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

Weekend watchlist time! Hulu’s lineup lately has mixed fresh festival titles, pulse-quick thrillers, music documentaries, and a few high-profile indies—plenty to fill a couple of evenings on the couch. To make it easy, here’s a hand-picked batch pulled from this month’s drops, focusing first on the newest arrivals, followed by noteworthy originals and recent standouts.

Below, you’ll find what each project is about and who made it, with cast and crew details to help you decide what to cue up first. It’s a friendly mix of action, biography, documentary, and dark comedy—just the right spread for a weekend sampler.

‘Valiant One’ (2025)

A modern military thriller from director Steve Barnett, ‘Valiant One’ follows a U.S. Army helicopter team whose mission goes wrong near the Korean Demilitarized Zone, stranding survivors who must move covertly through hostile terrain while protecting a high-value civilian specialist. The story is credited to Steve Barnett and Daniel Myrick, with the screenplay by Barnett and Eric Tipton.

The ensemble includes Chase Stokes, Lana Condor, Desmin Borges, Callan Mulvey, Jonathan Whitesell, and Daniel Jun. Key contributions behind the camera come from cinematographer Daniel Stilling and composer Benjamin Backus, with the production mounted by Monarch Media and partners.

‘Gloria Gaynor: I Will Survive’ (2025)

This documentary profiles the five-decade career of Gloria Gaynor, tracing the creation and legacy of the signature hit ‘I Will Survive’ alongside personal reinventions and later gospel work. It weaves archival footage with new interviews to chart milestones from early club performances to continued touring.

The production gathers collaborators, industry peers, and family voices to frame Gaynor’s artistry within dance-music history and faith-driven projects. Structured around career inflection points and studio sessions, it’s produced by Storyville Entertainment with a feature-length, interview-driven approach.

‘Alone’ (2025)

‘Alone’ centers on Felicia, a domestic-violence survivor trying to endure pandemic lockdown while a menacing figure known only as “Black Boots” seems to stalk her. The narrative leans on claustrophobic interiors and a subjective point of view to keep the threat unnervingly close.

The film is co-written and co-directed by Mandi Mellen and Dan Salem, with Mellen starring as Felicia alongside Dan Salem, Princess Punzalan, Emily Jira, Kathy Ann Wittes, Rahul Chakraborty, and Doug Hurley. Developed through their indie banner, it expands on earlier short-form teasers into a feature-length psychological chiller.

‘Swiped’ (2025)

A biographical drama, ‘Swiped’ dramatizes the arc of entrepreneur Whitney Wolfe Herd—from early days in tech, to departing Tinder, to launching Bumble and its women-first product philosophy. The story follows the creation, scaling, and public scrutiny around the platform’s growth.

Rachel Lee Goldenberg writes and directs, with Lily James portraying Wolfe Herd and Dan Stevens as Andrey Andreev. The ensemble includes Myha’la, Jackson White, Ben Schnetzer, Pierson Fodé, Clea DuVall, Dermot Mulroney, Ian Colletti, Pedro Correa, Coral Peña, Joely Fisher, Dan Bakkedahl, and Ciara Bravo, with Doug Emmett on cinematography, Julia Wong editing, and a score by Chanda Dancy.

‘Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery’ (2025)

This feature documentary chronicles the rise of the all-female touring festival launched by Sarah McLachlan, mapping how the tour reshaped the live-music landscape for women artists. Interviews and archival material track a lineup that spotlighted performers such as McLachlan, Sheryl Crow, Erykah Badu, Jewel, Bonnie Raitt, Brandi Carlile, and Emmylou Harris, with contemporary reflections from younger stars.

Directed by Ally Pankiw and produced by Dan Levy and Christina Piovesan, the film assembles concert footage, backstage moments, and new sit-downs into a tightly edited chronology. Nina Djacic serves as cinematographer, with editing by Eamonn O’Connor, Navin Harrilal, Peter Mishara, and Omar Majeed.

‘Sister Midnight’ (2025)

Set in Mumbai, ‘Sister Midnight’ follows Uma, a newly married woman whose life with her husband Gopal veers into darkly comic, surreal territory as unsettling nocturnal urges and watchful neighbors upend their routine. The narrative blends black comedy and psychological-horror elements as Uma’s private turmoil starts to spill into public view.

Written and directed by Karan Kandhari, the film stars Radhika Apte as Uma with Ashok Pathak as Gopal, alongside Chhaya Kadam and Smita Tambe. It uses tight spaces, observational camerawork, and an escalating sense of unease to track Uma’s predicament.

‘I Don’t Understand You’ (2025)

In ‘I Don’t Understand You’, married couple Dom and Cole road-trip across rural Italy while navigating adoption logistics, a language barrier, and a cascade of mishaps that turn increasingly serious. The story balances travel complications with mounting stakes as the pair struggle to get help in unfamiliar surroundings.

The film is written and directed by David Joseph Craig and Brian Crano. Nick Kroll and Andrew Rannells lead the cast, with the production shaped as a darkly comic travel misadventure from Pinky Promise.

‘Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster’ (2025)

This documentary reconstructs the 2023 implosion of the Titan submersible during a dive to the Titanic wreck site, tracing preparations, the loss of contact, and the multi-agency search that followed. It examines the mission timeline, technical constraints, and decision points that became central to the investigation.

Produced with interviews, technical briefings, and archival material, the film explores design considerations, regulatory questions, and communications during the expedition. It places the voyage within the broader context of extreme-depth tourism and risk management.

‘Jackdaw’ (2024)

Set over a single night in England’s North East, ‘Jackdaw’ follows a former motocross champion and army veteran who takes a risky pickup job in the North Sea that spirals into danger for him and his family. The action plays out across coastal roads, industrial yards, and offshore hand-offs as the job unravels.

Written and directed by Jamie Childs in his feature debut, the film stars Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Jenna Coleman, Thomas Turgoose, and Rory McCann. Will Baldy handles cinematography, David Fisher edits, and the score is by Deadly Avenger and Si Begg, with production from Anton and Never / Sleep Pictures in association with North East Screen.

‘The Surfer’ (2024)

‘The Surfer’ is a psychological thriller from director Lorcan Finnegan and writer Thomas Martin. It follows a father who returns with his son to a favored beach and finds himself targeted by territorial locals, turning a confrontation on the sand into a sustained battle of wills.

Nicolas Cage leads the cast, with supporting performances from Julian McMahon, Miranda Tapsell, Nic Cassim, Alexander Bertrand, and Justin Rosniak. Radek Ładczuk serves as cinematographer and François Tétaz provides the score, with production backed by Arenamedia, Lovely Productions, Saturn Films, and Tea Shop Productions.

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