Hulu to Add 123 New Movies In May 2025 – Here Are the 3 to Watch

 

By Phillip Swann
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Hulu, the streaming service with plans starting at $7.99 a month, plans to add 123 new movies in May 2025. Here are the three to watch, in my humble opinion.

Man on Fire (2004)
Release Date: May 1
Denzel Washington plays John Creasy, a former CIA intelligence agent turned alcoholic who’s hired to protect Pita, the young daughter (Dakota Fanning) of wealthy parents in Mexico City. The seemingly easy gig turns upside down when the daughter is kidnapped in a shootout that leaves Creasy fighting for his life. The subsequent events as Creasy seeks revenge, and the return of the young girl, makes Man on Fire one of the best action pictures of this century. Denzel is magnetism personified as the ruthless former government assassin who employs all his skills to set things right. Christopher Walken is also exceptional as Creasy’s former CIA colleague, as is Fanning as Pita, matching Denzel step for step in several pivotal scenes. The Denzel-Dakota chemistry was renewed last year when the now 30-year-old Fanning had a supporting role in Denzel’s The Equalizer 3. (This time, she played a CIA officer!)

The Insider (1999)
Release Date: May 1
Russell Crowe plays Big Tobacco whistleblower Jeffrey Wigand in director Michael Mann’s retelling of 60 Minutes and CBS News’ struggle to air an expose on the dangers of smoking. Al Pacino plays CBS producer Lowell Bergman who led the fight to put Wigand on the air only to be stifled by network executives, attorneys and even legendary show anchor, Mike Wallace, played by Christopher Plummer. The Mann movie is gripping and taut (even at 158 minutes) and easily the best portrayal of corporate malfeasance and journalistic malpractice ever dared put on screen. Crowe, an Australian, magically channels Wigand’s persona (grew up in New York; lived in Kentucky); you almost forget you’re watching an actor in the role, he’s so good. Pacino is also effective as the frustrated producer although he’s more Al than Lowell. But he’s a movie star; so we’re okay with that.

The Last Showgirl (2024)
Release Date: May 23
Pamela Anderson stars as an aging Vegas revue dancer whose future is uncertain when the casino closes her show after three decades. The Last Showgirl is a poignant portrait of the difficulties many entertainers face in their later years when casting directors stop calling and debt collectors start. Anderson, 57 and best known as the vivacious beach babe in the 1990s hit, Baywatch, is wonderful here in a role she says she understands all too well.

Complete List of Movies Coming to Hulu In May 2025

May 1
Alienoid (2022)
Alienoid 2 (2024)
Anaconda (1997)
Anaconda En Espanol (1997)
Attack The Block (2011)
Attack the Block En Espanol (2011)

Austenland (2013)
Austenland En Espanol (2013)
Babylon A.D. (2008)
Bad Teacher (2011)
Bad Teacher En Espanol (2011)

Basic (2003)
Basic En Espanol (2003)
Battle of the Year (2013)
Battle Of The Year En Espanol (2013)
The Childe (2023)

Con Air (1997)
Courage Under Fire (1996)
Deliver Us From Evil (2020)
Enemy Of The State (1998)
Far From the Madding Crowd (2015)

The 5th Wave (2016)
The 5th Wave En Espanol (2016)
The Guardian (2006)
Georgia Rule (2007)
The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil (2019)

Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
Horrible Bosses (2011)
Horrible Bosses 2 (2014)
The Infiltrator (2016)
The Insider (1999)

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013)
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa En Espanol (2013)
Joy (2015)
The King’s Man (2021)
Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)

Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
Kung Fu Panda (2008)
Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)
Little Fockers (2010)
The Negotiator (1998)

The Power Of One (1992)
Maid in Manhattan (2002)
Maid in Manhattan En Espanol (2002)
Man on Fire (2004)
The Marine (2006)

Meet the Fockers (2004)
Meet the Parents (2000)
Meet the Spartans (2008)
Mission: Impossible (1996)
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011)

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol En Espanol (2011)
Mission: Impossible II (2000)
Mission: Impossible II En Espanol (2000)
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
Mission: Impossible III En Espanol (2006)

Once (2007)
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Prospect (2018)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty (2013)

Sex Tape (2014)
Sex Tape En Espanol (2014)
Shadow (2018)
Spy (2015)
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977)

Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983)
Street Kings (2008)
Stuber (2019)
Super Troopers 2 (2018)

Take Me Home Tonight (2011)
Tears of the Sun (2003)
That’s My Boy (2012)
The Villainess (2017)
The Wailing (2016)

The Witch: Subversion (2018)
The Witch 2: The Other One (2022)
Tropic Thunder (2008)
Waitress (2007)
Wedding Crashers (2005)

May 2
Decision to Leave (2022)
Harbin (2024)
The Last Word (2017)
72 Hours (2024)

May 3
Escape (2024)
Jimmy O. Yang: Guess How Much (2023)

May 4
Insidious: The Red Door (2023)
Insidious: The Red Door En Espanol (2023)

May 8
Pil’s Adventures (2021)

May 9
Summer of 69 (2025)
Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
Commando (1985)
The Damned (2024)

Hitman (2007)
Hitman: Agent 47 (2015)
Men Of Honor (2000)
The Thin Red Line (1998)
The Transporter (2002)
Transporter 2 (2005)

May 10
Blonde and Blonder (2008)
Strangerland (2015)
Trust (2010)
Vengeance: A Love Story (2017)
War Inc. (2008)

May 13
Good Bad Things (2023)
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015)
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation En Espanol (2015)
Not Others (2023)

May 16
Matteo Lane: The Al Dente Special (2025)
Crossroads (2002)
The Last Breath (2025)

May 20
American Underdog: The Kurt Warner Story (2021)
Night Call (2024)

May 22
Taken in Plain Sight (2024)

May 23
The Last Showgirl (2024)

May 25
How to Please a Woman (2022)

May 27
The Seed of the Sacred Fig (2024)

May 29
The Silencing (2020)

May 30
Into the Deep (2024)
Rickey Smiley: Untitled (2025)

May 31
Leanne Morgan: So Yummy (2018)

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