The Twilight films, which was on Netflix, have formally moved over to Amazon Prime Video, and it simply wouldn’t be a list of the nice movies to look at at the platform proper now with out them. If youngster vampire shlock is not your issue, we additionally suggest the indie dramedy Emergency, Chris Pine-Thandiwe Newton secret agent mystery All the Old Knives, and Regina Hall’s horror movie Master. Coming up later this month is the final Daniel Craig James Bond film, No Time to Die, which hits Prime Video on June 10.
An important be aware approximately how this list was made: In order to keep the list as relevant as feasible, we’re stressing the satisfactory recent releases, Prime Video originals, and critics’ favorites. But we’re also setting our very own personal spin at the listing, with underrated gemstones we are recommending to our friends, conventional favorites, and important alternatives that highlight various voices. We’ll be updating the listing often.
Last up to date on June 4, 2022; the most latest additions are on the pinnacle
The Twilight movie collection
For fans of: The internet, vampires, CGI babies, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart
Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, Twilight Lionsgate
Year: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Director: Catherine Hardwicke, Chris Weitz, David Slade, Bill Condon
Stars: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Romance
Rating: PG-13
Metacritic rating: fifty six, 44, fifty eight, forty five, fifty two
What is there to mention approximately Twilight that hasn’t already been stated? Stephanie Meyer’s teen vampire romance books have been tailored right into a five-film franchise that described the late 2000s/early 2010s, introducing us to the love story between human high school student Bella (Kristen Stewart) and her undead boyfriend Edward (Robert Pattinson), however most importantly, these are the films that stimulated one thousand memes. When human beings say “so terrible it is appropriate,” they’re talking about Twilight.[Trailer]
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 rating: 75
This Amazon movie will likely get lost inside the noise of the high-profile releases, but do no longer allow it slip through in case you’re partial to birthday celebration comedies. The indie movie follows a pair of younger Black college seniors (RJ Cyler and Donald Elise Watkins) prepared to set free in a string of events earlier than spring damage when they find out an unconscious white female in their condominium, with out a concept how she got there. Realizing the bad optics of the state of affairs, they (and their Latino roommate) set out to go back her to safety without their correct intentions being misinterpreted. The film were given excellent evaluations whilst it did the pageant circuit in advance this year. -Tim Surette [Trailer]
All the Old Knives (2022)
Thandiwe Newton and Chris Pine, All the Old Knives Stefania Rosini/Amazon Studios
Director: Janus Metz Pederson
Stars: Thandiwe Newton, Chris Pine, Jonathan Pryce, Laurence Fishburne
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Rating: R
Metacritic rating: sixty three
All the Old Knives seems like a Knives Out sequel set in a nursing home (it really is a loose concept for Rian Johnson), however it’s without a doubt a thriller starring Chris Pine and Thandiwe Newton as spies who are also ex-fanatics. I have no lawsuits about that idea. Based on the radical of the identical name by using Olen Steinhauer, who wrote the movie’s screenplay, the movie follows Pine’s Henry Pelham as his research into a CIA mole will become entangled in his records with Newton’s Celia. Laurence Fishburne and Jonathan Pryce also superstar. Pine promoted this one in a collection of to-die-for outfits. -Kelly Connolly [Trailer] Master (2022)
Regina Hall, Master Sundance Institute
Director: Mariama Diallo
Stars: Regina Hall, Amber Gray, Zoe Renee
Genre: Drama/Horror
Rating: R
Metacritic rating: 67
The buzz out of Sundance and SXSW is that Regina Hall offers one of the first-rate performances of her career in this horror film approximately racism in the vein of Get 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 existing. She, a Black first-12 months student (Zoe Renee), and some other Black school member (Amber Gray) revel in racism at the school as a literal haunting. It’s an confident debut movie from writer-director Mariama Diallo (a Yale graduate) it’s adept at scares and social remark. -Liam Mathews [Trailer]
Lucy and Desi (2022)
Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball, Lucy and Desi Library of Congress
Director: Amy Poehler (sure, that Amy Poehler)
Stars: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz
Genre: Documentary
Rating: NR
Metacritic score: 75
Sure, Nicole Kidman performed a splendid Lucille Ball in Aaron Sorkin’s biopic Being the Ricardos (also on Amazon), but have you ever visible Lucille Ball play Lucille Ball? Amy Poehler directs this documentary looking on the lives of I Love Lucy’s stars, each on set and at home. (Not to be pressured with Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie, a 1993 documentary directed via 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: Action, Thriller, Crime
Rating: R
Metacritic score: forty eight
Look, if you inform me Maggie Q is starring in an movement film, I’m pretty a lot already on board. Here, she stars as a contract killer who vows to get brutal, bloody revenge on the folks who killed her mentor (Samuel L. Jackson). Along the manner, she becomes entangled in a recreation of cat and mouse with another ruthless criminal (Michael Keaton), and the two of them have such convenient chemistry it’ll make you forget about about the movie’s shortcomings. The Protégé acquired middling critiques when it changed into released in theaters, however the fight scenes are nicely choreographed spectacles that make it the best watch whilst you want to show your brain off. -Allison Picurro [Trailer]
Book of Love (2022)
Sam Claflin and Verónica Echegui, Book of Love Amazon Studios
Director: Analeine Cal y Mayor
Stars: Sam Claflin, Verónica Echegui
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Metacritic rating: 44
In this silly, sweet romantic comedy, Sam Claflin plays the type of individual Hugh Grant might’ve played returned inside the ’90s: an uptight British romance writer who learns that his ultra-modern (and not excellent) novel has turn out to be a big hit in Mexico, spurring him to tour there for a book excursion. He most effective realizes after he arrives that the Spanish model of his e-book has definitely been rewritten into a miles spicier story it truly is way greater exciting than his authentic tale, all way to Maria (Verónica Echegui), the girl who translated it. This is the kind of classic rom-com premise that I can not assist being entirely endeared via. [Trailer]
I Want You Back (2022)
For fanatics of: Jenny Slate, Charlie Day, unwell-suggested schemes
Jenny Slate, Charlie Day, I Want You Back Amazon Studios
Director: Jason Orley
Stars: Charlie Day, Jenny Slate, Gina Rodriguez, Manny Jacinto, Scott Eastwood
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Rating: R
Metacritic rating: sixty two
It’s a Jenny Slate rom-com; it is a Charlie Day rom-com; it is a mixture Jenny Slate-Charlie Day rom-com! And meaning it’s honestly humorous. I Want You Back pairs up two of Hollywood’s most dependable chaos retailers as a couple of strangers who bond over being these days dumped, then crew up to win lower back their exes by destroying their new relationships. It’s a stable romantic comedy that virtually feels fresh, and who doesn’t love a messy scheme? -Kelly Connolly [Trailer]
A Hero (2021)