Prime Video: The 16 Absolute Best Movies to Watch

A trio of improv actors manage to infiltrate London’s criminal underworld in Deep Cover – a new Prime Video entry that’s as entertaining as it sounds. Bryce Dallas Howard, Orlando Bloom and Nick Mohammed (Ted Lasso assistant coach Nate) star as the comics in the middle of the action, and there are several alumni of HBO’s Game of Thrones shows (Sean Bean, Paddy Considine and Sonoya Mizuno).

In this medieval film, Bella Ramsey – who you may know as Lyanna Mormont from Game of Thrones or Ellie from The Last of Us – plays the adventurous Lady Catherine, also known as Birdy. Unlike the HBO dramas, this comedy sees the scheming teen devising ways to avoid the many wealthy suitors her father, played by Ripley’s Andrew Scott, wants her to marry. Catherine Called Birdy, directed by Lena Dunham and based on Karen Cushman’s 1994 children’s novel of the same name, is witty and entertaining.

This must-see music documentary chronicles Celine Dion’s battle against the rare neurological condition, rigid person syndrome. The film explores the pop diva’s extraordinary, decades-long career with footage of her hits such as The Power of Love and My Heart Will Go On and offers a raw look at her health problems.

A documentary about Frida Kahlo that focuses on her own words, Prime Video’s Frida might deepen your appreciation for the iconic Mexican painter. Through narration by Fernanda Echevarría del Rivero and lyrical animation, the film offers insights from Kahlo’s illustrated diary, letters, essays and printed interviews. The filmmakers had access to research material that was invisible to the general public.

Do you love Lucy? How about insightful, nostalgic documentaries? If so, you need to join this Amy Poehler-directed investigation into the lives of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. The feel-good documentary is based on home videos and audio from Ball and Arnaz’s daughter, Lucie Arnaz, and charts everything leading up to the couple’s iconic run on the ’50s sitcom I Love Lucy. When you’re done, Being the Ricardos, a fictional film about the stars, is also on Prime Video.

Barry Keoghan and Jacob Elordi star in Emerald Fennell’s much-discussed black comedy thriller, which follows an outcast student at Oxford University who is invited to a luxurious estate by another student. Expect obsession, deceit and an infamous bathtub scene that you may want to scrub from your mind.

This Prime Video spy thriller didn’t impress every critic, but it wasn’t completely panned either. The film introduces two former lovers and colleagues at the CIA station in Vienna, played by Chris Pine and Thandiwe Newton, who are reunited under not-so-pleasant circumstances. A CIA mole may have played a role in the plane hijacking, and the agency sends Pine to interrogate Newton. The twisty, flashback-heavy film is compelling enough to fall back on when you want to escape for an evening.

Early in this comedy-thriller, we learn that college students and best friends Kunle and Sean plan to become the first black men to complete a “legendary tour,” a feat that involves fraternity parties on an epic scale. But when the students find a young white woman unconscious on the floor of their home, the night turns into something completely different. The film, which combines comedy and social commentary, is tense and poignant at times. An important part is the bond between Kunle and Sean, played by an excellent RJ Cyler and Donald Elise Watkins.

The idea of ​​you broke a record for streaming movies with their accompanying trailer, and the buzzy romantic drama is also a hit with critics. Based on the book by Robinne Lee, the film stars Nicholas Galitzine as a boy band singer and Anne Hathaway as a fan’s mother. The two begin a relationship after meeting unexpectedly at Coachella, which leads to swoon-worthy moments, though their different lives (and ages) complicate matters. Hathaway, predictably, provides a charming lead role.

“For as long as I can remember,” Rudy, the protagonist of Música, explains in the film, “I have been converting regular sounds into rhythm every day.” Música, a semi-autobiographical film from Vine and YouTube star Rudy Mancuso, follows a young man with synesthesia at a romantic crossroads. The 90-minute coming-of-age story is lively and heartwarming.

With an enemy-to-lover plot and sizzling chemistry, this adaptation of Casey McQuiston’s 2019 novel is a must-see for romcom fanatics. The film follows the son of an American president and a British prince who are rivals, but after they have to convince the audience otherwise, it opens the door for romance. If you need another reason to get swept up in the love story, a sequel is in development with the stars of the original film – Taylor Zakhar Perez and Nicholas Galitzine.

The Burial is a compelling legal drama starring two Oscar-winning actors – two reasons to include it in this week’s streaming plans. Tommy Lee Jones’ funeral home owner teams up with Jamie Foxx’s attorney in this underdog story inspired by actual events.

This crowd-pleasing sports drama is one of Prime’s better known originals and worth watching. Ben Affleck directs the origin story of the Air Jordan sneaker, starring Matt Damon, Jason Bateman, Viola Davis and more. The ending of the story is no surprise, but themes of hard work and taking big risks make the journey compelling.

Who can resist a delicious piece of cake? In this moving Prime Video drama, a pair of best friends perfect the recipe for meeting new people: bringing delicious desserts to bars. The two twenty-somethings must overcome both sweet success and a life-changing diagnosis in the friendship-focused story.

In this compelling biopic, Michael Peña stars as José Hernández, a former NASA astronaut. The film focuses on Hernández’s decades-long journey to space – achieved with the support of his family – and is based on his autobiography Reaching for the Stars: The Inspiring Story of a Migrant Farmworker Turned Astronaut.

When twelve young Thai footballers and their coach became trapped in a flooded cave in 2018, it sparked an extraordinary global effort to rescue them. This dramatization of the rescue attempt, directed by Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind, How the Grinch Stole Christmas), shows the extreme lengths divers and volunteers went to to get the boys to safety. The star-studded cast includes Joel Edgerton, Viggo Mortensen and Colin Farrell.