Best movies on Disney+

Struggling to decide what to watch on your next movie night? Streaming giant Disney+'s vast catalogue is packed with films for every mood and occasion, and we can guide you to the best of the bunch.

A groundbreaking animated superhero adventure, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse follows teenager Miles Morales as he discovers his powers and teams up with Spider-People from parallel universes to save the world. Featuring the voices of Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson and Hailee Steinfeld, it's widely praised for its innovative animation style and heartfelt storytelling.

Mission: Impossible is a thrilling extravaganza of jaw-dropping special effects and amazing stunts. Based on the cult 1960s TV series about a covert strike force designing situations villains believe to be real, it's best to forget the complicated plot - something about Tom Cruise clearing his name and proving to the CIA he's not a treacherous mole - and simply enjoy the epic rollercoaster ride.

Two decades after leaving Runway magazine, Andy Sachs finds herself reunited with Miranda Priestly in newly released The Devil Wears Prada 2, as the fashion world grapples with a rapidly changing media landscape. Directed by David Frankel, the comedy drama sequel reunites Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci.

The entire Fast and the Furious series recently swerved onto the service, and if you're only gonna watch one, make it the fifth entry, 2011's Fast Five, which set the template for the increasingly epic gear-head movies to come. Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson work to out-macho one another as Dom Torretto assembles his crew for a huge bank heist, only to be tailed by the law.

There's also Pixar’s recent adventure Hoppers, in which a young girl uses technology to inhabit a robotic beaver and communicate with animals. Featuring the voices of Jon Hamm, Bobby Moynihan and Meryl Streep and blending body-swap chaos with an empowering message about co-existence, it will delight viewers young and old.

Of course, Disney+ hosts Marvel Studios' cinematic offerings, including The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Avengers: Endgame. As well as Marvel, the platform is also known as the wider home of franchise fare, with others featured including Star Wars, Alien, Muppet Treasure Island, Planet of the Apes and more.

However, the platform also offers whole range of other, one-off titles, including Caught Stealing director Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan, and recent awards successes such as A Real Pain, Poor Things, All of Us Strangers and A Complete Unknown. That's not even mentioning other options such as horror films including Alien, fantasy adventure The Princess Bride and moving drama Empire of Light.

There is truly something for every film fan on Disney+ – and the Radio Times team have broken down the top picks on the streamer in this list.

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• Animated action adventure featuring the voices of Shameik Moore and Jake Johnson. Teenager Miles Morales is bitten by a radioactive arachnid and develops superhuman abilities like those of local hero Spider-Man. When Spidey is taken out of action by villain Kingpin, Miles must step up to prevent an unstable supercollider from sending New York into another dimension. But he soon finds he's not the only spider-being in town...

• Finding herself with the power to travel in time, a young woman is initially tempted to use it mainly for frivolous purposes. Animated fantasy adventure with the voices of Riisa Naka, Takuya Ishida and Mitsutaka Itakura

• Action spy thriller based on the 1960s TV series, starring Tom Cruise, Jon Voight and Emmanuelle Béart. The elite Impossible Mission Force's latest assignment is to recover stolen information that threatens to blow the cover of US spies throughout the world. But the plan goes disastrously wrong.

• Steven Spielberg's classic sci-fi adventure, starring Henry Thomas and Dee Wallace, and featuring Drew Barrymore. Ten-year-old Elliott has a new friend, but he's from another planet and nobody must know he's here.

• When one of Runway's articles draws attention for the wrong reasons, company chairman Irv Ravitz hastily appoints award-winning writer Andy Sachs as features editor with a remit to restore the magazine's reputation for quality journalism. Miranda Priestly is certain Andy will not last long

• Disney animated feature, with animals taking the roles of the characters in the Robin Hood legend. Dastardly Prince John and the mean Sheriff of Nottingham are up to their old tricks - levying heavy taxes and making people's lives a misery. But, never fear, help is at hand in the shape of Robin Hood, that fearless fox who steals from the rich to feed the poor.

• Period comedy drama starring Kate Beckinsale and Chloë Sevigny, based on a a novella by Jane Austen. England in the late 18th century: though recently widowed, Lady Susan Vernon - "the most accomplished flirt in all England" - has no qualms about turning up at her in-laws' country home in search of a husband for her daughter, Frederica. However, Lady Susan has more on her mind than matchmaking...

• Psychological black comedy horror starring Amy Adams and Scott McNairy. A stay-at-home mother abandons her artistic passions to care for her toddler while her husband goes to work. As she grows ever more frustrated, bored and angry, she experiences strange physical transformations and begins to believe she is turning into a dog.

• Following the death of their eldest son Neteyam during a fierce battle with members of the Resources Development Administration (RDA), Jake Sully, wife Neytiri, remaining children Lo'ak and Tuktirey and adopted daughter Kiri settle into their new way of life at sea with the Metkayina tribe.

