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在这场被称为流媒体大战的博弈中，迪士尼+强势入局，携庞大的电影和电视剧库闪亮登场，而且新内容还在不断添加。是不是已经把网飞上的内容都看完了？迪士尼+拥有数量似乎无穷无尽的漫威电影，还有大量《星球大战》和皮克斯作品。问题在于，这里的内容实在太多，让人不知从何看起。别担心，《连线》杂志来帮忙啦。以下是我们精选出的目前迪士尼+平台上的最佳影片。

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### 《阿诺拉》

肖恩·贝克在今年奥斯卡之夜捧回五项重磅大奖，包括最佳影片、最佳导演、最佳原创剧本，主演米基·麦迪逊斩获最佳女主角，这似乎让所有人都大为震惊，包括他自己。阿诺拉，也就是安妮（麦迪逊饰），是一名脱衣舞女，吸引了凡亚（马克·艾德尔施泰因饰）的注意。凡亚是个富有的年轻夜店常客，正在寻找会说俄语的舞者。安妮和凡亚很快一拍即合，他开始在夜店外花钱与她发生关系，之后还雇她进行为期一周的 “女友体验” 服务。在疯狂的拉斯维加斯之旅中，两人结了婚，一方面是为了让凡亚拿到绿卡，另一方面他也坚称自己爱上了安妮。故事一开始就像更成人版的《漂亮女人》，而当凡亚的父母得知他结婚的消息，从俄罗斯赶来逼迫这对夫妻取消婚姻时，情节变得愈发曲折，尽管安妮抗议说他们之间的感情是真实的。

### 《全然未知》

詹姆斯·曼高德执导的鲍勃·迪伦传记片虽然在八项奥斯卡提名中颗粒无收，但这并不意味着它不值得每一项提名。正如导演在年的《一往无前》（瑞茜·威瑟斯彭凭借此片荣获奥斯卡最佳女主角）中所证明的那样，曼高德深知如何以新颖有趣的方式讲述公众人物的人生故事。提莫西·查拉梅在片中出色地饰演了年轻的迪伦，那时的他刚刚开启职业生涯，融入了西村的民谣圈，随后逐渐成为其中的佼佼者。

### 《长腿》

麦卡·梦露（曾出演《神秘跟随》《不速之客》《窥视者》）在这部由奥斯古德·帕金斯（恐怖电影界传奇人物安东尼·帕金斯之子）执导、以年代为背景的令人不安的惊悚片中，继续稳坐美国顶尖尖叫女王的宝座。李·哈克（梦露饰）是一名联邦调查局特工，在追捕杀人犯方面似乎有一种第六感，因此她被派去协助调查一系列可能是连环杀手所为的谋杀 - 自杀案件。梦露饰演的这位严肃认真、一心扑在工作上的执法人员十分出彩，不过真正让这部电影大放异彩的，是尼古拉斯·凯奇那极其疯狂的表演（尽管有时这种表演偶尔会无意间滑向滑稽的边缘）。

### 《埃尔顿·约翰：永远不晚》

电影制作人R. J. 卡特勒正逐渐成为美国首屈一指的名人记录者。在拍摄了比莉·艾利什、玛莎·斯图尔特和詹姆斯·贝鲁西之后，这位纪录片导演现在将镜头对准了埃尔顿·约翰。影片跟随这位热门歌曲创作者，记录他为年在洛杉矶道奇体育场举行的最后一场北美演出做准备的过程，这场演出在迪士尼+平台进行了直播。《埃尔顿·约翰：永远不晚》在时间线上来回穿梭，利用存档采访和此前未公开的镜头，全面展现了这位音乐家长达数十年的职业生涯。如果说这部影片没有其他意义，也可以将它看作是年传记片《火箭人》的配套作品。

### 《死侍与金刚狼》

死侍系列电影向来以公然反超级英雄电影和大胆的R级风格脱颖而出。尽管《死侍与金刚狼》是该系列中首部正式成为漫威电影宇宙一部分的影片（经过多年制作延期和一次大规模的制片厂收购才得以实现），但它和之前的几部一样粗俗。瑞安·雷诺兹上一次以 “话痨佣兵” 死侍的形象出现在银幕上已经是六年前的事了，如今的死侍可能已经跌到了人生谷底。当他有机会挽回在另一个时间线中失去的生活和爱情时，他必须寻求极为冷漠的金刚狼（休·杰克曼饰）的帮助才能实现。雷诺兹和杰克曼在银幕上的化学反应十足，这场 “满嘴脏话” 的合作不容错过。

### 《异形：夺命舰》

《异形：夺命舰》的故事设定在雷德利·斯科特执导的《异形》（年）和詹姆斯·卡梅隆执导的《异形2》（年）之间，作为异形系列的第九部电影，其情节设定并不陌生：一群人因各种原因在宇宙中穿梭，偶然间发现了一个废弃的空间站，最终不幸与异形们（也就是抱脸虫、破胸者和异形怪兽）遭遇。要为一个有着年历史的经典系列注入新的活力并非易事，但曾执导年《鬼玩人》翻拍版的编剧兼导演费德·阿尔瓦雷兹，在《异形：夺命舰》中做到了这一点。

### 《公路日记：布鲁斯·斯普林斯汀与E街乐队》

布鲁斯·斯普林斯汀从新冠疫情封锁中走出后，热情高涨，准备带来一场超棒的演出。为了拍摄《公路日记》，这位 “老板” 给导演汤姆·齐姆尼提供了全方位的拍摄许可，记录他和E街乐队自年以来的巡演筹备过程，其中包括存档镜头以及对乐队成员和斯普林斯汀本人的采访。齐姆尼记录这位摇滚歌手的巡演生活已有二十多年，并且凭借此获得了两项艾美奖（分别是年的《布鲁斯·斯普林斯汀与E街乐队：纽约现场》和年的《斯普林斯汀百老汇秀》），因此这部纪录片对于任何一位粉丝来说都是必看之作。

### 《头脑特工队2》

尽管皮克斯的奥斯卡获奖影片《头脑特工队》已经上映年了，但这部续集的故事紧接着第一部结尾两年后展开。如今岁的莱莉正式步入青少年时期，还不太能应对这一阶段随之而来的各种新情绪。其中包括焦虑（玛雅·霍克配音）、嫉妒（阿约·艾德维利配音）、倦怠（阿黛尔·艾克萨勒霍布洛斯配音）和尴尬（保罗·沃尔特·豪泽配音）。幸运的是，对于莱莉和她的父母来说，快乐（艾米·波勒配音）仍然在那里帮助平衡这些情绪。皮克斯再次成功打造了一部既有深刻寓意，又能让全家都乐在其中的电影。

### 《爱，吉尔达》

虽然丽莎·达波利托关于吉尔达·拉德纳生平的纪录片于年上映，但它在当下依然十分应景，尤其是在《周六夜现场》迎来第季之际。这部影片云集了多年来《周六夜现场》的众多明星，特别关注了那些在喜剧界受拉德纳提携的女性（比如艾米·波勒、玛雅·鲁道夫和梅丽莎·麦卡西）。影片中既有最近才发现的音频录音、日记摘录，还有拉德纳的家庭录像，再加上她的朋友和仰慕者的采访，进一步丰富了影片的背景。这是一幅令人动容的画像，描绘了一位开创性的艺术家，她的生命过早地消逝了。

### 《头脑特工队》

别哭。但又想哭，尽情地哭吧。《头脑特工队》完美实现了每一部皮克斯电影所追求的目标。从表面上看，它以喜剧的视角展现了人类的情感、孩子成长的复杂性以及家庭生活的微妙平衡。但通过真正深入岁女孩莱莉的内心世界，这部电影找到了一种将情感具象化的方式，既充满喜剧色彩，又深刻而巧妙。

### 《海滩男孩》

“我们的经历肯定有起有落，” 歌手兼词曲作者迈克·洛夫在《海滩男孩》中说道，“可能有六次我们都被认为要完了。” 然而，在乐队成立多年后的今天，这些加州梦想家一次又一次地打破了观众的预期，并在这个过程中重新定义了流行音乐的可能。弗兰克·马歇尔和汤姆·齐姆尼共同执导了这部富有洞察力的纪录片，其中有对洛夫、布莱恩·威尔逊和艾尔·贾丁的全新采访，更不用说那些受他们启发的众多艺术家（包括林赛·巴克林、加奈儿·梦奈、唐·瓦斯和瑞安·泰德等）。

### 《了不起的狐狸爸爸》

韦斯·安德森为这部改编自罗尔德·达尔儿童小说的精美定格动画，集结了全明星的演员阵容和制作团队。狐狸先生（乔治·克鲁尼配音）在妻子（梅丽尔·斯特里普配音）透露自己怀孕后，向她承诺会停止偷猎农场的行为。几年后，这只狡猾的狐狸感到焦虑不安，当诱惑就在隔壁敲门时，他又忍不住想要重拾过去的 “犯罪” 爱好。但是，当大量新鲜食物开始出现在他们家时，狐狸太太开始怀疑有什么不对劲。更糟糕的是，当地的农民对这只讨厌的狐狸的偷猎行为极为不满，于是联合起来采取行动。诺亚·鲍姆巴赫与安德森共同撰写了剧本，演员阵容中包括许多安德森的长期合作伙伴，如比尔·默瑞、杰森·施瓦茨曼和欧文·威尔逊。

### 《吉姆·汉森：创意大师》

观看《吉姆·汉森：创意大师》的预告片时，你会不禁思考：为什么到现在才出现一部全面介绍吉姆·汉森的纪录片呢？木偶剧、《魔幻迷宫》《芝麻街》，这位木偶操纵者都参与其中。在这部纪录片中，罗恩·霍华德审视了汉森不知疲倦的工作、他令人难以置信的影响力以及他留下的遗产。

### 《顺其自然》

如果彼得·杰克逊年的三集纪录片《回归》（同样在迪士尼+平台上）让你还想更深入地了解披头士乐队，这里有一个好消息和一个坏消息：《顺其自然》就是这部纪录片的原始素材来源，这部年的纪录片中的很多镜头都被用在了《回归》里。好消息是，这部电影的原始毫米胶片在过去年里大多未曾公开放映，现在由杰克逊（又是他）精心修复。虽然它缺少了系列片中的一些情感细节，因为我们较少看到乐队在濒临解散时那些有时令人尴尬的互动，但它就像一个精彩的时间胶囊，承载着它诞生时的那个时代。你可以把这两部作品搭配起来一口气看完（再加上《艾比路：如果这些墙壁会歌唱》就更完美了）。

