There’s no shortage of series and mini-series to watch across streaming platforms, with new content being added on the regular. Simply choosing what to watch next can become a challenge in and of itself. While Hulu is widely known for being the home of The Handmaid’s Tale, the platform also hosts a heap of high-quality series for your binging pleasure.
For this list, we’ve chosen the best shows and mini-series currently available on Hulu and ordered them based on their most recent IMDB score. We’ve also included each show’s Rotten Tomatoes score for ease of reference. Make sure to bookmark this page, as we’ll update this guide every three months to ensure we give you the most up-to-date recommendations.
Top 30 Best and Highest Rated Hulu Shows of all time
1. McCartney 3,2,1 (2021)
This Emmy-nominated series takes the viewer down memory lane with the former Beatles member, Paul McCartney.
Official premise: 2021 Six Episode Series on Hulu: Producer Rick Rubin interviews Paul McCartney on his work with the Beatles, Wings, and as a solo artist, including stories about his personal relationships that inspired his songwriting.
Cast: Paul McCartney, Rick Rubin
IMDB Rating: 8.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 97%
2. Dopesick (2021)
A Hulu original, Dopesick gives a fictionalized account of a non-fiction namesake book by Beth Macy. The series received widespread critical acclaim and won three Emmy awards.
Official premise: The series takes viewers to the epicenter of America’s struggle with opioid addiction, from the boardrooms of Purdue Pharma to a distressed Virginia mining community, to the hallways of the DEA.
Cast: Michael Keaton, Peter Sarsgaard, Michael Stuhlbarg
IMDB Rating: 8.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 89%
3. Futurama (1999–2023)
Futurama has been around for just over two decades and all 11 seasons are available to binge on Hulu. Over the years, the adult animation series won over 30 awards.
Official premise: Philip J. Fry, a pizza delivery boy, is accidentally frozen in 1999 and thawed out on New Year’s Eve 2999.
Cast: Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Tress MacNeille, Maurice LaMarche
IMDB Rating: 8.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 95%
4. The Handmaid’s Tale (2017– )
Based on the novel of the same name by Margaret Attwood, The Handmaid’s Tale just concluded its fifth season, with a sixth and final one confirmed. The highly popular series won a multitude of accolades since it premiered in 2017.
Official premise: Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship.
Cast: Elisabeth Moss, Joseph Fiennes, Yvonne Strahovski, Samira Wiley, Alexis Bledel
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 83%
5. Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi (2020– )
Both seasons of this award-winning culinary show hosted by Padma Lakshmi are available to binge on Hulu.
Official premise: Host Padma Lakshmi takes audiences on a journey across America, exploring the rich and diverse food culture of various immigrant groups, seeking out the people who have so heavily shaped what American food is today.
Cast: Padma Lakshmi
IMDB Rating: 8.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 100%
6. Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers (2022)
A must-see for sports fans interested in a piece of NBA history.
Official premise: Docuseries chronicles the history of the storied Los Angeles Lakers NBA franchise.
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
7. PEN15 (2019–2021)
This award-winning cringe comedy ran for two seasons and received widespread critical acclaim for its honest portrayal of teen life in the early 2000s.
Official premise: The comedic story of middle school seen through the eyes of two 7th grade girls dealing with the awkwardness of being a teenager.
Cast: Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 97%
8. 11.22.63 (2016)
Based on a Stephen King novel, this 8-episode series was developed for television by Bridget Carpenter and was released as a Hulu original.
Official premise: A high school teacher travels back in time to prevent John F. Kennedy’s assassination.
Cast: James Franco, Chris Cooper, Sarah Gadon, Daniel Webber, George MacKay
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 83%
9. Reservation Dogs (2021– )
Reservation Dogs is an award-winning series created by Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi. The show is the first ever to feature an all-indigenous American cast and writers.
Official premise: Comedy series about four Native American teenagers growing up on a reservation in eastern Oklahoma.
Cast: : D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Devery Jacobs, Paulina Jewel Alexis, Lane Factor, Elva Guerra
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 99%
10. Solar Opposites (2020– )
Since it premiered in 2020, this adult animation has been praised for its witty humor by critics and audiences alike.
Official premise: A family of aliens move to middle America, where they debate whether life is better there or on their home planet.
Cast: Justin Roiland, Thomas Middleditch, Sean Giambrone, Mary Mack
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 97%
11. Ramy (2019– )
All three seasons of this Emmy-nominated comedy are available to stream on Hulu.
Official premise: In New Jersey, Ramy, son of Egyptian immigrants, begins a spiritual journey, divided between his Muslim community, God and his friends who see endless possibilities.
