20 Best Thriller Movies on Disney Plus 2026
Find suspense, action, and mystery with Disney Plus thrillers like National Treasure, Venom, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and more.
If you’re hunting for the best thriller movies on Disney Plus, this list gives you a smart mix of suspense, action, and genre-bending fun. You’ll find modern standouts like Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (2026), Venom: The Last Dance (2024), and Morbius (2022), alongside tense favorites such as Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) and X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014). There’s also room for adventure-driven mystery with National Treasure (2004) and National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007), plus the darker, more chaotic energy of Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021). Whether you want horror, comedy, or a straight-up edge-of-your-seat ride, these picks make it easy to find something worth streaming.
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Ready or Not 2: Here I Come
comedy · horror · thriller
Moments after surviving an all-out attack from the Le Domas family, Grace discovers she’s reached the next level of the nightmarish game — and this time with her estranged sister Faith at her side. Grace has one chance to survive, keep her sister alive, and claim the High Seat of the Council that controls the world. Four rival families are hunting her for the throne, and whoever wins rules it all.
Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler GillettCast Samara Weaving, Kathryn Newton, Elijah Wood, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Shawn HatosyHuluDisney Plus -
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National Treasure
action · adventure · mystery · thriller
Modern treasure hunters, led by archaeologist Ben Gates, search for a chest of riches rumored to have been stashed away by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin during the Revolutionary War. The chest's whereabouts may lie in secret clues embedded in the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, and Gates is in a race to find the gold before his enemies do.
Directed by Jon TurteltaubCast Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha, Sean Bean, Jon VoightDisney Plus -
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Morbius
action · adventure · horror · sci-fi · thriller
Dangerously ill with a rare blood disorder, and determined to save others suffering his same fate, Dr. Michael Morbius attempts a desperate gamble. What at first appears to be a radical success soon reveals itself to be a remedy potentially worse than the disease.
Directed by Daniel EspinosaCast Jared Leto, Matt Smith, Adria Arjona, Jared Harris, Tyrese GibsonAmazon Prime VideoDisney Plus -
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Venom: The Last Dance
action · adventure · sci-fi · thriller
Eddie and Venom are on the run. Hunted by both of their worlds and with the net closing in, the duo are forced into a devastating decision that will bring the curtains down on Venom and Eddie's last dance.
Directed by Kelly MarcelCast Tom Hardy, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple, Rhys Ifans, Stephen GrahamDisney Plus -
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X-Men: Days of Future Past
action · adventure · sci-fi · thriller
The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods as they join forces with their younger selves in an epic battle that must change the past – to save our future.
Directed by Bryan SingerCast Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Halle BerryDisney Plus -
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Venom: Let There Be Carnage
action · sci-fi · thriller
After finding a host body in investigative reporter Eddie Brock, the alien symbiote must face a new enemy, Carnage, the alter ego of serial killer Cletus Kasady.
Directed by Andy SerkisCast Tom Hardy, Woody Harrelson, Michelle Williams, Naomie Harris, Reid ScottDisney Plus -
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Captain America: The Winter Soldier
action · adventure · sci-fi · thriller
After the cataclysmic events in New York with The Avengers, Steve Rogers, aka Captain America is living quietly in Washington, D.C. and trying to adjust to the modern world. But when a S.H.I.E.L.D. colleague comes under attack, Steve becomes embroiled in a web of intrigue that threatens to put the world at risk. Joining forces with the Black Widow, Captain America struggles to expose the ever-widening conspiracy while fighting off professional assassins sent to silence him at every turn. When the full scope of the villainous plot is revealed, Captain America and the Black Widow enlist the help of a new ally, the Falcon. However, they soon find themselves up against an unexpected and formidable enemy—the Winter Soldier.
Directed by Anthony Russo, Joe RussoCast Chris Evans, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Robert Redford, Sebastian StanDisney Plus -
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National Treasure: Book of Secrets
action · adventure · mystery · thriller
Benjamin Franklin Gates and Abigail Chase re-team with Riley Poole and, now armed with a stack of long-lost pages from John Wilkes Booth's diary, Ben must follow a clue left there to prove his ancestor's innocence in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Directed by Jon TurteltaubCast Nicolas Cage, Justin Bartha, Diane Kruger, Jon Voight, Helen MirrenDisney Plus -
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The Rescue
documentary · action · mystery · thriller
The enthralling, against-all-odds story that transfixed the world in 2018: the daring rescue of twelve boys and their coach from deep inside a flooded cave in Northern Thailand.
