As steaming summer temperatures grip the nation, you may want to sit inside, cooled by the AC, and stream these movies on Hulu Plus. Luckily, you’ll have a choice of classics, award-winners, and some lesser-known but worthwhile titles this month.
To determine the best movies to stream on Hulu Plus this June, 24/7 Tempo developed an index using average ratings on IMDb, an online movie database owned by Amazon, and a combination of audience scores and Tomatometer scores on Rotten Tomatoes, an online movie and TV review aggregator, as of May 2022, weighting all ratings equally. We considered only movies with at least 5,000 audience votes on either IMDb or Rotten Tomatoes. Documentaries were not considered. Data on streaming availability, current as of this month, comes from the streaming guide Reelgood.
Looking for a bit of sci-fi horror? Hulu Plus is streaming two of the “Alien” blockbusters: “Alien” and “Aliens.” Sigourney Weaver helms both as she battles creatures intent on taking over her spaceships. (Both place very highly on the list of the 50 best sci-fi movies of all time.)
After watching those intense films, take a break with some comedies and lighter fare. Tune in to the romcom, “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” or the coming-of-age teen comedy “Dazed and Confused.” In the latter, we see the breakout role for future star Matthew McConaughey, in which he first utters his signature phrase, “Alright, alright, alright.”
For pure romance set to music, Hulu Plus offers “La La Land.” Although “La La Land” didn’t win Best Picture Oscar (presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway mistakenly announced it as the winner, when the Oscar actually went to “Moonlight”), the story of an aspiring actress and struggling musician was adored by critics and moviegoers alike. It’s worth viewing again. (These are the best musicals of all time.)
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For something completely different, stream “Martha Marcy May Marlene,” a 2011 film that follows the lead (Elizabeth Olsen) as she attempts to escape the clutches of a cult. Or you can opt for action (“Die Hard,” “Taken”), history (“The Young Victoria”), or straight-up drama (“Nomadland”).
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50. Drag Me to Hell (2009)
> IMDb user rating: 6.5/10 (194,417 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 62% (847,315 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 92% (269 reviews)
> Directed by: Sam Raimi
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49. Hostiles (2017)
> IMDb user rating: 7.2/10 (77,767 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 75% (5,554 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 71% (224 reviews)
> Directed by: Scott Cooper
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48. The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
> IMDb user rating: 6.9/10 (390,264 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 76% (572,038 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 75% (196 reviews)
> Directed by: David Frankel
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47. The Young Victoria (2009)
> IMDb user rating: 7.3/10 (59,786 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 74% (164,756 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 76% (156 reviews)
> Directed by: Jean-Marc Vallée
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46. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
> IMDb user rating: 7.4/10 (318,160 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 74% (192,798 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 75% (159 reviews)
> Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
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45. Taken (2008)
> IMDb user rating: 7.8/10 (580,382 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 85% (739,058 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 59% (177 reviews)
> Directed by: Pierre Morel
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44. Fly Away Home (1996)
> IMDb user rating: 6.8/10 (24,593 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 70% (58,692 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 87% (46 reviews)
> Directed by: Carroll Ballard
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43. Flight (2012)
> IMDb user rating: 7.3/10 (337,582 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 75% (153,387 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 77% (238 reviews)
> Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
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42. Unstoppable (2010)
> IMDb user rating: 6.8/10 (191,012 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 72% (104,757 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 87% (194 reviews)
> Directed by: Tony Scott
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41. The Negotiator (1998)
> IMDb user rating: 7.3/10 (135,727 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 79% (130,458 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 74% (57 reviews)
> Directed by: F. Gary Gray
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40. Run (2020)
> IMDb user rating: 6.7/10 (59,044 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 74% (1,255 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 88% (138 reviews)
> Directed by: Aneesh Chaganty
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39. The Square (2017)
> IMDb user rating: 7.2/10 (59,444 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 71% (4,132 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 85% (215 reviews)
> Directed by: Ruben Östlund
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38. Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)
> IMDb user rating: 6.9/10 (51,020 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 71% (19,433 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 90% (211 reviews)
> Directed by: Sean Durkin
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37. Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
> IMDb user rating: 7.1/10 (273,545 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 76% (641,578 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 83% (185 reviews)
> Directed by: Nicholas Stoller
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36. Easy A (2010)
> IMDb user rating: 7.0/10 (372,419 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 77% (129,164 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 85% (192 reviews)
> Directed by: Will Gluck
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35. Margin Call (2011)
> IMDb user rating: 7.1/10 (122,167 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 74% (20,059 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 87% (172 reviews)
> Directed by: J.C. Chandor
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34. Bridesmaids (2011)
> IMDb user rating: 6.8/10 (280,002 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 76% (161,908 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 90% (293 reviews)
> Directed by: Paul Feig
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33. The Fifth Element (1997)
> IMDb user rating: 7.7/10 (449,151 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 86% (587,454 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 71% (68 reviews)
> Directed by: Luc Besson
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32. The Shape of Water (2017)
> IMDb user rating: 7.3/10 (393,136 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 72% (26,084 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 92% (459 reviews)
> Directed by: Guillermo del Toro
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31. Logan Lucky (2017)
> IMDb user rating: 7.0/10 (140,497 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 76% (27,867 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 92% (284 reviews)
> Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
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30. Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
> IMDb user rating: 7.1/10 (396,506 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 86% (1,859,947 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 82% (210 reviews)
> Directed by: Len Wiseman
