Amazon Prime Shows, a list by James Burnett

62

/216/

62

/120/

92

/12/

55

74

/8/

age 17+

In a world where he survived the events of Spartacus (2010), Ashur clawed his way to power, owning the same ludus that once owned him. Allying with a fierce gladiatrix, Ashur ignites a new kind of spectacle that offends the elite.

86

85

IMDb 86

8.5

/9808/

80

/407/

78

/47/

100

/22/

92

80

/7/

age 16+

When a powerful arcane relic known as 'The Beacon' falls into nefarious hands, a group of fugitives and outcasts, bound by secrets and scars, must learn to work together to save the realm and stop reality as they know it from unraveling.

81

IMDb 8

8.1

/101312/

80

/5097/

79

/536/

98

/114/

66

87

/38/

age 15+

The most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness.

70

20

6.9

/739/

67

/35/

75

/18/

A hateful romance between a professional detective actor who wants to become a melodrama master and a female reporter who was demoted from a political reporter who won the Reporter of the Year award to the entertainment department.

73

IMDb 88

6.7

/5279/

73

/860/

77

/108/

77

/13/

81

67

/6/

age 16+

A modern reimagining of the classic tale. After the Norman invasion of England, Rob, a Saxon forester’s son, and Marian, a Norman lord’s daughter, fall in love and unite to fight for justice, challenge corruption, and restore peace to the land.

71

33

6.6

/1440/

70

/108/

78

/21/

3.3

/10593/

In the penitentiary complex that houses Brazil’s most famous criminals, unusual stories, intrigues and love affairs are revealed, going beyond the real crimes that shocked the nation.

69

IMDb 89

7.0

/11175/

68

/824/

67

/65/

79

/57/

59

71

/23/

age 15+

When a child goes missing in the aftermath of a house explosion, a concerned neighbor teams up with a private investigator to find them. As secrets unravel and a military conspiracy emerges, all hell is unleashed on South Oxford's sleepy suburbs.

55

6.2

/5807/

68

/578/

64

/47/

3.3

/723/

44

/27/

46

53

/13/

RogerEbert

2.0

Forensic psychiatrist Dr Joel 'Laz' Lazarus is forced to confront long-buried demons after his father Dr L dies in suspicious circumstances. At first assured his dad's death is a suicide, Laz is soon sucked into a world of murderous conspiracy, and a race to find the killer, by strange visions of people he knows to be dead.

67

60

6.5

/2850/

64

/299/

67

/29/

90

/10/

60

58

/6/

age 14+

Shortly after Daniel, or DD as everybody knows him, starts working at the hotel, one of the owner’s daughters disappears. He must do whatever it takes to find her and bring her home while still solving the ever-changing problems of the exclusive hotel guests.

74

7.2

/20167/

72

/1017/

71

/96/

3.6

/21709/

88

/48/

71

70

/19/

age 15+

Laura has it all: a glittering career, a loving husband, and her precious son, Daniel. But her perfect life unravels when Daniel brings home Cherry, a girlfriend who changes everything. After a tense introduction, Laura becomes convinced Cherry is hiding something. Is she a manipulative social climber, or is Laura just paranoid? The truth is a matter of perspective.

69

31

6.2

/1021/

69

/57/

76

/30/

3.5

/760/

age 15+

Three con artists with different backgrounds, team up for a daring and adventurous scheme of revenge against the villains of this era.

78

64

7.8

/3315/

76

/156/

79

/29/

67

/6/

90

age 14+

Follow a tight-knit group of young adults from all walks of life who come together to form a rock band the summer after graduating from high school. Set against the backdrop of Wilmington, North Carolina, The Runarounds must choose between succumbing to the pressures of real life or risking everything to become the greatest band of all time.

