10 Best Original Films on Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Prime Video has some of the best original programming you'll find on any streaming service.
Whether purchasing the exclusive distribution rights to a film (The Vast of Night) or funding it outright (The Tomorrow War), these are the top 10 Amazon original movies unique to Amazon Prime Video.
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Adam Driver stars as dogged investigator Daniel Jones in this Amazon-produced political thriller exploring the CIA’s secretive ‘enhanced interrogation’ programme. Engrossing and eye-opening, Driver faces resistance and interference as he strives to uncover the truth that numerous interested parties are all too keen to hide.
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Kumail Nanjiani (Silicon Valley) both writes and stars in this touching comedy-drama based on his own life experiences. When girlfriend Emily (Zoe Kazan) falls ill, the pair grapple with the fallout as they gain a new perspective on life. With sharp writing and believable characters, The Big Sick was one of the highest-grossing independent films of 2017, and received a best original screenplay Oscar nomination.
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Amazon acquired exclusive distribution rights to this cult sci-fi film after a standout showing at the 2019 Slamdance festival. Set in 1950s New Mexico, it follows young switchboard operator Fay (Sierra McCormick), and radio DJ Everett (Jake Horowitz) as they accidentally tune into a strange audio frequency that doesn’t appear to have come from Earth.
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An underrated biographical drama, Rosamund Pike stars as Marie Curie, the brilliant Polish scientist whose numerous breakthroughs don’t get the credit they deserve due to gender and xenophobia. Despite mounting prejudices, Marie saves countless lives during World War I by revolutionizing medical treatment with her X-Ray machine.
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A dramatic retelling of the historic meeting between four cultural icons. When Malcom X, Jim Brown, Sam Cooke, and Muhammad Ali spoke together in a motel room following Ali’s victory over Sonny Liston in 1964, the worlds of politics, sports, and culture converged at a pivotal moment in time. Director Regina King invites you to be a fly on the wall.
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The sequel to one of the wildest hidden-camera comedies of all time, Sasha Baron Cohen reprises his Borat character, a hapless Kazakhstan reporter who returns to America in efforts to understand its culture, politics, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Sequences involving Cohen donning a Trump disguise at a Republican convention made headline news.
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Ron Howard directs this real-life tale of a young Thai soccer team trapped in a flooded cave. The 12 boys face impossible odds as they battle hunger, thirst, and sleep deprivation, all while rescue efforts on the outside grow ever more desperate. More than 10,000 volunteers joined in the rescue as the entire world held its breath.
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When punk-rock drummer Ruben (Riz Ahmed) starts losing his hearing, he’s forced to make a choice: keep going and sacrifice his hearing, or stop and sacrifice his career. While he struggles with a drug addiction, his girlfriend (Olivia Cooke) has her own demons. A brilliant meditation on disability and identity, with creative use of sound design.
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The true story behind a specific brand of Nike trainer seems like a niche movie concept, but there’s plenty of drama and intrigue. Ben Affleck directs and Matt Damon stars as Sonny Vaccaro, a Nike salesman determined at all costs to partner with an up-and-coming young basketball star called Michael Jordan. The gamble led to a billion-dollar empire.
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Amazon’s crack at a big budget sci-fi epic sees time travellers from the year 2051 emerge through a wormhole at a soccer game to warn the present day about an alien invasion. The solution? Draft civilian conscripts into this future war by sending them through a wormhole into 2051. Chris Pratt plays high school teacher Dan Forester who becomes Earth’s unlikely savior.