Top 50 Amazon Prime Movies, a list by Kevin Berard

9.0

/968478/

88

/16278/

85

/9643/

4.6

/1304036/

100

/63/

97

/6764/

97

/18/

4.0

age 12+

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.

90

8.5

/214725/

81

/2923/

83

/2371/

4.3

/171726/

95

/58/

95

/1757/

99

/15/

4.0

A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.

89

8.3

/216301/

81

/3989/

81

/2537/

4.4

/329365/

93

/107/

94

/2385/

94

/21/

4.0

age 13+

Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.

89

8.6

/549485/

84

/9344/

82

/4729/

4.4

/703880/

94

/97/

95

/14103/

89

/17/

4.0

age 9+

A holiday favourite for generations... George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.

89

8.5

/282974/

82

/4478/

82

/3949/

4.3

/252214/

98

/113/

95

/1797/

96

/4/

age 6+

A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time..

89

8.4

/236235/

81

/3644/

82

/3165/

4.5

/277050/

96

/77/

95

/1856/

90

/18/

4.0

age 13+

A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.

87

8.1

/76710/

77

/979/

77

/708/

4.2

/45002/

98

/97/

93

/867/

93

/17/

4.0

age 13+

It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.

86

8.1

/127110/

79

/1962/

79

/1764/

4.2

/90331/

98

/89/

93

/1004/

90

/20/

age 8+

A gold prospector in Alaska struggles to survive the elements and win the heart of a dance hall girl.

86

7.8

/58045/

75

/1229/

76

/1194/

4.0

/87974/

100

/48/

86

/803/

93

/15/

4.0

age 11+

A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo, and learn something about each other in the process.

86

8.1

/467252/

79

/8887/

77

/4903/

4.0

/316664/

89

/122/

93

/9634/

92

/16/

4.0

age 17+

As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.

86

8.8

/2459174/

85

/54101/

84

/29081/

4.2

/3409579/

75

/157/

95

/92568/

82

/21/

4.0

age 13+

A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.

85

7.7

/135030/

74

/3027/

75

/1952/

4.2

/245818/

94

/141/

89

/2050/

88

/17/

4.0

age 16+

A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.

84

IMDb 43

7.9

/860099/

80

/41331/

78

/13521/

4.0

/3698148/

97

/472/

92

/12384/

82

/52/

3.5

age 13+

When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.

84

7.9

/94984/

79

/3206/

78

/1373/

4.2

/143988/

98

/174/

92

/981/

82

/36/

3.5

age 16+

Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, helps at-risk teens. But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled past, Grace's tough exterior begins eroding.

84

7.8

/349795/

74

/13325/

75

/6231/

4.1

/943680/

96

/356/

78

/2566/

96

/53/

4.0

age 17+

After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and the community where he was born and raised.

84

8.3

/1190421/

83

/27119/

81

/13389/

4.4

/2692870/

97

/89/

94

/15812/

71

/28/

3.0

age 15+

Headstrong yet aimless, Will Hunting has a genius-level IQ but chooses to work as a janitor at MIT. When he secretly solves highly difficult graduate-level math problems, his talents are discovered by Professor Gerald Lambeau, who decides to help the misguided youth reach his potential. When Will is arrested for attacking a police officer, Professor Lambeau makes a deal to get leniency for him if he gets court-ordered therapy. Eventually, therapist Dr. Sean Maguire helps Will confront the demons that are holding him back.

84

8.4

/1418507/

83

/32045/

81

/15794/

4.2

/1692626/

93

/184/

94

/27540/

83

/34/

3.0

age 17+

Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife's killer, however, is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of short-term memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard cannot remember what happened fifteen minutes ago, where he's going, or why.

83

7.6

/15681/

74

/1086/

72

/237/

4.1

/158644/

97

/108/

82

/160/

82

/16/

4.0

age 10+

In the 19th century, a drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America's greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers.

83

7.8

/92195/

78

/2061/

76

/1486/

4.0

/182073/

95

/55/

92

/2513/

83

/16/

After Regina Lampert falls for the dashing Peter Joshua on a skiing holiday in the French Alps, she discovers upon her return to Paris that her husband has been murdered. Soon, she and Peter are giving chase to three of her late husband's World War II cronies, Tex, Scobie and Gideon, who are after a quarter of a million dollars the quartet stole while behind enemy lines.

82

7.5

/107513/

74

/1849/

73

/1447/

3.8

/45304/

97

/60/

86

/1955/

80

/26/

4.0

age 17+

A death row inmate turns for spiritual guidance to a local nun in the days leading up to his scheduled execution for the murders of a young couple.

82

7.8

/17337/

74

/445/

76

/379/

4.0

/28207/

96

/52/

91

/256/

age 8+

The just-out-of-college, effete son of a no-nonsense steamboat captain comes to visit his father whom he's not seen since he was a child.

82

7.9

/60710/

78

/2151/

73

/815/

3.8

/78270/

96

/52/

87

/1364/

88

/10/

Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the Thanksgiving Day parade. His portrayal is so complete that many begin to question if he truly is Santa Claus, while others question his sanity.

82

7.8

/480999/

78

/11140/

75

/5824/

3.9

/307833/

81

/213/

90

/84/

76

/38/

4.0

age 17+

Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.

82

7.5

/149229/

75

/9253/

73

/2563/

3.8

/255585/

98

/306/

88

/1350/

86

/47/

3.5

age 15+

Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty parents, his family's expectations, and his true feelings.

