Soul

Soul has built a real following in Australia on Disney Plus, and in the US on Disney Plus among viewers who want their sci-fi to think as hard as it looks. It knows exactly what kind of film it is from the opening scene, and never loses that thread. With 11,521 viewer ratings on TMDB, this is not a title flying under the radar. Jamie Foxx's performance is the anchor the more ambitious scenes need. Start it on Disney Plus whenever you need something guaranteed to land.

Soul is not trying to be everything to everyone, and that focus is exactly what makes it work. What makes Soul work is that the ideas never crowd out the people having them. Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful audition at the Half Note Club, he suddenly gets into an accident that separates his soul from his body and is transported to the You Seminar, a center in which souls develop and gain passions before being transported to a newborn child. Joe must enlist help from the other souls-in-training, like 22, a soul who has spent eons in the You Seminar, in order to get back to Earth. The human element stays intact thanks to Jamie Foxx and Tina Fey, who anchor every scene. Soul came out in 2020. The rules of Soul's world are consistent enough that the big swings never feel like cheating. It rarely drops the ball, and when it does, it recovers fast.

Sci-fi fans who want ideas alongside the spectacle will find Soul genuinely rewarding. It has built its own audience without needing a direct comparison. The complete film is available and best experienced without too much prior knowledge of where it goes. Jamie Foxx grounds the bigger ideas in something human. Once you are in, you will want to talk about it.