Top 50 Original Shows on Hulu
It’s always hard to find great shows, 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 shows on Hulu, using the power of Rivr and its users.
This list was last updated on Apr 15, 2024.
49. Marvel's Runaways
Every teenager thinks their parents are evil. What if you found out they actually were? Six diverse teenagers who can barely stand each other must unite against a common foe – their parents.
7.4 ⭐ • Action & Adventure • Crime • Drama • Sci-Fi & Fantasy • Released: Nov 21, 2017
48. Future Man
Josh Futturman, a janitor by day/world-ranked gamer by night, is tasked with preventing the extinction of humanity after mysterious visitors from the future proclaim him the key to defeating the imminent super-race invasion.
7.183 ⭐ • Comedy • Sci-Fi & Fantasy • Released: Nov 14, 2017
47. Larry King Now
Watch Larry interview today's most interesting celebrities, world leaders, and internet stars as only the King can.
6.4 ⭐ • Talk • Released: Jun 10, 2013
46. Looking for Alaska
Teenager Miles enrolls in boarding school to try to gain a deeper perspective on life. After an unexpected tragedy, Miles and his friends try to make sense of what they have been through.
7.921 ⭐ • Drama
45. Letterkenny
Letterkenny follows Wayne, a good-ol’ country boy in Letterkenny, Ontario trying to protect his homegrown way of life on the farm, against a world that is constantly evolving around him. The residents of Letterkenny belong to one of three groups: Hicks, Skids, and Hockey Players. The three groups are constantly feuding with each other over seemingly trivial matters; often ending with someone getting their ass kicked.
8.0 ⭐ • Comedy • Released: Feb 7, 2016
44. Castle Rock
Based on the stories of Stephen King, the series intertwines characters and themes from the fictional town of Castle Rock.
7.3 ⭐ • Mystery • Drama • Released: Jul 25, 2018
43. The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers
Join seemingly ordinary people who discover they have extraordinary powers in a groundbreaking mythology about hope, greed, love and the force that moves us all.
7.2 ⭐ • Action & Adventure • Drama • Released: Jul 7, 2010
42. The Head
In an isolated and inaccessible Antarctic research station in which winter has fallen on the South Pole and the sun will soon disappear for the next six months, a small team, known as the Winterers, remain at the Polaris VI Antarctic Research Station to continue their innovative research. Renowned biologist Arthur Wilde is determined to find a solution to climate change, but his quest turns into a nightmare when several of his esteemed scientists suddenly begin to die.
7.196 ⭐ • Mystery • Drama • Released: Jun 12, 2020
41. Love, Victor
Victor is a new student at Creekwood High School on his own journey of self-discovery, facing challenges at home, adjusting to a new city, and struggling with his sexual orientation. When it all seems too much, he reaches out to Simon to help him navigate the ups and downs of high school.
8.613 ⭐ • Comedy • Drama • Released: Jun 17, 2020
40. The Handmaid's Tale
Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship. A TV adaptation of Margaret Atwood's novel.
8.184 ⭐ • Drama • Sci-Fi & Fantasy • Released: Apr 26, 2017
39. Light as a Feather
Five teen girls deal with the supernatural fallout stemming from an innocent game of “Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board.” When the girls start dying off in the exact way that was predicted, the survivors must figure out why they’re being targeted — and whether the evil force hunting them down is one of their own.
8.1 ⭐ • Drama
38. Helstrom
Daimon and Ana Helstrom are the son and daughter of a mysterious and powerful serial killer. The siblings have a complicated dynamic as they track down the terrorizing worst of humanity — each with their attitude and skills.
6.696 ⭐ • Action & Adventure • Sci-Fi & Fantasy • Drama • Released: Oct 16, 2020
37. Nine Perfect Strangers
At a boutique health-and-wellness resort that promises healing and transformation, nine stressed city dwellers try to get on a path to a better way of living. Watching over them during this 10-day retreat is the resort's director, Masha, a woman on a mission to reinvigorate their tired minds and bodies. However, these nine "perfect" strangers have no idea what is about to hit them.
7.1 ⭐ • Drama • Mystery • Released: Aug 18, 2021
36. The D'Amelio Show
From relative obscurity and a seemingly normal life, to overnight success and thrust into the Hollywood limelight overnight, the D’Amelios are faced with new challenges and opportunities they could not have imagined.
5.0 ⭐ • Reality • Released: Sep 3, 2021
35. Keeping Up with the Kardashians
A peek inside the exploits and privileged private lives of the blended Kardashian-Jenner family, including sisters Kim, Kourtney and Khloé.
7.5 ⭐ • Reality • Released: Oct 14, 2007
34. Dopesick
The story of how one company triggered the worst drug epidemic in American history. Look into the epicenter of America's struggle with opioid addiction, from a distressed Virginia mining community, to the hallways of the DEA, and to the opulence of "one percenter" Big Pharma Manhattan.
