When you’re in need of a darn good film, and let’s face it, that’s all the time, you can’t go wrong with one of the best movies on Amazon Prime. The world’s biggest online marketplace might seem like a strange spot to find superb movies - especially when you’ve just ordered a crate of toilet roll from them - but trust me, there are oodles of cinematic classics and modern masterpieces in their streaming catalogue that you have to see. But okay, okay, I get it, you don’t want to hunt those titles out.
I know, algorithms can be tricky beasts, leaving a lot of cracking titles buried in sub-categories.Luckily I've done the hard work for you, combing through the far reaches of the streaming database to bring you an up-to-date list of the very best movies on Amazon Prime Video available. Comedies, action, drama, horror and sci-fi are all included in my selection of the top 30 picks now streaming.
You're welcome. 30. Hell House LLCRegion: UK, USThe movie: Injecting new life into the found footage genre, Hell House is one of the creepiest darn horrors of recent years. After running a couple of successful Halloween scarehouses in New York, a bunch of friends purchase an abandoned small-town inn and prepare to dress it up, get a bunch of actors in there, and give locals the fright of their lives. Unraveling after the fact, the movie follows a documentary crew out to discover what went wrong on opening night, as 15 tour-goers die along with several members of the Hell House team.Why it’s worth a watch: Want to never sleep again, but in the best way possible? Say what you will about found footage horror - as long as it’s not along the lines of “It’s not original anymore!” - Hell House LLC packs in plenty of fresh takes on the style, leaving you with many, many images that will linger in your mind for days. They may involve clowns.Read more: The 10 29.
The Conversation (1974)Region: USThe movie: Between work on The Godfather and its sequel, Francis Ford Coppola dove straight into this low-fi espionage thriller, that stars Gene Hackman as surveillance expert Harry Caul. Hired by an unseen client through an intermediary (played by a pre-Star Wars Harrison Ford), Caul is tasked with tailing a couple and records a rather cryptic conversation between the two. Oft-seen as Coppola’s reaction to the Watergate scandal, whatever you make of it, it’s a damn fine paranoia parable.Why it’s worth a watch: One of the few times that a director has lost to himself at the Oscars! Yep, two of Coppola’s movies were nominated in 1975, The Conversation and The Godfather Part 2, with the latter scooping up the Best Picture gong.
It’s chilling to watch a film that’s nearly half a decade old and realise the tensions at its core remain the same today. Lady Bird (2017)Region: USThe movie: Greta Gerwig makes a flawless transition behind the camera in her directorial debut. Bringing the witty banter she often infuses her scripts with to this tale of ‘90s teen angst, it’s simply one of the best movies of the year.
On the cusp of heading to university, Lady Bird (Saoirse Ronan) tries to figure out life in all its forms in her hometown of Sacramento, California. All of her relationships go through the ringer. How she deals with her mom (a superb Laurie Metcalf who was robbed of an Oscar), how she figures out the truth about her first boyfriend (you will cry) and how to maintain her best friendship. It’s simply one of the best movies of the last year.Why it’s worth a watch: Much like this year’s Eighth Grade, Lady Bird feels like this is the first time we’re seeing this particular coming-of-age experience on screen. It’s funny as hell right off the bat, as Metcalf and Ronan take verbal sparring to the next level, and takes sharp swerves into emotional, tear-jerking terrain with ease. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry and you’ll love these characters. Dog Soldiers (2002)Region: USThe movie: Neil Marshall’s takes place in the Scottish Highlands, a location that boasts plenty of natural beauty, yet in this instance they’re also home to something else.
Something with teeth. A group of British soldiers tasked with a nighttime training exercise against a Special Ops team in the Highlands quickly discover their training has been derailed when only one person remains of the Special Ops crew. The rest, ripped apart by unseen beasts. Luckily, there’s a farmhouse nearby where they can wait out the Full Moon.Why it’s worth a watch: Vampires had a major resurgence in the last 20 years. Werewolf movies? Dog Soldiers remedies that, playing like a fantastic ‘80s genre flick loaded with gross-out, bloodied action and one-liners galore. A glorious mash of horror, thriller and action, you can’t go wrong with this R-rated gem.
