Free shipping, Whole Foods grocery delivery, Alexa eavesdropping on every word you say and likely reporting it back to the world’s richest man, and a handful of really great movies—that's what you can get from Amazon Prime. Ready to sign up?
In addition to Amazon’s arsenal of free movies, streamable with ads through their free service Freevee, the online retailer has spent the last few years legitimizing itself as a major subscription streamer. Users with an Amazon Prime account have access to a wide pool of films to stream, from the best ever made to the worst. Here are the 25 best movies to stream on Amazon Prime Video now.
A Thousand and One
This 2023 epic stars Teyana Taylor as a young mother who kidnaps her son from foster care after being released from prison in 1994. The film follows their journey over decades of life in the ever-changing city of New York.
Saltburn
One of the biggest (and most discussed) movies of 2023, Saltburn is streaming exclusively on Amazon Prime. Starring Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike and more, Saltburn is a psychological thriller from Promising Young Woman’s promising young woman, Emerald Fennell. The film takes place in the golden age of 2006, following a young outcast adjusting to life at the University of Oxford, surrounded by rich kids and eyebrow piercings.
Bones and All
What vampires were to the millennials, cannibals are to gen z. This 2022 romantic horror from Luca Guadagnino stars Taylor Russell and Timothée Chalamet as young cannibals in love, trekking across the country in the late 1980s. It’s a damn good movie and features a career-making line reading from Chalamet with, “I ate him right the fuck up.”
Tár
As we look to the 96th Academy Awards on March 10, let us look back at one of the biggest films of last year’s awards circuit. Streaming on Prime, Tár stars Cate Blanchett as a fictional conductor, world famous, dripping in accolades, and facing accusations of misconduct. It seems Hollywood knows their audience. In a moment of gold plated injustice, Tár did not walk away with a single Oscar.
Suspiria
Another horror from Luca Guadagnino, Suspiria stars Tilda Swinton (in various roles, but we won’t say more) and Dakota Johnson (who shall be forgiven for Madame Web). The film follows a woman who begins training at a prestigious Berlin dance academy run by witches. Guadagnino adapted the 2018 film from the 1977 Italian film of the same name, and he did so impressively. Still, the film bombed at the box office, but hey, it was 2018.
The Handmaiden
This 2016 South Korean thriller is decorated. Beyond topping many “best of” lists in its year, the film has been deemed one of the best of the 2010s, and one of the best to come from South Korea. From Park Chan-wook, The Handmaiden follows a young woman hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, all the while secretly leading a mission to defraud her.
Foe
Starring Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan, Foe is a dystopian thriller that is, at times, hard to follow, but at once, extremely hot. Mescal and Ronan play a couple living on a midwestern farm who become involved in a government operation to send select habitants of Earth to space, replacing them with AI versions of themselves. That’s right, Foe takes two of Ireland’s hottest exports and makes four.
Inside
Not to be confused with Bo Burnham’s pandemic era masterpiece of the same name, Inside is a 2023 psychological horror starring Willem Dafoe as an art thief who finds himself trapped in a penthouse. To some a dream, to him a nightmare.
Kelce
Before Taylor made Travis famous, football’s favorite brothers appeared in a documentary titled Kelce. The film follows Jason Kelce as he embarks what he thought would be his final year on the field, featuring appearances from his wife, adorable children, and Super Bowl champion brother Travis.
The Only Living Boy in New York
From the director of 500 Days of Summer, The Only Living Boy in New York follows a college drop out exploring young adulthood in New York City. The film features the holy grail of adultery plots, a love triangle between a young man, an older woman, and his father.
Licorice Pizza
This 2021 rom-com comes from legacy director Paul Thomas Anderson and stars Alana Haim and Cooper Hoffman as a young woman and a teenage boy who fall into puppy love in 1973 California. It’s kinda gross, but mostly innocent.
Cruel Intentions
The best drama to come out of 1999, Cruel Intentions is a modern reboot of the 1782 novel Les Liaisons dangereuses, and stars Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, and Selma Blair. It takes place in an affluent New York City high school, so it's like Gossip Girl before there was a Gossip Girl. Today, the film remains a cult classic, so give it a stream.
Basic Instinct
This famous neo-noir from 1992 stars Michael Douglas as a police detective investigating the murder of a rockstar, and Sharon Stone as the lead suspect. The pair find themselves entangled in an intense affair, muddying the waters of the investigation.
Blades of Glory
Starring Will Ferrell and Jon Heder, this 2007 sports comedy follows two of the world’s best male figure skaters as they feud on and off the ice, ultimately forced to join forces and compete as a pair.
