Perhaps one day streaming platforms will quit studying our behaviors with their stalker-ish algorithms and give us what we actually need: a list of every damn short movie that’s streaming. Searching for a movie based on genre? An actor? A mood? I’m sorry, but that’s a luxury few can afford. Runtime is the first deciding factor, my friends.
Until then, at least I’m not out of a job to provide that list for you. If you’re on limited time, or you simply can’t find the energy to commit to a long-ass movie, you’ve come to the right place. Hulu has a great mix of movies that fit under the 100-minute mark. In that amount of time you can get a good laugh from some comedies, get scared out of your mind from a range of excellent horror movies, or cry over some touching documentaries.
1. Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
In Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, Emma Thompson plays a retired school teacher and widow who’s never had an orgasm in her life. Actually, she’s never slept with anyone but her late husband, and the two didn’t explore much beyond basic missionary sex. On a whim she decides to hire a sex worker to help her explore the sex life she never got to have. Over the course of three hotel meetings, Thompson’s Nancy and the much younger, incredibly handsome Leo Grande (Daryl McCormack) split their time making their way through Nancy’s sex wish list (yes, she hilariously makes a list), and also talking. They have intimate conversations about Nancy’s dissatisfaction with her family and how she feels about her aging body, while Leo opens up about his family trauma. Good Luck to You, Leo Grande impressively manages to be very funny while juggling more emotional moments with its thoughtful examination of sex work.
How to watch: Good Luck to You, Leo Grande is streaming on Hulu.
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