Cast: Ramy Youssef, Mohammed Amer, Hiam Abbass, Amr Waked, May Calamawy
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 94%
12. The Looming Tower (2018)
This Emmy-nominated miniseries was created by Dan Futterman and Alex Gibney, and it’s based on Lawrence Wright’s novel of the same name.
Official premise: A look at how the rivalry between the CIA and FBI inadvertently set the stage for the tragedy of 9/11 and the war in Afghanistan.
Cast: Jeff Daniels, Tahar Rahim, Wrenn Schmidt, Bill Camp, Louis Cancelmi
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 88%
13. The Orville (2017– )
Featuring an ensemble cast, Seth MacFarlane’s The Orville completed its third season in the summer of 2022. The show received one Emmy nomination for its visual effects.
Official premise: Set 400 years in the future, finds the crew of the U.S.S. Orville continuing their mission of exploration, as they navigate both the mysteries of the universe and the complexities of their own interpersonal relationships.
Cast: Seth MacFarlane, Adrianne Palicki, Penny Johnson Jerald, Scott Grimes, Peter Macon
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 77%
14. Looking for Alaska (2019)
Looking for Alaska is a Hulu original that premiered in 2019 and had an 8-episode run.
Official premise: A new arrival at a boarding school falls in love with a beguiling female student.
Cast: Kristine Froseth, Charlie Plummer, Denny Love, Jay Lee, Landry Bender
IMDB Rating: 8.0
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 91%
15. Love, Victor (2020–2022)
This series was a spin-off of the film Love, Simon, which was based on the popular book Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli. The show ran for three seasons and it concluded in 2022.
Official premise: Victor is a new student at Creekwood High School on his own journey of self-discovery, facing challenges at home, adjusting to a new city, and struggling with his sexual orientation.
Cast: Michael Cimino, Rachel Hilson, Anthony Turpel, Bebe Wood, Mason Gooding
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 92%
16. The Act (2019)
This Emmy-award-winning mini-series was based on the infamous murder of Dee Dee Blanchard, a woman who medically abused her daughter by claiming she had a multitude of illnesses including leukemia and muscular dystrophy.
Official premise: Dee Dee Blanchard is overprotective of her daughter, Gypsy, who is trying to escape the toxic relationship she has with her mother. Gypsy’s quest for independence opens up a Pandora’s box of secrets, which ultimately leads to murder.
Cast: Patricia Arquette, Joey King, Chloë Sevigny, AnnaSophia Robb, Calum Worthy
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 88%
17. Animaniacs (2020– )
This reboot of the popular 90s animation has been warmly received by viewers and critics. The series was written by Wellesley Wild who also served as showrunner to all three seasons so far.
Official premise: An updated version of the 1990s animated series featuring a trio of wacky characters causing mayhem on the Warner Bros. studio lot.
Cast: Jess Harnell, Maurice LaMarche, Rob Paulsen, Tress MacNeille
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 90%
18. High Fidelity (2020)
The most recent adaptation of Nick Hornby’s popular novel received widespread critical acclaim. All 10 episodes of the miniseries are available to binge on Hulu.
Official premise: A fan of music, pop culture, and Top Five lists runs a local record store in her hometown. An adaptation of Nick Hornby’s novel “High Fidelity.”
Cast: Zoë Kravitz, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, David H. Holmes, Jake Lacy, Kingsley Ben-Adir
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 86%
19. Devs (2020)
Alex Garland’s miniseries ran for eight episodes and received four Emmy nominations.
Official premise: A computer engineer investigates the secretive development division in her company, which she believes is behind the disappearance of her boyfriend.
Cast: Sonoya Mizuno, Nick Offerman, Jin Ha, Zach Grenier, Stephen McKinley Henderson
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 81%
20. Little Fires Everywhere (2020)
Featuring an all-star cast, this limited series ran for eight episodes and was nominated for five Emmy awards. The series marked the first collaboration between Reese Witherspoon and Joshua Jackson since they appeared in Cruel Intentions.
Official premise: Based on Celeste Ng’s 2017 bestseller, “Little Fires Everywhere” follows the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives.
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Kerry Washington, Joshua Jackson, Rosemarie DeWitt, Jade Pettyjohn
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 79%
21. Abominable and the Invisible City (2022– )
This animated series is a spin-off of the popular children’s film, Abominable.
