Amazon Prime Video stands as a premier streaming destination, offering access to thousands of films through a monthly or annual subscription. With an expansive library of movies, television series, and acclaimed original content crafted exclusively for the platform, the sheer breadth of options can feel a bit overwhelming. To help you navigate this cinematic sea, I’ve curated a guide to the standout films newly added to Prime Video this month.
And for those who still appreciate the charm of physical media, Prime Video also offers the option to purchase DVDs and Blu-rays of your favorite films. Additionally, you can rent select new releases—often before they become available for streaming—perfect for catching up on titles you may have missed in theaters.
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1. Forrest Gump (1994)
Watch history in the making, at least, in a way. Tom Hanks picked up his second Best Actor Oscar in two years playing Forrest Gump, a good ol’ Alabama boy with a low IQ and a big heart who somehow manages to impact every major event in U.S. socio-political and cultural history from the 1950s to the 1980s. With its reactionary politics and sentimental championing of the American Dream, certainly Robert Zemeckis’ historical dramedy has its detractors. But, I beg you to go with it, because on its own merit, Forrest Gump is a cleverly written feel-good epic bursting with adventure, laughs, tears, baby-boomer hit songs, and dazzling special effects. Gump took in $677 million at the worldwide box office and won six Oscars including Best Picture, in a year where the competition was Pulp Fiction and The Shawshank Redemption.
A Cute Film Addictive Rating: 9.1/10 PG-13, Runtime 2hr22min
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2. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Are you up for a three-way shoot-out? With a master stroke of genius, Sergio Leone set his third and greatest of his spaghetti-Western Dollars trilogy amid the futile mass slaughter of the Civil War. The first two films take place, as it were, once upon a time in the West, but with this film, Leone makes his themes of treachery, murder, and revenge the natural product of a society riven with senseless violence. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly reunites Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef from A Few Dollars More, and then pits them against Eli Wallach’s manic, motormouthed Tuco. Though all three leads are equally great in their respective roles, Wallach almost steals the show, hurling himself with gusto into his coarse, earthy role. With Tuco’s comic amorality, we are shown that in this hellbent world, goodness, badness, and yes, indeed, even ugliness are strictly relative. The unforgettable Ennio Morricone contributes his greatest score, a medley of yelps, howls, electric guitars, a mournful mariachi trumpet, and a haunting ‘wah-wah-wah’.
A Cute Film Addictive Rating: 9.1/10 R-Rated, Runtime 2hr 58min
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3. For a Few Dollars More (1965)
For a Few Dollars More is the most complex, atmospheric Dollars Western. With a clever structure, shorter script, and longer pauses, Eastwood’s well-traveled stranger is uneasily teamed with Van Cleef’s mysterious major in search for Gian Maria Volonte’s malevolent desperado Indio. Through intriguing flashbacks, we come to learn the major’s motive for revenge and Morricone’s eeriest theme tinkles recurrently from a pocket watch. Leaning on almost every Western cliche, Leone brings his themes of the family’s civilizing influence and clerical hypocrisy richly into focus.
A Cute Film Addictive Rating: 8.5/10 R-rated, Runtime 2hr. 12min.
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4. The Great Escape (1963)
How do you make a movie about the incarceration of 11,000 POW’s, and the murder of 50 of them so doggone entertaining that it becomes a staple of Bank Holiday afternoon schedules? That’s exactly what director John Sturges did with The Great Escape. Despite its grim subject matter, the film is an almost criminally pleasurable watch.
The Great Escape provides the true definition of an ensemble movie, chocked full of starry A-listers and trusty dependable character actors, from the King of Cool, Steve McQueen and Richard Attenborough to James Garner and David McCallum, all starring as the real-life prisoners of Stalag Luft III, the supposedly jailbreak-proof prisoner-of-war camp set up by the Nazis in 1942.
Boasting far too many memorable moments to list here, so just watch for yourself, especially if you have never seen the iconic Steve McQueen’s heroic break for it on a 650 Triumph motorcycle across the German countryside. (pictured above)
A Cute Film Addictive Rating: 8.5/10 Runtime 2hr. 52min.
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5. Unforgiven (1992)
Nearly 30 years removed from becoming a staple of Western cinema, Clint Eastwood was just about ready to step off his horse and hang it up, but not before giving the genre one final, fond farewell. With it, we got a masterpiece that gives substantial weight to the violence on display. Unforgiven follows Eastwood as a long-retired gunfighter named Will Munny who takes up arms again to track down the bounty on a cowboy who disfigured a prostitute’s face.
