9 Searchlight Pictures movies to stream on Disney+

Award-winning dramas, comedies, thrillers and more boundary-pushing stories.

Searchlight Pictures has built a reputation for producing daring, artist-driven movies with bold storytelling and distinctive visuals that sweep major awards and spark deep conversations after the credits roll. Whether you consider yourself a film connoisseur or a casual movie fan, indulge your artistic side with a selection of titles from Searchlight Pictures, ranging from Academy Award® winners to envelope-pushing thrillers, that are available to stream on Disney+.

Searchlight Comedies

A Real Pain

Mismatched cousins David and Benji reunite for a tour through Poland to honour their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the odd couple’s old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history. Jesse Eisenberg writes, directs and stars alongside Kieran Culkin.

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Searchlight Dramas

A Complete Unknown

Timothée Chalamet stars as a young Bob Dylan in early 1960s New York.

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The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat

Lifelong best friends Odette, Clarice and Barbara Jean — The Supremes — share an unbreakable bond from decades of weathering life’s storms. Now, through new shades of heartbreak, the trio are put to test as they face their most challenging times yet.

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Searchlight Black Comedies

Nightbitch

A woman (Amy Adams) pauses her career to be a stay-at-home mum, but soon her new domesticity takes a surreal turn.

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Not Okay

An ambitious young woman (Zoey Deutch) finds followers and fame when she poses as the survivor of a deadly attack, but she soon learns that online notoriety comes with a terrible price.

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Searchlight Romance

The Greatest Hits

Harriet finds art imitating life when she discovers certain songs can transport her back in time — literally. While she relives the past through memories of her former boyfriend, her time travelling collides with a new love interest in the present.

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Rye Lane

From breakthrough director Raine Allen-Miller, Rye Lane is a romantic comedy that stars David Jonsson and Vivian Oparah as Dom and Yas, two twenty-somethings both reeling from bad break-ups who connect over the course of an eventful day in South London, helping each other deal with their nightmare exes, and potentially restoring their faith in romance.

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Searchlight Horror and Thrillers

Fresh

Fresh follows Noa, who meets the alluring Steve at a grocery store and — given her frustration with dating apps — takes a chance and gives him her number. After their first date, Noa is smitten and accepts Steve’s invitation to a romantic weekend getaway, only to find that her new paramour has been hiding some unusual appetites.

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Hold Your Breath

In 1930s Oklahoma amid the region’s horrific dust storms, a woman (Sarah Paulson) is convinced that a sinister presence is threatening her family.

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These titles showcase the range of styles that Searchlight Pictures has to offer, from intimate character studies to audacious genre experiments, and the award-calibre filmmaking that the studio has become synonymous with. Add these titles to your Watchlist, then sit back and savour a high-quality movie whenever that arthouse mood hits (just don’t forget the snacks).

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