If youâre seeking top-tier cinema in April, Hulu is the destination. The streaming platform has recently expanded its collection with an impressive array of films, including recent Oscar contenders, international classics, and timeless comedies.
Watch With Us is spotlighting three standout films newly available on Hulu, each with a Rotten Tomatoes score of at least 90 percent, ensuring their quality.
The first recommendation is Moon, featuring Sam Rockwell as an astronaut facing a crisis in space.
âMoonâ (2009)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 90 percent
In Moon, Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell) has spent three years on the Moon mining helium-3. As his mission concludes, he looks forward to reuniting with his wife Tess (Dominique McElligott) and daughter Eve (Rosie Shaw). However, he starts experiencing hallucinations and headaches, leading to a near-fatal accident. The situation becomes even more bizarre when he encounters a younger version of himself.
Praised for its thoughtful and introspective approach, Moon offers a refreshing alternative to the typical action-packed, CGI-heavy sci-fi films. The movie harkens back to the reflective style of 1970s science fiction such as Solaris. Rockwellâs nuanced performance, largely acting solo, is central to the film, which delves into themes of identity and corporate exploitation.
âToni Erdmannâ (2016)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 93 percent
Toni Erdmann follows Ines Conradi (Sandra HĂŒller), a dedicated businesswoman with little time for personal matters, including her father Winfried (Peter Simonischek). In an attempt to reconnect after the death of his dog, Winfried dons a disguise as a life coach named Toni Erdmann, complete with fake teeth, to bring laughter back into his daughterâs life by disrupting her structured world with outrageous pranks.
This film is an ambitious and humorous exploration of character, combining an unconventional storyline with genuine emotional depth. It offers a unique journey filled with awkward absurdities and heartfelt moments, with standout performances from HĂŒller, who was Oscar-nominated for Anatomy of a Fall in 2024, and Simonischek. Though lengthy at three hours, Toni Erdmann uses its runtime effectively to develop its characters with nuance.
âSirÄtâ (2025)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 90 percent
In SirÄt, Luis (Sergi LĂłpez) and his young son Esteban (Bruno NĂșñez) travel to an EDM festival in the Moroccan desert to find his missing daughter, Mar, last seen at the desert party. As their search proves fruitless, they join a small group of ravers hoping Mar has moved to a new location. Meanwhile, global conflict looms in the background, adding to the challenges they face in navigating the perilous landscape.
Though SirÄt did not win, it was nominated for Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film and Best Sound. The film is a gripping and unsettling experience, expertly using atmospheric tension and sound design to explore themes of survival, transcendence, and existential fear.
