Best Shows on Hulu 2022

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December 12, 2023

Hulu, which launched in October 2007, is a popular video streaming service with a library of films and television series from networks such as ABC, NBC, or FX Networks, as well as Hulu original programming. As of 2021, the service has more than 42.8 million subscribers, which makes it one of the top six streaming platforms in the United States, alongside Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, HBO Max and Peacock.

Hulu offers a ad-supported plan for $7.99/month. The ad-free plan costs $14.99 a month and allows offline playback on mobile devices. The biggest difference from other streaming services is that along with its streaming service, Hulu also offers a live TV plan, Hulu+ With Live TV, that includes more than 75 live TV channels, such as ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX. The most expensive option costs $75.99 a month and includes Hulu(ad-free), Disney+ streaming content, ESPN+ live sports, and the ability to watch and record live TV. HBO Max, Showtime, Cinemax, and Starz are all available as add-ons.

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Don’t know what to watch on Hulu? Here we have list the best shows on Hulu. The list will keep updated. Check best movies on Hulu.

Dopesick(2021)

IMDb: 8.6/10  1 Season

Drama

From Executive Producer Danny Strong and starring and executive produced by Michael Keaton, “Dopesick” examines how one company triggered the worst drug epidemic in American history. The series takes viewers to the epicenter of America’s struggle with opioid addiction, from the boardrooms of Big Pharma, to a distressed Virginia mining community, to the hallways of the DEA. Defying all the odds, heroes will emerge in an intense and thrilling ride to take down the craven corporate forces behind this national crisis and their allies. The limited series is inspired by the New York Times bestselling book by Beth Macy.

Only Murders in the Building(2021)

From the minds of Steve Martin, Dan Fogelman & John Hoffman comes a comedic murder-mystery series for the ages. Only Murders in the Building follows three strangers (Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez) who share an obsession with true crime and suddenly find themselves wrapped up in one. When a grisly death occurs inside their exclusive Upper West Side apartment building, the trio suspects murder and employs their precise knowledge of true crime to investigate the truth. As they record a podcast of their own to document the case, the three unravel the complex secrets of the building which stretch back years. Perhaps even more explosive are the lies they tell one another. Soon, the endangered trio comes to realize a killer might be living amongst them as they race to decipher the mounting clues before it’s too late.

Modern Family

IMDb: 8.5/10  11 Seasons

Modern Family is an American family sitcom created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan for ABC. It aired for 11 seasons from September 23, 2009 to April 8, 2020. It followed the lives of three different families in suburban Los Angeles, brought together by parent Jay Pritchett.

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

IMDb: 8.8/10 15 Seasons

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (sometimes abbreviated to It’s Always Sunny, Always Sunny, IASIP, or simply Sunny) is an American sitcom that premiered on FX on August 4, 2005. The series’ 15 seasons are available for streaming on Hulu.

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia features Mac, Dennis, Charlie, Sweet Dee and Frank, five ne’er-do-wells who own and operate Paddy’s Pub in Philadelphia. Their constant scheming usually lands them in a world of hurt, yet they never seem to learn from their mistakes. As they say, some things never change. So prepare for more depraved schemes, half-baked arguments, and absurdly underhanded plots to subvert one another.

The X-Files

IMDb: 8.6/10 11 Seasons

The X-Files is an American science fiction drama television series created by Chris Carter. The series revolves around Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) special agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny), and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Now The X-Files all 11 season, 218 episodes are avialable to stream on Hulu.

The truth is out there. FBI agents Scully and Mulder seek it in this sci-fi phenomenon about their quest to explain the seemingly unexplainable. Their strange cases include UFO sightings, alien encounters and abductions, and just about everything else among the paranormal.

Devs

IMDb: 7.7/10  1 Season

Devs is an American science fiction thriller television miniseries created, written, and directed by Alex Garland. It premiered on March 5, 2020, on FX on Hulu. The series explores themes related to free will and determinism, as well as Silicon Valley. It received generally positive reviews, with critics praising its imagination, cinematography, acting, and soundtrack.

In Devs, an FX limited series, a young software engineer, Lily Chan, investigates the secret development division of her employer, a cutting-edge tech company based in Silicon Valley, which she believes is behind the murder of her boyfriend.