8.0 ⭐ • Drama • Crime • Released: Oct 13, 2021
33. Wild Crime
Eighty-five million acres make up the National Park System, and only 33 special agents nationwide are responsible for investigating crimes that occur on this public land. This documentary series follows the uniquely qualified team that leads the investigations as they seek to bring law and order to some of America’s most rugged and remote landscapes, tackling a new case each season.
6.2 ⭐ • Documentary • Crime • Released: Sep 28, 2021
32. PEN15
Middle school as it really happened. Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle star in this adult comedy, playing versions of themselves as thirteen-year-old outcasts in the year 2000, surrounded by actual thirteen-year-olds, where the best day of your life can turn into your worst with the stroke of a gel pen.
8.262 ⭐ • Comedy • Released: Feb 8, 2019
31. How I Met Your Father
In the near future, Sophie tells her son the story of how she met his father: a story that catapults us back to the year 2021 where Sophie and her close-knit group of friends are in the midst of figuring out who they are, what they want out of life, and how to fall in love in the age of dating apps and limitless options.
6.8 ⭐ • Comedy • Drama • Released: Jan 18, 2022
30. Dollface
After being dumped by her longtime boyfriend, a young woman must deal with her own imagination in order to literally and metaphorically re-enter the world of women, and rekindle the female friendships she left behind.
7.096 ⭐ • Comedy • Released: Nov 15, 2019
29. Pam & Tommy
This comedic series takes on the true story behind the release of the first ever viral video in history — the sex tape of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee.
7.296 ⭐ • Comedy • Drama • Released: Feb 2, 2022
28. Shoresy
Foul-mouthed, chirp-serving, mother-loving, fan favourite character, Shoresy, joins the Sudbury Bulldogs of the Northern Ontario Senior Hockey Organization (The NOSHO) on a quest to never lose again.
7.8 ⭐ • Comedy • Drama • Released: May 13, 2022
27. The Kardashians
The family you know and love is here with a brand new series, giving an all-access pass into their lives. Kris, Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, Kendall, and Kylie bring the cameras back to reveal the truth behind the headlines. From the intense pressures of running billion-dollar businesses to the hilarious joys of playtime and school drop-offs, this series brings viewers into the fold with a rivetingly honest story of love & life in the spotlight.
8.574 ⭐ • Reality • Released: May 23, 2024
26. Mike
Explore the wild, tragic and controversial life and career of heavyweight champion Mike Tyson - one of the most polarizing figures in sports culture.
7.6 ⭐ • Drama • Released: Aug 25, 2022
25. Veronica Mars
In the fictional town of Neptune, California, student Veronica Mars progresses from high school to college while moonlighting as a private investigator under the tutelage of her detective father.
7.818 ⭐ • Mystery • Drama • Comedy • Released: Sep 22, 2004
24. Tell Me Lies
When Lucy Albright arrives on the campus of her small college, away from her mother whom she's never forgiven for an act of betrayal in her early teen years, Lucy embraces college life and all it has to offer. But everything changes when she meets Stephen DeMarco, who has a mysterious past of his own. Their addicting entanglement will have consequences they never could have imagined.
7.1 ⭐ • Drama • Released: Sep 7, 2022
23. Reasonable Doubt
In this legal drama, you’ll judge Jax Stewart for her questionable ethics and wild interpretations of the law… until you’re the one in trouble. Then you’ll see her for what she is: the most brilliant and fearless defense attorney in Los Angeles who bucks the justice system at every chance she gets.
6.7 ⭐ • Drama • Released: Sep 27, 2022
22. Ramy
Ramy, the son of Egyptian immigrants, is on a spiritually conflicting journey in his New Jersey neighborhood, pulled between his Muslim community that thinks life is a constant test, his millennial friends who think life is full of endless possibilities, and a God who's always watching.
7.3 ⭐ • Comedy • Drama • Released: Apr 19, 2019
21. The Orville
Follow the crew of the not-so-functional exploratory ship in the Earth's interstellar fleet, 400 years in the future.
7.6 ⭐ • Drama • Comedy • Sci-Fi & Fantasy • Released: Sep 10, 2017
20. Welcome to Chippendales
The outrageous story of Somen “Steve” Banerjee, an Indian immigrant who became the unlikely founder of the world’s greatest male-stripping empire—and let nothing stand in his way in the process.
6.9 ⭐ • Drama • Crime • Comedy • Released: Nov 22, 2022
19. Under the Banner of Heaven
A devout detective's faith is tested as he investigates a brutal murder that seems to be connected to an esteemed Utah family's spiral into LDS fundamentalism and their distrust in the government.