### 《灵魂乐之夏》

阿米尔·“奎斯特洛夫”·汤普森以这部纪录片完成了他的导演首秀，影片讲述了具有开创性意义的哈莱姆文化节，这是一场为期六周的对黑人文化的庆祝活动，涵盖音乐、历史、时尚等多个方面。影片中展示了一些鲜为人知的表演片段，表演者包括史蒂夫·汪德、妮娜·西蒙、格拉迪斯·奈特与披头士乐队，以及斯莱与斯通一家乐队。为什么你从未听说过这个活动呢？可能是因为它被同一时期的伍德斯托克音乐节掩盖了光芒，年夏天，伍德斯托克音乐节和哈莱姆文化节同期举行。具有讽刺意味的是，当这部电影在年奥斯卡颁奖典礼上获得最佳纪录片奖时，它再次被抢了风头：就在颁发这个奖项时，威尔·史密斯在舞台上臭名昭著地扇了克里斯·洛克一巴掌。（现在是你弥补错过获奖感言的机会了。）

### 《泰勒·斯威夫特：时代巡回演唱会（泰勒版）》

你是那些幸运儿之一，亲临现场观看了泰勒·斯威夫特的时代巡回演唱会吗？或者你在电影院看过《泰勒·斯威夫特：时代巡回演唱会》？猜猜怎么着？现在你还可以在迪士尼+上观看！《泰勒·斯威夫特：时代巡回演唱会（泰勒版）》和在AMC影院上映的版本类似，但它增加了四首原声歌曲：《你恋爱了》《千刀万剐》《我能看见你》和《栗色》。它还收录了《民间传说》专辑中的歌曲《羊毛衫》。所以，无论你是看过巡演、在电影院看过，还是两者都没看过，现在又多了一种欣赏泰勒的方式。你准备好了吗？

### 《惊奇队长2》

自年《惊奇队长》上映以来，布丽·拉尔森已成为漫威电影宇宙中最耀眼的明星之一。尽管《惊奇队长2》被称为漫威宇宙中票房最低的电影，但这并不应妨碍你观看它。在这部续集中，拉尔森饰演的惊奇队长与莫妮卡·兰博（泰柔娜·派丽丝饰）和卡玛拉·汗 / 惊奇女士（伊曼·韦拉尼饰）联手，试图操控时空以拯救世界，而且还有猫咪加入！

### 《X战警》

像《X战警》这样深受喜爱的作品，在从漫画改编成电影时，必然会有不少批评的声音。但第一部《X战警》电影凭借其引人入胜的故事情节和出色的演员阵容，成功打动了持怀疑态度的漫画粉丝和对变种人战争不了解的新观众，演员阵容包括帕特里克·斯图尔特、伊恩·麦凯伦、哈莉·贝瑞、安娜·帕奎因，以及当时的新人休·杰克曼。这部电影开启了一个不断壮大的系列，讲述了变种人与人类之间的战争，目前该系列共有部电影，票房总收入超过亿美元。随着《X战警》正式成为漫威影业的一部分，可以期待看到更多这个系列的角色（首先是前面提到的《死侍与金刚狼》，以及备受期待的年的《复仇者联盟：末日之战》）。在此之前，不妨重温这部年的经典之作，为未来做好准备。

### 《夺宝奇兵5：命运转盘》

要达到《夺宝奇兵2：魔域奇兵》或《夺宝奇兵1：法柜奇兵》这样的永恒经典的高度或许不太可能，但《夺宝奇兵》系列的这部最新作品让哈里森·福特再次拿起了皮鞭，让他能够与纳粹战斗，并最终（也许）为他寻找文物的一生画上句号。这部由詹姆斯·曼高德执导的电影，还得益于菲比·沃勒 - 布里奇带来的精彩幽默和活力，她饰演的海伦娜是印第安纳·琼斯一位老盟友的女儿，她对命运转盘这个古老的时间旅行装置的兴趣可能并不单纯，而琼斯博士当然认为它应该被收藏在博物馆里。

### 《蜘蛛侠：英雄远征》

由汤姆·赫兰德饰演蜘蛛侠的《蜘蛛侠：英雄远征》，作为漫威电影宇宙第四阶段的首部电影，意义非凡，同时这也是我们首次看到复仇者联盟成员在《复仇者联盟：终局之战》之后努力恢复生活的样子。对于彼得·帕克来说，这意味着要参加一次无聊的班级欧洲旅行，但当地球遭到一群邪恶的元素众的袭击时，一切都变得不一样了，蜘蛛侠只有在神秘且名字恰如其分的神秘客（杰克·吉伦哈尔饰）的帮助下才能与之战斗。

### 《窈窕奶爸》

丹尼尔·希拉德（罗宾·威廉姆斯饰）是一位工作机会不多的配音演员，也是三个孩子的慈爱父亲，他刚刚被妻子抛弃，每周只能见孩子一天。于是他做了任何一个 “理性” 的人都会做的事：让刚好是化妆师的哥哥把他打扮成一位年长的女性，然后去应聘前妻米兰达（莎莉·菲尔德饰）家的保姆。米兰达竟然没有意识到，她托付孩子的这个人就是和她结婚十多年的丈夫，这或许更能说明她的为人。别管这个荒唐的设定了，尽情享受罗宾·威廉姆斯长达两个多小时的精彩表演吧。祝你观影愉快！

### 《长大》

少年乔什·巴斯金（大卫·莫斯科饰）在一台 “佐尔塔” 许愿机前许愿，希望自己能一夜长大，第二天早上，他发现镜子里出现了长大后的自己（汤姆·汉克斯饰）。为了隐藏突然长大的身体，巴斯金躲到了纽约市，在那里，他意外得到了一份在玩具公司的理想工作，并遇到了他的梦中情人（伊丽莎白·帕金斯饰）。《长大》这部电影让汤姆·汉克斯一举成名（这也是他首次获得奥斯卡提名）。但最初这部电影定下的主演是罗伯特·德尼罗，由于档期冲突他不得不退出，汉克斯才得以接替。

### 《海底总动员》

尼莫（亚历山大·古尔德配音）是一条鳍有缺陷的小丑鱼，他的爸爸马林（艾伯特·布鲁克斯配音）总是无休止地担心他的安全。考虑到尼莫的妈妈和所有兄弟姐妹在卵孵化前不久就成了梭鱼的受害者，马林的担心也情有可原。所以当尼莫在大堡礁游泳时被抓走后，马林必须去寻找并拯救他唯一的儿子。这部电影拥有全明星配音阵容，由永远出色的布鲁克斯领衔，艾伦·德杰尼勒斯为一只健忘的蓝唐王鱼多莉配音（多莉后来还主演了自己的冒险故事）。《海底总动员》是皮克斯电影制作的黄金时期的作品之一，每一部新作似乎都超越了之前堪称完美的前作。

### 《公主新娘》

罗伯·莱纳执导了这部冒险喜剧童话电影，编剧是威廉·戈德曼（这位传奇编剧曾有句名言：“在好莱坞，没人知道会发生什么”），改编自他自己的小说。这部充满经典台词的电影讲述了一个名叫巴特卡普（罗宾·怀特饰）的年轻女子的故事，她已与一位王子（克里斯·萨兰登饰）订婚，但实际上深爱着曾经的农场雇工韦斯特利（凯里·埃尔维斯饰），她以为韦斯特利在一次海盗袭击中丧生了。当巴特卡普在婚礼前几天被绑架后，一连串事件接踵而至，这对恋人有可能重逢，也可能面临死亡的威胁（或者两人都有危险）。戈德曼对自己的作品向来挑剔，但他并不介意因两部电影而受到赞誉，《公主新娘》就是其中之一（另一部是《虎豹小霸王》）。

### 《小美人鱼》

这部真人版的《小美人鱼》是否超越了年那部备受喜爱的动画经典呢？当然没有。但迪士尼在重新演绎你儿时喜爱的电影方面可谓势不可挡，而这是迪士尼众多作品中比较出色的一部。奥斯卡提名导演罗伯·马歇尔（曾执导《芝加哥》《欢乐满人间2》《魔法黑森林》）执导了这个关于一位渴望成为“你的世界的一部分”（和我们一起唱）的小美人鱼的故事。不过，真正让《小美人鱼》值得一看的是哈莉·贝利，她饰演的爱丽儿表现出色，极具感染力。

### 《圣诞夜惊魂》

无论你把亨利·塞利克这部充满想象力的定格动画冒险电影看作是万圣节电影，还是圣诞电影，其实都无所谓，因为任何时候把《圣诞夜惊魂》加入你的观影清单（或者重温清单）都不会错。当万圣节镇的恶作剧者们，包括南瓜王杰克·斯凯林顿，发现了圣诞节的魔力后，他们决定绑架圣诞老人，并将两个节日都据为己有。即使在如今这个被电脑生成图像（CGI）充斥的世界里，《圣诞夜惊魂》背后的艺术造诣依然令人赞叹不已，其既诡异又适合儿童的基调让全家人都能看得开心。如果你有兴致，还有合唱版可供选择。

### 《灰姑娘》

以防你不知道这个故事：灰姑娘失去了她深爱的母亲后，父亲娶了一个恶毒的女人，她还有两个同样恶毒的女儿。当她们整天折磨善良的灰姑娘时，全天下最迷人的单身汉——白马王子，却只对灰姑娘情有独钟。《灰姑娘》自首次上映年来，依然是迪士尼的经典之作，这是有原因的。现在，经过数年精心修复的4K版《灰姑娘》又回来了。

### 《阿凡达：水之道》

年末，在《阿凡达》首次上映的前一周，詹姆斯·卡梅隆宣布他打算将这部电影打造成一个完整的系列。但导演花了很长时间才将计划付诸实践。《阿凡达：水之道》讲述了蓝色恋人杰克（萨姆·沃辛顿饰）和奈蒂莉（佐伊·索尔达娜饰）的故事，他们现在已经结婚并有了孩子，该片于年末上映，距离第一部上映整整年。但卡梅隆很明智地将故事设定在《阿凡达》事件发生年后，为自己争取了一些时间。虽然评论褒贬不一，但它最终还是成为了有史以来票房第三高的电影，再次证明了卡梅隆在票房方面有着点石成金的魔力。当该系列的第三部电影《阿凡达：火与灰烬》在月上映时，我们再来看看这种魔力是否依然存在。

