If you’re not sure what to watch this evening, there is definitely something on this list that you’ll want to check out…
Another week, another set of great additions to the Amazon Prime Video movie library.
Running the full spectrum of genres, from rom-com to horror, war epics to musicals, whatever you’re in the mood for, it is probably on this list.
AMELIE
A truly heartwarming story of a young woman in Paris who secretly tries to help those around her in any way that she can, but along the way accidentally finds herself falling in love.
CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG
Roald Dahl wrote this 1968 movie about a magical sentient car which, under normal circumstances, might be considered a horror movie, but here is presented as a family film. We’re not fully convinced…
CLOSED CIRCUIT
Irish director John Crowley (Intermission, Brooklyn) teams up with screenwriter Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders) for this London-set political thriller starring Eric Bana and Rebecca Hall.
DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS
Steve Martin and Michael Caine play two duelling con men who have a bet to see which of them can swindle a young heiress from her money first.
THE GREAT ESCAPE
Steve McQueen headlines this much-loved war classic based on the true story of a mass escape of soldiers from a POW camp in Poland.
HALLOWEEN III: THE SEASON OF THE WITCH
The one without Michael Myers is actually the second-best Halloween movie of the lot, focusing on a completely different kind of horror.
MONUMENTS MEN
George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville and Cate Blanchett star in this okay-but-not-great war movie about a group of soldiers at the tail end of WWII ordered to save priceless art pieces before the Nazis steal or destroy them.
MOULIN ROUGE!
The musical that even people who claim they hate musicals love. Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman are star-crossed lovers in this kinetic, eye-popping romance.
PLATOON
Oliver Stone’s four-time Oscar-winning war epic (including Best Picture) focuses on Charlie Sheen’s new recruit in the Vietnam War, caught in a battle of wills between two of his sergeants, played by Tom Berenger and Willem Dafoe.
PRETTY WOMAN
Julia Roberts and Richard Gere star in what many believe to be one of the greatest romantic comedies of all time. And we’re not inclined to disagree with them.
THE PROPOSAL
Two incredibly attractive people (Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds) are boss and employee, forced to fake a marriage in order to get around some Visa issues, only for real love to blossom. A perfectly serviceable rom-com. Features the late, great Betty White in flying form!
REAL STEEL
There is so much love for this Hugh Jackman family friendly sci-fi action drama about a robot boxer and his human trainer that, just this week, Disney+ confirmed it is working on a live action series for their streaming service.
ROBOCOP
Paul Verhoeven’s iconic satiric sci-fi action movie is one of the best movies to come out of the 1980s.
THE ROCK
Nic Cage and Sean Connery team up in Michael Bay’s explosive action thriller about a group of former soldiers who hold a tourist-filled Alcatraz Prison hostage. So, so, so, so, so much fun.
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon and Barry Bostwick front this camp classic musical comedy horror. Try not to sing along to ‘The Time Warp’, we dare you!
SEARCHING
John Cho plays a father looking for his missing daughter, with the entire, incredibly tense thriller playing out on laptop and mobile phone screens.
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