The Best Hulu Movies and Shows Now

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Over the course of more than 15 years since its inception, the Hulu streaming service, which is owned by Disney, continues to be regarded first as a repository for new television (and, for many cord-cutters, the “live TV” option of choice), and second as a library of undisputed television classics, typically in their entirety. But if they know where to look, viewers who are clever can also uncover a revolving library of movies that rivals the collections of many of its competitors. This library includes both recently released films and classics from relatively recent times. We are here to be of assistance.

Additionally, we have compiled lists of the top movies and television shows available on Netflix, as well as the finest movies and episodes available on Disney+ and Amazon Prime Video.

This fascinating character drama was written and directed by Justine Triet, and it stars Sandra Huller as an author who becomes a suspect in the strange murder of her husband. Huller’s performance is electrifying. The tale is presented in a piecemeal fashion in the script that was awarded the Academy Award. Triet is obstinate in his refusal to tell us exactly what occurred or how we should feel about it. As a result, he plays with our preconceived notions and our feelings of sympathy. Huller’s complex performance, which was nominated for an Academy Award and effectively depicts a seething stew of (sometimes contradicting) emotions, leaves us to decipher the behavior that is embedded in it. We keep waiting for dramatic discoveries (one way or the other), but they are purposefully not delivered. “Master Gardener” and “Stars at Noon” are two shows that you can stream if you want to see more character-driven drama.

After taking on grand historical moments and science fiction that was funded by Disney, Ava DuVernay’s most recent film feels like a conscious move back to basics. It is a low-budget, shot-on-film drama that deals with familial and personal dynamics, in the same modest key as her early features “I Will Follow” and “Middle of Nowhere.” She follows Isabel Wilkerson, a Pulitzer Prize winner who is portrayed by Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, through the years-long process of researching and writing her book “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.” However, the concerns that she addressed in her film “Selma” in 2014 and in her television mini-series “When They See Us” in 2019 are still very much on her mind. A important work that grapples with the depth of oppression, throughout numerous cultures and histories, is successfully crafted by DuVernay, and when all of the strands come together at the climax, it is, to put it simply, magnificent. According to the review that we put up, “Few American films this year reach so high so boldly.”

Tom Hanks received his first nomination for an Academy Award for his outstanding portrayal as a young child who is granted his yearning to “be big.” He wakes up in the body of an adult human being who, with few options available to him, must find his way in the corrupt and dangerous city. “Big” is not merely an acting exercise; the director Penny Marshall builds to both big laughs and tender moments, aided immeasurably by not only Hanks’s fine work but also that of Mercedes Ruehl as his terrified mother, Robert Loggia as his disarmed employer, and (especially) Elizabeth Perkins as the woman he effortlessly charms. Our critic wrote, “Hanks is an absolute delight,” and he reveled in the innocence and guilelessness of his character. However, “Big” is not merely an acting exercise. When you want to see Hanks in a more serious light, watch “Captain Phillips.”

Raine Allen-Miller’s first feature film is a compressed-timeframe romantic comedy that is both briskly paced and endlessly enjoyable. It is in the tradition of “Before Sunrise” and its subsequent films, and it has a voice and feel that are wonderfully of the moment. In the bathroom of an art gallery, Dom (played by David Jonsson) and Yas (played by Vivian Oparah) have a chance encounter. He is sobbing in a stall about a recent breakup, and she is also nursing a broken heart (albeit in a more subdued manner). They end up spending a few whirlwind hours baring their souls and helping each other settle their romantic scores. The venerable concept is depicted with vitality and ingenuity by Allen-Miller, and the screenplay, which was written by Nathan Bryon and Tom Melia, is full with quotation-worthy dialogue that is both sharp and humorous. You want them to end up together so badly, and that’s half the job of a great romantic comedy. However, if Jonsson and Oparah did not have the kind of chemistry that they do, the whole thing would fall apart. (Lovers of romantic comedies will also enjoy “Brown Sugar.”)

The screenwriter and director Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of the novel by Louisa May Alcott is deliciously original, filled with structural innovations, meta-textual flourishes, and exuberant performances. Although the novel is one of the most frequently adapted in the history of film, Greta Gerwig’s adaptation is among the most popular. Chief among them is Saoirse Ronan (Gerwig’s “Lady Bird” leading lady), who plays Jo March, a would-be writer for whom, as Nora Ephron would much later put it, “everything is copy”; Florence Pugh is ebullient as baby sister Amy, while Timothée Chalamet is properly swoony as the young man who, in a way, comes between them. According to our reviewer, Gerwig’s picture is “generous, sincere, full of critical intelligence and honest sentiment.” It is an adaptation that not only pays homage to its predecessors but also forges its own way.

The family comedy that Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan created appeared to be a bit of a rip-off of “The Office,” but it ended up becoming one of the most successful sitcoms in the history of television. It spun eleven seasons of awkwardness and warmth out of the trials and tribulations that the Pritchett family went through. The show is a show that takes both halves of its title seriously. It complements the “traditional” nuclear household, which is led by Julie Bowen and Ty Burrell with a resignation full of teeth, with a blossoming same-sex family, which is led by Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric Stonestreet, as well as their patriarch’s second family, which is played by Ed O’Neill, who is a perfect example of the role. When it first aired, our critic referred to it as “the best new half-hour of funny television in a season that is rife with half-hours of funny television.”

A fast-paced comedy from the writer and director John Hughes, which is nestled neatly within a spectacular run of teen-oriented films that included “Sixteen Candles” and “The Breakfast Club,” throws up one of the most memorable characters that Hughes has ever created: Matthew Broderick, who flawlessly portrays the character of Ferris Bueller, is an arrogant, self-assured, carefree, and fast-talking individual who concocts a plan to play hooky for the final time with his best friend, Alan Ruck, and his best girl, Mia Sara. Hughes skillfully weaves together broad slapstick comedy with sly character moments, carefully guiding his narrative to a surprisingly delicate and poignant climax along the way.

The Best Hulu Movies and Shows Now

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