New Movies On Amazon 2020

On Amazon Prime number Video, the best movies to watch right now include the indie dramedy Emergency, Chris Pine-Thandiwe Newton spy thriller All the Onetime Knives, and Regina Hall's horror movieMaster. Coming adjacent calendar month is the terminal Daniel Craig James Bond film, No Fourth dimension to Die, which hits Prime Video on June 10. Soon yous tin guess that Oscar-winning Billie Eilish song for yourself!

An important annotation about how this listing was made: In order to continue the list as relevant as possible, we're stressing the best recent releases, Prime Video originals, and critics' favorites. But we're as well putting our own personal spin on the list, with underrated gems we're recommending to our friends, archetype favorites, and important selections that highlight diverse voices. We'll be updating the list regularly.

Last updated on May 29, 2022; the most recent additions are at the meridian

Emergency (2022)

RJ Cyler and Donald Elise Watkins, Emergency

Amazon Studios

Director: Carey Williams
Stars: Sabrina Carpenter, Donald Elise Watkins, RJ Cyler
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Rating: R
Metacritic score: 75

This Amazon motion picture volition probable become lost in the noise of the loftier-profile releases, but do non let it slip by if you're a fan of political party comedies. The indie picture follows a pair of young Black higher seniors (RJ Cyler and Donald Elise Watkins) ready to allow loose in a string of parties before jump break when they detect an unconscious white daughter in their apartment, with no idea how she got there. Realizing the bad eyes of the situation, they (and their Latino roommate) set out to return her to safety without their skillful intentions being misinterpreted. The moving-picture show got great reviews when it did the festival circuit earlier this year. -Tim Surette  [ Trailer ]

All the Quondam Knives (2022)

Thandiwe Newton and Chris Pine, All the One-time Knives

Stefania Rosini/Amazon Studios

Director: Janus Metz Pederson
Stars: Thandiwe Newton, Chris Pino, Jonathan Pryce, Laurence Fishburne
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Rating: R
Metacritic score: 63

All the Sometime Knives sounds like aKnives Out sequel set in a nursing home (that'due south a free thought for Rian Johnson), merely it'due south really a thriller starring Chris Pine and Thandiwe Newton as spies who are also ex-lovers. I have no complaints virtually that concept. Based on the novel of the same name by Olen Steinhauer, who wrote the motion-picture show's screenplay, the picture show follows Pine's Henry Pelham every bit his investigation into a CIA mole becomes entangled in his history with Newton'southward Celia. Laurence Fishburne and Jonathan Pryce also star. Pine promoted this ane in a serial of to-die-for outfits. -Kelly Connolly  [ Trailer ]

Master (2022)

Regina Hall, Master

Sundance Institute

Manager: Mariama Diallo
Stars: Regina Hall, Amber Grey, Zoe Renee
Genre: Drama/Horror
Rating: R
Metacritic score: 67

The fizz out of Sundance and SXSW is that Regina Hall gives one of the best performances of her career in this horror motion picture about racism in the vein ofGet Out. She plays a professor at a prestigious, predominately white New England university with a historical connection to the Salem Witch Trials and a legacy of racism that continues into the present. She, a Black beginning-year student (Zoe Renee), and another Black faculty member (Amber Greyness) experience racism at the school as a literal haunting. It's an assured debut film from writer-managing director Mariama Diallo (a Yale graduate) that's proficient at scares and social commentary.-Liam Mathews  [ Trailer ]

Lucy and Desi (2022)

Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball, Lucy and Desi

Library of Congress

Manager: Amy Poehler (yes, that Amy Poehler)
Stars: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz
Genre: Documentary
Rating: NR
Metacritic score: 75

Sure, Nicole Kidman played a great Lucille Ball in Aaron Sorkin's biopic Being the Ricardos (likewise on Amazon), but have you seen Lucille Ball play Lucille Ball? Amy Poehler directs this documentary looking at the lives of I Love Lucy's stars, both on set and at domicile. (Not to be dislocated with Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie, a 1993 documentary directed by Lucy and Desi's daughter, Lucie Arnaz, that is also on Amazon.) -Tim Surette  [ Trailer ]

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The Protégé (2021)