Logan Lucky (2017)Region: UK, USThe movie: With the Ocean’s trilogy Steven Soderbergh established that he’s got the skills to pull off numerous heist movies. Logan Lucky finds him in similar territory, albeit with a polar opposite cast of characters, led by Channing Tatum and Adam Driver as brothers Jimmy and Clyde Logan. Hardly the brightest of the bunch, the pair make a desperate grab for a better life by plotting to rob the Charlotte Motor Speedway.Why it’s worth a watch: The script, from newcomer Rebecca Blunt, could easily have been worked over by the Coens and moulded into their quirky oeuvre, yet instead Soderbergh keeps things simple. It’s an entertaining action comedy from start to finish, proving yet again that Tatum and Driver are equally as riveting when playing dolts as they are playing serious brooding leading men.25.
The Guest (2014)Region: UKThe movie: There's been a resurgence in John Carpenter-inspired movies in the last several years, and Adam Wingard's The Guest is one of them. Downton Abbey's Dan Stevens rids himself of the niceties of that quaint British drama to play David Collins, a former military man who tracks down the Peterson family. Reeling from the death of their son, one of Collins’ fallen comrades, they welcome David into their home, unaware what his promise to their son involves. They're not exactly ecstatic that this loose cannon has turned up, threatening to make their lives more troubled than they already are.Why it's worth a watch: A lo-fi thriller throwback with echoes of Carpenter and early James Cameron, the cinematography and editing make you feel you're watching some remixed '70s slasher. Throw in the score, synth-heavy and pounding, and this is like taking a trip back through time.
Coherence (2013)Region: USThe movie: Proof that you don’t need a million dollars to create suspense and genuine character interactions, writer-director James Ward Byrkit delivers one of the best low-budget genre movies of the last decade. Eight friends meet for a dinner party on the same night that a comet passes through Earth’s atmosphere. On an ordinary evening, that might provide a conversational spark, but on this night all bets are off, as the group start to experience some seriously strange occurrences.
Side effects of the celestial event, or, is there something else at play?Why it’s worth a watch: It’s hard to say why you should see without utterly spoiling it. Like The Invitation, another superb dinner party movie that changes course, this movie is best watched with very little knowledge of what’s about to happen. This is glorious filmmaking, proof that a shoestring budget and no script can lead to excellence. The Big Sick (2017)Region: UK, USThe movie: Silicon Valley’s Kumail Nanjiani writes and stars in this comedy based on his own marriage. The trials of cross-cultural romance come under scrutiny as stand-up comic Kumail falls for an American student at one of his shows. Not exactly the life his Muslim parents had in mind for him, but that’s the least of his concerns; shortly after they start dating, Emily falls into a coma, leaving Kumail to have to deal with her parents.
Not exactly the perfect way to meet your future in-laws, right?Why it’s worth a watch: Billed as a traditional romantic comedy, it’s got a lot more heart and edge than the posters and trailers would have you believe. The chemistry between Nanjiani and Holly Hunter and Ray Romano - as Emily’s parents - providing most of the real grit. Realistic, and proof that there is still a lot of originality left in the genre, The Big Sick is one of the best movies on Amazon Prime Video. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)Region: UKThe movie: Even the best franchises need a breather.
Is the fourth in the Mission: Impossible series, following a 5-year break, presumably during which Tom Cruise spent time figuring out how to best give the studio palpitations. Yep, Ethan Hunt returns to scale heights and throw caution to the wind - typically at the same time - with his IMF crew in tow. This time the gang are in hot water after being framed for blowing up the Kremlin.Why it’s worth a watch: Let’s get this out of the way now - no-one watches the Mission: Impossible series for its strict adherence to reality. We watch for the bombastic stunts and seemingly, ahem, impossible feats of action bravura.
