We may earn a commission from links on this page.Hulu doesn't always get the recognition of competitors like Netflix and Max, but the streamer has an unfailingly reliable and rotating selection of theatrical films, as well as some impressive original releases. These are some of the best, buzziest, and/or most fun movies currently streaming on the service, across a variety of genres.Sovereign (2025) This is based on a true story of father and son “sovereign citizens” who shot and killed police officers in 2010. Nick Offerman gives a full-throated and brilliantly chilling performance as Jerry Kane, a minor celebrity in right-wing circles possessed of nearly as much charisma as rage. He's decided that the government is illegitimate, as are all of his bills, and he's brought his shy and quiet son Jerry (Jacob Tremblay) along with him. Dennis Quaid plays the local police chief whose path they're about to cross, but the Harrowing film absolutely belongs to Offerman, who's terrifying. Stream Sovereign. Sovereign (2025) Learn More Learn More The Color Purple (2023) This musical adaptation of Steven Spielberg's beloved 1985 didn't set the box office on fire, but it's still a lovely, rousing, and appropriately colorful film that scores extra points for the brilliant Black talent behind the scenes, including director Blitz Bazawule. Fantasia Barrino is Celie, raped and abused by her father before being shipped off to marry Mister (Colman Domingo), who's not much better. Separated from her children and her daughters, she finds some solace in her husband's lover, Shug Avery (Taraji P. Henson), whose joyful shamelessness and passion for Celie prove to be inspiring to everyone. Stream The Color Purple. The Color Purple (2023) Learn More Learn More The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) Just an old-fashioned love story about the romance between a young engaged couple, a genderfluid scientist, and a jacked lab experiment. The queen of cinematic cult classics, Rocky Horror plays just as well at home on TV as it does at all those midnight screenings you've been to, so don't be afraid to give in to absolute pleasure. On the couch. Stream The Rocky Horror Picture Show. The Rocky Horror Picture Show Learn More Learn More Dandelion (2024) The plot here isn't terribly complicated: Struggling singer-songwriter Dandelion (Kiki Layne) is in a downward spiral when she meets Casey (Thomas Doherty), a Scottish musician who's all but given up. As Dandelion warms up to Casey and his scruffy crew, she begins to rediscover a love for her art. Where the movie stands out is in the vulnerable performances, but especially in the direction of Nicole Riegel, who carefully crafts a believable, fully realized relationship largely out of scenes in which music is more important than dialogue. A dreamy musical romance. Stream Dandelion. Dandelion (2024) Learn More Learn More The Last Showgirl (2024) Something of a companion piece to The Substance, in that both films star Hollywood icons and deal with women paying a price for daring to age, The Last Showgirl's wistful, more down-to-Earth tone provides a brilliant showcase for lead Pamela Anderson. She plays Shelly Gardner, a Las Vegas showgirl with a three-decade career who finds herself at loose ends when the revue in which she stars closes. It's easily one of 2024's best performances. Stream The Last Showgirl. The Last Showgirl (2024) Learn More Learn More The Last Duel (2021) A box office flop that deserved much better, Ridley Scott's epic adapts a nonfiction work by Eric Jager involving a trial, by combat, in medieval France between Jean de Carrouges (Matt Damon) and Jacques Le Gris (Adam Driver) following the rape of Jean's wife, Marguerite (Jodie Comer). Scott cleverly approaches the story as a European Rashomon, with the story presented from the different points of view of each man, before we get the full picture from Marguerite's perspective. History, and the players in the duel, might not have cared about that point of view, but Scott and the film do. Stream The Last Duel. The Last Duel (2021) Learn More Learn More 55 (2025) Speaking of Ridley Scott, he came onboard as a producer for this underworld crime drama from Indian filmmaker Shyam Madiraju as a means of making sure that the movie received the widest release possible. The title refers to orphaned teenage pickpocket Pachpan, under the heel of the Fagin-esque local Mumbai gang lord who refers to the children who do his bidding only by numbers—55, in Pachpan's case. Stealing a wallet full of money, Pachpan visits the home of its owner, only to discover that his actions have consequences beyond a simple theft. Stream 55. 