Disney has been a major media player for a long time, with an expanding streaming library. The company’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox added many shows and movies to its arsenal, though Hulu also offers numerous shows, including originals, for older audiences. This means that you’ll need both services to watch everything.
On the TV side, Disney+’s programs include Bluey, Even Stevens, Gravity Falls, Kim Possible, Lizzie McGuire, Phineas and Ferb, The Muppet Show, The Proud Family, That’s So Raven, and The Suite Life of Zack and Cody. The Simpsons is also available, but other adult animated programs, such as Bob’s Burgers, Family Guy, Futurama, and King of the Hill, are on Hulu.
Disney+ also offers originals, including Andor, Daredevil: Born Again, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, WandaVision, and X-Men ’97. Prominent Star Wars show The Mandalorian (which kicked off the Baby Yoda craze) has now even made the leap to a theatrical film.
Still, I would like Disney to move further outside the bounds of its existing content stable. Amazon, Netflix, and Apple TV attempt to tell new, compelling stories. Apple TV’s Severance, Netflix’s Stranger Things, and Prime Video’s The Boys are among the many examples of stellar, completely original show concepts. I also don’t like Disney+’s staggered schedule for its originals. Apple TV and Paramount+ employ a similar strategy, forcing you to maintain a subscription for the duration of a show’s release cycle. Netflix famously drops entire seasons at once.
The Disney+ movie library does not exceed the volume of Amazon Prime, Hulu, or Netflix. Still, it’s the way to go if you or your kids dig Disney classics, Pixar animations, Star Wars films, or Marvel movies. Disney’s film catalog is consistently high-quality compared with many competing video streaming services.
A few of the popular live-action movies on Disney+ include Avatar, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Miracle on 34th Street, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Remember the Titans, The Sandlot, and The Sound of Music. Classic Disney animations include Aladdin, Bambi, Fantasia, Frozen, Frozen II, Lilo & Stitch, Moana, Mulan, Oliver and Company, Peter Pan, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, Tangled, The Emperor’s New Groove, The Jungle Book, The Lion King, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and Zootopia. Among the Pixar movies on the service are Brave, Cars, Finding Nemo, Inside Out, Monsters Inc., Ratatouille, The Incredibles, The Incredibles 2, Toy Story, and WALL-E.
Star Wars films include Star Wars: Episodes I-IX, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and Solo. Marvel films include Ant-Man, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Avengers: Endgame, Avengers: Infinity War, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Iron Man, Thor: The Dark World, and even some Sony Spider-Man films and spin-offs.
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If you subscribe to Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN Select, you can now enjoy content from all services in the same merged Disney+ app. This gives the library a substantial increase in adult-oriented movies and shows, as well as sports. Standalone Hulu and ESPN Select still exist, but the convenient combined app is a much more well-rounded package, with family-friendly material alongside acclaimed mature shows like Shogun and Oscar-winning films like Poor Things. Just remember that Hulu and ESPN cost extra; they’re not included with the base Disney+ subscription. Hulu is set to fully merge with Disney+ sometime in 2026.
Cinephiles should check out our roundup of the best movie streaming services. Our top picks, including The Criterion Channel and Mubi, have larger, more diverse, and curated libraries of films to enjoy.
