It's been a long since I updated this new Disney+ movies article. With no new movies landing on Disney+ since mid-July, there's been no reason to give it an overhaul.
Like London buses, though, two new films have dropped on one of the best streaming services within the space of a week. So, if you're curious to learn which duo have ended the platform's latest movie-based barren streak, read on.
New Disney+ movies: September
Lilo & Stitch
Release date: September 3
Runtimes: 112 minutes
Age rating: PG (US); 6+ (UK)
Director: Dean Fleischer-Camp
Main cast: Maia Kealoha, Sydney Adudong, Chris Sander, Zach Galifianakis, Billy Magnussen, Tia Carrere, Jason Scott Lee, and Courtney B Vance
Rotten Tomatoes (RT) score: 72% (critics); 92% (audiences)
The latest in a long line of live-action remakes of classic Disney animated films, the 2025 retelling of Lilo & Stitch is one of this year's most popular movies. Indeed, it was the first film of the year to surpass $1 billion at the global box office, so it's clearly done something right compared to other recent remakes that have been critical and commercial duds. It's not a perfect film – some fans have equally raged over the live-action adaptation's altered ending and why an animated film that's less than 20 years old needed to be remade. Nonetheless, with its heart-warming story about family and a furry blue, maniacal critter front and center of its funny and sentimental plot, Lilo & Stitch 2025 had all of the ingredients to be a big-screen hit that can now be enjoyed at home.
Thunderbolts*
Release date: August 27
Runtimes: 129 minutes
Age rating: PG-13 (US); 12+ (UK)
Directors: Jake Schreier
Main cast: Florence Pugh, David Harbour, Sebastian Stan, Wyatt Russell, Hannah John-Kamen, Lewis Pullman, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Rotten Tomatoes (RT) score: 88% (critics); 93% (audiences)
The second of three Marvel movies that struggled to set the box office alight, Thunderbolts* deserved to be seen by more people. I can understand why it didn't perform as well as Marvel executives hoped – for one, you had to do a lot of homework to know who many of its primary characters were. Nevertheless, it's my favorite MCU film of 2025. Yes, it's packed with the usual humor, action, and flair you've come to expect from a comic book movie, but it's also incredibly relatable, and at-times thematically and emotionally dark. Read my Thunderbolts* review for more on why I liked it so much and then check out my Thunderbolts* ending explained piece to see how it helps to set up Avengers: Doomsday.
New Disney+ movies: coming soon
Currently, there's only one other movie that's due out on Disney+ before the end of September – and it won't be available to stream in the US because it'll drop on Hulu instead.
I'll update this section if more movie-based release announcements are made between now and October 1. For now, though, read on to learn what film will join Disney+ in the weeks ahead:
- Swiped – September 19
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