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New on Hulu in October 2021

Powerful new drama Dopesick, Castle, and the old-school Star Trek films are headed to Hulu this October.

by Jean Bentley | October 1, 2021 | Comments

TAGGED AS: Comedy, Drama, FX on Hulu, Hulu, movies, streaming, television, TV

If spooky isn’t your thing, there are plenty of options for you to stream this October on Hulu. This month brings the arrival of the entire pre–J.J. Abrams oeuvre of Star Trek movies and more films.

This month also marks the arrival of the complete series of Castle on streaming for the first time. Nathan Fillion stars as a crime author who begins shadowing a New York cop (Stana Katic) — naturally, hijinks and crime-solving ensue. The original series Dopesick, from Danny Strong, and the original documentary Jacinta also make the lineup.

Read on to find out what else is headed to the streaming service and what’s leaving this month, with a few highlights at the top.

HIGHLIGHTS

Description: Rick Castle, a famous crime novelist and rockstar of the literary world who finds inspiration for a new character from an unlikely source — the smart, beautiful, no-nonsense Det. Kate Beckett — whether she likes it or not. His fame gives him an all-access pass to her cases and he’s working her last nerve. But somehow, together, they’re the perfect partners in crime.

Premiere Date: Oct. 6, 2021

Description: Shot over three years, the film begins at the Maine Correctional Center where Jacinta, 26, and her mother Rosemary, 46, are incarcerated together, both recovering from drug addiction. As a child, Jacinta became entangled in her mother’s world of drugs and crime and has followed her in and out of the system since she was a teenager. This time, as Jacinta is released from prison, she hopes to maintain her sobriety and reconnect with her 10-year-old daughter, Caylynn, who lives with her paternal grandparents. Despite her desire to rebuild her life for her daughter, Jacinta continually struggles against the forces that first led to her addiction. With unparalleled access and a gripping vérité approach, director Jessica Earnshaw paints a deeply intimate portrait of mothers and daughters and the effects of trauma over generations.

Premiere Date: Oct. 8, 2021

Description: From executive producer Danny Strong and starring and executive produced by Michael Keaton, Dopesick examines how one company triggered the worst drug epidemic in American history. The series takes viewers to the epicenter of America’s struggle with opioid addiction, from the boardrooms of Big Pharma, to a distressed Virginia mining community, to the hallways of the DEA. Defying all the odds, heroes will emerge in an intense and thrilling ride to take down the craven corporate forces behind this national crisis and their allies. The limited series is inspired by the New York Times bestselling book by Beth Macy.

Premiere Date: Oct. 13, 2021

Full List of Shows and Movies Coming to Hulu This Month

Available 10/1

Series

- - Big Sky: Season 2 (2021) Premiere (ABC)

- - Cake: Season 5 (2021) Premiere (FXX)

84% Grey's Anatomy Season 18 Premiere (ABC)

- - Station 19: Season 5 (2021) Premiere (ABC)

- - The Bachelorette Complete Season 13 (ABC)

Movies

76% A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001)

79% Air Force One (1997)

69% Ali (2001)

54% Boxcar Bertha (1972)

86% Cedar Rapids (2011)

15% Chasing Papi (2003)

29% Class (1983)

18% Clifford (1994)

29% Clockstoppers (2002)

51% Code 46 (2003)

89% Crimson Tide (1995)

67% Date Night (2010)

77% Dead of Winter (1986)

48% Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011)

- - Double, Double, Toil and Trouble (1993)

95% Dr. No (1962)

55% Edge of the World (2021)

97% Escape From Alcatraz (1979)

11% Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)

- - The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave (2000)

50% Flatliners (1990)

97% From Russia With Love (1963)

80% GoldenEye (1995)

99% 007: Goldfinger (1964)

76% Happy Feet (2006)

45% Happy Feet Two (2011)

51% The Holiday (2006)

97% House of Games (1987)

84% The Hunger Games (2012)

90% The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)

70% The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 (2014)

70% The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2 (2015)

- - Hunt for the Skinwalker (2018)

9% Intersection (1994)

79% Licence to Kill (1989)

40% Light It Up (1999)

27% Lost in Space (1998)

13% The Love Guru (2008)

90% Mad Max (1979)

- - Madhouse (2005)

84% The Mask of Zorro (1998)

92% Maze (2017)

89% Mean Creek (2004)

2% Meet the Spartans (2008)

74% My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)

71% The Offence (1973)

39% Peeples (2013)

19% The Perfect Holiday (2007)

17% Queen of the Damned (2002)

60% Racing With the Moon (1984)

44% The Recruit (2003)

41% Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)

28% Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)

57% Road Trip (2000)

90% Rushmore (1998)

30% The Saint (1997)

76% Signs (2002)

24% Sleeping With the Enemy (1991)

75% Sleepless in Seattle (1993)

74% Snatch (2000)

42% Species (1995)

9% Species II (1998)

17% Species III (2004)

- - Species: The Awakening (2007)

82% The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

52% Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

86% Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

78% Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)

81% Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)

23% Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)

83% Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)

93% Star Trek: First Contact (1996)

47% Star Trek Generations (1994)

55% Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)

38% Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)

- - Still (2018)

38% Sweet Home Alabama (2002)

85% Sweet Land (2005)

51% The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009)

46% Teen Wolf (1985)

88% Theater of Blood (1973)

18% Tooth Fairy (2010)

30% Total Recall (2012)

83% The Untouchables (1987)

26% Victor Frankenstein (2015)

17% Vigilante Force (1976)

43% The Village (2004)

31% The Vow (2012)

89% Waitress (2007)

82% What About Bob? (1991)

69% When a Man Loves a Woman (1994)

0% Wolves at the Door (2016)

67% Wrong Turn 2 (2007)

Blippi’s Spooky Spells Halloween (2021)
Within (2016)

Available 10/3

70% Finding Your Feet (2017)

Available 10/4

86% Maggie's Plan (2015)

43% The Program (1993)

50% Unfaithful (2002)

Available 10/6

82% Castle Complete Series (ABC)

Available 10/7

Available 10/8

100% Jacinta (2020) (Hulu Original)

Cannabis Evolution (2019)

Available 10/9

Available 10/10

29% G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013)

0% Rogue Hostage (2021)

Available 10/11

98% Gunda (2020)

- - Madonna and the Breakfast Club (2019)

Available 10/12

88% The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52 (2021)

Available 10/13

20% CHIPS (2017)

Available 10/14

- - The Real Housewives of Orange County Complete Season 15 (Bravo)

89% Censor (2021)

0% Out of Death (2021)

Available 10/15

- - America's Book of Secrets: Season 2 (2013) (History)

- - Beyond Scared Straight Complete Seasons 4, 5, 6 (A&E)

- - Hoarders: Season 3 (2010) (A&E)

- - Little Women: Atlanta: Season 1 (2016) (Lifetime)

- - Little Women: Atlanta: Season 2 (2016) (Lifetime)

- - Nightwatch: Season 1 (2015) (A&E)

- - A Murder to Remember (2020)

- - Cheer Camp Killer (2020)

- - Miss India America (2015)

- - Sleepwalker (2017)

Beyond Oak Island: Complete Season 1 (History)
Married at First Sight: Couples Cam: Complete Season 10 (Lifetime)
Marrying Millions: Complete Season 2 (Lifetime)
Seven Year Switch: Complete Season 3 (Lifetime)
Swamp People: Complete Seasons 1, 2 (History)