Amazon Prime Video adds dozens of new movies every month, and the best movies included with a Prime subscription include both modern blockbuster hits and timeless classics across a wide range of genres. Amazon Prime Video rivals Netflix as the contender for the place of most popular streaming platform in the US, and the best movies on Amazon Prime Video right now make it easy to see why Amazon’s streaming platform sits comfortably ahead of the likes of Hulu, Max, and Disney+.
With a library that extensive, it can be hard to find the right movie to watch on Prime. Amazon Prime Video offers something for everyone, so no matter what mood someone is in or their tastes in film, they’re bound to find something to dive into on the streamer. Still, it can be hard to narrow down the catalog when Amazon Prime Video offers so many films — that’s why Screen Rant has narrowed down the catalog to the 30 best movies currently available on Amazon Prime Video.
Part thriller and park black comedy, Saltburn was one of the most exciting films to come out of 2023 and now lives on as one of the best movies currently available on Amazon Prime Video. Starring Barry Keoghan, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant, and Carrey Mulligan among others in its ensemble cast, Saltburn is a twisted tale of excess, deception, and obsession.
Giving away any details about the plot would result in spoilers, as it’s a movie that’s best appreciated when gone into with as little known about the plot as possible. However, thanks to a riveting script and stellar performances from every cast member, it’s a guarantee that Saltburn is a movie that won’t be forgotten for all the right reasons.
One of the strangest and most subversive movies to come of out 2023, Cocaine Bear is literally a movie about a bear that ingests an unfathomable amount of cocaine and then goes on a rampage. Directed by and starring Elizabeth Banks, Cocaine Bear is a far better film than a movie with such a ridiculous premise has any right being. It’s loosely based on a true story, although the real cocaine bear didn’t cause any bloodshed. Hilarious and grizzly throughout, there aren’t any other movies like Cocaine Bear available on Amazon Prime Video or any other streaming service.
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All of Wes Anderson’s whimsical sensibilities are present and accounted for in Asteroid City — and Amazon Prime Video subscribers looking for a quirky comedy to watch right now on Amazon Prime Video should look no further. For the director’s eleventh feature film, Anderson leans into sci-fi more than ever with a complex, meta premise about a play depicting Junior Stargazers and their families gathering at a convention in the 1950s.
Anderson is known for his sprawling ensemble casts, and Asteroid City boasts one of the biggest. The movie stars many frequent Anderson collaborators, including Jason Schwartzman and Edward Norton, and Tom Hanks notably joins the company in a small role, marking his first time working with the director. After the somewhat forgettable The French Dispatch, Anderson is back in fighting form with Asteroid City, praised for its style, quirky narrative, and top-notch cast.
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Lena Dunham may be a polarizing filmmaker, but she delivered a crowd-pleasing romp with Catherine Called Birdy. Based on the Karen Cushman novel of the same name, the movie follows Lady Catherine (Bella Ramsey), also known as Birdy, is a 14-year-old girl living in medieval England who is determined to sabotage her father’s plans of marrying her off to a wealthy man.
Ramsey has received tons of acclaim for their performances in Game of Thrones and The Last of Us, and their work in Catherine Called Birdy deserves to join these ranks. As Birdy, they are vivacious, funny, and charming, and they manage to make Birdy’s struggle relatable despite the film taking place so long ago. Fleabag‘s Andrew Scott is also phenomenal as Birdy’s father, Lord Rollo, and their chemistry is just as crackling as Ramsey and Pedro Pascal in The Last of Us.
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Few comedy characters are as controversial as Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat, and the 2020 sequel Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm brought the incredibly edgy hilarity to the modern era. Set during the COVID-19 pandemic, Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm only gets funnier with time as the lockdowns and other unique facets of 2020 become more retrospective. With an incredibly shocking finale that targets Rudy Giuliani, this comedy movie on Amazon Prime Video has somehow managed to capture one of the most chaotic times in recent memory and repackage it into absolute hilarity.
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2018’s Blockers is a raunchy coming-of-age teen comedy with a twist. While movies like Superbad and American Pie have focused on teenage boys trying (and, often, failing) to be intimate with a girl for first time, Blockers flips the script by focusing on three teen girls who make a pact to lose their virginity on prom night. However, their parents discover this pact and have other ideas, going to hilarious lengths to ensure that the trio of girls don’t manage to fulfill their promise to one-another.
Blockers also made strides in the genre for LGBTQI+ representation, as one of the girls, Sam (Gideon Adlon) is also coming to terms with her same-sex attraction and sexuality. The script ensures Blockers is laugh-out-loud hilarious throughout, though it’s the stellar cast that includes names like John Cena and Kathryn Newton that ensures it is one of the funniest movies on Amazon Prime Video — a fact that’s of little surprise given that comedy veterans Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg served as producers.
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Miles Teller’s career has been on the up in recent years thanks to his appearance as Rooster in Top Gun: Maverick and as Albert Ruddy in 2022’s The Offer. However, it’s 2014’s Whiplash where he perhaps first showed his depth as a dramatic actor when he played talented drumming prodigy Andrew. Opposite Teller is J.K. Simmons — the acclaimed character actor who is known by many as J. Jonah Jameson in various Spider-Man movies — playing Andrew’s abusive teacher, Fletcher. It’s the chemistry between the two that makes Whiplash easily one of the best movies on Amazon Prime Video right now.
Whiplash is the story of a talented young musician struggling to make their way in the world and a ruthless instructor who pushes them beyond their limits. It’s a movie with many layers, especially once Fletcher seemingly abandons Andrew for trivial reasons. Andrew also discovers the impact Fletcher’s abuse has had on other young musicians in his position. The riveting and tense story was nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards, a nod it more than deserved, and Simmons won Best Supporting Actor.
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