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The best movies on Hulu right now January 2025)

Al Pacino in Heat.
Warner Bros. Pictures

The best movies on Hulu in January look different than last month. That’s because 13 of our picks for this list left Hulu at the beginning of 2025. While losing so many great films at once will always leave an impact, Hulu still has a rock-solid lineup of movies that are the envy of almost any other streamer.

This month’s new selections include the fantastic crime film Heat, the original John Wick, That Thing You Do, and a romantic comedy, Which Brings Me to You. You can catch all of these films in our roundup of the best movies on Hulu right now.

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Heat (1995)

Heat
76%
8.3/10
r
170m
Genre
Crime, Drama, Action
Stars
Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer
Directed by
Michael Mann
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Three decades ago, Michael Mann’s Heat became one of the best epic crime movies of the ’90s. This was also the first film since The Godfather Part II to feature Al Pacino and Robert De Niro in the main cast together. De Niro plays Neil McCauley, a veteran thief with Chris Shiherlis (Val Kilmer) as his right-hand man.

McCauley’s most recent heist has gotten far more attention on both sides of the law than he’d like, and fleeing the country seems like a viable option. Meanwhile, Lieutenant Vincent Hanna (Pacino) of the LAPD is closing in on McCauley and his gang. McCauley and Hanna share some mutual respect, but all of that goodwill will fly out the window as their destinies collide.

John Wick (2014)

John Wick
68%
7.4/10
r
101m
Genre
Action, Thriller
Stars
Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen
Directed by
Chad Stahelski
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John Wick is the reason why Keanu Reeves made a comeback as a leading man. It’s also one of the all-time great action flicks. Reeves’ title character is a former assassin who left his life of bloodshed behind for the love of his wife, Helen (Bridget Moynahan). Even after Helen’s untimely demise, her thoughtful gift of a dog for her husband gave John a reason to keep living.

That would have been a great setup for John to find love again. Instead, he has a run-in with a wannabe Russian gangster, Iosef Tarasov (Alfie Allen), who attacks John, kills his dog, and steals his pricy car. That’s the biggest mistake of Iosef’s life because John was the most feared killer in the underworld. And now he’s coming for his revenge.

That Thing You Do! (1996)

That Thing You Do!
71%
7.0/10
pg
108m
Genre
Comedy, Drama, Romance, Music
Stars
Tom Hanks, Tom Everett Scott, Liv Tyler
Directed by
Tom Hanks
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Tom Hanks wrote, directed, and co-starred in That Thing You Do!, a very charming music biopic about a fictional band called The Wonders. In the mid-1960s, Jimmy Mattingly (Jonathan Schaech), Guy Patterson (Tom Everett Scott), Lenny Haise (Steve Zahn), and T.B. Player (Ethan Embry) created a hit song that shares the title of the film.

Thanks to their new manager, Mr. Amos White (Hanks), The Wonders — and Jimmy’s girlfriend, Faye Dolan (Liv Tyler) — go on tour to reach greater stardom. However, the pressures of the industry and tensions in the band threaten to wipe out their success before they ever truly get a chance to make it big.

Which Brings Me to You (2023)

Which Brings Me to You
52%
5.6/10
pg-13
98m
Genre
Romance, Comedy, Drama
Stars
Lucy Hale, Nat Wolff, John Gallagher Jr.
Directed by
Peter Hutchings
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Which Brings Me To You kind of plays like an extended introduction between two strangers at a wedding. Although Jane (Lucy Hale) is very eager to have a casual fling with Will (Nat Wolff), he insists upon talking with her first.

Throughout the movie, Jane and Will reveal heartbreaking details about their previous relationships, which have shaped their perspectives on life and love. There’s a real potential for something more between them if they can both move past their fears and regrets.

Cast Away (2000)

Cast Away
74%
7.8/10
pg-13
143m
Genre
Adventure, Drama
Stars
Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Chris Noth
Directed by
Robert Zemeckis
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There are few movies that could hang entirely on one actor. Tom Hanks proved that he is one of the few in Cast Away. Hanks is the greatest special effect in Robert Zemeckis’ film because he physically transforms his body to better reflect the fate of his character, Charles “Chuck” Noland.