### 《无敌浩克》

对于漫威粉丝来说，马克·鲁法洛是唯一的布鲁斯·班纳。但在他之前，埃里克·巴纳在年的《绿巨人浩克》中尝试过这个超级英雄的角色，之后在年的这部电影中，爱德华·诺顿接过了这个角色，而这部电影很不幸，在《钢铁侠》上映仅一个月后就登陆影院。漫威电影宇宙的时间线向来有些混乱，但观众们不应该轻易忽视这部电影，尤其是那些想放松一下，观看一部精彩的夏日爆米花电影的人。诺顿可能缺乏鲁法洛那种浑然天成的魅力，但他很好地诠释了绿巨人博士这个角色的特点。尽管这部电影在很大程度上（而且是错误地）被遗忘了，但在2月，丽芙·泰勒在《美国队长：新世界》中回归，再次饰演布鲁斯的恋人贝蒂·罗斯，投入（新的）布鲁斯的怀抱，这让这部电影重新受到关注。

### 《骷髅之舞》

经典动画的粉丝们会喜欢迪士尼+片库中二十多部经过全新修复的老短片的每一秒。其中最令人兴奋的作品之一是《骷髅之舞》，它在年彻底革新了卡通文化。华特·迪士尼亲自编写、导演并制作了这部阴森的喜剧，片中一群复活的骷髅从坟墓中起身，没错，它们开始跳舞。这实际上比听起来要有趣和令人印象深刻得多。

### 《斯坦·李》

斯坦·李无疑是漫画界最广为人知的名字，他对漫画这一领域以及整个流行文化的影响怎么强调都不为过。导演大卫·盖尔布关于“这位传奇人物”的纪录片不仅深入探讨了他的遗产，还讲述了他的生平故事。这部纪录片追溯了这位漫画大师的一生，从他早年在纽约市的时光，到他共同创造出蜘蛛侠和黑豹等标志性角色的经历，再到他成为每个人都喜爱的漫威电影客串明星的时光，对于任何一位粉丝来说，《斯坦·李》都是必看之作。

### 《蜘蛛侠》

虽然山姆·雷米执导、托比·马奎尔主演的《蜘蛛侠》系列电影早于漫威电影宇宙的正式诞生，但这位著名导演确实为未来的漫威宇宙奠定了基础，其作品融合了扎实的故事叙述、真实的笑点和令人印象深刻的视觉效果。马奎尔完美地诠释了笨拙而迷人的彼得·帕克，他刚刚发现自己的超级英雄能力，正在学习如何驾驭它们。

### 《毒液》

《毒液》可能没有得到影评人的青睐，但《连线》资深编辑安吉拉·沃特卡特精准地指出了这部电影的特点，她称其为“一部有潜力成为经典邪典电影的烂片”。尽管这部电影拥有强大的演员阵容，与《奇异博士》不相上下——汤姆·哈迪领衔主演，米歇尔·威廉姆斯和里兹·阿迈德共同出演，还有《僵尸之地》的导演鲁本·弗雷斯彻执导，但最终的结果有点混乱。尽管如此，它还是有一种莫名的吸引力，即使你只是打开它，看着哈迪含糊不清地说话、吃薯饼，在分钟里几乎把场景都“嚼”了一遍，也会觉得很有意思。

### 《星球大战》原版三部曲

自然，《星球大战》是迪士尼+的一大亮点。不用说（或者至少应该是不言而喻的），构成原版三部曲的这些电影是其中的精华，而且如果你不想一口气看完十几部相关电影，那么这些是你唯一应该观看的《星球大战》电影。对于更挑剔的粉丝来说，需要注意的是，这些版本是乔治·卢卡斯在电影发行后进行过修改的版本。有些修改，比如云城及其周边改进后的视觉效果，是经过深思熟虑的补充，但其他一些修改则更具争议性。

### 《星球大战》前传三部曲

在《星球大战4：新希望》（也就是通常所说的《星球大战》）帮助定义了好莱坞大片二十多年后，乔治·卢卡斯为新一代电影观众带来了全新的三部曲。结果正如你所预料的那样。我们不会假装《星球大战1：幽灵的威胁》（年）、《星球大战2：克隆人的进攻》（年）和《星球大战3：西斯的复仇》（年）有哪怕一丁点儿原版电影的精髓、幽默或英雄主义。但它们已经成为流行文化的重要组成部分，也是科幻迷们的必经之路，哪怕只是为了明白大家为什么那么讨厌加·加·宾克斯。

### 《星球大战》后传三部曲

年，迪士尼以亿美元收购了卢卡斯影业，这基本上相当于乔治·卢卡斯把千年隼号的钥匙交了出去。粉丝们对迪士尼是否有能力（甚至是否愿意）重现该系列最初创作时那种略带反主流文化的氛围持合理的怀疑态度，但有一个充满希望的想法让他们团结在一起：无论迪士尼推出什么，都不会比前传三部曲更糟糕。事实证明他们是对的。通过将执导权交给J.J. 艾布拉姆斯（《星球大战：原力觉醒》）、莱恩·约翰逊（《星球大战：最后的绝地武士》），然后再次交给艾布拉姆斯（《星球大战：天行者崛起》），这个系列更像是一封写给原版电影以及受其启发的几代电影制作人和粉丝的情书。令人高兴的是，演员黛西·雷德利、约翰·博耶加、奥斯卡·伊萨克和亚当·德赖弗证明了他们是那些在他们之前的走私者、拾荒者、绝地大师和西斯领主的合格继任者。

### 《黑豹2：瓦坎达万岁》

正如《连线》资深作家杰森·帕尔哈姆在他对《黑豹2：瓦坎达万岁》的评论中所写的那样，这部电影因查德维克·博斯曼的缺席而笼罩着一层阴影，博斯曼是漫威电影宇宙中最初的黑豹特查拉，他在年与结肠癌抗争后去世。因此，编剧兼导演瑞恩·库格勒不得不制作一部截然不同的超级英雄电影，既要处理主角的离世，又要将漫威的电影故事情节推进到下一个阶段。“漫威电影很少能如此毫不退缩地聚焦于悲伤的波澜，” 帕尔哈姆写道，“库格勒为他的续集赋予了一种不同的表达语言：它既讲述失去，也讲述胜利。悲伤是它的母语。” 为此，导演利用特查拉的去世引入了一位新的黑豹，以及新的英雄（钢铁之心）和从对手变为盟友的角色（纳摩）。

### 《青春变形记》

美莉是一个岁的女孩，她有一个困扰：每当她被任何一种强烈的情绪所左右时（在那个年纪，几乎任何情绪都可能很强烈），她就会变成一只巨大的红色熊猫。最终，美莉了解到这是家族遗传的特质。虽然有人想利用她的超自然能力，但她逐渐明白，只有自己才有能力控制这些能力。可以把这部电影看作是年《头脑特工队》的精神续作，《头脑特工队》探索了一个岁孩子不断变化的复杂内心情绪世界。

### 《艾比路：如果这些墙壁会歌唱》

艾比路录音室最为人所知的是，披头士乐队在这里录制了他们一些最具标志性的专辑，包括年的《艾比路》。但这个传奇音乐工作室的神圣殿堂在音乐产业中扮演了更重要的角色，因为从埃尔顿·约翰、平克·弗洛伊德、艾瑞莎·富兰克林到艾米·怀恩豪斯、Lady Gaga、电台司令、阿黛尔、绿洲乐队、凯特·布什和弗兰克·奥申等众多音乐人都曾在这里录制作品。这部纪录片在彼得·杰克逊的纪录片系列《披头士：回归》（同样在迪士尼+平台上播放，强烈推荐）之后推出，由保罗·麦卡特尼爵士的女儿玛丽·麦卡特尼执导，她几乎是在这个工作室里长大的，因此能够以应有的敬意来呈现这个主题。

### 《阿凡达》

年，詹姆斯·卡梅隆的《阿凡达》在影院上映时，成为了人们热议的话题，随后它迅速斩获了超过亿美元的票房，成为了那座让卡梅隆另一部史诗巨作《泰坦尼克号》（年）从有史以来票房最高电影宝座上跌落的“冰山”。然而，对于一部赚得盆满钵满的电影来说，它在关于电影的文化讨论中却从未占据过重要地位。和卡梅隆的许多作品一样，它的创新很大程度上源于为了实现拍摄而不得不发明的技术。

### 《钢铁侠》

自年以来，漫威电影宇宙已经推出了近三十多部电影，但其中第一部《钢铁侠》至今仍是最优秀的作品之一。很难想象导演乔恩·费儒当初为了让小罗伯特·唐尼出演主角费了多大的劲，毕竟唐尼可以说是漫威电影宇宙中最受喜爱的角色之一。在整个漫威系列电影和共享的电视宇宙诞生之前，唐尼饰演的托尼·斯塔克 / 钢铁侠只是被允许自由发挥。事实证明，这是一个对所有相关方都有回报的冒险之举。

### 《西区故事》

从马丁·斯科塞斯到斯派克·李，几乎每一位伟大的导演都曾制作过（或者至少尝试制作过）一部宏大的好莱坞音乐剧，这或许是最难成功驾驭的电影类型之一。当史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格决定改编杰罗姆·罗宾斯、伦纳德·伯恩斯坦、斯蒂芬·桑德海姆和亚瑟·劳伦茨的《西区故事》时，他让这个任务变得更加艰巨，因为罗伯特·怀斯在年已经对其进行了改编并获得了广泛赞誉。但是，斯皮尔伯格（毕竟是斯皮尔伯格）成功地对托尼（安塞尔·艾尔高特饰）和玛丽亚（瑞秋·泽格勒饰）的故事进行了更新演绎，这对陷入热恋的青少年被困在两个街头帮派——鲨鱼帮和喷气机帮——日益激烈的对抗之中。这次更新既向原版致敬（比如让丽塔·莫雷诺出演，她在怀斯的电影中饰演安妮塔并因此获得奥斯卡奖），又对原版中一些有争议的方面进行了改进（比如让娜塔莉·伍德饰演波多黎各青少年的角色）。

