10 Hulu Shows That Will Keep You Glued to Your Seat

Keeley Brooks

Tue, August 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM UTC

Lucas Gouveia/How-To Geek

Hulu is home to some of the best shows on television, the kind with narratives so juicy, you find yourself detaching from your life to get back into theirs and see how things are playing out with your favorite characters. We call those kinds of series bingeworthy, and lucky for us, the platform is home to some of the best series that have ever graced our TV screens.

Whether you're in the mood for something to sink your teeth into or are just looking for something to help pass the time, these are 10 of Hulu's most bingeworthy shows.

Veronica Mars (2004 – 2019)

I binged Veronica Mars during COVID and was fully engrossed with this detailed story arc. Kristen Bell is a charm to watch, and you'll fall in love with her as anti-establishment teenager and budding private detective Veronica Mars.

Once the cool, popular girl in school, Veronica finds herself an outcast of sorts after her best friend is murdered and her father (Enrico Colantoni) is removed as the county sheriff. While she hones her skills in high school, our narrative follows her into law school, where she then dedicates her life to cracking the town's toughest mysteries with her private detective father … and she's good, very good.

Why you'll love it:The show is well-written with seamlessly blended episodes wrought with engaging plots and sharp, witty dialogue. You'll also find serious issues, like trauma and inequality as well as their effects, subtly embedded in this fantastic blend of teen drama and detective noir. Bell's sarcasm and snarky sense of humor provide the perfect amount of levity.

The Handmaid's Tale (2017 – 2025)

Based on Margaret Atwood's bestselling novel, The Handmaid's Tale is a hard watch, but it's one of the most flooring, necessary watches on the planet. It abruptly breaches your boundaries, then asks you to abandon and rebuild them.

The Handmaid's Tale tells the story of the rise of Gilead, a totalitarian society in what used to be a part of the United States. It's ruled by a fundamentalist regime that treats women as property and forces them into sexual servitude. When they grab and piss off the wrong woman, June Osborne, or Offred (Elisabeth Moss) in Gilead, they learn the lengths women can go to when it comes to surviving and rescuing those taken from her.

Why you'll love it:The series is one of the most unique, frightening, compelling stories that's ever sent my jaw to the floor. You won't be able to bear everything, but you also won't be able to look away. That is the quality of a hit-maker.

Sons of Anarchy (2008 – 2014)

In addition to being one of the best gritty crime dramas and one of my all-time favorite TV shows, Sons of Anarchy is an epic biker drama by Kurt Sutter about an outlaw motorcycle club as a visceral analogy for human transformation—particularly of the criminal psyche. It's a bloody masterpiece.

Built on hopes, dreams, loyalty, and brotherhood, over time, SAMCRO became tainted with secrets and betrayals and infiltrated by guns, drugs, and violence. Sons of Anarchy is a bold, captivating, no-holds-barred narrative following club VP Jax Teller (Charlie Hunnam) as he struggles to balance his loyalty to his club with fatherhood and a personal life. If the chaos and mayhem don't thrill you to the bone, the drama certainly will.

Why you'll love it:Bikers and anarchy, man! Sons features outstanding performances, an epic biker-family saga, and more grit, action, violence, and emotional depth than you can shake a stick at. It also features what I consider to be one of Walton Goggins' best roles and first magnum opus: transgender prostitute Venus Van Dam.

Schitt's Creek (2015 – 2020)

Schitt's Creek follows the filthy-rich Rose family, who are over-the-top, ridiculous snobs—that is until the IRS steps in and takes it all away. The only thing they're left with, aside from a few personal belongings, is a small, rural, underdeveloped town called Schitt's Creek that patriarch Johnny (Eugene Levy) bought for his son, David (Dan Levy), as a joke.

The joke's on them, though, as they find their highfalutin selves living in the local motel, sans any fancy amenities. Their life adjustment is hysterical on multiple levels, not just with their living situation but also in their local community interactions. They're no longer rubbing elbows with high society's finest. They're on the ground floor with the working-class people of a po-dunk town. Its comedic commentary on classism becomes a lesson in acceptance that leaves you with all the warm and fuzzy feels.

Why you'll love it:Moira Rose (Catherine O'Hara) and David are spectacularly hysterical characters wrapped in outstanding meltdown performances that'll tickle your ribs and tug at your heartstrings. The writing is funny and intelligent, and the comedic timing couldn't be more perfect. Schitt's Creek is the whole package, having cemented itself as one of the funniest sitcoms on Hulu .

Mayans M.C. (2018 – 2023)

A spinoff to Sons of Anarchy , Mayans M.C. is another gritty creation of Kurt Sutter's. While the club is no SAMCRO, they are an entertaining second place with its own engrossing narrative. The series follows the life of Ezekiel "EZ" Reyes, a member of the Mayans M.C. charter on the California/Mexico border.

Once a golden boy with the American dream in his grasp, EZ's life takes a different path after a prison stint following his mother's murder. As he and his brother get closer to the truth, EZ's need for vengeance takes over as he begins to unravel. There's more to this story than just a biker drama, though. This small-screen gem has a great family subplot that's more integral than you think.

