3 Best Movies To Watch On Disney+ This Weekend (November 7-8)

Published Nov 6, 2026, 3:37 PM EST Felipe Rangel is a Movie and TV Journalist ScreenRant. He has been writing about movies and TV since 2021. Felipe joined ScreenRant in 2022, working across different teams, covering everything from breaking news to features to reviews and more. Felipe is a writer who is an avid film and TV fan, with superhero movies and series being his biggest passion. He graduated from college in 2019, having studied Journalism. Before college, he spent a month studying at the Oxford English Centre. His superhero knowledge expands to the comics, with his undergraduate thesis being "Politics Reflected In American Comics." Sign in to your ScreenRant account Disney+ is the streaming service to go to this weekend if you are looking for sci-fi, fantasy or superhero movies, with three huge recommendations for fans of those genres. On last weekend's Disney+ movie recommendations, I talked about why subscribers should give a chance to Hocus Pocus 2, Coraline, and Soulm8te. That list was clearly tailored with suitable movies for Halloween in mind. With the holiday and October now behind us, I decided to cast horror aside for our new Disney+ movie recommendations, though it is worth mentioning that Dakota Fanning's dark fantasy continues to trend, as Coraline is currently the 9th most popular movie on Disney+ in the United States. Still, with the start of a new month, it is better to make it a fresh start. As such, rather than having darker recommendations on the Disney+ list, subscribers should turn their attention to exciting adventures set in immersive worlds and with characters many have grown to love over the years. For one reason or the other, these three movies have once again become timely options on Disney+ this weekend. One of them sits in the hall of the best animated movies of all time, starting a franchise, which is exactly what a live-action superhero movie whose characters will soon return also did. Closing the list is a massive space opera that is part of one of the highest-grossing movie franchises of all time, and it is also set to return with new releases. These are the best movies to watch on Disney+ this weekend: 3 Monsters, Inc. (2001) Monsters, Inc. is both the only animated movie on the list and the only entry that is currently trending on the streaming service, as it stands as the 5th most popular movie on Disney+ in the United States. If you are looking for a film the whole family can watch together, no matter the viewer's age, and still have a blast, then Monsters, Inc. is the perfect option for doing just that. The animated fantasy film introduces a world inhabited by monsters in which two best friends in the city of Monstropolis, which is devoted to using human children's screams for energy, embark on a wild journey that ends up revolutionizing their world. Monsters, Inc. packs a lot of heart and pitch-perfect humor, exploring a unique world filled with colorful characters of which John Goodman's Sulley and Billy Crystal's Mike Wazowski, with their electric banter, are front and center. 2 X-Men (2000) The only superhero movie on the list is 2000's X-Men, which was the first film in Fox's original X-Men movie timeline, starring actors like Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, James Marsden as Cyclops, and many more. There are a couple of key reasons why X-Men comes up as a perfect watch 26 years later, with the first of them being as a way to remember how the work of the excellent Patrick Stewart as Charles Xavier began, following the actor's recent death. The other connects to the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as multiple actors from that very movie will be returning as their X-Men heroes and villains in Avengers: Doomsday, which releases in theaters on December 18. As such, X-Men is a crucial step in anyone's rewatch marathon ahead of the MCU's new Avengers movie, and it just so happens to be one of the best superhero movies of all time, which certainly helps. 1 Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) Finally, Avatar: Fire and Ash is both one of the highest-grossing movies ever, with $1.5 billion worldwide, and also a space opera that finds new ways to keep a long-running franchise fresh. James Cameron's first Avatar movie was released in theaters in 2009. Since then, the sci-fi universe has found new ways to reinvent itself with every new release, with Fire and Ash doing so through the debut of the Mangkwan Clan, aka the Ash People. Their barren wasteland of a biome contrasts with the lush forests of Pandora and the glistening blue oceans of the previous movies, making for exciting visual flair. Avatar: Fire and Ash continues to push the boundaries of what CGI and 3D can do in film, with cutting-edge technology for both. The sci-fi movie is also an action-packed event with a surprising bond between franchise characters Jake Sully and Colonel Miles Quaritch, and the debut of the frightening villain Varang, the leader of the Ash People, played by Oona Chaplin. It is a solid final note for our Disney+ movie recommendations. Monsters, Inc. 10/10 Release Date November 2, 2001 Runtime 92 Minutes Pixar's Monsters, Inc. tells the story of Mike Wazowski and James P. "Sully" Sullivan, two monsters who work for the titular organization. Their job is to collect and harness the screams of children using inter-dimensional technology that allows them to briefly enter the supposedly dangerous human world. However, when a human child finds her way into Monsters, Inc., Sully and Mike begin to question everything their employer has ever told them, and work in secret to get her home safely. Cast Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Mary Gibbs, Steve Buscemi, James Coburn, Jennifer Tilly, Bob Peterson, John Ratzenberger, Frank Oz, Daniel Gerson, Steve Susskind, Bonnie Hunt, Jeff Pidgeon, Samuel Lord Black, Jack Angel, Bob Bergen, Rodger Bumpass, Gino Conforti, Jennifer Darling, Patti Deutsch, Pete Docter, Bobby Edner, Ashley Edner, Katie Scarlett, Paul Eiding Director Pete Docter Franchise(s) Disney X-Men Release Date July 13, 2000 Runtime 104 minutes A 2000 superhero film centered on Marvel's fan-favorite mutants, beings born with extraordinary abilities who face growing fear and discrimination from humanity. Professor Charles Xavier and his X-Men take in newcomers Wolverine and Rogue as they battle Magneto, a mutant leader plotting to forcibly transform powerful humans into mutants. Cast Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, James Marsden, Halle Berry, Anna Paquin, Tyler Mane, Ray Park, Rebecca Romijn, Bruce Davison, Matthew Sharp, Brett Morris, Rhona Shekter, Kenneth McGregor, Shawn Roberts, Donna Goodhand, John Nelles, George Buza, Darren McGuire, Carson Manning, Scott Leva, Aron Tager, Kevin Rushton, Doug Lennox Director Bryan Singer Franchise(s) Marvel, X-Men Avatar: Fire and Ash Release Date December 19, 2025 Runtime 197 Minutes Avatar: Fire and Ash is a 2025 science fiction film continuing the saga of Pandora. Jake Sully and Neytiri confront a formidable new enemy, the Ash People, led by Varang. Struggling with personal loss and external threats, they strive to protect their family and Pandora's future. Cast Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Kate Winslet, Cliff Curtis, Oona Chaplin, Jack Champion, Britain Dalton, Trinity Bliss, Bailey Bass, David Thewlis, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Edie Falco, Jemaine Clement, Giovanni Ribisi, Brendan Cowell, Filip Geljo, Matt Gerald, Duane Evans Jr., Jeremy Irwin, Johnny Alexander, Keston John Director James Cameron Franchise(s) Avatar