74

7.6

/25022/

76

/1671/

75

/183/

75

/16/

80

66

/9/

age 15+

Before The Terminal List, Navy SEAL Ben Edwards finds himself entangled in the black operations side of the CIA. The deeper Ben goes into the 'gray', the harder it will become to not give himself over to his darker impulses. Every man has two wolves inside him – light and dark – fighting for control. Which wolf will Ben Edwards feed?

61

5.8

/5762/

70

/574/

69

/51/

74

/19/

41

54

/5/

The story of a clash that defined the future of a country and a continent for a thousand years. Harold of Wessex and William of Normandy were two men destined to meet at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. These two former allies with no design on the British throne found themselves forced by circumstance and personal obsession into a war for possession of its crown.

69

6.7

/8523/

69

/865/

70

/111/

66

/29/

83

60

/10/

age 15+

David Jung, a mysterious former US intelligence operative living in hiding in South Korea, has his life blown to pieces when the consequences of an impossible decision from his past come back to haunt him, and he finds himself hunted by Rebecca, a deadly young assassin, and Caddis, the sinister spy organization she works for.

62

6.3

/5261/

65

/451/

67

/54/

74

/19/

44

61

/9/

Secluded on a remote Greek island, retired assassin Julie has a somewhat thorny reunion with her estranged son, Edward, visiting from England. Armed with questions around new information on his paternity, Edward battles to find the right time to speak to his frustratingly distant mother. But, when the moment finally presents itself, things take a deadly turn as Julie’s dangerous past catches up with her and they are forced to flee the island and go on the run together.

66

6.7

/9632/

70

/1502/

76

/125/

64

/25/

70

52

/16/

age 15+

When 14 year old genius Luke Ellis is kidnapped, he awakens at The Institute, a facility full of children who all got there the same way he did, and who are all possessed of unusual abilities. In a nearby town, haunted former police officer Tim Jamieson has come looking to start a new life, but the peace and quiet won’t last, as his story and Luke’s are destined to collide.

79

7.5

/22381/

75

/1264/

70

/133/

100

/22/

75

83

/7/

age 14+

Detective Renée Ballard plunges into a web of murder and corruption as she hunts a ruthless serial killer and uncovers a sinister police conspiracy that threatens everything she stands for. With her own demons nipping at her heels, Ballard must outwit both criminals and colleagues to bring long-overdue justice to the victims and their families.

78

36

7.7

/1276/

76

/104/

81

/24/

3.8

/2044/

Misa has been a supporting character all her life, blindly trusting her best friend and husband. When she discovers their affair, the betrayal results in her death. Waking up ten years in the past, Misa vows to become the main character of her own story. She plans to ruin her betrayers by making them marry each other, but after meeting her director at work, starts to consider who she truly is.

58

6.8

/16044/

69

/940/

73

/118/

35

/17/

63

44

/10/

age 15+

When an officer with the Department of Homeland Security is murdered in broad daylight, LAPD detective Mark Meachum is recruited to a secret task force, alongside undercover agents from all branches of law enforcement, to investigate. But the hunt for the killer soon uncovers a plot far more sinister than anyone could have imagined, kicking off a race against time to save a city of millions.

77

63

7.4

/3731/

73

/170/

86

/90/

3.8

/12567/

age 13+

A teenage shaman determined to change fate sets out to save a mysterious boy destined to die. As danger looms, their fated encounter sparks a powerful first love that defies darkness and reclaims hope.

66

6.8

/16288/

72

/935/

73

/135/

62

/26/

64

57

/11/

age 14+

One year after a mysterious accident left her with amnesia, 17-year-old Cadence returns to Beechwood, an island off Martha's Vineyard, seeking answers. As three generations of the distinguished Sinclair family gather at their private summer utopia, no one will talk about the accident – neither her childhood friends "The Liars" nor her first love Gat, forcing her to uncover the truth herself.

59

43

5.5

/1422/

50

/97/

51

/17/

3.0

/583/

69

/13/

61

69

/5/

age 16+

A group of 10 true crime obsessives are invited to the opening weekend of the newly renovated Cold River Motel, the site of a 30-year-old unsolved satanic mass murder. History repeats itself when the guests get stranded and start getting knocked off one by one during a murder spree that grows exponentially more gruesome than the original with each kill.

