Are you frustrated by the fact that there are barely any new movies on Disney+? If so, it might be time to make sure that you’re subscribed to Hulu. This is the streaming service where the adults can come out to play, as well as the place where many of 20th Century Studios’ legendary films reside, from G-rated kids flicks to R-rated action and drama. In July alone, movie lovers have a lot to enjoy, including Ford v Ferrari, Whiplash, and one of the all-time great action films, Die Hard.
Thankfully, there are new movies coming to Hulu every month, and we’re on top of the ever-changing lineup so you can have the top options at your fingertips. All you have to do is check out our updated list of the best movies on Hulu right now.
Subscribe to a different platform? Not only do we have a guide to the best shows on Hulu, but we’ve rounded up the best movies on Amazon Prime Video, the best movies on Netflix, and the best movies on Disney+.
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Die Hard1988
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Bohemian Rhapsody2018
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Whiplash2014
Ford v Ferrari (2019) new
Between Wolverine and Indiana Jones movies, director James Mangold tackled the larger than life rivalry between Henry Ford II (Tracy Letts) and Enzo Ferrari (Remo Girone). However, neither man is the central character in Ford v Ferrari. Instead, the focus falls on ex-racer turned car designer, Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon), and Ken Miles (Christian Bale), a fiery racer whom Shelby recruits to help him build a Ford that can outrace a Ferrari.
Miles quickly makes enemies inside Ford who threaten to derail the entire operation just to sideline him. But once Miles gets behind the wheel of the car he helped design, he delivers the race of a lifetime.
Die Hard (1988) new
Is it Christmas already? Die Hard is back on Hulu, and it’s still one of the greatest action flicks ever made. Bruce Willis made the leap from TV star to action icon for his turn as John McClane, an NYPD cop who is in Los Angeles for the holidays to win back his estranged wife, Holly Gennaro-McClane (Bonnie Bedelia).
John’s reunion with his wife is going about as well as expected at the holiday party for Holly’s company when Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) and his terrorists crash the event and take everyone hostage. Everyone except John. Now, John will have to outlast this gang of thieves and killers in order to reunite his family. Action films don’t get any better than that.
Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) new
Rami Malek won the Oscar for Best Actor for his performance as Farrokh Bulsara, the man who became Freddie Mercury, the legendary lead singer of Queen. Bohemian Rhapsody is named after Queen’s most famous song, but this is really Freddie’s story, as well as his rise and fall alongside his bandmates Brian May (Gwilym Lee), Roger Taylor (Ben Hardy), and John Deacon (Joe Mazzello).
On his way to the top, Freddie is engaged to Mary Austin (Lucy Boynton) before he falls in love with Paul Prenter (Allen Leech) and allows him to guide his career. But when Freddie’s bad decisions catch up to him, it’s going to take something tragic to bring Queen back together.
Whiplash (2014) new
Whiplash is built around the performances of Miles Teller (Top Gun: Maverick) and J.K. Simmons as it wrings every drop of drama out of a young man’s quest to be a great musician. Andrew Neiman (Teller), a student at the prestigious Shaffer Conservatory, studies under Terence Fletcher (Simmons), an emotionally and physically abusive instructor and band leader.
Andrew is so obsessed with winning Fletcher’s approval that he neglects his relationship with his girlfriend, Nicole (Melissa Benoist), and focuses on music above all else. This single-minded pursuit of musical perfection not only destroys Andrew’s life, it also threatens to claim his future as well.
Flamin' Hot (2023)
What do you do when there’s a true story that may not be true? As was famously said in the 1962 Western classic The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, “when the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” The story of Flamin’ Hot is truly inspirational regardless of whether these events actually played out this way in reality. The film is based on the memoir of Richard Montañez (Jesse Garcia), the man who claims that he created Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. And he didn’t do it alone.
With the support of his wife, Judy Montañez (Annie Gonzalez), and his co-worker, Clarence C. Baker (Dennis Haysbert), Richard rises from the rank of janitor and works up the nerve to pitch his Flamin’ Hot ideas to Frito-Lay executive Roger Enrico (Tony Shalhoub). From there, a snack food legend is born.
Keanu (2016)
Before Jordan Peele became an acclaimed horror director, he reteamed with his Key & Peele co-star, Keegan-Michael Key, for the action comedy Keanu. Rell Dresden (Peele) is emotionally bereft following a breakup until he and his cousin, Clarence Dresden (Key), find Keanu, an incredibly adorable kitten who is promptly stolen from them.
To get Keanu back, Rell and Clarence venture into some shady areas of town and end up being mistaken for gangsters by Trina “Hi-C” Parker (Tiffany Haddish) and Cheddar (Method Man). And if the duo want Keanu back (and to keep on breathing), they will have to go to extreme lengths to keep their deception intact.
Idiocracy (2006)
The central joke of Mike Judge’s Idiocracy is that Joe Bauers (Luke Wilson), the most average man in the U.S. army, is the smartest man in the world … by default. After Joe and a prostitute named Rita (Maya Rudolph) take part in a military hibernation experience, they wake up in a future hundreds of years later where the rest of the people are profoundly dumb.
In this futuristic era, Joe’s average intelligence makes him seem like a super genius compared to everyone else. However, President Camacho (Terry Crews) has given Joe only a single week to solve some very serious problems. And the penalty for failure is death.
Dune (2021)
Director Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Frank Herbert’s Dune is one of the most visually arresting sci-fi films of the last decade. Timothée Chalamet stars as Paul Atreides, the son of Lady Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson) and Duke Leto Atreides (Oscar Isaac), the leaders of House Atreides and the new stewards of a world vital to the intergalactic empire: Arrakis.