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29. Arthur Christmas (2011)
> IMDb user rating: 7.1/10 (54,530 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 76% (15,497 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 92% (169 reviews)
> Directed by: Sarah Smith
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28. Pleasantville (1998)
> IMDb user rating: 7.5/10 (125,076 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 79% (230,983 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 85% (97 reviews)
> Directed by: Gary Ross
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27. Booksmart (2019)
> IMDb user rating: 7.2/10 (106,360 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 77% (4,116 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 96% (376 reviews)
> Directed by: Olivia Wilde
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26. In the Line of Fire (1993)
> IMDb user rating: 7.2/10 (98,094 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 79% (55,121 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 96% (71 reviews)
> Directed by: Wolfgang Petersen
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25. Predator (1987)
> IMDb user rating: 7.8/10 (387,266 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 87% (389,324 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 82% (49 reviews)
> Directed by: John McTiernan
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24. Looper (2012)
> IMDb user rating: 7.4/10 (550,438 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 82% (180,475 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 93% (269 reviews)
> Directed by: Rian Johnson
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23. Nomadland (2020)
> IMDb user rating: 7.4/10 (126,891 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 82% (573 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 94% (416 reviews)
> Directed by: Chloé Zhao
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22. The Raid 2 (2014)
> IMDb user rating: 8.0/10 (118,592 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 87% (24,310 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 82% (175 reviews)
> Directed by: Gareth Evans
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21. Black Swan (2010)
> IMDb user rating: 8.0/10 (724,171 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 84% (178,225 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 85% (318 reviews)
> Directed by: Darren Aronofsky
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20. Prisoners (2013)
> IMDb user rating: 8.1/10 (637,815 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 87% (108,697 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 81% (253 reviews)
> Directed by: Denis Villeneuve
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19. A Beautiful Mind (2001)
> IMDb user rating: 8.2/10 (881,334 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 93% (491,108 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 74% (213 reviews)
> Directed by: Ron Howard
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18. Sideways (2004)
> IMDb user rating: 7.5/10 (185,184 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 79% (197,759 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 97% (233 reviews)
> Directed by: Alexander Payne
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17. Leave No Trace (2018)
> IMDb user rating: 7.2/10 (55,265 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 80% (4,960 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 100% (240 reviews)
> Directed by: Debra Granik
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16. La La Land (2016)
> IMDb user rating: 8.0/10 (537,558 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 81% (71,726 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 91% (464 reviews)
> Directed by: Damien Chazelle
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15. A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969)
> IMDb user rating: 7.3/10 (4,791 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 86% (327,694 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 95% (21 reviews)
> Directed by: Bill Melendez
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14. Moneyball (2011)
> IMDb user rating: 7.6/10 (391,423 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 86% (92,018 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 94% (267 reviews)
> Directed by: Bennett Miller
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13. Leon: The Professional (1994)
> IMDb user rating: 8.5/10 (1,081,769 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 95% (274,510 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 74% (65 reviews)
> Directed by: Luc Besson
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12. Palm Springs (2020)
> IMDb user rating: 7.4/10 (130,989 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 88% (2,596 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 95% (241 reviews)
> Directed by: Max Barbakow
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11. Dazed and Confused (1993)
> IMDb user rating: 7.6/10 (174,013 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 90% (236,467 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 92% (62 reviews)
> Directed by: Richard Linklater
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10. Dead Poets Society (1989)
> IMDb user rating: 8.1/10 (449,222 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 92% (307,300 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 84% (58 reviews)
> Directed by: Peter Weir
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9. The Breakfast Club (1985)
> IMDb user rating: 7.8/10 (372,267 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 92% (556,906 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 89% (65 reviews)
> Directed by: John Hughes
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8. Before Midnight (2013)
> IMDb user rating: 7.9/10 (148,768 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 82% (37,550 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 98% (206 reviews)
> Directed by: Richard Linklater
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7. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
> IMDb user rating: 7.8/10 (454,829 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 91% (427,295 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 91% (218 reviews)
> Directed by: Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris
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6. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
> IMDb user rating: 8.0/10 (818,017 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 90% (1,155,878 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 91% (289 reviews)
> Directed by: Danny Boyle
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5. Sense and Sensibility (1995)
> IMDb user rating: 7.7/10 (109,172 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 90% (130,924 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 97% (64 reviews)
> Directed by: Ang Lee
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4. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
> IMDb user rating: 8.4/10 (329,016 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 93% (75,039 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 87% (54 reviews)
> Directed by: Sergio Leone
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3. Die Hard (1988)
> IMDb user rating: 8.2/10 (820,820 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 94% (574,298 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 94% (79 reviews)
> Directed by: John McTiernan
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2. Aliens (1986)
> IMDb user rating: 8.3/10 (678,602 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 94% (430,019 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 97% (77 reviews)
> Directed by: James Cameron
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1. Alien (1979)
> IMDb user rating: 8.4/10 (823,459 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 94% (460,436 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 98% (126 reviews)
> Directed by: Ridley Scott
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