Apple TV Plus

High production values and a company determined to be a leader in streaming. There is ample good content on Apple TV Plus with more in the works.

The Apple TV Plus cornerstone series is their launch with The Morning Show (2019 -): Season 4 launched September 17, 2025. Starring Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass, Steve Carell. Powerful women theme.
Multiple award nominations for Apple TV Plus including of course the highly acclaimed Ted Lasso.

Find recommended shows since 2024 on my Highlights

Apple TV Plus Series Recommended Series

* Bad Monkey (2024) starring Vince Vaughn
* The New Look (Feb 14, 2024): The stories of Christian Dior and Coco Chanel during the Nazi occupation of France and just after. Starring Juliette Binoche (born 1964) as Coco Chanel; John Malkovich as Lucien Lelong; Glenn Close as Carmel Snow; Ben Mendelsohn (Faraway Downs) as Christian Dior; Maisie Williams as Catherine Dior.
* Franklin (2024): Starring Michael Douglas (born 1944) Docudrama. Learn more about Benjamin Franklin and what happened in France during the American Revolutionary War.
* Shrinking (2023) Fabulous dramedy starring Harrison Ford, Jason Segel, Jessica Williams
* Lessons in Chemistry (2023 October) Based on a beloved book. Starring Brie Larson. Strong woman theme.
* Dear Edward (2023) Plane crash survival, coming of age. Starring Taylor Schilling
* The Last Thing He Told Me (2023) Starring Jennifer Garner. Based on a popular book. Only got a 6.5 on IMDb but we liked it.
* Trying (2020 – 2022) Dramedy set in England. Adoption theme with lots of family dynamics. Three seasons.
* Slow Horses (2022 – ) Season 4 2024. Starring Gary Oldman. British – MI5
* Platonic (2023) Comedy starring Rose Byrne, Seth Rogan, Luke Macfarlane
Bad Sisters (2022) Black comedy
WeCrashed (2022) WeWork Docudrama with Anne Hathaway and Jared Leto. one season.
The Shrink Next Door (2021): Docudrama starring Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd.
High Desert (2023 – ) Comedy starring Patricia Arquette, Matt Dillon, Brad Garrett, Rupert Friend (Homeland), Bernadette Peters. Starts out strong but weakens.
Physical (2021 – ) with Rose Byrne, Jane Fonda like aerobics with eating disorder makes a dark dramedy. Season 1 and 2 were very good but season 3 (2023) took such a disturbing turn mid-season (at the fitness conference) that we couldn’t keep watching.
Suspicion (2022 – ) Thriller starring Uma Thurman, Kunal Nayyar (Big Bang Theory)
Defending Jacob (2020): starring Chris Evans, Jaeden Martell, Michelle Dockery. Murder mystery. Importance of family theme.
Mythic Quest (2020 – ): Silicon Valley for the Gaming developers world. Dramedy. Powerful women theme with Poppy as head developer. Co-creator Rob McElhenney (Always Sunny in Philadelphia) is also star. Two special episodes follow the finale of Season 1: Quarantine and Everlight – both excellent. Season 3 dropped in 2023.
Schmigadoon (2021 – ): Trapped in a musical comedy, science fiction. Season 2 dropped in 2023.

Apple TV Plus Recommended Sci-fi Series:

SILO (2023): Powerful women theme. Starring Rebecca Ferguson, Common, Tim Robbins
Foundation (2021 -): Season Two launched and finished 2023. Powerful women theme
For All Mankind (2019 – 2023): Starring Joel Kinnaman (Hanna). Alternate universe where Russia puts a man on the moon first. Powerful women theme with female astronauts program. LGBQ elements especially in season 3. Now in Season 4
Severance (2022 – ) Season two 1-17-25
Invasion (2021 -): Season two finished 2023. There needs to be a Season 3. Powerful women theme but bravery all around in this global alien invasion story.
Dr. Brain (2021): Korean language

Apple TV Plus Recommended Films

The Dink (7-24-26 launch) Film starring: Jake Johnson, Mary Steenburgen, Ed Harris
Fly Me to the Moon (2024) – Romcom with Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum and Woody Harrelson
Family Plan (Dec 15, 2023): Fun action film starring Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Monaghan. Nice performance by rest of family including Iliana and Vienna Norris as baby Max. No thought required.
Flora and Son (2023 October): Coming of age set in Ireland with Joseph Gordon-Levitt based in Topanga Canyon LA as an online guitar teacher. Quote: “Who is going to cancel you? You’re already no one”
STILL A Michael J Fox Movie (2023): Excellent Documentary. Clips from Michael’s TV and film performances help tell the story. Physical therapy insights.
Tetris (2023): Docudrama starring Taron Egerton. Japan and Russia figure into the story.
Boom Boom the World vs Boris Becker (2023): Documentary in two long parts. The psychology of tennis. Good insights and lots of fun historic tennis tennis clips.
Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022): Apple bought at Sundance for $15M. Starring Dakota Johnson. Autistic actress plays her daughter.
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-06-29/cha-cha-real-smooth-apple-autism-cooper-raiff#
Finch (2021): Tom Hanks. Sci-fi.
CODA (2021): Marlee Matlin. Coming of age for a child of deaf adults. Excellent vehicle to raise awareness of the deaf experience.
The Banker (2020): Based on a true story starring Anthony Mackie, Samuel L. Jackson
Palmer (2021): Justin Timberlake turns in a solid performance as does the rest of the cast.

Not in our top five but watchable.
Truth Be Told (2019, 2021, 2023) Series: True crime podcast starring Octavia Spencer, Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad), Elizabeth Perkins (Weeds), Annabella Sciorra. Season 2: Kate Hudson. Third season in 2023.

For my girlfriends
The Buccaneers (2023 – ) Christina Hendricks is the actor Americans will know but a cast of pretty people and impressive English countryside. Romance.
Dickinson (2019 -): Series: Highly stylized story of Emily Dickinson. VERY modern Music will be your first heads up that this is not a traditional period piece. Season 2 released January 2021.
Loot (2022): one season starring Maya Rudolph black comedy

We watched it so you don’t have to
Fingernails (2023) SciFi 90 minute film. Starring Jessie Buckley, Jeremy Allen White (Bear, Shameless), Riz Ahmed, Luke Wilson. We like sci-fi so much that sometimes we’ll put up with lesser ratings but there definitely was NO pay-off here for the disturbing story.
See: (2021 – 2022) SciFi: Three Seasons Series: Interesting alternate universe theme but rather monotonous action. Only watched the first season. It did get rated over 7 on IMDb so it may have gotten better.
Greyhound Film: From a true story. Stars Tom Hanks. It’s just OK IMHO.
Extrapolations: (2023): Big cast trying very hard to sell an environmental story