What to Watch on Apple TV+ 2026
Discover top Apple TV+ series across comedy, drama, crime and biography — award-winning titles with star casts like Reese Witherspoon, streaming now.
Searching for what to watch on apple tv? Whether you want a laugh, a twisty crime story, or serious prestige drama, Apple’s streaming catalog has something fresh. Start with Platonic for sharp, grown-up comedy and chemistry between the leads, then switch to The Morning Show for powerhouse performances and newsroom intensity; Black Bird delivers tense, true-crime drama that sticks with you. If you prefer high-stakes mini-series, don’t miss Hijack or the recent Presumed Innocent, both packed with edge-of-your-seat plotting. For ambitious, genre-spanning storytelling, Foundation and Lessons in Chemistry round out a lineup that blends romance, biography, and big-idea drama.
Table of Contents
- Platonic
- The Morning Show
- Black Bird
- Hijack
- Presumed Innocent
- The Studio
- Foundation
- Lessons in Chemistry
- Imperfect Women
- Tehran
- Bad Sisters
- Chief of War
- Criminal Record
- See
- Twisted Yoga
- Unconditional
- Bad Monkey
- Stick
- Schmigadoon!
- Invasion
1. Platonic
Year: 2023 | Rating: 7.2/10 | Type: TV Series
Genres: comedy, romance
A platonic pair of former best friends approaching midlife reconnect after a long rift. The duo’s friendship becomes more consuming—and destabilizes their lives in a hilarious way.
Available on: Apple TV Plus
Directed by: Nicholas Stoller, Francesca Delbanco
Cast: Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, Luke Macfarlane, Carla Gallo, Sophie Leonard
2. The Morning Show
Year: 2019 | Rating: 8.1/10 | Type: TV Series
Genres: drama
A behind-the-scenes look at the lives of the people who help America wake up in the morning, exploring the unique challenges faced by the men and women who carry out this daily televised ritual.
Available on: Apple TV Plus
Directed by: Mimi Leder, Stacie Passon, Tucker Gates, Miguel Arteta, Millicent Shelton
Cast: Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass, Karen Pittman
3. Black Bird
Year: 2022 | Rating: 8.1/10 | Type: TV Series
Genres: biography, crime, drama, mystery, thriller
As Jimmy Keene begins a 10-year prison sentence, he gets an incredible offer: If he can elicit a confession from suspected killer Larry Hall, Jimmy will be freed. Completing this mission becomes the challenge of a lifetime.
Available on: Apple TV Plus
Directed by: Michaël R. Roskam, Joe Chappelle, Jim McKay
Cast: Taron Egerton, Paul Walter Hauser, Sepideh Moafi, Greg Kinnear, Ray Liotta
4. Hijack
Year: 2023 | Rating: 7.3/10 | Type: TV Series
Genres: drama, thriller
When Flight KA29 is hijacked during its seven-hour journey from Dubai to London, Sam Nelson—an accomplished corporate negotiator—tries using his professional skills to save everyone on board. Will this high-risk strategy be his undoing?
Available on: Apple TV Plus
Directed by: Jim Field Smith, Mo Ali
Cast: Idris Elba, Max Beesley, Neil Maskell, Ben Miles, Kaisa Hammarlund
5. Presumed Innocent
Year: 2024 | Rating: 7.7/10 | Type: TV Series
Genres: crime, drama, mystery, thriller
A horrific murder upends the Chicago Prosecuting Attorney's Office when one of its own is suspected of the crime—leaving the accused fighting to keep his family together.
Available on: Apple TV Plus
Directed by: Greg Yaitanes, Anne Sewitsky
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Ruth Negga, Bill Camp, O-T Fagbenle, Chase Infiniti
6. The Studio
Year: 2025 | Rating: 8/10 | Type: TV Series
Genres: comedy, drama
Desperate for celebrity approval, the newly appointed head of a movie studio and his executive team at Continental Studios must juggle corporate demands with creative ambitions as they try to keep movies alive and relevant.
