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Malcolm McMillan

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

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Nova (Freya Allan) sits on a beach in "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes".

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.

After going through what's popular this week, we've narrowed down three of Hulu's current top 10 movies that stand out from the rest. The "Alien" franchise and "Planet of the Apes" franchises both make appearances in the top 10, but only the latter has its latest movie already on Hulu. There are also some new entrants to the Hulu top 10 this week, including a new Hulu original movie starring Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and Sanaa Lathan and a 2023 horror movie about a harrowing trip to the depths of the ocean.

So without further ado, here are the three movies worth watching right now in Hulu’s top 10 movies.

This is based on the Hulu top 15 movies and shows as of Thursday, August 29.

BEST MOVIES IN THE HULU TOP 10

'The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat' (2024)

Based on the 2013 novel of the same name, "The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat" stars Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor as Odette, Sanaa Lathan as Barbara Jean and Uzo Aduba as Clarice. This group of friends — dubbed "The Supremes" by Big Earl (Tony Winters), who owns a local restaurant — have been through so much together, with a friendship spanning decades. But now, they must survive the biggest test of their friendship yet.

Because this movie spans decades, many characters have actors playing younger versions of themselves, including Odette, Barbara Jean and Clarice. The acting performances are the primary draw of the movie, but fans of the 2013 novel will also find this to be an enjoyable adaption based on early reviews.

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'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes' (2024)

In the earlier "Planet of the Apes" movies, the ape Caesar rose to power in a world dominated by humans. But in "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes" apes are already the dominant species, with humans either subjugated or left scavenging in the wild.

Set generations following Caesar's rise the ape King, Proximus Caesar (Kevin Durand), has his sights set on further cementing his dominance over apes and humans alike. But when a young ape named Noa (Owen Teague) befriends a human scavenger Mae (Freya Allan), Proximus' plans are thrown into chaos. If you need to catch up on this movie franchise before watching, the previous three movies — "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" and "War for the Planet of the Apes" — are all available on Hulu as well.

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'The Dive' (2023)

It's tough to get more intimate than a story about three friends but this horror film about two sisters only has a cast of five. In "The Dive," May (Louisa Krause) and Drew (Sophie Lowe) set out to a beautiful remote location for a day of diving. However, things go bad fast once a landslide pins one of the sisters 28 meters deep. The other sister must reach the surface for help but only has 20 minutes to return before it's too late.

This movie also features some flashbacks, with Shire Richardson and Stella Uhrig as the younger versions of May and Drew. At just 91 minutes, the movie plays out in real-time, which is always an interesting conceit. Just a quick spoiler warning: don't watch the trailer past the 1:20 mark, as it potentially spoils the movie with a bizarre editing choice.

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