Best shows on Apple TV Plus to watch this month


Best shows on Apple TV Plus to watch this month

Since its launch in late 2019, Apple’s streaming service, Apple TV Plus, has come to be known for offering excellent original programming featuring the biggest names in the business.

Introducing Apple Originals like The Morning Show (Morning Wars in Australia), See, For All Mankind, Servant, and Truth Be Told during its initial run, the service has now over 50 original shows, not to mention dozens of original movies, one of which even won the Oscar for Best Picture (CODA).

While Apple TV Plus’ library doesn’t have hundreds of series and movies, Apple’s take on streaming TV has somewhat been eventful; Apple TV+ is now known as a home for lavish miniseries, dramas, and comedies.

Best shows on Apple TV Plus this month

If you’re looking to explore other content, Apple TV+ has got you covered. Offering top-tier originals with the likes of the anthology series Extrapolations with its jaw-dropping star-studded cast or the gripping crime drama Black Bird, there’s plenty of incredible shows you can watch.

Award-winning actress Elisabeth Moss also stars in the heart-pounding thriller Shining Girls, while the science fiction drama, Foundation, also delivers the chills with its big-budget production and inspired storytelling.

For more mystery and intrigue, the psychological thriller Surface is bound to keep you guessing until the final episode. Executive produced by Reese Witherspoon, it stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Oliver Jackson-Cohen.

The service also has some of the best comedy series available, such as the Jason Sudeikis-starrer Ted Lasso, the animated series Central Park, the black comedy Bad Sisters, and the workplace comedy Mythic Quest.

Harrison Ford even steps into the small screen for the second time with the comedy drama Shrinking, starring alongside Jason Segel. For some aerobics-filled comedy, Apple TV+ also has Physical starring Rose Byrne, offering half-hour episodes of engaging fun.

Whatever mood you’re in, there’s something binge-worthy streaming on Apple TV+. We’ve rounded some of the best shows on Apple TV+ you can watch this month.

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Sugar

Sugar TV show

Colin Farrell stars as Detective John Sugar in Apple TV+’s new original, the Sugar TV series. When the granddaughter of a Hollywood producer goes missing, Sugar attempts to put his personal demons in the backseat, and utilises his mighty investigative skills and instinct to delve into her disappearance. 

  • Details: 1 Season, 10 Episodes
  • Genre: Period comedy
  • Creator: Abe Sylvia
  • Stars: Kristen Wiig, Laura Dern, Allison Janney
  • IMDB: 6.7/10

Palm Royale

Palm Royale

Kristen Wiig stars as an ambitious woman willing to do the bold and the outrageous just so she could be part of the Palm Beach high society.

  • Details: 1 Season, 10 Episodes
  • Genre: Period comedy
  • Creator: Abe Sylvia
  • Stars: Kristen Wiig, Laura Dern, Allison Janney
  • IMDB: 6.7/10

Manhunt

Manhunt

In the aftermath of President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, Edwin Stanton, Lincoln’s secretary of war and friend embarks on a manhunt to catch the killer – John Wilkes Booth.

  • Details: 1 Season, 7 Episodes
  • Genre: Historical drama
  • Creator: Monica Beletsky
  • Stars: Tobias Menzies, Anthony Boyle, Lovie Simone
  • IMDB: 7.2/10

The New Look

The New Look TV series

Set in the 1940s, during the Nazi occupation of Paris, Christian Dior transforms fashion and beauty through his creation of the ‘New Look’ – a groundbreaking collection of which he considers a form of survival during one of the world’s darkest times. The New Look streaming now on Apple TV+.

  • Details: 1 Season, 10 Episodes
  • Genre: Historical drama
  • Creator: Todd A. Kessler
  • Stars: Ben Mendelsohn, Juliette Binoche, Maisie Williams, John Malkovich
  • IMDB: 7.6/10

The Dynasty: New England Patriots

The Dynasty New England Patriots

In The Dynasty, we’ll get reacquainted with one of the longest and most dominant dynasties in sports that football fans love (or not) – the Patriots.

  • Details: 1 Season, 10 Episodes
  • Genre: Sports documentary
  • Director: Matthew Hamachek
  • Stars: Tom Brady, Bill Belichick
  • IMDB: 8.8/10

Constellation

Constellation TV series

Apple TV+’s new original follows an astronaut who survives a devastating accident while on board the International Space Station. But while she manages to make it home, she’s horrified to realise that major aspects of her life have mysteriously changed, including her own daughter.

