With the weekend approaching, why not treat yourself with some ‘Me Time’ and just relax while watching content you might have missed out on? If you have a subscription to Apple TV+, in this article find out about the 15 best movies available on Apple TV+ that you can watch. So go through this list and find yourself a movie that fits you the best!
1. Napoleon
Napoleon is a biopic revolving around the man who turned the history of France upside down, Napoléon Bonaparte. It shows the origin and rise to power of the French commander from the viewpoint of his beloved wife Josephine. Joaquin Phoenix takes up the role of Napoleon and carries it out with utmost perfection. This movie is something you should watch for a captivating story and masterful cinematics that will leave you in awe.
2. The Banker
Based on the extraordinary true story of Bernard Garrett and Joe Morris, The Banker takes us back to the 1960s when these two businessmen found a dangerous and ingenious way to walk around the racist business establishments of the time. The movie revolves around how these two black men hired a working-class white boy to be the face of their business while they pretended to be a janitor and a chauffeur. However, the federal agency got the scent of their scheme and to find out what happened next, watch The Banker this weekend.
3. Cha Cha Real Smooth
Cha Cha Real Smooth brings us Andrew, a 22-year-old young man fresh out of college who is living in New Jersey and has no idea where to go with his future. As a side gig, he works for Bar Mitzvahs and while attending one, he realizes that he has a real talent for organizing parties as he sets out to do his own thing, he gets numerous jobs as he befriends a single mother and her autistic teenage daughter. This movie is a one-of-a-kind coming-of-age movie that is quite a heartwarming watch.
4. Finch
Movies revolving around a post-apocalyptic setting are generally fitted with a rather ominous tone. However, Finch brings us a rather heartwarming tone. This movie takes place in a time where a solar flare has completely burnt out Earth’s ozone layer turning the planet into a wasteland with people trying their best to fight for survival. Finch Weinberg, a robotics engineer, lives alone with his dog Goodyear, and a helper robot named Dewey.
Now, Finch is slowly dying of radiation poisoning, and to make sure his dog is taken care of when he is gone, he creates a robot called Jeff. The robot is built specifically to take care of and protect Goodyear once Finch succumbs to his disease. All you need to know as a surety that this movie is good is the fact that Tom Hanks plays the lead role.
5. Flora and Son
Flora and Son is a truly heartwarming watch revolving around a single mother and her rebellious son. This movie introduces us to Flora and her Son Max who has lost his way and has gone down a path of pickpocketing. One day, he gets arrested and the police recommend Fiona to introduce him to new hobbies and that is when she rescues a beat-up guitar from a dumpster and gets introduced to an out-of-business musician. This movie is something that might make you shed a tear or two for how heartwarming it is.
6. Greyhound
Greyhound is a flick inspired by true events and takes us back to the greatest war humanity has ever fought, World War 2. This movie introduces us to U.S. Navy Cmdr. Ernest Krause who has been tasked to take a fleet of soldiers to the frontlines across the Atlantic Ocean is his first crossing and he hopes that it goes well. However, his fleet gets ambushed by German U-boats and now it’s up to him to save the lives of his men and get them through the Atlantic Ocean.
7. Killers of the Flower Moon
The premise of Killers of The Flower Moon takes us to the 1920s and introduces us to the Osage Indian tribe that lives in Oklahoma. It also brings us Ernest Burkhart who has just been discharged from the US Army and has returned to the same area to work for his uncle. However, since the Indians living there discovered oil on their land and became wealthy, the people of the Osage Tribe started to get murdered one by one. This attracted the attention of the FBI who stepped in to find out who was behind these killings.
8. Devotion
Bringing us the inspiring true story of Naval Pilot Jesse Brown, the first black man to be an aviator in the U.S Navy, Devotion explores the heroic acts of Jesse and his best friend and Wingman Tom Hudner who helped turn the tide of one of the most brutal standoffs in the Korean War. They both provided crucial air support to US troops pinned down by the Korean forces which made both of them the most celebrated fighter pilots in the history of the United States Navy.
9. The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Bringing to life the most heroic and absurd act of the American spirit, The Greatest Beer Run Ever brings to life the almost unbelievable real-life story of John “Chickie” Donohue who traveled to Vietnam not armed with weapons but a rucksack full of beer cans with the motive of tracking down his Army buddies and sharing a cold one with them. The only intention Chickie had in mind was to show the US troops that there were people back home in America who stood behind their troops and were eagerly waiting for them to come back home.
10. The Family Plan
The Family Plan revolves around an ex-Government Assassin named Dan who has put down his guns and has retired with his family of a wife and three children. However, his past comes crawling back to him and that’s when he rounds up his family, packs them in a mini-van, and goes on a vacation in Las Vegas to escape the people trying to hunt him down. This movie is an action-packed and fun watch that will keep you hooked till the very end.
11. Palmer
If you are into watching movies with heartwarming themes, Palmer is a movie that is quite literally handcrafted for you. This movie revolves around Eddie Palmer, a former High School football star who was sent to prison for 12 years for an attempted murder. After he is released, he moves in with his grandmother and joins a school as a Janitor.
Palmer’s grandmother sometimes looks after a young boy named Sam whose mother is a drug addict and is abusive towards him. When Palmer’s grandmother passes away, the responsibility of looking after Sam when his mom goes out of town falls upon him. Initially, Palmer had no interest in looking after the boy but eventually strikes a friendship with Sam then helps him to heal his emotional wounds.
12. Fingernails
Fingernails fit somewhere in the science fiction and romantic genre. This movie introduces us to Anna who is having massive second thoughts about her long-time partner and thinks that he might not be the one for her. To get an answer to this turmoil in her mind, she secretly starts an assignment working at a mysterious institute that uses technology to find the presence of love between two individuals but can technology really answer the complex question of love that accurately?
13. Sharper
Sharper brings us the character of Sandy, a young woman in the business of conning people in partnership with Max, an expert conman. The movie’s plot revolves around her conning multiple people before bumping into Tom, the son of an extremely wealthy man named Richard. Now, if I tell you a lot about the plot, it will ruin the suspense and twists for you, So, to learn more about it, I recommend you watch this movie and find out for yourself.
14. Causeway
After suffering a traumatic injury in the line of duty on her deployment in Afghanistan Lynsey returns to her hometown to recover from her injuries and her mental scars. However, she struggles to fit back into society with her mother and is looking forward to being redeployed, Among all this, she strikes an unlikely friendship with local mechanic James who becomes a source of comfort for her. This movie shows us the journey of healing Lynsey goes through which is truly heartwarming to watch.
15. The Tragedy of Macbeth
“All Hail Macbeth Who Shall Be King” You might remember this from your English class when Shakespeare’s Macbeth was being taught to you. Apple TV+ brings you a live-action adaptation of this wonderful text in one of the best possible ways. Macbeth revolves around the tale of a general who encounters three witches who give him the prophecy that one day he will be King. Corrupted by this and under the influence of Lady Macbeth’s persuasions Macbeth walks down a dark path that only leads to murder and disasters.