78

68

7.4

/5615/

75

/212/

86

/134/

4.0

/10050/

Olympic medalists join the police force through a special recruitment program, trading medals for badges as they tackle violent crimes and injustices with their athletic skills.

64

7.0

/19774/

69

/867/

69

/78/

3.4

/3585/

71

/34/

76

59

/15/

RogerEbert

1.5

age 14+

Chloe moves in New York's most elite circles with her lawyer husband Adam and teenage son Ethan by her side while her estranged sister Nicky tries to make ends meet and stay clean. When Adam is brutally murdered, the investigation sends shockwaves through the family and exposes long-buried secrets.

78

77

7.6

/6416/

76

/445/

84

/84/

78

/9/

96

58

/5/

age 14+

After moving to Ironwood, siblings Caitlyn and Zac Torres are drawn into a thrilling car culture where street racing reigns and high school status is all about your ride. Haunted by their father's dark past, they join forces with loner Curtis and outcast Marcel to rebuild his legendary car.

78

7.7

/14430/

75

/675/

74

/91/

93

/46/

82

72

/21/

age 16+

Closeted former football player and homecoming king Benny becomes fast friends with Carmen, a high school outsider on a mission to fit in at all costs. With guidance from Benny's older sister and her campus-legend boyfriend, Benny and Carmen juggle horrible hookups, flavored vodka, and fake IDs.

76

68

7.5

/5719/

71

/264/

72

/28/

86

/51/

76

age 14+

In an ambitious gambit to save their storied institutions, two world-renowned ballet companies in New York City and Paris swap their most talented stars.

79

72

7.2

/3770/

70

/228/

77

/31/

3.9

/4463/

100

/37/

74

83

/9/

age 15+

The story of Dorrigo Evans, an army surgeon whose short but forbidden affair with his uncle's wife sustains and haunts him through his darkest days in a Thai-Burmese prisoner of war camp in WWII.

69

34

6.7

/1130/

61

/83/

71

/9/

78

/9/

age 14+

An exploration of the experiences of a Muslim-American family that must learn how to code-switch as they navigate the early 2000s: a time of fear, war, and the rapid expansion of the boy-band industrial complex.

71

7.0

/20683/

69

/1622/

72

/242/

84

/31/

78

58

/11/

age 16+

Backwoods bounty hunter Hub Halloran comes back from the dead with an unexpected second chance at life, love, and a nearly-forgotten musical career — only to find that his old job now has a demonic new twist.

65

33

6.5

/1202/

63

/89/

68

/33/

3.2

/1020/

No Ki-jun, an employee at an insurance company, decides to develop a divorce insurance policy after personally experiencing three divorces that impacted his life and finances. Despite potential biases, he believes divorce is an unforeseen disaster and establishes a team for divorce insurance.

69

48

7.0

/2377/

64

/77/

71

/9/

78

/9/

70

62

/5/

age 13+

A mystery that touches on family matters, motherhood and those women whose legacy defines the generations that blossom after them.

56

27

5.9

/1334/

63

/103/

52

/10/

50

/6/

Excited to make a fresh start away from London, Martyn and Rebecca move into a beautiful house in Glasgow with their two young children. At first, the new home seems idyllic, but when their neighbour Jan makes unnerving comments to Rebecca it turns out to be the start of something far more intimidating.

67

45

6.6

/914/

69

/769/

68

/25/

3.4

/743/

Spain, 2024. After a scandal involving Alfonso XVI damages the monarchy's reputation, the king temporarily takes a backseat and his daughter and heir to the throne of Spain, the irresponsible Princess Pilar, takes over the monarchical institution to show that she is up to the task.

