Here are the 20 most popular movies on Hulu this week.
Last Week's Ranking: 9
Weeks on List: 2
Notes: "There's no crying in baseball!" This much-beloved girlie baseball movie features an oddball ensemble cast including Madonna, Rosie O Donnell, Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, David Strathairn, Jon Lovitz, Bill Pullman, and Lori Petty. It's rare that so many disparate actors can be brought together to great effect, but that's exactly what Penny Marshall accomplished here. It jumps to the top of the charts in its first full week on Hulu.
2. The Call of the Wild
Last Week's Ranking: NA
Weeks on List: 1
Notes: This 1972 adaptation of the famous Jack London novel stars Charlton Heston as the good-hearted prospector who must battle the elements and his human rivals in the harsh Yukon setting. Good thing he's got that amazing dog with him!
3. Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag
Last Week's Ranking: 1Last Week's Ranking: NA
Weeks on List: 1
Notes: This 1972 adaptation of the famous Jack London novel stars Charlton Heston as the good-hearted prospector who must battle the elements and his human rivals in the harsh Yukon setting. Good thing he's got that amazing dog with him!
3. Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag
Weeks on List: 3
Notes: There must be something I'm not getting about this I-Max documentary featuring fighter pilots. The message board for the movie has a lot of military folks chatting it up, so that may have something to do with it.
4. Rudy
Last Week's Ranking: 4
Weeks on List: 2
Notes: Long before Sean Astin carried his beloved Mr. Frodo up to the highest peaks of Mordor, he was a working-class footballer trying to escape his roots.
5. Basic Instinct
Last Week's Ranking: 3
Weeks on List: 3
Notes: Sixteen years on, Sharon Stone's hoohoo is still drawing eyeballs in massive numbers. I hope she has that thing insured!
6. Liar, Liar
Last Week's Ranking: 6Weeks on List: 3
Notes: Jim Carrey goofs it up in a decent comedy that puts all of his face-stretching talents on display.
7. Jackass 2.5
Last Week's Ranking: 10Weeks on List: 3
Notes: The strangely charismatic Johnny Knoxville leads his ragtag crew of misfits through a slew of disgusting stunts.
Last Week's Ranking: 7
Weeks on List: 3
Notes: Natalie Portman debuts her acting chops alongside a career-best performance by Jean Reno.
Last Week's Ranking: 13
Weeks on List: 4
Notes: Flyfishing as therapy. This acclaimed Robert Redford-directed movie was one a key stepping stone for Brad Pitt on his path to A-list stardom. A tearjerking drama about two brothers and their father trying to coexist in the face of issues. Also, don't miss 10 year old Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
10. Lawrence of Arabia
Last Week's Ranking: 5
Weeks on List: 2
Notes: The classic, Academy Award-winning 3.5 hour epic showcasing Omar Sharif and Alec Guinness. Hulu tells us that this will only be up until November 30, so you better get it while it's hot.
Last Week's Ranking: 12
Weeks on List: 4
Notes: Ashton Kutcher and Jennifer Garner team up in this stoner flick just before they became breakout stars.
12. Air Force One
Last Week's Ranking: NA
Weeks on List: 1
Notes: Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman star in this pre-9/11 actioner about the hijacking of an airplane by enemies of the United States. In this case, the airplane in question has the President (Ford) aboard, and the evil country is Kazakhstan. Where's Borat when you need him? At any rate, the critics ate this one up.
13. Flatliners
Last Week's Ranking: 2Weeks on List: 3
Notes: Natalie Portman debuts her acting chops alongside a career-best performance by Jean Reno.
Last Week's Ranking: 13
Weeks on List: 4
Notes: Flyfishing as therapy. This acclaimed Robert Redford-directed movie was one a key stepping stone for Brad Pitt on his path to A-list stardom. A tearjerking drama about two brothers and their father trying to coexist in the face of issues. Also, don't miss 10 year old Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
10. Lawrence of Arabia
Last Week's Ranking: 5
Weeks on List: 2
Notes: The classic, Academy Award-winning 3.5 hour epic showcasing Omar Sharif and Alec Guinness. Hulu tells us that this will only be up until November 30, so you better get it while it's hot.
Last Week's Ranking: 12
Weeks on List: 4
Notes: Ashton Kutcher and Jennifer Garner team up in this stoner flick just before they became breakout stars.
12. Air Force One
Last Week's Ranking: NA
Weeks on List: 1
Notes: Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman star in this pre-9/11 actioner about the hijacking of an airplane by enemies of the United States. In this case, the airplane in question has the President (Ford) aboard, and the evil country is Kazakhstan. Where's Borat when you need him? At any rate, the critics ate this one up.
13. Flatliners
Weeks on List: 2
Notes: Julia Roberts and Kiefer Sutherland star in this eerie thriller about a group of med students who dabble in visiting the afterlife by killing and then resuscitating themselves. You can read my full review of it here.
Weeks on List: 3
Notes: Kirsten Dunst shook these pompoms long before kissing Spider Man in the rain, and this turn as a peppy cheerleader spawned a movie franchise. Eliza Dushku and Jesse Bradford costar as siblings. This has an expiration notice with two days left on it, so get it while the getting's good.
15. American Virgin
Last Week's Ranking: 11
Weeks on List: 3
Notes: Bob Hoskins and Mena Suvari star in the lowly-regarded 2000 comedy.
Last Week's Ranking: 11
Weeks on List: 3
Notes: Bob Hoskins and Mena Suvari star in the lowly-regarded 2000 comedy.
Last Week's Ranking: NA
Weeks on List: 1
Notes: Harrison Ford narrates this IMAX nature documentary that takes a sprawling look at the global ecosystem. There is an attempt to tie in to sites that inspired Arthur Conan Doyle's novel "The Lost World," but there's not much on that front. Just 40 minutes.
Last Week's Ranking: 16
Weeks on List: 3
Notes: Paul Verhoeven's futuristic thrill ride gives us a war between humans and giant space alien bugs. Guess which side Neil Patrick Harris is on?
Last Week's Ranking: 14
Weeks on List: 3
Notes: Can you really call a 53 minute comedy a movie? The boobs of the hour belong to Nikki Ziering.
Last Week's Ranking: NA
Weeks on List: 1
Notes: A 1970 feature directed by Billy Wilder, this is a true comedic classic, earning rave reviews from critics both then and now. Robert Stephens stars as Sherlock. Also features Christopher Lee as brother Mycroft Holmes.
Last Week's Ranking: 15
Weeks on List: 3
Notes: A Mormon sniper and an atheist medic clash as their platoon struggles to survive behind Nazi lines in this 2005 actioner.
Notably Absent:
These movies dropped off the list this week.
The Fifth Element
Last Week's Ranking: 8
Weeks on List: 4
Notes: An early addition to Hulu, this is actually the most popular movie of all time. But apparently, a flood of new offerings will rob it of that title soon enough.
Last Week's Ranking: 13
Weeks on List: 4
Notes: Kate Beckinsale as a goth-boy's wet dream can't save this dark and dreary action flick from the weight of its futuristic vampire world. It had a decent run on the Top 20, but I suspect it's gone for good.
Last Week's Ranking: 19
Weeks on List: 3
Notes: Along with Ghostbusters, this is a movie that everyone likes, but which not too many people seem to have a reason to watch at their PC.
Ghostbusters
Last Week's Ranking: 20
Weeks on List: 3
Notes: An awesome classic (currently up for a Hulu Award for Best Movie Comedy), this just barely squeaked into the top 20 last week.
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