Best films on Amazon Prime Video

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?

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?

Coming-of-age comedy drama starring Abby Ryder Fortson and Rachel McAdams. After her family moves from New York City to the New Jersey suburbs, 11-year-old Margaret tries to settle in and make new friends. She must also navigate the trials of puberty, learn how to talk to boys - and figure out her place in a family that has been divided by religion.

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.

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.

Comedy from the Coen brothers, starring Jeff Bridges and John Goodman. When an unemployed hippy is attacked in his apartment by two thugs who have mistaken him for millionaire Lebowski, he decides to pay a visit to his namesake in the hope of receiving compensation.

Detective drama starring Elliott Gould, Nina van Pallandt and Sterling Hayden. The famous Los Angeles fictional detective Philip Marlowe is brought defiantly into the 1970s, with mysteries, a suicide and blackmail complicating his attempts to help a friend accused of murder.

Classic thriller starring Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters and Lillian Gish. Before being arrested for murder, Ben Harper tells his two children where he has hidden a large sum of stolen money. They soon find themselves terrorised by Ben's ex-cell mate Harry Powell, a psychopathic preacher with "love" and "hate" tattooed on his hands.

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?