Top 50 Original Movies on Hulu
It’s always hard to find great movies, we’re luckily spoiled for choice. You can spend all night bombarded with options browsing Hulu, but never end up watching anything!
This is why we’ve curated this top 50 list of the best original movies on Hulu, using the power of Rivr and its users.
This list was last updated on Mar 25, 2024.
 
50. Batman & Bill
Everyone thinks that Bob Kane created Batman, but that’s not the whole truth. One author makes it his crusade to make it known that Bill Finger, a struggling writer, actually helped invent the iconic superhero, from concept to costume to the very character we all know and love. Bruce Wayne may be Batman’s secret identity, but his creator was always a true mystery.
7.1 ⭐ • Documentary • Released: May 6, 2017
49. Becoming Bond
The stranger-than-fiction true story of George Lazenby, a poor Australian car mechanic who, through an unbelievable set of circumstances, landed the role of James Bond despite having never acted a day in his life.
6.943 ⭐ • Documentary • Comedy • Released: Mar 11, 2017
48. Dumb: The Story of Big Brother Magazine
A look at the rise and fall of the subversive skateboarding magazine Big Brother, which rose to prominence in the mid-1990s and had a profound effect on the skating subculture with its unfiltered approach.
7.529 ⭐ • Documentary • Released: Jun 3, 2017
47. Ask Dr. Ruth
A documentary portrait chronicling the incredible life of Dr. Ruth Westheimer, a Holocaust survivor who became the United States' most famous sex therapist. As her 90th birthday approaches, Dr. Ruth revisits her painful past and her career at the forefront of the sexual revolution.
7.67 ⭐ • Documentary • Released: Aug 15, 2019
46. Jawline
Sixteen-year-old Austyn Tester, a rising star in the world of digital celebrities, builds his following on wide-eyed optimism and teen girl adoration as he tries to escape a dead-end life in rural Tennessee.
5.9 ⭐ • Documentary • Released: Aug 23, 2019
45. Untouchable
The inside story of the rise and fall of Harvey Weinstein reveals how, over decades, he acquired and protected his power even when scandal threatened to engulf him. Former colleagues and accusers detail the method and consequences of his alleged abuse, hoping for justice and also to inspire change.
6.3 ⭐ • Documentary • Released: Jun 20, 2019
44. Pure
Teen girls perform a secret ritual at a Purity Retreat and, when one of them begins to see a supernatural entity, the terrifying question becomes what is more dangerous: the demon they’ve unleashed, or the pressure of their controlling fathers.
5.6 ⭐ • Horror • TV Movie • Released: Sep 6, 2019
43. The Body
In Los Angeles, on Halloween night, a hitman tries to transport a corpse in plain sight, but people he stumbles upon on the street, believing that his sophisticated appearance is a magnificent disguise, constantly stand in his way to congratulate him.
6.338 ⭐ • Thriller • TV Movie • Horror • Released: Oct 5, 2018
42. Flesh & Blood
Kimberly, a teenager suffering from agoraphobia, has not left the house since her mother's unsolved murder. On the eve of Thanksgiving, she begins to suspect that the safe harbor of home and her doting father may be a dangerous mirage.
6.902 ⭐ • Horror • Mystery • Thriller • TV Movie • Released: Nov 2, 2018
41. They Come Knocking
After losing his wife to cancer, a father takes his two daughters on a road trip where he finds his family in the crosshairs of terrifying supernatural entities.
5.694 ⭐ • Horror • TV Movie • Released: Jun 7, 2019
40. School Spirit
A group of social outcasts, stuck in weekend detention, find themselves stalked by their school’s urban legend who is set on killing bad students.
5.5 ⭐ • Horror • TV Movie • Released: Aug 2, 2019
39. Culture Shock
A young Mexican woman crosses the border in search of the American dream, only to instead find her worst nightmare lying within.
5.6 ⭐ • Horror • Thriller • TV Movie • Released: Jul 4, 2019
38. Pooka!
A struggling actor gets a holiday season job as a Christmas character in a plush suit to promote the hottest toy of the year, Pooka; he slowly develops two personalities—one when he's in the suit and one that's outside it.
5.952 ⭐ • Horror • Thriller • TV Movie • Released: Dec 7, 2018
37. All That We Destroy
A geneticist who fears that her son may be becoming a serial killer creates a group of clones in an attempt to cure him of his psychopathic tendencies by allowing him to relive the murder of his first victim.
6.031 ⭐ • Horror • TV Movie • Released: May 3, 2019
36. I'm Just F*cking with You
Siblings headed to a family wedding endure a night of increasingly frightening practical jokes while staying at a secluded motel.
5.9 ⭐ • Horror • Comedy • TV Movie • Released: Apr 1, 2019
35. New Year, New You
A group of old friends gather for a girls’ night on New Years Eve. But as they begin to rehash old memories, many of the gripes they’ve been harboring manifest in murderous ways.