55 (2025) Learn More Learn More Summer of 69 (2025) A surprisingly sweet coming-of-age comedy, given that it's about a young woman who wants to learn how to 69 (a sex position you might have heard of). Sam Morelos stars as Abby Flores, a popular game streamer who's shy in public and who hides her identity online. In her senior year of high school, she's ready to come out of her shell and hopes to make a play for Max, the guy she's had a crush on for years. With no sexual experience (and little social experience), she visits a local strip club and makes friends with dancer Santa Monica (Chloe Fineman), whom she'll pay to be her sex and confidence coach. Despite her outward demeanor, Santa Monica isn't entirely feeling like a success herself; it turns out that the mismatched pals have a lot in common and a lot to teach each other. It's a solid directorial debut from SNL writer Jillian Bell. Stream Summer of 69. Summer of 69 (2025) Learn More Learn More Anora (2024) Writer/director Sean Baker (Tangerine, Red Rocket) has a long list of impressive film credits to his name, but comedy/drama Anora was the film that put him firmly into the mainstream, winning him a Best Director Oscar and the film a Best Picture prize. Mikey Madison (who also won Best Actress) plays the title's Anora, an exotic dancer whose life changes when she falls in love with the son of a Russian oligarch. It's all going very well until his parents show up to get their impromptu wedding annulled. Stream Anora. Anora (2024) Learn More Learn More The Family Stone (2005) Holiday gatherings always offer great potential for comedy and drama, with The Family Stone landing a bit of each—this one taking on a bit of added poignance following the passing of Diane Keaton earlier this year. The setup involves Dermot Mulroney bringing home his new girlfriend, played by a fearlessly brittle Sarah Jessica Parker, for Christmas. That doesn’t go great, with the visitor constantly feeling out of place and embarrassed amid the insular, tight-knit, standoffish clan. But, in the background, strong-willed matriarch Sybil Stone (Keaton) is also looking for an opportunity, amidst the holiday chaos, to reveal a terminal medical diagnosis. The subtle final shot lands like a sledgehammer every time. Stream The Family Stone. The Family Stone (2005) Learn More Learn More Osiris (2025) Director William Kaufman (Sinners and Saints, Daylight's End) is a master of this type of cheapie military action thriller (the posters are always muscular guys with guns aimed roughly in your face), and that's not a bad thing if you're in the right mood. This one puts a sci-fi spin on the formula, as a special forces team operating in Uzbekistan is captured by a group of Predator-esque aliens who came to Earth to sample the local cuisine (i.e., us). Luckily, they meet Anya (Linda Hamilton), a woman who's managed to survive the aliens for 20 years or so and has a plan—one that, you won't be surprised to learn, involves a ton of explosives. Stream Osiris. Osiris (2025) Learn More Learn More The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat (2024) One of those great Soul Food/Steel Magnolia-style tearjerkers, The Supremes stars Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Sanaa Lathan, and Uzo Aduba as three middle-aged friends who've been through the wringer together. Following the three virtually from birth, we find them facing a seemingly endless number of twists and turns (unplanned pregnancy, cancer, alcoholism, and more) with a lot of heart and plenty of humor. Stream The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat. The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat (2024) Learn More Learn More Thelma (2024) This delightful indie comedy stars the brilliant nonagenarian June Squibb (Nebraska) as Thelma Post, a woman living alone in Los Angeles—she's got a good relationship with her grandson, but finds his doting a bit much. Still, when a phone scammer cheats her our of $10,000 by claiming that Danny's been arrested, she refuses to take it lying down. The police won't do anything, so she gets hold of old friend Ben (the late Richard Roundtree) and a gun, and the two set off on a scooter to track down the scammer and get a little revenge. It's funny, but never gratuitously silly, and Squibb and Roundtree make for a fabulous cinematic pairing. Stream Thelma. Thelma (2024) Learn More Learn More Longlegs (2024) Oz Perkins, who more recently directed the Stephen King adaptation The Monkey, is the driving force behind this horror thriller starring Maika Monroe as a young FBI agent hunting the menacing serial killer known as Longlegs (Nicholas Cage). The murderer's trail has gone cold, but Agent Harker's seeming clairvoyance has put the two on a collision course, even though there's no evidence the suspect was ever even present at the killings for which he's apparently responsible. Stylish and nerve-jangling, with a predictably unhinged performance from Cage, it's a real killer. Stream Longlegs. Longlegs (2024) Learn More Learn More The Monkey (2025) Speaking of The Monkey: Here's another Oz Perkins movie, just as deranged as Longlegs, but much funnier—well, if a series of increasingly gory deaths is your idea of a hoot. Theo James plays twin brothers haunted by a series of tragedies that befell them as children: A wind-up toy monkey belonging to their father revealed itself to be both protective and mean, a wind of its key leading it to initiate elaborate, deadly, Final Destination-esque scenarios. They threw the monkey down a well as kids, but that monkey was absolutely not going to stay down the well. The movie is incredibly gory, but almost cartoonishly so, and hints of heart reveal themselves through The Monkey's sick sense of humor. Stream The Monkey. The Monkey (2025) Learn More Learn More Sisu (2022) A grizzled, broken-down lone prospector trudges across northern Finland during the last days of World War II, hoping to trade in his small gold stash in town. Some German soldiers heading out of the country decide that he's easy game—but it quickly becomes apparent that they've fucked with the wrong guy. Think John Wick, but with fewer assassins and more Nazis getting blown up real good. It's a ton of fun, and there's a sequel on the way. Stream Sisu. Sisu (2022) Learn More Learn More A Complete Unknown (2024) Another multiple Oscar nominee (though it didn't take home any prizes), A Complete Unknown comes from director James Mangold, whose resume includes award-season faves like Ford v Ferrari, Wolverine and Indiana Jones franchise movies, and another Oscar-winning musical biopic, Walk the Line. In this one, Timothée Chalamet stars as Bob Dylan alongside Ed Norton as Pete Seeger, with the narrative rotating around the moment in 1965 when Dylan went electric, scandalizing the Newport Folk Festival and leading fans to question whether the voice of his generation had sold out. Stream A Complete Unknown. A Complete Unknown (2024) Learn More Learn More Fire Island (2022) A queer, contemporary take on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Fire Island also takes aim at the overabundance of fat/femme/Asian stereotypes in the gay community. Social commentary aside, it's also a funny, smart romantic comedy with a great cast that includes Joel Kim Booster (in the Lizzy Bennett role—he also wrote the screenplay), Bowen Yang, Conrad Ricamora, and Margaret Cho as a group of friends who travel each summer to the titular island—but this summer proves more dramatic (and romantic) than most. Stream Fire Island. Fire Island (2022) Learn More Learn More Triangle of Sadness (2022) One of the darkest (and funniest) satires of recent memory, Ruben Östlund's wild film feels like at least three movies in one, with narratives that take sharp right turns at unexpected moments, taking potshots at greed and skewering capitalism all the way. A memorable central section onboard a luxury cruise ship divided between the haves (passengers) and have-nots (the crew) climaxes in literal explosions of puke and shit. That's before a satisfying role-reversal inspired by Lord of the Flies. Brilliant and hilarious, if you've got the stomach for it. Stream Triangle of Sadness. Triangle of Sadness (2022) Learn More Learn More Presence (2024) Steven Soderbergh's found-footage-esque psychological horror film doesn't have a lot of big scares for most of its runtime, something that's helpful to know going in. Instead, this is largely a drama about a damaged family from the perspective of the title's presence: The Payne family moves into a new home that's already occupied, and everything that we see is from the spirit's curious POV. Though its motives are unclear, the presence takes a special interest in daughter Chloe (Callina Liang), who's suffered the deaths of multiple friends and might be open to malign influences both worldly and otherwise. It's rather wonderfully chilling. Stream Presence. Presence (2024) Learn More Learn More Small Things Like These (2024) Adapted from Claire Keegan's novella, Small Things Like These fictionally explores the real-life story and legacy of Ireland's Magdalene Laundries—a system of workhouses, run mostly by the Catholic Church and funded by the state, in which "fallen women" (broadly defined) would be involuntarily confined in order to provide cheap labor for the community. Children born to the confined women were typically put up for adoption at a profit for the institution. Here Cillian Murphy plays Bill Furlong, a quiet, unassuming coal merchant who witnesses things he ought not have, inadvertently running afoul of Sister Mary (Emily Watson)—she runs the local convent, as well as the school that Bill's five daughters attend, and she's all quiet menace in her implied threats. Absolutely chilling. Stream Small Things Like These. Small Things like These (2024) Learn More Learn More Predator: Killer of Killers (2025) A surprise drop from director Dan Trachtenberg, who saved the Predator franchise with Prey, the lushly animated Killer of Killers tells three distinct stories across three different time periods, with a conclusion that brings them all together: moments when, we learn, Predators had visited the Earth. The first sees a Viking warrior and her son leading an army against a rival clan, the second sees a hunter standing between rival sons of a samurai warlord in 1609 Japan, while the third involves a WWII dogfight with an unexpected rival. It's an appropriately and impressively lean and mean addition to the Predator mythos. Stream Killer of Killers. Predator: Killer of Killers (2025) Learn More Learn More Sally (2025) It might seem excessively woke to acknowledge, in the year of our lord 2025, that Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, an astronaut and physicist, was also a gay woman in a 27-year-old relationship. But here we are. Ride felt that her work and career would suffer if she came out, and only did so less than a year before her 2012 death. Tam O'Shaughnessy, Ride's partner, provides the focus