30k shares share tweet sms send email By: | July 21, 2015 1:47 pm This post has been updated on July 21, 2015. You want to spend a night in with a movie, and you’re not sure what’s good on Hulu Plus. Hopefully this list will help you out. Here are 25 of our favorite movies on Hulu Plus right now, in no particular order. 1. Fargo Handout It’s the Coen Brothers’ masterpiece, and one of the finest crime films ever made. Fargo goes to the middle of America and resists the urge to mock the people there, and the juxtaposition of Frances McDormand’s chipper Minnesota accent and images of unimaginable violence is something you’ll never forget. 2. Annie Hall Handout It’s still Woody Allen’s greatest film, a perfect romantic comedy that manages to nail romance, neuroticism, the 70s, as well as the cities of New York and Los Angeles, in a little over an hour and a half. Diane Keaton shines. 3. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Movie Still Most Americans know the David Fincher adaptation of theStieg Larsson bestseller, which was excellent, but there’s still a special place in my heart for the Swedish take of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. It introduced me to Noomi Rapace, who plays the role perfectly. There are subtitles, but get over it. 4. Enter the Void Screengrab Directed by Gaspar Noé, this psychedelic and insanely creative film follows a drug dealer as he works his way through the streets of Tokyo. Any film that tries to capture the highs and lows of drug use will have its stumbling points — this film certainly does — but it isn’t a movie you’ll forget. 5. Lost in La Mancha Handout Lost in La Mancha is a movie about a movie. The documentary follows Terry Gilliam in his doomed attempt at making a film out of Don Quixote, and is a delight not only for lovers of film but anyone who dreams of making art. 6. Y Tu Mamá También IFC Films Y Tu Mamá También is the breakout film for writer/director Alfonso Cuarón, a road-trip movie about two teenage boys who go on an adventurewith a woman in her twenties. At times funny, sexy and sad, the movie is at once about the coming-of-age of two young men and about Mexico at the turn of the century. 7. Heathers Handout This 1988 dark comedy is about three high school girls, all named Heather. It starts out like a John Hughes film and ends … well, I won’t spoil it, but let’s just say it doesn’t end like a John Hughes film. Featuring a great early performance from Winona Ryder. 8. The Evil Dead Handout This low-budget horror masterpiece, written and directed by Sam Raimi and starring Bruce Campbell, is about a group of college students stuck at a cabin in the woods. Made with a minuscule budget, Raimi stumbled upon some filming techniques (out of necessity) that would become mainstays in the genre forever. Plus it’s really just awesome. 9. Mystic Pizza Film Still Ah, young Julia Roberts. She’s reason enough to see this 1988 coming-of-age movie set in a Connecticut pizza parlor, but all the performances are fantastic.Plus, keep your eyes peeled for the first appearance of a young Matt Damon. 10. The Trip Handout The first time I saw this movie I laughed so hard I cramped up. The Trip follows English comedians Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon as they go to several restaurants together, trade impressions, make jokes, and talk about their lives. It doesn’t sound like much. It is. 11. XX/XY Film still Austin Chick wrote and directed this 2002 romantic drama, and while it has its low moments, its worth seeing for performances from the three leads: Mark Ruffalo, Maya Stange and Kathleen Robertson. Plus there’s a fun score from the band The Insects. 12. Generation Iron Vladar Company The 2013 documentary focuses on the lives of the world’s top bodybuilders as they prepare for a competition. While at times the film can ogle at its overblown and oversized subjects, it find its heart when it starts asking why these people do it, and if there is something noble in their pursuit for aesthetic perfection. 13. Caveof Forgotten Dreams Film still Documentarian Warner Herzog went deep into a French cave, saw wall paintings from thousands of years ago, and came out with a film that ruminates on the past, humanity, art and consciousness. It’s a quiet, thoughtful documentary, but one absolutely worth seeing. 14. Boyhood IFC Films Richard Linklater’s most ambitious film took 12 years to make, as Linklater intermittently brought together his cast to film the life of a boy progressing to young manhood. Don’t be worried about the pace — the movie moves, it grabs you, and it feels more real than most anything you’ll ever see on film. 15. Ray Handout Ray can fall into some of the traps that snare up Serious Biopics, but Jamie Foxx is so wonderful as Ray Charles, and the music so unbelievably good, that you can look past the overwrought parts. 16. City of God Handout City of God is a 2002 drama that explores the criminal underworld of Rio de Janeiro. What starts as a coming-of-age story of our main narrator,Rocket, quickly becomes a sprawling epic that spans a generation. A major and haunting film. 17. Mission Impossible 3 Handout Mission: Impossible 3 is an OK action film that is elevated to very good by one man: Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Hoffman takes a stereotypical bad guy and plays him breathtakingly, and the rest of the cast can’t do much but pale in comparison to him. It’s rare to see Tom Cruise get completely upstaged. Hoffman does it. 18. Food Inc. Handout Food Inc. is a 2008 documentary that is a must-watch for anyone who cares about where we get our food from. It’s tough … I’ve talked to several friends who turned it off because it raised some uncomfortable truths they’d prefer not to think about. That doesn’t make it any less important. 19. A Brief History of Time Handout Errol Morris directed this 1991 documentary, which looks at the life of Stephen Hawking, the celebrity physicist who suffers from ALS. The movie is unflinching but celebratory, not only of Hawking’s work butof his life as well. I still prefer this look at Hawking’s life to last year’s The Theory of Everything. 20. Super Handout This partial parody of the superhero movie, starring Ellen Page and Rainn Wilson, starts out cute and gets dark in a hurry. To be a superhero, you need to think highly of yourself. This movie features people who think highly of themselves, but have none of the other skills or powers necessary for the job. 21. Death at a Funeral Handout Though it would eventually be remade in 2010 starring Chris Rock, the 2007 version of this comedy, directed by Frank Oz, is a romping British comedy that takes place (obviously enough) at a funeral. Peter Dinklage makes a wonderful appearance, and the laughs are regular. 22. 9/11: The Falling Man Handout The Falling Man is a viciously sad documentary that is based off a famous photo taken during 9/11. The photo acts as a central point that allows the filmmakers to tell the story of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. 23.8 1/2 Movie Still My favorite of Fellini’s films, 8 1/2 is a gorgeous, self-referential movie about a director who can’t make a movie. As the filmmaker does his best to overcome his director’s block, the film flashes back to memories and inspirations, all while looking just about as beautiful as anything put on film ever. 24. Kung Fu Hustle Handout Steven Chow’s ultra stylish, ultra hilarious kung fu romp is a loving ode to movies of the past. Chow takes the stunts he loved growing up and blows them up — the fights are bigger, longer, but, somehow, just as intimate. You walk out of this movie floating on air. 25. Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer AP Photo For those interested in the story of Pussy Riot, the Russian punk band that gained international notoriety for its clashes with the Russian government, this documentary pushes beyond the headlines and the rhetoric and lets you get to know the people, families, and songs involved. , , , , 30k shares share tweet sms send email