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Malcolm McMillan

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

Hulu Aaron Eckhart Reese Witherspoon

"Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes" (2024).

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. "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes," unsurprisingly, kept its spot in the top 10 from last week. But it's now been joined by a new Aaron Eckhart espionage thriller and a classic Reese Witherspoon romance flick.

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 15.

BEST MOVIES IN THE HULU TOP 10

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

"Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes" continues its reign in the Hulu top 15. This is the fourth movie in the "Planet of the Apes" reboot series that kicked off with "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" in 2011.

"Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes" is set generations following Caesar's rise to power in the earlier movies and shows a world where apes are firmly the dominant species on Earth. One ape King in particular, Proximus Caesar (Kevin Durand), even has sights set on dominating 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 before hitting play, the three direct prequels to this movie — "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, so start watching now.

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'Chief of Station' (2024)

Ben Malloy (Aaron Eckhart) was the Chief of Station for the CIA in Eastern Europe, living a surprisingly idyllic life in Budapest with his wife (Laëtitia Eïdo) — until a cafe bombing led to her untimely death. But it turns out this cafe bombing was no case of disastrous coincidence. Now, he's returned to Budapest to gather evidence and uncover his wife's true killer, but in the process, he uncovers a dark conspiracy he could have never imagined.

If you love an espionage thriller, "Chief of Station" could be worth your time. While positive and negative reviews alike admit that it's a generic spy thriller, not everyone thinks that's a bad thing, and audiences have been relatively positive about the movie. Plus, at just 98 minutes of runtime, you won't need to spend a lot of time with the movie whether you like it or not.

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'Sweet Home Alabama' (2002)

Melanie Carmichael (Reese Witherspoon) is a successful fashion designer in New York who just received a marriage proposal from the wealthy Andrew Hennings (Patrick Dempsey). There's just one problem — she's still married.

In "Sweet Home Alabama" Melanie has to return to her childhood home in Pigeon Creek, Alabama to confront the past she's hidden from and finally get her estranged husband Jake (Josh Lucas) to sign their divorce papers. Will she finally get the life she's dreamed of or will she rediscover her old self now that she's back home? You'll have to watch to find out.

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