Maggie Q and Michael Keaton, The Protégé

Lionsgate

Director: Martin Campbell
Stars: Maggie Q, Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson
Genre: Activity, Thriller, Criminal offense
Rating: R
Metacritic score: 48

Expect, if you tell me Maggie Q is starring in an activity movie, I'k pretty much already on board. Here, she stars as a contract killer who vows to go brutal, encarmine revenge on the people who killed her mentor (Samuel 50. Jackson). Along the manner, she becomes entangled in a game of cat and mouse with another ruthless criminal (Michael Keaton), and the two of them have such effortless chemical science it'll make y'all forget about the moving picture's shortcomings.The Protégé received middling reviews when it was released in theaters, but the fight scenes are well choreographed spectacles that arrive the ideal watch when you want to turn your brain off. -Allison Picurro [ Trailer ]

Book of Dearest (2022)

Sam Claflin and Verónica Echegui, Volume of Dear

Amazon Studios

Manager: Analeine Cal y Mayor
Stars: Sam Claflin, Verónica Echegui
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Metacritic score: 44

In this silly, sweet romantic comedy, Sam Claflin plays the kind of graphic symbol Hugh Grant would've played back in the '90s: an uptight British romance author who learns that his latest (and non very skillful) novel has become a huge hit in Mexico, spurring him to travel there for a volume tour. He only realizes after he arrives that the Spanish version of his book has really been rewritten into a much spicier story that's way more interesting than his original story, all thanks to Maria (Verónica Echegui), the woman who translated it. This is the kind of archetype rom-com premise that I can't assistance being utterly endeared by.[ Trailer ]

I Want You Back (2022)

For fans of: Jenny Slate, Charlie Day, ill-advised schemes

Jenny Slate, Charlie Twenty-four hours,I Want You Dorsum

Amazon Studios

Managing director: Jason Orley
Stars: Charlie Day, Jenny Slate, Gina Rodriguez, Manny Jacinto, Scott Eastwood
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Rating: R
Metacritic score: 62

It's a Jenny Slate rom-com; it'due south a Charlie Day rom-com; information technology'south a combination Jenny Slate-Charlie Day rom-com! And that means it'south actually funny.I Want You Back pairs upward two of Hollywood's most reliable chaos agents as a pair of strangers who bond over beingness recently dumped, then team up to win dorsum their exes past destroying their new relationships. It'due south a solid romantic comedy that actually feels fresh, and who doesn't dear a messy scheme? -Kelly Connolly [ Trailer ]

A Hero (2021)

For fans of: International films, twisty morality tales

Amir Jadidi, A Hero

Amir Hossein Shojaei

Director: Asghar Farhadi
Stars: Amir Jadidi, Mohsen Tanabandeh, Sahar Goldoost
Genre:
Drama, Thriller
Rating: PG-13
Metacritic score: 82

The latest movie from Iranian filmmaker and two-time Oscar-winner Asghar Farhadi is this tense morality tale that's getting rave reviews from critics. Information technology follows a human (Amir Jadidi) whose debt has landed him in jail, only a adventure discovery of some gold coins while on furlough turns him into a national hero when he decides to return the bag of coins to its rightful owner. But below this seeming act of altruism lie questions of the homo's true intentions.-Tim Surette [ Trailer ]

Being the Ricardos (2021)

For fans of: Aaron Sorkin, backstage drama

Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem, Beingness the Ricardos

Amazon Studios

Manager: Aaron Sorkin
Stars: Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem, J.K. Simmons, Nina Arianda, Tony Hale, Alia Shawkat
Genre:
Biography, Drama, History
Rating: R
Metacritic score: 60

Ever want to see Aaron Sorkin stuff the mouths of Lucille Brawl and Desi Arnaz with his wordy monologues? Sorkin wrote and directedBeing the Ricardos, a biopic followingI Love Lucy's Brawl and Arnaz during a disquisitional moment in their careers when Ball was accused of being a communist and the gossip rags wondered if their human relationship was on the fritz. Early reviews are middling, merely the draw here is watching Nicole Kidman every bit Ball and Javier Bardem as Arnaz, accompanied by J.Thou. Simmons, Tony Unhurt, Alia Shawkat (Arrested Development reunion!), and Nina Arianda. -Tim Surette [ Trailer ]

