in 2017, Hulu made TV history by becoming the first broadcast network to win an Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series, thanks to this phenomenon The Handmaid’s Tale. While this painfully haunting adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s 1985 dystopian novel remains one of the best TV shows to watch on Hulu, it also set a standard for quality entertainment that the network has continued to match — and sometimes surpass — original series like The bearAnd the greatAnd Only murders in the building.
While Netflix has largely taken over the original movie streaming market, and has even managed to convince A-listers like Guillermo del Toro, Alfonso Cuarón, and Martin Scorsese to get on board, Hulu is starting to find its footing in features as well. Here are some of our top picks for the best movies (original and non-original) streaming on Hulu right now.
Still looking for more great titles to add to your waiting list? Check out WIRED’s guide to the best movies on Netflix, the best movies on Disney+, and the best movies on Amazon Prime.
Sadness triangle
Think of it like this Gilligan’s Island, but with more comments and vomit. When a group of wealthy people head to sea on a luxury yacht, their plans are thwarted when a terrible storm leaves several of them stranded on a beach where neither their money nor their strength can help them survive. This already gives a lot, but suffice it to say, if you like it menuA critically acclaimed take on the excesses of fortune with several twists in black comedy, this Oscar-nominated film is for you.
Portrait of a woman on fire
Well, this might be the movie that turned the idea of a “lesbian period drama” into a trope, but it’s also one of the best modern queer romance movies, along with moon light And Carol. Set on the isolated French coast in the late 18th century, writer-director Céline Sciamma’s film centers on an aristocratic young woman, Héloïse (Adèle Haenel), who is engaged to a wealthy Milanese man. When Héloïse’s mother hires Marianne (Noémie Merlant) to paint a portrait of her daughter, the two women fall in love and have the kind of heartwarming relationship that made the lesbian drama so undeniable in the first place. You will be stunned.
Spencer
See, there may already be too many movies and TV shows about Princess Diana, but this one, directed by Pablo Larraín and starring Kristen Stewart as the Princess of Wales, focuses on a specific birthday in the Sandringham area of Queen Elizabeth in a minimalist way. How complicated Diana’s life with the royal family was every day. Yes, the background is rumors of divorce surrounding Diana and Prince Charles (Jack Farthing), but the story is more about her relationships within the family and the life she left behind to join them.
Bedouin
This film by Chloe Zhao, about a woman’s post-Great Depression quest across the American West, won a slew of Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actress starring Frances McDormand, Best Director, and Best Editing for Zhao. Zhao also won Best Adapted Screenplay for her adaptation of WIRED contributor Jessica Bruder’s book, also called Bedouin. It’s a powerful look at the modern American dream.
Boston Strangler
If you are one of those viewers who can’t get enough of murder shows and have been looking for a murder filmwe may suggest Boston Strangler? Based on the real-life serial killer of the same name, writer-director Matt Ruskin’s “re-imagining” of the 1968 film centers on two reporters – Loretta McLaughlin (Keira Knightley) and Jean Cole (Carrie Coon) – who break the news about a string of Strangler killings in the 1960s and break the story. If nothing else, it’s worth watching just to see what happens when a Boston director stops his mostly non-Boston crew from trying to imitate the city’s infamous accent.
victim
Based on decades of experience, moviegoers have come to expect very little from sequels, prequels, and/or reboots – and that’s what makes victim Such an amazing surprise. As the fifth installment in predator Franchise and contest, the 18th-century story follows the Arthurian adventures of Narrow (Amber Midthunder), a young Comanche woman and fierce warrior determined to save her people from a highly evolved predator (aka Predator) trying to wipe them out. Community. The film is directed by Dan Trachtenberg.10 Cloverfield Lane), deftly blending elements of survival horror and sci-fi with Western mythology to create what many consider to be the best film in the nearly 40-year-old franchise, which all began with ’80s-era Ahhnold.
Fresh
Noa (Daisy Edgar Jones) is a single woman looking for a partner, but she is tired of the online dating scene. So when she meets Steve (Sebastian Stan), a handsome, eccentric stranger, she takes a chance on giving him her number. The two go on a first date and eventually find themselves planning a weekend away – which is when Noa realizes Steve has been hiding some disturbing details about himself. finally, Fresh It stands as a lesson in the horrors of dating in the digital age (real and imagined).
Good luck, Leo Grande
Two years after the death of her husband, retired religion teacher Nancy Stokes (Emma Thompson) decides it’s time to do something about the fact that she never had an orgasm. So she hires Leo Grande (Daryl McCormack), a young sex worker, and invites him into a hotel room so she can cross off a few items from her sexual bucket list. But what begins as a transactional relationship quickly and honestly, develops into so much more than that.
Palm Springs
Given a perfect likeness of Harold Ramis hard dayIt takes a lot of guts for a filmmaker to add another picture to the rom-com canon of the infinite time loop. But writer-director Max Barbacco went ahead and did it anyway Palm SpringsAnd the fans are grateful to him. Based on the rules originally laid down in hard dayAnd Palm Springs She brings her own unique twist to the story. Instead of slowly driving one person (Billy Murray’s Phil Conners) to the brink of insanity because he’s the only one who seems to have the phenomenon, Palm Springs It sees three wedding guests — Nyles (Andy Samberg), Sarah (Cristin Milioti), and Roy (JK Simmons) — living through the same day over and over again, working together to find a way out of it.
Rosalyn
Romeo (Kyle Allen) and Juliet (Isabella Merced) regularly make headlines as William Shakespeare’s legendary star-crossed lovers. But this innovative rom-com from director Karen Main (clear child) is more interested in Rosaline (Kaitlin Dever), Juliet’s cousin—and Romeo’s first love—who is so easily thrown off in the play. Dever is making up for over 400 years of lost time as she plots to win back her man in this fun and sweet period rom-com.