The 16 Best Things on Disney+ This Spring

With Hulu folding into the popular streamer, there’s a whole lot to binge, from a ‘Scrubs’ reboot to a Bruce Springsteen concert film

Thom Geier,

AARP

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Published March 09, 2026

Jane Kaczmarek and Bryan Cranston in a scene from Malcolm in the Middle Life's Still Unfair

Jane Kaczmarek and Bryan Cranston return as Malcolm's parents in the reboot of sitcom "Malcom in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair," coming to Hulu on Disney+ in April.

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Disney+ is no longer the streaming service you turn to only when the grandkids are visiting. The streamer recently absorbed the company’s more grownup-oriented service Hulu, which means that award-winning hits like Shogun, The Bear and The Handmaid’s Tale as well as shows from ABC and FX are all under the Disney+ banner now. This spring brings a wide variety of new offerings, from reboots of classic TV shows like The Muppet Show and Malcolm in the Middle to a new docuseries hosted by Henry Winkler. Here are the 16 best shows and movies to add to your queue: Numerous titles have recently launched, so enjoy those now, and mark your calendar for the ones to come.

Sunny Nights, Season 1

SNL alum Will Forte, 55, and D’Arcy Carden (The Good Place) play two American siblings who relocate to Australia to start a spray-tan business — but quickly run afoul of some nasty (and very quirky) folks Down Under who are downright underworld criminals. This comedic crime series won raves when it debuted last year in Oz. (Premieres Mar. 11)

The Faithful (2026)

Just in time for Easter, Fox and its streaming partner Disney+ are rolling out a limited series that dramatizes the Bible’s Book of Genesis from the point of view of five flawed but courageous women. Minnie Driver, 56, kicks things off as Sarah, the wife of Abraham (Burn Notice alum Jeffrey Donovan, 57), whose desperate longing for a child leads her to make some complicated choices involving her servant Hagar (Natacha Karam). Later episodes focus on Isaac’s wife, Rebekah (Alexa Davalos), and the sisterly rivals Leah (Millie Brady) and Rachel (Blu Hunt) who vie for Jacob’s affection. (Premieres Mar. 23)

Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice (2026)

In this buddy action comedy that debuted at the SXSW Film Festival, James Marsden, 52, and Vince Vaughn, 55, play two established criminals who find themselves in a deadly predicament along with their respective romantic partners. But this is no ordinary gangster comedy. There’s a time machine involved. Why not? (Premieres Mar. 27)

Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair, Season 1

The 2000 sitcom is the latest classic comedy to get an update. Over four episodes, we learn that precocious middle child Malcolm Wilkerson (Frankie Muniz) has grown up and become a dad. He’s also mostly managed to avoid the family that raised and frustrated him as a boy. But he’s drawn back home for the 40th wedding anniversary of his still-exasperated parents, Lois (Jane Kaczmarek, 70) and Hal (Bryan Cranston, 70). Christopher Masterson and Justin Berfield reprise their roles as Malcolm’s older brothers, while Caleb Ellsworth-Clark replaces Erik Per Sullivan as younger brother Dewey. If you’re feeling especially nostalgic, you can stream all 151 of the original episodes. (Premieres Apr. 10)

The Artful Dodger, Season 2

The nimble-fingered Jack Dawkins (Thomas Brodie-Sangster), a.k.a. the Artful Dodger from Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist, is still trying to extricate himself from trouble after landing in 1850s Australia. The new season finds him evading the authorities with his old mentor in crime Fagin (David Thewlis, 62) and chasing his true love, a cultured aspiring physician (Maia Mitchell). Will our misunderstood antihero manage to outwit everyone to pickpocket a happy ending for himself? (Streaming now)

Bruce Springsteen: Nebraska Live (2025)

The Boss, 76, delivers a memorable solo performance of his 1982 album Nebraska. Shot in black and white on a spare and starkly lit soundstage, director Thom Zimny’s concert film perfectly captures the soulful storytelling of Springsteen’s songs about the struggles of the working class. (Streaming now)