  • Details: 1 Season, 8 Episodes
  • Genre: Psychological thriller
  • Director: Peter Harness
  • Stars: Noomi Rapace, Jonathan Banks, James D’Arcy
  • IMDB: 7/10

Masters of the Air

Masters of the Air - Apple TV+

Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks continue to tell stories of war and survival that are spellbinding as they are haunting with the new war epic Masters of the Air, a companion series to enduring classics Band of Brothers and The Pacific

  • Details: 1 Season, 9 Episodes
  • Genre: War, Drama
  • Creators: Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks
  • Stars: Austin Butler, Callum Turner, Barry Keoghan, Anthony Boyle 
  • IMDB: 8.2/10

For All Mankind

For All Mankind series

Season 4 of the acclaimed sci-fi drama For All Mankind is now streaming on Apple TV+. The series explores an alternate history in which the global space competition did not end

  • Details: 4 Seasons, 31 Episodes
  • Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama
  • Creators: Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert, Ben Nedivi
  • Stars: Joel Kinnaman, Michael Dorman, Sarah Jones, Shantel VanSanten
  • IMDB: 8.1/10

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters

Monarch Legacy of Monsters

In the aftermath of a colossal battle between Godzilla and Titans that razed San Francisco and the shocking revelation of monsters, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters tracks two intrepid siblings who follow their father’s enigmatic path, unearthing family ties with the covert Monarch organization.

  • Details: 1 Season, 10 Episodes
  • Genre: Sci-Fi, Action
  • Developed by: Chris Black and Matt Fraction
  • Stars: Kurt Russell, Christopher Heyerdahl, Mari Yamamoto, Jess Salgueiro
  • IMDB: 7.2/10

Slow Horses

Slow Horses

Starring Academy Award winner Gary Oldman, Slow Horses follows a group of disgraced spies deemed unfit to navigate the world of espionage. But as the agents struggle with the aftermath of their career-ending mistakes, they’re thrown into the middle of a massive crisis involving a terrorist group, eventually proving they have what it takes to handle critical situations.

  • Details: 3 Seasons, 18 Episodes
  • Genre: Spy thriller
  • Based on: Slow Horses by Mick Herron
  • Stars: Gary Oldman, Jack Lowden, Kristin Scott Thomas, Christopher Chung
  • IMDB: 7.9/10

Lessons in Chemistry

Lessons in Chemistry

Based on the best-selling novel of the same name, Lessons in Chemistry seamlessly blends the worlds of science and home economics, as Elizabeth fearlessly sets out to empower a nation of housewives with more than just delectable recipes.

  • Details: 1 Season, 8 Episodes
  • Genre: Drama
  • Based on: Bonnie Garmus’ Lessons in Chemistry
  • Stars: Brie Larson, Lewis Pullman, Aja Naomi King, Kevin Sussman
  • IMDB: 8.9/10

The Enfield Poltergeist

The Enfield Poltergeist

The Enfield Poltergeist is a four-part documentary series that delves into the haunting that inspired The Conjuring 2.

  • Details: 1 Season, 4 Episodes
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Director: Jerry Rothwell
  • Stars: Olivia Booth-Ford, Christos Lawton, Daniel Lee
  • IMDB: 6.6/10

Morning Wars

Morning Wars Season 3

Morning Wars examines the ruthless world of morning news and the people living in it. At the centre of it all are two women navigating the jungle that is the male-dominated broadcast news, all the while barely handling their personal lives.

  • Details: 3 Seasons, 30 Episodes
  • Genre: Drama
  • Creator: Jay Carson
  • Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass
  • IMDB: 8.2/10

The Changeling

The Changeling TV series

Based on Victor LaValle’s novel of the same name, The Changeling follows the horrifying odyssey of a man as he searches for his missing wife, who suddenly goes missing after the birth of their first child.

  • Details: 1 Season, 8 Episodes
  • Genre: Horror
  • Creator: Kelly Marcel
  • Stars: LaKeith Stanfield, Adina Porter, Clark Backo, Samuel T. Herring
  • IMDB: 6.6/10

Invasion

Invasion Season 2

Invasion follows survivors from across the world as an alien invasion terrorises the planet. Focusing on five ordinary people struggling to cope with the devastation around them.

  • Details: 2 Seasons, 20 Episodes
  • Genre: Sci-Fi
  • Creators: Simon Kinberg, David Weil
  • Stars: Golshifteh Farahani, Shamier Anderson, Shioli Kutsuna, Firas Nassar
  • IMDB: 6.1/10

Physical

Physical Season 3

In this Apple TV+ Original Physical, Rose Byrne plays Sheila Rubin, who embarks on a journey of self-discovery through the underrated power of aerobics.

