The Best Movies Coming To Hulu In March, According To Critics’ Scores

Topline

Here are the films critics loved coming to Hulu in March—including Martin Scorsese’s Oscar-winning (Best Picture) The Departed—ranked by combined Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic scores.

Key Facts

The Top 10 Films

1. L.A. Confidential (1997), March 1 (99% Rotten Tomatoes, 91% Metacritic)

2. The Shape Of Water (2017), March 1 (92% Rotten Tomatoes, 87% Metacritic)

3. (Tie) Rye Lane (2023), March 31 (97% Rotten Tomatoes, 79% Metacritic)

3. (Tie) The Departed (2006), March 1 (91% Rotten Tomatoes, 85% Metacritic)

5. Official Competition (2021), March 16 (96% Rotten Tomatoes, 79% Metacritic)

6. Glory (1989), March 1 (94% Rotten Tomatoes, 78% Metacritic)

7. (Tie) Inu-Oh (2021), March 20 (91% Rotten Tomatoes, 77% Metacritic)

7. (Tie) Philomena (2013), March 24 (91% Rotten Tomatoes, 77% Metacritic)

9. (Tie) Groundhog Day (1993), March 1 (94% Rotten Tomatoes, 72% Metacritic)

9. (Tie) The Town (2010), March 1 (92% Rotten Tomatoes, 74% Metacritic)

Surprising Fact

In 2018, The Shape of Water led both the nomination and win count at the Academy Awards. It won some of the night’s top prizes, Best Picture and Best Director for Guillermo Del Toro, and it also took home prizes for original score and production design.

Tangent

Triangle of Sadness will debut on Hulu on March 3. With a 72% Rotten Tomatoes score and a 63% Metacritic score, it’s not among the ten highest rated films coming to Hulu next month, but the 2022 release is nominated for three Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

Key Background

The Rotten Tomatoes critics score, known as the Tomatometer, is the percentage of critics that have given the film a positive review. A movie with at least 60% positive reviews is given a fresh tomato symbol, while those with a score of less than 60% are given a splat symbol. Metacritic calculates a weighted average of critics’ reviews, assigning different weights to each critic and publication depending on importance or quality. Scores are displayed in green, yellow or red — indicating favorable, mixed or unfavorable reviews — and films with a score of at least 81% are designated as “must-see.” Both Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic track user ratings and allow users to write reviews, though these are displayed separately from critics’ scores.

Further Reading

The Very Best Films Added In February To Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu And HBO Max (Forbes)

Oscar Nominations 2023: ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ Leads Pack (Forbes)

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