Providing Munny’s ruthless backstory as an ever-present shadow hanging over the character, Unforgiven strips away the myth and romance of the Old West and instead reveals the harsh realities of life in that time. Unforgiven showcases an Eastwood in a career-best performance in a film that took home Best Director and Best Picture Oscars.
A Cute Film Addictive Rating: 8.5/10 R-rated Runtime 2hr. 10min.
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6. The Big Lebowski (1998)
The Big Lebowski, the film that redefined the phrase “cult movie”, was without a doubt a critical and commercial flop on release. But the Coen brothers seventh studio outing has gone on to become so popular that an annual Lebowski fest now exists, with fans dressing up as Jeff Bridges’ amateur bowler-cum-sleuth The Dude who becomes embroiled in a pot-hazed hunt for a missing girl. The Big Lebowski is a dreamy slice of Los Angeles counterculture; from Julianne Moore’s “vaginal artist” to Kraftwerk-esque German nihilists and a Hefner-like porn baron which is all wrapped up inside an offbeat narrative as shambling as The Dude himself. Add in the awesome T Bone Burnett-curated soundtrack, lines of dialogue like “We’ll cut off your Jackson!” and John Turturro as a Lycra-clad pederast, and The Big Lebowski remains one of the Coen brothers most satisfying and memorable comedies. The kind that only gets better with time.
A Cute Film Addictive Rating: 8.4/10 R-Rated Runtime 1hr. 57min.
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7. The Deer Hunter (1978)
Released just three years after the Vietnam War ended, The Deer Hunter provided America a glimpse of what the conflict had done to the men who survived it.
Three friends Mike (Robert De Niro), Nick (Christopher Walken), and Steven (John Savage), from the steel-mill town of Clairton, Pennsylvania enlist to fight in Vietnam and are captured by the Viet Cong. Once back in Clairton, Mike loses himself in deer hunting to escape memories of the war.
Maybe mostly remembered for its heart-stopping tense Russian Roulette scene, The Deer Hunter is for the main part, a thought provoking study in masculinity and a career making post for its director, the late, great Michael Cimino.
A Cute Film Addictive Rating: 8.4/10 Rated-R Runtime 3hr. 3min.
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8. Fargo (1996)
Fargo is the Coen brothers’ offbeat take on the ‘true story’ genre: a blackly comic morality tale of kidnapping, murder, and funny accents played out in the Minnesota snow. A landmark film in the Coen brothers career, they swapped visual and verbal flamboyance for formal rigor and were rewarded with Oscars for the whole family, as Ethan and Joel won for Best Original Screenplay, and the latter’s wife, Frances McDormand, took home Best Actress. Certainly, the film is giggle-some (“Oh, I just think I’m gonna barf…”) and gruesome (the wood chipper!), but it’s what you should expect from the guys that brought us Miller’s Crossing. Through it all, McDormand’s pregnant, optimistic Marge Gunderson adds a plaintive note of low-key, likable realism. Yah, you betcha.
A Cute Film Addictive Rating: 8.4/10 Rated-R Runtime 1hr 38min
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9. Ford v Ferrari (2019)
In quite possibly my favorite movie of 2019, Christian Bale and Matt Damon star in this retelling of the automobile industry race to build the dominant sports car on the road. This excellent, and dare I say underrated James Mangold film moves at a remarkable pace, very much like the Shelby GT40 Mk 1 at the center of the story. And now’s the time to revisit this wonderful film that might even be better than you remember.
A Cute Film Addictive Rating: 8.4/10 PG-13 Runtime 2h 32min
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10. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
A million members of the Tutsi tribe were massacred by members of the Hutus, in an insane upheaval of their ancient rivalry. It was 1994 in Rwanda, and ten years later Terry George’s film, based on the true story, showed how the manager of a luxury hotel (Don Cheadle) saved the lives of his family and 1,200 guests, all using his management skills, including bribery, flattery, apology, deception, blackmail, freebies, and calling in favors. His character, Paul Rusesabagina, intuitively understands that only by continuing to act as a hotel manager can he achieve what is necessary.
