It took five years to Disney+ to become a formidable streaming platform. This is a laudable achievement. But is it really so shocking? Where else can you find many entries in the catalogs of Wonder And Star Wars? Should I even mention Blue?
In true Disney fashion, the company’s TV streaming service offers something for every member of the family: captivating comic book adventures, magical young adult tales, educational docuseries, and captivating unscripted shows. And even though we are still two years away from Newly Announced Bluey MovieThere are many episodes featuring the Heeler family for you and your loved ones to enjoy.
Simply put, the Disney brand has power and it’s on full display on Disney Plus.
With endless hours of entertainment at your disposal, it’s easy to get lost like Alice down the rabbit hole. This is where we come in. Below is our guide to the best Disney Plus original TV shows. Any of these titles are worth a binge. Just click Play. You’ll be glad you did.
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Star Wars: Skeleton Crew returns the tone to the Amblin era in the 1980s. There is no trace of Luke Skywalker in this series. Instead, Skeleton Crew takes place in a reality where the stories of the Jedi are considered fairy tales. That is, until a ragtag group of kids stumble upon an abandoned ship and accidentally shoot themselves in space. The result: an adventure (literally) out of the ordinary.
Agatha All Along isn’t a direct sequel to WandaVision, but the stories are definitely connected. Kathryn Hahn reprises her deliciously evil role in the spooky new series, which follows Agatha and a ragtag group of witches on a journey down the witches’ highway to help Mrs. Harkness regain her powers. Spoiler: it’s not going to be easy.
Star Wars: Visions is a fun and daring animated anthology series that adds an exciting new element to Lucasfilm’s long-established franchise. Seven Japanese animation studios were tapped to create nine unique non-canonical episodes for the program. Additional episodes from Spain, Ireland, Chile, United Kingdom, South Korea, France, India, Japan and South Africa were broadcast in the second installment of the series.
Doctor Who began 60 years ago and since then the science fiction series has been revamped several times. Actors like David Tennant and Matt Smith helped bring the iconic Time Lord into the present day with the show’s run of modern-day seasons. Ncuti Gatwa is the latest actor to take the reins of the Doctor, marking the first time in the program’s history that a black actor has taken on the role. Doctor Who has moved to Disney Plus in 2023. New episodes (starting with season 14) will air exclusively on the streamer.
Bluey is a phenomenonclear and simple. The children’s show, which follows a family of anthropomorphic dogs – Bluey, her sister Bingo, her father Bandit and her mother Chilli – was the most streamed series in 2023and for good reason. Almost all episodes are around 8 minutes long, making it an easy binge. And while the tone remains light and playful, the series tackles relevant and poignant topics in a way that never disparages its audience. Who knew a show about a family of Australian dogs would be so addictive? Disney Plus knew it.
In simple terms, I think Andor is the best Star Wars series made by Disney Plus. The show abandons the flashy and often clichéd production values ​​of its predecessors and focuses on intense, ground-level storytelling. Expanding on the story of the characters introduced in the single Rogue One film, Andor overcomes the emotional stakes with its intelligent writing and excellent performances from its cast. Phenomenal stuff, right there.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
This new version of Rick Riordan’s favorite books aims to erase live-action films from our collective memories. And, for the most part, it accomplishes its task. The eight-episode first season follows the events of Lightning Thief, which is the first book in the series. Thanks to a younger cast and lighter stakes, this Percy Jackson series is positioned to be a YA hit for Disney Plus.
Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau took their love of Star Wars to new heights with The Mandalorian. It was the first live-action Star Wars series to release on Disney Plus and it set the standard for everything that followed. Stylistically inspired by things like the manga Lone Wolf and Cub, Akira Kurosawa’s Yojimbo, and Sergio Leone’s iconic Dollars trilogy (which starred Clint Eastwood as the Man With No Name), the series follows a hunter of bounties loner who gets a second chance at life when he’s hired to protect a little green alien you may know simply as Baby Yoda.
