Cate Blanchett’s Oscar-nominated film, Tár, has arrived and the original RoboCop is back as both films join the best movies on Amazon Prime Video right now!
Amazon Prime Video subscribers may notice that its top 10 movie rankings don’t tend to dramatically change throughout the month. Perhaps that’s because Prime Video doesn’t add as many titles as its streaming rivals. But while Prime Video can’t match the number of its competitors, few could argue against the quality of its library. In this week alone, Prime Video has added Tár, one of the most critically acclaimed dramas of 2022.
There are a lot of new and classic titles on Prime Video if you can find them. Even now, the navigation of Prime Video’s interface leaves a lot to be desired. Regardless, we’ve managed to stay on top of the new additions in our weekly list of the best movies on Amazon Prime Video.
We’ve also put together guides to the best shows on Prime Video, the best movies on Hulu, the best movies on Netflix, the best new movies to stream, and the best movies on Disney+.
TÁR (2022)
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In the movie that bears her name, Lydia Tár (Cate Blanchett) has all of the power and fame she could ever dream about. Tár reveals that Lydia has used her success as a composer and conductor to become a crossover celebrity with her own book and more trappings of fame.
Lydia even has a devoted wife, Sharon Goodnow (Nina Hoss), and they are raising a daughter named Petra (Mila Bogojevic). But that’s not enough for Lydia, and she uses and abuses her power to satisfy her own needs. As Lydia’s secrets begin to come back to haunt her, everything she has gained is on the verge of slipping away from her grasp.
RoboCop (1987)
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As they say in RoboCop, “I’d buy that for a dollar!” Calculated for inflation, that would be “I’d buy that for $2.68!,” but it just doesn’t have the same ring to it. Director Paul Verhoeven wasn’t aiming for realism in this sci-fi satire, but RoboCop‘s near-future dystopia is a lot closer to our reality than anyone expected. And its bleak humor has somehow gotten even funnier over the ensuing decades.
Peter Weller headlines the film as Alex Murphy, an honest cop in Old Detroit who is brutally murdered by vicious criminals. After Murphy’s death, the mega corporation OCP resurrects him as RoboCop, the future of law enforcement. But this cyborg can’t fully forget the man he used to be, and Murphy is coming after the men who killed him, no matter who they work for.
Creed III (2023)
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Michael B. Jordan makes his directorial debut with Creed III, which theoretically could work as the end of the Rocky movies. At this point in his life, Adonis “Donnie” Creed (Jordan) has pretty much done everything he wanted in boxing, so he retires to spend more time with his wife, Bianca Taylor-Creed (Tessa Thompson), and their daughter, Amara (Mila Davis-Kent).
Unfortunately for Donnie, the good times end when his former friend, Damian “Diamond Dame” Anderson (Jonathan Majors), renters his life. Years ago, Dame was sent to prison, and it was largely Donnie’s fault. Now that Dame is back, he’s going to push Donnie until he gets the chance for payback in the ring. And this may not be a fight that Donnie can win.
Vice (2018)
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Hollywood loves it when an actor uses makeup and prosthetics to completely transform their physical appearance, which is exactly what Christian Bale had to do to portray Dick Cheney in the darkly funny biopic Vice. The film follows Cheney’s rise to power, from his days in the Nixon administration to the first Bush administration, with his wife, Lynne Vincent Cheney (Amy Adams), by his side.
But that’s just the prelude for Cheney’s eight-year stint as vice president under President George W. Bush (Sam Rockwell). In that administration, Cheney’s ruthless ambition allows him to become the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.
Medellin (2023)
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Franck Gastambide pulls triple duty in the action comedy Medellin as the co-writer, director, and star. The story follows Reda (Ramzy Bedia), a man who learns that his brother has been kidnapped by the infamous Medellin drug cartel. Rather than pay off the cartel, Reda decides that he’ll go down to Colombia and rescue his brother himself.
Of course, Reda can’t pull off that audacious plan alone. Alongside Stan (Gastambide) and Chafix (Anouar Toubali), Reda makes an even more insane move by kidnapping the son of a cartel leader in the hopes of exchanging him for his brother. But this buys the unlikely trio a world of trouble as the cartel’s enforcers come down on them.
Violent Night (2022)
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Director Tommy Wirkola’s Violent Night is essentially Succession meets Die Hard on Christmas Eve with Santa Claus (David Harbour) as the unlikely action hero. This is the real Santa, and he’s just over Christmas at this point in his life. During a stop at the mansion of the insanely wealthy Gertrude (Beverly D’Angelo), Santa doesn’t even pay any attention to the rivalry between her adult children, Jason (Alex Hassell) and Alva (Edi Patterson).
However, Jason’s daughter, Trudy (Leah Brady), is a true believer in Christmas. And it’s for Trudy’s sake that Santa is spurred into action when this wealthy family is held hostage by a man calling himself Mr. Scrooge (John Leguizamo) and his Christmas-themed goons. Now it’s time for Santa to give these naughty criminals more than just a piece of coal.
Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022)
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Literature is filled with stories about genies tricking mortals into making wishes that ultimately harm them. This is something that Alithea Binnie (Tilda Swinton) is keenly aware of in Three Thousand Years of Longing. Alithea is an aging British scholar who hasn’t quite worked out what she wants from life. But Alithea isn’t sure she can believe what she sees and hears when she suddenly finds herself face-to-face with a real Djinn (Idris Elba) who wishes to be free from his enslavement.
To win Alithea’s trust and to entice her to make three wishes, the Djinn shares his centuries-long tale of heartbreak and desire. And much to Alithea’s surprise, this inspires her to make a major change in her life.
She Said (2022)
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She Said was a flop in theaters, but it appears to be finding its audience online now that it’s on Prime Video. Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan star as New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor, respectively. And together, they’ve stumbled upon the story of a lifetime that can take down Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein (Mike Houston).
Despite Weinstein’s numerous victims over the decades, Twohey and Kantor have an extremely difficult time getting anyone to go on the record about his sexual misconduct. Even A-list actresses are reluctant to share their names. And when Weinstein learns about the report, he throws numerous obstacles into its path and tries to derail it. But this is the birth of a movement that not even Weinstein could stop.
Jurassic World Dominion (2022)
Jurassic World Dominion is the end of the Jurassic World trilogy, and the big attraction is the reunion of Jurassic Park’s Alan Grant (Sam Neill), Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern), and Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) as they confront a potential ecological disaster that was engineered by Biosyn’s CEO Lewis Dodgson (Campbell Scott).
As for Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) and Clare Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard), they have more personal stakes. Biosyn has kidnapped their adoptive daughter, Maisie Lockwood (Isabella Sermon), and the offspring of Owen’s raptor, Blue. It’s going to take an Avengers-level team-up to solve this crisis.
The Accountant (2016)
Ben Affleck is the title character in The Accountant, but he does have a name: Christian Wolff. Christian is a high-functioning autistic man with a gift for numbers who makes a living cooking the books for crooks. When Living Robotics’ Rita Blackburn (Jean Smart) hires Christian to look over her company’s financial records, he uncovers a multimillion dollar theft that someone will do anything to hide.
