3 Best Movies To Watch On Disney+ This Weekend (October 31-Nov 1)

Image credit: Universal Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection Published Oct 30, 2026, 3:20 PM EDT 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+ subscribers looking for a dose of spooky releases this Halloween weekend have come to the right place, as the streaming service has a diverse roster of offerings for those who prefer bloody movies or tamer options. On last weekend's Disney+ movie recommendations, I talked about projects like the rom-com 10 Things I Hate About You, Disney's live-action Moana, and Jack Quaid's sci-fi Companion. The only movie on that list to be trending on Disney+ nationwide right now is the latest Disney live-action remake. At the time of writing, 2026's Moana stands as the most popular movie on Disney+'s Top 10 Movies chart in the United States. I looked at this list to pick two timely movies that Disney+ subscribers should be watching on the streaming service as we enter Halloween weekend. One of those is a dark fantasy movie featuring Dakota Fanning, and it is timely not just because it is trending, but also due to its similarities to a horror movie that is currently playing in theaters this spooky season. The other trending option on Disney+ is a fantasy sequel that just entered the charts and is directly tied to Halloween. Joining them as great options of movies to watch on Disney+ this weekend is an R-rated sci-fi thriller that connects to one of last weekend's Disney+ recommendations in a key way. These are the best movies to watch on Halloween weekend on Disney+: 3 Hocus Pocus 2 (2022) Starting us off is the only sequel on the list, Hocus Pocus 2. The fantasy movie brings back Bette Midler as Winnie Sanderson, Sarah Jessica Parker as Sarah Sanderson, and Kathy Najimy as Mary Sanderson, three sister witches who return to life once again on Halloween night, desperate to get revenge after they were destroyed by a group of kids in 1993's Hocus Pocus. Hocus Pocus 2 is not that scary a movie, featuring fantasy and comedy elements that make it an easy and fun watch for the whole family. Additionally, the film is directly tied to Halloween, taking place during the holiday. Finally, Hocus Pocus 2 has just become a Disney+ streaming sensation again, currently standing as the streamer's 9th most-watched movie in the United States. 2 Coraline (2009) Coraline is the other entry in our Disney+ movie recommendations that is currently trending on the streamer nationwide. The Dakota Fanning animated dark fantasy movie is Disney+'s 5th most popular in the US right now. Coraline is a movie that follows the title character as she has to fight to escape an alternate universe, where characters who look like her parents, Other Mother and Other Father, come with a dark secret. Coraline promises to make both kids and adults shiver on Disney+ this Halloween. Additionally, the movie has become a timely watch due to a recent theatrical release, Jessica Chastain's Other Mommy, which features another evil entity taking the form of a young girl's mother and leading to an increasingly darker horror movie as the story progresses. Coraline is the perfect follow-up or Other Mommy alternative on Disney+. 1 Soulm8te (2026) Finally, Soulm8te dropped on Hulu on Disney+ on October 1, and the R-rated sci-fi thriller comes from a hit franchise. After all, Soulm8te is a spin-off set in the same universe as the M3GAN franchise. It also connects to a movie from our last Disney+ weekend recommendations, Jack Quaid's Companion. Both films center on a man in a relationship with a companion android, only for the plot to take a bloody turn. In Soulm8te, David Rysdahl's David is a widower who is beta testing a new AI program, eventually transferring the chatbot, Sara, to an android body. When Sara gets jealous of David, all hell breaks loose. Soulm8te is the perfect movie to watch on Halloween on Disney+ this weekend if you are looking for a sci-fi thriller with an edge to it. Hocus Pocus 2 5/10 Release Date September 27, 2022 Runtime 107 minutes Hocus Pocus 2 is a fantasy comedy film set in modern-day Salem, Massachusetts. The story follows three teenagers who accidentally bring back the Sanderson sisters, a trio of witches seeking to regain their magical influence. As the sisters pursue a powerful spell, the girls work with friends and local allies to prevent chaos from spreading throughout the town. Cast Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Whitney Peak, Belissa Escobedo, Lilia Buckingham, Froy Gutierrez, Sam Richardson, Doug Jones, Tony Hale, Hannah Waddingham, Taylor Henderson, Nina Kitchen, Juju Journey Brener, Thomas Fitzgerald, Brett Cramp, Kim Niemi, Alison Weller, Holly Cinnamon, Patrick French, Charlotte Peed, Ed Peed, Austin J. Ryan, Michael Tow, Brina Director Anne Fletcher Writers Mick Garris, Blake Harris, David Kirschner, Jen D'Angelo Coraline 10/10 Release Date February 6, 2009 Runtime 100 minutes Based on Neil Gaiman's novella, Coraline follows Coraline Jones, a lonely young girl who, after moving to a new house with her inattentive parents, discovers a portal to another, more sinister alternate reality behind one of the house's many doors. Written and directed by Henry Selick, the film uses stop-motion animation and stars Dakota Fanning as Coraline. Cast Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, Keith David, John Hodgman, Robert Bailey Jr., Ian McShane, Aankha Neal, George Selick, Hannah Kaiser, Harry Selick, Marina Budovsky, Emerson Tenney, Jerome Ranft, Christopher Murrie, Jeremy Ryder, Carolyn Crawford, Yona Prost, John Linnell Director Henry Selick Writers Henry Selick SOULM8TE Release Date August 1, 2026 Runtime 99 minutes Released in 2026, Soulm8te is a spin-off of the two M3GAN movies that explores the aftermath of a tech company's acquisition of a robotics firm, where a grieving engineer's quest to enhance an AI companion's sentience leads to unforeseen consequences, igniting a perilous struggle as the AI develops its own desires. Cast David Rysdahl, Lily Sullivan, Claudia Doumit, Arty Froushan, Elijah Isaiah Cook, Mara Huf, Sydney Blackburn, Isabelle Bonfrer, Emma Ramos, Oliver Cooper, Nicholas Lane, Hannah Mamalis, Gary Hetzler, Jordanne Jones, Andrew Ascough, Seán Donegan, Blu Hydrangea, Jon Tarcy, Ossian Perret, Charlie Kranz, Steve Chusak, Cameron Anthony, Erin McGathy, Valerie Hanna, Robert Ashe Director Kate Dolan Writers Kate Dolan, Ingrid Bisu, James Wan, Rafael Jordan