The 5 Best Movies On Hulu

What is Hulu? In the simplest of terms, Hulu is a streaming service that offers a variety of movies, TV shows, anime, and original content on-demand. You can watch Hulu via your desktop browser or download its app on a variety of devices, including Roku, Apple TV, Google Chromecast, Amazon Fire TV, and Android TV, as well as your iOS or Android smartphone. Suffice to say, if you have an internet connection, it’s easy for you to watch Hulu.

There are a couple of Hulu subscription plans. They all offer the same content, but the cost of Hulu is a little more if you want to avoid the hassle of ads. Below, we’ve compiled a quick breakdown of the Hulu plans.

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When considering Hulu vs Netflix, Hulu with Limited Commercials costs the same as Netflix’s most basic package, but with Netflix, you’ll limited to just one screen and standard definition. Ugh!

As with Netflix, the movies on Hulu rotate with some frequency. (Here’s our complete guide to what’s new on Hulu this month.) Right now, there are some good movies on Hulu. Here are our top recommendations.

The 5 best movies on Hulu:

1) Taxi Driver

Taxi Driver’s anti-hero Travis Bickle is one of the most terrifying characters you’ll ever see. His mix of mental illness, toxic beliefs, and a tendency toward violence makes Bickle a character who wouldn’t be out of place in the world (real or cinematic) of 2018. Scorsese and Robert De Niro have taken audiences to some dark places, and ‘70s New York City is high on the list. —Eddie Strait

2) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Fellowship of the Ring is first and best installment in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. It’s the most fun, the most exciting, and contains the most memorable moments of the entire series. J.R.R. Tolkien gave fans maybe the most memorable ensemble in fantasy history with the mismatched group of creatures assembled here, and Peter Jackson brings their quest to life with equal thrills and pathos. If you’ve got a spare three hours and have somehow managed to ignore The Lord of the Rings all these years, you might as well get acquainted now. —Eddie Strait

3) The Hunt for the Wilderpeople

First New Zealand gave us Peter Jackson; now it’s given us Taika Waititi. Jackson makes oversized spectacles, and Waititi has built his name on small-scale stories with strong characters (Eagle vs Shark, What We Do in the Shadows). That is, until Marvel recruited him for his own oversized spectacle (Thor: Ragnorok). Wilderpeople is such a delightful movie that you understand why Waititi is getting called up while also being greedy enough to want him to keep making movies where his is the main creative voice. The Hunt for the Wilderpeople is one of the best movies on Hulu. —Eddie Strait

4) The Matrix

Seriously? Do you seriously need me to tell you how good The Matrix is? How it’s the Wachowskis’ most sublimely cerebral, gloriously weird, well-executed work ever? How it changed the face of Hollywood, setting the gold standard for sci-fi and action movies for years to come? How Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, and Carrie-Anne Moss created some of the most iconic movie characters of all time? How it’s the movie that makes you go, “Whoa”? Seriously, do I need to tell you all that? If the answer is yes, I just, I can’t with you. Get out of here, go watch this movie already. —Chris Osterndorf

5) Professor Marston and the Wonder Women

This 2017 biopic depicts the origins of Wonder Woman on the comic book page and the polyamorous relationship between William Moulton Marston, the man who wrote her, and the women who helped inspire her. Rebecca Hall shines as Elizabeth Holloway Marston, a brilliant mind in her own right. It’s a worthy companion piece to Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman, one that treats its subject matter with respect and dignity. —Michelle Jaworski

Still not sure what to watch on Hulu? Here are the best thrillers to get your heart racing and funny movies on Hulu when you need a good laugh.