Duke Leto has bold ideas to make fair deals with the people of Arrakis, unaware that he and his family have been targeted for death. Meanwhile, Paul has unexplainable visions of Chani (Zendaya), a young woman among the Fremen of Arrakis. Paul seemingly has a grand destiny to fulfill — he just has to live long enough to do so.
The Hunger Games (2012)
There’s a Hunger Games prequel coming to theaters later this year, and that’s reason enough to revisit the film that made Jennifer Lawrence a superstar. In The Hunger Games, Lawrence made her first appearance as Katniss Everdeen, a young woman who volunteers for a deadly combat event in order to save her younger sister. Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson), a teenager who harbors a crush on Katniss, is also chosen to fight for their home, District 12.
Haymitch Abernathy (Woody Harrelson) mentors Katniss and Peeta in the capital to prepare them for the fight of their lives. But once the games begin, all bets are off. Can Katniss and Peeta trust each other when their lives are on the line? May the odds be ever in their favor!
The Joy Luck Club (1993)
2023 marks the 30th anniversary of The Joy Luck Club, a drama that charts the stories of four Chinese mothers who immigrated to America, and their Chinese-American daughters who often have trouble relating to the generation that came before them.
All of the mother-daughter pairings have compelling stories behind them, but the connection between Suyuan Woo (Kieu Chinh) and her daughter, June Woo (Ming-Na Wen), is particularly noteworthy because of the deep emotional wounds between them, and June’s fear that she can never be who Suyuan wants her to be.
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
The late Sergio Leone made his name with several famous Spaghetti Westerns, but his final film, Once Upon a Time in America, is an unforgettable crime epic that further solidified Leone’s legendary career. During the Great Depression, a pair of young thieves, Noodles (Scott Tiler) and Max (Rusty Jacobs), become fast friends before Noodles is sent to jail.
When Noodles (Robert De Niro) is finally released during the height of Prohibition in the ‘30s, he reunites with Max (James Woods) in their growing criminal enterprise. But as Prohibition winds down, Noodles and Max’s friendship is tested in ways that may destroy both of them.
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
The Planet of the Apes franchise has gone through a few different incarnations, but the modern reboot, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, is a cut above the rest.
Andy Serkis stars as Caesar, a remarkably intelligent chimpanzee who lives with his adoptive father, Dr. William Rodman (James Franco). Will’s attempt to cure Alzheimer’s disease has catastrophic results for the world, but it also greatly enhances the intelligence of apes. And when Caesar is locked away with this fellow apes, he takes the initiative to lead a revolution.
Something in the Dirt (2022)
An exciting example of the kind of narrative ingenuity that only a worldwide pandemic can foster, Something in the Dirt is the latest film from writer-director duo Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead (The Endless, Synchronic), and is arguably the most primitively fascinating work of these two collaborators. Shot over the course of a year with a crew of just 12, our story follows Levi and John, apartment-dwelling neighbors who decide to make a documentary about a range of supernatural events occurring in their Los Angeles residence. But as the two men discover that these kinds of extraordinary happenings are taking place all over L.A., their findings lead them to a combative exchange of theories and calculations.
The Valet (2022)
War Dogs (2016)
Ultrasound (2022)
In director Rob Schroeder’s Ultrasound, Mad Men alum Vincent Kartheiser stars as Glen, an unassuming everyman who just so happens to encounter some car trouble on a dark and stormy night. Seeking some help, he knocks on the door of a perfectly kind stranger named Arthur (Bob Stephenson), leading the former down an uncanny rabbit hole of deceit and mind control. Presenting a nail-biter of a story without diving into carnage and other typical screen grabs, Ultrasound does its best work as a quietly curious foray into a world that’s hard to pin down.
The Worst Person in the World (2021)
The Last Tourist (2021)
Hellraiser (2022)
It’s about time the world of Hellraiser received some much-needed reimagining. For years now, the franchise has seen sequel after sequel, and while Cenobite fans are always pleased to see Doug Bradley donning his Pinhead garb, the series has certainly run into its fair share of cinematic duds. But director David Bruckner has come along to get the saga on track once more. The 2022 remake stars Odessa A’zion as Riley, an on-the-mend drug addict who comes into the possession of a runic puzzle box — a mysterious device that summons an armada of hellish entities. Led by the Hell Priest (Jamie Clayton), Odessa is plunged into a fight for survival when the demonic visitors begin wreaking havoc in the real world. Bruckner’s Hellraiser reboot may not satisfy all of the saga’s diehards, but when you consider it as a gruesome yet polished homage to Clive Barker’s source novella and first batch of films, the 2022 version more than gets the job done.
I Think We're Alone Now (2018)
Derek DelGaudio's In & Of Itself (2020)
This Mountain Life (2018)
Dinner in America (2022)
The Act of Killing (2012)
Pig (2021)
The Bob's Burgers Movie (2022)
Prey (2022)
John Dies at the End (2013)
Based on the David Wong novel of the same name, John Dies at the End is a kaleidoscopic horror-comedy of epic proportions. Chase Williamson stars as David, your typical everyman protagonist, and the story follows his mind-altering adventures alongside his gang of friends. At the center of these otherworldly jaunts is a mysterious new drug called “Soy Sauce,” a nightmarish substance accidentally injected by David that allows him to jump through time and space, into and out of alternate dimensions. The end result for us viewers? A wild trek of a film that will leave your brain hovering somewhere over a triple rainbow in a distant universe.
Flee (2021)
Apollo 11 (2019)
Sundown (2022)
Three Identical Strangers (2018)
Death on the Nile (2022)
Fresh (2022)
Spencer (2021)
No Exit (2022)
Deep Water (2022)
The Assistant (2020)
In the Earth (2021)
The Obituary of Tunde Johnson (2019)
The Vigil (2020)
Wander Darkly (2020)
Another Round (2020)
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