In this article, we will take a look at the 5 best movies on Hulu. To see our detailed analysis of the entertainment industry’s outlook alongside some other movies, go directly to the 30 Best Movies on Hulu.
5. 12 Angry Men
IMDB Rating: 9.0
12 Angry Men is a 1957 American courtroom drama film directed by Sidney Lumet, adapted from a 1954 teleplay of the same name by Reginald Rose. Following the closing arguments in a murder trial, the 12 members of the jury must deliberate, with a guilty verdict meaning death for the accused, an inner-city teen. As the dozen men try to reach a unanimous decision while sequestered in a room, one juror casts considerable doubt on elements of the case. Soon, personal rises to threaten the delicate process that will decide one boy’s fate. In 2007, the Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”.
4. The Godfather Part II
IMDB Rating: 9.0
The Godfather Part II is a 1974 American epic crime film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The film is partially based on the 1969 novel The Godfather by Mario Puzo, who co-wrote the screenplay with Coppola, and it is both a sequel and a prequel to the 1972 film The Godfather, presenting parallel dramas: one picks up the 1958 story of Michael Corleone, the new Don of the Corleone family, protecting the family business in the aftermath of an attempt on his life, while the prequel covers the journey of his father, Vito Corleone, from his Sicilian childhood to the founding of his family enterprise in New York City. The film was nominated for eleven Academy Awards, and became the first sequel to win Best Picture.
3. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
IMDB Rating: 9.0
The final instalment in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Return of the King was acclaimed by both critics and audiences, who considered it to be a landmark in filmmaking and the fantasy film genre, with praise for the visual effects, performances, action sequences, direction, screenplay, musical score, costume design and emotional depth. It grossed over $1.1 billion worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film of 2003. The film won 11 Academy Awards at the 2004 Oscar ceremony including Best Picture, sharing the world record for most academy awards received with Ben-Hur and Titanic, and also was the first fantasy film to win Best Picture.
2. The Godfather
IMDB Rating: 9.2
The highest-rated film of the 1970s, and the second-highest-rated on Hulu overall, The Godfather is one of cinema’s most beloved films. Telling the story of the Corleone family, the film follows Don Vito Corleone as he plans to pass the family business to his son Michael. The Godfather is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential films ever made, as well as a landmark of the gangster genre. It was selected for preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 1990, and is ranked the second-greatest film in American cinema by the American Film Institute.
1. The Shawshank Redemption
IMDB Rating: 9.3
Based on a novella by Stephen King, The Shawshank Redemption is a harrowing tale about the triumph of the human spirit. The story follows a banker named Andy Dufresne is sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison for the murders of his wife and her lover and is sentenced to a tough prison. However, only Andy knows he didn’t commit the crimes. While there, he forms a friendship with another inmate, Red. Despite being a box-office disappointment, earning only $16 million during its initial theatrical run, the film received critical acclaim and went on to receive multiple award nominations, including seven Academy Award nominations, and a theatrical re-release that, combined with international takings, increased the film’s box-office gross to $73.3 million.
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