The Good Place, Seasons 1-4

At the tippy-top height of Peak TV came this twisty sitcom imagining a highly curated afterlife that accounted for all the good and bad that people did on Earth. Ted Danson, 78, stars as the initially obsequious heavenly engineer/tour guide who steers the unsuspecting recently departed. The show repeatedly defies expectations while exploring philosophical topics with a lighthearted, humanistic touch. (Streaming now)

Hazardous History With Henry Winkler, Season 1

Who better to delve into some of the quirkier chapters of the past than the former Fonz? Henry Winkler, 80, hosts this nostalgic tour through everyday objects from the 20th century that, thankfully, have not survived into the 21st. From radioactive toys to asbestos-coated holiday ornaments to toxic refrigerators, Winkler reminds us that the good ol’ days had some serious downsides. (Streaming now)

In the Blink of an Eye (2026)

Andrew Stanton, 60, the Pixar wizard who directed animated classics like Finding Nemo and Wall-E, first tried his hand at live-action films with the 2012 bomb John Carter. His second live feature, which premiered earlier this year at Sundance, is an epic sci-fi adventure that unfolds in three timelines: a Neanderthal family develops tools to protect their family from the elements; a pair of modern anthropologists (Rashida Jones, 50, and Daveed Diggs) dig up ancient remains; and a future astronaut (Kate McKinnon) teams up with her spaceship’s sentient computer to prevent the spread of a devastating disease. (Streaming now)

Keeping Up With the Kardashians, Seasons 1-20

Ever wonder how the family of O.J. Simpson’s criminal attorney came to dominate popular culture? Now’s your chance to catch up with the clan that has spawned a thousand memes (and product lines). All 20 — count ’em, 20 — seasons are there for the bingeing. (Streaming now)

The Lady in the Van (2015)

The late, great British actor Maggie Smith turns in a delightfully prickly performance as a barely housed woman who parks her van in the driveway of a British writer (Alex Jennings, 68) for a few weeks, which stretches out to more than 15 years. This is one of Smith’s hidden gems from late in her remarkable career. (Streaming now)

Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette, Season 1

Following the success of American Crime Story and American Sports Story, prolific producer Ryan Murphy, 60, has launched a new anthology series for fact-based love stories featuring starry names from the past. First up: a look at the tragically short-lived romance of John F. Kennedy Jr. (Paul Anthony Kelly), son of the fabled U.S. president, and fashion publicist Carolyn Bessette (Sarah Pidgeon), who both died in a 1999 plane crash just three years after their storybook wedding. (Streaming now)

The Muppet Show (2026)

They’re back! Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie and the gang return to the theater for a one-off special intended as a trial run for a full-fledged revival. Actress-singer Sabrina Carpenter proves to be a very game “very special guest,” while the show also features cameos from Seth Rogen and Maya Rudolph (who’s the victim of a premature-death news report after she nearly swallows one of Beeker’s eyeballs in a scientific experiment that goes hilariously awry). The show feels both old-fashioned and of the moment. (Streaming now)

Paradise, Season 2

In the second season of this postapocalyptic thriller, we learn that some people might have actually survived the doomsday event that sent the protagonists from Season 1 into an underground bunker for three years. Expect Secret Service agent Xavier Collins (Sterling K. Brown) to search for his wife, while billionaire Sinatra (Julianne Nicholson, 54) watches her tight grip on bunker society loosen. (Streaming now)

Scrubs, Season 10

The beloved hospital-set sitcom that ran for seven seasons on NBC (and another two on ABC) returns with most of its original cast: Zach Braff, 50, Donald Faison, 51, Sarah Chalke, Judy Reyes, 58, and John C. McGinley, 66. This reboot joins a long list of comedy hits that have found a second life on the small screen a decade or two after they signed off. (Streaming now)

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Thom Geier is an AARP contributor and the award-winning former executive editor of TheWrap, senior editor at Entertainment Weekly, film reporter at The Hollywood Reporter and associate editor at U.S. News & World Report.