Although Hulu is best known for its variety of TV series, its selection of movies can actually compete head-to-head with the film libraries of its rival streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video. To give you a glimpse of what kind of films the Disney-owned streamer offers, here’s a list of the top movies on Hulu right now.
What are the top 10 movies on Hulu today?
According to streaming analytics FlixPatrol, below are the most popular movies on Hulu right now.
#1 The Bob’s Burgers Movie (2022)
Based on the animated TV series Bob’s Burgers, The Bob’s Burgers Movie follows Bob and his family as they struggle to pay their loan after a sinkhole opens in front of their restaurant which affects their business. The film, which takes place between the 12th and 13th seasons of Bob’s Burgers, is directed by series creator Loren Bouchard and series director Bernard Derriman. It is written by Bouchard and series producer Nora Smith and features the original voice cast from the series, including H. Jon Benjamin, Dan Mintz, Eugene Mirman, Larry Murphy, John Roberts, Kristen Schaal, David Wain, Zach Galifianakis, and Kevin Kline.
#2 The Contractor (2022)
Action thriller The Contractor currently ranks second in the list of top movies on Hulu right now. Directed by Tarik Saleh in his English-language film debut, The Contractor stars Chris Pine as James Harper, a former member of the U.S. Special Forces who joins a private contracting organization to support his family after being involuntarily discharged from the army. Overseas on a covert mission, Harper must evade those trying to kill him while making his way back home.
#3 Gold (2022)
Set in a dystopian near-future, Gold centers on two men who discover the biggest gold nugget ever and must find a way to excavate it. The critically acclaimed survival thriller stars Zac Efron and Anthony Hayes, who also directed the movie.
#4 That Awkward Moment (2014)
Sitting in the fourth spot of FlixPatrol’s ranking of top movies on Hulu right now is another Zac Efron film. In That Awkward Moment, best pals Jason (Efron) and Daniel (Miles Teller) indulge in casual flings and revel in their carefree, unattached lives. After learning that the marriage of their friend Mikey (Michael B. Jordan) is over, they gladly welcome him back into their circle. The three young men make a pact to have fun and avoid commitment. However, when all three find themselves involved in serious relationships, they must keep their romances secret from one another.
#5 The Other Woman (2014)
Directed by Nick Cassavetes, The Other Woman film follows three women — Carly (Cameron Diaz), Kate (Leslie Mann), and Amber (Kate Upton) — who are all romantically involved with the same man (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau). After finding out about each other, the trio teams up to plot mutual revenge on him.
#6 Colombiana (2011)
Co-written and produced by Luc Besson and directed by Olivier Megaton, Colombiana stars Zoe Saldana as a contract killer who carries out her assignments with cold efficiency and dreams of avenging her family, who were murdered right in front of her when she was still a child.
#7 Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
Set 32 years after the events of Ghostbusters II, Ghostbusters: Afterlife follows a single mother (Carrie Coon) and her children (Finn Wolfhard and McKenna Grace) who move to an Oklahoma farm they inherited from her estranged father Egon Spengler, a member of the original Ghostbusters. The sequel movie features original Ghostbusters actors Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, and Sigourney Weaver reprising their characters from the earlier films.
#8 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
Released eight years ago, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is surprisingly one of the top movies on Hulu today. Securing the eighth spot, the movie is a sequel to 2012’s The Amazing Spider-Man and the final film in The Amazing Spider-Man series. Starring Andrew Garfield in the titular role, the film finds Peter Parker (Garfield) trying to protect Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone) as he investigates his parents’ death, while also dealing with the supervillain Electro (Jamie Foxx) and the return of his childhood friend Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan), who is dying from a deadly genetic disease.
#9 Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)
A sequel to 2018’s Venom, Venom: Let There Be Carnage follows Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) and the titular alien symbiote face serial killer Cletus Kasady (Woody Harrelson) after he becomes the host of an offshoot of Venom named Carnage. The film was directed by Andy Serkis from a screenplay by Kelly Marcel, based on a story she wrote with Hardy.
#10 Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
Earning $1.9 billion at the worldwide box office, Spider-Man: No Way Home is the highest-grossing film of 2021, so it’s not surprising that it’s one of the top movies on Hulu right now. In the film, Peter Parker (Tom Holland) asks Dr. Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) to use magic to make his identity as Spider-Man a secret again following its public revelation at the end of 2019’s Spider-Man: Far from Home. When the spell goes wrong, the multiverse is broken open, which allows visitors from alternate realities to enter Parker’s universe.
Are there any good action movies on Hulu?
If you are having a hard time picking what to watch on Hulu, there are actually a lot of good action movies on Hulu waiting to be discovered. Aside from the abovementioned Gold, other great action films available for Hulu streaming include 3:10 to Yuma (2007), Blade of the Immortal (2017), The Connection (2014), and Demolition Man (1993), among many others.
Does Hulu have original movies?
Yes. Hulu has original movies. The streamer started to produce its own original films in 2019. Its first original feature film is the 2019 zombie comedy film, Little Monsters. The most recent original Hulu movies include romantic comedies The Valet (2022) and Fire Island (2022), and the fantasy action-thriller The Princess (2022).
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