A Glean movie guide
Prime Video’s Must-Watch Masterpieces
The definitive watchlist.
From Oscar winners to gripping thrillers, these are the highest-rated films streaming now.
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The movie list
- 01
Oppenheimer
A massive, non-linear biographical thriller about the man who changed the course of history.
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
- 02
Parasite
A razor-sharp social satire that masterfully shifts from dark comedy to a heart-pounding thriller.
All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.
- 03
Everything Everywhere All At Once
A wildly inventive multiverse adventure that balances chaotic action with a deeply moving family story.
An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save what's important to her by connecting with the lives she could have led in other universes.
- 04
Anatomy of a Fall
A tense courtroom drama that dissects a marriage through a mysterious death in the French Alps.
A woman is suspected of her husband's murder, and their blind son faces a moral dilemma as the sole witness.
- 05
Past Lives
A quiet, beautifully acted exploration of fate and the connections that span decades and continents.
After decades apart, childhood friends Nora and Hae Sung are reunited in New York for one fateful weekend as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life.
- 06
Top Gun: Maverick
A rare sequel that surpasses the original with breathtaking practical stunts and high-stakes emotion.
After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell finds himself training a detachment of TOP GUN graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen.
- 07
The Holdovers
A soulful and witty 1970s-set drama about three lonely people finding connection over the holidays.
A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy troublemaker — and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam.
- 08
Whiplash
A relentless, high-octane look at the cost of greatness and the toxic bond between a student and teacher.
Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.
- 09
Sound of Metal
An immersive character study that uses innovative sound design to mirror a drummer’s sudden hearing loss.
Metal drummer Ruben begins to lose his hearing. When a doctor tells him his condition will worsen, he thinks his career and life is over. His girlfriend Lou checks the former addict into a rehab for the deaf hoping it will prevent a relapse and help him adapt to his new life. After being welcomed and accepted just as he is, Ruben must choose between his new normal and the life he once knew.
- 10
American Fiction
A sharp, hilarious satire of the literary world that doubles as a poignant family drama.
A novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.
- 11
Arrival
A cerebral and emotional sci-fi mystery that focuses on the power of communication and the nature of time.
Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.