Amazon Prime Video has produced everything from arthouse flicks to A-lister crowd pleasers.
Looking for the next addition to your watch list?
Here areEntertainment Weeklys picks for the 24 best Amazon original movies to watch on Prime Video.
Kingsley Ben-Adir in ‘One Night in Miami’; Bella Ramsey in ‘Catherine Called Birdy’; Riz Ahmed in ‘Sound of Metal’.Credit:Patti Perret/Amazon Studios; Alex Bailey/Prime Video; Amazon Studios
This romantic dramedy is no exception, following three professional tennis players and their ever-changing relationships with each other.
“Challengersis fresh, exhilarating, and energetic,“writes EW’s critic.
Sharp, witty, and women-led, this comedy has a refreshinglynon-romantic take on the rom-com.
Ben Affleck in ‘Air’.Courtesy of Prime Video
For Poehler, Ball is a personal inspiration.
“Lucy and Desi are two outsiders who changed an entire industry,“she told EWin 2022.
“Their story represents the success that hard work and big swings can bring.
Jeffrey Wright in ‘American Fiction’.COURTESY OF TIFF/ORION RELEASING
But icons are people, and hopefully this film reminds us of that.”
What begins as microaggressions and underhand racism soon becomes much more sinister as things take a thrilling twist.
The two become friends and Felix invites Oliver to his familys mega-estate, Saltburn, for the summer.
Holly Hunter, Ray Romano, and Kumail Nanjiani in ‘The Big Sick’.Nicole Rivelli/Lionsgate
Beautifully shot and uniquely moving, these heartfelt films are as ambitious as they are rousing.
If you’re up for a challenging, beautifully grotesque movie, look no further.
Though various cavers attempted to save them, the high-stakes mission proved far more difficult than anyone ever expected.
Sacha Baron Cohen in ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’.Amazon Studios
Meanwhile, his secret boyfriend (Peter Macdissi) wants to tag along, too, despite Franks reservations.
It’s a grisly, edge-of-your-seat film that is pulse-quickening, strangely quiet, and understated.
“Phoenix only seems to have a few spoken lines in the film,“notes EWs critic.
Jillian Bell in ‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’.Anna Kooris/Amazon Studios
“But he manages to express an entire inner world through his mannerisms and thousand-yard war-vets stare.”
Bella Ramsey in ‘Catherine Called Birdy’.ALEX BAILEY/Prime Video
(From left to right) Mike Faist, Zendaya, and Josh O’Connor in ‘Challengers’.Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures
Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine in ‘The Idea of You’.Amazon Prime/Courtesy Everett Collection
Mindy Kaling in ‘Last Night’.Emily Aragones / Amazon Studios / Courtesy Everett
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.FPG/Getty
Michelle Williams and Casey Affleck in ‘Manchester by the Sea’.Claire Folger
Regina Hall in ‘Master’.Amazon Studios / Courtesy Everett
Maisy Stella and Aubrey Plaza in ‘My Old Ass’.MARNI GROSSMAN/AMAZON CONTENT SERVICES
Kingsley Ben-Adir in ‘One Night in Miami’.Patti Perret/Amazon Studios
Adam Driver in ‘Paterson’.Mary Cybulsky
Barry Keoghan in ‘Saltburn’.Courtesy of Prime Video
John Boyega in ‘Red, White and Blue’.Amazon Studios
Riz Ahmed in ‘Sound of Metal’.Amazon Studios
Dakota Johnson in ‘Suspiria’.Amazon Studios
Colin Farrell and Viggo Mortensen in ‘Thirteen Lives’.Prime Video
Paul Bettany, Sophia Lillis, and Peter Macdissi in ‘Uncle Frank’.Brownie Harris / Amazon / Courtesy Everett
Val Kilmer in ‘Val’.A24
Jake Horowitz (center) in ‘The Vast of Night’.Amazon Studios
Joaquin Phoenix in ‘You Were Never Really Here’.Alison Cohen Rosa/Amazon Studios