Malcolm in the Middle

IMDb: 8.1/10 7 Seasons

Malcolm in the Middle is an American family television sitcom created by Linwood Boomer for Fox. The series premiered on January 9, 2000, and ended on May 14, 2006, after seven seasons and 151 episodes.

The Cleavers they ain’t. Mom is a screaming control freak, Dad is a goofy human hairball, oldest son Francis escaped the family at a young age, Reese is just criminal, Dewey is a space cadet and young Jamie is the scapegoat. The middle kid, Malcolm (who delivers the narrative for the capers of this whacked-out clan) is a brainiac who doesn’t want to be burdened by his genius.

The Kardashians

IMDb: 4.7/10 1 Season

The Kardashians is an American reality television series which focuses on the personal lives of the Kardashian–Jenner family. The series premiered on April 14, 2022 on the streaming service Hulu. The new show comes off the heels of their last show called Keeping Up With The Kardashians which concluded in June 2021 after a 20-season.

The family you know and love is here with a brand new series, giving an all-access pass into their lives. Kris, Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, Kendall, and Kylie bring the cameras back to reveal the truth behind the headlines. From the intense pressures of running billion-dollar businesses to the hilarious joys of playtime and school drop-offs, this series brings viewers into the fold with a rivetingly honest story of love & life in the spotlight.

The Handmaid’s Tale

IMDb: 8.4/10 10 Seasons

EMMY® WINNING A woman forced into sexual servitude struggles to survive in a terrifying, totalitarian society.

The Great

IMDb: 8.2/10 2 Seasons

EMMY® NOMINATED The Great is a satirical, comedic drama about the rise of Catherine the Great from outsider to the longest reigning female ruler in Russia’s history. A fictionalized, fun and anachronistic story of an idealistic, romantic young girl, who arrives in Russia for an arranged marriage to the mercurial Emperor Peter. Hoping for love and sunshine, she finds instead a dangerous, depraved, backward world that she resolves to change. All she has to do is kill her husband, beat the church, baffle the military and get the court onside. A very modern story about the past which encompasses the many roles she played over her lifetime as lover, teacher, ruler, friend, and fighter. Incorporating historical facts occasionally, the series stars Elle Fanning as Catherine, Nicholas Hoult, Phoebe Fox, Adam Godley, Gwilym Lee, Charity Wakefield, Douglas Hodge, Sacha Dhawan, Sebastian de Souza, Bayo Gbadamosi and Belinda Bromilow.

Little Fires Everywhere

IMDb: 7.7/10 1 Season

EMMY® NOMINATED Starring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington, Little Fires Everywhere follows the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and an enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives. Based on Celeste Ng’s 2017 bestseller, the story explores the weight of secrets, the nature of art and identity, the ferocious pull of motherhood – and the danger in believing that following the rules can avert disaster.

The Dropout

IMDb: 7.5/10 1 Season

Money. Romance. Tragedy. Deception. From Executive Producer Elizabeth Meriwether, “The Dropout” is the story of Elizabeth Holmes (Amanda Seyfried) and Theranos, an unbelievable tale of ambition and fame gone terribly wrong. How did the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire lose it all in the blink of an eye?

High Fidelity

IMDb: 7.7/10 1 Season

A record store owner revisits past relationships through music and pop culture while trying to get over her one true love.

Rick and Morty (2013)

IMDb: 9.2/10 5 Seasons

Comedy, Animation, Adult Animation, Adventure, Science Fiction

Rick and Morty is a show about a sociopathic scientist who drags his unintelligent grandson on insanely dangerous adventures across the universe. Created and executive produced by Dan Harmon (Community, Channel 101) and Justin Roiland (House of Cosbys).

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood(2009)

IMDb: 9.1/10 1 Season

Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Anime, Animation, Science Fiction, International

Brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric hoped to resurrect their mother’s corpse when they attempted human transmutation, but their reckless defiance of alchemy’s Law of Equivalent Exchange resulted in no miraculous reunion. Their experimentation with forbidden science plunged the boys into a hellish nightmare; half of Ed’s limbs were torn from his body, and Al awoke to discover his young soul transferred to a suit of armor. There is but one way the Elrics can restore what was lost – find the fabled Philosopher’s Stone. In a land marred by war and persecution, where truth comes only with tragedy, they undertake their desperate search. Every step closer to the mythical Philosopher’s Stone brings the broken brothers deeper into the darkest shadows of reality. Sinful abominations, both unnatural and human, will try to keep the boys from their redemption – but the Elrics must forge ahead if despair is to be transmuted into peace.

