Best films on Amazon Prime Video
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American Fiction
- Comedy
- Drama
- 2023
- Cord Jefferson
- 116 mins
- 15
How to watchSummary:
Satirical comedy drama starring Jeffrey Wright. Author Thelonious "Monk" Ellison has trouble selling his highbrow novels. Then, when Monk - an African-American man - writes a vicious parody of best-selling "black" fiction, under the pen name "Stagg R Leigh", he accidentally starts a bidding war and becomes an overnight sensation. But for how long can the conflicted Monk keep up the lie?
Anatomy of a Fall
- Drama
- Crime/detective
- 2023
- Justine Triet
- 151 mins
- 15
How to watchSummary:
Courtroom drama starring Sandra Hüller. The husband of novelist Sandra Voyter is found dead outside the couple's isolated mountain chalet, having apparently fallen from the attic. Following a brief investigation, Sandra is arrested and charged with her spouse's murder. But what really happened?
Challengers
- Drama
- Romance
- 2024
- Luca Guadagnino
- 131 mins
- 15
How to watchSummary:
Relationship drama starring Zendaya, Josh O'Connor and Mike Faist. Two tennis players, Art and Patrick, face off in a tournament final, watched by Art's wife and coach, Tashi. But simmering among the trio is a long and complex history, marked by ambition, rivalry and romance, all of which threatens to bubble over during this latest meet.
Elvis
- Romance
- Drama
- 2022
- Baz Luhrmann
- 160 mins
- 12
How to watchSummary:
Musical biopic starring Austin Butler and Tom Hanks. In the mid 1950s, low-level huckster Colonel Tom Parker discovers the young singer Elvis Presley and becomes his manager. Over the next two decades, Elvis experiences highs and lows as one of the most famous artists on the planet. But the debt-ridden Parker grows ever more controlling of his young cash cow.
Paths of Glory
- War
- Drama
- 1957
- Stanley Kubrick
- 86 mins
- PG
How to watchSummary:
First World War drama from director Stanley Kubrick, starring Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker and Adolphe Menjou. Ordered to attack an impregnable German position, French troops fall back after only a few yards. When it is decided to court-martial three men for cowardice, their colonel does his best to defend them but discovers that political manoeuvring can be just as deadly as the front line.
Saltburn
- Comedy
- Romance
- 2023
- Emerald Fennell
- 130 mins
- 15
How to watchSummary:
Black comedy thriller starring Barry Keoghan and Jacob Elordi. After shy Oxford University student Oliver crosses paths with rich classmate Felix, the two become unlikely friends and Felix invites Oliver back to Saltburn, his family's sprawling mansion, for the summer. But it soon transpires that this awkward outsider is not quite the harmless loner that he appeared to be.
Sweet Smell of Success
- Drama
- 1957
- Alexander Mackendrick
- 95 mins
- PG
How to watchSummary:
Drama starring Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis. JJ Hunsecker is a vicious New York gossip columnist, read by millions and sought after by everyone. When Hunsecker decides to break up his sister's romance with a young jazz musician, he forces scheming press agent Sidney Falco into helping him.
The Green Knight
- Action
- Fantasy
- 2021
- David Lowery
- 130 mins
- 15
How to watchSummary:
Sir Gawain, King Arthur's reckless and headstrong nephew, who embarks on a daring quest to confront the eponymous Green Knight, a gigantic emerald-skinned stranger and tester of men. Epic medieval fantasy starring Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander and Joel Edgerton.
The Killing Fields
- Documentary and factual
- Drama
- 1984
- Roland Joffé
- 136 mins
- 15
How to watchSummary:
Biographical war drama starring Sam Waterston, Dr Haing S Ngor and John Malkovich. Cambodia, 1973: American journalist Sydney Schanberg and his guide Dith Pran are operating out of the war-torn ruins of Phnom Penh. When the Khmer Rouge armies enter the city, foreign reporters find themselves the target of hatred and are rounded up, facing the prospect of possible execution.
The Zone of Interest
- Drama
- War
- 2023
- Jonathan Glazer
- 104 mins
- 12A
How to watchSummary:
Wartime drama starring Christian Friedel and Sandra Hüller. In 1943, Nazi officer Rudolf Höss receives a promotion and moves his wife and their five children into a beautiful house next to his new workplace: Auschwitz concentration camp. Over the following months, the family enjoys its idyllic lifestyle. Can anything mar their sunny days?