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There are few things better than kicking back and watching a good movie — especially in the comfort of your own home.
If you’re looking for inspiration for your next night in, Hulu has hundreds of great movie options. Whether you’re in the mood for a comedy like Thelma or a gripping horror such as Late Night with the Devil, you can always rely on this streaming service to offer you a wide selection of choices.
Of course, that can be a little intimidating, so we’ve compiled this list of the best movies Hulu has to offer.
Anora
Winning five Academy Awards (including Best Picture), Anora spins a different kind of Cinderella story through Brooklyn stripper/sex worker, Anora — a.k.a. Ani (Best Actress winner Mikey Madison). One night on the job, Ani meets Vanya (Mark Eydelshteyn), the 21-year-old son of a Russian oligarch, who pays her to be his girlfriend for the week and then marries her in Las Vegas. But when Vanya runs away, Ani finds herself trapped with his godfather (Karren Karagulian) and henchmen (Yura Borisov, Vache Tovmasyan), who refuse to let her go until they track him down and annul the marriage.
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A Complete Unknown
In a SAG Award-winning performance, Timothée Chalamet channels troubadour Bob Dylan in James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown. Set in early-’60s New York, the film follows a folk song singing Minnesotan with a guitar and a dream, rising from a coffeehouse performer to a counterculture legend. Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro and more also star.
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American Hustle
David O. Russell’s 2013 quasi-historical crime satire follows con artists Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale) and Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams), who are caught by an FBI agent (Bradley Cooper) and have to work for him by scheming corrupt politicians and the mafia in New Jersey. Featuring a stellar ensemble cast, this film also stars Jennifer Lawrence and Jeremy Renner, among others.
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Interstellar
By the 2060s, life on Earth has become uninhabitable thanks to global famine, failing crops and constant dust storms. When Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) — a former NASA test pilot turned farmer — learns that NASA is actively searching to find humanity a new home, he leaves behind his children (Mackenzie Foy and Timothée Chalamet) and the only world he’s ever known to venture into space in pursuit of occupiable planets across various galaxies.
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Arrival
If your curiosity about UFOs is soaring high, this 2016 sci-fi drama is here to test your imagination. After several alien spacecrafts land in various locations on Earth, linguist Louise Banks (Amy Adams) races to decode their language and intentions with the hope of preventing a worldwide conflict from taking place.
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Jumanji
Suddenly orphaned, Judy (Kirsten Dunst) and Peter Shepherd (Bradley Pierce) move into a dusty old mansion under the care of their aunt (Bebe Neuwirth), unaware that a centuries-old, jungle-themed board game is waiting to be played. Once the siblings roll the dice, they accidentally release Alan Parrish (Robin Williams), who was trapped within the game’s inner world for 26 years. Now — as earthquakes, giant mosquitoes and an army of monkeys spill into the real world — they all must survive wild challenges at each player’s turn and finish the game that Alan started.
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Pulp Fiction
Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 crime drama intertwines the four stories of two mob hitmen, a gangster and his wife, a pair of thieves and a boxer through the director’s highly stylized humor, philosophy and violence. The award-winning cult classic features a stellar ensemble cast, including John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis, Ving Rhames, Harvey Keitel and Christopher Walken, among others.
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The Wolf of Wall Street
Based on Jordan Belfort’s memoir, The Wolf of Wall Street unravels the roller-coaster journey of Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio) — a money-grubbing, hedonistic N.Y.C. penny stockbroker who skyrockets to wealth and plummets among a welter of wild soirées, fraudulent schemes and mob encounters. Directed by Martin Scorsese, this 2012 biographical dark comedy stars DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Matthew McConaughey and more.
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Good Will Hunting
Co-written by Oscar winners/Hollywood power duo Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, this insightful drama from 1997 centers on a misguided math genius named Will (Damon), who works as a janitor at MIT and gets himself in trouble with the law. However, a professor (Stellan Skarsgård) grants him the opportunity to study mathematics at the university if he gets treatment from a therapist (Robin Williams, in an Academy Award-winning performance).
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Thelma
When ninetysomething Thelma Post (June Squibb) receives a panicked phone call from someone posing as her grandson, she’s duped into mailing $10,000 to bail him out of trouble. After realizing she’s been conned — and tired of being underestimated and patronized — Thelma teams up with an old friend (the late Richard Roundtree, in his final on-screen performance) for a wild ride across L.A. on a motorized scooter to reclaim her money.
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Kinds of Kindness
Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, this 2024 dramedy anthology is told across three loosely interwoven chapters, each exploring characters who take extraordinary measures to demonstrate their love to someone else. The 164-minute film features a stacked ensemble, including Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley and more.
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Cuckoo
Following the death of her mother, Gretchen (Hunter Schafer) reluctantly trades her life in America for a different one with her father (Marton Csokas) and his new family at their upscale resort in the German Alps. But the 17-year-old’s unease quickly worsens as she’s haunted by eerie noises and blood-soaked visions, eventually uncovering a dark secret in the woods surrounding the resort.