Why I love it:In SOA 's absence, it kept us fans rooted in the biker universe. It looks and feels the same, but Mayans has its own story to follow, which focuses on the club's perspective in a much larger criminal scope.

Justified (2010 – 2015)

If you aren't familiar with Justified , which is based on Elmore Leonard's short story Fire in the Hole , I highly recommend taking the time to acquaint yourself with the daily ins and outs of the most charismatic U.S. Marshal east of the Mississippi River.

U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) is a no-nonsense, lightning-fast gunslinger who finds himself back in the hills and hollers of Harlan County, Kentucky, after delivering his own brand of justice to a high-profile criminal down in Florida. Now back in his hometown of hoodlums, Givens takes on new cases and criminals as he goes head-to-head with his nemesis, career redneck criminal royalty Boyd Crowder (Walton Goggins).

Why I love it:You'll be sucked in by the show's narrative arc, well-written characters, and unique blend of crime drama and Western themes with dark humor. Both Olyphant and Goggins give electric performances full of chemistry, like bickering siblings in a love-hate relationship.

How to Get Away with Murder (2014 – 2020)

I love a good legal drama thriller, and there's no better series in the genre than How to Get Away with Murder . It'll have you passing on sleep just to keep bingeing so you can see what happens next.

Annalise Keating (Viola Davis) is a brilliant, seductive professor of defense law who teaches a university class called How to Get Away with Murder. She's also a brilliant criminal defense attorney. When she selects the best and brightest of her students to assist with her firm's cases, mysteries pop up that test everyone's limits and expose deeply buried, dark truths.

Why I love it: How to Get Away with Murder hooks you from the start with its fast-paced narrative, complex characters, and intense plot twists. Viola Davis also gives a career-defining performance you won't forget.

Fargo (2014 – 2024)

A black comedy-crime drama, Fargo is an anthology series inspired by the Coen Brothers' 1996 hit film of the same name, a masterpiece in storytelling with its finely tuned balance of violence and humor, and darkly comedic yet thought-provoking experience. The series achieves the same.

Each season of Fargo follows a mostly new cast of characters who get involved with murder investigations in different Midwestern towns, with seemingly unrelated crimes often being connected in some roundabout way. The latest season is set in Minnesota and North Dakota and unravels the tale of an unsuspecting housewife (Juno Temple) who's pulled back into a gritty past she thought she'd left behind. At the time of this publishing, there is no word on a sixth season, but stay tuned. You never know.

Why I love it: Fargo is storytelling at its finest. From pacing and acting to writing and action, every scene is classic Coen Brothers' black comedy gold.

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005 – Ongoing)

Easily the most bingeworthy on Hulu, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is a huge time commitment, but it's absolutely worth it with its singularly nihilistic tone and underlying social commentary. All you need to know about where to start is with an open mind and a barrel of laughs.

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia follows the daily exploits of a group of five raging alcoholic narcissists, known as The Gang, as they work to run their failing Irish dive bar in South Philadelphia right into the ground. They're all egocentric degenerates who lack empathy and find much enjoyment in scheming, conspiring, and reveling in each other's misery. For them, there's no such thing as stooping too low and no such thing as keeping a lid on it.

These best Sunny episodes are a great place to start if you haven't seen the series or want to revisit some of its best moments.

Why I love it:The chemistry and timing of this group of actors is superb. You will find a piece of yourself in each one of these characters, and it will force you to question and even alter your perspectives and maybe even your beliefs. Everything about the show is natural and infectious.

A Thousand Blows (2025 – Ongoing)

From creator Stephen Knight, of Peaky Blinders and Taboo fame, A Thousand Blows is a gritty boxing-crime drama set in mid-1800's London. This story of ambition, violence, and desire follows a group of outsiders who first demand more than society is willing to give, then who downright take it when they're denied.

We follow a pair of Jamaican best friends who immigrate to London, right into the path of murderous gangster and notorious boxer Sugar Goodson (Stephen Graham). Inspired by the true-life stories of a group of characters battling for survival in London's East End, the show casts a particular light on the first all-female gang, The Forty Elephants, led by the infamous Mary Carr (Erin Doherty).

Why I love it: A Thousand Blows is a masterful depiction of the filthy, dangerous, brutal underbelly of London's thriving bare-knuckle boxing scene. It's the epitome of power and grit fueled by weakness and vulnerability, and features outstanding performances from Graham and Doherty. Season one will drop in late 2025/early 2026, and after the season one cliffhanger, it's a continuation I'm craving to see.

All of these shows are bingeworthy to the max, to the point that once you finish, you'll want to start it over again. That's why we love bingeing, right? Our connection to our story deepens, allowing our feelings and perceptions to do the same, and that provides a moment so magical, it's hard to walk away from when the credits roll.

Check out Yahoo's latest streaming advice, based on hands-on testing.

About our ads