Best Movies On Amazon Prime 2025 To Watch Right Now

Best Movies On Amazon Prime 2025 keeps giving us great entertainment. The platform has put together a great lineup of award-winning dramas, exciting action films, and classic comedies. There is something for everyone, from critically acclaimed books like Nomadland to game show hits like Knives Out.

Here’s the list of Movies on Amazon Prime 2025:

Challengers

Year: 2024
Runtime: 2h 11m
Director: Luca Guadagnino
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One of the best dramas of the year can only be seen on Prime Video. Zendaya, Mike Faist, and Josh O’Connor play tennis players who are also in love in this movie. People mean this kind of smart and hot movie when they say Hollywood doesn’t make films for adults anymore. Keep an eye on this one so they do.

Dark City

Year: 1998
Runtime: 1h 40m
Director: Alex Proyas
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People didn’t pay much attention to this sci-fi masterpiece when it first came out because it was so far ahead of its time. Its reputation has only grown since it came out 25 years ago. A sci-fi noir with some of the most memorable images of the 1990s stars Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, and Jennifer Connelly.

Do the Right Thing

Year: 1989
Runtime: 1h 50m
Director: Spike Lee
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Spike Lee’s masterpiece from 1989 still feels as important and current today as it did when it came out. After the chaos in early 2020, a lot of people came back to this classic and found that it still had all of its power. In fact, Do the Right Thing feels brand new every time you watch it. It’s one of the best films ever.

Donnie Darko

Year: 2001
Runtime: 1h 53m
Director: Richard Kelly
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The world in Richard Kelly’s hit sci-fi movie is crazy. Jake Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Patrick Swayze, and Jena Malone are in it. Darko didn’t do very well in theatres, but it became one of the most acclaimed sci-fi films of the 2000s with a strong fan base at home. Join the conversation that’s always going on about this movie. Who knows, maybe Kelly will be pushed to make another one soon—he hasn’t directed a movie in over ten years.

Fitzcarraldo

Year: 1982
Runtime: 2h 37m
Director: Werner Herzog
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The director Werner Herzog wanted to make a movie about a crazy man who tried to move a steamship from one river to another over land. He was also crazy enough to try to do it himself. The result is a movie that is both mesmerising in its attention to detail and blatant in its look at power gone crazy, both in the story and the way it was made. After this, watch Burden of Dreams, a great documentary about how crazy it was to make this movie. (You can also watch it on Prime.)

Glengarry Glen Ross

Year: 1992
Runtime: 1h 40m
Director: 1992
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For a long time, it seemed like David Mamet’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play from 1984 could never be turned into a movie. But Foley, who worked with Mamet as a screenwriter, figured it out and put together one of the best casts of the 1990s to do it. Alec Baldwin is known for stealing the show in his one scene, but this whole cast is beautiful, especially Al Pacino (nominated for an Oscar), Alan Arkin, and Jack Lemmon.

King of New York

Year: 1990
Runtime: 1h 43m
Director: Abel Ferrara
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This crime epic is a work of art directed by the great Abel Ferrara. It’s still one of the most-talked-about films of its time, thirty years after it came out. A big part of the reason for that is the cast. Christopher Walken shines as the legendary drug lord Frank White, but Laurence Fishburne, David Caruso, Wesley Snipes, Steve Buscemi, and Giancarlo Esposito are also great in this movie.

L.A. Confidential

Year: 1997
Runtime: 2h 17m
Director: Curtis Hanson
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This movie based on James Ellroy’s epic crime novel about Los Angeles in the 1950s was directed by Curtis Hanson. It’s a great thriller with Guy Pearce, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, and Kim Basinger in leading roles. Since this movie, many others have tried to copy its tough-guy thrills but failed miserably. Being this cool isn’t as easy as it looks.

The Limey

Year: 1999
Runtime: 1h 28m
Director: Steven Soderbergh
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Steven Soderbergh directs a riveting performance by Terence Stamp in his thriller about a British man who comes to California to look for his missing daughter and the people who may have hurt her. Soderbergh almost never makes a mistake, and The Limey is one of his most underrated films. It’s a perfectly timed angry yell, and its lead actor is just as captivating.