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Late Night with the Devil
On Halloween 1977, late-night TV had a shocking guest destined to boost ratings … but at a stiff cost. Jack Delroy (David Dastmalchian), the ambitious host of Night Owls, is hellbent on eclipsing The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson with an occult-themed episode for the holiday. However, when he welcomes Lily D’Abo (Ingrid Torelli) — a 13-year-old girl possessed by a demon — to the stage, the resulting chaos becomes too powerful for the cameras and the skeptics to contain.
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Babes
Childhood best friends Eden (Ilana Glazer) and Dawn (Michelle Buteau) are stepping into new chapters of adulthood: Dawn has just welcomed baby No. 2 with her husband (Hasan Minhaj), while single and carefree Eden gets pregnant after a one-night-stand. As they aspire to support each other through these life changes, their evolving personal lives and mounting responsibilities put their friendship to the test like never before.
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Immaculate
From a love-starved teen on Euphoria to a devout nun in Immaculate, Sydney Sweeney is always showing her range. The Emmy-nominated actress stars in — and produces — this 2024 horror as Cecilia, a young American who becomes a member of a secluded Italian convent. But her newfound life takes a sinister turn when she becomes pregnant as a virgin … and soon learns there’s an evil to her divine “miracle.”
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Bohemian Rhapsody
Focusing on the late Freddie Mercury’s life, this Oscar-winning biopic is definitely worth a watch. Not only is Rami Malek’s performance as Mercury brilliant, but the movie’s version of Queen’s iconic Live Aid performance is exciting for any rock ‘n’ roll fan.
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Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Ten years after writing the 2011 comedy classic Bridesmaids, Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo reunite to star as two lifelong besties who flee their small Midwestern town for a balmy vacation in Florida. Hilarious and incredibly ridiculous, Barb & Star Go to Vista del Mar features everything under the sun — from supervillains and talking crabs to musical numbers and stellar performances by Wiig, Mumolo, Jamie Dornan, Vanessa Bayer and more.
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BRATS
Four decades after the Brat Pack era of Hollywood, St. Elmo’s Fire star Andrew McCarthy leads a reunion of ’80s royalty Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Jon Cryer, Lea Thompson, Timothy Hutton and more in his latest documentary, BRATS. Premiering at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival, BRATS offers an intimate look at the group’s cultural impact, featuring iconic films like The Breakfast Club (1985), Back to the Future (1985) and Pretty in Pink (1986), as well as behind-the-scenes footage and promotional clips.
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Ferrari
Given his name, Adam Driver was seemingly predestined to play the man behind the world’s most prestigious sports car. In Michael Mann’s 2023 biopic, Driver throws on the shades of race-car driver and automobile manufacturer Enzo Ferrari as he readies his racing team for the 1957 Mille Miglia — a 1,000-mile, open-road race. The film also stars Penélope Cruz, Shailene Woodley, Sarah Gadon, Gabriel Leone, Jack O’Connell and Patrick Dempsey.
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Origin
Ava DuVernay’s acclaimed biographical drama brings to life the story of author Isabel Wilkerson (played by Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor). After undergoing personal tragedy, Isabel travels the world and conducts research for her groundbreaking book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents — which draws parallels between racism in the United States to the caste systems of Dalits in India and Jews in Nazi Germany.
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Eileen
Debuting at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, this psychological thriller set in 1960s Massachusetts centers on the titular Eileen (Thomasin McKenzie), a young secretary ostracized by her peers at a correctional facility for teenage boys. However, when she strikes an unlikely friendship with the glamorous new psychologist, Rebecca (Anne Hathaway), their bond is put to the ultimate test as they become mired in an unspeakable crime.
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He Went That Way
Based on the real-life account of Dave Pitts and Larry Lee Ranes, He Went That Way stars Zachary Quinto as Jim Goodwin, a celebrity animal trainer on the road with his performing chimpanzee. When Jim offers a ride to 19-year-old hitchhiker Bobby Falls (Jacob Elordi), he soon realizes he and his prized cargo are stuck on Route 66 with a sadistic serial killer.
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Anatomy of a Fall
Taking home the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, this French courtroom drama features Sandra Hüller in the lead role of Sandra Voyter, a renowned German novelist on trial for allegedly pushing her husband Samuel (Samuel Theis) from the top floor of their secluded mountain chalet, ultimately killing him. Caught in intense court proceedings and media scrutiny, their half-blind 11-year-old son (Milo Machado-Graner) is torn between his loyalty to his parents and the truth as a witness.
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Self Reliance
From the innovative mind of writer, director and actor Jake Johnson comes an action comedy that resembles The Hunger Games … but with impairment goggles on. Single network manager Tommy (Johnson) has been chosen to be the star of the dark web’s grandest reality competition series, but to win the $1 million cash prize, he has to outlast hunters trying to kill him when he’s alone. Despite his family and friends refusing to join his entourage, he teams up with another player (Anna Kendrick) to boost his odds.