Cruise and co. Blow the entire franchise wide open by cranking things up to 11 and re-establishing the series as arguably the best ongoing action franchise. A Quiet Place (2018)Region: USThe movie: Following an alien invasion, the world has moved on. A race of scuttling extraterrestrials sensitive to sound now permeate the Earth, making human lives a different proposition. Just ask the Abbott family, led by Evelyn (Emily Blunt), her husband Lee (John Krasinski), and their children Regan, Marcus and Beau, who have lived in near-silence for years as a way to keep the beasts at bay. What begins as a normal day trip for Lee and Marcus quickly turns to a monster fight.Why it’s worth a watch: Oh, aside from the fact that everyone and their mother and their mother’s tennis partner were talking about it last year? A horror that will shred your nerves and have you hardly breathing, nevermind talking, Krasinski’s directorial debut is a superb exercise in terror-filled set pieces. Oh, and we're getting a soon.
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The LoversThe Loversis a wonderful, funny, and romantic film about extramarital affairs that suddenly become and intramarital affair. Mary (Debrah Winger) and Michael (Tracy Letts) are an unhappily married couple who are openly cheating on each other.Their respective significant others both request that Michael and Mary just end this sham of a marriage and they agree to after an upcoming visit from their son.
Then something a little funny happens on the way to their divorce. The Lovers is romantic because it acknowledges some urgent truths about love: it's fun, weird, painful, unknowable, and wild. The Big SickKumail Nanjiani and his wife Emily Gordon's theatrical debut made big waves when it came out for the singularity of its vision and just how plain funny it is.
Now Amazon gets to reap the benefits of producing a bonafide romantic indie hit by getting its exclusive streaming rights. The Big Sick is the real life story of comedian Kumail Nanjiani meeting and falling in love with his wife, Emily (who is played by Zoe Kazan in the film).Kumail and Emily's courtship process is difficult enough to begin with due to Kumail's family pressuring him to find a nice Pakistani girl to settle down with.
Fallout 4 hair growth mod. But soon things get even more difficult as Emily suffers a health scare and Kumail must suddenly contend with that situation and Emily's eccentric parents who have just come to town. The Big Sickis a clear vision from talented people and tells a beautifully convincing love story while making plenty of room for laughter.
Not only that but it's a big win for our list of best romance movies on Amazon Prime. What If?Canadian drama What If?(originally known as The F Word before the MPAA got its greasy fingers all over it) is a fun romantic movie and a tremendous showcase for its two young stars Daniel Radcliffe (you know what he's from) and Zoe Kazan ( The Big Sick). Radcliffe stars as Wallace - a directionless young man living in Toronto who decides to become more social after his girlfriend cheats on him.Enter Kylo Ren (Adam Driver playing a character who is unfortunately not named Kylo Ren) who takes Wallace to a party where he meets the alluring Chantry (Kazan). Wallace and Chantry immediately fall for each other. Unfortunately there's the small matter of Chantry's boyfriend. Is a sweet little Canadian flick that knows how to push its audiences romantic buttons. An Officer and a GentlemanAn Officer and a Gentleman features one of the most iconic romance movie endings of all time.
Sing it with me. 'Love lifts us upppp where we belong!' Richard Gere stars as potential Navy officer with a bad attitude Zack Mayo.
His brash personality during Aviation Officer training sees him butt heads with his drill sergeant Emil Foley (Lou Gossett Jr.) Thankfully Zack meets local factory worker Paula (Debra Winger) and falls in love. The rest of the film is an interesting contrast between Zack's relationship with Paula and his contentious training.An Officer and a Gentleman shows that audiences will put up with a lot when it comes to romance as long as the ending is sufficiently cathartic. Untamed HeartMan, early '90s romance films feature a lot of attempted sexual assaults and general violence. Maybe it's because there was a pressure to appeal to big, larger than life topics. If so, Untamed Heart fits the bill.
