Hulu has been stuck in the third place position when it comes to movie streaming behind Netflix and Amazon Prime because most people still see them strictly as a home for next-day television. They have movies too, though, and more than a few of them are gems that make Hulu a destination beyond last night’s TV shows.
The complete list of new movies and shows hitting Hulu this month — November 2019 — is below, but I wanted to highlight the best of the bunch along with several others worth seeking out.
Hulu Pick of the Month
Anna and the Apocalypse (2018) premieres on November 13th after a long, joy-filled festival run and quiet home video release. If you’ve still managed to miss it I really can’t recommend it enough. It’s a new zom-com classic, and the fact that it’s also a Scottish musical just adds to its brilliance. Watch it loud with plenty of room to dance.
The Recently Beloved
I’m not nearly as enamored of The Nightingale (2019) as some thanks to its ridiculously over the top approach to depicting the horrors of rape and systematic abuse, but you can make up your mind as its playing now on Hulu. It seems destined to be as divisive a watch as Jennifer Kent’s first film, The Babadook (2014), albeit for far different reasons. Overlord (2018) landed on our 50 Best Horror Movies of the Decade list (as did Anna above) with good reason — it’s a fun, gory blast of a big-budget B-movie. Watch it! Booksmart (2019) arrives on November 18th, and while it’s unlike Overlord in every way it does share critical acclaim and an underwhelming box-office. It’s a sweetly fun tale of best friends, and unlike so many movies about unruly youth its focus on young women is a welcome change.
Disparate 70s Classics Made By Assholes
Roman Polanski may be a dick, but Chinatown (1974) remains a stone-cold masterpiece and one of the best noirs you’ve ever seen. Its beauty and devastation remain every bit as powerful even after multiple re-watches. Woody Allen may be a dick, but Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex, But Were Afraid to Ask (1972) is as entertaining as ever with its blend of wit and stupidity. The anthology format allows for all kinds of stories from Gene Wilder’s love affair with a sheep to Allen playing a sperm — seriously, it’s a memorable comedy.
Docs Are Good Brain Food
The Biggest Little Farm (2019) opens its doors on November 6th and tells the story of a successful couple who leave the comforts of their life behind to take on the challenge of starting and running a farm. Challenge is probably an understatement as they face all manner of troubles in making their passion project come true, and the documentary captures all of the highs and lows. Mike Wallace Is Here (2019) will be here on November 28th and looks back at the legendary journalist’s fantastic career. The man was a hard-ass, for better and worse, and it’s all here to enjoy and marvel at.
The Complete List
November 1st
Albert (2016)
America’s Cutest: Complete Seasons 2&3 (Animal Planet)
Big Top Pee-Wee (1988)
Chinatown (1974)
The Counterfeit Traitor (1962)
Dinner for Schmucks (2010)
Double Jeopardy (1999)
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill but Came Down a Mountain (1995)
Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex, but were Afraid to Ask (1972)
A Fairly Odd Christmas (2012)
Fantastic Four (2005)
Fatal Attraction (1987)
Fever Pitch (2005)
Fire with Fire (2012)
The Firm (1993)
Flashdance (1983)
Freddy Vs Jason (2003)
Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)
Freelancers (2012)
Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)
Giada’s Holiday Handbook: Complete Seasons 1-3 (Food Network)
Gloria (2014)
Head of State (2003)
Holiday Baking Championship: Complete Seasons 1-4 (Food Network)
Home for the Holidays (1995)
I Heart Huckabees (2004)
In Enemy Hands (2003)
Interview with a Vampire (1994)
Into The Dark: Pilgrim: Episode Premiere (Hulu Original)
Kids Baking Championship: Complete Season 4 (Food Network)
Kingpin (1996)
Light Sleeper (1992)
Love Island: Australia: Complete Season 1 (ITV)
Madea’s Big Happy Family (2011)
Madea’s Witness Protection (2012)
Magic Mike (2012)
The Mexican (2001)
The Nightingale (2019)
Overlord (2018)
The Pink Panther 2 (2009)
Reds (1981)
The Ring (2002)
Santa Hunters (2014)
Sex Sent Me to the ER: Complete Seasons 1&2 (TLC)
Shall We Dance? (2004)
A Simple Plan (1998)
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2002)
Soapdish (1991)
Spy Next Door (2010)
Summers Moon (2009)
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
Terminator Salvation (2009)
Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride (2005)
Tiny Christmas (2017)
Too Cute!: Complete Seasons 2&3 (Animal Planet)
The Two Jakes (1990)
Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
Undisputed (2002)
Waiting… (2005)
You Laugh but It’s True (2011)
November 4th
Denial (2016)
November 5th
Framing John Delorean (2019)
November 6th
The Biggest Little Farm (2019)
Long Time Coming: A 1955 Baseball Story (2017)
November 7th
Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013)
November 9th
You’re the Worst: Complete Season 5 (FX)
November 13th
Anna and the Apocalypse (2018)
Ugly Dolls (2018)
November 14th
Instant Family (2018)
Veronica Mars (2014)
November 15th
Creed II (2018)
Dollface: Complete Season 1 Premiere (Hulu Original)
Wings of the Dove (1997)
November 18th
Booksmart (2019)
The Tomorrow Man (2019)
November 19th
Apple Tree Yard: Complete Season 1 (Fremantle)
Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word is Power (2019)
The Quiet One (2019)
November 20th
Some Kind of Beautiful (2015)
November 22nd
Vita & Virginia (2019)
November 24th
Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas (2010)
November 25th
Love & Mercy (2015)
November 26th
Astronaut (2019)
NOS4A2: Complete Season 1 (AMC)
November 27th
Meeting Gorbachev (2019)
November 28th
Mike Wallace Is Here (2019)
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