With so many streaming sites releasing exciting and entertaining content, figuring out which platform’s library to dive into can be a tricky task. Hulu is home to not only engrossing original films and television shows, but it also carefully crafts an extensive and diverse selection of beloved cinema staples. Each month viewers anxiously await the list of upcoming releases, knowing the popular platform will deliver the best of the best when it comes to their movie repertoire. Whether audiences want to watch a creepy and terrifying tale about a menacing doppelganger with the Finnish horror flick Hatching, or share a good laugh with the upcoming romantic comedy The Valet, Hulu is the perfect fix for all your movie needs.

In addition to their new releases, the successful streamer is always adding to their impressive film catalog, acquiring adored romances, dramas, thrillers and comedies. Making its way to Hulu is the great Garry Marshall’s ultimate 1990 rom-com Pretty Woman, as is the coming-of-age '90s cult classic Dazed and Confused and iconic John Hughes ‘80s hit The Breakfast Club. These are the best movies to watch on Hulu in May 2022.

9 Last Survivors

Last Survivors
Vertical Entertainment 

Drew Mylrea’s 2021 mystery thriller Last Survivors centers on father and son Troy and Jake, who have been living off the grid for the last twenty years within the barriers of a woodland utopia they built together, brutally taking care of any trespassers who dare step foot in their haven. When Troy is severely wounded, his son is forced to travel to the outside world in search of life-saving medicine, encountering a beautiful stranger in the process.

The arrival of the outsider fuels an enraged Troy to stop at nothing to protect the hallowed utopia he so painstakingly assembled. The gripping picture features the talent of Drew Van Acker, Stephen Moyer, and former Batgirl Alicia Silverstone, and was well-received by critics upon its release; the Los Angeles Times wrote, “At its core, this is an earnest movie about how best to endure a crisis: by sharing the load with others, rather than assuming every stranger is an enemy.”

8 Hatching

Hatching
IFC Midnight 

The 2022 Finnish body horror film Hatching is a gruesome and terrifying tale that follows 12-year-old gymnast Tinja, who desperately wants to please her image-obsessed mother that presents the facade of a perfect family through her popular blog. When the girl discovers a strange egg and brings it home to care for it, a creature emerges that grows into a frightening doppelganger of Tinja and acts upon her repressed emotions.

Director Hanna Bergholm describes Hatching as “a dark fable for grown-ups,” telling Screen Daily: “I’ve always been fascinated in telling stories about our fears. I’ve always been afraid of horror films but maybe that’s exactly why I am so interested in telling these kinds of stories.” The smart and equally disturbing picture premiered at the Sundance Film Festival where it was met with widespread acclaim and praise.

7 Pretty Woman

Richard Gere and Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman
Touchstone Pictures

The late and great Garry Marshall directed the beloved 1990 romantic comedy Pretty Woman, which stars the spectacular Richard Gere and Julia Roberts in a modern update on the classic Cinderella story. In the cinematic hit, Gere portrays wealthy businessman Edward Lewis, who hires the down-on-her-luck prostitute Vivian Ward to be his escort for business and social functions; the mix-matched pair find themselves falling for one another during their week-long agreement.

Initially conceived as a dark cautionary tale about prostitution in Los Angeles during the 1980s, the film underwent a more lighthearted and romantic makeover by Marshall. Original screenplay writer J.F. Lawton later implied that the rom-com was given a happy ending due to the sensational chemistry between leads Gere and Roberts. Pretty Woman saw the highest number of ticket sales in the US ever for a romantic comedy, and went on to gross over $460 million at the box office.

6 American Underdog

American Underdog
Lionsgate

Based on the career of National Football League quarterback Kurt Warner, the 2021 biographical sports drama American Underdog follows the athlete's journey as an undrafted player who went on to win Super Bowl XXXIV. The feel-good flick details Warner’s ascension in the NFL, beginning with his days as a stockboy at a grocery store to becoming a two-time MVP, Super Bowl Champion and Hall of Fame quarterback.

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The biopic stars Zachary Levi as Warner, in addition to Anna Paquin as his wife Brenda and Dennis Quaid as St. Louis Rams head coach Dick Vermeil, and chronicles the football figure as he overcame insane odds, tragedies and the ups and downs of life and marriage. On portraying the NFL great, Levi told Yahoo! News, “We got to make this incredible film that tells an incredible story about an incredible guy— but not just about the guy, about his incredible wife and his incredible kids…They’re all underdogs and they’re all just struggling to somehow make it in this rat race of life.”