While working for FedEx, Chuck is lost at sea in a plane crash and left alone on a desolate island, with minimal food and resources. All Chuck wants to do is get home to his girlfriend, Kelly Frears (Helen Hunt), but first, he’ll have to find a way to survive with what little he has. And if Chuck can pass those trials, then he can tackle the bigger problem of escaping the island itself.

Sommersby (1993)

Sommersby
6.3/10
pg-13
109m
Genre
Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Romance
Stars
Jodie Foster, Richard Gere, Bill Pullman
Directed by
Jon Amiel
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John “Jack” Sommersby (Richard Gere) finally comes home after the Civil War in Sommersby, but the people who knew him can hardly recognize him. That’s especially true of his wife, Laurel Sommersby (Jodie Foster), who discovers that Jack is seemingly a changed man who gives her the love she needs. He is a caring father for their son, Rob (Brett Kelley).

Jack even takes it upon himself to help save their town and community, while deeply angering Orin Meacham (Bill Pullman), a man who wanted Laurel for himself. However, Jack’s transformation may be too good to be true when he’s accused of being a murderer and an imposter. Neither charge can lead to a positive outcome, but Laurel knows who she loves, and she’s going to do everything she can to save him.

Cuckoo (2024)

Cuckoo
62%
5.8/10
r
103m
Genre
Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction
Stars
Hunter Schafer, Jan Bluthardt, Marton Csokas
Directed by
Tilman Singer
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Cuckoo is an indie horror film that debuted under the radar in 2024, but it has a chance to branch out on Hulu. Hunter Schafer stars as Gretchen, a teenager who is grieving the death of her mother when her father, Luis (Marton Csokas), and her stepmother, Beth (Jessica Henwick), move her to the German Alps alongside her mute half-sister, Alma (Mila Lieu).

Gretchen soon discovers that strange things are happening in and around the hotel owned by Herr König (Dan Stevens), which may be connected to a mysterious hooded woman and a secret about Alma that no one could have guessed.

Alien: Romulus (2024)

Alien: Romulus
64%
7.2/10
r
119m
Genre
Science Fiction, Horror
Stars
Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux
Directed by
Fede Álvarez
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The Weyland-Yutani corporation has basically been the villain in every Alien movie to date, and Alien: Romulus is no exception. In this film, we learn that not only has Weyland-Yutani been using humans as conscripted labor in space, but that the corporation also found the wreckage of the Nostromo, Ripley’s ship from the original Alien.

To escape their unjustly extended contracts with Weyland-Yutani, Rain (Cailee Spaeny), her android Andy (David Johnsson), Kay Harrison (Isabela Merced), and a few others undertake a risky mission to scavenge materials from an abandoned space station. By the time they realize that Weyland-Yutani’s Xenomorph experiments took place on that station, it’s too late to escape intact. And it may not be possible to escape at all after a lingering surprise from the past changes Andy’s programming and turns his loyalty away from Rain.

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
66%
7.0/10
pg-13
145m
Genre
Science Fiction, Adventure, Action
Stars
Owen Teague, Freya Allan, Kevin Durand
Directed by
Wes Ball
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The Planet of the Apes films have been around since 1968, but there’s still a lot of life left in the franchise in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. This story takes place 300 years after the life of Caesar, as one tribe of apes has taken to raising eagles as companions. Noa (Owen Teague) is the heir to Eagle Clan, until his people are brutally kidnapped and enslaved by the forces of Proximus Caesar (Kevin Durand).

Proximus has perverted the teachings of Caesar and installed himself as a tyrant. He’s also after Mae (Freya Allan), a young human girl who may be able to lead him to hidden tech and weapons. Both Noa and Mae have reasons to oppose Proximus, but can they bring themselves to trust each other enough to bring him down?

