With more movies and classic TV shows being added, Hulu has positioned themselves as a serious alternative to Netflix, and not just a catch-up service for the latest TV shows. It's a new month and so it's time again to take a look at what's going to be happening on Hulu for the month of July.
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It can't be denied that, at its heart, Hulu is still more about TV, and like most streaming services these days, the push to create good original content is seen as a priority. Hulu has already achieved that with 'The Handmaid's Tale', and it's trying again with 'Castle Rock', premiering on July 25. A series produced by none other than J. J. Abrams, it delves right into the universe created by author Stephen King, this psychological horror series has been eagerly anticipated by King fans. And if the name of the series sounds familiar to you, then it's because it's the fictional town that has become the setting for several of King's hits, including 'Cujo', 'The Dead Zone', and also referenced in 'Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption', 'Under the Dome' and 'The Body', the latter of which was adapted into the film 'Stand By Me'. And the production company that formed after the success of that film was named, you guessed it, Castle Rock Entertainment (which also adapted other Stephen King novels into film, including 'Misery', 'The Shawshank Redemption' and 'The Green Mile'). Something for the trivia fans.
Apart from that, there are actually tons of new TV seasons coming to Hulu, and to highlight just a few, we have 'UnREAL' season 3 coming on July 2 and 'The Last Ship' season 4 coming on July 20.
Hulu has been aggressively addressing its main weakness from before, and that's their movie library. Once just an afterthought, it now rivals and maybe even beats many of its rivals. Again, there are too many highlights to mention, but for royal enthusiasts, many newly minted members thanks to Netflix's 'The Crown', 'Victoria & Abdul' (July 28) tells a part of history that's both interesting and controversial (at that time, at least).
You either hate or love Woody Allen movies, and that's probably true again for 'Midnight in Paris' (July 1). Even if you hate his films, you still have to admire the craftsmanship and nuance that goes into the making of them.
And in the list of "movies that I really should watched", 'A.I. Artificial Intelligence', 'American Psycho', 'Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure', 'Dead Man Walking', 'Election', 'Pretty in Pink', and 'This is Spinal Tap' all arrive on July 1.
As usual, some great stuff will be leaving Hulu at the end of the month, including the just arrived 'Braveheart', 'Steel Magnolias' and 'Traffic'.
Here's a complete list of new content coming to Hulu in July (note that it does not include continuing series, just new content and premiers, and does not include content that comes with additional subscriptions to HBO and Showtime).
Available July 1
20 Weeks
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai across the 8th Dimension
All Is Lost
Alone: Season 3
Alpha and Omega
Alpha and Omega: Dino Dogs
Alpha and Omega: The Big Fuhreeze
Alpha and Omega: The Great World Games
American Pickers: Season 17
American Psycho
American Psycho 2
American Ripper: Season 1
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Analyze That
Analyze This
Ancient Top 10: Season 1
And God Created Woman
Angel Heart
Assassination
At Middleton
Avenging Force
Bad News Bears
Barbie and the Three Musketeers
Barbie in a Mermaid Tale 2
Barfly
Beautiful Boy
Before Midnight
Beyond Borders
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure
Billy Madison
Bloodsport
Body Count
Bound
Braveheart
The Brothers Bloom
Cadillac Man
Chasing Amy
Clear and Present Danger
Closing Gambit
Clue
The Curse of Oak Island: Season 4
Cyborg
Dead Man Walking
Delta Force
Disaster Movie
Doomsday Preppers: Season 2
Double Jeopardy