4.913 ⭐ • Horror • TV Movie • Released: Dec 28, 2018
34. Big Time Adolescence
A seemingly bright and mostly innocent 16-year-old named Mo attempts to navigate high school under the guidance of his best friend Zeke, an unmotivated-yet-charismatic college dropout. Although Zeke genuinely cares about Mo, things start to go awry as he teaches Mo nontraditional life lessons in drug dealing, partying, and dating. Meanwhile, Mo’s well-meaning dad tries to step in and take back the reins of his son’s upbringing.
7.364 ⭐ • Comedy • Released: Mar 13, 2020
33. Minding the Gap
Three young men bond together to escape volatile families in their Rust Belt hometown. As they face adult responsibilities, unexpected revelations threaten their decade-long friendship.
7.723 ⭐ • Documentary • Released: Aug 17, 2018
32. Palm Springs
When carefree Nyles and reluctant maid of honor Sarah have a chance encounter at a Palm Springs wedding, things get complicated when they find themselves unable to escape the venue, themselves, or each other.
7.337 ⭐ • Comedy • Romance • Science Fiction • Released: Jul 10, 2020
31. I Am Greta
Greta Thunberg, a 15-year-old student in Sweden, started a school strike for the climate as her question for adults was, if you don’t care about my future on earth, why should I care about my future in school? Within months, her strike evolved into a global movement as the quiet teenage girl on the autism spectrum becomes a world-famous activist.
5.9 ⭐ • Documentary • History • Released: Oct 16, 2020
30. Happiest Season
A young woman's plans to propose to her girlfriend while at her family's annual holiday party are upended when she discovers her partner hasn't yet come out to her conservative parents.
7.292 ⭐ • Romance • Comedy • Released: Nov 25, 2020
29. Books of Blood
A journey into uncharted and forbidden territory through three tales tangled in space and time.
6.413 ⭐ • Horror • Science Fiction • Released: Oct 7, 2020
28. The Ultimate Playlist of Noise
After learning he must undergo brain surgery that will render him deaf, Marcus, an audio-obsessed high school senior, decides to seize control of his fate by recording the Ultimate Playlist of Noise — a bucket list of all his favorite sounds.
6.6 ⭐ • Drama • Music • Released: Jan 15, 2021
27. The Binge
In the not-so-distant future, all drinking and drugs have been made completely illegal by the government, except for one night a year. High school seniors Griffin, Hags, and Andrew make a pilgrimage to get to the best party in town where all their dreams will come true. They will have to avoid their crazed principal, violent siblings, and the wild animals roaming the streets.
5.348 ⭐ • Comedy • Released: Aug 28, 2020
26. 69: The Saga of Danny Hernandez
Part investigative documentary, part real-life gangster movie, this film unpacks the life of polarizing rap sensation and internet troll Tekashi69, aka 69, while chronicling his meteoric rise and fall from fame.
6.9 ⭐ • Music • Documentary • Released: Nov 16, 2020
25. Down
A pair of coworkers gets trapped in an elevator over a long weekend, but what at first promises to be a romantic connection turns nefarious as each party begins to reveal who they truly are.
6.8 ⭐ • Horror • Drama • Thriller • TV Movie • Released: Feb 1, 2019
24. Boss Level
A former special forces agent is trapped in a time loop and relives his death over and over again. To escape the terrible situation, he must track down those responsible and stop them.
6.879 ⭐ • Action • Science Fiction • Thriller • Released: Feb 19, 2021
23. The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday spent much of her career being adored by fans. In the 1940s, the government targeted Holiday in a growing effort to racialize the war on drugs, ultimately aiming to stop her from singing her controversial ballad, "Strange Fruit."
6.565 ⭐ • Music • Drama • History • Released: Feb 26, 2021
22. WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn
Explore the rise and fall of one of the biggest corporate flameouts and venture capitalist bubbles in recent years – the story of WeWork, and its hippie-messianic leader Adam Neumann.
6.7 ⭐ • Documentary • Released: Mar 17, 2021
21. The Amazing Johnathan Documentary
What begins as a documentary following the final tour of a dying magician - "The Amazing Johnathan" - becomes an unexpected and increasingly bizarre journey as the filmmaker struggles to separate truth from illusion.
6.1 ⭐ • Documentary • Comedy • Released: Aug 16, 2019
20. Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and promoting Black pride and unity. The footage from the festival sat in a basement, unseen for over 50 years, keeping this incredible event in America's history lost — until now.
7.628 ⭐ • Music • Documentary • History • Released: Jan 28, 2021
19. Vacation Friends
When a straight-laced couple that has fun with a rowdy couple on vacation in Mexico return to the States, they discover that the crazy couple they met in Mexico followed them back home and decide to play tricks on them.
7.125 ⭐ • Comedy • Released: Aug 27, 2021
18. Mother/Android
Georgia and her boyfriend Sam go on a treacherous journey to escape their country, which is caught in an unexpected war with artificial intelligence. Days away from the arrival of their first child, the couple must face No Man’s Land—a stronghold of the android uprising—in hopes of reaching safety before giving birth.
5.825 ⭐ • Science Fiction • Thriller • Released: Dec 17, 2021
17. Fresh
Frustrated by scrolling dating apps only to end up on lame, tedious dates, Noa takes a chance by giving her number to the awkwardly charming Steve after a produce-section meet-cute at the grocery store.