As the nation continues to descend into anarchy, he puts on his suit and tie every morning and fakes business as usual, dealing with a murderous Hutu general not as a criminal, but as a valued client; a man who yesterday orchestrated mass murder might today want to show that he knows how to behave appropriately in the hotel lobby.
A Cute Film Addictive Rating: 8.4/10 PG-13 Runtime 2hr 1min
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11. Rain Man (1988)
Best Picture winner, Rain Man, is a perfect example of a feel-good movie done right. The film’s representation of the autistic community is earnest, and veteran actor Dustin Hoffman rightfully took home the Oscar for Best Actor for his portrayal as Raymond Babbitt. Rain Man also turned out to be one of the most important films of Tom Cruise’s career. Unafraid to be unlikable at times, Cruise holds his own against Hoffman’s reputation as a top-notch actor.
And you have permission to laugh; Tom Cruise on Rain Man: “The first time an audience watched Rain Man, they didn’t know it was funny. They didn’t quite get it was okay to laugh in parts of the film.”
A Cute Film Addictive Rating: 8.3/10 R-Rated Runtime 2hr 13min
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12. A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
A Fistful of Dollars is a shameless, bravura retelling of the 1961 Akira Kurosawa sardonic samurai classic Yojimbo, though the source material was belatedly acknowledged by director Sergio Leone. The film, itself, flies in the face of the John Fordian tradition as Clint Eastwood’s mercenary drifter blows into town. Dusty, serape-clad, with a smoldering cheroot, which Eastwood hated, clenched in his mouth, the laconic anti-hero accepts the pay of both warring sides carving up the town’s land, pitiful assets, and women. Upon being found out and subjected to a brutal beating, he pays everyone back in a systematically sadistic shoot ‘em up.
A Cute Film Addictive Rating: 8.2/10 Rated-R Runtime 1hr 39min
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13. Annie Hall (1977)
1977 was the year that Star Wars dominated everything, that is except at the Oscars. Woody Allen’s acclaimed neurotic comedy examining a failed relationship scooped up four major awards (Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, Actress), and it did so without a single complaint. That’s how wonderful this film is, and the accolades have continued since then, including being ranked #2 on the AFI’s greatest romcoms list; as well as being listed as the Writer’s Guild of America’s funniest screenplay.
Clearly, there’s a huge amount of affection for Allen’s first film to find the sweet-spot between broad, zinger-laden comedy and Bergman-esque soul-searcher. It’s hard to find a more satisfying role than Diane Keaton in the title character, though her dating history with Allen has left him struggling to convince people that the story is not autobiographical ever since. True to form, Allen’s probably the only person who’s not a fan of his movie.
A Cute Film Addictive Rating: 8.2/10 PG Runtime 1hr 33min
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14. The Big Country (1958)
Any Western Epic requires a score just as sweeping as its story, and The Big Country’s original score coming from Jerome Moross is one of the best in Western history, with an energy, ambition and sweep to match the film. Combined with the big theme from Moross, big scenery (in glorious Technicolor), and big names (Gregory Peck, Charlton Heston, Jean Simmons, and Burl Ives), The Big Country comes together as one of the best Western Epics of all-time. William Wyler’s film may be long, and just as much soap opera as horse opera, but it’s every bit of a classic. Peck, as probably the only Western hero to be both a retired sea captain and a pacifist, is troubled by romance. Meanwhile, Heston has designs on Peck’s fiancée Carroll Baker, and a range war.
A Cute Film Addictive Rating: 8.2/10 Approved Runtime 2hr 46min
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15. Harvey (1950)
Wealthy, affable drunk plus imaginary 6’4” bunny equals Pulitzer Prize, Broadway smash, and film adaptation starring the inimitable Jimmy Stewart as Elwood P. Dowd, whose drunken antics are not a problem for the locals, that is, until he starts claiming to see a pooka, a trickster spirit from Irish folklore. All of the sudden, Elwood’s not so acceptable any more. One problem, Harvey, the imaginary rabbit, exerts a transformative effect on the other characters — with the one exception being Elwood’s snobby sister Veta (Josephine Hull), who notably is the only other person who can see Harvey. Veta tries to have Elwood committed to a mental hospital, as his rabbit-antics are interfering with her plans to marry her daughter Myrtle (Victoria Horne) to “a good match”. Of course, Veta ends up getting herself committed instead, but in a twist of fate the hospital director, Dr. Chumley, starts seeing Harvey as well, slightly awkward. Harvey is a whimsical little farce with a warm heart. The story is also a meditation of tolerance and the merits of “reality”; as the drunken and possibly addled Elwood is significantly happier than the “normal people” who surround him. Harvey is a lightweight movie, but the sheer force of Jimmy Stewart’s personality makes just about everything riveting. Yes, even an invisible bunny.
