This animated film with 99% RT score is one of the 3 underrated Apple TV movies to watch this weekend [June 5-7]

Apple TV doesn’t always get the credit it deserves, but its movie catalog is quietly packed with gems worth your weekend. From a hand-drawn animated masterpiece to a tearjerker sci-fi road trip and a wild real-life political thriller, we’ve got your weekend watchlist covered with these three underrated picks.

Wolfwalkers (2020)

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
IMDb Rating: 8.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes (Critics): 99%

Set in 17th-century Kilkenny, Ireland, Wolfwalkers follows Robyn, the daughter of an English hunter tasked with wiping out the last wolf pack in the region. She befriends a wild girl from a supernatural tribe that transforms into wolves while they sleep. Irish studio Cartoon Saloon — the four-time Oscar-nominated team behind The Secret of Kells and Song of the Sea — crafted the entire film in hand-drawn animation that shifts between sharp geometric lines and loose, expressive brushwork.

The visual style changes depending on which world Robyn inhabits at any given moment, and the result is breathtaking. Irish folklore and colonial history are woven beautifully into the story, and the film stays with you long after the credits roll.

Watch: Wolfwalkers on Apple TV+.

Finch (2021)

Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama, Adventure
IMDb Rating: 6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes (Critics): 74%

Set in a scorched, post-apocalyptic America after a solar flare wipes out most of humanity, Finch follows a dying robotics engineer who builds a robot to take care of his dog when he’s gone. Tom Hanks plays the title role with the kind of quiet warmth that makes the entire story land with sincerity rather than schmaltz.

Director Miguel Sapochnik, who helmed some of Game of Thrones‘ most ambitious episodes, brings a sweeping visual sense to a surprisingly intimate story. The film leans into humor and tenderness instead of the bleakness of its setting. It’s a sci-fi movie with a huge beating heart, and it has more than earned its underrated status.

Watch: Finch on Apple TV+.

Boys State (2020)

Genre: Documentary
IMDb Rating: 7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes (Critics): 94%

This real-life documentary drops you into a week-long program where a thousand teenage boys from across Texas build a representative government from scratch. Directors Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine embedded themselves in the chaos and captured something extraordinary. The film won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, and it earns every bit of that recognition.

You watch these young people form political factions, run smear campaigns, and find ways to win at nearly any cost. It lands as a disturbingly accurate portrait of how American democracy actually operates. The film lets these young men be genuinely complex and contradictory, and some of them will surprise you in ways you won’t see coming.

Watch: Boys State on Apple TV+.