Best movies on Amazon Prime Video (April 2025)

A wonderful timeloop movie that manages to find something fresh in what is now a well-worn plot point. Adam Samberg is fantastic as the man stuck replaying the same day over and over which he hates - until someone comes into his life that unwittingly falls into the same predicament he finds himself in.

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Riz Ahmed gives a career-defining performance as a drummer for a metal band who loses his hearing. The results are a gripping, tender study of the human psyche when it has to combat something that is life changing.

In the US? Stream Sound of Metal on Prime Video here.

There is no better than Rosamund Pike to create a villain so evil but bloody persuasive that you nearly end up rooting for her. She did it in Gone Girl and has done it again in I Care A lot. Here she is a con artist trying to grift retirees by becoming their legal guardians. What happens is jaw dropping and Pike is just fantastic to watch throughout.

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Ben Affleck both stars and directs this brilliant film about the Nike execs who wanted to sign a yet-unknown basketball player to their books. The player was Michael Jordan and the rest is history. This one has only just finished in the cinema but because of its backing from Amazon Studios, it's now available to watch on Prime.

A really nice ultra low budget thriller that has one of the best tracking shots in it we have seen. In the 50s a DJ and switchboard operator find an audio signal that could well change a town in New Mexico forever. The movie keeps you guessing right up to the end. At times it feels like an extended Twilight Zone episode but it's all done so well.

In the US? Stream Vast of the Night on Prime Video here.

The Watch is a gripping look at the true story of those trying to hold the government account for its 'enhanced interrogation' practises in the events after 9/11. Adam Driver is superb as the senator looking into how the CIA conducted its business and the abnormalities in what they were doing, trying to uncover a level of brutality that nobody wanted the world to know about.

In the US? Stream The Report on Prime Video here.

One Night In Miami is an understated movie and all the better for it. For the most part, it takes place in one room (a motel room) after Cassius Clay's big fight with Sonny Liston. Within that time the worlds of Clay, Malcolm X, Jim Brown and Sam Cooke collide in a drama that is compelling to watch.

In the US? Stream One Night In Miami on Prime Video here.

This escapist fantasy is unlikely to feature on many top 10 all-time film lists. But it is an absolute must-see in 2020, when we can all do with a break from the real world.

A pilot (Felicity Jones) and nerdy meteorologist (Eddie Redmayne) are an unlikely team in a record-breaking hot air balloon trip into the sky. Tune your brain into The Aeronauts frequency and you’re in for one of the most charming live action family movies in years. There are sofa-clenching sections too.

In the US? Stream Aeronauts on Prime Video here.

Guy Ritchie is back with a slice of what this iconic British director does best: action. And Operation Fortune also stars one of the greatest of the genre, Jason Statham. While this movie may not pop quite as much as Ritchie classic Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, it's worth a watch if you regard this director's earliest films fondly.

Brendan Fraser is a morbidly obese, depressed man in The Whale, a film that landed the actor a Best Actor Oscar after years largely out of the limelight. Critics are split on whether this is actually a good film, with some suggesting it's exploitative. However, almost all agree that Fraser's performance is quite something to behold.

One of the greatest films of all time is now streaming on Prime Video. Fellini's 8 1/2 is a love letter to cinema - about a director who is looking for inspiration for his new movie and it comes from his past. Sit, back, relax and prepare to be mesmerised.

This Oscar-winning movie by Jonathan Glazer looks into the banality of evil. The spotlight is on Nazi officer Rudolf Höss and has family, living outside Auschwitz as he oversees the atrocities of the concentration camp during World War II. Those horrors are off-screen, unseen, while others just get on with their lives. Based on a novel by Martin Amis.

The Argento cut of Dawn Of The Dead is an intriguing one. It's pretty much the Dawn Of The Dead you know and love but the soundtrack has way more Goblin. This is the cut that most of Europe has seen and it's a much faster-paced version of the movie than you might have seen. Okay, so it's not the purest version of Romero's movie but it is still well worth a watch. And if you don't fancy it, then both the theatrical cut and Cannes' cut are available to watch on Prime, too.