  • Details: 3 Seasons, 22 Episodes
  • Genre: Comedy-drama
  • Creator: Annie Weisman
  • Stars: Rose Byrne, Rory Scovel, Paul Sparks, Della Saba
  • IMDB: 7.3/10

Hijack

Hijack

In Hijack, Sam Nelson (Idris Elba), a remarkably skilled business negotiator, finds himself thrust into the role of an unlikely hero when the plane he’s on gets hijacked.

  • Details: 1 Season, 7 Episodes
  • Genre: Thriller
  • Director: Jim Field Smith
  • Stars: Idris Elba, Neil Maskell, Eve Myles, Christine Adams
  • IMDB: 7.8/10

Foundation

Foundation Season 2

Foundation, a monumental adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s award-winning novels, tells the staggering tales of humans inhabiting various planets throughout the galaxy ruled by the Galactic Empire.

  • Details: 2 Seasons, 20 Episodes
  • Genre: Drama
  • Creator: David S. Goyer, Josh Friedman
  • Stars: Jared Harris, Lee Pace, Lou Llobell, Leah Harvey
  • IMDB: 7.5/10

The Crowded Room

The Crowded Room

A period psychological thriller inspired by the 1981 true story novel, “The Minds of Billy Milligan” by Daniel Keyes, The Crowded Room follows the story of Danny Sullivan, portrayed by Tom Holland.

  • Details: 1 Season, 10 Episodes
  • Genre: Psychological thriller
  • Creator: Akiva Goldsman
  • Stars: Tom Holland, Amanda Seyfried, Sasha Lane, Will Chase
  • IMDB: 7.2/10

Big Door Prize

Big Door Prize

A small town and its residents’ lives are changed forever after a mysterious machine appears out of nowhere, seemingly able to predict every person’s potential. With such a device, everyone begins to switch jobs, reconsider relationships, and question their own beliefs.

  • Details: 1 Season, 10 Episodes
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Developed by: David West Read
  • Stars: Chris O’Dowd, Gabrielle Dennis, Damon Gupton, Josh Segarra
  • IMDB: 6.4/10

Ted Lasso

Ted Lasso Season 3

Ted Lasso follows the titular character, an American football coach from Kansas who was hired to coach a professional soccer team in England – the AFC Richmond – despite his zero experience coaching soccer. While there’s a hidden agenda to his bizarre employment, Lasso ends up succeeding even though everyone thought he was going to fail.

  • Details: 3 Seasons, 34 Episodes
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Developed by: Jason Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence, Brendan Hunt, Joe Kelly
  • Stars: Jason Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham, Jeremy Swift, Phil Dunster
  • IMDB: 8.8/10

Platonic

Platonic

Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen, who starred in the smash-hit comedy Neighbors, reunite in Platonic, an Apple TV+ original comedy series that follows the story of two former best friends approaching midlife.

  • Details: 1 Season, 10 Episodes
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Creators: Francesca Delbanco, Nicholas Stoller
  • Stars: Rose Byrne, Seth Rogen, Luke Macfarlane, Tre Hale
  • IMDB: 7.1/10

The Afterparty

The Afterparty Season 2

Presented in a storytelling technique where each episode showcases the events of that fateful night from a different character’s perspective (and through a different film genre!), The Afterparty is a refreshing take on the whole whodunnit mystery.

  • Details: 1 Season, 8 Episodes
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Creator: Christopher Miller
  • Stars: Tiffany Haddish, Sam Richardson, Zoë Chao, Ike Barinholtz
  • IMDB: 7.3/10

City on Fire

City on Fire

Set in the bustling downtown music scene, the city is thrown into chaos by a series of mysterious citywide fires that reveal many secrets. A crucial connection is made by an NYU student and a sewer girl, leading to an investigation that connects the uptown real estate family to the fires. City on Fire now streaming on demand.

  • Details: 1 Season, 8 Episodes
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Creators: Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage
  • Stars: Wyatt Oleff, Chase Sui Wonders, Jemima Kirke, Nico Tortorella
  • IMDB: 7.9/10

All-time best shows on Apple TV Plus

Apple TV+’s catalogue of shows and movies online are beyond impressive, with Apple Originals like Morning Wars, Ted Lasso, and Foundation, just to name a few, reeling in viewers season after season.

Continuing to develop more excellent programming, other new and engrossing TV shows you can watch on the platform are as follows:

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