The best movies on Hulu (October 2020) - Android

With over 25 million subscribers in the US, Hulu is one of the biggest premium video streaming services. In addition to its many exclusive, current and classic TV shows, it’s also the home for thousands of movies as well, some of which are also exclusive to the service. But which are the best movies on Hulu?

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With Hulu permanently cutting its ad-based subscription tier to just $5.99 a month, more people will likely be checking out Hulu’s catalog of films. We have picked our top 10 best movies on Hulu to stream and enjoy, and they are a mix of classic movies with more recent films.

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The best movies on Hulu

Editor’s note: We will be updating this post as movies leave Hulu and others join the service’s film library.

1. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

This 1982 movie remains the best movie in the 13-film Star Trek franchise. It was the first to show the cast of the original Star Trek TV series feeling the effect of age, especially William Shatner’s Captain Kirk. It also shows the effects of decisions that were made by Kirk years ago. Khan, the superhuman that Kirk exiled on a planet after the events of the “Space Seed” TV episode, is back, and he only has revenge on his mind. There’s great space battles as Kirk and the crew of the starship Enterprise battle Khan and his group of followers. It also has one of the best, and saddest, endings in sci-fi film history. It’s one of the best movies on Hulu.

2. The Cabin In the Woods

Bad horror films include obvious stereotypes. This 2011 release takes those typical stereotypes (including the subject of the movie’s title) and turn them 180 degrees. The result is a movie that’s frightening, funny, and full of unexpected twists. Let’s just say that five college students who think they are going to a “cabin in the woods” will encounter more than just people waiting to kill them.

3. Akira

Japanese anime became a huge part of American culture starting in the 1990s and part of the reason was the release of this incredible 1988 sci-fi film based on the best-selling Japanese manga comic book of the same name from Katsuhiro Otomo. Set in the year 2019 in a future version of Tokyo, Akira still has some incredible visuals even when looked upon in today’s CGI animated films. It has some powerful imagery that will not leave your head anytime soon, thanks in part to the movie’s main character Tetsuo, who has to deal with his new and powerful psychic abilities. Hulu gives you the choice of watching Akira with subtitles and the original Japanese audio, or in an English dubbed version. It’s not only one of the best movies on Hulu, but the best anime film on Hulu.

4. How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

If you have kids, they likely are fans of the How To Train Your Dragon movie series. Hulu now has the third, and reportedly the last, film in the series for streaming. The 2019 film has Toothless, the main dragon character in the series, finding what might be his mate, a white female dragon called Light Fury. Meanwhile, Toothless’s rider and friend Hiccup has to find the “Hidden World” where he can finally take the remaining dragons to safety. This movie retains the humor, the heart, and the spectacular visuals of the first two films in this series.

5. Parasite

The 2019 winner of  the Academy Award for Best Picture is now available to stream on Hulu. It’s one of the more controversial winners of the Best Picture Oscar, mainly because it’s the first foreign-language movie to receive this honor. South Korean director Bong Joon-ho also won the Best Director Oscar for this movie, along with Best Screenplay, with co-writer Han Jin-won. The movie takes a unique look at the divide between certain people, as a poor f