It’s by no means a perfect movie but the Borat sequel strikes a much-needed political cord with its look at Borat and his daughter making their way to America once more to make fun of the ignorant. While the ‘story’ is wafer thin, it was a genius idea to bring his daughter along for the ride as she can do everything Borat would do but nobody recognises her - and her scene with one of the most famous people in America caught with his hands down his pants is just brilliant.

In the US? Stream Borat 2 on Prime Video here.

Rachel Brosnahan (of Prime Video's The Marvelous Mrs Maisel) is fantastic in this '70s-based drama about a housewife that becomes embroiled in a life of crime. While the first half of the movie is the best, it's a caustic look at what life was like for women in the Seventies with a nice mix of crime thrills.

In the US? Stream I'm Your Woman on Prime Video here.

This Alex Garland film is set in a near future where the US has been torn apart by, yup, civil war. Kirsten Dunst stars as a photojournalist who wants to make it to the capital before the rebels reach the White House. It’s an engaging thriller-dram in which you’re never quite sure which faction people are rooting for. Watch out for Jesse Plemons’s scenes, in which he owns the screen.

How's this for a high-concept premise? A teenage Elliott takes magic mushrooms and the ensuing trip sees her meet her future 39-year-old self, played by Aubrey Plaza. But the performance of new star Maisy Stella, the 18-year-old Elliott, is what really keeps My Old Ass ablaze. This coming of age comedy has a real sense of authenticity, thanks to Stella and the strong writing of writer-director Megan Park.

Acting Superstar Barry Keoghan is Oliver Quick, a student at Oxford University who works his way into the social circles of rich and entitled young folks. After being invited over to a friend’s family estate, all hell breaks loose. Saltburn may not be the deepest and most meaningful of films, but it sure is a whole lot of stylish fun.

A movie about professional wrestlers starring Zac Efron sounds like the stuff of comedy. The Iron Claw is an affecting, and really quite sad, drama, though. It's the real story of the Von Erichs, a family of wrestlers pushed to the spotlight and tragedy by a father driving his sons to success. Also stars Jeremy Allen White as one of the brothers.

This story of the creation of Irish rap group Kneecap stars Michael Fassbender as one of the group’s founding members. But that’s one of the least notable things about this corker of a film. It’s based on a true story, and the in-film members of the group are actual members of the real-world rap group Kneecap, which are rapidly becoming a bit of a cultural phenomenon. They put in an incredible performance, making this into a real awards magnet.

Here’s a good option if you want a flat-out good time with a horror twist. A serial killer returns after a 35-year hiatus, and Jamie has to travel back in time to stop the killings from happening in the first place. There’s slasher action, time travel and a bit of mother-daughter Back to the Future’ing. Totally Killer has a similar feel to Happy Death Day or Freaky, and comes totally recommended.

Robert Eggers’s strangest, and possibly best, movie. Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson are lighthouse keepers who have to live on a tiny, remote island in New England. They are cut off from the outside world thanks to a storm, and gradually lose their grip on reality.

We lost Val Kilmer in 2025. Thirty tears earlier, he starred in Heat, alongside Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. It’s probably Michael Mann’s best film, the story of a career criminal pulling off one last heist. But will the Los Angeles Police Department put a stop to it? A classic tale of warring titans, and an absolute whopper of a movie at almost three hours. It's one of the rare films that justifies such length.

You can watch almost the entire Terminator movie series on Prime Video. But you can’t beat the second, Judgment Day. It’s just a perfect and consistently engaging slice of 90s action, and it holds up beautifully today. Yep, even most of the visual effects. Arnold Schwarzenegger reprises his role as the erminator, but this time he’s the good guy.

