When Hulu first started, most of us used it to just stream the latest episode of our favorite show the days after it aired on TV so that we could stay up to date with the storylines and with our favorite characters. But, as streaming has grown, so has Hulu. These days, they don’t just have all our favorite movies and TV shows that have aired elsewhere, but they also have their own completely original series, too.
Along with their own original shows, Hulu has also produced seasons of popular shows after they got cancelled. Although we love those, today we’re going to be focusing entirely on the completely made by Hulu. There have been quite a few of them, but some of them have become super popular since they landed on the streaming service. We have ten of the best Hulu original series, ranked based on their popularity on IMDb right here, so keep reading to check them out!
Looking For Alaska
Looking For Alaska is a series that premiered on Hulu in 2019. This series is based on the first novel by John Green, published in 2005. This series was almost a movie shortly after it was released, but plans were set aside for 14 years! Meanwhile, other works based on Green’s novels, including The Fault In Our Stars and Paper Towns did hit the silver screen.
The series follows a high school student named Miles who is looking to make his life more interesting and meaningful. In order to do so, he enrolls in a boarding school and leaves behind his ordinary life. There, he makes a new group of friends and falls in love with a mysterious and quirky student named Alaska.
Four Weddings And A Funeral
Four Weddings and a Funeral is a miniseries that was released on Hulu in 2019. This miniseries is based on the movie by the same name and has a total of 10 episodes. This romantic comedy is definitely a fun one for fans of the movie and for people that just love fun and heartfelt TV shows.
Four Weddings and a Funeral is about a group of four American friends who all travel to London to attend a wedding. But, what should be a happy occasion unfortunately isn’t what they had hoped for and things take an upsetting turn. A major bomb is dropped at the altar and the group of friends’ lives are changed forever because of this surprising news and the series follows their lives after.
Devs
The fact that Devs is already among the most popular Hulu originals on IMDb is pretty surprising. Why? Well, this show isn’t actually even out yet. But, this science fiction series, which is set to be released in the spring of 2020, has already built so much hype that fans just can’t stop looking it up, talking about it, and checking out all the teasers and trailers that we’re given.
Devs follows a computer engineer who is investigating a company called Amaya. Lily believes that Amaya had something to do with the disappearance of her boyfriend. Sounds pretty creepy, right? It’s set to have eight episodes and will star Nick Offerman, Sonoya Mizuno, Jin Ha, and Zach Grenier.
The Act
The Act is a series that premiered on Hulu in 2019 with a total of eight episodes in the first season. This series is based on the absolutely horrifying true story of Gypsy Rose Blanchard. This case first caught the Internet’s attention in 2016 after an article detailing Gypsy Rose’s life and her relationship with her mom, Dee Dee, was published and went viral.
In the series, Joey King plays Gypsy Rose, a teenager who wants to live a normal life, but unfortunately can’t because of the host of different illnesses and disabilities that are holding her back and causing her mom to be incredibly overprotective of her. Once she starts to doubt her mom’s intentions, everything changes for Gypsy Rose.
Dollface
Dollface is a comedic series that premiered on Hulu in 2019. This series stars Kat Dennings as Jules, a woman who recently went through a tough breakup. Anyone who has ever been through a breakup will know that moving on from the end of a relationship can be difficult in a lot of ways and no one knows this better than Jules.
The series follows as Jules has to deal with her imagination and her perceptions of the world around her as she tries to go back to her life before she was in a relationship. She has to reconnect with her friends, learn to be single again, and re-enter the world that she left behind when she got into a relationship.
Into The Dark
Into the Dark is an anthology series that began airing on Hulu in 2018. Unlike the other original series that Hulu has produced, this horror anthology is a series of feature length horror movies that are released in line with different holidays. Each episode is about an hour and a half long and has a dark but comedic twist on the holiday that it’s set during.
Some of the holidays that Into the Dark has featured episodes on include Halloween, Christmas, New Year’s Eve, Valentine’s Day, and Mother’s Day. Along with holidays, special events like the back to school season and a father-daughter retreat have also been the focus of episodes.
Reprisal
Reprisal is an original series that began airing on Hulu in December 2019. This series is one that’s perfect for anyone that likes intensely dramatic tales of revenge and it’s not hard to see why it’s already become so popular with viewers since it was released.
This series follows a woman who is out for revenge. Years after she was left for dead, she changes her name and sets out to get together a group of people to help her find her brother and get the revenge she’s been waiting for against his gang, the Brawlers.
Castle Rock
The first season of Castle Rock started streaming on Hulu in 2018. Considering the fact that Stephen King’s novels and the movies based on them are so popular, it’s no surprise that this Hulu original series has become a major hit, too.
Castle Rock is set in a fictional town in Maine and weaves together the stories and characters from a wide variety of different Stephen King stories. For people that just can’t get enough of his terrifying tales and watching IT and Pet Sematary over and over just isn’t doing it, this series is a must.
The Handmaid’s Tale
The Handmaid’s Tale is a Hulu original series that is based on the Margaret Atwood novel of the same name. It landed on the streaming service in 2017 and has been nominated for and won a variety of different awards. Because this series has become such a hit since it was released, it’s no surprise that it’s among the most popular Hulu original shows.
The series is set in Gilead, a totalitarian society in part of what used to be the United States in this dystopian future. Environmental issues have caused the birth rate to plummet and, in order to combat this, wealthy citizens have taken on Handmaids, women that are forced into servitude for wealthy family and give birth for them.
Runaways
Runaways is a superhero series based on the Marvel Comics superhero team by the same name. It premiered on Hulu in 2017 and a total of three seasons aired between 2017 and 2019.
The series follows a group of teenagers who are all forced to come together after they stumble upon some terrible secrets that their parents have been keeping from them throughout their entire lives. These teens decide to work together to figure out what their parents are up to - and how to stop them.
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