Super Size Me (2004), which is also up on Netflix, famously documents Morgan Spurlock's quest to expose the fast food industry by putting his own health on the line. Although his follow-up, Where In The World Is Osama Bin Laden? (2008) didn't do as well, this documentary has become a classic.
In the same vein, Hulu also has The Future of Food (2004), which is "an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind engineered foods that have quietly filled U.S. grocery store shelves for the past decade." I think the discussion about genetically modified foods is going to blow up pretty soon, and this doc is a great opportunity to know more about it.
A really cool documentary that they just added is Life After People (2009), a television series where scientists and experts speculate about what the Earth could be like if humanity were to disappear suddenly, leaving everything behind. Although the premise is far-fetched, it's interesting to wonder about how the environment would be getting along without us.
Hulu has tons of other documentaries and feature films up, along with TV shows. It seems like the one thing it doesn't have is The Daily Show, which recently got pulled from the site for revenue reasons.
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