Official premise: Through Everest the yeti, Yi, Jin, and Peng know that there’s a whole magical world out there, and now it’s even closer than they think. When they discover that their surroundings are teeming with magical creatures in need of their help, the kids will set out on extraordinary and heartfelt adventures throughout their city and beyond.
Cast: Chloe Bennet, Tenzing Norgay Trainor, Ethan Loh, Darin De Paul, Alan C*****g
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
22. This Fool (2022– )
A Hulu original comedy series, This Fool premiered in August of 2022 and was received warmly by critics.
Official premise: The series centers on Julio Lopez, a punk-a*s bitch with a heart of gold who goes out of his way to help everyone but himself. Inspired by the life and stand-up comedy of star, co-creator and real-life punk a*s bitch Estrada, the cinematic half-hour comedy explores Julio’s attempts to better his community, overcome his codependency issues with his family and navigate working-class life in South Central.
Cast: Chris Estrada, Frankie Quiñones, Laura Patalano, Michelle Ortiz, Julia Vera
IMDB Rating: 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 100%
23. Pistol (2022)
While John Lydon, the lead singer of the Sex Pistols wasn’t particularly keen on the series, critics and fans alike seemed to approve of it. The limited series premiered in May of 2022 and it’s 6-episode long.
Official premise: Based on the memoir of Steve Jones, the legendary Sex Pistols guitarist who helped usher in a punk revolution in Britain.
Cast: Toby Wallace, Anson Boon, Louis Partridge, Jacob Slater, Christian Lees
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 61%
24. Under the Banner of Heaven (2022)
This Hulu original mini-series is based on a true crime story from 1984 when a young mother and her toddler were murdered. The Emmy-nominated series premiered in April 2022 and all seven episodes are available to watch on Hulu.
Official premise: A devout detective’s faith is tested as he investigates a brutal murder seemingly connected to an esteemed Utah family’s spiral into LDS fundamentalism and their distrust in the government.
Cast: Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Denise Gough, Wyatt Russell
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 86%
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25. Reboot (2022– )
Reboot’s first season came out in September 2022 and was warmly received by critics. The comedic show-within-a-show series was created by Steven Levitan of Modern Family fame.
Official premise: Follows an early 2000s family sitcom that Hulu has rebooted and their dysfunctional cast that must deal with their unresolved issues in today’s fast-changing world.
Cast: Keegan-Michael Key, Judy Greer, Johnny Knoxville, Paul Reiser, Rachel Bloom
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 88%
26. The Dropout (2022)
This limited series chronicles the real-life scam perpetuated by Theranos founder, Elisabeth Holmes. Amanda Seyfried won an Emmy for her performance in this 8-episode series.
Official premise: In a tale of ambition and fame gone terribly wrong, Elizabeth Holmes develops healthcare technology that puts millions of patients at risk and loses everything in the blink of an eye.
Cast: Amanda Seyfried, Naveen Andrews, William H. Macy, Laurie Metcalf, Elizabeth Marvel
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 89%
27. Dollface (2019–2022)
Dollface received mostly mixed reviews and it ran for two seasons between 2019 and 2022.
Official premise: After breaking up with her longtime boyfriend, a woman tries to reconnect with the friends she lost during the relationship.
Cast: Kat Dennings, Brenda Song, Shay Mitchell, Esther Povitsky
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 57%
28. The Awesomes (2013–2015)
This adult animated comedy ran for three seasons between 2013 and 2015.
Official premise: After the legendary Mr. Awesome retires as leader of his superhero task force, his not-so-super son Prock must assemble a team of funny-if-flawed misfits to restore the group to its former glory.
Cast: Seth Meyers, Taran Killam, Paula Pell, Ike Barinholtz, Rashida Jones
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
29. Best in Dough (2022– )
Best in Dough is a reality TV competition show that premiered on Hulu in September 2022. The pizza-making series was warmly received by fans.
Official premise: Follows pizza competitors from all walks of life to showcase their pizza slinging skills and battle it out for $10,000.
Cast: Wells Adams, Daniele U’Diti, Millie Peartree, Eunji Kim, Bryan Ford
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
30. Pam & Tommy (2022)
This award-winning mini-series chronicles the controversial relationship between Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee Jones.
Official premise: Follows the story of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee’s relationship, going back to their whirlwind romance that started with them marrying after only knowing each other for 96 hours in 1995.
Cast: Lily James, Sebastian Stan, Seth Rogen, Nick Offerman, Taylor Schilling
IMDB Rating: 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 80%
And that’s it, folks, the Top 30 Best and Highest Rated Hulu Shows of all time! And we will make sure to update this page every three months, so keep it bookmarked!
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