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The movies and television shows below are the best of what’s coming to Hulu this month—according to me. Because I’m an expert at watching things.
My top pick this month is Interior Chinatown, which looks completely amazing, but there’s also a ton of holiday movies to view, intriguing looking original documentaries like The Honorable Shyne, and the streaming debut of crowd-and-critic pleasing comedy Thelma.
Interior Chinatown, Season 1
Based on Charles Yu’s award-winning book of the same name, Interior Chinatown stars Jimmy O. Yang as Willis Wu, a waiter at a Chinese restaurant and a struggling character actor who is sucked into a world of danger and intrigue. Everything about this show points to it being great: It has an interesting story, unique setting, perfect casting, and the first episode was directed by Taika Waititi. What more reason do you need to give it a look?
Starts streaming Nov. 19.
The Honorable Shyne
Moses Michael Levi Barrow, aka Shyne, is best known for a 1999 nightclub shooting connected Sean Combs. Allegedly, the aspiring rapper took the fall for Puffy and served a 10-year bid in the pen for his trouble. Once freed, he was deported to Belize, but that isn’t the end of Shyne’s story. The Honorable Shyne looks at the shooting, the sentence, and Shyne’s post-prison life in Belizean politics. It’s an amazing story, and if you’re looking for a true tale of redemption, you’ll love this movie.
Starts streaming Nov. 18.
Thelma (2024)
Based on the real-life experiences of director Josh Margolin’s real-life grandmother, Thelma sees the title character, a 93-year-old retiree, transformed into an action hero when she tries to track down the telemarketers who conned her out of her money. Ninety-four year old June Squibb turns in an amazing performance in this heartfelt, hilarious action-comedy, and the cast also includes Parker Posey, Clark Gregg, Richard Roundtree, and Malcolm McDowell. Critics nearly universally agree that Thelma is great, so I bet you’ll like it too.
Starts streaming Nov. 15.
The Stanford Prison Experiment: Unlocking the Truth
We’re past the 50th anniversary of the notorious Stanford Prison experiment, in which undergraduates were tasked with creating an ad-hoc prison in a supposed attempt to explore how societal roles influence behavior. Whether the experiment shined a light on a source of human evil, or was a meaningless sham depends on who you ask, but everyone agrees it was wildly unethical. This documentary series examines the longterm effect of the experiment on its participants and questions the motives of its organizer.
Starts streaming Nov. 14.
It’s All Country
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the first country record release, Hulu is streaming It’s All Country, a six-episode docuseries hosted by country singer Luke Bryan. The aim is to explore the people, moments, and cultural impact of country music on America and the rest of the world, so if you’re into pickup trucks and cowboy hats, park yourself in front of the TV for a 100-year history lesson, son.
Starts streaming Nov. 15.
Top-tier holiday movie pack
On November 27, just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday, Hulu is offering a collection of beloved holiday classics for your viewing pleasure, including Elf, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, and The Polar Express. Below is the full list of S-tier (OK, there’s some A and B-tier in there too) holiday flicks.
Elf (2003)
Four Christmases (2008)
Fred Claus (2007)
Jack Frost (1998)
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989)
The Polar Express (2004)
Starts streaming Nov. 27.
Second-tier holiday movie pack
They can’t all be timeless holiday classics. Throughout the month of November, Hulu is streaming a grip of “pretty good, I guess” Christmas-themed movies to go along with the bangers above, including curiosities like Holiday in Handcuffs, Rotten Tomatoes approved winners like Christmas on the Ranch, and a Royal Corgi Christmas, because dogs should have holidays too, especially dogs with monarchal power.
Christmas on the Ranch (2021)
Holiday in Handcuffs (2007)
The Mistle-Tones (2012)
Same Time, Next Christmas (2019)
Santa’s Little Helper (2015)
Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe (2009)
A Cowboy Christmas Romance (2023)
Christmas at the Golden Dragon (2022)
Christmas in Evergreen: Bells Are Ringing (2020)
Christmas at the Chalet (2023)
A Royal Corgi Christmas (2022)
Release dates scattered throughout the month, but most of them are available on the first.
America’s Cutest Puppies, Season 1
On Nov. 7, you can turn on Hulu and binge an entire season of America’s Cutest Puppies! I have a feeling we’re all going to need some cute puppies that week.
Starts streaming Nov. 7.
Last month’s picks
What We Do in the Shadows, Season 6
This supernatural comedy series has been putting out weird, funny TV for five seasons and built up a loyal fanbase of weirdos eagerly awaiting every episode. Sadly, season 6 is the final season, but happily, there’s a new season of What We Do in the Shadows. This year sees Nadja facing the horror of the corporate world, and the ghoulish gang getting a new roommate, Jerry, who’s been sleeping since 1976.