### 《小姐与流浪汉》

当然，你可以观看迪士尼+推出后不久上线的真人版 / 电脑生成图像（CGI）版《小姐与流浪汉》，但既然年的原版也在平台上，为什么还要费那个劲呢？抛开当时常见的那些相当粗俗的刻板印象（这部电影现在有了一个提示说明，尽管最近刚刚重新措辞），《小姐与流浪汉》仍然是迪士尼最具标志性的动画之一，也是一个永恒的爱情故事。当一只被宠坏的可卡犬小姐发现自己要和一个新生婴儿争夺主人的关注时，她最终跑了出去，结识了一只邋遢但迷人的杂种狗流浪汉。最终，小姐需要在她一直以来所熟知的与吉姆·迪尔和达林一起的奢华生活，和与充满浪漫情怀的流浪汉一起吃意大利面残羹剩饭的生活之间做出选择——除非还有别的办法。

### 《布偶大电影》

在年，《布偶秀》和《布偶大电影》让吉姆·汉森和布偶们无处不在。他们的第一部大银幕作品更像是一部前传，讲述了科米蛙从佛罗里达州的一片沼泽出发，前往好莱坞追求成为电影明星梦想的旅程。在这个过程中，我们见证了他在哪里以及如何遇到了他的布偶伙伴们，从福滋熊到猪小姐。当一位名叫霍珀博士的餐馆老板对科米蛙拒绝成为他连锁店著名炸青蛙腿的代言人这件事很不高兴，并跟踪科米蛙寻求报复时，各种闹剧随之而来。

### 《夏日友晴天》

恩里科·卡萨罗萨执导的《夏日友晴天》在年获得了奥斯卡最佳动画长片提名，其甜蜜而深情的故事讲述了一个名叫卢卡的小男孩，他隐藏着一个惊人的秘密：他是一个海怪，生活在意大利里维埃拉的一个小镇上，而这个小镇的人极其厌恶他的同类。最终，《夏日友晴天》是一部感人至深的成长电影，关于友谊、家庭以及克服我们自身的偏见，它确实是皮克斯最优秀的作品之一。

### 《惊奇队长》

漫威在整个漫威电影宇宙系列（到目前为止）中最大的错误就是没有早点推出《惊奇队长》这部电影。这部设定在过去的电影见证了惊奇队长（布丽·拉尔森饰）的崛起，她发现了自己的起源故事并逐渐掌握了自己的超能力。这部电影是漫威宇宙中首部以女性为主角的作品，无论是在背景设定还是风格上都充满了年代的精神，还有大量塞缪尔·L·杰克逊的精彩演绎，以及一部大片动作电影应有的情节和巧妙之处。拉尔森为她强大的角色增添了恰到好处的讽刺感，而杰克逊的表演则令人惊叹，共同造就了这分钟的超级有趣的观影体验。

### 《蚁人》

谁不喜欢盗窃题材的电影呢？保罗·路德在漫威电影宇宙的首次亮相，就像是在《复仇者联盟2：奥创纪元》中那些沉重、震撼地球的事件之后的一次清新调剂。路德饰演斯科特·朗，一个改过自新的罪犯，他与汉克·皮姆（迈克尔·道格拉斯饰）和皮姆的女儿（伊万杰琳·莉莉饰）合作，以防止皮姆的缩小技术落入坏人之手。这部电影对量子物理学的描绘在欧洲核子研究中心（CERN）可能站不住脚，但它非常有趣——这在一定程度上要归功于迈克尔·佩尼亚饰演的朗的前狱友路易斯的精彩表现，当然还有路德那传奇般的亲和力。如果你想尽情享受保罗·路德的表演，《蚁人与黄蜂女》和《蚁人与黄蜂女：量子狂潮》也在迪士尼+平台上可供观看。

### 《花木兰》

在新冠疫情大流行导致几乎整个电影行业停摆之后，迪士尼决定对其真人版《花木兰》采取新的发行策略，将其提供给迪士尼+的订阅用户，而不是在影院上映。这部电影是迪士尼近期一系列真人翻拍作品中的最新一部，刘亦菲在片中饰演主角花木兰，影评对演员阵容、视觉效果和动作场面都给予了好评。

### 《复仇者联盟4：终局之战》

在这部堪称所有漫威大片终章的电影中，有那么一个时刻，你会意识到编剧斯蒂芬·麦克菲利和克里斯托弗·马库斯在漫威电影宇宙中完全借鉴了《哈利·波特与被诅咒的孩子》的思路。一旦你熬过了相当沉闷的开头，就可以静下心来享受你对任何一部《复仇者联盟》电影所期待的情节：托尼·斯塔克妙语连珠；奇异博士用手施展奇怪的法术；绿巨人浩克教授解释正在发生的科学原理；黑寡妇和惊奇队长在情感和身体上都大显身手。这是一场以充满焦虑的传送门驱动的大型战斗为形式的、混乱但史诗般的交接棒仪式。而且我们不得不承认：我们看过那些观众的反应视频，它们也非常有趣。

### 《汉密尔顿》

如果你只是从高得离谱的票价和原声带的片段中了解林 - 曼努尔·米兰达的这部音乐剧，那么现在你有机会知道大家究竟在为什么而激动了。在将其在影院上映的计划取消后，一个由原百老汇演员出演、通过六台摄像机在两场演出中录制的版本被放到了迪士尼+平台上。除了几个被审查的脏话以及它是由托马斯·凯尔执导这一事实外，它基本上就是同一部剧——一部充满活力、富有同情心、诙谐机智的嘻哈音乐剧，讲述了美国开国元勋亚历山大·汉密尔顿的故事。

### 《海洋奇缘》

对于“在看完《冰雪奇缘》和《冰雪奇缘2》之后该看什么呢”这个问题，《海洋奇缘》其实是一个不错的答案，而且它实际上比《冰雪奇缘》更出色。我们这么说的意思是，它有更好的原声带、更出色的女主角、更精美的视觉效果以及更精彩的支线任务。此外，还有巨石强森为一个纹身半神配音，杰梅因·克莱门特为一只模仿大卫·鲍伊的巨大螃蟹配音，这些都为影片增色不少。故事设定在数千年前，在一个受波利尼西亚启发的虚构岛屿莫图努伊上，莫阿娜的英雄之旅相当经典，但华丽的动画和林 - 曼努尔·米兰达创作的歌曲使它成为迪士尼的顶级作品。（当然，我们很想看看塔伊加·维迪提最初的剧本，但没有它我们也能接受。）去年不太受欢迎的续集《海洋奇缘2》现在也在迪士尼+上播放（两部电影的合唱版也都有）。

### 《徒手攀岩》

如果你的朋友告诉你，他们决定在没有绳索的情况下，独自攀登加利福尼亚约塞米蒂国家公园那高达英尺的垂直花岗岩峭壁埃尔卡皮坦，你可能会觉得他们疯了。但这正是亚历克斯·霍诺德在年着手去做的事情。霍诺德攀登垂直峭壁的过程被他的两位导演朋友伊丽莎白·柴·瓦萨赫伊和金国威记录了下来，他试图成为世界上第一个徒手攀登埃尔卡皮坦的人。但这部纪录片不仅仅是关于攀登的过程，还讲述了霍诺德复杂的生活、他的情感问题，以及所有驱使他去追求这个任何徒手攀岩者都尝试过的最危险任务之一的因素。《徒手攀岩》的摄影画面美得令人眩晕，整个影片会让你紧张得紧紧抓住椅子扶手。

### 《亲爱的，我把孩子缩小了》

韦恩·萨林斯基（里克·莫拉尼斯饰）是一位实验发明家，他发明了一台电磁缩小机器。不出所料，他不小心把自己的孩子（如果你从片名还没猜到的话），还有隔壁邻居的孩子都缩小了，然后在不知情的情况下把他们扔进了垃圾桶。为了恢复正常大小，这些小不点们必须穿过自家（现在看起来巨大无比的）院子，回到房子里。当你的大小只有阿司匹林的一半时，这一路上充满了危险。

### 《玩具总动员》（全系列）

起初，似乎皮克斯再也无法制作出像年的原版《玩具总动员》那样优秀的作品了，但随后的三部电影都为这个系列增添了深度。所有这些电影都广受赞誉，而且都可以在迪士尼+上观看。当把这四部电影放在一起时，它们讲述了一个关于成长以及生活中一切不可避免地发生变化的故事。胡迪（汤姆·汉克斯配音）和他的伙伴们从学习如何应对新成员，到理解失去的意义。这也反映在了演员阵容的变化上：在《玩具总动员4》中，蛋头先生的配音是通过存档录音完成的，因为配音演员唐·里克斯在电影上映前去世了。

### 《狮子王》

还记得年版《狮子王》中那场可怕的 wildebeest（角马）狂奔的场景吗？实际上，那个场景是用电脑动画制作的，因为手工绘制它们需要很长很长时间。制作团队特别注意将其与手绘风格的背景融合在一起，而这一切都发生在次年《玩具总动员》上映之前。这一切都说明，年代的这个版本不仅是一部无需任何改进的完美电影（尽管年还是推出了一个缺乏魅力的翻拍版，如果你想比较一下的话，这个翻拍版也在迪士尼+上播放），而且它也是使用电脑生成图像（CGI）动画的最佳《狮子王》版本。

### 《我恨你的十件事》

希斯·莱杰在露天看台上演唱《无法将视线从你身上移开》的场景，是这部顶级高中浪漫喜剧的标志性时刻。这部电影的情节改编自《驯悍记》，演员阵容包括莱杰、朱莉娅·斯蒂尔斯和约瑟夫·高登 - 莱维特，他们都非常可爱，而且年代后期的怀旧氛围十分浓厚。在迪士尼+推出的众多科幻和动画作品中，《我恨你的十件事》提供了急需的多样性，它是一部非常棒的让人感到舒适的电影。

### 《电子世界争霸战》和《创：战纪》

《电子世界争霸战》及其现代续集《创：战纪》并不是典型的迪士尼电影。在原版电影中，一位程序员（杰夫·布里吉斯饰）被困在了一个计算机系统中，在那里他遇到了并与一些程序成为了朋友，其中包括同名英雄创，这些程序正在抵抗日益强大的人工智能——主控制程序的力量。它成为了一部科幻邪典经典，促使了现代续集的诞生，续集中延续了故事，并拥有由蠢朋克乐队共同创作的史诗般的配乐。两部电影都值得一看，即使续集在某些地方感觉有些单薄。

