76 Movies on Disney+ That Aren’t Actually on Disney+

Slow load times and periods of unavailability might not be the biggest launch day blunder for Disney+. As early subscribers begin digging into the content, they will find that Disney+ employs a frustrating placeholder system for films that will be on the platform in the future, but aren’t currently available. It’s something that none of the other streaming services do and there’s a good reason for it. In other words, there are films on Disney+ that aren’t actually on Disney+!

A few examples contradict statements Disney made about the service. For example, Tarzan won’t be streaming on Disney+ until June 23rd, 2020, which goes against a claim that every animated feature would be on the service at launch. At the same time, one of the package features (Make Mine Music) is absent from the service without a placeholder. There are many more classic films missing from the library, which we will get into shortly.

If the list of placeholder films was limited to just recent films like Mary Poppins Returns that are locked into an exclusive cable deal that blocks their ability to debut on Disney+ until 2021, that would be a little less confusing. But there are 76 titles in total that appear in search results on Disney+ that won’t be available for quite a while, in some cases even several years, and the range of time spans three decades. Below is a list of films that are on Disney+… but not actually on Disney+, grouped by the date they will debut on the service.

November 29th, 2019

Coco (2017)

December 1st, 2019

Glory Road (2006)

December 5th, 2019

Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

December 11th, 2019

Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)

December 20th, 2019

George of the Jungle 2 (2003)

December 26th, 2019

Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)

January 1st, 2020

Holes (2003)

Cool Runnings (1993)

February 1st, 2020

Around the World in 80 Days (2004)

Big Business (1988)

February 9th, 2020

Old Dogs (2009)

March 4th, 2020

Black Panther (2018)

March 5th, 2020

Bedtime Stories (2008)

March 15th, 2020

G-Force (2009)

March 22nd, 2020

The Boys (2009)

March 25th, 2020

A Wrinkle in Time (2018)

April 1st, 2020

The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012)

Frankenweenie (2012)

Mars Needs Moms (2011)

Prom (2011)

The Last Song (2010)

April 30th, 2020

National Treasure (2004)

May 1st, 2020

George of the Jungle (1997)

Homeward Bound II (1996)

Homeward Bound (1993)

May 2nd, 2020

John Carter (2012)

June 9th, 2020

Walt and el Grupo (2009)

June 15th, 2020

The Pirate Fairy (2014)

June 23rd, 2020

Tarzan II (2005)

Tarzan (1999)

June 25th, 2020

Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

July 1st, 2020

Race to Witch Mountain (2009)

The Big Green (1995)

The Mighty Ducks (1992)

July 9th, 2020

Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)

July 29th, 2020

Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

July 30th, 2020

Incredibles 2 (2018)

August 5th, 2020

Prince of Persia (2010)

September 1st, 2020

Cinderella (2015)

September 5th, 2020

Christopher Robin (2018)

September 19th, 2020

Oceans (2010)

October 1st, 2020

Beauty and the Beast (2017)

Maleficent (2014)

Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008)

Mr. Holland’s Opus (1996)

October 30th, 2020

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (2010)

November 1st, 2020

Mr. Magoo (1997)

November 4th, 2020

Planes: Fire and Rescue (2014)

Planes (2013)

November 5th, 2020

Alexander and the… Bad Day (2014)

November 6th, 2020

A Christmas Carol (2009)

November 28th, 2020

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)

Into the Woods (2014)

December 1st, 2020

Sky High (2005)

Max Keeble’s Big Move (2001)

December 2nd, 2020

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)

December 11th, 2020

Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)

January 1st, 2021

D3: The Mighty Ducks (1996)

D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994)

January 9th, 2021

Mary Poppins Returns (2018)

February 1st, 2021

You Again (2010)

April 1st, 2021

Treasure Buddies (2012)

April 30th, 2021

The Lone Ranger (2013)

May 17th, 2021

Tinker Bell and the Legend of the Never Beast (2014)

May 30th, 2021

The Jungle Book (2016)

June 1st, 2021

Adventures in Babysitting (1987)

August 1st, 2021

Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3 (2012)

Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 (2011)

Underdog (2007)

September 1st, 2021

Tomorrowland (2015)

Spooky Buddies (2011)

October 1st, 2021

The Search for Santa Paws (2010)

October 22nd, 2021

McFarland, USA (2015)

November 1st, 2021

Santa Buddies (2009)

Space Buddies (2009)

November 18th, 2021

The Pixar Story (2007)

All that aside, I have to say that Disney+ is still an incredible value for the amount of content you gain access to, including some television series that haven’t been available in years. There’s a lot of great Walt-era content as well, including more classic animated shorts than I expected. But the placeholders for the above mentioned films cause concern for films that are absent without a placeholder like So Dear to My Heart, Toby Tyler, In Search of the Castaways, Summer a Magic, The Happiest Millionaire, and Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken.

I guess the real question is, if there isn’t a placeholder, will it not be part of Disney+ in the future? Time will tell. In the meantime, I wish Disney would either remove the titles that aren’t really available or move them to a “Coming Soon” section where they won’t sort in a list of content that’s truly ready to watch. But complaints aside, I’m still really excited to have the power of Disney+ at my fingertips whenever I need a healthy dose of Disney magic.


Experience hundreds of new and classic Disney movies, series, and shorts with a subscription to Disney+. 
Enjoy the best of sports, television, and Disney with the Disney+, ESPN+, and Hulu subscription bundle.

Alex Reif
Alex joined the Laughing Place team in 2014 and has been a lifelong Disney fan. His main beats for LP are Disney-branded movies, TV shows, books, music and toys. He recently became a member of the Television Critics Association (TCA).