Top 10 Movies To Watch This Week on Hulu | July 27-August 2, 2025
So you’re stuck in scrolling purgatory again, huh? Endlessly thumbing through Hulu, hoping something jumps out. We’ve been there. That’s why we pulled together the Top 10 Movies you would actually want to watch this week—no fluff, no filler. Whether you’re into thrillers, rom-coms, or indie gems, there’s something worth hitting play on. Here’s your movie cheat sheet for July 27-August 2, 2025 —because your time is too valuable for another “meh” movie night.
1. The Amateur (2025)
When the system fails, this guy decodes his way to vengeance.
Rami Malek plays a CIA codebreaker whose wife is killed in a terrorist attack—and when the agency shrugs it off, he flips the table. What follows is a slow-burn revenge spiral with encrypted secrets, London backdrops, and a whole lot of “trust no one.”
It’s a grounded spy thriller with brains and bruises, somewhere between Tinker Tailor and The Bourne Identity. And Malek, as always, brings that twitchy intensity that makes you believe he’s two seconds from snapping—or solving a murder.
Low-key, precise, and heavy on the paranoia.
2. High Rollers (2025)
This one has it all: a kidnapped girlfriend, a casino vault, John Travolta in sunglasses. Subtle? Absolutely not.
Travolta plays a high-rolling thief whose latest score gets personal when his girlfriend (Gina Gershon) is taken hostage. He’s got one chance to save her: rob a Vegas casino, dodge the FBI, and outsmart some very angry gangsters.
It’s basically Ocean’s Eleven if everyone in it made worse choices. You’ve got Quavo doing action stuff, glittery suits, and enough neon to blind a raccoon.
It’s dumb. It’s loud. It’s kind of fun—if you’re into that “midnight movie on cable” vibe.
3. The Assessment (2024)
Picture Black Mirror meets a fertility consult.
Elizabeth Olsen and Himesh Patel play a successful couple trying to start a family in a dystopian society where every parent must be evaluated first—over a week-long in-home audit. Alicia Vikander shows up as the icy assessor, and things unravel from there.
The concept is brilliant and deeply creepy: What if the state decided if you were emotionally, physically, and genetically worthy of parenting? And what happens when you start failing the test?
It’s cerebral, tense, and just detached enough to make you uncomfortable in the best way.
4. Locked (2025)
It’s just one guy in a luxury SUV… and somehow it’s terrifying.
Bill Skarsgård plays a car thief who breaks into the wrong vehicle and ends up trapped—literally. The doors won’t open. The voice on the speaker (Anthony Hopkins) won’t stop talking. And the entire thing turns into a sadistic survival game inside a steel coffin.
It’s minimalist horror with Buried vibes and a dash of Saw, minus the gore. The tension’s all in the slow burn and Skarsgård’s total unraveling.
Cramped, cruel, and way more intense than it has any right to be.
5. In the Lost Lands (2025)
Wolves. Witches. Dave Bautista with a sword. This is fantasy turned up to eleven.
Based on a short story by George R.R. Martin, this one drops Milla Jovovich and Bautista into a post-apocalyptic wasteland full of shape-shifters, undead armies, and magic contracts. The mission? Retrieve the power of transformation for a desperate queen—if they survive.
Visually, it’s all grime and fire and weird CGI beasts. Plot-wise, it’s more vibe than logic. But if you like your fantasy gritty and your morals optional, it scratches the Game of Thrones itch.
Messy but wild. And sometimes that’s enough.
6. Distant (2024)
You crash-land on an alien planet, your ship’s trashed, and the only other survivor is stuck in an escape pod a few miles away. No pressure.
Anthony Ramos stars as a stranded asteroid miner trekking across an unfamiliar world, dodging toxic gas and weird creatures, all while trying to stay sane and reach Naomi Scott—who’s alive, but trapped.
It’s a quiet survival story with a sci-fi twist. Less about aliens, more about isolation, grit, and unexpected connection. The Martian, but lonelier.
Simple setup. Big atmosphere. Totally worth the journey.
7. Wrath of Man (2021)
Jason Statham in a Guy Ritchie revenge thriller? Yes please.
He plays a mysterious new hire at a cash truck company—quiet, cold, and really good with a gun. After a brutal robbery attempt, his coworkers start asking questions. And let’s just say, the answers aren’t comforting.
It’s slick, violent, and has just enough mystery to keep you hooked. Ritchie dials down the quips for something grittier here, and it pays off.
If you want cold-blooded vengeance with a side of plot twists, this one hits hard.
8. The Equalizer 3 (2023)
Denzel’s back, and this time he’s taking on the Italian mafia—with espresso in hand.
In the third (and allegedly final) Equalizer chapter, McCall is trying to retire in a quiet coastal town. But when his neighbors get caught up in mob business, he decides retirement can wait. Bad news for the bad guys.
It’s moody, methodical, and deeply satisfying if you’ve been following the series. Denzel doesn’t run—he strolls. And somehow that’s even scarier.
Think John Wick, but more patience and less headshots-per-minute.
9. Back to the Future (1985)
Still holds up. Still iconic. Still the best use of a DeLorean in cinematic history.
Michael J. Fox is Marty McFly, a high school kid who accidentally travels back to 1955 and nearly erases himself from existence. He’s got to get his parents together, avoid his mom’s crush, and get back to the future—with help from one very frantic Doc Brown.
Time travel’s been done a hundred ways since, but nothing beats the original. It’s fast, funny, and genuinely magical.
If you somehow haven’t seen it, fix that. If you have, it’s always rewatchable.
10. Get Away (2024)
Family vacation. Private island. Surprise serial killer. So, not exactly all-inclusive.
Nick Frost and Aisling Bea head a cast of unsuspecting vacationers who find out their remote getaway isn’t as uninhabited as promised. Cue the body count—and some very sharp, very dark humor.
It’s like Midsommar met Hot Fuzz at an Airbnb. Equal parts slasher and satire, with enough blood and awkwardness to make you cancel your next group trip.
Weird, brutal, and way funnier than it should be.
And That’s a Wrap
There you go—ten Hulu picks that cover everything from grief-fueled espionage (The Amateur) to time-traveling teenage chaos (Back to the Future). You’ve got revenge thrillers (Wrath of Man, The Equalizer 3), sci-fi survival stories (Distant), and horror that’ll make you second-guess that scenic Airbnb (Get Away).
In the mood for fantasy? In the Lost Lands delivers shape-shifters and swords. Craving dystopian drama? The Assessment goes full clinical nightmare. And if your thing is messy heists and Travolta in a velvet blazer? High Rollers is waiting.
Whether you want action, aliens, witches, or just Denzel calmly dismantling organized crime—Hulu’s lineup this week has some serious variety.
Pop some popcorn. Cancel your plans. Let the binge begin.
