The best movies you can watch on Amazon Prime this October - Android
Over the years, Amazon Prime Video‘s library has grown massively and now includes many critically-acclaimed and entertaining flicks. So, if you are planning a Prime Video movie night, we have selected some of the best films currently available on the platform for your consideration.
Of course, movie taste can be very subjective, but we have picked films that are either classics, audience favorites or critical darlings that we think you will enjoy. And with a variety of genres on the list there is something for everyone! So, without further ado, here are the best movies on Amazon Prime Video you can currently watch.
Editor’s note: The list features the best movies on Amazon Prime Video (from the U.S. catalog) and only movies that don’t require you to pay an extra rental fee to watch. The order is arbitrary. We will be regularly updating the list as films are added and removed from the Prime Video catalogue.
From the director of the critically acclaimed Old Boy, Park Chan-wook, comes the Handmaiden. A strange tale of deception and betrayal loosely based on Victorian crime novel Fingersmith. Set in Japanese-occupied Korea, the film sees Sook-hee become a maid to wealthy Japanese heiress Lady Hideko, who lives with her uncle Kouzuki.
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As Sook-hee settles in she and the heiress become closer, while more of Lady Hideko’s story is revealed to us through a series of flashbacks. At the same time, the deceptions slowly begin to unravel all around the characters. As is typical of Park Chan-wook’s work, The Handmaiden is visually stunning and just as masterful in its storytelling. It is full of unexpected twists and turns that will surprise even the most intuitive viewers and keep you glued to your seat.
Winner of the 2015 Best Picture Academy Award, Spotlight is a captivating newsroom drama based on a real story. It follows the team behind the Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe investigation team as they uncover and expose rampant abuse in the Catholic Church. The film shows the investigative process of the journalists, but also spotlights the real stories of victims and their fight against a system determined to cover the abuse up.
The star-studded cast deliver excellent performances, with no excess dramatization of the tension in the newsroom. And although Spotlight might seem a bit slow at times to the impatient viewer, it is one of the most important films of this decade and a more than worthwhile watch.
Requiem for a Dream is a not an easy film to stomach, but it is a work of art that everyone should sit through at least once. Directed by Darren Aronofsky, the movie follows four addicts as their lives and drug habits spiral out of control. Harry, Tyrone and Marion are the main trio who enable each other’s heroin addictions and escapist dreams. Harry’s mother (Sara) also battles her own demons as she unknowingly becomes addicted to amphetamines.
The cinematography is at times surreal, like a drug trip, and at other times brutally true to life, snapping us back to reality. All of the actors deliver amazing performances, but Ellen Burstyn as Sara gives the most heart-wrenching and haunting of them all. There are scenes which will be etched into your mind for a long time to come. But overall, Requiem for a Dream is a cautionary tale of how quickly we can be led down the path of self-destruction in the name of making it big, being on our favorite TV show or even fitting in that pretty red dress.
Tilda Swinton is excellent in almost any role, and We Need to Talk About Kevin is one of her best performances. In this psychological thriller she plays Eva — a struggling mother who is trying to understand and deal with her difficult son Kevin. As we see him grow up, he becomes more and more detached and disinterested, while she begins to resent and fear him.
The movie poses the familiar nature vs nurture question, but it also dives deeper into more uncomfortable territory. We often see Eva’s concerns being dismissed by those around her. It’s not hard to sympathize with her thanks to Tilda Swinton’s stunning performance. But we also see her struggle to bond with Kevin and get frustrated easily. Ezra Miller, playing teenage Kevin, is often chillingly emotionless. And this leaves us with the question of whether he is a product of Eva’s behavior. The film allows you to reach your own conclusions, but it will stick with you long after you have watched it.
Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer, this award-winning documentary is blood-chilling, but a compulsory watch for those who want an insight into the psyche of genocidal murderers. Oppenheimer focuses on Anwar Congo — an ex-member of the death squads, responsible for the Indonesian killings of 1965-66. A genocide in which almost one million were targeted and killed because of their communist sympathies or ethnicity.
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The director invites Anwar to recount his experiences. He often reenacts his gruesome acts for the camera, and they are depicted in the style of his favorite movie genres: gangster, western and musicals. It is by no means glamorizing the acts, quite the contrary — it makes the film even more bizarre and uncomfortable to watch. But if you have the mental fortitude, it is one of the most important documentaries ever put on screen and one that you need to watch.
Modern westerns are few and far between and great ones are even harder to find. But True Grit is the best movie of its genre on Amazon Prime Video. Written and directed by the Coen brothers, True Grit is the second adaptation of a 1968 Charles Portis novel of the same name. The Academy Award-nominated film tells the story of Mattie — a feisty but determined young girl who hires US Marshal Cogburn to pursue the outlaw who killed her father.
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She wants to accompany Cogburn on his quest, but she is left behind due to her age and gender. Meanwhile Cogburn teams up with Texas Ranger LaBoeuf to split the reward. Stubborn and single-minded, Mattie catches up to them and refuses to turn back. Hailee Steinfield is excellent as Mattie, and Jeff Bridges (Cogman) and Matt Damon (LaBoeuf) complete the unlikely trio with their great performances. It is not only a great western but a great movie overall. It’s worth watching True Grit even if you are not a fan of the genre.
Based on a novel of the same name, Annihilation is one of the strangest films on our list and that’s why it’s easily one of the best movies on Amazon Prime — it stands out. This mind-bending sci-fi horror takes biology professor Lena, played by Natalie Portman, on a surreal expedition. Entering an anomalous zone called “the shimmer”, she and her companions discover an other-worldly jungle that is mutated and overgrown out of control.
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Their goal is to find the source of the anomaly and stop the shimmer from expanding. The special effects and cinematography are breathtaking, and the pacing makes you just as lost and on edge as the characters. Annihilation also raises questions about nature and humanity’s place among it. It can be deeply disturbing at times, but also quite profound.
If psychological thrillers like Memento and Shutter Island are among your favorite films, you shouldn’t skip The Machinist. Directed by Brad Anderson, the movie tells the story of Trevor Reznik — an industrial worker struggling with insomnia. Trevor, played by Christian Bale, claims he hasn’t slept in years. He is rapidly losing weight, becoming almost skeletal. Fascinatingly, there were no special effects involved. Bale lost an enormous amount of weight for the role. But his physical transformation is just as impressive as his performance.
Bale masterfully portrays the disturbed machinist, as Trevor wastes away both physically and mentally. After a workplace accident, he becomes increasingly paranoid. His coworkers distrust him, and the machinist is constantly on edge, believing someone is out to get him. The atmosphere is both tense and gloomy at all times and it will keep you at the edge of your seat.
If you enjoy films which break from the traditional horror mold, Hereditary should be on the top of your list. The story begins with the death of Ellen Graham — a secretive and private woman. As her daughter Annie, played by Toni Collette, tries to deal with
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