Available on: Apple TV Plus
Directed by: Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen
Cast: Seth Rogen, Catherine O'Hara, Ike Barinholtz, Chase Sui Wonders, Kathryn Hahn
7. Foundation
Year: 2021 | Rating: 7.6/10 | Type: TV Series
Genres: drama, sci-fi
Follow a band of exiles on their monumental journey to save humanity and rebuild civilization amid the fall of the Galactic Empire.
Available on: Apple TV Plus
Directed by: Roxann Dawson, Alex Graves, David S. Goyer, Christopher J. Byrne, Jennifer Phang
Cast: Jared Harris, Lou Llobell, Lee Pace, Terrence Mann, Laura Birn
8. Lessons in Chemistry
Year: 2023 | Rating: 8.2/10 | Type: TV Series
Genres: drama
In the 1950s, Elizabeth Zott's dream of being a scientist is challenged by a society that says women belong in the domestic sphere. She accepts a job on a TV cooking show and sets out to teach a nation of overlooked housewives way more than recipes.
Available on: Apple TV Plus
Directed by: Bertie Ellwood, Tara Miele, Millicent Shelton, Sarah Adina Smith, Amber Templemore
Cast: Brie Larson, Lewis Pullman, Aja Naomi King, Stephanie Koenig, Patrick Walker
9. Imperfect Women
Year: 2026 | Rating: 6.4/10 | Type: TV Series
Genres: drama, mystery, thriller
After a murder shatters the lives of three best friends, their decades-long bond is tested when an investigation reveals betrayals and shocking truths.
Available on: Apple TV Plus
Directed by: Lesli Linka Glatter, Daina Reid, Nzingha Stewart, Jet Wilkinson
Cast: Kerry Washington, Elisabeth Moss, Kate Mara, Joel Kinnaman, Audrey Zahn
10. Tehran
Year: 2020 | Rating: 7.6/10 | Type: TV Series
Genres: action, crime, drama, thriller
Tamar is a Mossad hacker-agent who infiltrates Tehran under a false identity to help destroy Iran's nuclear reactor. But when her mission fails, Tamar must plan an operation that will place everyone dear to her in jeopardy.
Available on: Apple TV Plus
Directed by: Daniel Syrkin
Cast: Niv Sultan, Shaun Toub, Shila Ommi, Shervin Alenabi, Sara von Schwarze
11. Bad Sisters
Year: 2022 | Rating: 8.2/10 | Type: TV Series
Genres: comedy, drama, thriller
The tight-knit Garvey sisters have always looked out for one another. But when the toxic brother-in-law they all wanted dead actually dies, it turns their lives upside down and tests their bond like nothing before.
Available on: Apple TV Plus
Directed by: Dearbhla Walsh, Rebecca Gatward, Josephine Bornebusch, Stacey Gregg, James Griffiths
Cast: Sharon Horgan, Sarah Greene, Eve Hewson, Eva Birthistle, Saise Quinn
12. Chief of War
Year: 2025 | Rating: 7.5/10 | Type: TV Series
Genres: drama, history
With Hawaii's four kingdoms divided by war, the ferocious warrior Kaʻiana embarks on an epic mission to unite his people—as an existential threat approaches their shores.
Available on: Apple TV Plus
Directed by: Brian Andrew Mendoza, Anders Engström, Justin Chon, Jason Momoa
Cast: Jason Momoa, Luciane Buchanan, Te Ao o Hinepehinga, Te Kohe Tuhaka, Mainei Kinimaka
13. Criminal Record
Year: 2024 | Rating: 7.1/10 | Type: TV Series
Genres: crime, drama, thriller
In the heart of London, an anonymous phone call draws two brilliant detectives—a young woman in the early stages of her career and a well-connected man determined to protect his legacy—into a fight to correct an old miscarriage of justice.
Available on: Apple TV Plus
Directed by: Shaun James Grant, Jim Loach, Joelle Mae David, Ben A. Williams
Cast: Peter Capaldi, Cush Jumbo, Aysha Kala, Dionne Brown, Shaun Dooley
14. See
Year: 2019 | Rating: 7.6/10 | Type: TV Series
Genres: action, drama, sci-fi
A virus has decimated humankind. Those who survived emerged blind. Centuries later when twins are born with the mythic ability to see, their father must protect his tribe against a threatened queen.
