3 Best New Hulu Movies to Watch This Weekend (April 17-19): ‘Shelby Oaks' and More
Hulu has an impressive library, but what doesn't get talked about as much is the diversity of its content.
From new horror films to classic comedies, the streamer literally has something for everyone.
Watch With Us is highlighting Hulu's breadth of movies this weekend by selecting three entertaining pictures that couldn't be any more different from one another.
But what Shelby Oaks, Not Another Teen Movie starring a young Chris Evans and Micki & Maude all have in common is that they're guaranteed to entertain you for around two hours.
‘Shelby Oaks' (2025)
What happened in the ghost town known as Shelby Oaks? That's the intriguing question at the heart of the aptly titled Shelby Oaks, a found-footage horror film written and directed by YouTuber Chris Stuckmann. When four YouTubers go missing in the town, no one can quite figure out what happened to them. When a camera containing footage of their last night is found, a grieving family member, Mia (Camille Sullivan), is determined to watch it to find out what happened to her sister Riley (Sarah Durn). But she might not like what she finds, especially when it becomes obvious a demonic cult was involved in Riley's disappearance. Is Mia brave enough to find out the truth, even if it might cost her her marriage and life?
Shelby Oaks is an ambitious horror movie, which is both its chief strength and flaw. It successfully conjures a spooky mood, especially when it ventures into an abandoned prison, but it wants to be too many things at once - a contemporary Rosemary's Baby, a less satisfying Blair Witch Project and a less artful Hereditary. Still, it's scary enough to warrant a watch, and the recreation of "found" shaky digital camera footage is effectively creepy.
Shelby Oaks is streaming on Hulu.
‘Not Another Teen Movie' (2001)
Long before his Marvel superhero roles in The Avengers and Fantastic Four, Chris Evans was just another himbo looking for his big break. He got it with Not Another Teen Movie, a scattershot and scatalogical parody that has equal amounts of jokes that hit and gags that miss. The ones that do hit are very funny, though, which makes this early-2000s parody worth watching even after a quarter-century.
Evans stars as Jake Wyler, a walking and talking "popular jock" stereotype with a heart of gold and rocks for brains. He also has a pretty face, which draws the sweet and shy Janey Briggs (Chyler Leigh), an ugly duckling who becomes a swan as soon as she ditches her specs and lets her hair down. But their blossoming romance is threatened by numerous factors, including Jake's horny sister with a kink fetish and the revelation of a secret bet Jake made to make Janey a prom queen.
The plot isn't the point of Not Another Teen Movie; it's just an excuse to set up one parody of then-popular teen movies like American Pie, Can't Hardly Wait and 10 Things I Hate About You. Since those films are still remembered today, it's easy to laugh at all the jokes the movie sets up. Whether he's walking around in nothing but whipped cream and a strategically placed banana or reenacting played-for-laughs football scenes that riff on Varsity Blues, Evans is right at home playing a dim-witted hunk who doesn't know any better. He rarely has roles like this anymore, and he should show more of his silly side instead of picking up Captain America's shield again.
Not Another Teen Movie is streaming on Hulu.
‘Micki and Maude' (1984)
Reporter Rob (Dudley Moore) loves his legal eagle wife, Micki (Ann Reinking), but his desire to have a baby and her unwillingness to sacrifice her career for motherhood push him into the arms of cellist Maude (Amy Irving). When Maude becomes pregnant, Rob decides to divorce Micki, but before he can tell her, she reveals she's also pregnant - and wants to keep the baby. What's Rob to do? Why, become a bigamist, of course. But how long can Rob keep up the deception, especially when Micki and Maude go into labor at the same time and in the same hospital?
Micki & Maude is a screwball comedy with a screwball premise involving all sorts of politically incorrect behavior that would get it canceled today. Maybe that's why it's such a hoot to watch. The key to making all this work is Moore's performance as the lovesick Rob. He's genuinely sincere in his desire to please both women even though his lies ultimately hurt them. Micki & Maude is a movie that requires suspension of disbelief and a willingness to accept a deeply flawed man as the protagonist. If you can do both, then you'll surely enjoy the film's many comedic pleasures, including an absolutely hysterical climax in a very crowded delivery room.
Micki & Maude is streaming on Hulu.
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This story was originally published April 17, 2026 at 4:05 AM.