Between the riveting conclusion of The Handmaid’s Tale, the coming arrival of Marvel’s Runaways series, and a new live TV service, Hulu won’t be backing down to its streaming rivals anytime soon. Despite forays into original programming and technology, however, the platform still maintains a steady stream of incoming and outgoing titles from film and television, and July’s offerings are sure to attract plenty of attention. Like the first nine original Star Trek films, from Star Trek: The Motion Picture to Star Trek: First Contact, and the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie trilogy.
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The First Nine Original Star Trek Films (7/1)
Star Trek Beyond is a fine throwback to the original series, and the 2009 Star Trek reboot remains an enjoyable (and highly re-watchable) movie. (Let’s just skip Star Trek Into Darkness for the time being.) Yet when it comes to seeing feature-length Star Trek stories, nothing beats the films inspired by Gene Roddenberry‘s original series and its Next Generation followup. (We’ll also nix Insurrection for the time being.) As of Saturday, July 1st, Hulu subscribers will be able to binge-watch the first nine Star Trek cinematic titles at their own leisure.
The Original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Film Trilogy (7/1)
Hulu subscribers can also do the same with the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film trilogy, thereby skipping the two recent Michael Bay-produced remakes. (And, if they choose, the third film’s time-traveling farce.) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze are fine, nostalgic, based-on-everyone’s-favorite-comics-and-cartoons movies that those of us who grew up in the ’80s and ’90s can now enjoy courtesy of Hulu. Interested viewers might as well followup their philosophical Star Trek binge with plenty of pizza and at least two good movies about ass-kicking turtles.
The Eric Andre Show: Season Four (7/5)
Comedian extraordinaire Eric Andre upped his game last summer with a well-publicized appearance at the Republican National Convention that included, among other things, a scantly-clad jaunt on the convention floor and taunting Alex Jones. These videos from the beginning of The Eric Andre Show‘s fourth season surely attracted plenty of new attention for the Adult Swim star, but they also solidified his antics with ardent fans. Thanks to Hulu, these and other ridiculous bits from the latest season are now available in full for subscribers to check out.
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Planes, Trains and Automobiles (7/31)
If you want a crash course in the heyday of ’80s comedy films mashing together the best America and Canada had to offer, look no further than 1987’s Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Written and directed by the legendary John Hughes, the road trip film stars Steve Martin and John Candy as two polar opposites who end up embarking on a three-day odyssey from New York City to Chicago for the Thanksgiving holidays. As necessary for the holiday season as Hughes’ Home Alone, the Martin-Candy double-header is set to leave Hulu’s terminal on July 31st, so make sure to give it a view before then.
Here’s the full list of titles coming to Hulu in July:
7/1/31
48 Hours (1982)
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (1997)
Altered States (1980)
Another 48 Hours (1990)
Area 51 (2015)
As I Am: The Life and Times of DJ AM (2015)
Bandits (2001)
Beverly Hills Ninja (1997)
The Blob (1988)
Boomerang (1992)
Braveheart (1995)
Bull Durham (1988)
Cat O’Nine Tails (1974)
Clear and Present Danger (1994)
Click (2006)
Coma (1978)
Dark City (1998)
Dead Calm (1989)
Death Wish IV: The Crackdown (1987)
The Devil’s Advocate (1997)
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
Dream a Little Dream (1988)
Drunk Wedding (2015)
The Eagle and the Hawk (1950)
Eight Men Out (1988)
Encino Man (1992)
The Fan (1996)
The First Wives Club (1996)
A Fistful of Dynamite (1972)
Flashdance (1983)
Fly Me to the Moon (2008)
Free Money (1998)
The Furies (1950)
Get Well Soon (2002)
Godsend (2004)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1967)
House of the Dead (2003)
House of the Dead 2 (2006)
Hudson Hawk (1991)
The Hunt for Red October (1990)
John Carpenter’s Vampires (1998)
John Grisham’s The Rainmaker (1997)
Johnny Guitar (1954)
The Juror (1996)
Killing Zoe (1994)
Kingpin (1996)
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV (2016)
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008)
La Bamba (1987)
Les Miserables (1998)
The Letter (2012)
Lost Souls (2000)
The Lucky Ones (2008)
A Man Alone (1955)
The Mangler (1995)
Manhattan (1979)
Married to the Mob (1988)
The Mask (1994)
The Midnight Meat Train (2008)
Misery (1990)
My Dog Skip (2000)
Needful Things (1993)
Nerve (2016)
Payback (1999)
The Peacemaker (1997)
A Perfect Murder (1998)
Pootie Tang (2001)
The Presidio (1988)
The Professional (1994)
Reasonable Doubt (2014)
Rescue Dawn (2007)
Riding in Cars with Boys (2001)
Road House (1989)
Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
Rustler’s Rhapsody (1985)
Sacred Ground (1983)
Santee (1975)
School Daze (1988)
Scrooged (1988)
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Sniper (1993)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Star Trek IX: Insurrection (1998)
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
Star Trek VIII: First Contact (1996)
Star Trek VII: Generations (1994)
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
Suicide Kings (1997)
Syriana (2005)
The Tall Stranger (1957)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 (1991)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 (1993)
The Pursuit of Happiness (2006)
The Water Horse (2007)
To the Arctic (2012)
Top Dog (1995)
Top of the Food Chain (2000)
Up in the Air (2009)
Walking Tall (2004)
The Witches (1990)
Wolfen (1981)
7/4/17
Jonah: A Veggie Tales Movie (2002)
7/5/17
The Eric Andre Show: Complete Season 4 (Adult Swim)
Prince Avalanche (2013)
The Sorcerer and the White Snake (2011)
7/6/17
Under the Gun (2016)
7/7/17
Pure: Complete Season 1 (Cineflix)
7/8/17
Our Kind of Traitor (2016)
7/9
Sliding Doors (1998)
7/10/17
Blood, Sand & Gold (2017)
7/12/17
The Bold Type: Series Premiere (Freeform)
Humpday (2009)
Melancholia (2011)
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
7/14/17
Uncle Grandpa: Complete Season 4 (Cartoon Network)
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus (2014)
7/16/17
Inside Job (2010)
7/19/17
John Dies at the End (2012)
7/20/17
Tagged: Complete Season 1 (Awesomeness TV)
7/23/17
Touch of Light (2012)
7/24/17
Guardians of Oz (2017)
Touch of the Light (2012)
7/25/17
Midnight, Texas: Series Premiere (NBC)
Somewhere Between: Series Premiere (ABC)
7/26/17
Good Ol’ Frieda (2013)
Oxford Murders (2008)
7/28/17
Betch: Complete Season 2 (Awesomeness TV)
7/30/17
96 Souls (2016)
7/31/17
Jeepers Creepers (2001)
Here’s the full list of titles leaving Hulu in July:
7/31/17
52 Pick-Up (1986)
Addams Family Values (1993)
The Addams Family (1991)
Arrowhead (1952)
Bad Influence (1990)
Bait Shop (2008)
Black Rain (1989)
Cabin Fever (2003)
Catacombs (2007)
Cecil B. Demented (2000)
Chuck & Buck (2000)
Clue (1985)
Coming to America (1988)
The Doors (1991)
Fatal Instinct (1993)
Gator (1976)
Heartbreakers (2001)
How to Eat Fried Worms (2006)
Kill Me Again (1989)
Maximum Security (1990)
Nick of Time (1995)
No Way Out (1987)
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
School Ties (1992)
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Small Soldiers (1998)
Star Kid (1998)
Wicker Park (2004)
Winter’s Bone (2010)