Run into (2021)

For fans of: Aliens, bugs, aliens that look like bugs

Lucian-River Chauhan, Riz Ahmed, and Aditya Geddada, Encounter

Amazon Studios

Manager: Michael Pearce
Stars: Riz Ahmed, Octavia Spencer, Rory Cochrane, Janina Gavankar
Genre:
Sci-Fi, Thriller
Rating: R
Metacritic score: 57

Riz Ahmed follows upwardly his Oscar-nominated turn in last year'sThe Sound of Metal with this paranoid sci-fi thriller that looks like a mix ofTake Shelter andWar of the Worlds. Ahmed plays Malik Khan, a decorated Marine who takes his two sons and goes AWOL to protect them from an alien threat – and military operatives who are trying to make sure the surreptitious of that threat doesn't get out. It comes from writer-director Michael Pearce, who made the excellent 2017 psychological thrillerAnimal, and so y'all can bet there volition be some gut-punching twists and some compact fabric for Ahmed to piece of work with. The supporting cast includes Octavia Spencer, Janina Gavankar, and Rory Cochrane.-Liam Mathews[ Trailer ]

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021)

For fans of: Benedict Cumberbatch, cats

Benedict Cumberbatch and Toby Jones, The Electric Life of Louis Wain

Amazon Studios

Managing director: Will Sharpe
Stars: Bridegroom Cumberbatch, Claire Foy, Andrea Riseborough, Toby Jones
Genre:
Biography, Drama, History
Rating: PG-thirteen
Metacritic score: 63

Benedict Cumberbatch plays the eccentric late 19th and early 20th century artist Louis Wain, known for his true cat portraits, who falls for his sisters' governess (Claire Foy), in this fanciful biographical drama. Reviews for the picture show have been polite just rarely glowing — which is to be expected from a movie created and directed past the nighttime and whimsical Volition Sharpe (Flowers) — but it's got Benedict Cumberbatch and cats, then there are a lot of very online people who will certainly honey information technology. Plus, Olivia Colman narrates. -Kelly Connolly [ Trailer ]

Everybody'southward Talking Almost Jamie (2021)

For fans of: Musicals, sugariness coming-of-historic period stories

Max Harwood, Everybody'due south Talking About Jamie

Amazon Studios

Directors: Dan Gillespie Sells, Jonathan Butterell, and Tom MacRae
Stars: Max Harwood, Lauren Patel, Sarah Lancashire, Richard E. Grant, Ralph Ineson, Sharon Horgan
Genre: Biography, Drama, Comedy, Musical
Rating: PG-13
Metacritic score: 62

This stage-to-screen musical film is destined to set your center aglow -- provided y'all aren't a hateful malcontent -- every bit it tells the story of a sixteen-year-onetime loftier schooler's journey against bullying and toward realizing his dream to become a drag queen. Information technology's been reviewed positively with critics likening information technology toBilly Elliott, and is exactly the experience-good salvage y'all're desiring. -Tim Surette[Trailer]

The Big Sick (2017)

For fans of: Pre-Curiosity Kumail Nanjiani, heartfelt rom-coms

Kumail Nanjiani and Zoe Kazan, The Big Sick

Amazon Studios

Director: Michael Showalter
Stars: Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Ray Romano, Holly Hunter
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Rating: R
Metacritic score: 86

This romantic one-act is based on the actual love story between Kumail Nanjiani and his wife, Emily V. Gordon. Nanjiani plays the fictionalized version of himself while Zoe Kazan plays the fictionalized version of Emily, whose sudden diagnosis with adult-onset Still's disease — and the coma she falls into — throws a major wrench into their burgeoning relationship. While Kumail and Emily's story is undoubtedly the thing that drivesThe Big Sick, Ray Romano and Holly Hunter, who play Emily's parents, are the movie'south grounding forces. Yous'll probably walk away from this mostly wishing they could adopt you.[Trailer]

Cinderella (2021)

For fans of: Pop songs, using the phrase "so bad information technology's good"

