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Mar 22, 2021 · Amazon Studios came charging out of the gates in 2021, releasing a film many are already calling one of 2021's best in the indie family drama Herself. Directed with clear-eyed reverie by Mama Mia ...
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- Dead Poets Society
- Fantastic Mr. Fox
- Jingle All The Way
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Director: Jonathan Levine Writer: Will Reiser Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard, Anjelica Huston A kind-hearted, unpretentious, and wholly human dramedy, 50/50 turns the real-life experience of writer Will Reiser and star Seth Rogen into a universally appealing story (that happens to be specifically about ca...
Director: Ridley Scott Writers: Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett Cast: Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto I dunno, man, I just think Alien is a perfect film. The Ridley Scott sci-fi horror classic is jam-packed with iconography, from the H.R. Giger creature designs to the blood-soa...
Director: Robert Zemeckis Writer: William Broyles Jr. Cast: Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Nick Searcy Gripping in several different ways while maintaining a primal tightness in its focus, Cast Away tells an elemental tale of survival while discovering lots of unique specificities along the way. Tom Hanks, delivering stellar work physically and emotionally...
Director: Peter Weir Writer: Tom Schulman Cast: Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles, Gale Hansen, Norman Lloyd, Kurtwood Smith, Dylan Kussman Speaking of crying your eyes out: Dead Poets Society stars Robin Williams as an eccentric English teacher at an all-boys prep school, and a cavalcade of young talent as the students...
Director: Wes Anderson Writers:Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach Cast: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe, Owen Wilson Wes Anderson's first animated film plays with more longevity and bite than the initial novelty of "famous visual director switches mediums" (though that medium switch is, indeed, rife with novel, w...
Director: Brian Levant Writer: Randy Kornfield Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sinbad, Phil Hartman, Rita Wilson, Robert Conrad, Jake Lloyd Yes, Virginia, Jingle All the Way is good. For those looking to start their holiday season streams in November (a perfectly acceptable time, even pre-Thanksgiving), this fast-paced, satirical, and ultimately sweet...
Director: Robert Zemeckis Writers: Jeffrey Price, Peter S. Seaman Cast: Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Charles Fleischer, Stubby Kaye, Joanna Cassidy The perfect Robert Zemeckis dessert to Cast Away's steak dinner, Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a pinnacle of visual effects, animation, genre synthesis, and introducing children to intriguingly mature t...
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- Coming 2 America (5.3) One of the most anticipated movies to hit Prime this year was Coming 2 America as the long-awaited sequel to the 1988 classic comedy, Coming to America.
- Bliss (5.4) In a lot of ways, Bliss feels like one of those movies that is a bit too contrived and trippy for its own good. Owen Wilson stars as a recently divorced man who gets fired and befriends a seemingly homeless woman (Salma Hayek), who takes him on a wild drug-induced ride.
- Jolt (5.6) One of the trends of 2021 was films where one female protagonist goes on an ass-kicking spree. It happened in Netflix's Gunpowder Milkshake and Kate, while Amazon Prime had their own take on it with Jolt, let by the talented Kate Beckinsale.
- Without Remorse (5.8) Based on a 1993 novel of the same name, Tom Clancy's Without Remorse gave a starring role to one of Hollywood's hottest actors, Michael B. Jordan.
- The Electrical Life of Louis Wain. The number one Amazon Original movie from 2021 was The Electrical Life of Louis Wain. Coming to Prime Video late in the year, in November, This biopic combines tense drama and farcical comedy as it follows the life of the English artist Louis Wain.
- Everybody's Talking About Jamie. Coming in at number 2 is the Amazon Original musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie. In a year filled with new musicals, Amazon managed to make their mark with this movie based on the stage musical of the same name, which was itself inspired by the BBC Three documentary Jamie: Drag Queen at 16.
- The Tomorrow War. Chris Pratt's best-known role might be as the MCU’s hero Star-Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy, but he’s branching out into other universes on his own.
- The Map of Tiny Perfect Things. The Map of Tiny Perfect Things is a science-fiction-based romantic comedy about two teenagers who are caught in the same time loop.
Oct 26, 2024 · No Time to Die, Killer Heat, and American Fiction are just a few of the movies you should be watching on Amazon Prime Video this week. NO TIME TO DIE, from left: Daniel Craig as James Bond ...
May 25, 2023 · Directed by. Chris McKay. Watch on Amazon. Amazon takes the plunge into the sci-fi epic in The Tomorrow War, a massive movie in which time travelers from the year 2051 arrive on Earth in a last ...
Dec 10, 2021 · Watch it on Amazon Prime . 2. Alien (1979) 20th Century Fox / Courtesy Everett Collection. Alien is equal parts analog sci-fi adventure and horror film of the slasher variety (only instead of ...
