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Malcolm McMillan

Hulu top 10 movies — here's the 3 worth watching now

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(L-R) Kieran Culkin as Benji Kaplan and Jesse Eisenberg as David Kaplan in "A Real Pain".

The best streaming services, including Hulu, come with deep content libraries. While that's great, because we get endless hours of TV shows and movies, it can be a bit of a struggle to figure out what to watch. Luckily, Hulu has a top 15 shows and movies collection that gives you a look at what’s trending on the platform.

This week, there are just a few movies to choose from in the top 15, let alone the top 10, which admittedly makes it a bit easier to narrow down. The lone movie currently in the top 10 is "A Real Pain," but this Oscar contender was one of my top 10 favorite movies of last year. Our entertainment editor Rory Mellon even takes it a step further, calling it his favorite movie of the past 12 months. So make sure to check that out first, and then check out our other two picks on this list.

So without further ado, here are the top movies worth watching right now in Hulu’s top 15. If you're looking for more to watch, check out our guide to Hulu's top shows.

This is based on the Hulu top 15 movies and shows as of Friday, January 17.

BEST MOVIES IN THE HULU TOP 10

'A Real Pain' (2024)

"A Real Pain" is written and directed by Jesse Eisenberg. It also stars him as David, a Jewish internet ads salesman from New York, and Kieran Culkin, who plays his free-spirited cousin Benji. After their grandmother's death, these two travel to Poland to visit her homeland and learn more about their heritage, a journey that is ultimately equally filled with joy and pain.

I loved this film. Eisenberg and Culkin are fantastic, both deserving of the awards consideration they're getting. But the supporting cast is also great, particularly Will Sharpe as their tour guide and Kurt Egyiawan a Rwandan who has found common ground with the Jewish people after surviving the Rwandan genocide. All of this works because the script is brilliantly written, giving you a comedy-drama that will have you laughing more than crying but left thinking profoundly about what you just watched. Don't miss it now that it's on Hulu.

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Honorable mentions

'The Silent Hour' (2024)

"The Silent Hour" stars Joel Kinnaman as Boston Police Detective Frank Shaw. Frank was in an accident that left him with hearing loss. This has caused him to learn American sign language, which comes in handy when he and his partner Doug (Mark Strong) are assigned to protect Ava, a murder witness who also happens to be deaf (Sandra Mae Frank).

Of course, that doesn't go according to plan, and now Frank has to protect Ava from Mason Lynch (Mekhi Phifer), a criminal boss in charge of a crew of fellow criminals and corrupt cops. He needs Ava to go away — permanently. If you love a fast-paced crime thriller, check out "The Silent Hour" on Hulu now.

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'Twilight' (2008)

"Twilight" probably needs no introduction for most of you reading this. But just in case, I'll give you an explainer on it anyway. Based on the first book in the Stephenie Meyer series of young adult romance novels, "Twilight" stars Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan, a high school girl living in dreary Forks, Washington. One day, she's suddenly thrust into a budding relationship with the mysterious, aloof Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) after he saves her from being struck by a fast-moving van in the high school parking lot.

There's just one problem: Edward is a vampire. Once Bella discovers this, she gets drawn into a world of secrets, culture clashes and romance. I don't think the movie is good outside of one scene where they all play baseball while "Supermassive Black Hole" by Muse plays in the soundtrack, but given this movie made $408 million and spawned a massive movie franchise, maybe I'm the one who's wrong. At least it gave us Stewart and Pattinson, both incredible actors ... in any movie but this one.

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