81

7.5

/143700/

74

/2690/

72

/1577/

3.8

/93973/

90

/52/

85

/2669/

82

/23/

4.0

Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.

81

7.5

/42876/

74

/1147/

74

/730/

4.2

/142027/

95

/57/

87

/679/

87

/17/

3.0

In 1970s Hollywood, Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.

81

7.6

/78482/

74

/1546/

73

/744/

3.8

/45146/

94

/159/

89

/2032/

81

/36/

3.5

age 16+

When his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own personal loss.

81

7.6

/125473/

74

/2918/

73

/1536/

3.9

/133755/

95

/60/

88

/3025/

84

/30/

3.5

Times are tough at Premiere Properties. Shelley "the machine" Levene and Dave Moss are veteran salesmen, but only Ricky Roma is on a hot streak. The new Glengarry sales leads could turn everything around, but the front office is holding them back until these "losers" prove themselves. Then someone decides to take matters into his own hands, stealing the Glengarry leads and leaving everyone wondering who did it.

80

IMDb 11

7.5

/350615/

76

/16187/

75

/3203/

4.1

/3126357/

97

/425/

96

/9466/

84

/55/

2.5

age 16+

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.

80

7.8

/130073/

75

/2187/

74

/1535/

4.2

/192488/

89

/114/

88

/2306/

79

/16/

3.0

age 17+

Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida.

80

7.6

/37284/

74

/676/

72

/495/

3.7

/20855/

91

/45/

87

/928/

68

/14/

4.0

age 9+

For Norman and Ethel Thayer, this summer on golden pond is filled with conflict and resolution. When their daughter Chelsea arrives, the family is forced to renew the bonds of love and overcome the generational friction that has existed for years.

80

7.8

/130290/

77

/3241/

77

/2497/

4.2

/378355/

89

/73/

90

/1496/

73

/13/

3.0

age 13+

Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own privacy.

80

8.1

/524362/

80

/10386/

78

/4856/

4.0

/258692/

84

/191/

92

/5900/

71

/35/

3.0

age 14+

The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament – a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother.

79

7.6

/61561/

78

/5559/

80

/1481/

3.8

/298110/

89

/171/

97

/1679/

65

/31/

3.0

age 9+

The untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever.

79

7.7

/109365/

76

/3012/

75

/1912/

3.8

/69521/

89

/47/

87

/2270/

74

/13/

age 13+

An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.

79

8.2

/1019920/

82

/32769/

78

/11932/

4.0

/1119151/

94

/89/

94

/27465/

72

/14/

2.0

age 16+

NYPD cop John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when, minutes after he arrives at her office's Christmas Party, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking McClane sets out to single-handedly rescue the hostages and bring the bad guys down.

78

7.6

/115319/

75

/5403/

75

/1137/

4.1

/979384/

89

/277/

94

/459/

73

/55/

2.5

age 15+

The true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s. Through tragedy and triumph, under the shadow of their domineering father and coach, the brothers seek larger-than-life immortality on the biggest stage in sports.

78

7.6

/237436/

73

/4336/

73

/4264/

3.6

/161474/

77

/214/

81

/8648/

72

/40/

4.0

age 17+

Chris, a former tennis pro, takes a job as an instructor and befriends his wealthy young student, Tom. After being introduced to his family, Chris is soon engaged to Tom's sister, Chloe. Despite the professional and financial advantages that this relationship affords him, Chris becomes obsessed with Tom's fiancee, American actress Nola.

78

7.8

/468024/

79

/16535/

77

/8364/

3.8

/1795896/

87

/114/

92

/29313/

66

/25/

3.0

age 15+

Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel John, princess Claire, outcast Allison, brainy Brian and Andrew, the jock. Each has a chance to tell his or her story, making the others see them a little differently -- and when the day ends, they question whether school will ever be the same.

77

7.8

/63207/

78

/1940/

77

/839/

3.6

/17156/

83

/141/

89

/1981/

68

/32/

3.0

age 14+

The life story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years building a 1920 Indian motorcycle—a bike which helped him set the land-speed world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967.

77

8.0

/902187/

79

/24464/

78

/13094/

4.0

/2040293/

88

/124/

80

/871660/

71

/21/

2.5

age 17+

After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.

77

7.5

/660348/

76

/29885/

72

/12867/

3.5

/1071530/

89

/256/

86

/25677/

73

/31/

3.0

age 17+

Columbus has made a habit of running from what scares him. Tallahassee doesn't have fears. If he did, he'd kick their ever-living ass. In a world overrun by zombies, these two are perfectly evolved survivors. But now, they're about to stare down the most terrifying prospect of all: each other.

75

7.8

/77533/

77

/3453/

78

/1422/

3.8

/74025/

85

/183/

93

/227/

66

/40/

2.0

age 11+

Based on the true nail-biting mission that captivated the world. Twelve boys and the coach of a Thai soccer team explore the Tham Luang cave when an unexpected rainstorm traps them in a chamber inside the mountain. Entombed behind a maze of flooded cave tunnels, they face impossible odds. A team of world-class divers navigate through miles of dangerous cave networks to discover that finding the boys is only the beginning.

75

7.5

/402105/

76

/11447/

72

/5175/

3.4

/133699/

74

/193/

83

/26475/

68

/37/