6.999 ⭐ • Horror • Thriller • Released: Mar 3, 2022
16. No Exit
Stranded at a rest stop in the mountains during a blizzard, a recovering addict discovers a kidnapped child hidden in a car belonging to one of the people inside the building which sets her on a terrifying struggle to identify who among them is the kidnapper.
6.9 ⭐ • Thriller • Mystery • Horror • Released: Feb 25, 2022
15. Deep Water
Vic and Melinda Van Allen are a couple in the small town of Little Wesley. Their loveless marriage is held together only by a precarious arrangement whereby, in order to avoid the messiness of divorce, Melinda is allowed to take any number of lovers as long as she does not desert her family.
5.77 ⭐ • Drama • Mystery • Thriller • Released: Mar 18, 2022
14. The Valet
World famous movie star Olivia faces a PR disaster when a paparazzi snaps a photo of her with her married lover, Vincent. The hard-working valet Antonio accidentally appears in the same photo and is enlisted to pose as Olivia’s new boyfriend as a cover-up. This ruse with Olivia thrusts Antonio into the spotlight and unexpected chaos.
7.599 ⭐ • Comedy • Romance • Released: May 11, 2022
13. Treehouse
Celebu-chef Peter Rake escapes a scandal for a weekend at his family’s isolated vacation home, but there are debts to repay and Peter has to learn the lesson that a woman’s place is anywhere that she chooses to be… if he survives.
5.479 ⭐ • Horror • TV Movie • Released: Mar 1, 2019
12. Prey
When danger threatens her camp, the fierce and highly skilled Comanche warrior Naru sets out to protect her people. But the prey she stalks turns out to be a highly evolved alien predator with a technically advanced arsenal.
7.746 ⭐ • Thriller • Action • Science Fiction • Released: Aug 2, 2022
11. Run
Chloe, a teenager who is confined to a wheelchair, is homeschooled by her mother, Diane. Chloe soon becomes suspicious of her mother and begins to suspect that she may be harboring a dark secret.
7.33 ⭐ • Thriller • Horror • Drama • Released: Nov 20, 2020
10. Hellraiser
A young woman struggling with addiction comes into possession of an ancient puzzle box, unaware that its purpose is to summon the Cenobites, a group of sadistic supernatural beings from another dimension.
6.242 ⭐ • Horror • Mystery • Released: Sep 28, 2022
9. False Positive
After months of trying and failing to get pregnant, Lucy and Adrian finally find their dream fertility doctor in the illustrious Dr. Hindle. But after becoming pregnant with a healthy baby girl, Lucy begins to notice something sinister through Hindle's gleaming charm, and she sets out to uncover the unsettling truth about him.
5.717 ⭐ • Horror • Mystery • Thriller • Released: Jun 25, 2021
8. Bruiser
During summer break, 14-year-old Darious explores the boundaries of his manhood through tumultuous interactions with Malcolm his strict father and a burgeoning mentorship with mysterious drifter Porter.
6.6 ⭐ • Drama • Released: Dec 2, 2022
7. Fyre Fraud
A true-crime comedy exploring a failed music festival turned internet meme at the nexus of social media influence, late-stage capitalism, and morality in the post-truth era.
6.338 ⭐ • Documentary • Released: Jan 14, 2019
6. Boston Strangler
Reporters Loretta McLaughlin and Jean Cole bravely pursue the story of the Boston Strangler at great personal risk, putting their own lives on the line in their quest to uncover the truth.
6.713 ⭐ • Crime • Mystery • Thriller • Drama • History • Released: Mar 17, 2023
5. Clock
On the eve of her 38th birthday, a woman desperately attempts to fix her broken biological clock.
5.643 ⭐ • Horror • Thriller • Released: Mar 28, 2023
4. Vacation Friends 2
Newly married couple Marcus and Emily invite their uninhibited besties Ron and Kyla to join them for a vacation when Marcus lands an all-expenses-paid trip to a Caribbean resort. When Kyla’s incarcerated father Reese is released and shows up at the resort unannounced, things get out of control, upending Marcus’ best laid plans and turning the vacation friends’ perfect trip into total chaos.
6.463 ⭐ • Comedy • Released: Aug 25, 2023
3. Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie
Barbie, the most popular doll ever created, is a fashion icon and a target for feminists. This telling documentary features new footage, access to Barbie's biggest reinvention, and examines over 60 years of women through the lens of an 11.5-inch plastic doll.
6.8 ⭐ • Documentary • Released: Apr 25, 2018
2. Bad Hair
In 1989, an ambitious young woman gets a weave in order to succeed in the image-obsessed world of music television. However, her flourishing career may come at a great cost when she realizes that her new hair may have a mind of its own.
5.877 ⭐ • Horror • Comedy • Released: Oct 23, 2020
1. Little Monsters
A washed-up musician teams up with a teacher and a kids show personality to protect young children from a sudden outbreak of zombies.
6.557 ⭐ • Horror • Comedy • Released: Oct 11, 2019
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