This three-part documentary series immerses us in the creative whirlwind of one of the biggest musical groups in the world. Directed by Academy Award winner Peter Jackson, The Beatles: come back gives a cinema verité style look at a band at the top of their game and on the brink of collapse. This never-before-seen footage shows John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr rehearsing for their infamous concert on the roof of their Apple Corps headquarters in London’s Savile Row. It was their last live performance. It’s breathtaking, inspiring and heartbreaking. And definitely worth the detour.
X-Men: The Animated Series ended its five-season run in 1997. Nearly three decades later, X-Men ’97 continues the story of everyone’s favorite mutant superhero crew. The pacing is fast, the writing is tight, and the 2D animation style acts as a nice knot tying together this lovely nostalgic gift for 90s kids everywhere.
Echo (Alaqua Cox) was first introduced in a three-episode arc in Hawkeye. Marvel Echo centers on the hearing-impaired antihero. She is also a member of the Choctaw Nation, which leads the series to explore these aspects of her identity wonderfully. His teaming up with Wilson Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio) further ties the MCU shows on Disney Plus to those previously on Netflix – and sets up the arrival of Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) and his team quite well.
The bad batch is an intense, action-packed spin-off from the popular Star Wars animated series The Clone Wars. Audiences have seen the fallout from Order 66 take shape in various forms throughout the Star Wars franchise, but never like this. The Bad Batch follows a squad of elite clone troopers with genetic defects. They may have special abilities, but that doesn’t make them invisible to the top-secret execution order. In turn, the animated series fills in some gaps in Star Wars history. He does this in an incredibly entertaining way.
Ms. Marvel is a breath of fresh air for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The Disney Plus series flips the script of what we expect from Marvel shows on the streamer. Iman Vellani is a revelation as the titular hero. It’s a challenge for a series to balance the heavy responsibilities of being a superhero with the trials and tribulations of high school. The story succeeds, and does so with welcome help from the Muslim representation.
WandaVision It all started on Disney Plus. It is the first original series from the Marvel Cinematic Universe to be streamed. It’s a genre-bending adventure in which Wanda and Vision experience different realities inspired by television sitcoms, from I Love Lucy and The Dick Van Dyke Show to The Brady Bunch and Family Ties. How does the emotional fallout from Avengers: Endgame (and Vision’s death, in particular) affect Wanda? Well, let’s just say his grief leads him down one hell of a weird rabbit hole.
Read our full WandaVision Review.
Tom Hiddleston has appeared as Loki, the God of Mischief, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe over the past decade. Thanks to Disney Plus, he finally leads his own strange adventure. The offbeat sci-fi series places Loki in the unlikely position of hero. Here he works with a barrage of interesting characters, including Owen Wilson’s Mobius M. Mobius, to correct the timeline. It’s a quirky, fun, and downright bizarre series that appeals to both die-hard fans and newcomers alike.
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
What happens when Captain America hangs up his shield? This is the question that arises at Marvel The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Here, Sam Wilson (better known as Falcon) and Bucky Barnes (aka the Winter Soldier) team up in a surprisingly funny and heartfelt series that deals with trauma, heartbreak, and classism as the world comes back together pieces of the shocking events of Avengers: Endgame.
This new version of RL Stine’s beloved Goosebumps books bring spooky thrills to Disney Plus. Justin Long headlines the supernatural series that follows a group of teenagers who find themselves investigating the death of a child named Harold Biddle. As they learn more about the boy, insidious secrets are revealed that connect their parents to his death thirty years ago.
Moon Knight stars Oscar Isaac as Steven Grant, a troubled man with dissociative identity disorder. These aren’t simple anxiety issues – no, Grant shares his body with a mercenary named Marc Spector. The discovery of this alter ego leads Grant into an adventure that pits him against a sinister cult leader named Arthur Harrow (Ethan Hawke) and a gang of fearsome Egyptian gods. It’s a trippy ride that might even scratch the Indiana Jones itch.
Read our full Moon Knight review.
Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem Band headline Muppets Mayhem, the latest Disney Plus series inspired by Jim Henson’s Muppets. Here, the Electric Mayhem Band struggles to record another album. But record label politics and other past mistakes complicate things for the team – and these complications lead to some hilarious on-screen antics! Of all the Muppets shows on television in recent years, Muppets Mayhem comes closest to the wacky, fun vibe of the original.