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Quiz Lady
In this 2023 comedy, game-show fanatic Anne (Awkwafina) and her free-spirited estranged sister, Jenny (Sandra Oh), go on a wild cross-country caper, all in the name of getting Anne on Can’t Stop the Quiz to win the jackpot and bail their mother out of her gambling debts. Along for the ride in Quiz Lady are stars like Will Ferrell, Holland Taylor, Tony Hale and Jason Schwartzman, among others.
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No One Will Save You
In this 2023 sci-fi horror with no dialogue, Brynn Adams (Kaitlyn Dever) finds comfort in her quaint childhood home despite being estranged from her community. However, Brynn’s peace is upended when a swarm of extraterrestrial beings barges into her space, leading her into an action-packed showdown with these interstellar intruders — all while reckoning with the ghosts of her past.
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The Quiet Girl
In this 2022 Irish-language feature set in the 1980s, a young neglected girl named Cáit (Catherine Clinch) is sent away from her chaotic family to live with a middle-aged farm couple, Eibhlín (Carrie Crowley) and Seán (Andrew Bennett), for the summer. Finding solace in their custody, Cáit adapts to her foster parents’ candid nature, but discovers a tragic hidden truth within her newfound sanctuary.
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Clock
Glee alum Dianna Agron strikes hard in this 2023 sci-fi thriller as Ella Patel, a woman in her late-30s who’s pressured by her peers to conceive a child. Determined to fix her “broken” biological clock, Ella joins a clinical trial run by Dr. Elizabeth Simmons (Melora Hardin) and the treatment ends up putting a horror slant on baby fever and maternal instincts.
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Rye Lane
Debuting at 2023’s Sundance Film Festival, this charming British rom-com — filmed with a colorful production design — follows two jilted twentysomethings (Vivian Oparah and David Jonsson) who meet in a gender-neutral bathroom and bond over their break-ups. The strangers spend the day wandering down the movie’s eponymous street while a vibrant chemistry blossoms between them.
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Boston Strangler
Based on the gripping true story, this 2023 historical true-crime drama stars Keira Knightley and Carrie Coon as Boston American Record reporters Loretta McLaughlin and Jean Cole. Facing unbridled sexism in the workplace, the two join forces to connect local murders to a serial killer — now known as the Boston Stranger (David Dastmalchian), the man responsible for sexually assaulting and killing more than a dozen women.
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Triangle of Sadness
Winning the Cannes Film Festival’s highest honor, the Palme d’Or, Ruben Östlund’s 2022 dark satire explores themes of class, gender and race as it follows a group of out-of-touch, affluent personalities whose trip aboard a luxury yacht ultimately goes haywire. In her last film role before her death in August 2022, Charlbi Dean stars alongside Harris Dickinson, Woody Harrelson, Dolly de Leon, and more.
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Not Okay
Be prepared, this 2022 satire contains “an unlikeable female protagonist” who makes unbelievably problematic choices. When Gen-Z fast fashionista Dani Sanders (Zoey Deutch) fakes an extravagant trip to Paris on her Instagram, a terrorist attack near the Eiffel tower leads her to put on an act as a trauma-stricken survivor.
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Summer of Soul
Winning the Oscar for Best Documentary in 2022 (yet the shining moment was notoriously robbed by something else), The Roots drummer Questlove made his directorial debut with Summer of Soul, which follows 1969’s Harlem Cultural Festival by using all but forgotten concert footage cut with new interviews of performers and attendees. The critically-acclaimed film aims to “restore its history,” considering the massive fête hosted legendary performers such as Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone and Mahalia Jackson, among others, over six Sundays that summer — but was widely overshadowed in the news by Woodstock, which was happening about 100 miles away on one overlapping weekend.
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Crush
Hulu’s 2022 sapphic rom-com follows an ambitious student named Paige Evans (Rowan Blanchard), who joins her high school’s track team to become more acquainted with her crush, yet finds her heart racing for another teammate. Auliʻi Cravalho and Isabella Ferreira also star in this adorable teen flick.
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Palm Springs
This film is like Groundhog Day with a sci-fi edge. When two wedding guests get stuck in a time loop together, they work together to figure out how to escape it. The romantic comedy features Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti.
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Prey
The fifth installment of the Predator franchise is a prequel to the other four films. Set 300 years in the past, a young Comanche warrior fights against an alien predator to protect her tribe in this sci-fi thriller. With a 93% score on Rotten Tomatoes, this 2022 movie is a popular one.
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Fire Island
Inspired by Pride & Prejudice, this romantic comedy follows a group of queer friends on their summer trip to Fire Island. The hilarious cast features Joel Kim Booster (who also wrote the script), Bowen Yang and Margaret Cho.
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Nomadland
This 2020 indie follows Fern (Frances McDormand in an Oscar-winning performance) who goes on a journey through the American West after losing her job during the Great Recession. The poignant film explores the intricacies of nomadic life and won several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Picture and the BAFTA Award for Best Film.
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