Directed by Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai VasarhelyiCast Natnadai Bradwell, Tiger Hirankrit, Nat Lawson, Obie Matthew, Felix RosenDisney Plus -
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Spies in Disguise
animation · action · adventure · comedy · drama · family · sci-fi · thriller
Super spy Lance Sterling and scientist Walter Beckett are almost exact opposites. Lance is smooth, suave and debonair. Walter is… not. But what Walter lacks in social skills he makes up for in smarts and invention, creating the awesome gadgets Lance uses on his epic missions. But when events take an unexpected turn, Walter and Lance suddenly have to rely on each other in a whole new way.
Directed by Nick Bruno, Troy QuaneCast Rachel Brosnahan, Jarrett Bruno, Claire Crosby, Toru Uchikado, Hisato MasuyamaDisney Plus -
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The Abyss
adventure · drama · mystery · sci-fi · thriller
A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious force that has the power to change the world or destroy it.
Directed by James CameronCast Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn, Leo Burmester, Todd GraffDisney Plus -
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Madame Web
action · thriller
Forced to confront revelations about her past, paramedic Cassandra Webb forges a relationship with three young women destined for powerful futures...if they can all survive a deadly present.
Directed by S.J. ClarksonCast Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced, Celeste O'Connor, Tahar RahimDisney Plus -
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
adventure · drama · family · fantasy · thriller
A teenager finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with special powers from creatures intent on destroying them.
Directed by Tim BurtonCast Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Samuel L. Jackson, Judi Dench, Rupert EverettDisney Plus -
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X2: X-Men United
action · sci-fi · thriller
Professor Charles Xavier and his team of genetically gifted superheroes face a rising tide of anti-mutant sentiment led by Col. William Stryker. Storm, Wolverine and Jean Grey must join their usual nemeses—Magneto and Mystique—to unhinge Stryker's scheme to exterminate all mutants.
Directed by Bryan SingerCast Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Famke JanssenDisney Plus -
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The Rocketeer
action · adventure · family · sci-fi · thriller
A stunt pilot comes across a prototype jetpack that gives him the ability to fly. However, evil forces of the world also want this jetpack at any cost.
Directed by Joe JohnstonCast Billy Campbell, Jennifer Connelly, Alan Arkin, Timothy Dalton, Paul SorvinoDisney Plus -
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Frankenweenie
animation · comedy · drama · family · fantasy · horror · sci-fi · thriller
When a car hits young Victor's pet dog Sparky, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how. But when the bolt-necked "monster" wreaks havoc and terror in the hearts of Victor's neighbors, he has to convince them that Sparky's still the good, loyal friend he was.
Directed by Tim BurtonCast Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short, Martin Landau, Charlie Tahan, Atticus ShafferDisney Plus -
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Logan
action · drama · sci-fi · thriller
In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hideout on the Mexican border. But Logan's attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are upended when a young mutant arrives, pursued by dark forces.
Directed by James MangoldCast Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Dafne Keen, Boyd Holbrook, Stephen MerchantDisney Plus -
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That Darn Cat!
comedy · crime · family · thriller
A young woman suspects foul play when her cat comes home wearing a wristwatch. Convincing the FBI, though, and catching the bad guys is tougher than she imagined.
Directed by Robert StevensonCast Hayley Mills, Dean Jones, Dorothy Provine, Roddy McDowall, Neville BrandDisney Plus -
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The Moon-Spinners
adventure · family · mystery · romance · thriller
Young English girl Nikky and her aunt arrive at the Moon-Spinners, a hotel on Crete, to a less than enthusiastic welcome. The coolness of the owner is only out-done by the surliness of her brother Stratos, recently back from London. But then there is nice English lad Mark to make friends with, at least until Stratos and his pal take a shot at him one night. When Nikky helps him hide she finds the Greeks are after her too.
Directed by James NeilsonCast Hayley Mills, Eli Wallach, Peter McEnery, Joan Greenwood, Irene PapasDisney Plus -
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Incredibles 2
animation · action · adventure · comedy · family · sci-fi · thriller
Elastigirl springs into action to save the day, while Mr. Incredible faces his greatest challenge yet – taking care of the problems of his three children.
Directed by Brad BirdCast Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell, Huck Milner, Catherine KeenerDisney Plus
Wrapping Up
This roundup is built to help you choose a movie fast, whether you want high-stakes action, a creepy twist, or a fun mystery with momentum. From spy-style tension to comic-book chaos and treasure-hunt thrills, these titles show how broad Disney Plus can be when you want suspense with personality. Bookmark this page and come back whenever you need a fresh pick, because the recommendations are updated regularly. It’s an easy way to keep your watchlist current without digging through the whole catalog.
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Yes — every title on this list is currently available on Disney Plus. Availability can change, so we recommend checking the streaming link on each title before you start watching.
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Last updated: September 4, 2026