This Aaron Sorkin drama features a nearly unrecognisable Nicole Kidman as Lucille Ball, focusing on her time on the hit show I Love Lucy. Javier Bardem is the other half of the power couple and we see the goings on of their lives through the course of filming an I Love Lucy episode - from script read to performance. Both the acting and the script here are fantastic, as you would expect with the talent on show.

Daniel Radcliffe stars as Weird Al in this biopic of America’s great maker of parody pop songs. It’s a biopic played straight on the surface, but those who remember the 80s and 90s will notice this film doesn’t play events quite as they really happened. Weird Al ends up having an affair with Madonna, for one. It’s absurd, hilarious and, just as the title promises, a bit weird.

Rom coms often seem not to make it into cinemas these days, but You’re Cordially Invited has the air of a bit of a hit from a couple of decades past. It stars Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon as the father and sister of two separate wedding parties. And they find out their venue has been double booked, right as they both arrive at the venue. It’s funny and largely good-natured, largely propelled by two thoroughly watchable performances from those iconic leads.

One of Paul Thomas Anderson’s best movies, Phantom Thread sees Daniel Day-Lewis play a tailor, a costume designer, Reynolds Woodcock. He’s a difficult but unforgettable character, one who begins a relationship with a younger woman, played by Vicky Krieps. It’s not a film easy to sell in a sentence, but let’s say it’s one you’re unlikely to forget after seeing it.

Sydney Sweeney is an aspiring nun, an American who travels to a remote convent in Italy to find her path in faith. But what initially appears to be a friendly nunnery is revealed to have a dark core. It’s a familiar story, and arrived almost at the same time as the eerily similar The First Omen. Immaculate’s secret weapon is Sweeney, who commits to the performance wholesale, especially in its memorable ending.

Elwood and Turner are sent to a Florida reform school. But this is in the era of the Jim Crow laws of the American south, so you may be able to imagine how that turns out. It’s a tale of friendship, racism and brutality. Nickel Boys is based on a novel by Colton Whitehead, who also wrote The Underground Railroad.

Rom-coms are much rarer than they once were. And genuinely good rom-coms like The Idea of You should not go unnoticed. It stars Anne Hathaway as a 40-year-old, a single mother who starts a relationship with the singer of a band her daughter listens to. He is much younger, but there’s much more to this movie than just that high concept line. It’s still a breezy and light watch, but might just make you think, too.

Who knew tennis could be this raunchy? This time period hopping sports drama sees Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist play a trio of tennis players who meet as teens. But the relationship turns into a fierce rivalry both on and off the court. Challengers comes from director Luca Guadagnino, who also made Call Me by Your Name and the Suspiria remake, offering clues as to the stylistic sensibilities on show here.

Sometimes you wonder why remakes happen because they’re no good. Doug Liman’s remake of cheesy 1989 action thriller Road House is better than that, but not something we had on our bingo cards a few years before it came out. Jake Gyllenhaal stars as a former UFC fighter turned bouncer at a rough Florida bar, while actual real-life figure Conor McGregor puts on a compelling performance as a punchy villain.

One of the most mesmerising movies of recent years, The Green Knight is a psychedelic rendition of the great Arthurian legend. Dev Patel is proving once more that he is the actor to revise old English stories (he was also amazing in David Copperfield) and the rest of the cast are also sublime. This is a slow, enveloping movie but we loved it.

The third Terrifier film was one of the big box office stories of 2024. A huge success, given how cheap it was to make, and how flat-out nasty these movies are. The second is still largely considered the highlight of the series so far, though. Should you watch it? That’s up for debate. This is a gory film that delights in pushing boundaries, in a way some will find juvenile and distasteful. But if you’re wondering what all the fuss was about, Prime Video can supply the goods.

Everybody's Talking About Jamie is a fantastic filmic take on the stage play of the same name. The movie follows Jamie, a schoolboy who dreams of becoming a drag artist. Richard E Grant is there to help him on his way, even if his school doesn't believe in him. It's a brilliant feel-good British film that everyone should watch.