{"id":251157,"date":"2026-07-10T09:35:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T09:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/10\/3-best-new-hulu-movies-to-watch-this-weekend-july-10-12-lady-bird-and-more\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T09:35:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T09:35:41","slug":"3-best-new-hulu-movies-to-watch-this-weekend-july-10-12-lady-bird-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/10\/3-best-new-hulu-movies-to-watch-this-weekend-july-10-12-lady-bird-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Best New Hulu Movies to Watch This Weekend (July 10-12): \u2018Lady Bird\u2019 and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Women\u2019s History Month is usually in March, but maybe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/media-network\/hulu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hulu<\/a> didn\u2019t get the memo. They just added a bunch of new movies at the beginning of July, and many of them feature strong female protagonists.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/watch-with-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch With Us<\/a> is celebrating the power of all things female this weekend with a trio of films that have won awards and goodwill from audiences over the years.<\/p>\n<p><em>Lady Bird<\/em> was a big hit nearly a decade ago, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/greta-gerwig\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Greta Gerwig<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s coming-of-age dramedy still resonates today.<\/p>\n<p><em>Bend It Like Beckham<\/em> introduced the world to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/keira-knightley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Keira Knightley<\/strong><\/a>, while <em>Run Lola Run<\/em> showed just how experimental \u2013 and fun \u2013 movies can be.\n<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Lady Bird\u2019 (2017)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1077352\" style=\"width: 900px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:89.142857142857%;\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Saoirse Ronan and Lucas Hedges in \u2018Lady Bird\u2018<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">A24<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Christine McPherson (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/saoirse-ronan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Saoirse Ronan<\/strong><\/a>) is desperate to escape her hometown, but she has one problem she can\u2019t quite overcome just yet \u2013 she\u2019s still a kid. But graduation is just around the corner, and she has her sights set on an adult life in New York City. She\u2019ll have to grow up a little first, which means enduring cringey relationships with boys, tolerating her slacker brother and his equally lazy girlfriend, and her complicated relationship with her stressed-out mother, Marion (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/laurie-metcalf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Laurie Metcalf<\/strong><\/a>). Christine wants to grow up fast, but she doesn\u2019t realize she might miss out on the best part of becoming an adult.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/new-on-hulu-in-july-2026-the-full-list-of-movies-and-tv-shows\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ready-or-not-2-2026.jpg?w=400&amp;h=225&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ready-or-not-2-2026.jpg?w=200&amp;h=113&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ready-or-not-2-2026.jpg?w=300&amp;h=169&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ready-or-not-2-2026.jpg?w=400&amp;h=225&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ready-or-not-2-2026.jpg?w=600&amp;h=338&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ready-or-not-2-2026.jpg?w=800&amp;h=450&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ready-or-not-2-2026.jpg?w=900&amp;h=506&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ready-or-not-2-2026.jpg?w=1000&amp;h=563&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ready-or-not-2-2026.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=675&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ready-or-not-2-2026.jpg?w=1600&amp;h=900&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Samara Weaving, Kathryn Newton in Ready or Not 2\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/new-on-hulu-in-july-2026-the-full-list-of-movies-and-tv-shows\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">New on Hulu in July 2026 \u2014 The Full List of Movies and TV Shows<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tAre you ready to return Runway? Not the runway, but Runway, the fictional magazine where Meryl Streep\u2018s Miranda Priestly reigns supreme? The Devil Wears Prada 2 finally arrives on Hulu in July, and you\u2019re invited to the fashion movie event of the year \u00a0\u2013 as long as you have a subscription. Miranda isn\u2019t the only [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Nominated for five Oscars in 2018, <em>Lady Bird<\/em> is one of the rare films that feels like an instant classic. That\u2019s due to a lot of things: the pitch-perfect acting, especially from Ronan and Metclaf as a mother-daughter who frustrate each other to no end; the almost too-real screenplay, which contains a lot of truths about the agonies and ecstasies of growing up; and the sensitive direction by Greta Gerwig, who is clearly telling a fictionalized version of her own youth. <em>Lady Bird<\/em> is a movie you hold close to your chest and cherish, hoping nothing will diminish its luster. Nothing will.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hulu.com\/movie\/lady-bird-74cf4171-e4b3-47f0-b1a3-f0be2cc8e418\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Lady Bird<\/em> is streaming on Hulu.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Run Lola Run\u2019 (1998)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4371703\" style=\"width: 900px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:66.714285714286%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4371703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/run-lola-run-1998.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu in Run Lola Run\" width=\"1000\" height=\"668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/run-lola-run-1998.