The best movies on Apple TV Plus

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Starring Tom Hanks as a US Navy commander, Greyhound was well-received upon its release and – unlike most modern films – comes with a 90-minute running time. Tight, well-acted and produced, and earning an Oscar nomination for its sound, Greyhound is arguably one of the best movies available on Apple TV Plus.

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A dazzling animated film from the team behind Song of the Sea, this is the third installment in Tom Moore’s loosely connected ‘Irish Folk Trilogy’. This is probably one of the best animated films of 2020, fully deserving of an Oscar nomination against the giants Disney and Pixar. Totally mesmerizing.

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It’s a bit light on subject matter, but The Banker, a biopic about Bernard Garrett—an enterprising black business owner who hires a white man as the face of his company to circumvent racist attitudes—is at least worth a watch.

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A fantastically made documentary by Bryce Dallas Howard about what it’s like to be a father in these times. Impactful, well produced. A must watch, especially for parents.

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Fight for your right to party with Beastie Boys Mike Diamond (Mike D) and Adam Horovitz (Ad-Rock) as they tell the story of their music and 40 years of friendship with the late Adam Yauch (MCA). This “live documentary experience” was directed by their longtime collaborator Spike Jonze as a fitting testament to these rap legends.

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Coming-of-age story Hala tells a fitting tale of the struggle to form an identity as a teenager balances her Muslim upbringing with her social life and identity as a high school student.

This 2020 documentary offers a behind-the-scenes look at The Boss’ self-titled album.

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Nature is healing. No, really – it’s not about those ironic crocodile memes from the early 2020s. floating on a pool of noodles or cats luggage carousel ride. When people abandoned cities, parks, oceans and many other places during the 2020 COVID lockdown, all kinds of wild creatures benefited. Narrated by the legendary David Attenborough, The Year the Earth Changed shows that we owe it to whales, penguins, cheetahs and a whole host of other animals to meddle less in their lives.

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Cooper Rife directed this coming-of-age film, and he stars as Andrew, an aimless 22-year-old college graduate who starts working as a bar and bat mitzvah bouncer. He also meets and befriends an older woman Domino (Dakota Johnson) and her daughter Lola (Vanessa Burghardt). If you’re in the mood for a rousing movie, this one delivers. It also won an audience award at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.

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Joel Coen of the Coen Brothers production duo directs this adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth, which earned three Oscar nominations this year. Sure, a film in Shakespearean English may not be for everyone, but the feature is undeniably gorgeous, and Denzel Washington, Frances McDormand and Alex Hassell deliver powerful performances.

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This award-winning coming-of-age film centers on 17-year-old Ruby, the only hearing member of a deaf family. After excelling in her high school choir class, she is torn between supporting her family’s fishing business and fully pursuing her passion for music. Featuring a standout performance by Emilia Jones, CODA (which stands for “child of deaf adults”) is a touching story that deserves a place on this list. It’s this year’s Oscar winner for Best Picture.

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This documentary follows a mother elephant named Athena as she leads her family through the desert at the start of the dry season. It is narrated by Chiwetel Ejiofor and was an official selection at both the Sundance Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival.

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This stunning documentary explores the cultural and scientific impacts that meteorites and craters have on Earth. It’s complicated but fascinating stuff. The film interviews people like Norwegian jazz guitarist Jon Larsen, who describes the feeling of holding a micrometeorite: “No human being has ever touched anything older. It’s really looking eternity in the eye.”One particular crater we see at the beginning of the film is absolutely beautiful.

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You can read our full Finch review here, but in short: We loved it! It’s often overly sentimental, with a few annoying “life lessons,” but this post-apocalyptic tale of a lone survivor and a robot on a last-gasp journey has real charm and is well worth a watch.

This raw documentary behind the music gives you a closer look at the life of singer-songwriter Billie Eilish, from her breakthrough hit Ocean Eyes to recording the James Bond theme No Time to Die. In the candid film, Eilish faces the pressures of touring, making music videos and writing and recording her hit album When We All Fall Sleep, Where Do We Go?

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It’s more of a cartoon short than a movie, but given the subject matter (and the fact that Apple TV Plus doesn’t have that many movies), we’re adding it. Here We Are: Notes on Life on Planet Earth is gorgeous, heart-warming, and perfect for families with young children.

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On The Rocks brings Sofia Coppola back together with Bill Murray for the first time since A Very Murray Christmas. It is essentially a father-daughter drama. It’s a little cooler than Coppola’s usual work, but that seems to suit Murray, whose charming, world-weary performance elevates the whole project.

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Playing an ex-convict who stumbles upon the life of a young boy, Palmer is hardly groundbreaking, but it is carried by Timberlake’s central performance. Get ready for tears.

If you’re a Charlie Brown fan — let’s face it, who isn’t? — this informative, family-friendly documentary will sweep you off your feet (and you won’t even have to go in for an ill-fated soccer kick). Narrated by Lupita Nyong’o, Who Are You Charlie Brown? is a short and sweet film that explores the appeal and origins of the classic cartoon character. But I’ll stop going on like wow, wow, wow. Watch this one now.