A Cute Film Addictive Rating: 8.2/10 Rating Approved, Runtime 1hr 44min
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16. Titanic (1997)
I need to confess something here; I have not always giving this film the respect it deserves. Mostly because I cut my teeth on James Cameron’s Terminator movies, and this was not what I longed for from the well-esteemed director at the time. That being said, what a superb achievement Titanic was! Blending special effects with strong melodrama and adding in the element of docudrama, Cameron made a film in the tradition of long-ago Hollywood epics. The special effects here are astonishingly convincing, recreating the Titanic in all her splendor, and then using more than an hour of screen time on the story of her sinking. I also have to mention how equally compelling the technical achievement is, telling the story so clearly, thanks to modern characters who set up the sequence of the tragedy so that, when it happens, we’re always clear about what is taking place, and why.
A Cute Film Addictive Rating: 8.2/10 PG-13 Runtime 3hr 14min
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17. Dunkirk
From one film I didn’t appreciate at first glance to the next. As a guy who loves the dialogue between characters, I struggled mightily with Dunkirk on first viewing. But I was wrong, it’s rare that a modern film can discard dialogue with no loss of meaning or power. But with Dunkirk, director Christopher Nolan delivers an exceptionally vivid panoramic depiction of the enormous event that first suggested Hitler might not roll unimpeded to victory in World War II. Certainly, the film’s verisimilitude and physicality are extraordinary. But what really stands out as a surprise, is the way Nolan told his story, in fragmented vignettes on land, at sea and in the air, with zero artificial build-up of prepackaged heroism or emotion. Extremely powerful!
A Cute Film Addictive Rating: 8.1/10 PG-13 Runtime 1hr 46min
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18. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
In the 1980’s, Woody Allen was one of the most prolific filmmakers of all time, and at the height of his career, releasing at least one film each year, with 1982 being the one exception. It was in 1986 that he wrote and directed one of his most beloved movies, Hannah and Her Sisters. Allen won the Oscar for Best Screenplay for the film, and it is still one of his true classics.
A Cute Film Addictive Rating: 8.1/10 PG-13 Runtime 1hr 47min
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19. The Game (1997)
No one churns out thrillers iconic as the maestro David Fincher. The director’s movies are highly gripping and deeply atmospheric, and thus it’s no exaggeration to refer to Fincher as the best thriller filmmaker in contemporary cinema. Though The Game didn’t receive the praise it deserves because it came between the releases of Seven and Fight Club, two modern masterpieces, it is still one of the best thrillers of the nineties, and certainly worth watching.
A Cute Film Addictive Rating: 8.0/10 R-Rated Runtime 2hr 9min
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20. Lost in Translation (2003)
A disillusioned film star and a newlywed meet in a hotel bar in Tokyo, forming the beginning of Lost in Translation. The two characters played by Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson form a strong friendship over the many secrets and wonders of an ambient Tokyo and life itself, despite the language and cultural hurdles that currently exist around them.
Lost in Translation finds its strength in exploring fragile relationships and unspoken disappointments, with its masterfully created mood of isolation serving as the backdrop. You will also find the film both enjoyable and depressing, thanks to director Sofia Coppola’s skillful balancing of humor and melancholy. In addition, Murray effortlessly delivers on his part as if it were an extension of himself, while Johansson seems to move in lockstep with him.
A Cute Film Addictive Rating: 8.0/10 R-Rated Runtime 1hr 42min
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21. Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet star as the polar opposite Dashwood sisters, embarking on their own journeys of life and love after their father’s passing in Sense and Sensibility, a Regency-era period drama. The film is known as one of the most faithful Jane Austen adaptations, and has earned numerous accolades, including Academy Award nominations for both Thompson and Winslet. Ultimately, Thompson’s script picked up the prize for Best Adapted Screenplay. The film turns thirty later this year, and is still a wonderful viewing.
A Cute Film Addictive Rating: 8.0/10 PG Runtime 2hr 16min
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