Time Out Ranks the 10 Best Movies on Hulu, From Cannes Winners to Horror Prequels
As of June 2026, Time Out's film critics and editors have compiled a list of the top 10 movies available for streaming on Hulu. Featured on this list are: No Other Choice, a dark comedy by Park Chan-wook from 2025; Sean Baker’s Anora, which garnered five Academy Awards in 2025; Denis Villeneuve’s adaptations of Dune (2021, 2024); The Secret Agent, a political thriller by Kleber Mendonça Filho from 2025; Sirât, a 2026 film by Oliver Laxe; Splitsville, a dark comedy from 2025 by Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin; Anatomy of a Fall, the 2023 Palme d’Or winner by Justine Triet; The Testament of Ann Lee, a 2026 historical drama by Mona Fastvold; Longlegs, a horror-thriller from 2024 by Osgood Perkins; and Portrait of a Lady on Fire, a 2019 film by Céline Sciamma.
Key facts
- Time Out’s list of the 10 best movies on Hulu is current as of June 2026 and updated regularly.
- Anora won five Academy Awards in 2025, including Best Picture, with Mikey Madison winning Best Actress.
- Anatomy of a Fall won the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 2023.
- Denis Villeneuve’s two-part Dune adaptation was released in 2021 and 2024, with a combined runtime of five hours and eleven minutes.
- No Other Choice is a 2025 dark comedy directed by Park Chan-wook and starring Lee Byung-hun.
- The Secret Agent is a 2025 political thriller directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho and starring Wagner Moura.
- Sirât is a 2026 film directed by Oliver Laxe and starring Sergi López.
- The Testament of Ann Lee is a 2026 historical drama directed by Mona Fastvold and starring Amanda Seyfried.
Entities
Artists
- Park Chan-wook
- Lee Byung-hun
- Sean Baker
- Mikey Madison
- Mark Eydelshteyn
- Yura Borisov
- Denis Villeneuve
- Frank Herbert
- David Lynch
- Alejandro Jodorowsky
- Timothée Chalamet
- Zendaya
- Javier Bardem
- Florence Pugh
- Austin Butler
- Kleber Mendonça Filho
- Wagner Moura
- Oliver Laxe
- Sergi López
- Michael Angelo Covino
- Kyle Marvin
- Dakota Johnson
- Adria Arjona
- Judd Apatow
- Woody Allen
- Justine Triet
- Sandra Hüller
- Mona Fastvold
- Ann Lee
- Amanda Seyfried
- Lewis Pullman
- Christopher Abbott
- Osgood Perkins
- Maika Monroe
- Nic Cage
- Anthony Perkins
- Céline Sciamma
- Noémie Merlant
- Adèle Haenel
Institutions
- Hulu
- Netflix
- Disney
- Disney+
- Time Out
- Cannes Film Festival
- Academy Awards
- NEON
- CJ Entertainment
Locations
- New York
- United States
- Brazil
- Morocco
- French Alps
- France
- Milan
- Italy
- Breton
Sources
- Quartz —