Films to escape into on Disney+
4 films worth watching on Disney+ right now, with audience ratings and exactly where to watch them. Updated September 25, 2026
Avatar: Fire and Ash leads with 7,6 out of 10, ahead of Treasure Planet (7,6). Ratings range from 6,9 to 7,6. The oldest, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, goes back to 1954.
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Avatar: Fire and Ash
In the wake of the devastating war against the RDA and the loss of their eldest son, Jake Sully and Neytiri face a new threat on Pandora: the Ash People, a violent and power-hungry Na'vi tribe led by the ruthless Varang. Jake's family must fight for their survival and the future of Pandora in a conflict that pushes them to their emotional and physical limits.
Treasure Planet
When space galleon cabin boy Jim Hawkins discovers a map to an intergalactic "loot of a thousand worlds," a cyborg cook named John Silver teaches him to battle supernovas and space storms on their journey to find treasure.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.
Marvel One-Shot: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer
Agent Coulson stops at a convenience store and deals with a coincidental robbery during his visit.
What to know before choosing
Escaping means asking a film to supply an elsewhere solid enough that you do not have to work at believing in it. It is not a question of genre — science fiction, fantasy and adventure manage it equally well — but of density: you need a world, not just a set. That is the criterion this list is built on.
Disney+ is the most predictable catalog of the set, and that is its strength: what goes in rarely comes out. Lists about it therefore age better than the others. Its depth is real in animation and family, much thinner elsewhere — a "thriller on Disney+" page will always be shorter than an "animation on Disney+" page, and the catalog decides that, not the selection.
See also
- Films to escape into
- Disney+
- Films to escape into on Netflix
- Films to escape into on Prime Video
- Films to escape into on Apple TV+
- Films to escape into on HBO Max
- Films to escape into on Hulu
- Films to escape into on Paramount+
- Films to escape into on Peacock
- Films to make you laugh
- Films that scare you
- Films that make you cry
- Films that make you think
- Films to watch as a family
- Films to watch with friends
- Films full of adrenaline
How this list is built
Films come from the TMDB catalog, filtered on audience rating and vote count, then cross-checked against real availability in the country. No paid placement, no partnerships. How we choose the films.
Film data and posters: TMDB. This app uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.