Nicholas Galitzine and Camila Cabello, Cinderella

Amazon Studios

Director: Kay Cannon
Stars: Camila Cabello, Idina Menzel, Billy Porter, Minnie Driver, Nicholas Galitzine, Pierce Brosnan
Genre: Fantasy, One-act, Romance, Family unit, Musical
Rating: PG
Metacritic score: 41

Did we need some otherCinderellare-telling? Probably non, merely here'southward this flick anyway. In this latest version, Camila Cabello plays the fairy tale heroine, now going by just "Ella," as an aspiring fashion designer with big dreams the traditional society she lives in just isn't fix for. She gets help from her fairy godparent (Billy Porter), pushes back against her evil stepmother (Idina Menzel), and belts out a lot of classic pop tunes you already know, because this confounding motion-picture show is also a jukebox musical. If all of that doesn't plough you off, you're definitely ready forCinderella, girlboss edition. It's non "good," per se, but the baffling choices will certainly make you laugh. This could exist a new camp classic in the making.[Trailer]

Annette (2021)

For fans of: Adam Driver, creepy puppet babies, A Star Is Born

Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard, Annette

Amazon Studios

Director: Leos Carax
Stars: Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard, Simon Helberg, Devyn McDowell
Genre: Drama, Romance, Musical
Rating: R
Metacritic score: 67

If you care at all virtually film festivals, y'all've probably already heard ofAnnette, but if you haven't, listen carefully: This is a musical where Adam Driver, speaking in an even lower annals than usual, plays Henry, a stand-upwards comedian who falls in honey with Marion Cotillard's Ann, an opera vocalizer. Their relationship declines after the birth of their mysteriously prodigious daughter Annette (who is played, confoundingly, by a boob), and from in that location it becomesA Star Is Born past fashion ofWedlock Story, simply with a touch of surrealism. It'southward a fast-paced, hallucinatory rollercoaster that is certainly non for everyone, only will definitely have you walk away reeling.[ Trailer ]

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020)

For fans of: Sequels, the way Borat says "my wiiiiife"

Sacha Businesswoman Cohen, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Amazon Studios

Director: Jason Woliner
Stars: Sacha Baron Cohen, Maria Bakalova
Genre: Comedy
Rating: R
Metacritic score: 68

It'southward difficult not to be wary when a beloved character is resurrected for a 2nd get-around years later on, onlyBorat Subsequent Moviefilm (full titleBorat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit In one case Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan) is the rare sequel that works. Sacha Baron Cohen returns every bit Kazakh journalist Borat, and the international fame he's racked up since the first film has hurt more than helped his home land. In an try to redeem Kazakhstan, he returns back to America with the hopes of delivering a gift to former President Donald Trump (this film was released right before the 2020 election, which does admittedly give some of the jokes a 10-2d expiration date), only more compelling than all of that is Borat'southward legitimately sugariness relationship with his daughter, Tutar (Maria Bakalova, who absolutely earned the Oscar nomination she received for her performance), who accompanies him on his mission, much to his chagrin. Honestly, the Rudy Giuliani stuff is the to the lowest degree interesting thing about this movie. It'due south good! Wa wa wee wa indeed.[Trailer]

Become Duked! (2019)

For fans of: Trainspotting, psychedelics

Amazon Studios

Managing director: Ninian Doff
Stars: Eddie Izzard, Kate Dickie, Samuel Bottomley, Viraj Juneja, Rian Gordon, Lewis Gribben
Genre: Action, Horror, Comedy, Music
Rating: R
Metacritic score: 69

This 2019 British black comedy movie will easily remind you lot of Danny Boyle's bonkers classicTrainspotting, and it should: 3 Scottish teens with a knack for partying and doing drugs go into problem. InGet Duked!, they're joined past a do-gooder and wander the Highlands to win the Duke of Edinborough Honour, a survival claiming that turns boys into men, merely they get stuck in the eye of a chase-or-exist-hunted state of affairs with Eddie Izzard playing a psycho with a sniper rifle. Believe it or not, information technology gets weirder from in that location. Hilarious, ridiculous, and packed with social commentary, this would exist regular viewing in weed fume-filled dorm rooms of the tardily-'90s. -Tim Surette[Trailer]

The Handmaiden (2016)