### 《风云际会》

对于年代奇幻电影的粉丝来说，这又是一次怀旧盛宴。《风云际会》是一部适合全家观看的神话冒险电影，最好将其视为乔治·卢卡斯和罗恩·霍华德花费万美元制作的有趣的托尔金式粉丝小说。一个农民肩负着保护一个魔法婴儿免受邪恶女王侵害的故事，并不是世界上最原创的故事，但这并没有阻止它成为一部经典之作，沃里克·戴维斯饰演威洛·乌夫古德，瓦尔·基尔默挥舞着剑。这是经典的周日下午观影选择。

### 《美国队长2：冬日战士》

《美国队长2：冬日战士》是漫威最好的电影之一。它为角色的安静时刻留出了时间，而且动作场面虽然依然精彩，但感觉比主线电影中那些由电脑生成图像驱动的震撼场景更接地气、更真实。在这部电影中，美国队长与由罗伯特·雷德福饰演的亚历山大·皮尔斯领导的神盾局中的一个流氓组织展开了对抗。

### 《雷神3：诸神黄昏》

《雷神》系列的前两部电影是整个系列中最差的作品之一——克里斯·海姆斯沃斯饰演的雷神索尔沉闷无趣，毫无魅力。但在这部电影中，导演塔伊加·维迪提为影片注入了急需的活力，大量借鉴了漫画中的“浩克星球”故事情节。索尔发现自己被困在一个奇异的星球上，这个星球由杰夫·高布伦（他几乎就是在演自己）统治。在那里，他遇到了自《美国队长3：内战》事件后失踪的布鲁斯·班纳的浩克。这部电影非常有趣，可以说是该系列中最好的一部。

### 《侠盗一号：星球大战外传》

较新的《星球大战》独立电影往往会引发强烈的争议，《侠盗一号：星球大战外传》也不例外。但尽管它存在一些问题，它填补了这个宇宙中的一个重要空白，并拥有整个系列中一些最精彩的动作场面。它的主要缺点是对彼得·库欣饰演的高级星区总督塔金的电脑生成图像重制效果不太理想，但它仍然是一次有趣的冒险，没有新三部曲那样的叙事包袱。

### 《黑豹》

《黑豹》在文化上产生了巨大的影响。看到一部拥有如此多样化演员阵容的超级英雄大片是令人耳目一新的，而且其非洲未来主义的背景设定是漫威以前从未尝试过的。迈克尔·B·乔丹饰演的埃里克·克尔芒戈抢尽了风头，他回到父亲的家乡，试图从特查拉（已故的查德维克·博斯曼饰）手中夺取王位。

### 《机器人总动员》

《机器人总动员》于年上映，在那个时候，对许多人来说，气候危机还感觉像是一个遥远而抽象的威胁，它是经典的皮克斯作品。这是一个有点像爱情故事的电影，主角是两个机器人。但它也是一个关于生存、相信自己，以及用灭火器在太空真空中推动自己跳舞的故事。动画效果，尤其是在荒凉贫瘠的地球上的场景，令人叹为观止。电影的开头场景基本上是一部无声电影，配乐和机器人的音效出色地营造出了所发生事情的情感和戏剧性。

### 《飞屋环游记》

皮克斯的《飞屋环游记》拥有任何电影中最感人的开场场景之一。尽管它在年上映，距今已经过去了十多年，但动画效果丝毫没有过时，也没有失去任何魅力。在短短多分钟里，导演皮特·道格特带领我们踏上了卡尔的旅程，卡尔是一位年迈的鳏夫，他正在寻找天堂瀑布。卡尔乘坐着他的飞屋踏上旅程，是为了纪念他的妻子艾丽，艾丽一直想去看看那个瀑布。这部电影赢得了两项奥斯卡奖——最佳动画长片和最佳原创配乐，而且还获得了另外三项提名，其中包括最佳影片提名，这使得它在当时成为了第二部获得该提名的动画电影（年的《美女与野兽》是第一部，这部电影也在迪士尼+上播放，绝对值得重温）。

### 《森林王子》

无论你处于何种心情，迪士尼+都有适合你的《森林王子》版本。这个流媒体平台既有年的动画经典版，其原声音乐朗朗上口，还有许多幽默的时刻；也有年上映的真人版。这两部电影截然不同。如果你想要全家一起享受娱乐，选择原版；但如果你想要一些更黑暗的情节，那么现代翻拍版是你的不二之选。（额外的小知识：整部真人版电影都是在一个仓库里拍摄的。）

### 《银河护卫队》

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The Best Movies Right Now

In the game known as the streaming wars, Disney+ came out swinging, bringing with it a massive library of movies and TV shows—with new ones being added all the time. Watched everything on Netflix? Disney+ has a seemingly endless selection of Marvel movies and plenty of Star Wars and Pixar fare too. Problem is, there’s so much stuff that it’s hard to know where to begin. WIRED is here to help. Below are our picks for the best films on Disney+ right now.

For more viewing ideas, try our guides to the best films on Netflix, the best films on Amazon Prime, and the best shows on Apple TV+.

Anora

Sean Baker seemed to shock everyone, including himself, by walking home with five of the biggest awards on this year’s Oscars night—including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Actress for lead Mikey Madison. Anora, aka Ani (Madison), is a stripper who attracts the attention of Vanya (Mark Eydelshteyn), a wealthy, young clubgoer who is looking for a dancer who speaks Russian. Ani and Vanya make a quick connection, and he begins paying her for sex outside of the club then hires her for a weeklong Girlfriend Experience. During a wild trip to Las Vegas, the two get married, in part so that Vanya can get a green card but also because he insists he loves Ani. What begins as a much more R-rated version of Pretty Woman gets even more twisted when Vanya’s parents learn about his marriage and travel from Russia in order to force the couple to get an annulment, despite Ani’s protestations that what they have is real.

A Complete Unknown

James Mangold’s Bob Dylan biopic may not have won any of the eight Academy Awards it was nominated for, but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t deserving of each and every nod. As the director proved with ’s Walk the Line (which netted Reese Witherspoon a Best Actress Oscar), Mangold understands the nuances of how to tell the life story of a very public figure in new and interesting ways. Timothée Chalamet does a fabulous job playing young Dylan, a man at the very beginning of his career who integrates into—then rules—the West Village folk scene.

Longlegs

Maika Monroe (It Follows, The Guest, Watcher) continues her reign as America’s preeminent scream queen in this disquieting, ’90s-set thriller from Osgood Perkins (son of another member of horror movie royalty: Anthony Perkins). Lee Harker (Monroe) is an FBI agent who seems to have a sort of sixth sense when it comes to murderers, so she’s tasked with helping to investigate a series of murder-suicides that could be the work of a serial killer. While Monroe shines as a no-nonsense law enforcement agent who is clearly dedicated to her job, it’s Nicolas Cage’s utterly bonkers performance that makes this movie pop (even if it does occasionally cross the line into unintentionally comical).

Elton John: Never Too Late

Slowly but surely, filmmaker R. J. Cutler is becoming America&#;s foremost chronicler of celebrity. After covering Billie Eilish, Martha Stewart, and James Belushi, the documentarian has now trained his lens on Elton John. Following the hitmaker as he prepares for his final North American show at Los Angeles&#; Dodger Stadium in , which livestreamed on Disney+, Elton John: Never Too Late jumps back and forth in time, using archival interviews and previously unseen footage to unearth a full picture of the musician&#;s decades-long career. If nothing else, think of it as a companion piece to the biopic Rocketman.

Deadpool & Wolverine

The Deadpool movies have always stood out for being proudly anti–superhero movie and boldly R-rated. Even though Deadpool & Wolverine is the first film in the series that’s officially part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (it only took several years of production delays and one massive studio acquisition to make that happen), it&#;s just as raunchy as the installments that came before. Six years after Ryan Reynolds last graced screens as the Merc with a Mouth, Deadpool has hit what might be his rock bottom. When he’s given the opportunity to regain the lives and loves he lost in another timeline, he must enlist the help of an extremely disinterested Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) to make it happen. Reynolds and Jackman’s onscreen chemistry is electric, making this one (foul-mouthed) team-up you don’t want to miss.

Alien: Romulus

Set between the events of Ridley Scott’s Alien () and James Cameron’s Aliens (), the setup to the ninth film in the Alien franchise is a familiar one: a group of people journeying around space for a variety of reasons happen upon an abandoned station, which eventually leads to some unfortunate run-ins with the regular cast of alien characters (read: facehuggers, chestbursters, and Xenomorphs). It’s not an easy task to breathe new life into a -year-old franchise—especially an iconic one. But that’s exactly what writer-director Fede 'Alvarez, who helmed the Evil Dead reimagining, has done with Alien: Romulus.

Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band

Bruce Springsteen came out of the Covid- lockdowns revved up and ready to put on one hell of a show. For Road Diary, The Boss gave director Thom Zimny an all-access pass to the creation of the tour he and and the E Street Band have been on since , including archival footage and interviews with the band and Springsteen himself. Zimny has been documenting the rocker’s life on the road for more than two decades now—and won two Emmy Awards for his efforts (for ’s Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band: Live in New York City and ’s Springsteen on Broadway)—making this documentary essential viewing for any fan.

Inside Out 2

Though it’s been years since the release of Pixar’s Oscar-winning Inside Out, this sequel picks up just two years after the original film&#;s ending. Riley, now years old, is officially a teenager—and not quite ready to contend with the various new emotions that come with that phase. Among them: Anxiety (Maya Hawke), Envy (Ayo Edebiri), Ennui (Adèle Exarchopoulos), and Embarrassment (Paul Walter Hauser). Fortunately for all of them, not to mention Riley’s parents, Joy (Amy Poehler) is still there to help balance these emotions out. Yet again, Pixar triumphs in making a movie with a message that is also fun for the whole family.

Love, Gilda

Though Lisa D&#;Apolito’s documentary about the life of Gilda Radner was released in , it feels very of-the-moment—especially in the midst of Saturday Night Live’s 50th season. The film is packed with a who’s who of SNL stars through the years, with particular attention paid to the women who Radner helped pave the way for in the world of comedy (see: Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, and Melissa McCarthy). The film features a mix of recently uncovered audio recordings, diary entries, and home movies of Radner—all of which is given further context by interviews with her friends and admirers. It’s a moving portrait of a groundbreaking artist whose life was cut far too short.