Firefly(2002)

IMDb: 9.0/10 1 Season

Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Western

The Crew of a starship travel through outer space after Earth’s resources have diminished and forced us to look elsewhere in 2517. Captain Malcolm “Mal” Reynolds (Nathan Fillion) steers his bandit-crew through anything to keep them alive, and keep flying.

Attack on Titan(2013)

IMDb: 9.0/10 4 Seasons

Action, Animation, Fantasy, International, Anime

From the director of Death Note comes Attack on Titan. Many years ago, humanity was forced to retreat behind the towering walls of a fortified city to escape the massive, man-eating Titans that roamed the land outside their fortress. This is their story.

How to download shows from Hulu to watch offline?

If you subscribe to Hulu (No Ads) – $12.99/month and Hulu (No Ads) + Live TV – $75.99/month, you can download movies and TV shows on supported iPhone and iPads, Android mobile devices and Fire tablets for offline playback. You can download videos while connected to WiFi or cellular data.

1. Type in the movie or show into the Search bar.

  • For movies, press the Download Download Icon button from the Details page
  • For TV shows, select the Episodes tab to find downloadable episodes. If an episode is available for offline viewing, tap the Download Download Iconicon next to it.

2. Go to Downloads Downloads Menu Icon from the global navigation bar to monitor downloads in progress

You can download videos while connected to WiFi or cellular data. You’ll have access to your unwatched downloads for 30 days. Once you start playback, you’ll have 48 hours to finish watching before the download expires.

If you subscribe to Hulu ad-supported plan, whether the $6.99/month Hulu plan or $69.99/month  Hulu + Live TV with Disney+ and ESPN+ plan, you can’t download content to watch offline.

Although you can download Hulu movies and TV shows with Hulu ad-free plans, there are still some limits:

  1. Not all shows and movies from the Hulu streaming library are downloadable. You can identify if something is downloadable by looking for the Download icon next to the video.
  2. You can download download movies and TV shows on iOS, Android and Fire tablets.
  3. Shows and movies from Premium Add-ons aren’t downloadable, and neither is the additional on-demand content that comes with a Live TV subscription. 
  4. You can have up to 25 downloads on five supported mobile devices at one time. 
  5. You’ll have access to your unwatched downloads for 30 days, unless the episode or movie expires from our streaming library before that. Once you start playback, you’ll have 48 hours to finish watching before the download expires. If a download expires before you’ve watched it, you may be able to renew it.
  6. If you cancel your subscription, you won’t have access to the download.
  7. Downloads are only available to watch on the device that was used to download them.
  8. Logging out of Hulu automatically deletes all downloaded videos from that device.

Luckily, with the professional Pazu Hulu Video Downloader, you can download any Hulu movies and TV shows on Windows and Mac. What’s more, the videos are downloaded to MP4 format, which means you can watch Hulu shows on any devices with any MP4 supported video player. You can also preserve Hulu TV shows forever even after you cancelling Hulu subscription.

Step 1. Run Pazu Hulu Video Downloader on your Mac or Windows.

Download, install and launch Pazu Hulu Video Downloader on your Mac or Windows. Log in your Hulu account and choose hulu.com, hulu.jp or hulu.jp/store.

Hulu Downloader

Select a profile.

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Step 2. Search Hulu movies/TV shows to download.

Enter the movie/TV show title in the search field.

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Or copy&paste the link of the movie/TV show from  Hulu website. Then click the Search icon.

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Step 3. Choose video format/quality

Click Settings icon to change:

  • Video format: MP4 or MKV
  • Video codec: H264 or H265
  • Audio language: English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Chinese
  • Subtitle language: English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Chinese
  • Subtitle type: Embedded subtitles, Independent subtitles, Hardcoded subtitles
  • Interface languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Chinese
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Step 4. Start to download Hulu videos

Click the Download icon next to Modern Family to choose the season and episodes you want to download.

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Then click Download button on the bottom right corner to start downloading Modern Family to your computer.

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Click History menu to view all downloaded videos. Click the folder icon to quickly locate the Hulu videos in MP4 or MKV format, then you can play them anywhere you want without Hulu.

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