When most people think of Jeff Bezos and Amazon Prime, they think of free two-day shipping. It’s easy to forget that Amazon Prime Video has one of the best movie catalogs of any streaming service. Even if you’re still on the ad-supported version, Prime Video offers a surprisingly deep lineup, including plenty of Oscar-nominated films and buzzy new releases.
Not sure where to start? We’ve narrowed it down to the ten best movies to watch on Amazon Prime Video this month, whether you’re in the mood for a tense thriller, a feel-good comedy, or an award-winning drama.
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Director: Roland Emmerich
Cast: Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman
Runtime: 1h 52m
Rating: R
Genre: Drama, Sports
Rotten Tomatoes: 93% (Critics), 97% (Audience)
Damon and Affleck have been a winning duo since Good Will Hunting, and Air is no exception to the rule. This film about Nike’s fateful partnership with Michael Jordan and the resulting sneaker empire is a slam dunk. Movies about business aren’t always the most entertaining, but when they are, they really are. Thanks to a game cast and some impeccable comedic timing, Air is entertaining from its first scene to the time that credits roll.
Director: Colin Trevorrow
Cast: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Irfan Khan
Runtime: 2h 4m
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Adventure, Action, Sci-Fi
Rotten Tomatoes: 72% (Critics), 78% (Audience)
Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park is one of the greatest films of the 20th century, meaning that Jurassic World had some tyrannosaurus-sized shoes to fill when it came out. Thankfully, Colin Trevorrow’s reboot of the beloved franchise is, like the original, a complete blast. It features great performances from Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard, as well as some memorable dinos like Velociraptor Blue and the Indominus Rex.
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Cast: Zendaya, Josh O’Connor, Mike Faist
Runtime: 2h 2m
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Rotten Tomatoes: 88% (Critics), 75% (Audience)
Meme’d as the “horny tennis movie,” Challengers is so much more than that. But, let’s be honest, it’s a lot of that, too. A thoroughly captivating love triangle, the film follows Tashi Duncan, a former tennis phenom played by Zendaya, and the sexual and athletic tensions between her, her husband, and her former boyfriend. It’s messy, engrossing, and edited to some near-perfect needle drops thanks to an epic soundtrack of pounding synths by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.
Director: David Frankel
Cast: Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Stanley Tucci
Runtime: 1hr 49m
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Rotten Tomatoes: 75% (Critics), 75% (Audience)
Witty, fun, and full of great performances, it’s hard not to love The Devil Wears Prada. Sure, the romance between Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway) and Nate (Adrian Grenier) hasn’t aged super-well since the film’s release in ‘06… But that’s beyond the point when you’ve got some A+ performances from actors like Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci, and Emily Blunt (not to mention Hathaway). Bottom line: this deep dive into the cutthroat and hilarious fashion world is a cut above the rest.
Director: Emma Seligman
Cast: Rachel Sennott, Ayo Edebiri, Havana Rose Liu
Runtime: 1h 28m
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy
Rotten Tomatoes: 91% (Critics), 89% (Audience)
It’s hard to think of a comedy since Superbad (maybe Booksmart?) that turned the teen sex comedy on its head like Bottoms does. Featuring hysterical turns by Rachel Sennott and Ayo Edebiri as friends who start an underground fight club in order to seem cool, the film captures the absurdity of adolescence with a winning mix of pop-culture relevance and endearing nostalgia. It’s a heartwarming, fantastically irreverent hour-and-a-half.
Director: David Leitch
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Runtime: 2h 6m
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Action, Romance, Comedy
Rotten Tomatoes: 82% (Critics), 85% (Audience)
There are a lot of genres at play in The Fall Guy, and somehow this action rom-com never feels false. Super-charged by the chemistry of Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, the movie follows a stuntman, his relationship with a rising director, and a major conspiracy. Blending stupid comedy with true charm, Fall Guy is a real winner. In fact, it’s hard to imagine the film not appealing to anyone with its excellent cast and fun, genre-blending premise.
Director: Lee Isaac Chung
Cast: Glen Powell, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Maura Tierney
Runtime: 2h 2m
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Action, Adventure
Rotten Tomatoes: 75% (Critics), 90% (Audience)
Twisters is the rare sequel/reboot that really sticks the landing. Centered on a team of tornado-chasers, the action film packs a heaping dose of thrills into its two-hour runtime. Director Lee Isaac Chung makes sure that the special effects and disaster set pieces are delivered with gale force impact—but it’s the winning charisma of Glen Powell that really elevates this movie above more run-of-the-mill disaster-film counterparts.
Director: Robert Luketic
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair
Runtime: 1hr 36m
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Rotten Tomatoes: 72% (Critics), 72% (Audience)
From the bend-and-snap to its musical adaptation, Legally Blonde has had a long-running impact on pop culture. That alone is reason to revisit this decades-old rom-com classic, featuring pitch-perfect performances from Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, and, of course, Jennifer Coolidge. While Coolidge made waves recently in HBO’s The White Lotus, all of her talents are on full display in this hilarious film about blonde Elle Woods and her quest to get into Harvard and win her ex-boyfriend back. What, like it’s hard?
Director: Celine Song
Cast: Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, John Magaro
Runtime: 1h 34m
Rating: R
Genre: Dark Comedy
Rotten Tomatoes: 95% (Critics), 93% (Audience)
The second love triangle film on this list, Past Lives takes a much more serious tone than Challengers. Interestingly, its writer/director, Celine Song, is married to Challengers screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes. Read into that what you will, but whatever the tea may be, just know that Past Lives is one of the best films of the 2020s. Heartfelt, heartbreaking, and impeccably acted, this is a film infused with real heartache—a heartache that you yourself take on and carry with you long after the credits roll.
Director: Michael Sarnoski
Cast: Lupita Nyong’o, Joseph Quinn, Alex Wolff
Runtime: 1h 40m
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Rotten Tomatoes: 86% (Critics), 72% (Audience)
A Quiet Place is quickly becoming one of the most thrilling and engrossing horror franchises out there, something that Day One proves in spades. A disaster film and a horror film, A Quiet Place: Day One takes you back to the origins of later films with chilling detail. Featuring an excellent performance from Lupita Nyong’o, this horror prequel is a bit more reserved than other entries in the Quiet Place universe, without sacrificing the humanity and frightfulness that hhaveas made this such a winning series.
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