Inside Out

Don’t cry. But also cry. A lot. Inside Out is the perfect realization of what every Pixar film strives to achieve. On the surface, it’s a comedic look at human emotion, the complexity of a child growing up, and the delicate balance of family life. But by literally getting inside the head of -year-old Riley, the film finds a way to bring emotion to life in a way that is at once comedic, profound, and often ingenious.

The Beach Boys

“There’s definitely been ups and downs,” says singer/songwriter Mike Love in The Beach Boys. “We’ve probably been counted out half a dozen times.” Yet more than years after the band’s founding, these California Dreamers have managed to defy audience expectations just as many times—and redefine what pop music can be in the process. Frank Marshall and Thom Zimny codirect this insightful documentary, which features brand-new interviews with Love, Brian Wilson, and Al Jardine—not to mention the many artists they have inspired (Lindsey Buckingham, Janelle Monae, Don Was, and Ryan Tedder among them).

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Wes Anderson assembled an all-star cast and crew for this gorgeous stop-motion animation adaptation of Roald Dahl’s children’s novel. Mr. Fox (George Clooney) makes a promise to his wife (Meryl Streep) that he’ll stop his farm-raiding ways when she reveals that she is pregnant. Years later, the crafty canine is feeling angsty and tempted to return to his criminal pastimes when temptation comes knocking right next door. But Mrs. Fox starts to suspect something is amiss when a bounty of fresh food starts finding its way into their home. Even worse, the local farmers are none too happy about being raided by a pesky fox—and band together to do something about it. Noah Baumbach cowrote the script with Anderson, and the cast includes many of Anderson’s most frequent collaborators, including Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman, and Owen Wilson.

Jim Henson: Idea Man

Watching the trailer for Jim Henson: Idea Man, it strikes you: How has there not been an exhaustive documentary about Jim Henson before now? Muppets, The Dark Crystal, Sesame Street—the puppeteer had a hand in all of them. In this documentary, Ron Howard looks at Henson&#;s (tireless) work, his incredible impact, and the legacy he left behind.

Let It Be

If Peter Jackson’s three-part docuseries Get Back (which is also on Disney+) left you wanting even more unfiltered access to the Beatles, we’ve got both good news and bad news: Let It Be is the documentary from which much of the footage seen within that series was taken. On the plus side, the original -mm print of the film—which has gone mostly unseen for the past years—has undergone a painstaking restoration, courtesy of Jackson (yet again). While it lacks some of the emotional nuance of the series, as we see less of the sometimes-uncomfortable interactions of a band on the verge of their breaking point, it serves as a wonderful time capsule in which it was created. Feel free to pair the two together for one long binge (and throw in Abbey Road: If These Walls Could Sing for good measure).

Summer of Soul

Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson made his directorial debut with this feature documentary, which recounts the groundbreaking Harlem Cultural Festival—a six-week-long celebration of Black culture, including music, history, fashion, and beyond. The film features rarely-seen clips of performers such as Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Gladys Knight & the Pips, and Sly & the Family Stone. Why have you never heard of the event? Possibly because it was overshadowed by Woodstock, which took place during the same time in the summer of . Ironically, when the film won the Oscar for Best Documentary at the Academy Awards, it was overshadowed yet again: It’s the award that was being handed out when Will Smith infamously slapped Chris Rock on the stage. (Here’s your chance to rectify missing that acceptance speech.)

Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Taylor&#;s Version)

Were you one of the lucky ones who saw Taylor Swift&#;s Eras Tour in person? Did you see Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour in theaters? Well guess what? You can now also watch it on Disney+! Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Taylor&#;s Version) is kind of like the one that played at AMC cinemas, but it&#;s also got four new acoustic songs: “You Are in Love,” “Death by a Thousand Cuts,” “I Can See You,” and “Maroon.” It also features the folklore track “Cardigan.” So, whether you saw the tour, the movie theater experience—or neither—there&#;s now yet another way to take in Taylor. Are you ready for it?

The Marvels

Since the release of Captain Marvel in , Brie Larson has become one of the MCU’s biggest stars. Though much ado was made about The Marvels being the lowest-grossing film in the Marvel universe, that shouldn’t deter you from giving it a watch. In this sequel, Larson’s Captain Marvel joins forces with Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris) and Kamala Khan/Ms. Marvel (Iman Vellani) to find a way to manipulate space and time so that they can save the world—but with cats!

X-Men

Any property as beloved as X-Men is bound to have more than a few detractors when it makes the leap from page to screen. But the first X-Men movie managed to impress skeptical comic book fans and newcomers to the mutant war with its compelling storyline and stellar cast, which included Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Anna Paquin, and then-newcomer Hugh Jackman. The film kicked off the first in an ever-growing franchise of the battle between mutants and humans, which now totals films and more than $6 billion in box office receipts. With X-Men now officially part of Marvel Studios, expect to see lots more of this expanded cast of characters (beginning with the aforementioned Deadpool & Wolverine and ’s highly anticipated Avengers: Doomsday). Until then, though, go back and watch this classic, and prepare for the future.

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

It may be impossible to reach the heights achieved by timeless classics like Temple of Doom or Raiders of the Lost Ark, but this latest installment in the Indiana. Jones franchise puts the whip back in Harrison Ford’s hands, letting him fight Nazis and finally get (maybe) some closure to his artifact-hunting life. The movie, directed by James Mangold, also gets some fantastic humor and verve from Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who plays Helena, the daughter of an old ally of Indy’s who has perhaps less-than-pure interest in the Dial of Destiny, an ancient time-travel device that Dr. Jones, of course, thinks belongs in a museum.

Spider-Man: Far From Home

Far From Home, which stars Tom Holland as the Spandex-wearing superhero, is notable for being the first film in Phase Four of the MCU—and the first time we see an Avenger attempting to pick up the pieces following the events of Avengers: Endgame. For Peter Parker, that means taking a boring old class trip to Europe, which turns into anything but when Earth is attacked by a villainous group of Elementals, which Spidey can only fight with the help of the mysterious—and appropriately named—Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal).

Mrs. Doubtfire

Daniel Hillard (Robin Williams) is a lightly employed voice actor and devoted dad of three who has just been dumped by his wife and is only allowed to see his children one day per week. So he does what any rational person would do: asks his brother, who just happens to be a makeup artist, to dress him up as an older woman and applies to become a nanny working for his ex-wife Miranda (Sally Field). That Miranda doesn’t realize the person she has entrusted her children with is the man she was married to for more than a decade might speak more about her character. Ignore the ridiculous setup and instead enjoy more than two hours of Robin Williams going full Robin Williams. Bon appétit!

Big

Teenager Josh Baskin (David Moscow) wishes on a Zoltar machine that he could grow up overnight—and comes to find his older self (Tom Hanks) staring him back in the mirror the next morning. In an effort to hide his fast-forwarded body, Baskin hides out in New York City, where he falls backward into his dream job at a toy company and meets the woman of his dreams (Elizabeth Perkins). Big is the movie that made Tom Hanks, well, Tom Hanks (it also marked his first Oscar nomination). But it’s Robert De Niro who was originally set to star; when he was forced to drop out due to scheduling conflicts, Hanks stepped in.

Finding Nemo

Nemo (Alexander Gould) is a young clown fish with an imperfect fin and a dad (Albert Brooks) who worries endlessly about his son’s safety. Which is forgivable, given that Nemo’s mom—and all his siblings—were victims of a barracuda shortly before their eggs hatched. So when Nemo is captured while the duo are swimming in the Great Barrier Reef, it’s up to Marlin to find and save his only son. With an all-star cast of voice actors—led by the always-perfect Brooks, and Ellen DeGeneres as a forgetful blue tang named Dory (who would go on to star in her own adventure)—Finding Nemo is part of the heyday of Pixar filmmaking where each film seemed to surpass the absolutely perfect one that preceded it.

The Princess Bride

Rob Reiner directs this adventure-comedy-fairytale, written by William Goldman (the legendary screenwriter who once famously said of Hollywood that “nobody knows anything”) from his own novel. The ever-quotable tale tells the story of a young woman named Buttercup (Robin Wright) who is engaged to marry a prince (Chris Sarandon) but is really in love with former farmhand Westley (Carey Elwes), who she believes was killed in a pirate attack. When Buttercup is kidnapped just days ahead of her wedding, a chain of events proceed to possibly reunite the in-love couple, or spell death for one (or both) of them. Goldman was famously critical of his own work, but didn’t mind taking credit for two of his movies. The Princess Bride was one of them (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid was the other).

The Little Mermaid

Does the live-action version of The Little Mermaid improve upon the beloved animated classic? Of course not. But Disney is on a tear when it comes to reimagining the movies you loved as a kid, and this is one of the Mouse House’s better efforts. Oscar nominee Rob Marshall (Chicago, Mary Poppins Returns, Into the Woods) is behind the camera for this tale of a young mermaid who longs to be (sing it with us) “part of your world.” Yet it’s Halle Bailey, delivering a powerhouse performance as Ariel, who truly makes The Little Mermaid worth watching.

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Whether you think of Henry Selick’s imaginative stop-motion adventure as a Halloween film or a Christmas movie doesn’t really matter, as there’s never a bad time to add The Nightmare Before Christmas to your watch (or watch-again) list. When the mischief-makers in Halloweentown, including pumpkin king Jack Skellington, discover the magic of Christmas, they decide to kidnap Santa Claus and claim both holidays for themselves. Even in today’s CGI-soaked world, the artistry behind The Nightmare Before Christmas remains painfully impressive—and the macabre yet kid-friendly tone makes it a fun watch for the entire family. There’s also a sing-along version if you’re in the mood.

Cinderella

In case you don’t know the story: After Cinderella loses her beloved mother, her father marries a nasty woman with two equally nasty daughters. While they spend their days tormenting the kind-hearted Cinderella, Prince Charming, the most eligible bachelor in all the land, only has eyes for her. Seventy-five years after its original release, Cinderella remains a Disney classic for a reason. Now it’s back with an impressive 4K restoration that has been several years in the making.

