5 Apple TV+ Movies You Should Stream This Week (September 15 - 21)

Derek Malcolm

Mon, September 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM UTC

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If you're like me and enjoy staying in on weekday evenings with a good movie, then I have five suggestions for some great films on Apple TV+ I've watched recently that I think you'll like, too.

Apple TV+ isn't known for having a big library of movies, but if you haven't checked out these slightly older titles—which include some Oscar and Emmy winners—then you'll probably like something here.

Billie Eilish: The World's A Little Blurry

Whether you have a teenager who loves Billie Eilish as much as mine does, or you're one of millions of grown-ups (like me) who count themselves as a fan, too, this emotionally raw and telling behind-the-scenes music documentary about the pop superstar will be a fascinating watch.

BiIlie Eilish: The World's A Little Blurry chronicles the meteoric rise of the down-to-earth young Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell (yep, that's true), from recording her smash debut When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? in her bedroom with her producer and brother Finneas, to the album sweeping the 2020 Grammys.

Through new and old footage and emotional and candid interviews with Billie, Finneas, and their down-home parents Maggie and Patrick, among others, The World's A little Blurry offers an inside look at how Billie was raised, her creative process, and what life was like on the road while she toured the album around the world.

Ghosted

I guess you could call Apple TV+'s 2023 movie Ghosted a warm-up for star Ana de Armas's ascension to the world of John Wick in this year's Ballerina . And while even at this point, de Armas was no stranger to playing kick-ass CIA agents ( No Time to Die and The Gray Man ), one key difference with Ghosted is that it's the only one of those films that's also a romantic comedy .

Ghosted begins pretty innocently, with a nice, normal boy, Cole (Chris Evans), meeting and falling for a girl, Sadie (de Armas). While they have an instant connection, as the title suggests, Sadie soon ghosts Cole, leaving the naive man frustrated. Convinced that Sadie is the one, Cole travels to London to find her in a grand gesture of love, but soon finds himself kidnapped and caught up in some crazy spy stuff—yep, Sadie's actually a CIA agent.

Evans and de Armas have great chemistry in this cheesy but fun action-comedy, and some of the fight sequences are legitimately impressive for a film that doesn't take itself too seriously. Even Adrien Brody's performance as sleazy arms dealer Leveque is on point, as his character's dastardly plot to sell a deadly bioweapon to a group of terrorists develops. Pop some corn and grab a blankie for this easy-to-watch flick.

CODA

I remember when CODA came out in 2021 and some friends raved about its tear-jerker story. The next thing I remember is it winning Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor at the 2022 Oscars, and one of its stars, Troy Kotsur, being the first deaf male actor to win an Oscar. Did I see it then? Sadly, no. But I'm happy to report that I've recently remedied that, and I'm so glad I did.

CODA is an acronym for Child of Deaf Parents, a term used for children born to one or more deaf parents, which CODA 's main character, Ruby (Emilia Jones), is. In fact, Ruby is the only hearing member of her Massachusetts fishing family, which includes her mom (Marlee Matlin), dad (Troy Kotsur), and brother (Daniel Durant). And while life on the water with her tight-knit family is all Ruby has ever known, she finds herself torn between it and a newfound love and talent for singing.

When Ruby is offered the chance to audition for the prestigious Berklee College of Music, it throws the family into turmoil. While Ruby's family relies on her for so many things, CODA is a heartfelt coming-of-age story not only for Ruby, but for her family as they, too, come to terms with letting their daughter live her own life.

Finch

Another Apple TV+ original movie that I took my time getting around to, Finch is a cool and interesting exploration of survival, love, trust, and mortality, against the backdrop of a post-apocalyptic world.

Tom Hanks is no stranger to isolation films, starring in perhaps the most famous of them all: C ast Away . This time, however, Hanks plays Finch Weinberg, one of the last survivors of an apocalyptic solar flare that destroys the Earth's ozone layer. Living alone in an underground lab, and his health failing him, Finch builds Jeff, a humanoid robot, to take care of his only friend. No—not a volleyball, but his dog Goodyear.

As the three set out on a dangerous cross-country trek to San Francisco, where they hope to find safety, Finch teaches Jeff's AI about humanity, loyalty, and being human. Jeff's funny antics and physical comedy make for all kinds of endearing, cute, and clumsy moments. The film also features some harrowing disaster scenes with excellent special effects (the tornado sequence is bananas) that ramp up the excitement and danger factor.

Greyhound

OK, I guess I've been on a bit of a Tom Hanks bender lately, having recently watched Finch, Saving Private Ryan, and now this. Hanks is no stranger to war movies, having acted in and produced such epics as Private Ryan , Band of Brothers , and Masters of the Air , and Greyhound is another epic that deserves a place among them.

Based on C.S. Forester's 1995 novel The Good Shepherd , while the book was a work of historical fiction, Greyhound 's story is accurate in that it dramatizes what it was like when World War II naval convoys would attempt to cross the North Atlantic and come under the brutal attacks of German U-Boats.

Hanks stars as Commander Ernest Krause, on his first wartime command of the USS Keeling (code-named Greyhound), a Navy destroyer charged with the task of defending a fleet of 37 U.S. ships carrying supplies and troops through the deadly "Black Pit" stretch of the mid-Atlantic. Over five days, the convoy faces attacks from below and above, with Krause putting his own life and that of his crew on the line to defend them.

Greyhound's battle scenes are shockingly realistic and action-packed, and if you have a good sound system in your home theater, crank it up and bask in the film's Oscar-winning sound design.

Apple TV+ doesn't add a boatload of movies to its library on a regular basis, but if you're willing to dig back a bit, you'll uncover some gems that feature some of Hollywood's biggest and best actors, as well as impressive production value.

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