Christian Slater stars as shy busboy Adam, and Marisa Tomei is the object of his affection as waitress Caroline.Through a series of unfortunate events, Adam wins the attention and eventual affection of Caroline but then things take a turn for the more unfortunate. Untamed Heart is for people who really want their romance films to take them on a truly dramatic journey. Bull DurhamAt first glance baseball might not seem like the best vehicle for romance.
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Minor league baseball, however, has a very important ingredient for romance: loneliness. Minor league baseball players travel the country on a bus for little pay, staying at dingy hotel room after dingy hotel room. Bull Durham is the story of how these circumstances can conspire to create something vaguely resembling romance.'
Crash' Davis (Kevin Costner) is a minor league veteran. His team assigns him to the low-A Durham Bulls so he can mentor talented but brash young pitcher 'Nuke' LaLoosh (Tim Robbins). Meanwhile 'baseball groupie' Annie (Susan Sarandon) pursues both men creating a confusing love triangle of sex, mentorship, and fastballs. Four Weddings and a FuneralFour Weddings and a Funeral is a romantic comedy so good that you'll forgive its director for directing the 'didyaputyernameintheGobletofFire!' Harry Potter film.This film stars Hugh Grant at the height of his Hugh Grant-ness.
Grant portrays Charlie, a socially awkward man living in London. Charlie has an uncomfortably busy social calendar, which includes.four weddings and a funeral. It's a tough task for the introvert with a weirdly big circle of friends but at each event Charlie encounters the beautiful American Carrie (Andie McDowell) and begins to fall in love.Four Weddings and a Funeral is pure rom-com to its core and a perfect inclusion for this list because of it. Married to the Mob1988's Married to the Mob predates our current cultural obsession with mobwives by about 20 years. The film is directed by Jonathan Demme and stars Michelle Pfeiffer as Angela de Marco, the wife of the ridiculously named mobster Frank 'The Cucumber' de Marco (Alec Baldwin).After 'The Cucumber' is violently dispatched by his rivals Angela goes through the seedy underworld of the mafia on her own and engages with FBI agent played by Matthew Modine.
And yes, despite this rather rote plot description, Married to the Mob is a comedy - and a funny one at that. Sabrina (1995)Let's get one thing out of the way right now. When I was a kid and I would pass the VHS cover in Blockbuster, I couldn't help but think 'Wow, that is a real adult movie.' At a young age, the mere sight of a woman's lascivious red lipstick (lascivious in my head at least) was enough to fry my brain. Poster aside, however, Sabrina is an excellent romance with some real star power. It's a remake of the 1954 film of the same name starring Billy Wilder and Audrey Hepburn.This version was directed by the great Sydney Pollack and stars Harrison Ford, Greg Kinnear and Julia Ormond.
Weirdly enough Greg Kinnear plays the ultimate rich playboy while Harrison Ford plays his studious older brother. Weird casting choices but it works out alright thanks to each actor's chemistry with Ormond.
(Photo by Amazon Prime Video) The Best Amazon TV Shows and MoviesWhile may be dominating TV awards now, the comedy is not the first of Amazon’s original shows to garner award attention. That honor goes to the groundbreaking and controversial, which will end in 2019 after five seasons.The internet giant got into the original content business in 2013, when the first fan-voted “pilot season” began. Users were able to watch TV pilots and give feedback to the powers that be, and the highest-rated pilots would be turned into Amazon Prime Video series.
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That process yielded both hits (, renewed for a fifth season) and misses (, canceled after one season).The company ended that process in 2018, but each year continues to release a variety of comedies, dramas, international co-productions, and acquisitions (including its quick revival of the fan-favorite Syfy space drama, which has yet to debut original episodes on Amazon).We set out to list Amazon Prime Video’s best TV shows to binge-watch now and the best movies that are original to the streaming service. Below, find 47 titles that made the cut. To be included in our list of the best Amazon original movies and series, titles must be Fresh (60% or higher) and must have premiered for U.S. Audiences on the streaming service, not in theaters.Added 6/4: Good Omens.
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