Thanks to the Fox-Disney merger, Disney+ isn’t just a purveyor of children’s films.
Now that Disney has the entire Fox catalogue in its library, the app offers a diverse selection of films for people of all ages — some that are even particularly mature, and may seem a little jarring to scroll by on a “Disney” app.
But some people may have Disney+ and don’t even know that they can watch things beyond The Avengers.
Watch With Us has picked five of the best movies for adults that you can stream on the app right now.
Dysfunctional, estranged brothers Peter (Adrien Brody), Francis (Owen Wilson) and Jack Whitman (Jason Schwartzman) reunite on a trip to India, having not spoken since their father’s death over a year prior. Aboard the “Darjeeling Limited” sleeper train, the men fight with one another and themselves: Francis is recovering from a motorcycle accident, Peter is freaking out over his wife’s pregnancy, and Jack is reeling from an intense breakup. Meanwhile, Francis conceals the real reason why he brought them all together.
Wes Anderson’s poignant, funny film about love, loss, brotherhood and shared pain is the kind of visual feast standard of an Anderson film, in addition to having such a sharp and emotional screenplay. The Darjeeling Limited also features fantastic chemistry between three of Anderson’s main repertoire of actors, with Brody, Wilson and Schwartzman’s familial chemistry almost painfully realistic.
The Coen Brothers’ fanciful and musical reimagining of The Odyssey follows a group of criminals in 1937 who escape a chain gang in Mississippi. Ulysses (George Clooney), Delmar (Tim Blake Nelson) and Pete (John Turturro) set off for their freedom and the promise of a hidden treasure, meeting several eccentric characters along the way. Meanwhile, they are pursued by a ruthless sheriff who will stop at nothing to get the escapees back in prison.
While perhaps not as up to par with some of the other Coen brothers classics, O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a fun, funny romp with charming performances and buoyed by a fantastic soundtrack featuring covers of classic folk songs and gospel music. The film’s cover of “Man of Constant Sorrow” won a CMA Award and a Grammy Award, and the film’s soundtrack won the Grammy for Album of the Year.
At an all-boys preparatory school, new English teacher John Keating (Robin Williams) becomes familiarized with the storied institution’s many rules and traditions. However, Keating revels in unconventional means of teaching his students, and his students, in turn, take to his methods zealously. Eager to break free from the pressures of school and parents, Keating teaches his pupils to embrace a freer-spirited way of coming of age.
Dead Poets Society is handily Williams’ best dramatic role, plus the “O Captain, My Captain” scene is legendary in cinema history. The film’s cast includes Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke and Josh Charles as Keating’s students, all of whom give fantastic performances. Heartrending and well-written, Dead Poets Society is a stone-cold classic.
As high-minded, experimental and philosophical as director Terrence Malick is known to be, The Tree of Life explores the meaning of life and its origins by way of a middle-aged man’s childhood upbringing in Texas during the 1950s. Framed alongside sequences chronicling the creation of the universe and life on Earth, we follow Jack O’Brien (Sean Penn) and his family, specifically his contentious relationship with his father (Brad Pitt) and his loving connection with his mother (Jessica Chastain). As an adult, Jack reckons with his past and his future.
Moving and existential, The Tree of Life requires a patience that some might not be willing to afford it, but for those who are, the rewards are tenfold. The film is not just overwhelmingly emotional but also visually stunning and made with a singular stylistic flair that Malick is known for. The Tree of Life is the type of cinematic art that makes you grateful for filmmaking as a medium.
In a world that commingles cartoons and real life, private detective Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins) is down on his luck when he’s hired by a toon producer to investigate a possible cheating scandal involving the wife of his studio’s biggest star, Roger Rabbit (Charles Fleischer). But when Jessica Rabbit’s (Kathleen Turner) alleged lover, the owner of Toontown, is found dead, Roger is framed for his murder, and it’s suddenly up to Eddie to exonerate the innocent toon.
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Easily the best and most gorgeous film ever made to combine hand-drawn animation with live-action, Who Framed Roger Rabbit? isn’t just a technically groundbreaking film but a razor-sharp screenplay with dynamic humor and exceptional performances from its cast — in particular, Christopher Lloyd as the terrifying Judge Doom.