5 Look at Me

Look at Me
Hulu

Focusing on the life and tragic death of rapper and singer XXXTentacion (Jahseh Onfroy), Sabaah Folayan’s 2022 documentary Look at Me is named after the artist’s breakthrough single and contains footage from his final years, featuring appearances from his close friends and family. Folayan conducted personal interviews with X’s mother Cleopatra Bernand, girlfriend Jenesis Sanchez, and fellow rappers including Ski Mask the Slump God, Juice Wrld, and Trippie Redd, while shining a light on both the favorable and controversial aspects of the singer’s life, career, and legacy. Look at Me contains never-before-seen-footage of the popular streaming artist while analyzing his impact, and had its premiere at the South by Southwest Film Festival; Variety wrote, “In the end, you don’t have to buy Onfroy’s redemption, or even the nearness of one, to be affected by the last act.”

4 The Breakfast Club

The cast of The Breakfast Club behind bars
Universal Pictures

The king of ‘80s classics John Hughes directed arguably his most memorable and recognizable works with 1985’s coming-of-age teen dramedy The Breakfast Club, a cinematic staple that famously features teenagers from various high school cliques who are all forced to spend a Saturday together for detention with their power-hungry assistant principal. Starring Hughes muse Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, and Anthony Michael Hall as the angsty group of mismatched misfits, the media went on to refer to the actors as the “Brat Pack.”

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The famed director’s desire to headline the picture was initially met with reluctance and skepticism, as he had only previously helmed one other flick, 1984’s critically praised Sixteen Candles; the studio’s gamble on the then up-and-comer paid off, as The Breakfast Club is widely regarded as the quintessential 1980s film and its success led to Hughes’ other beloved staples like Weird Science, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and Planes, Trains and Automobiles.

3 The Valet

The Valet
Hulu

Richard Wong’s upcoming romantic comedy The Valet tells the amusing story of a famous movie star who enlists a parking valet at a Beverly Hills restaurant to pose as her lover in order to hide her secret relationship with a married man. The kind-hearted and helpful driver finds his seemingly mundane world turned upside down by agreeing to help the desperate starlet, as he’s dropped into the glitz and glamor of Hollywood life.

Eugenio Derbez and Samara Weaving headline the playful picture as Antonio and Olivia, with The Neighborhood’s Max Greenfield and Breaking Bad’s Betsy Brandt rounding out the dynamic cast in supporting roles; the comedy is a remake of the 2006 French film of the same name. Derbez previously joined forces with the comedy’s screenwriters Rob Greenberg and Bob Fisher in the 2018 rom-com remake Overboard.

2 Sundown

Tim Roth tilting his head back in the sun in Sundown
Teorema CommonGround Pictures

Directed and written by Michel Franco, the 2021 drama Sundown stars the talented Tim Roth as the wealthy Neil Bennett, a man who attempts to abandon his family while on a vacation in Mexico after the death of his mother causes simmering tensions to rise. The filmmaker wrote the screenplay for the picture while going through a personal crisis and turning 40, and recruited frequent collaborator Roth for the lead, telling IndieWire, “I had some sort of middle-aged crisis, and I wrote something very quickly. Tim knew a little about the idea of somebody staying behind on a family trip…which I connected it to my existential crisis… He fell in love with the character because Tim and I keep challenging each other.”

Franco and Roth previously worked together on the dramas Chronic and 600 Miles, and their creative chemistry was praised upon the release of Sundown. The Associated Press commended the drama, writing, “What’s extraordinary about Sundown is just how little it tells you, how little you get to know the characters, how little actually happens and yet how wholly captivating it is.”

1 Dazed and Confused

Matthew McConaughey and others in Dazed and Confused
Gramercy Pictures/Universal Pictures

The adored 1993 coming-of-age comedy azed and Confused features an outstanding ensemble cast of actors who would go on to become huge stars, including Matthew McConaughey, Ben Affleck, Renee Zelwegger, Mila Jovovich, and Parker Posey, and follows different groups of Texas teenagers during the last day of school in 1976. The great director Richard Linklater opened up about the enduring legacy of the comedy, expressing, “I don’t think it’s my best movie, but it represents a rite of passage for the ‘busters’, the end of the baby-boom generation. I also enjoy people who weren’t even born then liking the film. It tells you there’s something about teenagedom that never changes.” Dazed and Confused kick-started the career of McConaughey (and his iconic “alright, alright, alright” catchphrase) and ranked third on Entertainment Weekly’s list of the 50 Best High School Movies.