Immaculate (2024)

Immaculate
57%
5.8/10
r
89m
Genre
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Stars
Sydney Sweeney, Álvaro Morte, Simona Tabasco
Directed by
Michael Mohan
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If you’ve seen one movie this year about a young nun at the center of an evil plan, then you’ve either seen Immaculate or The First Omen. There are definitely a lot of overlapping themes between them. But so you can keep them straight, this is the one that stars Sydney Sweeny as Cecilia, a woman who can’t wait to take her vows and devote herself to God.

Unfortunately for Cecilia, there are shady things happening at her new home in the Italian countryside. Someone believes that Sister Cecilia is the perfect candidate to play an important role in the future of the world. Cecilia doesn’t get to choose what happens to her body, but she will have to decide how to react when the truth behind her immaculate pregnancy comes out.

The First Omen (2024)

The First Omen
66%
6.5/10
r
119m
Genre
Horror
Stars
Nell Tiger Free, Ralph Ineson, Sônia Braga
Directed by
Arkasha Stevenson
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Depending upon whether you consider the made-for-TV movie Omen IV: The Awakening as canon, the story of The Omen has been over since the third film hit theaters in 1981. And yet The First Omen reinvigorates the franchise with a prequel set in the early 1970s before the events of the original film.

The film follows Margaret (Nell Tiger Free), an American who has come to Rome to train for a life as a nun out of her religious devotion. Almost from the start, Margaret finds herself targeted by a conspiracy that she doesn’t understand. The forces of evil have decided that Margaret is the perfect woman to bring the antichrist into the world, whether she wants to or not.

Bullet Train (2022)

Bullet Train
49%
7.3/10
r
126m
Genre
Action, Comedy, Thriller
Stars
Brad Pitt, Joey King, Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Directed by
David Leitch
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Brad Pitt was 58 years old when Bullet Train hit theaters in 2022, and yet you can’t tell his age by looking at him. As Pitt has grown older, he’s also gotten a lot funnier, and this movie makes his character, Ladybug, the butt of a lot of the jokes in the film. Ladybug is an assassin who is very unlucky, to the point where he wants to leave the life of a killer behind him. But he’s roped into filling in for an operative on a Japanese bullet train for a supposedly easy job.

All Ladybug has to do is retrieve a briefcase full of stolen money and slip out of the train before anyone realizes it’s missing. It’s easy to say, and almost impossible to do when multiple assassins get on the train, each with their own agendas. Ladybug may not have been looking for trouble, but it’s found him. And there’s an even more dangerous threat awaiting everyone at the end of the line.

Poor Things (2023)

Poor Things
88%
8.1/10
r
142m
Genre
Science Fiction, Romance, Comedy
Stars
Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe
Directed by
Yorgos Lanthimos
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Emma Stone won her second Oscar for Best Actress for her performance as Bella Baxter in Poor Things. Max McCandles (Ramy Youssef) falls for Bella before he learns that a mad scientist, Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe), brought her back to life with a newborn’s brain. That doesn’t dissuade Max from wanting to marry Bella, but she has other ideas.

Bella runs away with a lawyer, Duncan Wedderburn (Mark Ruffalo), so she can experience everything that the world has to offer her. Much like Max, Duncan’s influence over Bella only goes so far before she starts setting the agenda for herself, and no one is prepared to accept that.

Anatomy of a Fall (2023)

Anatomy of a Fall
86%
7.8/10
r
152m
Genre
Thriller, Mystery, Crime
Stars
Sandra Hüller, Swann Arlaud, Milo Machado-Graner
Directed by
Justine Triet
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Anatomy of a Fall was a five-time nominee at the Oscars, and the winner for 2023’s Best Original Screenplay. The story revolves around the death of Samuel Maleski (Samuel Theis) and the discovery of his body by his son, Daniel Maleski (Milo Machado-Graner). Did Samuel fall from the attic in his home, or was he pushed?

