The Best Things Coming to Hulu in August 2025

Riveting true-crime shows lead the pack for summer streaming, plus classic films, a ‘King of the Hill’ reboot, an ‘Alien’ prequel and TV’s ‘Bewitched’

Tracey Minkin,

Updated July 28, 2025

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Published February 02, 2024

/ Updated July 28, 2025

hank hill and friends in a still image from the animated series 'king of the hill'

The long-awaited 14th season of “King of the Hill” arrives on Hulu Aug. 4.

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In the dog days of summer, turn up the AC and turn on Hulu! The August lineup features loads of true-crime tales, including the fascinating cases of innocent Amanda Knox and scheming Ted Bundy, plus the wild tale of the theft of Dorothy’s ruby slippers from the Judy Garland Museum and the justice that followed (no falling houses were involved). There’s also a bundle of classic films for movie nights, a creepy new Aliens series and every episode of Bewitched.

Coming August 1

The Brothers McMullen (2000, R)

Director, producer and star Edward Burns, 57, wrote this coming-of-age screenplay about three Irish Catholic brothers while he was working as a production assistant on Entertainment Tonight. He shot the film for $25,000 in his Long Island, NY, hometown, saving money by advertising for Irish American actors willing to work for free. When Robert Redford, 88, showed up to tape an ET segment, Burns pressed the film into his hands. Redford shepherded the project to Sundance, where it took a top prize and got the theatrical release it deserved. Burns is filming a sequel this year (The Family McMullen), so now’s the perfect time to visit this Gen X cult indie.

The Devil Wears Prada (2006, PG-13)

This iconic film about fashion and magazines, bosses and assistants, is getting a sequel in 2026, featuring almost all of its stellar original cast, led by Meryl Streep, 76, as the Anna Wintour–inspired editor of a Vogue-like mag; Stanley Tucci, 64, as her art director; Emily Blunt as a canny insider; and Anne Hathaway as the fashion fish out of water who learns to play the game. The original remains tone-perfect and great fun. “Florals for spring? Groundbreaking.”

District 9 (2009, R)

South African–Canadian director Neill Blomkamp’s critically acclaimed sci-fi action tale remains more relevant than ever more than 25 years later. In an alternative version of the early 1980s, a spacecraft hovers over Johannesburg, filled with malnourished, insect-like aliens. They’re put in a concentration camp of sorts run by a private corporation with nefarious capitalistic goals. The storytelling reverberates with themes that include apartheid, xenophobia and social segregation.

Equity (2016, R)

Tired of all those wolves on Wall Street? Check out this under-the-radar thriller about the hard-driving world of finance but featuring women in the central roles (for once). Written and directed by an all-women team, Equity stars the always excellent Anna Gunn (Breaking Bad), 56, as an investment banker trapped by double crosses in a risky IPO.

Coming August 4

King of the Hill, Season 14

Fifteen years after Season 13 ended, the classic animated series is back. After many years working in Saudi Arabia’s propane industry to save up for retirement, Hank and Peggy Hill return to their Texas hometown, and they’re in for quite a culture shock.

Coming August 7

Ted Bundy: Dialogue with the Devil

In 1984, imprisoned serial killer Ted Bundy offered to help investigator Robert Keppel catch the Green River Killer, who, like Bundy, murdered many women in Seattle. The cat-and-mouse gamesmanship of Keppel’s interviews with Bundy form the core of this multipart documentary streaming exclusively on Hulu.

Coming August 8

Ralph Barbosa: Planet Bosa

Following his 2023 late-night appearance on Jimmy Fallon’s show and his Netflix streamer debut special (Ralph Barbosa: Cowabunga was in the top 10 for two weeks), the Texas comic launches his sophomore comedy special on Hulu. This is a good one to catch with your teenage grandkids.

Coming August 12

Alien: Earth (FX)

In space, no one can hear you scream, but they can come up with a creepy prequel to one of the scariest space-horror films of all time. This new FX series from showrunner Noah Hawley (FX’s Fargo), 58, is set two years before the events of 1979’s Alien. The first two episodes premiere August 12, with six more weekly installments following. The series stars actor Kyle Chandler’s daughter Sydney Chandler as Wendy, a hybrid with a robot body and human consciousness. Justified’s Timothy Olyphant, 57, plays her mentor.

Coming August 20

The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox

Sixteen years after her 2009 conviction for the murder of her roommate — and 10 years after a final reversal of that conviction by an Italian court — Amanda Knox (along with Monica Lewinsky) produces an eight-episode limited series revisiting the harrowing, bizarre story of her trials and fight for freedom. Grace Van Patten stars as Knox.

Coming August 22

Eenie Meanie (2025, Unrated)

There’s nothing like a heist thriller on a summer night, and this Hulu original film obliges with the tale of Edie (Samara Weaving, Nine Perfect Strangers), who has to return to her former life of crime to help save the life of her ex-boyfriend. Grownup favorites Steve Zahn, 57, Andy Garcia, 69, and Randall Park, 51, costar.

Coming August 26

Ruby Red-Handed: Stealing America’s Most Famous Pair of Shoes

Talk about a high-profile heist: In 2005, the ruby slippers clicked three times by Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz were stolen from the Judy Garland Museum in Garland’s hometown of Grand Rapids, Minnesota. Find out how the thieves were tracked down and caught red-slipper-handed in this highly entertaining docuseries from ABC News Studios for Hulu.

Coming August 28

Bewitched: The Complete Series

The full eight seasons of this classic 1960s sitcom arrive on Hulu with just the twitch of a nose, bringing a much-needed dose of nostalgia, not to mention the marvelous character roles of Paul Lynde as Uncle Arthur, Alice Ghostley as Tabitha’s babysitter, Maurice Evans as Samantha’s father, Alice Pearce as nosy neighbor Gladys Kravitz, David White as Madmen-predating ad exec Larry Tate and, ruling them all, Agnes Moorehead as Samantha’s mother, Endora. Two Darrins (Dick York and Dick Sargent) play sexist-tinged foils to the incandescent Elizabeth Montgomery, creating a time capsule of what made America laugh so hard back then.

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