Best Movies to Stream this Weekend on Hulu, Including ‘The Sixth Sense’

If your queue needs a quick refresh, Hulu just dropped a stack of films spanning horror, action, comedy, and animation—perfect for a low-effort movie marathon. You’ll find new genre entries alongside franchise favorites and modern cult hits, so you can bounce from creature features to martial-arts showdowns and still have time for a classic twisty thriller before bed.

Pulling from the newest arrivals this week, here are ten films to line up first. The picks are ordered with the most recent releases up top, followed by notable highlights and enduring staples further down the list.

‘Bloody Axe Wound’ (2024)

A horror-comedy from director Matthew John Lawrence, ‘Bloody Axe Wound’ follows teenager Abbie Bladecut in the small town of Clover Falls, where her dad secretly films real murders behind the front of a video store. Sari Arambulo leads the cast as Abbie, with Billy Burke as her father Roger and Jeffrey Dean Morgan appearing as Butch Slater, as the story digs into family secrets and a town’s grisly side hustle.

The film plays with slasher conventions while threading in high-school crushes and the pressure of inheriting a violent legacy. Lawrence wrote the script, and the production team includes Hilarie Burton among its producers, rounding out a project that mixes genre mayhem with coming-of-age complications.

‘Werewolves’ (2024)

‘Werewolves’ puts a scientific twist on a full-moon nightmare, centering on a team racing to contain a lycanthropic outbreak triggered by an astronomical event. Frank Grillo stars as Wesley, a scientist forced into combat readiness, with Katrina Law as Amy and Ilfenesh Hadera as Lucy as the group pieces together how to survive a city under siege.

Directed by Steven C. Miller from a script by Matthew Kennedy, the film balances military response beats with rapid creature-feature escalation. The supporting cast includes Lou Diamond Phillips as Dr. Aranda, positioning the ensemble around lab decisions, field tactics, and the ethics of containment during a crisis.

‘Mafia Mamma’ (2023)

In ‘Mafia Mamma’, an American mom unexpectedly inherits her grandfather’s Italian crime family and is whisked overseas to figure out how to lead an organization she barely understands. Toni Collette headlines as Kristin, with Monica Bellucci as consigliere Bianca and Rob Huebel among the supporting cast as the family grapples with succession and rival factions.

Catherine Hardwicke directs from a screenplay by Michael J. Feldman and Debbie Jhoon, steering a fish-out-of-water premise through mob politics, security protocols, and uneasy alliances. The film uses inheritance and power-transfer mechanics to push Kristin from suburban routine into boardroom negotiations and truce-table stand-offs.

‘Barbarian’ (2022)

‘Barbarian’ follows a traveler who discovers her Detroit rental is double-booked, only to find the house hides far more than a scheduling error. Georgina Campbell stars as Tess, with Bill Skarsgård as Keith and Justin Long as AJ, as the narrative reveals a hidden structure beneath the property and a history that recontextualizes every choice the characters make.

Written and directed by Zach Cregger, the film layers discovery sequences, urban-planning nods, and missing-persons backstory into a tight timeline. Matthew Patrick Davis appears as The Mother, a presence that links the property’s past to the characters’ present and drives the story’s descent into the house’s off-limits areas.

‘Underwater’ (2020)

Set in a deep-sea drilling complex, ‘Underwater’ tracks a crew’s emergency trek across a damaged station after a catastrophic event compromises the structure. Kristen Stewart leads as engineer Norah Price, with Vincent Cassel as captain Lucien and Jessica Henwick, Mamoudou Athie, and John Gallagher Jr. rounding out the crew as they navigate pressure hazards, decompression threats, and hostile lifeforms.

William Eubank directs from a script by Brian Duffield and Adam Cozad, staging escape-and-repair beats through pressurized corridors and flooded modules. Production emphasizes dive suits, drilling infrastructure, and emergency protocols, turning the facility’s schematics into a survival map as the team encounters organisms disturbed by the quake.

‘Master Z: Ip Man Legacy’ (2018)

Set after Cheung Tin Chi’s defeat by Ip Man, ‘Master Z: Ip Man Legacy’ follows the wing chun practitioner as he tries to live a quiet life before being pulled into conflicts with triads and foreign criminals. Max Zhang stars as Tin Chi, with Michelle Yeoh as Sister Yee, Dave Bautista as Owen Davidson, and Tony Jaa in a standout role as a street fighter.

Directed by Yuen Woo-ping, the film emphasizes bar-street setpieces, wire-assisted choreography, and weapon work tied to turf disputes. Edmond Wong wrote the screenplay, with Raymond Wong producing, extending the Ip Man universe while focusing on a different master’s code, family obligations, and neighborhood stakes.

‘Ice Age: Collision Course’ (2016)

In ‘Ice Age: Collision Course’, Scrat’s space mishap sends an asteroid toward Earth, prompting Manny, Sid, Diego, and the herd to seek a scientific solution to avert disaster. Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, and Denis Leary return to lead the voice cast, with Simon Pegg back as Buck as the group consults ancient geodesic sites and cosmic clues.

Michael Thurmeier and Galen T. Chu direct, with a screenplay by Michael Berg and Yoni Brenner and production led by Lori Forte. The film folds in natural-history gags, family milestones, and physics-flavored problem-solving as the ensemble tracks planetary trajectories and follows maps pointing to survival tech from a bygone era.

‘The Last Witch Hunter’ (2015)

‘The Last Witch Hunter’ follows Kaulder, an immortal tasked with maintaining a fragile peace between witches and humanity after defeating a powerful Queen whose influence lingers centuries later. Vin Diesel stars as Kaulder, with Rose Leslie as Chloe, Michael Caine as Dolan, and Elijah Wood as a younger Dolan navigating archival orders and fieldwork.

Directed by Breck Eisner from a script by Cory Goodman and others, the film blends modern New York settings with coven hierarchies, spellcraft, and long-term surveillance of supernatural threats. The production leans on practical effects, occult artifacts, and ritual logic to explore how an immortal enforcer coordinates with a clerical guild.

‘The Sixth Sense’ (1999)

In ‘The Sixth Sense’, a child psychologist works with a young boy who reports seeing the dead, a case that challenges the doctor’s methods and personal life. Bruce Willis stars as Malcolm Crowe, with Haley Joel Osment as Cole Sear and Toni Collette as Lynn Sear, anchoring a story that pieces together clues from therapy sessions and domestic routines.

Written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, the film’s structure uses clinical notes, ghost-sighting accounts, and environmental details to build toward a famous reveal. Production credits include Frank Marshall among the producers and a supporting turn by Donnie Wahlberg, with the Philadelphia setting contributing to the film’s atmosphere.

‘Die Hard with a Vengeance’ (1995)

‘Die Hard with a Vengeance’ teams NYPD detective John McClane with Harlem shop owner Zeus Carver when a bomber forces the city into a series of timed challenges. Bruce Willis returns as McClane, with Samuel L. Jackson as Zeus and Jeremy Irons as antagonist Simon, as the pair criss-cross boroughs solving riddles while the department coordinates response units.

John McTiernan directs from a screenplay by Jonathan Hensleigh, shifting the series’ formula into a city-wide chase that blends bomb-squad procedures with heist mechanics. The cast includes Graham Greene, while the production employs New York locations and stunt coordination to stage setpieces tied to transit, public spaces, and police logistics.

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