Manhunter

Year: 1986
Runtime: 2h 1m
Director: Michael Mann
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It’s true—this Michael Mann movie isn’t usually available for streaming subscribers. So, while you still can, watch one of the best movies ever directed by an American master. Based on the book Red Dragon by Thomas Harris, this is the first movie version of Hannibal Lecter. Brian Cox, who would later win an Emmy for Succession, plays the role. As Will Graham, William Petersen does a great job. Hugh Dancy played the part many years later on the NBC show. This one is really scary and tense.

Melancholia

Year: 2011
Runtime: 2h 9m
Director: Lars von Trier
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This sci-fi/drama from 2011 is one of Lars von Trier’s best. Kirsten Dunst plays a woman who realises the end of the world is near. Von Trier has said that the movie is a metaphor for his depression, which he says can appear out of nowhere like the end of the world. It seems especially fitting for the middle of the 2020s as well.

Memento

Year: 2001
Runtime: 1h 53m
Director: Christopher Nolan
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With this Sundance thriller, Christopher Nolan introduced himself to the world and changed the way independent films and then big budget films were made. Guy Pearce gives one of his best performances as a man who has lost his memory so badly that he has to use his body to remember the clues he needs to solve a crime. It’s still very smart and interesting.

Oppenheimer

Year: 2023
Runtime: 2h 58m
Director: Christopher Nolan
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Since it won Best Picture at the Oscars, one of the biggest and best films of 2023 has been taking a victory lap on streaming services. Of course, one of the best things about Nolan’s brilliant look at how the atomic bomb was made was that it was shown in Imax theatres all over the world. It’s best seen in a big, loud, three-hour chunk. Don’t split up this relationship and don’t watch it on your phone. Give yourself over to one of the most cinematic experiences of the last ten years.

Passion Fish

Year: 1992
Runtime: 2h 15m
Director: John Sayles
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This 1992 drama by the great writer/director John Sayles is one of his most adored works. It’s about a soap opera star (Mary McDonnell) who is paralysed after being hit by a cab. When she goes back to her family’s house, she meets an Alfre Woodard nurse who won’t give up on her. It moves me in a real way that never feels manipulative.

Thelma & Louise

Year: 1991
Runtime: 2h 4m
Director: Ridley Scott
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There aren’t many films that are as powerful as Ridley Scott’s drama/thriller about two women who kill someone and then run away. In a movie that hasn’t lost any of its power, Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon may have done the best work of their careers. All that and Brad Pitt when he was young!

To Leslie

Year: 2022
Runtime: 1h 59m
Director: Michael Morris
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Jennifer Lawrence does a great job as Leslie, an alcoholic who reaches rock bottom and goes back to her hometown to find herself. Unfortunately, this surprisingly Oscar-nominated movie has some formulaic parts. However, it’s a beautiful showcase for Riseborough, and Marc Maron, Owen Teague, and Allison Janney all do great work as supporting actors.

Unforgiven

Year: 1992
Runtime: 2h 5m
Director: Clint Eastwood
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Clint Eastwood won the Oscars for Best Director and Best Picture for his 1992 Western, which completely rethought a genre that he helped create. It’s a true masterpiece. It’s about an old criminal who is forced to do one more job that will remind him of the violent past of both himself and this country. In Eastwood’s long and successful career as a director, this may still be his best work.

Green Room

Year: 2016
Runtime: 1h 31m
Director: Jeremy Saulnier
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Check out Blue Ruin and Rebel Ridge by Jeremy Saulnier, two of the best genre directors working today. This could still be his best movie. Anton Yelchin, who has since died, plays a member of a band that ends up at a Nazi event where people are being violent. From there, things get really bad. The movie moves at just the right speed and has shocking turns and brutal violence.