Avatar: The Way of Water

One week before Avatar hit theaters (for the first time) in late , James Cameron announced his intention to turn the movie into a full-on franchise. But the director took his sweet time in following through. Avatar: The Way of Water—which checks in on blue lovebirds Jake (Sam Worthington) and Neytiri (Zoe Salda~na), now married with children—was released in late , a full years after the original made its debut. But Cameron smartly bought himself some time by setting the film years after the events of Avatar. And while the critical reviews were mixed, it still ended up becoming the third-highest-grossing movie of all time, proving yet again that Cameron has some sort of Midas touch at the box office. We’ll see if that still holds true when the franchise’s third film, Avatar: Fire and Ash, arrives in December.

The Incredible Hulk

To Marvel fans, Mark Ruffalo is the only Bruce Banner. But that’s only after Eric Bana tried on the supersized superhero’s tiny purple pants in ’s Hulk—and then passed them on to Edward Norton for this flick, which had the misfortune of hitting theaters just one month after Iron Man. The MCU has always had a messy timeline, but audiences shouldn’t be too quick to write this movie off, particularly those looking to kick back with a solid summer popcorn flick. Norton may lack Ruffalo’s effortless charm, but he’s got the Doc Green part of the character down. While the movie has been largely (and wrongly) forgotten, it did get a bump in February when Liv Tyler found her way into (the new) Bruce&#;s arms when she reprised her roles as love interest Betty Ross in Captain America: Brave New World.

The Skeleton Dance

Fans of classic animation will love every second of the more than two dozen freshly restored old shorts that are part of the Disney+ library. One of the most exciting titles among them is The Skeleton Dance, which revolutionized cartoon culture in . Walt Disney himself wrote, directed, and produced this macabre comedy in which a group of resurrected skeletons rise from their graves and, yep, dance. This is actually much funnier and/or more impressive than it sounds.

Stan Lee

Easily the most recognizable name in comics, Stan Lee has had an impact on the medium—and on pop culture broadly—that simply can’t be overstated. Director David Gelb’s documentary about “The Man” delves into not only his legacy, but also his history. Tracing the comics maestro’s life from his early years in New York City to his work cocreating iconic characters like Spider-Man and Black Panther to his time as everyone’s favorite Marvel movie cameo, Stan Lee is essential viewing for any fan.

Spider-Man

While Sam Raimi’s Tobey Maguire-starring Spider-Man movies predate the official MCU, the famed director really set the stage for what that future universe would look like, with its mix of solid storytelling, genuine laughs, and impressive visuals. Maguire is perfectly cast as the awkwardly charming Peter Parker, who—having just discovered his superhero powers—is learning to harness them.

Venom

Venom may not have been a hit with critics, but WIRED senior editor Angela Watercutter nailed exactly what the movie was when she called it “a bad movie with great cult-movie potential.” While it rivals Doctor Strange for its stacked cast of serious talent—Tom Hardy in the lead, with Michelle Williams and Riz Ahmed costarring, plus Zombieland’s Reuben Fleischer as director—the end result was, well, a bit of a jumbled mess. Nonetheless, it somehow manages to be compelling, even if you just turn it on to watch Hardy mumble, eat Tater Tots, and almost literally chew scenery for minutes.

The Original Star Wars Trilogy

Naturally, Star Wars is one of the big attractions on Disney+. And it goes without saying, or at least it should, that the films that comprise the original trilogy are the best of the bunch—and the only Star Wars movies you should watch if you’re opting not to binge all dozen or so features. The caveat for pickier fans is that these are the versions that have been messed with by George Lucas post-release. Some things, like the improved visuals in and around Cloud City, are thoughtful additions, but others are more controversial.

The Star Wars Prequel Trilogy

More than years after Star Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope (aka simply Star Wars) helped to define the Hollywood blockbuster, George Lucas returned to the space opera well with an all-new trilogy for an all-new generation of moviegoers. It went about as well as you’d expect. We won’t pretend that The Phantom Menace (), Attack of the Clones (), and/or Revenge of the Sith () have even an ounce of the heart, humor, or heroism of the original films. But they’ve become essential pop culture viewing, and a rite of passage for sci-fi fans, if only to get what all the Jar Jar Binks hate is about.

The Star Wars Sequel Trilogy

When Disney purchased Lucasfilm for $4 billion in , it was essentially George Lucas handing over the keys to the Millennium Falcon. While fans were rightly skeptical about whether the Mouse House would be able—or even want—to recapture the slightly countercultural environment in which the series was originally created, one hopeful thought united them all: Whatever Disney concocted could not be worse than the Prequel Trilogy. And they were right. By giving the reins to J.J. Abrams (The Force Awakens), Rian Johnson (The Last Jedi), then Abrams once again (The Rise of Skywalker), the series became more of a love letter to the original films and the generations of filmmakers—and fans—they inspired. Happily, actors Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, and Adam Driver proved worthy successors to the smugglers, scavengers, Jedi masters, and Sith Lords who preceded them.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

As WIRED senior writer Jason Parham wrote in his review of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, this movie is haunted by the absence of Chadwick Boseman, the Marvel Cinematic Universe&#;s original King T’Challa who died following a battle with colon cancer in . To that end, writer-director Ryan Coogler had to make a much different kind of superhero film, one that addressed the loss of its main character while also pushing Marvel&#;s cinematic storyline forward into its next phase. “It&#;s rare for MCU films to channel the turbulence of grief with such unflinching focus,” Parham wrote. “Coogler has equipped his sequel with a changed vocabulary: It speaks equally from a place of loss as it does triumph. Grief is its mother tongue.” To that end, the director uses the death of T&#;Challa to usher in a new Black Panther as well as new heroes (Ironheart) and adversaries-turned-allies (Namor).

Turning Red

Mei Lee is a -year-old with a problem: Whenever she’s overcome with any sort of overwhelming emotion, which is just about every emotion at that age, she transforms into a giant red panda. Eventually, Mei comes to learn that it’s an inherited family trait. And while there are people who would like to exploit her supernatural powers, she slowly learns that only she has the power to control them. Think of this as a spiritual sequel to ’s Inside Out, which explored the complex inner workings of an -year-old’s constantly changing emotions.

Abbey Road: If These Walls Could Sing

Abbey Road Studios is best known as the place where the Beatles recorded some of their most iconic albums, including ’s Abbey Road. But the hallowed halls of this legendary music studio have played a much bigger role in the music industry, as it has hosted the likes of everyone from Elton John, Pink Floyd, and Aretha Franklin to Amy Winehouse, Lady Gaga, Radiohead, Adele, Oasis, Kate Bush, and Frank Ocean. This documentary, which arrived on the heels of Peter Jackson’s docuseries The Beatles: Get Back (which is also streaming on Disney+ and is highly recommended), is directed by Mary McCartney—daughter of Sir Paul—who practically grew up in the studio and, as such, is able to treat her subject with the reverence it deserves.

Avatar

James Cameron’s Avatar was all anyone could talk about when it was released in theaters in and promptly went on to make more than $1 billion, becoming the cinematic iceberg that sank another Cameron epic, ’s Titanic, from its place as the highest-grossing movie of all time. For a movie that made so much bank, however, it never occupied a huge space in the cultural conversation about movies. Like so many of Cameron’s works, much of its innovation came from the technology that essentially had to be invented to make it possible.

Iron Man

The MCU has released nearly three dozen films since , yet the very first of them—Iron Man—remains one of the best. It’s almost impossible to believe how hard director Jon Favreau had to fight to get Robert Downey Jr. the leading role, as he’s arguably one of the MCU’s most beloved figures. Before there was a whole franchise plus a shared TV universe, Downey, as Tony Stark/Iron Man, was just allowed to do his thing. It was a gamble that paid off for all involved.

West Side Story

From Martin Scorsese to Spike Lee, pretty much every great director has made—or at least tried to make—a grand Hollywood musical, perhaps one of the toughest genres to successfully pull off. Steven Spielberg made the task even more difficult when he decided to adapt Jerome Robbins, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, and Arthur Laurents’ West Side Story—which Robert Wise already did to great acclaim in . But, Spielberg (being Spielberg) managed to create an updated take on the story of Tony (Ansel Elgort) and Maria (Rachel Zegler), two love-struck teens caught in the middle of an escalating rivalry between two street gangs, the Sharks and the Jets. The update gives nods to the original (like casting Rita Moreno, who won an Oscar for her role as Anita in Wise’s film) while improving on some of its controversial aspects (like casting Natalie Wood in the role of a Puerto Rican teen).

Lady and the Tramp

Sure, you can watch the live-action/CGI version that Disney+ released shortly after it launched, but why bother when the original is here too? Put aside the rather vulgar stereotypes that were common at the time (the movie now comes with a warning, though it was recently reworded) and Lady and the Tramp remains one of the most iconic Disney animations, and a love story for the ages. When a spoiled cocker spaniel named Lady finds herself competing with a new baby for the attention of her parents, she ends up getting loose and befriending a mangy but charming mutt named Tramp. Ultimately, Lady needs to choose between the pampered life she’s always known with Jim Dear and Darling, or a life of spaghetti dinner discards with the hopelessly romantic Tramp—unless there’s another way.

The Muppet Movie

Between The Muppet Show and The Muppet Movie, Jim Henson and the Muppets were everywhere in . Their first big-screen outing serves as more of a prequel, as it follows Kermit the Frog’s journey from a swamp in Florida to Hollywood, where he’s headed to pursue his dreams of becoming a movie star. Along the way, we get to witness where and how he meets the fellow members of his felt-made crew, from Fozzie Bear to Miss Piggy. Hijinks ensue when a restaurateur named Doc Hopper doesn’t take too kindly to Kermit turning down his offer to serve as the official legs of his chain’s famous fried frog legs, and follows the frog in order to seek revenge.

Luca

Enrico Casarosa’s Luca earned an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature in for its sweet and soulful story about a young boy named Luca who is hiding a dark secret: He&#;s a sea monster living in a town on the Italian Riviera that absolutely despises his kind. Ultimately, Luca is a moving coming-of-age film about friendship, family, and overcoming our own prejudices—and truly one of Pixar’s best features.

