This weekend, we have 6 Hulu shows that prove that best TV shows don’t always come with the most noise. A contract killer who’ll make you laugh and squirm in equal measure, a Silicon Valley thriller that wants to break your brain, and a 90s mystery that keeps rewriting itself — all worth your time.
Here are 6 genuinely more obscure Hulu series—the kind you usually don’t see in “top shows” lists, but are absolutely worth digging up.
Cruel Summer (2021)
- Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Drama
- IMDB rating: 7.4/10
- Rotten Tomatoes (critics): 94%
Set across three consecutive summers in a small Texas town in the 1990s, Cruel Summer follows two teenage girls whose lives become violently entangled after one of them goes missing. Each episode revisits the same date across 1993, 1994, and 1995, letting you watch how the same events look completely different depending on whose perspective you’re in.
Chiara Aurelia and Olivia Holt both deliver gripping performances, holding the show together across its shifting loyalties and unreliable timelines. The 90s setting gives it a specific, nostalgic feel, and I really like how the structure forces you to constantly revise what you think you know about both characters before the episode is even over.
You can watch Cruel Summer on Hulu.
The Path (2016–2018)
The Path” follows a family at the center of a controversial cult movement as they struggle with relationships, faith, and power. Each episode takes an in-depth look at the gravitational pull of belief and what it means to choose between the life we live and the life we want. Is an American drama television series created by Jessica Goldberg, and starring Aaron Paul, Michelle Monaghan, and Hugh Dancy. The show portrays members of a fictional religion known as Meyerism
The series was ordered by Hulu in March 2015, with a straight 10-episode order, and debuted on March 30, 2016. Its original title, The Way, was changed to The Path in September 2015, due to its similarity to that of the real-life ministry and alleged cult, The Way International.
You can watch The Path on Hulu.
Mr. Inbetween (2018–2021)
- Genre: Dark Comedy, Crime, Drama
- IMDB rating: 8.7/10
- Rotten Tomatoes (critics): 95%
Ray Shoesmith is a contract killer living in Sydney who also happens to be a devoted dad, a loyal friend, and a surprisingly thoughtful boyfriend. This Australian dark comedy show follows Ray as he navigates the very ordinary messiness of family life alongside the deeply unordinary demands of being a contract killer.
Scott Ryan, who created the show and plays Ray, writes dialogue that crackles with dry wit. Each episode runs around 25 minutes, making it one of the most binge-worthy shows on Hulu. I really like how the show never tries to explain or excuse Ray, trusting you to sit with the contradiction of liking someone who does terrible things for a living.
You can watch Mr. Inbetween on Hulu.
Devs (2020)
- Genre: Sci-fi, Mystery, Thriller
- IMDB rating: 7.6/10
- Rotten Tomatoes (critics): 84%
When a young software engineer’s boyfriend dies under suspicious circumstances at her Silicon Valley employer, she starts pulling on a thread that unravels something far stranger than corporate conspiracy. Alex Garland, the writer-director behind Ex Machina and Annihilation, wrote and directed every episode of this eight-part miniseries.
Devs is dense, philosophical, and visually unlike other TV series. It wrestles with free will, quantum mechanics, and what it means to know the future with the kind of seriousness that demands your full attention. I really like how the show uses the cold architecture of Silicon Valley as a backdrop for questions that are ancient.
You can watch Devs on Hulu.
Chance (2016 – 2017)
- Genre: Drama, Mystery , Thriller
- IMDB rating: 7.5/10
- Rotten Tomatoes (critics): 75%
Chance is a 2016–2017 American psychological thriller television series starring Hugh Laurie. Based on Chance, the show aired on Hulu for two seasons. It explores obsession, moral ambiguity, and identity through the lens of neuropsychiatry and noir-inspired crime.
A gritty psychological thriller led by Hugh Laurie that never got the attention it probably deserved.
Laurie plays a forensic neuropsychiatrist pulled into a dangerous world of identity confusion, police corruption, and violent consequences. The show leans into noir tones and slow psychological escalation rather than fast procedural pacing.
It’s moody, tense, and often uncomfortable in a grounded way rather than a stylized one.
Best for: crime thriller fans who like character-driven paranoia more than action.
You can watch Chance on Hulu.
The Hotwives ( 2014 – 2015)
- Genre: Satire, Parodia, Comedy
- IMDB rating: 6.9/10
- Rotten Tomatoes (critics): 85%
The Hotwives is a parody comedy television series that streamed on Hulu from 2014 to 2015. It satirizes the tropes and personalities of Bravo’s The Real Housewives franchise, following exaggerated socialites in fictionalized versions of Orlando and Las Vegas. The show is known for its ensemble cast of established comedians and sharp genre spoofing. Developed by Paramount Digital Entertainment as a parody of The Real Housewives reality television franchise broadcast on Bravo, the first season follows the lives of several fictional women residing in Orlando, Florida.
The series’ seven hotwives are inspired by several housewives that have been featured on installments of The Real Housewives.
Season two, following a new group of ladies in Las Vegas, premiered on August 18, 2015
You can watch Chance on Hulu