Dr. T and the Women
Election
The Eternal
Everybody’s Fine
Evolution
Forged in Fire: Season 4
The Fourth War
Gangland Undercover: Season 2
Get Real
Go
Hoarders: Season 8
The Honeymooners
House Arrest
The Hunt for the Zodiac Killer: Season 1
Hustle & Flow
Incident at Loch Ness
The Indian in the Cupboard
Intervention: Season 17
Invaders from Mars
Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back
Jeepers Creepers
John Grisham’s The Rainmaker
Just Before I Go
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
The Ladies Man
Ladybugs
Last Castle
The Legend of Bagger Vance
Le Ride
The Librarians: Season 4
Little Women: Atlanta: Season 3
Little Women: Dallas: Seasons 1-2
The Lost Wife of Robert Durst
The Manchurian Candidate
Masters of the Universe
Maximum Overdrive
The Mechanic (1972)
Midnight in Paris
Mimic
Monkey Shines: An Experiment in Fear
The Monster Squad
The Murder of Laci Peterson: Season 1
Murphy’s Law
Next
Number One with a Bullet
One Direction: This is Us
Oscar Pistorius: Blade Runner Killer
P.O.W. the Escape
Patriot Games
Pawn
Pawn Stars: Seasons 13-14
The Phantom
Pretty in Pink
Project Runway: Season 16
Rabbit Hole
The Rundown
Sahara
Sex Drive
Six Shooter
Sleepers
Snake Eyes
Stephen King’s Graveyard Shift
Stephen King’s Silver Bullet
Street Smart
Superstar
This is Spinal Tap
Trade
When Sharks Attack: Seasons 1-3
Who Killed Tupac?: Season 1
Wicked Tuna: Season 5
Witness
Wooly Boys
July 2
UnREAL: Season 3
July 3
Borg Vs. McEnroe
July 6
Beat Bobby Flay: Seasons 4-5
Bobby Flay’s Barbecue Addiction: Season 4
Burgers, Brew & Que’: Seasons 1-2
Chopped Junior: Seasons 2-3
Diners, Drive-ins and Dives: Seasons 24-25
Food Network Star Kids: Season 10
Heart of Nuba
Keeping up with the Kardashians: Season 14
Kids Baking Championship: Season 3
Kids BBQ Championship: Season 1
Man Finds Food: Season 1
Man Fire Food: Seasons 4-5
Teen Titans Go!: Season 4b
The League of Gentlemen: Seasons 1-4
You’re the Worst: Season 4
July 8
Alpha and Omega: Journey to Dog Kingdom
Mary Kills People: Season 2
July 9
In a World
Serena
July 10
Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds
Cover Versions
Zombie Spring Breakers
July 11
Harlots: Season 2
July 13
Build Small, Live Anywhere: Season 1
Chopped: Seasons 18 and 29
Cutthroat Kitchen: Season 10
Flea Market Flip: Season 5
Ghost Adventures: Season 7
Home Town: Season 1
House Hunters: Season 109
Iron Chef Gauntlet: Season 1
Letterkenny: Seasons 1-2
Love It or List It, Too: Seasons 6-7
Property Brothers: Buying & Selling: Season 5
Restaurant: Impossible: Seasons 12-13
July 14
Better Things: Season 2
July 17
Sharp Edges
July 20
Ballet Now
Embrace of the Serpent
The Last Ship: Season 4
This Country: Seasons 1-2
Trial & Error: Season 2
July 21
Justice League Action: Season 1
Status Update
July 22
Leaning into the Wind
July 24
The Thundermans: Season 4
July 25
Alone Together: Season 2
Black Cop
Castle Rock
Real Humans
July 27
The Glass Castle
July 28
Friends with Kids
Victoria & Abdul
July 30
Before We Vanish
The Wrecking Crew
July 31
Casual: Season 4
Into the Blue
Leaving July 31
3 Ways to Get a Husband
A Very Brady Sequel
Baby Boom
Barefoot
Body of Evidence
Braveheart
Bride and Prejudice
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Cheech & Chong’s Next Movie
Dirty Pretty Things
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Eight Millimeter
Emperor
Felony
Flashback
Foxfire
Funny About Love
Hackers
Hellbenders 3D
Hustle & Flow
Love Is a Gun
Malena
Man of the House
Mansfield Park
Never Back Down
New Guy
Ninja Masters
Planet of the Apes
Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown
Rustlers’ Rhapsody
School Ties
Starting Out in the Evening
Steel Magnolias
Strategic Air Command
Swan Princess: Royally Undercover
Throw Momma From the Train
To Rome With Love
Traffic
Ultimate Avengers 2
Untamed Heart
Wayne’s World 2
Windwalker
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Xxx: State of the Union
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