One of Steven Spielberg’s greatest sci-fi movies is streaming on Hulu ‣ Diverse Daily

While Steven Spielberg’s movies have explored several genres, the legendary filmmaker has had the most success directing groundbreaking sci-fi movies. Throughout his 50-plus-year career, he gave the world classic films like Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Minority Report, and War of the Worlds. More recently, Spielberg explored aliens and UFOs once again with Disclosure Day.

However, one of Spielberg’s greatest contributions to science fiction and cinema is his 1993 film, Jurassic Park. This 1993 movie follows a group of scientists who visit an eccentric CEO’s theme park where living, cloned dinosaurs are the main attraction. However, when all the dinosaurs break free from their cages, everyone embarks on a primal battle for survival as they try to escape the park.

When Jurassic Park premiered, Spielberg had once again revolutionized cinema by bringing dinosaurs to life on film. At the time, it had grossed over $978 million in theaters, according to Box Office Mojo. This briefly made it the highest-grossing film in history, topping the record Spielberg previously set with E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. As Jurassic Park celebrates its 33rd anniversary this year, fans can easily stream Spielberg’s movie and look back on how it changed movies forever.

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Hulu is a popular streaming service that launched in October 2007. Hulu is owned by Disney and has produced several successful titles such as Hellraiser, Prey, Love, Victor, Only Murders in the Building, and The Handmaid’s Tale. Hulu has also teamed with FX to provide subscribers next-day access to shows that premiere on the network.

Jurassic Park shaped the modern film industry

Jurassic Park redefined blockbuster cinema

Jurassic Park helped launch a new era for movies thanks to its groundbreaking computer-generated imagery. While the movie used some animatronics to portray its dinosaurs, the CGI creatures developed by Industrial Light & Magic were a game-changer for the industry. Unsurprisingly, Jurassic Park won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects following its premiere.

The technology on display in the movie allowed other filmmakers to do so much more. Thanks to CGI, other artists could bring whatever they could imagine to the big screen, allowing them to tell stories once considered impossible to film. As a result, Jurassic Park paved the way for more computer-generated blockbusters to dominate the box office in the decades that followed.

Jurassic Park delivers a thrilling blockbuster with spectacular effects, but it isn’t a mindless popcorn flick. It is actually an insightful and emotional sci-fi story exploring the ethics of science. Throughout the film, everyone debates whether it is right to clone dinosaurs and bring them back from extinction, with Jeff Goldblum’s character being the biggest critic. It is only after the dinosaurs run wild that everyone sees the dangerous consequences of trying to control nature.

Despite it being about dinosaurs and cloning, Jurassic Park is, at its core, a movie about family and parenthood. We see Dr. Alan Grant overcome his dislike of children as he protects and bonds with John Hammond’s grandchildren. Though he starts the film focused more on studying prehistoric fossils than having kids, his experiences with living, breathing dinosaurs in Jurassic Park force him to evolve into an unlikely father figure.

This touching familial relationship gives Jurassic Park the beating heart that has made many of Spielberg’s other movies so universally compelling. And with the late great Sam Neill playing Dr. Grant with great charm and vulnerability, fans can revisit one of the actor’s most iconic roles and remember him after his sudden passing earlier this year.

Jurassic Park is streaming on Hulu

Subscribers can see this sci-fi classic for free

As of August 1, 2026, Jurassic Park is available to stream on Hulu. If you already have a subscription to the platform, you can easily start watching this dino-filled adventure at home without any additional charge. If you haven’t signed up for Hulu yet, a standard Hulu subscription costs $11.99 per month, while an ad-free subscription costs $18.99 per month. You can even bundle Hulu with Disney+ for $12.99 (with ads), giving you access to even more films on the latter.

If you’re aching for more Jurassic Park movies, Hulu subscribers can watch the franchise’s entire original trilogy. There’s The Lost World: Jurassic Park, which Spielberg also directed. And then there’s Jurassic Park III, which was just added to Hulu’s streaming library alongside the first film. On top of that, fans can stream the reboot movie, Jurassic World, starring Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard. What better way to celebrate the franchise’s 25th anniversary?

For those who want to watch more thrilling sci-fi movies beyond the Jurassic Park franchise, Hulu has got you covered. The platform is also streaming several other members of the genre, from old classics to new releases. Such films include Everything Everywhere All at Once, Avatar, Predator: Badlands, Alien: Romulus, and Black Panther. There are also movies like 65 and Primitive War that show humans fighting against dinosaurs for survival, giving Jurassic Park fans something else to enjoy.

Even with Hulu’s extensive film library, Jurassic Park offers a one-of-a-kind story that blends action, sci-fi, adventure, humor, and even horror. Though other films may try to clone the magic that Spielberg’s film created, Jurassic Park remains an amber gold standard for sci-fi blockbusters even after 33 years.