For fans of: Deception, but in a sexy manner

Amazon Studios

Managing director: Chan-wook Park
Stars: Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri, Ha Jung-woo, Cho Jin-woong
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Romance
Rating: Not rated
Metacritic score: 84

The Handmaiden is one of those movies where every character is scamming another grapheme, resulting in an exciting, dramatic thriller. Information technology starts out as a flick about a Korean con man (Ha Jung-woo) who devises a pan to seduce a Japanese heiress (Kim Min-hee) out of her inheritance. He enlists the help of a pickpocket (Kim Tae-ri) to human activity as the heiress' maid and confidant, tasking her with encouraging union between the two. Things begin to get more than unsafe as deeper relationships develop in the messy, intertwined trio, which is all I want to say without really spoiling the plot's genius twists. What you should know going in is that this picture was directed past Park Chan-wook, who gave us the fell, bloodyOldboy, then yous should await some gruesome imagery. [Trailer]

Jolt (2021)

For fans of: Kate Beckinsale violently brutalizing goons

Kate Beckinsale, Jolt

Amazon Studios

Director: Tanya Wexler
Stars: Kate Beckinsale, Bobby Cannavale, Laverne Cox, Stanley Tucci, Jai Courtney
Genre: Action, Comedy
Rating: R
Metacritic score: 48

Kate Beckinsale could accept coasted in her career and played a lonely single mom who gets wooed by a hunk in various rom-coms, just thank god she's decided to be a butt-boot activeness hero instead. InJolt, she plays a woman with a unique condition that you'll just find in movies: If she doesn't electroshock herself with a custom-made harness, she loses her temper and starts to beat the sh-- out of everyone. Let'due south just say she doesn't e'er get the jolt she needs in time... a lot. There'due south also a scene in which she throws babies, and there are many swift kicks to the groin. Impaired fun, good fourth dimension. -Tim Surette[Trailer]

Late Night (2019)

For fans of: Comedies about going to work, Emma Thompson wearing suits

Amazon Studios

Director: Nisha Ganatra
Stars: Emma Thompson, Mindy Kaling, Max Casella, Hugh Dancy
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Rating: R
Metacritic score: 70

Mindy Kaling and Emma Thompson star in this extremely sweet-hearted moving-picture show, written by Kaling, about a talk show host (played by Thompson) whose popularity is waning as she ages. To assist freshen up her writers' room and stop the network from replacing her, she hires a new, inexperienced writer (Kaling). Some of the jokes and task responsibilities admittedly delve a little too far into the inside baseball territory — a lot of importance is placed on Kaling'south character condign co-monologue writer, for case — merely overall,Tardily Night is a fun moving picture about the lengths women have to go to in order to be taken seriously in their careers.[Trailer]

1 Kid Nation (2019)

For fans of: Learning nearly history without opening a volume

One Child Nation

Amazon Studios

Directors: Nanfu Wang, Zhang Lynn
Genre: History, Documentary
Rating: R
Metacritic score: 85

This award-winning documentary will teach you all most a painful chapter in China'southward history via the one-child policy, which lasted from 1979 to 2015. Real people who lived through such a devastating period speak on their experiences, and the film delves into the damaging effects of government propaganda. Interestingly,Ane Kid Nation is given a personal affect past co-director Nanfu Wang, who weaves stories of her own experience equally a new mother in with the documentary'due south overall narrative.[Trailer]

One Night in Miami... (2020)

For fans of: Historical figures, monologues

Amazon

Director: Regina King
Stars: Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge, Leslie Odom Jr.
Genre: Drama
Rating: R
Metacritic score: 83

Directed by Regina King and based on a play past Kemp Powers,One Dark in Miami... tells a dramatized business relationship of a 1964 meeting between Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), Muhammad Ali (Eli Goree), Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr.), and Jim Dark-brown (Aldis Hodge). They spend the night in a Miami hotel room together and end up arguing for a skillful portion of information technology, about X'south conventionalities that Cooke has sold out by pandering to white audience with his music, and Ali's, referred to in the moving picture as Cassius Clay, decision to catechumen to Islam and change his proper noun. It'due south an interesting movie that succeeds in peeling back the drape on 4 pretty untouchable cultural icons, revealing more than near their anxieties, inner lives, and ambitions than the boilerplate biopic would.[Trailer]