76

7.4

/12758/

71

/701/

80

/193/

71

/7/

88

age 14+

Tells the story of the ascent of the biblical figure, David, who becomes the most celebrated king of Israel. The series follows the once-mighty King Saul as he falls victim to his own pride. At the direction of God, the prophet Samuel anoints an unlikely, outcast teenager as the new king.

76

62

7.1

/3241/

66

/179/

65

/21/

91

/11/

92

An odd couple sister and brother detective team in a small Pacific Northwest police force must contend with colorful residents, a serious lack of resources, and their very complicated dynamic with each other and with their police chief, Big Hank who happens to be their father.

68

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7.5

/721/

62

/57/

68

/6/

A lavish royal drama that tells the incredible love story of King Harald and Queen Sonja, and how their love almost plunged Norway into a constitutional crisis.

80

72

7.7

/6171/

78

/243/

86

/83/

3.8

/17042/

A high-teen mystery thriller about a close relationship between teenage girls in a harsher survival competition than entrance examinations.

69

66

6.6

/10420/

65

/314/

78

/183/

3.2

/5021/

age 14+

Jae-yoon, a late military enlistee, and his girlfriend, Young-joo, break up over the phone over growing misunderstandings. But a zombie outbreak rocks the world. A national emergency is declared, a plane crashes in the city center, and Jae-yoon and his unit get trapped on top of a Seoul skyscraper. Young-joo risks the zombie-filled streets to find him. Can their love survive the apocalypse?

70

51

6.6

/1287/

63

/75/

63

/19/

87

/31/

78

67

/16/

age 13+

Harry is an old-school car wash owner in Alabama who has a lot of soul searching to do when the child he once called "son" returns after 17 years as a proud trans woman named Desiree. Her homecoming brings together a hilarious cast of friends, coworkers, and love interests as Desiree and Harry try to get it right the second time around.

69

7.5

/13274/

72

/879/

74

/132/

55

/20/

92

46

/10/

age 15+

Traci Harmon, a veteran female training officer, and her rookie male ride-along, Alex Diaz, navigate the loss of a fellow officer and politics of modern day policing — in the department and on the streets of Long Beach.

74

35

7.9

/813/

70

/91/

74

/35/

3.6

/275/

Xu Qi’an, a recent police academy graduate, awakens in a strange world filled with Confucians, Taoists, Buddhists, demons, and warlocks. Facing imminent exile to a remote frontier town, he seizes the chance to change his fate by joining a powerful organization of guardians.

67

7.3

/30460/

70

/2437/

74

/463/

65

/23/

71

53

/9/

age 14+

Adult animated series of original short stories which are set within the worlds of beloved video games. Each episode serves as a gateway to a new adventure, unlocking exciting worlds from beloved gaming classics and highly anticipated new titles.

71

7.0

/5950/

68

/408/

72

/64/

80

/35/

72

67

/16/

age 13+

Ruth Clarke, a tough, supremely competent middle-aged Canadian maple syrup farmer has had it with being hemmed in by the polite, bureaucratic conventions native to her country’s identity. With the help of Remy Bouchard, a pint-sized local blockhead and an aging Mike Byrne, a low-level mobster, Ruth changes her fate — and transforms the future of her community with the theft of millions of dollars’ worth of maple syrup.

81

30

8.0

/929/

80

/48/

83

/24/

3.8

/800/

The fierce survival and success of a female slave in the Joseon Dynasty, and the story of a woman whose name, identity, and even her husband were all fake.

54

5.6

/5534/

61

/390/

66

/122/

24

/25/

81

41

/9/

age 15+

At an elite Washington, D.C.-adjacent university, two ruthless step-siblings will do anything to stay on top of the cutthroat social hierarchy. After a brutal hazing incident threatens the entire Greek Life system at their school, they'll do whatever is necessary to preserve their power and reputation – even if that means seducing, the daughter of the Vice President of the United States.

69

7.2

/29294/

71

/1756/

72

/220/

76

/42/

64