New on Hulu in September 2026

Hulu adds 30 movies in September 2026, led by 12 Angry Men, Inglourious Basterds and Fargo. Ten landed on the first of the month and 19 more in one drop on September 5, the Creed trilogy among them. Another 23 titles leave before the end of the month, Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood and Guy Ritchie's The Covenant among them.

Every title below is live on Hulu in the US, and the full shelf updates daily on the Hulu what-to-watch page.

The best of the new arrivals

1. 12 Angry Men (1957)

97 min · IMDb 9.0 · RT 100 · Metascore 97 · September 5

The best-reviewed arrival of the month, and it is not close: a 100 on Rotten Tomatoes and a 97 Metascore, with an 8.6 on TMDB from 10,286 votes behind it. A jury room, a murder charge, the death penalty on the table, and one juror who will not vote guilty yet. Based on the play, and nearly all of it happens in one room.

2. Inglourious Basterds (2009)

153 min · IMDb 8.4 · RT 89 · Metascore 69 · September 5

Occupied France in the Second World War. A squad of Jewish-American soldiers hunts Nazis behind the lines, a resistance plot runs through Paris, and the two meet at the end. Guerrilla warfare, and a lot of talking before the violence.

3. Fargo (1996)

98 min · IMDb 8.1 · RT 95 · Metascore 88 · September 5

Minnesota in winter. A car salesman drowning in debt hires two men to kidnap his wife so his rich father-in-law will pay the ransom, and the plan comes apart almost immediately. The police follow the bodies from North Dakota back to Minnesota. Dark comedy on top of a crime story.

4. Coraline (2009)

100 min · IMDb 7.8 · RT 91 · Metascore 80 · September 1

The best of the September 1 batch. A girl finds a small door in her family's new house, and on the other side is a better version of her life run by a mother with buttons for eyes. Stop-motion, based on the novel, and pitched as horror for children, talking cat included.

5. Thelma & Louise (1991)

130 min · IMDb 7.6 · RT 87 · Metascore 89 · September 5

Two friends leave for a weekend trip, a killing in self-defense in Arkansas turns it into a run down the highway with the police a step behind, a robbery along the way, and the Grand Canyon at the end. Road movie, crime. The second-highest Metascore of the month, behind only 12 Angry Men.

6. Creed (2015)

133 min · IMDb 7.6 · RT 95 · Metascore 82 · September 2

Rocky Balboa comes back as a trainer for Adonis Johnson, son of his old rival Apollo Creed. Philadelphia gyms, underground fights in Mexico, and a cancer diagnosis in the corner. Landed on September 2, three days before its two sequels, and its 95 on Rotten Tomatoes ties Fargo.

7. The School of Rock (2003)

110 min · IMDb 7.2 · RT 92 · Metascore 82 · September 5

A guitarist fired from his own band fakes his way into a substitute teaching job at a private elementary school and turns the class into a rock band for a battle of the bands. Comedy with an actual concert at the end. A 92 on Rotten Tomatoes for a family film.

8. Creed II (2018)

130 min · IMDb 7.1 · RT 83 · Metascore 66 · September 5

The sequel. Los Angeles this time, and the challenger is a fighter whose family history is tangled up with his own, so the rivalry gets settled overseas. Critics cooled from the first film, from 95 to 83.

9. The Bob's Burgers Movie (2022)

102 min · IMDb 7.0 · RT 87 · Metascore 75 · September 1

A water main bursts and a sinkhole opens in front of the restaurant, which kills the summer. Bob and Linda fight to keep the place open while the kids work a crime scene at the carnival next door. Based on the TV series, with a stinger after the credits.

10. Sixteen Candles (1984)

93 min · IMDb 7.0 · RT 81 · Metascore 61 · September 5

A sixteenth birthday that the whole family forgets because of her sister's wedding. A crush on an older boy, a nerd who will not go away, an exchange student, and a borrowed convertible. High school comedy from 1984, and the shortest film in the top ten.

