.
The main role in the film is played by the well-known French actor Pierre Niney, who is best known to Ukrainian audiences for the films “The Count of Monte-Cristo” and “Frantz.”
The film was directed and written by French filmmaker Yann Gozlan, but the idea to create a film about the dark side of the self-help culture actually came from actor Pierre Niney, with whom Gozlan previously worked on the films “The Perfect Man” (2015) and “Black Box” (2021).
Currently, the film has an IMDb rating of 6.4 out of 10.
Read more interesting facts about the film in our separate article.
Primavera (Italy, 2025, drama/music/biography)
The events of the film take place in 18th-century Venice. The caretakers of the “Mercy” orphanage run a profitable business by organizing musical concerts for the nobility. During performances, the girl musicians wear masks and are separated from the audience by grilles, as they are later expected to be successfully married off. When the business begins to decline, the owners decide to hire a new teacher. Soon, a talented but then little-known genius with a bad reputation arrives at the convent — the reclusive Vivaldi, obsessed with music, who immediately disrupts the old order. His new favorite becomes a young girl, Cecilia, for whom music is the greatest passion in life. All she wants is to remain within the orphanage walls and devote herself to music. However, the caretakers have already arranged a good match for her among influential people…
The film was directed by the renowned Italian theater director Damiano Michieletto, who had previously worked primarily on operas, including in London and Berlin. “Primavera” marks his directorial debut in feature filmmaking.
The film had its world premiere in the fall of 2025 at the Toronto International Film Festival, and since then it has received several prestigious awards at other international festivals.
Currently, the film has an IMDb rating of 7.2 out of 10.
Outcome (USA, 2026, black comedy)
The film’s main character is the star actor Reef Hawk, who has not consumed alcohol for five years. He took a break from his acting career to build a new house and takes pride in his progress in life. However, everything turns upside down when a crisis lawyer calls him and reveals that someone is blackmailing him with a compromising video. Reef then decides to make amends with those he has wronged in the past in order to find out who the blackmailer is. But the list turns out to be far too long.
The main roles in the film are played by Keanu Reeves (“Dracula,” “The Devil’s Advocate,” “Constantine,” the “Matrix” franchise, “John Wick”), Cameron Diaz (“The Mask,” “My Best Friend’s Wedding,” “Vanilla Sky,” the “Charlie’s Angels” franchise, “Shrek”), Matthew Bomer (the “Magic Mike” franchise, the series “White Collar,” “American Horror Story,” “The Doom Patrol”), Drew Barrymore (“Batman Forever,” “Scream,” “The Wedding Singer,” the “Charlie’s Angels” franchise), and others.
Moreover, the film even features a cameo by the legendary Martin Scorsese — the director of “Taxi Driver,” “The Last Temptation of Christ,” “Raging Bull,” “Goodfellas,” “Cape Fear,” “Gangs of New York,” “The Aviator,” “The Departed,” “The Wolf of Wall Street,” “Shutter Island,” and “Killers of the Flower Moon.”
The film was directed by actor Jonah Hill (“Superbad,” “Moneyball,” “This Is the End,” “The Wolf of Wall Street,” “Don’t Look Up,” the “21 Jump Street” franchise). This is his second directorial effort after the coming-of-age comedy “Mid90s” (2018). In “Outcome,” he also plays one of the lead roles — the lawyer of Reeves’ character.
The film will be available starting April 10, 2026, on Apple TV.
Thrash (USA, 2026, survival thriller)
According to the plot, a catastrophic hurricane devastates a coastal city. Now, the residents of the flooded streets must survive rising sea levels teeming with bloodthirsty sharks.
The main roles in the film are played by Phoebe Dynevor (the series “Bridgerton”), Whitney Peak (the series “The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina,” “Gossip Girl”), and Djimon Hounsou (“Gladiator,” “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider,” “Blood Diamond,” the “A Quiet Place” franchise).
The film was directed by Norwegian filmmaker Tommy Wirkola (“Dead Snow,” “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters,” “The Trip,” “Violent Night”).
The film will be available starting April 10, 2026, on Netflix.
In addition, you can watch films released in previous weeks, as well as the most interesting series of April 2026 — this week, the final season of “The Boys” premieres on Amazon, while a spin-off of “The Handmaid’s Tale” debuts on Hulu. Also, the sci-fi romantic comedy “Miniature Wife” will be released on Peacock, and the sitcom “Malcolm in the Middle: Life Is Still Unfair” will be available on Disney+. Finally, the long-awaited third season of “Euphoria,” starring Zendaya, will premiere on Sunday.
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