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Though relatively new on the Hollywood scene (its first movie was released in 2019), Apple TV+'s slate of original films already includes everything from charming indies, to blockbuster fare, to award-winning prestige pictures. It was even the first streamer to win the Best Picture Oscar, for 2021's CODA.
Below, you'll find a sampling of the studio's best offerings so far, with something for every viewer. You might be excused for thinking many of them were typical theatrical releases—and some did hit theaters first—but strictly speaking, they are all Apple TV+ originals.
All of You (2025)
In the not-too-distant future, Soul Connex claims that it can match you with your one true love. This Black Mirror-esque premise finds Laura (Imogen Poots) signing up and taking the test with the reluctant encouragement of her college bestie, Simon (Ted Lasso's Brett Goldstein, also the co-writer). Matched with a guy named Lukas, she eventually marries and starts a family with her soulmate, but Simon never quite gets over his feelings for Laura. And, as years go by, Laura begins to wonder about the road not taken. It's not required homework, but the movie is something of a spin-off of the short-lived 2020 series Soulmates, an anthology of stories set in the same fictional world; All of You takes the same core premise in a new direction. Stream All of You.
Highest 2 Lowest (2025)
Spike Lee is a certified cinematic genius, but it seems he makes the kinds of movies that don't play in theaters anymore. His previous release, the war epic Da 5 Bloods, went straight to Netflix five years ago, and this new one, a remake of Japanese director Akira Kurosawa's noir-influenced High and Low, dropped on Apple TV+ after a cursory theatrical run. I'm not sure what it says about the state of the film industry that one of our best directors, paired with one of our most bankable stars in Denzel Washington, can't command a wide release, but here we are. Wherever you watch it, the film is a corker. Washington plays David King, a music mogul who receives a call from kidnappers who claim to have his son. King moves heaven and Earth to collect the millions he'll ned to pay the ransom—only to discover that there's been a mix-up, and the kidnappers actually have taken the son of his driver (Jeffrey Wright). King has to decide: Is saving the chauffeur's kid worth it? It's based on a 1959 Ed McBain novel, and after two adaptations, it's still a compelling premise. Stream Highest 2 Lowest.
Fancy Dance (2023)
Lily Gladstone follows up her Oscar-nominated performance in Killers of the Flower Moon with an equally impressive turn from Seneca-Cayuga filmmaker Erica Tremblay, making her feature directorial debut. Gladstone plays Jax, a queer Cayuga woman living on an Oklahoma reservation with her niece Roki (Isabel Deroy-Olson). Jax's sister (and Roki's mother) disappeared weeks ago, but neither tribal police nor the FBI are willing to take it seriously, given the family's troubled history. Child protective services tries to place Roki into the custody of her estranged white grandfather and his second wife, an arrangement that neither of the young women is comfortable with. The two set out on a dangerous journey to the tribal powwow in Oklahoma City—the FBI that wouldn't take their concerns seriously before are suddenly very interested in finding the two, who are also forced to evade local law enforcement and even ICE. It's not an entirely joyful narrative, but there is a powerful message about the power of community and family in the face of even the most oppressive external forces. Stream Fancy Dance.
The Lost Bus (2025)
The title might not suggest high-tension survival drama, but this film from director Paul Greengrass (United 93, Captain Phillips) is full of harrowing moments. The 2018 Camp Fire in Northern California's Butte County was, and remains, the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California history, and here we revisit the true story of Kevin McKay (Matthew McConaughey), a down-on-his luck bus driver who reroutes his bus to pick up a bunch of school kids and their teacher (America Ferrera) trapped behind the fire line. McConaughey and Ferrera are great, but the movie excels in its sense of a roadtrip through an initially familiar environment that increasingly comes to feel like a descent into hell. Stream The Lost Bus.
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