If you've been wanting more flexibility with the way your streaming plans work out, Disney+ Hotstar is now offering monthly plans that give you more freedom to decide how long you want to use their streaming service.
This is good news, since you'll be getting access to an extensive collection of global stories from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, and award-winning Hollywood and Asia-Pacific Originals, with lower commitments! It's up to you to choose.
But what exactly will you be getting with a monthly Disney+ Hotstar subscription?
Priced from RM24.90, the monthly plan allows you complete access to Disney+ Hotstar's ever-growing library of movies and series across multiple genres and franchises. Here are some unexpected finds that we think might interest you.
Award-Winning Series:
Abbott Elementary
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A workplace comedy centered around a group of dedicated teachers — and a slightly tone-deaf principal — doing everything they can to help their students succeed.
The Bear
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After a heartbreaking death in his family, Carmen Berzatto, a brilliant young chef from the fine-dining world, is forced to return to Chicago to run his family's sandwich shop. The Bear is about food, family, the insanity of the grind, the beauty of the sense of urgency, and the steep, slippery downsides.
Critically Acclaimed:
Shogun
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An original adaptation of James Clavell’s bestselling novel, Shogun is set in Japan in the year 1600 at the dawn of a century-defining civil war. Producer Hiroyuki Sanada stars as “Lord Yoshii Toranaga” who is fighting for his life as his enemies on the Council of Regents unite against him.
When a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village, its English pilot, “John Blackthorne” (Cosmo Jarvis), comes bearing secrets that could help Toranaga tip the scales of power and devastate his enemies.
Under the Banner of Heaven
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Inspired by the true crime bestseller by Jon Krakauer, which follows the events that led to the 1984 murder of Brenda Wright Lafferty and her baby daughter in a suburb of the Salt Lake Valley, Utah. A detective's faith is tested as he investigates a brutal murder connected to a well-respected family's LDS fundamentalism and distrust in the government.
Adult Animation:
Futurama
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Pizza delivery boy, Philip J. Fry, is accidentally frozen in 1999. He wakes up 1,000 years later to a brave new world — that in some ways hasn't progressed much beyond the 20th century.
Bob's Burgers
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Bob runs Bob's Burgers with the help of his wife and their three kids. Business may be slow, but they never give up hope. His burgers are legitimately delicious, but his kids aren't really helpful at selling them.
Binge-worthy multi-season procedural series:
Grey's Anatomy
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This high-intensity medical drama follows Meredith Grey and a team of doctors at Grey Sloan Memorial who are faced with life-or-death decisions on a daily basis. Together they discover that neither medicine nor relationships can be defined in black and white. Catch all 20 seasons now!
Criminal Minds
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This 16-season series follows an elite team of FBI profilers who analyze the country’s most twisted criminal minds known as “unsubs”, anticipating their next moves before they strike again.
Thrilling K-Dramas:
Blood Free
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Starring Ju Jihoon (Kingdom) and Han Hyojoo (Moving), Blood Free follows a former bodyguard haunted by the failures of his past. After diving down a rabbit hole of tangled leads, he finds himself recruited to protect the CEO of a controversial lab-grown meat company who is also a survivor of the fateful attack that changed his life.
A Shop For Killers
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Set in modern-day Korea, A Shop For Killers sees college student Jeong Jian diving for cover in her childhood home after a series of highly skilled assassins get her in their sights. Desperately fighting to survive, Jian begins to remember invaluable lessons her uncle (Lee Dongwook) taught her before his apparent suicide, drawing on them to help her stay alive.
Confused and cornered, Jian will have to work fast to uncover her uncle’s hidden past and figure out why so many people are desperate to gain access to her house and the extensive arsenal hidden inside.
Anime:
The Fable
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The Fable is the story of a legendary hitman who has completed numerous jobs for a variety of clients. After concluding his latest assignment, the number of people Fable has recently killed is drawing too much attention and he is ordered by his boss to lay low for a year or face deadly consequences. Thus begins Fable’s one year sabbatical from the underworld and the challenges he faces adapting to life as an “ordinary person.”
Spy X Family
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An undercover spy gets married and adopts a child as part of his cover. But his wife and daughter have secrets of their own. All three must strive to keep together.
Feeling like one month is not enough time to binge all your favorite shows and movies? How about an entire year?
We get it. Too many shows, too little time. What a great problem to have! Thankfully, Disney+ Hotstar also has an annual plan that offers even more savings that works out to around RM17.90 per month.
So instead of rushing to finish that multi-season series or binging through an entire franchise's worth of movies, take your own sweet time with Disney+ Hotstar's annual plan that will keep you entertained all year.
