Best Amazon Prime Movies to Watch

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Late Night (2019)
Late Night is a 2019 American comedy-drama film directed by Nisha Ganatra.

Late Night is about a late-night talk show host that hires her first female writer to help her; however, this decision brings unexpected consequences in the form of hilarious punchlines, comedy and humour.

It stars Emma Thompson, Max Casella, Hugh Dancy, John Lithgow, Denis O’Hare, Reid Scott and Amy Ryan.

The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2019, and received positive reviews from critics.

Late Night grossed $19.9 million worldwide and has a current approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes of 79% from 270 reviews.

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Serenity (2019)
Serenity is a 2019 American fantasy mystery thriller film which was written, produced and directed by Steven Knight.

The cast includes Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Diane Lane, Jason Clarke, Djimon Hounsou and Jeremy Strong.

The film is about a fishing boat captain that’s contacted by his ex-wife as she wants him to kill her abusive new husband.

It was released in the United States on January 25th 2019, by Aviron Pictures, and has grossed $14.4 million worldwide.

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Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
Coming in at number seventeen on our list of the best movies on Amazon Prime is Rosemary’s Baby.
Released in 1968, Rosemary’s Baby is an American Psychological horror film with bits of supernatural horror, that was written and directed by Roman Polanski.

The film is based on the novel of the same name by Ira Levin. The cast and includes Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer, Maurice Evans, Ralph Bellamy, Angelia Dorian, Clay Tanner and Charles Grodin.

Rosemary’s Baby was nominated for numerous awards, winning several, and was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as it was deemed culturally, historically and aesthetically significant.

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Under The Silver Lake (2019)
Under the Silver Lake is an American neo-noir black comedy conspiracy thriller film that was written, produced and directed by David Robert Mitchell.

The film follows a young man that finds out his neighbour has gone missing and decides to investigate things further. Whilst piecing it together, he stumbles on a conspiracy that more dangerous than he could imagine.

The film premiered at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival on May 15, 2018, and received positive reviews overall.

It currently holds a 58% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 146 reviews.

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Suspiria (2018)
Suspiria is a supernatural horror film released in 2018 and directed by Luca Guadagnino.

The film was inspired by the 1977 Italian film of the same name and stars Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Mia Goth, Angela Winkler, Ingrid Caven and many more.

It premiered at the 75th Venice International Film Festival on September 1, 2018, and has grossed $7.6 million to date.

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 66% based on 312 reviews.

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We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
The twentieth movie on our list is We Need to Talk About Kevin.

A psychological thriller directed by Lynne Ramsay, the film is an adaptation of Lionel Shriver’s novel of the same name.

The film is about a young boy called Kevin who turns out to be more than his parents bargained for, due to the horrific acts that he’s committed.
It premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and overall, received positive reviews from critics and audiences.

We Need to Talk About Kevin currently holds an approval rating of 76% on Rotten Tomatoes.

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The Handmaiden (2016)
Coming in at number twenty-one on our list of the best movies on Amazon Prime is The Handmaiden.

It’s a 2016 South Korean psychological thriller directed by Park Chan-Wook and inspired by the novel Fingersmith by Sarah Waters.

The cast includes Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-Ri, Ha Jung-Woo and Cho Jin-Woong.
The film is about a Japanese conman that employees the help of an orphaned pickpocket to help him seduce a Japanese woman out of her inheritance.

The Handmaiden was released in South Korea on the 1st June, 2016, and has since gone on to gross over $37 million worldwide.

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The Florida Project (2017)
Next up, is The Florida Project, which is a 2017 American drama movie directed by Sean Baker and written by Baker and Chris Bergoch.

The films cast includes William Dafoe, Brooklynn Prince, Bria Vinaite, Valeria Cotto, Christopher Rivera and Caleb Landry Jones.

The Florida Project is about a single mother and her six-year-old daughter who are trying to keep their heads above water and stay off the streets of Kissimmee, Florida.

The film premiered at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival and was praised by critics for its acting and direction.

The National Board of Review and the American Film Institute chose the film as one of the top ten films of 2017.

It has a current approval rating of 86% based on 263 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.

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High Life (2018)
“High life” is an erotic science fiction horror movie written and directed by Claire Dennis.

The cast includes Robert Pattinson and Juliette Binoche, and it follows a gang of criminals that are sent on a mission to a black hole, whilst participating in scientific experiments.

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Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017)
Next on the list is Brawl in Cell Black 99, which is a 2017 American prison thriller film, directed by S. Craig Zahler.

Brawl in Cell Block 99 stars Vince Vaughn, Jenifer Carpenter, Don Johnson, Udo Kier, Marc Blucas and Tom Guiry.

The film is about a former boxer, turned car mechanic, that falls on hard times and feels like he has no better option than to work as a drug courier.

Needless to say, this gets him into trouble with the law and he ends up in prison. Once inside, he finds himself being forced into violence with no clear way out.

The film was released on October 6, 2017, and it received mixed reviews from film critics.

It currently has a 91% approval rating from 86 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.

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The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018)
Kicking off our list of the best Amazon Prime movies is The Strangers: Prey at Night.

It’s a 2018 American slasher film that was directed by Johannes Roberts and stars Christina Hendricks, Martin Henderson, Bailee Madison and Lewis Pullman.

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