Starts streaming Oct. 21.
Late Night With the Devil (2023)
In October, lots of casuals say, “what’s a good horror movie?” The answer this year is Late Night With the Devil, and I’m not the only one who thinks so: The movie is sitting at 97% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. Late Night purports to present the videotape of a 1970s TV talk show where a spooky-themed Halloween episode goes terribly, demonically wrong. The pacing is taut, the performances solid, and the period details are absolutely perfect. It’s scary, too, but in a fun way.
Starts streaming Oct. 19.
Mr. Crocket
Mr. Crocket digs into the horror of childhood and the weirdness of kids’ TV. Set in the 1990s, The title character is the star of Mr. Crocket’s World, a kiddie TV show that hides a very dark secret. It seems the host, Mr. Crocket, likes climbing out of the television, into your living room, and taking your children. The mother of a victim is forced to face her own demons to rescue her child from this TV-based monster.
Starts streaming Oct. 11.
Hold Your Breath
In this psychological horror film, Sarah Paulson plays Margaret Bellum, a mother trying to guide her children through the dustbowl disaster in Oklahoma in the 1930s. If the Great Depression wasn’t scary enough, the Bellums are visited by “The Grey Man,” a supernatural entity that travels through the dust and causes its victims to commit horrific crimes. Hold Your Breath pits a mother against the forces of nature, evil, and madness, just in time for Halloween!
Starts streaming Oct. 3.
Rivals
David Tennant and Alex Hassell play the bitter Rivals of the title in an eight-part series set among the crumbling aristocracy of 1980s Great Britain. Hassell plays Rupert Campbell-Black, a member of Parliament and a rake and raconteur. Tennant plays Lord Tony Baddingham, the head of Corinium Television. The two hate each others’ guts in a very British, very rich way, so look for dishy action and scandals in boardrooms and bedrooms.
Starts streaming Oct. 18.
Sting
If you want to confront your deeply buried arachnophobia, check out Sting; it features one scary-ass spider. Alyla Browne plays Charlotte, a rebellious tween who discovers a tiny spider and raises it as a pet, but the little guy doesn’t stop growing and soon becomes a huge flesh-eating monstrosity that targets her family. If you’re a fan of creature-feature flicks that don’t take themselves too seriously, check out Sting.
Starts streaming Oct. 11.
I’ll Haunt You When I’m Dead, season 1
I can’t find much information about this supernatural reality series coming to Hulu for Halloween month, but it has the best title, so I’m using it to represent the metric crap-ton of shows about supposedly real-life paranormal events on offer by Hulu in October. Others on the list include The Haunting Of…, My Ghost Story: Caught on Camera, Stalked by a Ghost, Supernatural Sisters, The UnXplained, UFO Files, The Bermuda Triangle: Into Cursed Waters, Swamp Mysteries, and more. So if this is your bag, you’re going to be on overload all month.
Starts streaming Oct. 1.
Family Guy Halloween Special
Everybody likes Halloween specials right? Family Guy has put out sporadic Halloween episodes over its 23-season run, but this year, they’re making a whole thing about it, like The Simpsons. So if you want to see Stewie’s teddy bear Rupert become a knife-wielding killer, the gang compete in a pumpkin carving contest, and more Family Guy-style Halloween madness, check it out.
Starts streaming Oct. 14.
American Horror Stories: Huluween Event
If you dig shows like Tales from the Crypt and Dark Mirror, check out American Horror Stories. The anthology spin-off of the long-running horror franchise American Horror Story will drop five, spooky, hour-long episodes at once for Halloween, each telling a different dark tale on topics like tapeworms, organ thieves, and jealous artificial intelligences. (I want to watch the one about the tapeworm most.)
Starts streaming Oct. 15.
Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sarah
What kind of jerk would want to mess with quirky, indie-folk duo Tegan and Sarah? “Fegan” (as fans call fake-Tegan) hacked into Tegan’s files and spent 15 years impersonating her in order to trick the band’s fan base into fake friendships and fake romantic relationships. Fanatical digs deeply into the mystery, interviewing victims, experts, and band members, in an effort to track down the person behind the catfish.
Starts streaming Oct. 18.
Carved
Remember back in the 80s and 90s, when horror movies with preposterous premises like Uncle Sam and The Gingerdead Man gathered dust on video store shelves? Carved feels like a throwback to those days. The movie asks, “what if there was an evil killer pumpkin that wanted revenge for all the pumpkins we eviscerate on Halloween?” It’s silly, but knowingly silly, so if you want an over-the-top horror comedy B-movie, check out Carved.
Starts streaming Oct. 21.