Do you remember when Disney Plus was a brand-new streamer, and speculation ran rampant about how it would compete against heavy hitters like Netflix and Prime Video? Well, it’s half a decade later and the Mouse House is more than holding its own. That shouldn’t be all that shocking, though. The streamer’s library contains everything from Marvel and Star Wars. Do I even need to mention Bluey?
Now that Daredevil has relocated from Netflix to the Disney-owned streamer, it’s safe to say Disney Plus has become a must-watch platform. And the aforementioned titles just scratch the surface.
In true Disney fashion, the company’s TV streaming service has something for every family member: riveting comic book adventures, magical tales for young adults, educational docuseries and engaging unscripted shows. And though we’re still two years away from the recently announced Bluey movie, there are plenty of episodes featuring the Heeler family for you and your loved ones to enjoy.
Simply put, the Disney brand has power and is 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. That’s where we come in. Below is our curated 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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Giovanni Rufino/Marvel Television Daredevil: Born Again
Daredevil: Born Again finds Matt Murdock once again fighting for justice, both in the courtroom and on the streets. The series acts as a reboot of sorts and reunites Charlie Cox with Vincent D’Onofrio’s (who reprises his role as Wilson Fisk) to once again battle for the soul of Hell’s Kitchen.
Check out our bone-crushing review of the series.
Disney Plus Andor
Simply put, I think Andor is the best Star Wars series Disney Plus has made. The program ditches the flashy, and often clichéd, production values of its predecessors and goes all-in on some intense ground-level storytelling. Expanding the story of the characters featured in the one-off film Rogue One, Andor comes through with the emotional stakes thanks to its smart writing and the excellent performances of its cast. Phenomenal stuff, right here.
Disney Plus Percy Jackson and the Olympians
This fresh take on Rick Riordan’s cherished books aims to erase the live-action movies from our collective memories. And for the most part, it accomplishes its task. The eight-episode first season follows the events of Lightning Thief, 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.
Lucasfilm Ltd. The Mandalorian
Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau took their love of Star Wars to new heights with The Mandalorian. It’s the first live-action Star Wars series to hit Disney Plus and it set the standard for everything that came after. Stylistically inspired by things like the Lone Wolf and Cub manga, 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 lone bounty hunter who gets a second chance at life when he’s hired to protect a little green alien you may know simply as Baby Yoda.
Apple Corps Ltd The Beatles: Get Back
This three-part documentary series puts us smack-dab in the creative maelstrom of one of the world’s biggest musical groups. Directed by Oscar-winner Peter Jackson, The Beatles: Get Back gives a cinéma vérité-style look at a band at the top of their game and on the precipice of collapse. This previously unseen footage shows John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in rehearsal for their infamous rooftop concert at their Apple Corps headquarters on London’s Savile Row. It was their last live performance. It’s breathtaking, inspiring and heartbreaking. And definitely worth a watch.
Marvel Studios What If…?
Marvel Animation X-Men ’97
X-Men: The Animated Series ended its five-season run in 1997. Almost three decades later, X-Men ’97 continues the story of everyone’s favorite mutant superhero crew. The pacing is quick, the writing is tight, and the 2D animation style acts as a nice bow tying together this lovely nostalgic gift for ’90s kids everywhere.
Chuck Zlotnick/Marvel Studios Echo
Echo (Alaqua Cox) was first introduced in a three-episode arc in Hawkeye. Marvel’s Echo is centered on the hearing-impaired antihero. She’s also a member of the Choctaw Nation, which leads the series to wonderfully explore these aspects of her identity. Her association with Wilson Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio) further connects the MCU shows on Disney Plus with those previously on Netflix — and sets up the arrival of Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) and crew quite nicely.
Lucasfilm Ltd. Star Wars: The Bad Batch
The Bad Batch is an intense, action-packed spin-off of the celebrated Star Wars animated series The Clone Wars. Audiences have seen the fallout of 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 blanks in Star Wars lore. It does so in an incredibly entertaining way.
Disney Plus Ms. Marvel
Ms. Marvel is a breath of fresh air for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The Disney Plus series flips the script on what we have grown to expect from Marvel shows on the streamer. Iman Vellani is a revelation as the titular hero. It’s a challenge for a show to balance the heavy responsibilities of being a superhero with the trials and tribulations of high school. The story pulls it off, and does so with a welcome helping of Muslim representation.
Disney Plus WandaVision
WandaVision started it all on Disney Plus. It’s the first original series in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to hit the streamer. It’s a genre-bending adventure that finds Wanda and Vision living out different realities inspired by TV sitcoms, from I Love Lucy and The Dick Van Dyke Show to The Brady Bunch and Family Ties. How does the emotional fallout of Avengers: Endgame (and Vision’s death, specifically) affect Wanda? Well, let’s just say her grief takes her down one heck of a weird rabbit hole.
Read our full WandaVision review.
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