Suspiria

Year: 1977
Runtime: 1h 33m
Director: Dario Argento
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While both films are available on Prime, the one directed by Luca Guadagnino is the one you should watch. It’s one of the most important and enduring Giallo films, and Jessica Harper plays a ballet student who goes to study abroad and finds that her new school is full of witches.

Bridesmaids

Year: 2011
Runtime: 2h 5m
Director: Paul Feig
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It’s hard to believe that Bridesmaids has been out for over ten years already. The movie stunned everyone, made a lot of money, and made Melissa McCarthy famous (especially after she was nominated for an Oscar). Beautiful and smart, it’s about a woman (Kristen Wiig) who has trouble being the Maid of Honour to her friend (Rose Byrne). It’s still really funny.

Heathers

Year: 1989
Runtime: 1h 43m
Director: Michael Lehmann
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Talk about a movie that came out before its time. Before this movie, coming-of-age teen comedies have never been so wonderfully cynical. It’s about four teenage girls whose lives are turned upside down when a new kid (Christian Slater) comes along. In this comedy that changed the teen genre for years to come, Slater’s character wants to do more than just get rid of the bad cliques at his new school. He wants to do something more permanent.

The Holdovers

Year: 2023
Runtime: 2h 13m
Director: Alexander Payne
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There were Oscar nominations for Paul Giamatti and Da’Vine Joy Randolph in this great comedy, and Randolph won! It was only available on Peacock, but it’s now on Prime Video as well. The story of a boarding school during the holidays in the 1970s already feels like a comedy classic. It’s the kind of movie that people will watch over and over again, especially at the end of the year.

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Some Like It Hot

Year: 1959
Runtime: 1h 56m
Director: Billy Wilder
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This is one of the best comedies ever. It’s really that easy. Someone you know who has trouble watching films from before 2000 should watch this great Billy Wilder movie. It’s so good that it can help them get into more classic films. Even though it was made in 1959, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe, and Billy Wilder’s perfect timing make it just as funny today as it was then.

Die Hard

Year: 1988
Runtime: 2h 6m
Director: John McTiernan
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At last! People who stream films often drop parts of the Bruce Willis series, but never the whole thing. You can watch the whole series at once on Prime Video, from the great first movie to the terrible A Good Day to Die Hard. That being said, the first one is still the best. It really changed the rules for the genre by focussing on normal people like Willis instead of big stars like Sly and Ah-nuld. It’s still great fun to watch, just like when it first came out.

Edge of Tomorrow

Year: 2014
Runtime: 1h 47m
Director: Doug Liman
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This is one of the best video game movies, even though it’s not really a video game movie. It’s also known as Live Die Repeat. But give it some thought. It’s about a guy (Tom Cruise) who dies and comes back to life, using what he learnt from the last time to try to beat an alien race. It’s kind of like how video games work. Part of the reason this movie is so great is that Emily Blunt gives a great supporting performance.

The Fall Guy

Year: 2024
Runtime: 2h 6m
Director: David Leitch
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Why can’t people just enjoy going to the movies? The movie bombed in theatres, but it’s already getting some attention on digital and streaming services, first only on Peacock and now on other services as well. Some men and women put their bodies in danger for our entertainment. Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt star in a smart and funny tribute to them.

Heat

Year: 1995
Runtime: 2h 50m
Director: Michael Mann
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Robert De Niro and Al Pacino star in one of the best films of the 1990s. It’s a beautiful cat-and-mouse game between a cop who works too much and a career criminal. There were a lot of people who watched this movie again when Heat 2 came out in 2022. It has held up amazingly well in the nearly 30 years since it came out. It’s an amazing work.

The LEGO Movie

Year: 2014
Runtime: 1h 36m
Director: Phil Lord
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This smart family movie took the idea of the LEGO toy and made it into creative gold. It’s part of a new wave of films that make comments about their own existence that might reach its peak with Greta Gerwig’s Barbie. Chris Pratt plays a regular LEGO fan who goes on an amazing journey in a movie that’s really about the power of imagination and turns the fun of building with LEGOs into a captivating story.

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