What is the best show on Disney+?

Spirited Away holds the highest IQ Score among Disney+ titles at 184/200 (Masterclass tier) on TV Intelligentsia. Andor (154) leads the original-series prestige tier; the Pixar canon (Inside Out, Up, WALL-E) anchors the family-content side.

How does TVI rank Disney+ titles?

Every Disney+ title in the TVI database is scored on the same rubric used across the full 1,904-title catalog: Cognitive Stimulation (40%), Educational Value (35%), Craft & Quality (25%). No franchise adjustment, no genre adjustment. The platform listicle is curated quarterly.

Why is Andor scored so much higher than other Star Wars content?

Andor treats rebellion as a labor-organizing problem — which is what real political insurgency actually is. The show commits to institutional precision rather than franchise mythology. The TVI rubric rewards structural seriousness; Andor's 154/200 reflects that. Other Star Wars content scores lower not because it's bad but because the rubric measures different things than franchise enjoyment.

Disney+ · Curated · May 2026

Best Shows on Disney+ Right Now, Ranked by IQ Score

Disney+ pairs Star Wars / Marvel franchise tentpoles with Pixar's animated canon and the Disney back catalog. The TVI-rated titles currently on Disney+, ranked.

Disney+ is a franchise-anchored platform: the Star Wars universe, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Pixar's animated canon, and Disney's family-content back catalog. The TVI rubric reads the platform by the same standards as everything else — without genre adjustment, era adjustment, or franchise weight. Some titles score surprisingly high; others score honestly modest.

Anchor picks: Andor (154) sits at the top of the Star Wars universe — a labor-organizing-as-rebellion procedural with structural seriousness that the broader franchise rarely matches. Spirited Away (184) is the Studio Ghibli high-water mark. The Pixar canon (Inside Out, Up, WALL-E) anchors the family-content tier with genuine craft.

How this list is built: A title appears here only if it's in the TVI database with a published IQ Score and is currently on Disney+ in the US. Refresh quarterly.

20 titles · ranked by IQ Score