Also arriving

• My Old Ass (2024). 89 min · RT 90 · Drama, Comedy · September 5.
  An eighteenth-birthday mushroom trip puts a girl across the table from her 39-year-old self, warnings included. Coming-of-age comedy set in Canada.
• Sinister (2012). 110 min · RT 64 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · September 1.
  A true-crime writer moves into the house where the last family died and finds a box of home movies in the attic. Supernatural horror with the power going out at the wrong moments.
• The Boxtrolls (2014). 97 min · RT 78 · Fantasy, Animation, Comedy · September 1.
  Stop-motion: a boy raised in the sewers by trolls who wear cardboard boxes takes on the exterminator hunting them. Stay through the credits.
• All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989). 84 min · RT 46 · Fantasy, Animation, Drama · September 5.
  A casino-owning dog is murdered by his rival, lands in heaven, and cons his way back down for revenge. New Orleans, 1989, animated.
• Creed III (2023). 116 min · RT 89 · Drama, Action · September 5.
  A childhood friend walks out of prison and wants the title shot he never got. Third in the series, and it landed the same day as the second.
• The Accountant² (2025). 133 min · RT 75 · Thriller, Crime, Mystery · September 5.
  An old acquaintance is murdered, the accountant takes the case, and he brings his brother, who kills people for a living. Sequel, whodunit, 2025.
• House of Gucci (2021). 158 min · RT 62 · Drama, History, Crime · September 5.
  An outsider marries into the Gucci family and the marriage comes apart in public, then in court. Based on the true story, and at 158 minutes the longest arrival of the month.
• Signal One (2026). 87 min · TMDB 6.6 · Sci-Fi, Mystery · September 5.
  A tech billionaire, a private island facility, and first contact. A 2026 science fiction release with only 43 votes so far.
• Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018). 129 min · RT 47 · Adventure, Action, Thriller · September 1.
  The island's volcano erupts, the rescue mission is for the dinosaurs, and the genetic engineering plot takes the series off the island for good.
• Casper (1995). 100 min · RT 59 · Fantasy, Comedy, Family · September 1.
  A ghost therapist and his teenage daughter move into a haunted mansion in Maine, and the one friendly ghost in the building falls for the daughter. Based on the comic.
• Hackers (1995). 105 min · RT 34 · Drama, Action, Thriller · September 5.
  Teenage hackers in 1995 New York, a computer virus, and the Secret Service on their tail. A 34 from critics, and it plays like a time capsule now.
• Amsterdam (2022). 134 min · RT 32 · Drama, Comedy, Mystery · September 1.
  A doctor, a nurse and a lawyer witness a murder in the 1930s, get framed for it, and pull on a thread that leads to a political conspiracy. Period mystery played partly for comedy.
• Lakeview Terrace (2008). 110 min · RT 44 · Drama, Thriller, Crime · September 1.
  An interracial couple buy their first house in California, and the LAPD officer next door disapproves of them. A neighbor thriller, not a horror film.
• Gnomeo & Juliet (2011). 84 min · RT 55 · Animation, Family · September 1.
  Romeo and Juliet with garden gnomes, the feud running across a fence between two neighbors. Animated.
• Starship Troopers: Invasion (2012). 89 min · TMDB 5.9 · Animation, Action, Sci-Fi · September 5.
  Space marines against a bug attack at a Federation outpost, in adult CG animation. A spin-off of the film series.
• The Beverly Hillbillies (1993). 93 min · RT 26 · Comedy, Family · September 5.
  Oil turns up on the Arkansas property and the family moves to Beverly Hills. Based on the TV series, with a 26 from critics, the lowest of the month.
• Hannibal (2001). 131 min · TMDB 6.8 · Drama, Thriller, Crime · September 5.
  The sequel. Lecter is living in Venice as an art scholar until the FBI catches up with him. Based on the novel.
• Tlatelolco, Summer of 68' (2013). 105 min · TMDB 6.5 · Drama, Romance · September 5.
  Mexico City before the 1968 Olympics, student protests in the streets, and a romance across them. Only 32 votes.
• Abel (2010). 83 min · TMDB 7.0 · Drama, Comedy · September 1.
  A nine-year-old decides he is the man of the house while his father is gone, and the family goes along with it. Then a man arrives claiming to be the father. Only 31 votes.
• A Heartland Christmas (2010). 86 min · TMDB 7.8 · Family, TV Movie · September 5.
  Starving horses cut off by an avalanche in the Rockies, and a Christmas rescue. A TV movie from the series.

Leaving Hulu in September 2026

23 movies leave Hulu in September. These are the ones worth catching first.

• Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019). 162 min · RT 86 · Drama, Comedy, Thriller · Leaves September 25.
  The highest Metascore and the most votes on either list. Los Angeles in 1969: a fading TV cowboy, his stunt double, and the Manson family up the hill. Long, and it uses the time.
• Guy Ritchie's The Covenant (2023). 123 min · RT 82 · Action, Thriller, War · Leaves September 16.
  An Afghan interpreter drags a wounded US sergeant across enemy ground, and the sergeant goes back when the promised visa never comes. Watch this before Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood: 39 minutes shorter, both past 80 on Rotten Tomatoes, and it leaves nine days earlier.
• Dog (2022). 101 min · RT 77 · Drama, Comedy · Leaves September 16.
  An Army Ranger drives a Belgian Malinois down the Pacific coast to a funeral. Road trip comedy with the war trauma sitting underneath it. Leaves the same day as The Covenant.
• Color Out of Space (2020). 111 min · RT 86 · Horror, Thriller, Sci-Fi · Leaves September 10.
  A meteorite lands in the yard of a New England farm and the land, the well and the family start to change. Based on the short story, Necronomicon included, and an 86 from critics.
• Boy Kills World (2024). 111 min · RT 59 · Action, Thriller, Crime · Leaves September 10.
  A deaf-mute orphan is trained by a shaman to kill the dynasty that murdered his family. Arcade-style gore, one man against an army, and a stinger in the credits.
• The Square (2017). 151 min · TMDB 6.8 · Drama · Leaves September 10.
  A Stockholm museum curator, a stolen phone, and a new exhibit that goes wrong in public. Art-world satire, and the second-longest film on either list.
• Camp Rock (2008). 94 min · RT 50 · Music, Family, TV Movie · Leaves September 22.
  A summer-camp musical about an aspiring singer, a rock star, and a lie that gets out of hand. The sequel leaves the same day.
• Underworld: Blood Wars (2016). 91 min · RT 21 · Fantasy, Horror, Action · Leaves September 9.
  The lowest score on either list, and the first to go. Vampires against werewolves again, with a betrayal, a hybrid, and an Uzi.

Pick one without the scroll

Thirty arrivals and 23 departures is plenty to argue over. Start a Hulu swipe room, send the link to whoever is on the couch, and let the matches decide. Then stock up from the concessions machine and press play.