• Science-fiction drama starring Whitney Able and Scoot McNairy. Six years after an alien life form has spread throughout Mexico, a cash-strapped photographer escorts the daughter of his newspaper-magnate boss out of the quarantined region and back to the US, fully intending to give the area infected by aliens a wide berth.

• Cast out from its clan, an alien hunter and an unlikely ally embark on a treacherous journey in search of the ultimate adversary. Sci-fi adventure, starring Elle Fanning, Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi and Ravi Narayan

• Documentary in which the master of natural history film-making explores the beauty of our blue planet and offers both a warning and some hope for the future of Earth's ecosystem.

• A young Colombian girl has to face the frustration of being the only member of her family without magical powers. Disney animated musical comedy, with the voices of Stephanie Beatriz, María Cecilia Botero and John Leguizamo

• Legend says there are "ghost elephants" hidden in the highlands of Angola that have never been seen by humans. Acclaimed director Werner Herzog ("Grizzly Man") follows an epic quest to the Angolan highlands led by National Geographic Explorer and conservation biologist Dr. Steve Boyes to find these majestic and elusive creatures.

• Pint-sized eco-activist Mabel is passionate about protecting the glade where she spent many blissful afternoons with her late grandmother. Unfortunately, animals appear to have abandoned the site, allowing Mayor Jerry to confirm plans to construct a highway through the lush retreat.

• Comedy drama based on a true story, starring Melissa McCarthy and Richard E Grant. In the early 1990s, writer Lee Israel is struggling to make ends meet as she contends with low sales and rejected pitches. When she sells on a personal letter from Katharine Hepburn, she realises she can put her wit and writing skills to a lucrative new use: forging and selling letters from famous historical figures.

• Horror starring Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis. Seth Brundle, a scientist obsessed with perfecting a revolutionary teleportation machine, meets and falls in love with journalist Veronica Quaife. As he battles to repeat his success with inanimate objects by teleporting live animals, Seth decides in a moment of recklessness to test the device on himself - but with horrific results.

• Archaeologist Indiana Jones races against time to retrieve a legendary dial that can change the course of history. Accompanied by his goddaughter, he soon finds himself squaring off against Jürgen Voller, a former Nazi who works for NASA. Action adventure, starring Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Antonio Banderas and Mads Mikkelsen

• Action thriller starring Dwayne Johnson, Vin Diesel and Paul Walker. Fugitive Dominic Toretto assembles his old team to steal $100 million from Brazil's most corrupt businessman so that they can disappear for ever. But with tenacious FBI agent Luke Hobbs on their trail, their plan just got a lot more complicated.

• Disney's classic animated adventure based on the novel by Dodie Smith, featuring the voice of Rod Taylor. When love blossoms between Londoners Roger and Anita, the same also occurs for their dalmatian dogs Pongo and Perdita. But when the two pooches have a litter of puppies, Anita's old schoolfriend Cruella De Vil is determined to have them at any cost. Her purpose: to make a coat from their pelts.

• Ann Lee and brother William are raised in 1730s Manchester and work in the local cotton factory. The girl becomes increasingly pious and she seeks spiritual succour at a meeting of Quakers led by James Wardley and his wife Jane.

• Pixar comedy adventure featuring the voices of Tom Hanks and Tim Allen. When Bonnie creates a new toy out of rubbish and calls it Forky, Woody finds himself chaperoning the confused creation. After Forky tries to throw himself away during a road trip, the pair end up trapped in an antique store with a creepy doll that wants Woody's voice box for herself.

• Love means framing your wife's secret suitor for a crime he didn't commit in a twisty comedy thriller directed by BenDavid Grabinski. Vengeful crime lord Sosa (Keith David) is incensed when his son Jimmy Boy (Jimmy Tatro) is sent to prison for six years because of testimony from a traitor in the ranks. Right-hand man Nick (Vince Vaughn) is entrusted with executing this rat but he manipulates the situation to his own advantage. His wife Alice (Eiza Gonzalez) is having an affair with fellow heavy Mike (James Marsden) and Nick frames Mike for Jimmy Boy's fall from grace to permanently erase his competitor for Alice's affections. The diabolical plan is derailed by a wacky turn of events and Sosa calls in a cannibalistic killer known as The Barron to clear up the mess

• Superhero adventure starring Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo and Chris Hemsworth. Several years after "Mad Titan" Thanos succeeded in destroying half the life in the universe, the surviving Avengers discover there might be a way to reverse the villain's devastating actions. But as their audacious mission gets underway, our heroes' time-bending plans prove more difficult and dangerous to execute than anticipated.

Authors

James Hibbs is a Drama Writer for Radio Times, covering programmes across both streaming platforms and linear channels. He previously worked in PR, first for a B2B agency and subsequently for international TV production company Fremantle. He possesses a BA in English and Theatre Studies and an NCTJ Level 5 Diploma in Journalism.