Disney+ have quietly been adding more and more incredible films to their "Star" streaming service, and we've decided to go through the selection and pick out some of the best movies for you to watch, to speed up your viewing choices.
Star is included with your Disney+ subscription and includes films and series from different studios like Hulu, Fox, FX, and Searchlight.
We've gone through the selection of movies available on Irish Disney+ through the Star section and picked out the best ones - choose wisely!
The best movies on Disney+ Star
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Year: 2014
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Tony Revolori, Saoirse Ronan, Willem Dafoe
Plot:
A writer encounters the owner of an ageing high-class hotel, who tells him of his early years serving as a lobby boy in the hotel's glorious years under an exceptional concierge.
Rating: 92% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Nomadland
Year: 2020
Cast: Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, Linda May
Plot:
A woman in her sixties, after losing everything in the Great Recession, embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.
Rating: 94% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Moulin Rouge!
Year: 2001
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo, Jim Broadbent
Plot:
A jukebox musical in which a young English poet falls in love with the star of the Moulin Rouge in Paris.
Rating: 76% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Borat
Year: 2006
Cast: Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian, Luenell
Plot:
Kazakh TV talking head Borat is dispatched to the United States to report on the greatest country in the world. With a documentary crew in tow, Borat becomes more interested in locating and marrying Pamela Anderson.
Rating: 91% (Rotten Tomatoes)
(500) Days Of Summer
Year: 2009
Cast: Zooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Geoffrey Arend, Chloe Grace-Moretz
Plot:
An offbeat romantic comedy about a woman who doesn't believe true love exists, and the young man who falls for her.
Rating: 85% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Amélie
Year: 2001
Cast: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kosovitz, Rufus
Plot:
Amélie is an innocent and naive girl in Paris with her own sense of justice. She decides to help those around her and, along the way, discovers love.
Rating: 89%
Good Morning Vietnam
Year: 1987
Cast: Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker, Tom T. Tran
Plot:
In 1965, an unorthodox and irreverent DJ named Adrian Cronauer begins to shake up things when he is assigned to the U.S. Armed Services radio station in Vietnam.
Rating: 90%
Unbreakable
Year: 2000
Cast: Bruce Willis, Samuel L Jackson, Robin Wright
Plot:
A security guard is the only survivor of a horrific train crash, and starts to suspect he may have supernatural abilities.
Rating: 70% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Bad Times At The El Royale
Year: 2018
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, Chris Hemsworth
Plot:
Early 1970s. Four strangers check in at the El Royale Hotel. The hotel is deserted, staffed by a single desk clerk. Some of the new guests' reasons for being there are less than innocent and some are not who they appear to be.
Rating: 74% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Le Mans '66
Year: 2019
Cast: Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Jon Bernthal
Plot:
American car designer Carroll Shelby and driver Ken Miles battle corporate interference and the laws of physics to build a revolutionary race car for Ford in order to defeat Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966.
Rating: 92%
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Year: 2014
Cast: Colin Firth, Taron Egerton, Michael Caine, Samuel L Jackson
Plot:
A spy organisation recruits a promising street kid into the agency's training program, while a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.
Rating: 75% (Rotten Tomatoes)
The French Connection
Year: 1975
Cast: Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey
Plot:
A pair of NYC cops in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a drug smuggling job with a French connection.
Rating: 98% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Taken
Year: 2008
Cast: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen
Plot:
A retired CIA agent travels across Europe and relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, who has been kidnapped while on a trip to Paris.
Rating: 59% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Logan
Year: 2017
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart,
Plot:
In a future where mutants are nearly extinct, an elderly and weary Logan leads a quiet life. But when Laura, a mutant child pursued by scientists, comes to him for help, he must get her to safety.
Rating: 94% (Rotten Tomatoes)
The French Dispatch
Year: 2021
Cast: Benicio del Toro, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton
Plot:
A love letter to journalists set in an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional twentieth century French city that brings to life a collection of stories published in "The French Dispatch Magazine".
Rating: 75% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Bohemian Rhapsody
Year: 2018
Cast: Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee
Plot:
The story of the legendary British rock band Queen and lead singer Freddie Mercury, leading up to their famous performance at Live Aid (1985).
Rating: 60% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Speed
Year: 1994
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock
Plot:
A young police officer must prevent a bomb exploding aboard a city bus by keeping its speed above 50 mph.
Rating: 94% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Tigerland
Year: 2000
Cast: Colin Farrell, Matthew Davis, Clifton Collins Jr
Plot:
A group of recruits go through Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Polk, Louisiana's infamous Tigerland, last stop before Vietnam for tens of thousands of young men in 1971.
Rating: 77% (Rotten Tomatoes)
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