‘The Almond and the Seahorse’ and Every Other Movie Leaving Hulu This Week
It’s the last call for a handful of distinctive indie dramas on Hulu this week, spanning a tender brain-injury drama, a raucous punk misadventure, a Calabrian coming-of-age crime story, and a glossy neo-noir remake. Below you’ll find concise rundowns—plots, principal cast, and key creatives—so you can decide what to prioritize before each title cycles out.
Dates below refer to the window Monday, 9/22, through Sunday, 9/28. The exact leaving date is included inside each entry’s paragraphs, not in the headings, and titles appear in single quotes throughout.
‘The Almond and the Seahorse’ (2022)
Leaving Monday, 9/22. ‘The Almond and the Seahorse’ follows two couples grappling with traumatic brain injury and the ripple effects on memory, identity, and long-term relationships. Rebel Wilson plays archaeologist Sarah and Charlotte Gainsbourg plays architect Toni, with Celyn Jones as Joe; the story examines how damage to the amygdala (“almond”) and hippocampus (“seahorse”) reshapes daily life for patients and partners.
Leaving Monday, 9/22. The film is adapted from Kaite O’Reilly’s stage play and is co-directed by Celyn Jones and Tom Stern from a screenplay by O’Reilly and Jones. The ensemble features Trine Dyrholm and Meera Syal among the supporting players, and the production focuses on rehabilitation routines, clinical evaluations, and the practical logistics caregivers navigate alongside recovery.
‘Dinner in America’ (2021)
Leaving Tuesday, 9/23. ‘Dinner in America’ is a Midwest-set dark comedy about Simon, a volatile underground musician who performs under the alias John Q, and Patty, a socially anxious young woman whose life detours when the pair falls into an unlikely partnership. Kyle Gallner stars as Simon/John Q and Emily Skeggs as Patty, with supporting turns from Griffin Gluck, Pat Healy, and Mary Lynn Rajskub.
Leaving Tuesday, 9/23. Written and directed by Adam Rehmeier, the film traces DIY music culture—cheap recording setups, flyers, basement shows—and the way Patty’s lyric writing fuses with Simon’s noise-punk project, PSYOPS. The narrative threads family conflict, small-town conformity, and police run-ins into a momentum-driven story about making songs and claiming identity.
‘A Chiara’ (2021)
Leaving Thursday, 9/25. ‘A Chiara’ centers on a 15-year-old in Calabria who investigates her father’s sudden disappearance, gradually uncovering links to the ’Ndrangheta and the illicit economy around her. Swamy Rotolo plays Chiara alongside members of her real-life family—Claudio Rotolo and Grecia Rotolo—anchoring the film’s domestic scenes as they give way to surveillance and safe houses.
Leaving Thursday, 9/25. Written and directed by Jonas Carpignano, the feature is the third entry in his Gioia Tauro-set cycle, following earlier stories that examine migration and local crime networks. Shot on location with nonprofessional actors and a handheld, observational style, it moves through Calabrian streets, school corridors, and family gatherings as Chiara’s loyalties collide with organized crime.
‘Private Property’ (2022)
Leaving Thursday, 9/25. ‘Private Property’ reimagines the 1960 psychological thriller: Kathryn, a struggling actress in a faltering marriage, becomes entangled with a charismatic gardener whose intentions grow darker as boundaries collapse. Ashley Benson stars as Kathryn opposite Shiloh Fernandez, with Logan Miller and Jay Pharoah in key supporting roles, as the story maps manipulation, surveillance, and identity misdirection in upscale Los Angeles homes.
Leaving Thursday, 9/25. Written and directed by Chadd Harbold, the film draws on elements from Leslie Stevens’s original story while updating the cat-and-mouse mechanics with modern devices—phone logs, security feeds, and audition reels. The supporting cast also includes Frank Whaley, and the production keeps the setting tightly contained to heighten the script’s twist-driven structure.
Which of these are you squeezing in before they go—drop your pick in the comments!