The police soon openly suspect that Samuel’s wife and Daniel’s mother, Sandra Voyter (Sandra Hüller), attacked Samuel and pushed him to his death. Even Daniel doesn’t quite know what to think when the truth about his parent’s strained marriage is brought out to the open. Affairs and resentment are only a small part of why Sandra and Samuel were estranged. But it looks damning when one of the leading characters in Sandra’s new novel contemplated killing her husband in a similar manner.

Suncoast (2024)

Suncoast
61%
6.6/10
r
110m
Genre
Drama, Comedy
Stars
Nico Parker, Laura Linney, Woody Harrelson
Directed by
Laura Chinn
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Laura Chinn’s Suncoast is largely based on true events that happened to her and her family, but the movie does take some dramatic license with the story. Nico Parker stars as Doris, a teenager who is overwhelmed by the brain cancer afflicting her brother, Max (Cree Kawa), and from her attempts to deal with their mother, Kristine (Laura Linney).

When Max enters hospice care, Doris befriends Paul (Woody Harrelson), an activist who is fighting to keep a woman named Terri Schiavo hooked up to life support despite her persistent vegetative state and the wishes of her husband. As for Doris, she has to face the very real possibility that her brother will never come home from hospice.

Uncharted (2022)

Uncharted
45%
6.3/10
pg-13
116m
Genre
Action, Adventure
Stars
Tom Holland, Mark Wahlberg, Sophia Ali
Directed by
Ruben Fleischer
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Fans of the Uncharted video games may have done a double take when the MCU’s Spider-Man, Tom Holland, was cast as a much younger version of adventurer Nathan “Nate” Drake. The Uncharted movie is an alternate take on Nate’s origin story and how he formed a partnership with Victor “Sully” Sullivan (Mark Wahlberg), a treasure hunter who claims to have been the partner of Nate’s missing brother, Sam Drake (Rudy Pankow).

In the way of Nate and Sully’s first expedition is Santiago Moncada (Antonio Banderas), a very wealthy man who hires Jo Braddock (Tati Gabrielle) and her mercenaries to take out anyone in their path. Nate and Sully only have Chloe Frazer (Sophia Ali) to call upon for help, but even she may be less than trustworthy.

No One Will Save You (2023)

No One Will Save You
60%
6.3/10
pg-13
93m
Genre
Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
Stars
Kaitlyn Dever, Elizabeth Kaluev, Zack Duhame
Directed by
Brian Duffield
Watch on Hulu

Kaitlyn Dever stars in the Hulu original movie No One Will Save You as Brynn, a young woman who lives a solitary existence in large part because she is a pariah in her small town. That’s one of the reasons why Brynn has no one to turn to when an alien invades her home. In the aftermath, Brynn finds no support from her fellow humans, and she discovers just how alone she really is.

No One Will Save You barely has any dialogue at all, but Dever’s expressive and earnest performance carries the entire film. It also goes a long way toward making little gray men scary again, especially when Brynn meets the more horrific aliens.

Flamin' Hot (2023)

Flamin' Hot
65%
5.8/10
pg-13
99m
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Stars
Jesse Garcia, Annie Gonzalez, Dennis Haysbert
Directed by
Eva Longoria
Watch on Hulu

What do you do when there’s a true story that may not be true? As was famously said in the 1962 Western classic The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, “when the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” The story of Flamin’ Hot is truly inspirational regardless of whether these events actually played out this way in reality. The film is based on the memoir of Richard Montañez (Jesse Garcia), the man who claims that he created Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. And he didn’t do it alone.

With the support of his wife, Judy Montañez (Annie Gonzalez), and his co-worker, Clarence C. Baker (Dennis Haysbert), Richard rises from the rank of janitor and works up the nerve to pitch his Flamin’ Hot ideas to Frito-Lay executive Roger Enrico (Tony Shalhoub). From there, a snack food legend is born.