Pink: All I Know And then Far (2021)

For fans of: P!nk, acrobatics, good music

Pink

David Crotty, Patrick McMullan via Getty Epitome

Manager: Michael Gracey
Genre: Biography, Music, Documentary
Rating: Non rated
Metacritic score: sixty

What do you know about Pink? (Or, distressing, P!nk, every bit she apparently prefers to be addressed.) You're probably aware she has the voice of an affections, and that she really, really loves singing while performing aerial tricks, but you lot might not know much beyond that. This documentary is a highly personal wait into her life every bit a mother. Expect a lot of very sweet scenes of her carting her young children effectually on tour, some emotional behind the scenes interviews, and to be blown abroad by her sheer vocal range. Information technology's a fun watch for Pink devotees and new fans alike.[Trailer]

Minor Axe (2020)

For fans of: Social justice stories, menses pieces

Small Axe

Amazon Studios

Director: Steve McQueen
Stars: John Boyega, Letitia Wright, Michael Ward, Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn, Sheyi Cole, Kenyah Sandy
Genre: Drama
Rating: R
Metacritic scores: 90, 95, 84, 77, 87

Small Axe is elevation prestige television receiver in that information technology'southward not really television at all, but instead it's an anthology drove of 5 films directed by Steve McQueen. Every installment focuses on London's West Indian community in the years between 1969 and 1982, and each stars a bully group of actors that includes John Boyega, Letitia Wright, Jack Lowden, and more. The stories don't overlap, only they all do a cute job of building out the world, and deal with issues and themes that impact the customs, like police brutality, didactics, and what it means to be part of British guild equally a person of Westward Indian descent. On one hand, yes, five films is a lot to enquire of viewers, but on the other, information technology just and then happens that McQueen is an incredible director with a potent vision and every one is worth your time. If yous merely desire to try one, give "Lovers Stone," a romance centered around a reggae house political party, a spin.[Trailer]

Sound of Metallic (2020)

For fans of: Heavy metal ring t-shirts, beingness emotional

Amazon

Managing director: Darius Marder
Stars: Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci
Genre: Drama, Music
Rating: R
Metacritic score: 82

I am of the opinion that Riz Ahmed gave the best performance of 2020 as a heavy metal drummer losing his hearing inAudio of Metallic, and he very correctly earned an Oscar nomination for it. As Ruben, he explores the emotional trauma of sudden deafness — literally, equally it plays out in the film, 1 minute he can hear perfectly, and the adjacent everything is deadened — and the importance of finding community as he goes to live in a rural abode for deaf recovering addicts in order, run by Joe (Paul Raci, as well rightfully Oscar-nominated for his work). The way the movie utilizes sound design is null short of incredible, and most notably, manager Darius Marder cast many actual Deaf actors who assistance bring the story to life.[Trailer]

Suspiria (2018)

For fans of: Witches, dancers, witchy dancers, Tilda Swinton

Suspiria

Amazon Studios

Manager: Luca Guadagnino
Stars: Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Mia Goth
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Rating: R
Metacritic score: 64

Luca Guadagnino directs this remake of the 1977 Dario Argento horror archetype. Dakota Johnson stars as Susie, a seemingly fresh-faced dancer who travels from Ohio to Berlin to report at an elite dance academy and is rapidly named head dancer. As Suspiria unfolds, and as more students and teachers are institute dead or go missing entirely, and information technology becomes increasingly clear that something very sinister and supernatural is going on underneath the surface. Also, Tilda Swinton plays three roles, and for one of them she gets to apparel upwards as an old man. Information technology's kooky, it's campy, and it'southward also very, very scary.[Trailer]

Sylvie's Love (2020)

For fans of: Tessa Thompson, catamenia romance

Tessa Thompson and Nnamdi Asomugha,Sylvie's Honey

Amazon Studios

Director: Eugene Ashe
Stars: Tessa Thompson, Nnamdi Asomugha
Genre: Drama, Romance, Music
Rating: PG-13
Metacritic score: 74

