Best films on Prime Video
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1996
Family
Fantasy
PG
Comic fantasy based on the book by Roald Dahl, starring Mara Wilson and Danny DeVito. Matilda, the daughter of Harry and Zinnia Wormwood, has adored reading from a precociously early age, but her parents refuse to let her go to school. Until, that is, her father sends her to the unforgiving Miss Trunchbull's Crunchem Hall, where she discovers that she has other more useful gifts.
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1973
Sci-fi
Animation
PG
Animated science-fiction fantasy. In a bleak future, the human race has destroyed civilisation. The 39-foot tall inhabitants of the planet Yagam keep a few humans as pets, with the wild human population destroyed by regular culls.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
2014
Comedy
Drama
15
Oscar-winning comedy drama starring Michael Keaton, Edward Norton and Emma Stone. Veteran actor Riggan Thomson was once a Hollywood superstar thanks to his role as the Birdman in a trilogy of superhero movies. With his career now in the doldrums, Thomson attempts to revive his fortunes by producing, writing and starring in a Broadway play. But a litany of setbacks, a hostile critic out to savage the play and his own insecurities soon push Thomson to the edge of insanity.
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2015
Thriller
Western
15
Oscar-winning historical adventure starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy. Rural Missouri in the 1820s: frontiersman and fur trapper Hugh Glass acts as a guide for a hunting party when the men are attacked by a local tribe. The survivors head for Fort Kiowa but on the way Glass is savagely mauled by a bear. Although left for dead and severely injured, Glass is determined to make it back to the fort and have his revenge. But ahead of him lies hundreds of miles of tough terrain, bitter cold and murderous tribesmen.
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1997
Drama
Comedy
18
Drama starring Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds and Julianne Moore. Dishwasher Eddie Adams reinvents himself as Dirk Diggler and becomes a porn star in 1970s Los Angeles. As a protégé of director Jack Horner he rides the wave of wealth and fame, but the party can't last for ever.
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1954
Animation
Drama
PG
Animated political satire based on the novel by George Orwell. Farmer Jones's animals revolt against their cruel, drunken owner and, led by pigs Napoleon and Snowball, begin running the farm on their own. But what starts as a democracy gradually develops into a dictatorship in which the pigs become the elite, with the powerful and corrupt Napoleon as their leader.
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2025
Drama
PG
After a wildfire destroys his home, ranch owner Dusty (Josh O'Connor) must rebuild his life, reconnecting with his young daughter and ex-wife.
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2020
Adventure
Animation
U
Animated musical adventure featuring the voices of Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake. Queen Barb of the Hard Rock tribe is determined to destroy all other types of music so that rock 'n' roll rules. Standing in her way are troll pals Poppy and Branch, who resolve to unite the remaining tribes and save the magic of music.
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2025
Drama
Thriller
15
In early 1990s Russia, reality TV producer Vadim Baranov is hired as a spin doctor for a fast-rising security agent Vladimir Putin. They work closely to blur the boundaries between truth and lies and dictate the make-up of contemporary Russia. Vadim protects the dark secrets of the regime.
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2020
Romance
Music
PG
Adaptation of the Tony-winning Broadway musical starring Anthony Ramos and Melissa Barrera. Summer in Washington Heights, New York: young bodega owner Usnavi dreams of winning the lottery and enjoying a better life back in the Dominican Republic. He also pines for Vanessa who works in a neighbouring beauty salon and yearns to be a fashion designer in Manhattan. Can the two see their dreams come true?
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