Our team compiled the best movies on Amazon Prime and here is what they came up with
Amazon Prime has gone from being a neat little streaming service you get with your delivery plan to a major contender for movies. Since they’ve jumped onto the big screen, movies developed and featured on Prime Video have become some of the most-watched movies of many years. Some have even become major awards contenders, gracing many Academy Award nominations and critic lists. Check out these ten best movies on Amazon Prime streaming on all devices.
Here are the 10 best movies on Amazon Prime to check out on the streaming service.
1. Best movies on Amazon Prime – One Night in Miami
Regina King made her directorial debut with this fascinating historical bottle film that would be nominated at the Academy Awards. The film takes place entirely in a hotel room in 1963. The iconic African-American figures Malcolm X, Cassius Clay, Jim Brown, and Sam Cooke gathered in this room. Together, they discuss everything from the era’s politics to the personal problems preventing them from further pushing for Civil Rights. Based on the stage play of the same name, the film is brimming with powerful dialogue delivered by Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge, and Leslie Odom Jr.
2. Annette
Director Leos Carax crafts this stunning and dazzling musical with music supplied by The Sparks Brothers. The film follows the fledging career of comedian Henry McHenry, struggling to keep up as his opera wife Ann succeeds him. Told with somberness and dark humor, this beautifull rock opera stars Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard, Simon Helberg, Devyn McDowell, and Angèle.
3. Best movies on Amazon Prime – Borat Subsequent Movie Film
One of the biggest surprises for 2020 was the reveal that Sacha Baron Cohen had been secretly making a Borat film and unleashing it on Prime Video in October. The mockumentary once more documents the American travels of the Kazakhstani reporter Borat. He’s on a mission this time to deliver a bride to Mike Pence as a tribute for the Republicans pushing far-right ideals. The bride also happens to be his daughter. What starts as a father-daughter bonding road trip soon becomes a wild gag fest as Borat encounters Covid deniers, QAnon cult believers, and one of the most shocking interviews with Rudi Juliani.
4. You Were Never Really Here
If you missed this stellar neo-noir crime psychological thriller in 2018, you need to catch up with it on Prime Video. You Were Never Really Here follows the quiet struggle of the hired gun, Joe. He soon finds himself fighting for the survival of himself and a little girl when thrown into a political conspiracy to blame him for a kidnapping. There are some dark scenes of violence but also a lot of emotion, thanks to the direction by Lynne Ramsay. The film stars Joaquin Phoenix, Judith Roberts, Ekaterina Samsonov, John Doman, Alex Manette, Dante Pereira-Olson, and Alessandro Nivola.
5. Good Night Oppy
As one of the most hopeful tales from NASA, this documentary follows the exploration of Mars by the rover dubbed Opportunity. Sent along with the sister rover Spirit, Opportunity faced many challenges but seemed to triumph repeatedly. What started as a speculated 90-day mission soon turned into a mission that lasted over 10 years. In addition to the many scientists involved with the project speaking passionately about the project, the film also features accurate CGI recreations of Opportunity’s experience on Mars to give the rover more character. It’s also charming that the rover has a smooth voice-over narration by Angela Bassett.
6. Suspiria (2018)
As easy as it might’ve been to falter for a remake of Dario Argento’s 1977 Italian horror, the new Suspiria by director Luca Guadagnino is a brilliant and bloody exploration of dark magic and feminism. Much like the previous film, the story takes place at an all-girls school for dance. The young women staying at the academy all compete for the top spot but soon learn there’s a darker side to this institution. The freewheeling storytelling delves into some richly eerie settings and deep questions of mortality and fame. This trippy movie stars the talents of Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Mia Goth, Angela Winkler, Ingrid Caven, Jessica Harper, and Chloë Grace Moretz.
7. Val
In this revealing documentary, actor Val Kilmer comes clean about his history with Hollywood. Even though Kilmer’s health issues robbed him of his voice, he has some helpful narration to paint a portrait of his life during such films as Top Secret, Top Gun, and Batman Forever. The film equally parts sad and inspiring with how Kilmer continues to carry on and remains a loving man past his bigger film roles. There’s behind-the-scenes footage and interviews about his conflicted feelings about taking on thankless roles. This is one of the most tender and heartfelt odes to an actor that you’ll find on Prime Video.
8. Emergency
What started as a fun night of college parties soon turned darker when an unconscious woman was thrown into the equation. Three college students of different ambitions have their evening plans dashed when a drunk girl is found in their home. Trying to find a way to avoid being approached by the police for fears of racial profiling, a chaotic night of car rides and unlikely meetings lead to two of the college friends questioning their ambitions and outlook of the world as it pertains to crime. Piercingly dramatic and sometimes brilliantly observant in its humor through a college lens, this dramatic comedy stars RJ Cyler, Donald Elise Watkins, Sebastian Chacon, and Sabrina Carpenter.