Available on: Apple TV Plus
Directed by: Anders Engström, Frederick E.O. Toye, Francis Lawrence, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Stephen Surjik
Cast: Jason Momoa, Sylvia Hoeks, Hera Hilmar, Christian Camargo, Archie Madekwe
15. Twisted Yoga
Year: 2026 | Rating: 6.1/10 | Type: TV Series
Genres: documentary, crime
Ex-members of a tantric yoga school speak out about how they went from searching for wellness and community to fearing they'd joined a cult, and seeking justice for alleged abuse and manipulation at the hands of a self-styled guru.
Available on: Apple TV Plus
Directed by: Rowan Deacon, Lily Fletcher
16. Unconditional
Year: 2026 | Rating: 5.8/10 | Type: TV Series
Genres: crime, drama, mystery & thriller
A mother's vacation with her daughter becomes a nightmare when Gali, 25, is arrested for drug smuggling in Moscow. Orna's battle to prove her daughter's innocence entangles her in a dangerous world of crime.
Available on: Apple TV Plus
17. Bad Monkey
Year: 2024 | Rating: 7.3/10 | Type: TV Series
Genres: comedy, drama
A detective turned restaurant inspector in Southern Florida is pulled into a world of greed and corruption after a tourist finds a severed arm while fishing. And yes, there's a monkey.
Available on: Apple TV Plus
Directed by: Marcos Siega, Colin Bucksey, Erica Dunton, Liz Friedlander, Sam Jones
Cast: Vince Vaughn, L. Scott Caldwell, Rob Delaney, Meredith Hagner, Natalie Martinez
18. Stick
Year: 2025 | Rating: 7.2/10 | Type: TV Series
Genres: comedy, sport
Pryce Cahill was headed for golf greatness when an on-course meltdown derailed his career. Now struggling to stay afloat, he goes all in to mentor Santi—a teenage phenom with immense potential—and maybe save himself.
Available on: Apple TV Plus
Directed by: Jonathan Dayton, MJ Delaney, David Dobkin, Valerie Faris, John Hamburg
Cast: Owen Wilson, Peter Dager, Lilli Kay, Mariana Treviño, Marc Maron
19. Schmigadoon!
Year: 2021 | Rating: 7.4/10 | Type: TV Series
Genres: comedy, fantasy, musical, romance
Josh and Melissa are a struggling couple whose lives are transformed when they get trapped in a magical musical town—with a mission they must complete.
Available on: Apple TV Plus
Directed by: Barry Sonnenfeld, Alice Mathias, Robert Luketic
Cast: Keegan-Michael Key, Cecily Strong, Dove Cameron, Kristin Chenoweth, Alan Cumming
20. Invasion
Year: 2021 | Rating: 6.2/10 | Type: TV Series
Genres: drama, fantasy, sci-fi
Earth is visited by an alien species that threatens humanity's existence. Events unfold in real time through the eyes of five ordinary people across the globe as they struggle to make sense of the chaos unraveling around them.
Available on: Apple TV Plus
Directed by: Alik Sakharov, Brad Anderson, Amanda Marsalis, Jakob Verbruggen, Jamie Payne
Cast: Golshifteh Farahani, Shioli Kutsuna, Shamier Anderson, India Brown, Azhy Robertson
Wrapping Up
This shortlist shows the service’s range: laugh-out-loud comedies, slow-burn romances, courtroom and crime dramas, and biographical series anchored by strong leads. Each selection prioritizes quality writing, notable casts and recent releases so you get buzzy new entries like The Studio alongside established favorites such as Foundation. Bookmark this page and check back often — the guide is updated regularly to reflect new seasons, limited runs and standout premieres. Whether you want a quick comedy binge or a multi-episode drama to dive into on a weekend, these picks make choosing easier. I’ll keep refreshing the collection so it stays current with Apple’s latest originals.
Last updated: July 26, 2026