7.7 ⭐ • Crime • Drama • Mystery • Released: Apr 28, 2022
18. UnPrisoned
A messy but perfectionist relationship therapist and single mom has her life turned right-side-up when her dad gets out of prison and moves in with her and her teenage son.
6.0 ⭐ • Comedy • Released: Mar 10, 2023
17. Up Here
Set in New York City in 1999, Lindsay and Miguel fall in love and discover that the single greatest obstacle to finding happiness together might just be themselves — and the memories, obsessions, fears, and fantasies that lives inside their heads.
6.789 ⭐ • Comedy
16. The Act
A seasonal anthology series that tells startling, stranger-than-fiction true crime stories with the first season following Gypsy Blanchard, a girl trying to escape the toxic relationship she has with her overprotective mother.
7.563 ⭐ • Drama • Crime • Released: Mar 20, 2019
15. Drag Me to Dinner
If you seek for outrageous and unforgettable party, call someone who can make something fabulous and highly entertaining out of next to nothing...a Drag Queen.
5.2 ⭐ • Reality • Comedy • Released: May 31, 2023
14. Only Murders in the Building
Three strangers share an obsession with true crime and suddenly find themselves wrapped up in one.
8.4 ⭐ • Comedy • Mystery • Crime • Released: Aug 31, 2021
13. One Killer Question
The Only Murders in the Building aftershow that isn't afraid to tackle the hard question. One question. That's it. Featuring host Ali Stroker, the show's actors, a slew of celebrity superfans and one big murder to solve it just might be the only Only Murders In the Building aftershow you need to watch.
5.7 ⭐ • Talk • Released: Jun 28, 2022
12. The Mindy Project
Obstetrician/gynecologist Mindy Lahiri tries to balance her personal and professional life, surrounded by quirky co-workers in a small medical practice in New York City.
6.3 ⭐ • Comedy • Released: Sep 25, 2012
11. Black Cake
Eleanor Bennett loses her battle with cancer, leaving her children a flash drive that holds untold stories of her journey from the Caribbean to America; the stories shock her children and challenge everything they know about their family's origin.
7.292 ⭐ • Drama
10. The Other Black Girl
Nella, an editorial assistant, is tired of being the only black girl at her company, so she’s excited when Hazel is hired. But as Hazel’s star begins to rise, Nella spirals out and discovers something sinister is going on at the company.
7.2 ⭐ • Drama • Comedy • Released: Sep 13, 2023
9. Secret Chef
Ten chefs rate different foods anonymously through a series of blind tastings. With their identities hidden, everything will be hidden except what matters most – the food.
4.5 ⭐ • Reality • Released: Jun 29, 2023
8. Little Fires Everywhere
The intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and an enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives. Explore the weight of secrets, the nature of art and identity, the ferocious pull of motherhood – and the danger in believing that following the rules can avert disaster.
7.774 ⭐ • Drama • Released: Mar 18, 2020
7. Faraway Downs
The story of an English aristocrat, Lady Sarah Ashley, who inherits a large cattle ranch in Australia after her husband dies. When Australian cattle barons plot to take her land, she joins forces with a cattle drover to protect her ranch.
6.743 ⭐ • Action & Adventure • Drama • Released: Nov 26, 2023
6. Death and Other Details
How do you solve a murder in a post-fact world? Especially when sailing the Mediterranean on an ocean liner filled with the wealthy and powerful. Everyone on board is hiding something… but is one of them a killer? That’s what the world’s once greatest detective, Rufus Cotesworth, and his protégée, Imogene, aim to discover.
6.7 ⭐ • Mystery • Drama • Crime • Released: Jan 16, 2024
5. Firefly
In the year 2517, after the arrival of humans in a new star system, follow the adventures of the renegade crew of Serenity, a "Firefly-class" spaceship. The ensemble cast portrays the nine characters who live on Serenity.
8.3 ⭐ • Drama • Action & Adventure • Sci-Fi & Fantasy • Released: Sep 20, 2002
4. Vanderpump Villa
Follows the hand-picked crew of Lisa Vanderpump's opulent French villa as they live and cooperate to satisfy each extravagant want of their affluent visitors.
8.7 ⭐ • Reality • Released: Apr 1, 2024
3. We Were the Lucky Ones
The true story of one Jewish family separated at the start of World War II, determined to survive—and to reunite.
7.4 ⭐ • Drama • Released: Mar 28, 2024
2. Class of '09
Set in three distinct points in time, follow a class of FBI agents who grapple with immense changes as the U.S. criminal justice system is altered by artificial intelligence.
7.4 ⭐ • Drama • Mystery • Crime • Sci-Fi & Fantasy • Released: May 10, 2023
1. Under the Bridge
Reena Virk, a fourteen-year-old girl went to join friends at a party and never returned home. Seven teenage girls and a boy were accused of the savage murder.
0.0 ⭐ • Drama • Crime • Released: Apr 17, 2024
