The Best Movies Coming To Hulu This May Include ‘Speed,’ ‘Catching Fire’ And ‘Atonement’

Topline

Here are the films coming to Hulu in May with the highest critics scores, ranked by combined Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic ratings.

Key Facts

The Top-Rated Films

1. Once (2007), May 1 (97% Rotten Tomatoes, 90% Metacritic)

2. Saint Omer (2022), May 12 (94% Rotten Tomatoes, 91% Metacritic)

3. Boogie Nights (1997), May 1 (94% Rotten Tomatoes, 85% Metacritic)

4. Speed (1994), May 1 (94% Rotten Tomatoes, 78% Metacritic)

5. (Tie) Best in Show (2000), May 1 (93% Rotten Tomatoes, 78% Metacritic)

5. (Tie) Broker (2022), May 24 (94% Rotten Tomatoes, 77% Metacritic)

7. The Joy Luck Club (1993), May 1 (86% Rotten Tomatoes, 84% Metacritic)

8. Atonement (2007), May 1 (83% Rotten Tomatoes, 85% Metacritic)

9. (Tie) Frank (2014), May 1 (92% Rotten Tomatoes, 75% Metacritic)

9. (Tie) Stan & Ollie (2018), May 1 (92% Rotten Tomatoes, 75% Metacritic)

11. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), May 1 (90% Rotten Tomatoes, 76% Metacritic)

Tangent

The Hunger Games series will hit Hulu six months before prequel film The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, based on the 2020 novel by Suzanne Collins, opens in theaters. The film stars Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Peter Dinklage and Viola Davis and is set 64 years before the events of the first Hunger Games film.

Surprising Fact

Twilight will also join Hulu on May 1, less than two weeks after Lionsgate TV announced plans for a reboot television series based on Stephenie Meyer’s novel series are in the works.

Key Background

The Rotten Tomatoes critics score, known as the Tomatometer, is the percentage of critics who have given the film a positive review. A movie with at least 60% positive reviews is given a fresh tomato, while those with a score of less than 60% are given a splat. Metacritic calculates a weighted average of critics’ reviews, assigning different weights to each critic and publication depending on importance or quality. Scores are displayed in green, yellow or red—indicating favorable, mixed or unfavorable reviews—and films with a score of at least 81% are designated as “must-see.” Both Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic track user ratings and allow users to write reviews, though these are displayed separately from critics’ scores.

Further Reading

Here Are The Best Movies Coming To Hulu In April—Including ‘Bridesmaids,’ ‘Lincoln’ And ‘Shrek’ Films (Forbes)