Something in the Dirt (2022)

Something in the Dirt
r
116m
Genre
Science Fiction, Mystery
Stars
Aaron Moorhead, Justin Benson, Sarah Adina Smith
Directed by
Aaron Moorhead, Justin Benson
Watch on Hulu

An exciting example of the kind of narrative ingenuity that only a worldwide pandemic can foster, Something in the Dirt is the latest film from writer-director duo Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead (The Endless, Synchronic), and is arguably the most primitively fascinating work of these two collaborators. Shot over the course of a year with a crew of just 12, our story follows Levi and John, apartment-dwelling neighbors who decide to make a documentary about a range of supernatural events occurring in their Los Angeles residence. But as the two men discover that these kinds of extraordinary happenings are taking place all over L.A., their findings lead them to a combative exchange of theories and calculations.

Ultrasound (2022)

Ultrasound
55%
5.8/10
r
103m
Genre
Science Fiction
Stars
Vincent Kartheiser, Chelsea Lopez, Breeda Wool
Directed by
Rob Schroeder
Watch on Hulu

In director Rob Schroeder’s Ultrasound, Mad Men alum Vincent Kartheiser stars as Glen, an unassuming everyman who just so happens to encounter some car trouble on a dark and stormy night. Seeking some help, he knocks on the door of a perfectly kind stranger named Arthur (Bob Stephenson), leading the former down an uncanny rabbit hole of deceit and mind control. Presenting a nail-biter of a story without diving into carnage and other typical screen grabs, Ultrasound does its best work as a quietly curious foray into a world that’s hard to pin down.

The Last Tourist (2021)

The Last Tourist
7.3/10
84m
Genre
Documentary
Stars
Elizabeth Becker, Sangduen Lek Chailert, Costas Christ
Directed by
Tyson Sadler
Watch on Hulu
When traveling somewhere tropical and off-grid, we typically view these vacations as nothing more than personal getaways for us and those we love. But there’s a whole other side of the tourism coin that doesn’t get talked about — until director Tyson Sadler came along, that is. Through his eye-opening documentary The Last Tourist, Sadler paints a much different picture of tourism’s impacts on the parts of the world that need extra care and protection from humanity’s grip, while also discussing the positive aspects of worldly excursions. In the end, the audience is left with an important message that may have you thinking twice about your next venture to somewhere distant and remote.

Derek DelGaudio's In & Of Itself (2020)

Derek DelGaudio's In & Of Itself
82%
8.2/10
pg-13
90m
Genre
Documentary
Stars
Derek DelGaudio, Hal Schulman, Marina Abramović
Directed by
Frank Oz
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We all ponder over the great existential questions of life from time to time. Who are we? Why are we here? Where are we going next? And while cinema is often used as a philosophical medium through which we can explore such inquiries through fiction and nonfiction lenses, such introspection has never been captured like it has in Derek Delgaudio’s mesmerizing documentary/stage spectacle In & Of Itself. Directed by Frank Oz, Delgaudio’s work combines elements of traditional stage performance and unconventional narrative structure to deliver a filmic spectacle that is hard to describe but impossible to forget.

Dinner in America (2022)

Dinner in America
80%
7.2/10
r
106m
Genre
Comedy, Drama, Music
Stars
Kyle Gallner, Emily Skeggs, Pat Healy
Directed by
Adam Rehmeier
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It’s not often that you see the punk rock music genre getting any kind of cinematic limelight (sans films like Her Smell and Green Room), but even less so when the film genre of choice is an indie rom-com. Such is the case, though, with writer-director Adam Carter Rehmeir’s 2020 film Dinner in America, and the results are pretty great. Starring Kyle Gallner and Emily Skeggs as a singer and his band’s devoted fan, our story follows the star-crossed lovers as they travel around the lesser-seen suburbs and pervading urban sprawl of the American Midwest. If you’ve seen Garden State or Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, picture these two films being tossed into a blender with a healthy bit of rated-R this and that for extra punch, and you’re probably at least halfway to the look, feel, and budgetary, off-the-cuff sensibilities of Dinner in America.

