Hulu used to be simply a place for watching TV shows back-to-back. With its cunning move, however, it has quietly gathered a remarkable movie library to see. Whatever your mood is for, thrill-a-minute action movies, belly-bust comedies, and spine-tingling fright films, it’s a new experience for those who continually watch their old movies in amazement. In case you are willing to find something really valuable, here is the list of the 14 greatest movies available to stream on Hulu, counted down in reverse order.
14. Rye Lane (2023)
Come on, rom-coms are dead, right? Not if Rye Lane has anything to say about it. Filmed on location in South London, the show takes two twentysomethings with damaged hearts on a day of city prowling—and potentially falling in love again. Vivian Oparah and David Jonsson are incendiary as chemistry, and director Raine Allen Miller makes London itself the belle of the ball in the romance. This is one of the funniest rom-coms to have come our way in years.
13. How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2023)
Half heist picture, half green-thumbed thriller, this leaves you in the white-knuckle high-octane universe of young radicals disrupting an oil pipeline. Lukas Gage and Kristine Froseth head the cast, walking on a hair-trigger tightwire of tension, and the film unmasks the grayer line between terrorism and activism. Clever, lean, and timely.
12. Thelma (2024)
Action heroes don’t always have to be scraggly and all six-packs. June Squibb is great as a scheming granny of 94 who gets by on her own terms. Thelma is witty, smart, and hard as nails-an action hero film, John Wick, with a Golden Girls spin.
11. Presence (2024)
It’s left up to Steven Soderbergh to disrupt the haunted house paradigm. Presence is told from the ghost’s point of view, a creepy, clever reimagining of the genre. Odd, unconventional, and unlike anything else in Hulu’s catalog.
10. The Order (2024)
Jude Lagivesys delivers a career-high performance as an undercover FBI agent within a racist white supremacist hate group in the Pacific Northwest. Based on true events, this dark, high-wire thriller also stars Nicholas Hoult as a despicable villain. Dark, tense, and uncomfortably timely.
9. Alien: Romulus (2024)
The Alien series returns to form with this one, halfway between the initial two classics. Some scavengers discover what looks like a deserted ship—before the Xenomorph shows up. Scares maestro Fede Álvarez brings them back again without diluting what made the franchise great.
8. The Monkey (2025)
Stephen King stories never fail to find their way to the big screen, but The Monkey is not. Twin brothers tormented by their murdering childhood friend are the focus of this adaptation with Theo James. Darkly comic and creepy in equal proportions, this one toes the thin line of jump scares and gagging humor.
7. A Real Pain (2024)
Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin shine here in this bittersweetly nostalgic dramedy of cousins returning to their grandmother’s cultural roots in Poland. With humor and emotional exploration of family, loss, and memory, it sails along without ever getting too much. Culkin’s Academy Award-winning performance is the peak.
6. Nightbitch (2024)
Amy Adams takes no prisoners with this offbeat horror-comedy about a suburban mother who feels she is transforming into a dog. Director Marielle Heller wrung the ridiculous premise for satirical comedy about contemporary motherhood and identity. Surreal, filthy, and one of Adams’ most transgressive roles.
5. Longlegs (2024)
Few films creep under your skin like Longlegs. An FBI agent pursuing satanic murders, played by Maika Monroe, and Nicolas Cage’s acting, which is chilling and engrossing at the same time, is horror material.
4. Ferrari (2023)
Michael Mann’s glossy biopic tracks Enzo Ferrari across a disastrous summer of 1957. Adam Driver captures the fury of Ferrari, but it is Penélope Cruz who comes alive in the movie with a chilling, icy performance. Sleek, cinematic, and archetypal Mann.
3. The First Omen (2024)
Prequels are usually letdowns, but not The First Omen. Creeping dread, unsettling Vatican intrigue, and Nell Tiger Free’s acting tour de force keep this prequel at horror levels. One of the fright films of the decade.
2. A Complete Unknown (2024)
Timothée Chalamet dissolves into Bob Dylan in this music biopic by James Mangold. Instead of greatest-hits corniness, it’s concerned with Dylan’s teenage years in New York. Featuring Elle Fanning and Edward Norton in its cast, it’s a treat for both Dylan fans and film buffs.
1. The John Wick Series (2014–2019)
You can’t talk about action without talking about John Wick. All four of the original films are available on Hulu, and all four are a ballet of shootouts, solid world-building, and stoic Keanu Reeves’ cool. Dozens of films have tried to copy it, but nothing comes down quite as hard as the original series.
Hulu’s movie slate is its strongest ever, with a mix of blockbusters and sleeper hits, and critical darlings across all genres. From thrills to belly laughs to flat-out scares, this list attests that Hulu is a must-watch for anyone with an interest in genuinely excellent movies.