10 Great Action Movies on Hulu Right Now (July 2025)

There's a very distinct sci-fi vibe among the great action movies on Hulu in July.

But that's fitting because there's no action movie better suited for the month than Independence Day, an all-American sci-fi alien invasion flick.

Hulu has also added the cult fan-favorite Alita: Battle Angel, a big-budget sci-fi action flick that only attracted a following after it left theaters.

You can find the complete lineup of the Watch With Us team's roundup of the great action movies on Hulu below.

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'Independence Day' (1996)

There's a scene in Independence Day that has perhaps the greatest Presidential speech ever put to film. Too bad President Thomas J. Whitmore (Bil Pullman) isn't real. Because when aliens attack on the fourth of July, Whitmore's leadership may be the deciding factor in the war for Earth.

Will Smith had a breakout role as Captain Steven Hiller, a Marine pilot who is one of the few military survivors of the initial alien attack. Hiller also had a close encounter of the third kind outside of his jet, and the intel he carries with him could give humanity a fighting chance.

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Independence Day is streaming on Hulu.

'Alita: Battle Angel' (2017)

James Cameron wanted to make Alita: Battle Angel for years, but he had to settle for co-writing the script and producing the film for director Robert Rodriguez. No one knows for sure who Alita (Rosa Salazar) was before she was recovered by Dr. Dyson Ido (Christoph Waltz) in a scrapyard. From that moment on, Alita was born again and dedicated to helping Ido and her small circle of friends.

Alita's cyborg body and warrior skills attract the wrong kind of attention from the rulers, who look down on the people who have to live on the surface. Alita is willing to defy those in power, even if it means endangering herself in the process.

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Alita: Battle Angel is streaming on Hulu.

'Edge of Tomorrow' (2014)

Don't mourn for William Cage (Tom Cruise). He lived a coward's life and died a coward's death... at least the first time. During an alien invasion, Edge of Tomorrow gives Cage a chance to live the same day over and over again. And through each repeat of the time loop, Cage becomes a better warrior.

Sergeant Rita Vrataski (Emily Blunt) recognizes Cage's ability to repeat the day because she used to have that power as well. With Rita's help, Cage becomes humanity's secret weapon in the war. Unfortunately for Cage, nothing he does seems to matter in the long run. Earth is doomed, and he's at a loss for how to change that.

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Edge of Tomorrow is streaming on Hulu.

'Man on Fire' (2004)

Does Denzel Washington look like a man you want to cross? Movie villains have been making that mistake for decades. In Man on Fire, Washington plays John Creasy, a former CIA operative who has run out of reasons to live.

Creasy rediscovers happiness in his life when he befriends Guadalupe "Pita" Ramos (Dakota Fanning), a young girl he's hired to protect in Mexico. When Pita is kidnapped, Creasy makes it his personal mission to make sure she comes home alive. And he's not shy about leaving bodies in his wake.

Man on Fire is streaming on Hulu.

‘Uncharted’ (2022)

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.

‘Bullet Train’ (2022)

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.

‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ (2024)

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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.

‘Prey’ (2022)

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.

‘True Lies’ (1994)

Certain aspects ofTrue Lies wouldn’t fly with today’s audience, including its stereotypical 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’ (1986)

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.