Prey (2022)

Prey
79%
7.3/10
r
100m
Genre
Science Fiction, Action, Thriller, Horror
Stars
Amber Midthunder, Dakota Beavers, Dane DiLiegro
Directed by
Dan Trachtenberg
Watch on Hulu
Serving as a centuries-ago prequel to the 1987 film Predator, Prey gives us the story of a Comanche warrior named Naru (Amber Midthunder) who aspires to be the mighty protector of her Great Plains tribe. One day, a powerful new foe descends on her clan, forcing Naru and her fellow Comanche to summon up all their wits and strength to thwart the combatant extraterrestrial. Prey is a propulsive and blood-soaked nail-biter of an action film, and one that could effectively stand alone as a singular entity. But in this case, it’s a new entry in a much-loved franchise, and it’s one we’re betting will make plenty of fans happy.

Flee (2021)

Flee
91%
8/10
pg-13
89m
Genre
Documentary, Animation
Stars
Amin Nawabi, Daniel Karimyar, Fardin Mijdzadeh
Directed by
Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Watch on Hulu
Flee is one of those movies that fully commands the power of documentary filmmaking to tell an unbelievable true story. With jaw-dropping animation as our visual medium of choice, director Jonas Poher Rasmussen unpacks the emotionally arresting past of one Amir Nawabi, a refugee from Afghanistan (operating under an alias) who recounts his experience of fleeing his native country close to two decades ago. Heartfelt, beautifully constructed, and filled with frame after frame of immersive imagery, Flee is an important bit of storytelling you don’t want to miss.

Sundown (2022)

Sundown
70%
6.6/10
r
82m
Genre
Drama
Stars
Tim Roth, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Iazua Larios
Directed by
Michel Franco
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In Sundown, Tim Roth is Neil Bennet, the emotionally and financially domineering patriarch of a high-class family. Vacationing in Mexico with his sister Alice (Charlotte Gainsbourg) and her two children (Samuel Bottomley and Albertine Kotting McMillan), Alice receives distressing news about a death in the family. Planning to travel home, Neil makes up an excuse at the last second to stay in Acapulco, where he indulges in a series of cheap thrills in an effort to distance himself from his sister, the death, and anything else that could pester the quiet and miserly gentleman. A bleak drama, Sundown is propelled by the chameleon-like performance of Tim Roth at its center, portraying a man who has it all but would seemingly give it all up if it meant disappearing was a possibility.

Fresh (2022)

Fresh
67%
6.7/10
r
114m
Genre
Horror, Thriller
Stars
Daisy Edgar-Jones, Sebastian Stan, Jonica T. Gibbs
Directed by
Mimi Cave
Watch on Hulu
Noa (Daisy-Edgar Jones) is sick of swiping through dating apps to find a true companion. Lucky for her, she seems to have run into the man of her dreams, Steve (Avengers: Infinity War‘s Sebastian Stan) at the local grocery store. After quickly warming up to each other, Noa’s new suitor invites her on a weekend retreat. But it’s not long before the idyllic, romantic outing devolves into a horrific fight for survival. A brilliantly brutal riff on the horror-comedy, Fresh is a bombastic amalgamation of familiar genre tropes that we can’t get enough of.

Spencer (2021)

Spencer
76%
6.6/10
r
117m
Genre
Drama
Stars
Kristen Stewart, Jack Farthing, Sally Hawkins
Directed by
Pablo Larraín
Watch on Hulu
Spencer offers a fresh take on the introspective turmoils of Princess Diana, portrayed by the grounded and arresting Kristen Stewart (Love Lies Bleeding). With her marriage to Prince Charles in a tumultuous place, the two nobles have agreed to keep the peace through the Christmas season. But as the holiday festivities ensue, Diana’s inner demons begin to boil over, as she considers what life could be as an ex-communicate of the royal family. A moving character study with powerful performances and thoughtful storytelling at its core, Spencer does its due diligence in paying homage to the tragic Princess through a lens of harmonious self-discovery.