12 Angry Men
Let's take it back to 1957 with 12 Angry Men. This legal drama follows a jury of 12 men debating the verdict of a teenager accused of murdering his abusive father. The entire story hinges on the flexible definition of “reasonable doubt,” earning rank as the second-best courtroom drama ever made by the American Film Institute. The first? To Kill a Mockingbird, naturally.
Lamb
A classic weird art film from A24, Lamb follows the birth and life of a human-sheep hybrid child in Iceland. Taken in by two farmers, the creature is raised as a human, filling the empty space left by the passing of their own child. The film has a truly wild ending, but we’ll stop there for your sake.
Air
The latest on-screen collab between Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, Air follows the origins of the Air Jordan, one of the most recognizable and profitable shoe lines on the market. Affleck and Damon play the Nike CEO and a talent scout who, tasked with finding a spokesperson to resurrect their failing basketball shoe division, court a young Michael Jordan before he was, well, Michael Jordan. The film also stars Viola Davis as the star athlete’s mother, Deloris Jordan.
Sound of Metal
This Oscar winning drama stars Riz Ahmed as a heavy metal drummer who loses his hearing, and in turn, his reason for existing. In its Oscars year, the film was nominated for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actor, taking home awards for Best Sound and Best Film Editing.
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Top Gun: Maverick
Starring Tom Cruise and everyone else, Top Gun: Maverick is officially streamable on Amazon Prime. The 2022 movie was all anyone could talk about last year, so if you never made it to the theater, now is your chance to catch up before some dude inevitably brings it up on a date.
She Said
This 2022 drama stars Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan as Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor, the New York Times journalists who investigated and exposed Harvey Weinstein as a serial sexual abuser. Fun fact: She Said is the first movie to ever use the real New York Times offices.
Manchester by the Sea
This Oscar-winning film stars Casey Affleck, Lucas Hedges, and Michelle Williams and follows the complexities of grief, depression, and responsibility through the lens of a broken family. When his brother suddenly dies, Lee Chandler (Affleck) must return to his hometown to care for his teenage nephew, forced to face a devastating past and his ex-wife. Affleck won the Best Actor Oscar for his performance, and the film took home the award for Best Original Screenplay as well.
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The Wolf of Wall Street
Don’t let finance bros ruin this movie, they can’t have everything. This 2013 biopic stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Jordan Belfort, the former stockbroker who, in 1999, went to prison for fraud and financial crimes. This film was also the breakout performance of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, Margot Robbie.
Forrest Gump
This 1994 classic stars Tom Hanks as the titular Forrest Gump, a man whose life experience traces the history of America, from the Vietnam War, to Watergate, to the rise of Elvis Presley.
Saint Maud
A creative horror from A24, Saint Maud follows a young hospice nurse who, having recently converted to Catholicism, becomes obsessed with one of her patients, determined to save her soul.
House of Gucci
Ensemble cast ahead! This 2021 biographical drama stars Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Jared Leto, Jeremy Irons, Salma Hayek, and Al Pacino and tells the story of the Gucci fashion dynasty. Gaga plays Patrizia Reggiani, who married Maurizio Gucci and would later orchestrate his murder to gain control of the fashion empire.
Beautiful Boy
This 2019 drama stars Steve Carell as a concerned father and Timothée Chalamet as his son, who is suffering with addiction. The story comes from the memoirs of David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction and Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines.
The Aviator
This 2004 biopic comes from Martin Scorsese and stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes, businessman, pilot, film producer, and one of the richest people in the world in his time. The film follows Hughes from the years 1927 to 1947 and focuses heavily on the progression of his struggle with severe OCD.
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My Policeman
Starring Harry Styles, Emma Corrin, and David Dawson, My Policeman is a heartbreaking love triangle between a policeman, his wife, and their friend. The story spans decades, beginning with the trio as retirees, and calling back to their younger years to reveal the truth of their love stories.
Honey Boy
Written by Shia LaBeouf and loosely (read: very loosely) based on his childhood, Honey Boy follows a child actor named Otis and his aggressive, animated, alcoholic, former rodeo clown father. As the story goes, LaBeouf wrote the script for Honey Boy in rehab, working through a PTSD diagnosis and a whole lot of childhood trauma.
Blackfish
This 2013 documentary digs into the ethics of animal captivity, specifically focusing on SeaWorld and its treatment of orca whales. The star of this documentary is one orca in specific, Tilikum, whose treatment and captivity led to the deaths of three people.
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