Action movies are one of the best reasons to subscribe to Hulu over its corporate counterpart, Disney+.
In addition to a handful of 20th Century Fox films that count among the greatest action movies ever made, Hulu is free of Disney+’s content restrictions.
Hulu also has a robust selection of action flicks from other movie studios, but those won’t stick around forever.
In the meantime, you can find stars like Tom Holland, Brad Pitt, Liam Neeson, Arnold Schwarzenegger and more in the seven great action movies on Hulu below.
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Many of Uncharted’s best action scenes were directly lifted from the video games that inspired the film. Unsurprisingly, those sequences work really well in live-action blockbusters like this one. The MCU’s Spider-Man, Tom Holland, stars as Nathan Drake, an orphan who is recruited by treasure hunter Victor “Sully” Sullivan (Mark Wahlberg) with the promise of a potential fortune and a lead in tracking down Nate’s missing brother, Sam (Rudy Pankow).
Nate and Sully soon find themselves in a race to beat millionaire Santiago Moncada (Antonio Banderas) to the treasure of a lifetime. There’s a team of mercenaries under Santiago’s command, and they’re more than willing to kill Nate and Sully if they stand between them and the treasure.
Uncharted is streaming on Hulu.
Even among action comedies, Bullet Train is uncommonly funny. A lot of the credit for that has to go to Brad Pitt’s hysterical performance as an aging assassin codenamed Ladybug. He’s had enough killing for one lifetime, but he’s stuck on a super-fast bullet train in Japan with several other assassins — some of whom really want Ladybug dead.
The irony is that Ladybug wasn’t even supposed to be on the train. He’s just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Not that the other killers are going to care when it’s a choice between their survival or Ladybug’s life.
Bullet Train is streaming on Hulu.
Most of the modern Planet of the Apes movies are currently MIA on Hulu, but the most recent installment, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, is an impressive sci-fi action flick in its own right. The story follows Noa (Owen Teague), a young chimpanzee from the Eagle tribe who was born hundreds of years after the death of Caesar.
The tyrant ape Proximus Caesar (Kevin Durand) has taken apes and humans alike as his slaves, including Noa’s tribe. To free his people, Noa has to work with Mae (Freya Allan), a human girl who may not be a trustworthy ally.
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is streaming on Hulu.
Every Predator movie is currently streaming on Hulu, but the standalone prequel Prey brings a welcome modern touch to the classic franchise. In 1719, Naru (Amber Midthunder) is a young Comanche woman who yearns to be a warrior like her brother. But the rest of the tribe has no time or patience for Naru’s ambitions.
When a primitive Predator (Dane DiLiegro) arrives, the men in Naru’s tribe are easy targets for the intergalactic hunter. To stop this threat, Naru has to succeed where the other warriors failed. When fighting this Predator, there is no room for error.
Prey is streaming on Hulu.
Liam Neeson has starred in so many action movies since Taken that the only natural progression for him now is parody films like his upcoming Naked Gun reboot. The formula perfected by Taken has been reused many times, but never better than it is here with Neeson as Bryan Mills, a former CIA operative.
Bryan’s relationship with his daughter, Kim (Maggie Grace), may be strained, but he’s the only call she makes while being kidnapped by human traffickers in Europe. Bryan’s warning to Kim’s kidnappers falls on deaf ears, so he’ll just have to go overseas and demonstrate his “particular set of skills.”
Taken is streaming on Hulu.
There are certain aspects of True Lies that wouldn’t fly with today’s audience, including its depiction of Arab terrorists. But this may be the funniest action movie that James Cameron has ever directed. Arnold Schwarzenegger plays Harry Tasker, one of America’s top super spies. The price of Harry’s success is that his marriage to Helen (Jamie Lee Curtis) is rapidly falling apart.
Harry’s attempt to save his relationship with Helen puts both of them in danger as terrorists attempt to strike on American soil. But there’s rarely a problem that Harry can’t solve with a stern glare as well as swift and blinding violence.
True Lies is streaming on Hulu.
Aliens was only James Cameron’s second movie with a big budget, and he confidently transformed the horror of the original Alien into an all-time classic sci-fi action adventure. Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) survived the events of the first movie, only to learn that she spent decades in stasis and doesn’t have any family left.
Without any other prospects, Ripley accompanies a team of space marines to a colony on LV-426. Even Ripley is stunned by the scope of the Xenomorph infestation waiting for them there. These creatures are heavily resistant to conventional weapons and Ripley’s allies are dropping like flies around her.
Aliens is streaming on Hulu.