Captain Marvel

Marvel&#;s biggest mistake in the entire MCU canon (so far) was not commissioning Captain Marvel sooner. The film, set in the past, sees the rise of Marvel (Brie Larson) as she discovers her origin story and develops her powers. The film, the first entry in the Marvel universe with a female lead, channels the spirit of the 1990s both in its setting and in style, with heaping spoonfuls of Samuel L. Jackson and all the plot and subtlety of a blockbuster action movie. Larson adds a healthy dose of sarcasm to undercut her character’s immense power, and Jackson is eerily brilliant, making for a super fun minutes.

Ant-Man

Who doesn’t love a heist movie? Paul Rudd’s MCU debut acted as something of a palate cleanser after the heavy, literally Earth-shattering events of Age of Ultron. Rudd plays Scott Lang, a reformed criminal who teams up with Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) and his daughter (Evangeline Lily) to keep Pym’s shrinking technology from falling into the wrong hands. The film’s depiction of quantum physics wouldn’t hold much water at CERN, but it’s terrific fun—thanks in part to Michael Pe~na’s star turn as Lang’s former cellmate Luis and, of course, Rudd’s legendary likability. If you want to make it a Rudd-athon, both Ant-Man and the Wasp and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania are streaming, too.

Mulan

In the wake of the Covid- pandemic and its shutdown of almost the entire movie industry, Disney decided to try something new with its live-action version of Mulan by making it available to Disney+ subscribers instead of releasing it in theaters. The film itself is one of the latest in Disney’s recent string of live-action remakes and sees Liu Yifei in the title role, with reviews praising the cast, visuals, and action sequences.

Avengers: Endgame

There&#;s a moment in the event-movie-to-endgame-all-event-movies when you realize that writers Stephen McFeely and Christopher Markus have gone full Harry Potter and the Cursed Child all over the MCU. Once you get past the rather glum beginning, you can settle in for what you have come to expect from any Avengers movie: Tony Stark cracking wise; Doctor Strange doing weird things with his hands; Professor Hulk explaining the science of what’s going on; and Black Widow and Captain Marvel kicking ass, both emotionally and physically. It&#;s a messy but epic baton-pass in the form of an angsty portal-powered mega-battle. And we&#;re not going to lie: We&#;ve watched those audience reaction videos, and they too are a thing of joy.

Hamilton

If you only know Lin-Manuel Miranda&#;s musical from the obscenely high ticket prices and snippets of the soundtrack, here’s your chance to find out what all the fuss is about. A version of the production, recorded via a six-camera setup over two performances by the original Broadway cast, was put on Disney+ after plans to release it in cinemas were scrapped. Aside from a couple of censored swear words and the fact that it&#;s directed (by Thomas Kail), it&#;s essentially the same show—an energetic, empathetic, witty, quippy hip-hop musical about US founding father Alexander Hamilton.

Moana

One of the potential answers to “What, oh, what to put on after Frozen and Frozen 2?” Moana is in fact better than Frozen. By that we simply mean better soundtrack, better heroine, better visuals, and better side quests. There&#;s also percent more Dwayne Johnson as a tattooed demigod and Jemaine Clement as a giant crab doing a Bowie impression. Set thousands of years ago on the fictional, Polynesia-inspired island of Motunui, Moana&#;s hero&#;s journey is fairly classic, but the sumptuous animation and Lin-Manuel Miranda tunes are top-tier Disney. (Sure, we&#;d love to see Taika Waititi&#;s original script, but we can live without it.) Moana 2, last year’s less well-received sequel, is now also streaming on Disney+ (as are sing-along versions for both films).

Free Solo

If your friend told you they&#;d decided to solo-climb up the sheer 3,-foot granite El Capitan wall in Yosemite, California, with no rope, you’d think they had gone mad. But that’s exactly what Alex Honnold set out to do back in . Honnold’s quest to climb the vertical wall was documented by his two director friends, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, as he took on the ascent to become the world’s first person to free-climb El Capitan. But it’s not just about the ascent, it’s also about Honnold’s complicated life, his emotional issues, and all the things that have driven him to pursue one of the most dangerous missions ever attempted by any free climber. The cinematography in Free Solo is also dizzyingly beautiful, and the entire thing will have you gripping the arm of your chair in terror.

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

Wayne Szalinski (Rick Moranis) is an experimental inventor who creates an electromagnetic shrinking machine. Naturally, he accidentally shrinks his own children (if you didn’t already guess that from the title), plus the kids from next door, then unwittingly throws them in the trash. To have any chance of becoming their normal size again, the teeny tots must navigate their way across the family&#;s (now seemingly gigantic) yard and back to the house. It&#;s something fraught with peril when you&#;re half the size of an aspirin.

Toy Story (All of Them)

While it initially might have seemed as if Pixar could never make anything as good as the original Toy Story, each of the three subsequent films add depth to the franchise&#;s canon. All of the movies are critically acclaimed—and they&#;re all available on Disney+. When combined, the four films tell a story about growing up and how everything in life, inevitably, changes. Woody (Tom Hanks) and the gang go from learning how to deal with new people to understanding loss. It&#;s something that&#;s also followed the cast: In Toy Story 4, the voice of Mr. Potato Head was created through archive recordings after Don Rickles, as the man behind the voice, died ahead of the film&#;s release.

The Lion King

Remember the terrifying wildebeest stampede in the version of The Lion King? That was actually computer animated, because drawing them by hand would have taken a long, long time. Special attention was taken to blend it into the cel-shaded backgrounds, and this was all before Toy Story came out the following year. Which is all to say that not only is the &#;90s version a perfect movie that had absolutely zero need for a charm-deficient remake (which is also streaming on Disney+ in case you want to compare), it’s also the best Lion King to use CG animation.

Things I Hate About You

Heath Ledger singing “Can’t Take My Eyes off You” on the bleachers. That’s the iconic scene in this top-caliber high school romcom. The plot is taken from The Taming of the Shrew, the cast—including Ledger, Julia Stiles, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt—are all adorable, and the late &#;90s nostalgia is potent. Offering some much-needed variety from the sci-fi and animation that dominates the Disney+ launch catalog, Things I Hate About You is as good as comfort-food movies get.

Tron & Tron: Legacy

Tron and its modern sequel, Tron: Legacy, aren&#;t your typical Disney films. The original sees a programmer (Jeff Bridges) become trapped inside a computer system where he meets and befriends programs, including the eponymous hero Tron, who are resisting the power of a growing artificial intelligence, the Master Control Program. It became a sci-fi cult classic, leading to the creation of a modern sequel that continues the story and features an epic score cowritten by Daft Punk. Both are watchable distractions, even if the sequel feels a little thin in places.

Willow

Another nostalgia fest, this time for fans of &#;80s fantasy. Willow is a family-friendly, mythic quest that’s best seen as George Lucas and Ron Howard’s fun, $ million Tolkien fan fiction. The story of a farmer tasked with protecting a magic baby from an evil queen is not exactly the most original story in the world, but that hasn’t stopped this from becoming a classic, with Warwick Davis as Willow Ufgood and Val Kilmer waving a sword around. Classic Sunday afternoon fare.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Winter Soldier is among the best Marvel movies. It makes time for quieter character moments, and the action, while still spectacular, feels a little more grounded and real than the CGI-fueled shock and awe of the mainline movies. In this outing, Captain America faces off against a rogue element of SHIELD led by Robert Redford&#;s Alexander Pierce.

Thor: Ragnarok

The first two Thor films were among the worst in the whole series—Chris Hemsworth’s thunder god was dour and charmless. But here, director Taika Waititi injected some much-needed color into the proceedings, borrowing heavily from the Planet Hulk storyline from the comics. Thor finds himself stranded on a bizarre planet, ruled over by Jeff Goldblum (who is pretty much playing himself). There, he crosses paths with Bruce Banner’s Hulk, who has been missing since the events of Civil War. It’s hugely funny, and arguably the best film of the series.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

The newer Star Wars one-off films attract strong opinions, and Rogue One is no different. But while it has its issues, it fills an important hole in the universe and features some of the best action sequences in the entire saga. Its main black mark is the rather iffy CGI recreation of Peter Cushing&#;s Grand Moff Tarkin, but it&#;s still a fun romp that lacks the narrative baggage of the new trilogy.

Black Panther

Black Panther had a huge cultural impact. It was refreshingly unusual to see a blockbuster superhero film with such a diverse cast—and the Afrofuturist setting was unlike anything Marvel had ever done before. Michael B. Jordan steals the show as Killmonger, who returns to his father’s home to claim the throne from T’Challa (the late Chadwick Boseman).

WALL·E

Released in , a time when, for many, the climate crisis felt like a distant, abstract threat, WALL·E is classic Pixar. It’s a love story—sort of—that focuses on two robots. But it’s also a story about survival, believing in yourself, and dancing through the vacuum of space propelled by a fire extinguisher. The animation, especially on the desolate, barren Earth, is a sight to behold. The opening scenes of the film are also basically a silent film, with the score and robotic sound effects doing a fantastic job bringing out the emotion and drama of what’s happening.

Up

Pixar&#;s Up can claim one of the most moving opening scenes of any movie. Despite being released more than a decade ago, in , the animation hasn&#;t aged or lost any of its charm. In a little over minutes, director Pete Docter takes us on the journey of Carl, an old widower who is seeking out Paradise Falls. Carl&#;s trip in his flying house is made in memory of his wife, Ellie, who had always wanted to visit the falls. The film won two Oscars—Best Animated Feature and Best Original Score—but was also nominated for three more. These included Best Picture, which at the time made it only the second animated film to have received the nomination (’s Beauty and the Beast—which is also streaming on Disney+, and most definitely worth a rewatch—was the first).

The Jungle Book

Whatever mood you&#;re in, Disney+ has The Jungle Book to suit it. The streaming service has both the animated classic, with its catchy soundtrack and moments of humor, plus the live-action version released in . The two films couldn&#;t be more different. If you want to go for full family entertainment, pick the original, but if you&#;re after something a little darker, the modern remake is where you should head. (Bonus fact: The entire live-action film was shot in a warehouse.)

Guardians of the Galaxy

The first volume of Guardians of the Galaxy didn&#;t burst into the MCU until , which is relatively late considering Phase One began with Iron Man in . However, it&#;s become a firm fan favorite, providing some of the Universe&#;s most memorable (and important) characters. Quill, Rocket, Groot, Gamora, and Nebula are all distinctive and in many ways more likable than other key MCU characters. Guardians is worth returning to if you want to remember a slightly simpler time before Thanos&#; Snap.