for this documentary that explores the trailblazer's work while also examining the personal and professional sacrifices that came as a result of needing to conceal so much of herself. Stream Sally. Sally (2025) Learn More Learn More Late Night With the Devil (2023) The damn-near flawless evocation of 1970s talk show vibes gives Late Night much of its sense of purpose in the early going, before it gives way to a ghostly horror free-for-all in the back half. David Dastmalchian stars as the host of Night Owls with Jack Delroy, who spends his off hours at The Grove, an exclusive California spot for powerful men, and a place full of dark secrets. During a special Halloween broadcast in 1977, some of Jack's secrets are summoned into the open. Using found footage tricks—but not limited by them—it's a uniquely clever supernatural thriller. Stream Late Night with the Devil. Late Night with the Devil (2023) Learn More Learn More Perfect Days (2023) Directed by Wim Wenders, Perfect Days represents a long-awaited narrative return to form for the director—it's easily a high point of his long film career, even with blessedly little plot to speak of. Kōji Yakusho plays Hirayama, a man in his 60s who follows the same routine every day: He wakes up in his modest apartment, grabs coffee from a vending machine, and sets out in his van to clean the public toilets of Tokyo. Perhaps it's a Japanese sensibility at play, but it's hard not to suspect that the American version of this film would come off as a melancholy tragedy; Hirayama's story, though, is joyful. It's a movie about appreciating the quiet beauty of everyday life, and the peace to be found in a beloved routing. It represents the first time that Japan ever submitted a film by a non-Japanese director for Oscar consideration. Stream Perfect Days. Perfect Days (2023) Learn More Learn More Decision to Leave (2022) Like most of writer/director Park Chan-wook's films (which include Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy, The Handmaiden), this one's tough to classify by genre. It alternately feels like a romance, a thriller, and a mystery—or all three at once. Insomniac detective Jang Hae-jun (Park Hae-il) doesn't miss a clue, until he starts to fall for (and then become obsessed with, Vertigo-style) a recently widowed woman (Tang Wei) who doesn't seem all that upset about her husband's seemingly accidental death. The mysterious and gorgeously directed film won Park Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival back in 2022. Stream Decision to Leave. Decision to Leave (2022) Learn More Learn More Alien: Romulus (2024) An impressive return to xenomorph country from Fede Álvarez (Don't Breathe), Alien: Romulus proves that there's still a fair bit of life in this long-in-the-ovipositor franchise. An orphaned colonist on a relentlessly grim planet is, along with her friends, a virtual indentured servant to the ubiquitous Weyland-Yutani corporation—but there's an abandoned space station containing cryostasis equipment that would allow them to survive a journey away from the hellhole where they live and work. You might have guessed by now that the space station isn't entirely abandoned. Álvarez and company bring real horror back to the franchise, along with the evergreen reminder that major corporations are far eviler than hungry aliens. Stream Alien: Romulus. Alien: Romulus (2024) Learn More Learn More The Contestant (2023) In 1998, Tomoaki Hamatsu was cast on the new Japanese reality show Susunu! Denpa Shōnen. He was challenged to stay alone in his apartment, with no food or clothing, and survive only on what he could win from magazine contests. At various points, he would survive on uncooked rice (having no pots), or on dog food, or on soda. His only companion was a stuffed animal that he won. The show went on for a year, and became one of the most popular shows on the air, unbeknownst to Hamatsu. This documentary explores our reality fixation from both sides, as well as exploring the long and difficult transition back to normal life for someone who didn't even know that he was a star. Stream The Contestant. The Contestant (2023) Learn More Learn More Oddity (2024) A wonderfully atmospheric—and often genuinely scary—Irish horror import, the movie kicks off with a tense murder in a country house that raises a number of questions for the dead woman's twin sister—like, is the formal mental patient believed to have committed the murder actually the guilty party? There are some great twists and turns here and it genuinely sticks the landing, not a given even among great thrillers. Stream Oddity. Oddity (2024) Learn More Learn More The Sound of Music (1965) A charmingly goofy nun-in-training gets a job at the home of an Austrian aristocrat, which would be just about enough of a premise for many a classic music. But what starts out as a very hummable sing-a-long takes a dark turn as the shadow of Nazi Germany comes to loom over our increasingly endangered family. That genuine threat elevates Julie Andrews' breakout into something as meaningful, and timely, as it is fun. One of cinema's finest musicals from legendary director Robert Wise. Stream The Sound of Music. The Sound of Music (1965) Learn More Learn More