Best Disney+ shows – originals and returning favourites

If you're faced with Disney+'s vast catalogue and don't know where to begin when it comes to choosing a new show to watch, let RT's experts help.

You could try recent arrival The Shards, executive-produced by Ryan Murphy and based on Bret Easton Ellis's bestselling novel. Set in 1980s Los Angeles, it follows privileged prep school seniors navigating identity, sex, and obsession as a serial killer stalks the city. The cast includes Igby Rigney, Homer Gere, Wes Bentley, Kaia Gerber, and Evan Rachel Wood.

Dying for Sex is a comedy drama inspired by the real-life story of Molly Kochan who, after a terminal cancer diagnosis, leaves her marriage and embarks on a journey of self-discovery and sexual liberation. Starring Michelle Williams and Jenny Slate, the acclaimed series balances humour, friendship and heartbreak with remarkable warmth.

If you're a fan of The Handmaid's Tale, you're sure to enjoy follow-up The Testaments. The series takes us back to Gilead, and a prestigious girls’ school that might just be an unlikely source of revolutionary fervour. One Battle after Another star Chase Infiniti features as a conflicted queen bee.

In comedy drama Alice and Steve, Nicola Walker and Jemaine Clement are feuding friends battling over an inappropriate romance, where career sabotage escalates to hospital visits, gunfire and houses in flames...

For a bit more tension, you could do little better than Paradise, the political thriller where a Secret Service agent (Sterling K Brown) investigates a president’s murder inside a seemingly perfect community hiding devastating secrets.

Meanwhile, crime thriller Furious might remind you of the 1987 movie Black Widow. Emmy Rossum and Lola Petticrew are an FBI agent and a serial killer who are locked in a battle of wits but who may not be all that different.

From suburban scandals to animated satire and modern family life, many TV classic have earned their place as Disney+ comfort-viewing staples. Whether you’re revisiting Desperate Housewives, The Simpsons or Modern Family, there’s plenty of wit, warmth and memorable characters to enjoy.

And for something a little different, documentary In Vogue: the 90s charts the decade that turned fashion into a global cultural force, through the eyes of Anna Wintour, Edward Enninful and Vogue insiders. An A-list line-up including Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss and Victoria Beckham revisits the era’s defining style moments.

If you need more inspiration, scroll on for more on these titles and many others, as we list the best shows on Disney+ to watch now.

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