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/run-lola-run-1998.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/run-lola-run-1998.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/run-lola-run-1998.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/run-lola-run-1998.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/run-lola-run-1998.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/run-lola-run-1998.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/run-lola-run-1998.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/run-lola-run-1998.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/run-lola-run-1998.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/run-lola-run-1998.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/run-lola-run-1998.jpg?w=1400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/run-lola-run-1998.jpg?w=1600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/run-lola-run-1998.jpg?w=1800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/run-lola-run-1998.jpg?w=1920&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu in Run Lola Run.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Sony Pictures Classics\/courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lola (<strong>Franka Potente<\/strong>) is too good for Manni (<strong>Moritz Bleibtreu<\/strong>); she already knows this before he tells her he\u2019s going to rob a nearby grocery store to pay his drug lord boss for money he lost in a deal. Lola knows if Manni goes through with it, he\u2019ll wind up dead, so she sets off to get the money herself and save her no-good bf from certain death.<\/p>\n<p>On paper, <em>Run Lola Run<\/em>\u2019s plot is pretty straightforward, but it\u2019s the execution that makes <em>Run Lola Run<\/em> stand out \u2013 and what makes it so fresh and modern a quarter-century after its first release. Director Tom Tykwer tells Lola\u2019s story three times, utilizing a <em>Choose Your Own Adventure<\/em> approach that details how his main protagonist\u2019s story changes if she makes different decisions, like if she decides to scream at a cyclist she runs into while running, or if fate intervenes, which either dooms or saves her. <em>Run Lola Run<\/em> is a fun, playful film; if there\u2019s not much beneath the surface, well, then just enjoy the surface \u2013 especially the earwormy techno soundtrack.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hulu.com\/movie\/run-lola-run-7ddec631-1574-4c34-a6ea-5dafa3f9d186\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Run Lola Run<\/em> is streaming on Hulu.<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<h2>\u2018Bend It Like Beckham\u2019 (2002)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4371707\" style=\"width: 900px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:79.571428571429%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4371707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bend-it-like-beckham.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley in Bend It Like Beckham\" width=\"1000\" height=\"796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bend-it-like-beckham.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bend-it-like-beckham.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bend-it-like-beckham.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bend-it-like-beckham.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bend-it-like-beckham.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bend-it-like-beckham.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bend-it-like-beckham.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bend-it-like-beckham.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bend-it-like-beckham.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=74&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bend-it-like-beckham.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bend-it-like-beckham.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bend-it-like-beckham.jpg?w=1400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley in Bend It Like Beckham<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. Courtesy: Everett Collection.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jess (<em>ER\u2019<\/em>s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/pictures\/hollywood-moms-parminder-nagra-2009278\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Parminder Nagra<\/strong><\/a>) is 18, lives in London and follows her parents\u2019 strict rules \u2013 well, mostly. She\u2019s obsessed with soccer and, in particular, David Beckham, but her parents don\u2019t want her to play for fear of her grades suffering. With the help of her friend Jess (Keira Knightley), Jess tries out for the local women\u2019s team and earns a spot. When the team wins enough games to qualify for the championship, Jess is ecstatic \u2013 until she learns it\u2019s on the same day as her older sister\u2019s wedding. Jess faces an impossible choice, and if she makes the wrong one, she could regret it forever.<\/p>\n<p>World Cup fever is still running high, so it\u2019s only appropriate to watch one of the best soccer movies ever made. Even if you\u2019re not a fan of European football, you can still cherish <em>Bend It Like Beckham<\/em>, which tells a coming-of-age story we can all relate to. Nagra and Knightley are fully believable as teenage girls who get a kick \u2013 literally! \u2013 out of competing in a sport they love, even when they have a crush on the same guy. <em>Bend It Like Beckham<\/em> is the rare film that doesn\u2019t trivialize female friendships or center them around men; instead, it focuses on their shared love of scoring goals on the pitch and basking in the glow of winning a hard-fought game.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hulu.com\/movie\/bend-it-like-beckham-90666cf0-9f28-410b-b971-c04db0a2c131\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Bend It Like Beckham<\/em> is streaming on Hulu.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/3-best-new-hulu-movies-to-watch-this-weekend-july-10-12-26\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Women\u2019s History Month is usually in March, but maybe Hulu didn\u2019t get the memo. They just added a bunch of new movies at the beginning of July, and many of them feature strong female protagonists. 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