If sweeping romance is your matter, Sylvie'due south Dearest should be your next lookout man. Set in New York Metropolis in 1962, Tessa Thompson stars as Sylvie, an aspiring TV producer who strikes upwards a summertime romance with a saxophonist (Nnamdi Asomugha) who works at her father's record store. Life eventually drags them apart, and they both go on without each other for a while, only to reunite years later to notice that their connectedness remains just as strong.[Trailer]

The Tomorrow War (2021)

For fans of: Independence Twenty-four hours, action broken up with passable humor

Chris Pratt, Keith Powers, and Sam Richardson, The Tomorrow War

Amazon Prime Video

Director: Chris McKay
Stars: Chris Pratt, Yvonne Strahovski, J. G. Simmons, Betty Gilpin, Sam Richardson
Genre: Action, Risk, Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller, War
Rating: PG-13
Metacritic score: 45

A muscly and erudite Chris Pratt stars every bit a scientist who, along with thousands of others, is zapped xxx years into the hereafter to assist future soldiers fight an alien invasion and save the man race. Yes, if that insane logline doesn't plow you off then you should enjoy this popcorn flick that doesn't take itself too seriously — equally evidenced by the many one-liners from comedians Sam Richardson, Mike Mitchell, and Mary Lynn Rajskub — but doesn't skimp on hours of soldiers unloading clips into grotesque aliens. It'll remind yous ofStarship Troopers without that abrupt commentary.[ Trailer ]

Uncle Frank (2020)

For fans of: Route trips, Paul Bettany's American emphasis

Paul Bettany, Sophia Lillis, and Peter Macdissi, Uncle Frank

Amazon Studios

Director: Alan Ball
Stars: Paul Bettany, Sophia Lillis, Peter Macdissi, Judy Greer, Steve Zahn
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Rating: R
Metacritic score: 58

This moving picture is a little scrap like if someone tried to updateLittle Miss Sunshine and focus primarily on Steve Carell's character, merely in a expert mode. Beth (Sophia Lillis) moves from her small N Carolina hometown to practiced ol' New York Metropolis, and immediately crashes into her favorite uncle's life. She finds out that Frank (Paul Bettany) is gay and has been living with his boyfriend Wally (Peter Macdissi) for years, while successfully keeping it a hugger-mugger from the residue of their family. And because this is a pic, the hugger-mugger is of course put in jeopardy when Frank'southward father dies and he, Beth, and Wally embark on a road trip to attend the funeral.Uncle Frank balances its comedic and dramatic moments well, and your heart will ache during the flashbacks to Frank's adolescence, where he was first confronted with his family'due south homophobia. Plus, an ever perfect Judy Greer co-stars.[Trailer]

Val (2021)

For fans of: Intimate portraits of '80s icons

Val Kilmer, Val

Amazon Studios

Directors: Leo Scott, Ting Poo
Genre: Documentary
Rating: R
Metacritic score: 73

Val Kilmer gets the autobiographical treatment in this intimate documentary about his life and career. Kilmer lends his ain home movies he'south taken over the years to the film — which includes videos from the ready ofBatman Forever, and footage of younger versions of Sean Penn and Kevin Bacon just hanging out — and provides a look at his struggle with throat cancer, from which he'southward nonetheless recovering and has left him using a prosthesis in guild to speak. It's more revealing than the standard celebrity doc.[ Trailer ]

The Vast of Night (2019)

For fans of: That '80s and '90s sci-fi feel, first-time directors making a huge splash

Sierra McCormick, The Vast of Night

Amazon Studios

Director: Andrew Patterson
Stars: Sierra McCormick, Jake Horowitz
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Fantasy
Rating: PG-thirteen
Metacritic score: 84

This 2019 scientific discipline-fiction film from director Andrew Patterson is one of the all-time directorial debuts of the terminal decade, with Patterson'south keen eye able to bring to life a modest town experiencing foreign phenomena from the heaven. Featuring some truly incredible continuous shots featuring hundreds of extras and i of my favorite intimate cinematic scenes featuring just one person on screen,The Vast of Night is a film school student's dream that follows a young switchboard operator and a disc jockey in 1950s New Mexico trying to discover the source of unidentified sounds, and information technology's an entrancing thriller from the opening shot to the closing seconds. -Tim Surette [Trailer]

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