No Exit (2022)

No Exit
54%
6.1/10
r
96m
Genre
Horror, Thriller
Stars
Havana Rose Liu, Danny Ramirez, Dennis Haysbert
Directed by
Damien Power
Watch on Hulu
When Darby (Havana Rose Liu) discovers her mother is in critical condition, she escapes from her rehabilitation center, hoping to return home to tend to her ailing parent. But when a powerful blizzard puts a monkey-wrench into Darby’s homecoming, she’s forced to take shelter at a highway rest-stop. There she meets a group of fellow travelers, all stranded by the storm. After wandering outside, Darby discovers something in a parked van that initiates a deadly game of cat-and-mouse between her and the rest stop’s other inhabitants. A taut thriller that treads familiar waters, No Exit moves forward, full-steam ahead, dropping one thrill after the other.

Deep Water (2022)

Deep Water
53%
5.4/10
r
116m
Genre
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Stars
Ben Affleck, Ana de Armas, Grace Jenkins
Directed by
Adrian Lyne
Watch on Hulu
A Hulu original, Deep Water stars Ben Affleck and Mary Ana de Armas as Vic and Melinda Van Allen, a married couple that has entered an unsettling part of their relationship. As their love wanes, the troubled husband and wife engage in a tantalizing set of mind games with each other, a psychological battle that ropes in more casualties than just the wedded pair. Based on the 1957 Patricia Highsmith novel of the same name, Deep Water is a slow-burning thriller with blistering performances from both Affleck and de Armas. They’re cinematic waters that have certainly been trodden before, but director Adrian Lyne delivers a rich, if at times troubled, adaptation of Highsmith’s source material.

Wander Darkly (2020)

Wander Darkly
66%
5.8/10
r
97m
Genre
Romance, Drama
Stars
Sienna Miller, Diego Luna, Beth Grant
Directed by
Tara Miele
Watch on Hulu
After a traumatic incident, Adrienna and Matteo (Sienna Miller and Diego Luna), a struggling young couple, are sent to the hospital. Confined to rehabilitative quarters, the once-happy pair are transported to an otherworldly realm of surreal memories. While each of them is forced to confront the hazy beginnings of their fizzling romance, their out-of-body paths will cross in bizarre and unexpected ways. Visually, Wander Darkly lives in an elevated plane of awareness, but the emotionally laden performances of both Miller and Luna help to anchor the film in a grounded and often relatable reality.
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The 50 best shows on Netflix in January 2025
Andrew Lincoln in The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live.

Netflix has been the streaming home of The Walking Dead for years, so it's appropriate that the show's most prominent spinoff, The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, finally made its Netflix debut this week. And to no one's great surprise, it's now one of the most popular shows on Netflix.

This week's other new addition, Castlevania: Nocturne, hasn't made the list yet. But given the popularity of the original Castlevania anime series, we wouldn't bet against this one attracting a sizable viewing audience as well.

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The 50 best movies on Netflix right now (January 2025)
Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx in Back in Action.

This week marks the premiere of Back in Action, the first big Netflix original movie of 2025. Appropriately enough, Netflix lined up Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz to headline the film, which is already among the most popular movies on Netflix.

Meanwhile, the 2018 horror film, Hereditary, scares its way up that list as well.Netflix also has a very strong lineup of movies on loan from other studios, including Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, In the Heart of the Sea, Interstellar, Barbie, and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.

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The best mysteries on Netflix right now
Guillaume Canet in Ad Vitam.

The one mystery that Netflix has never bothered to solve is simple: Why aren't there more mysteries on Netflix? The pickings are so slim for new titles that we almost added I Know What You Did Last Summer, and we'd only have to find the Gorton's Fisherman to close that case. There simply aren't a lot of appropriate films to choose from at the moment.

Fortunately, the French action thriller Ad Vitam has enough mystery elements that we can include it here. Additionally, an old thriller, Under Suspicion, made the cut because of its fantastic leading men, Morgan Freeman and Gene Hackman. You can find those films and the rest of the best mysteries on Netflix below.

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