The best Amazon Prime movies of all time: Our top 10

If you prefer watching movies to series, Amazon is the right place for you. The selection of films on Prime Video is much more extensive and better than that of the series. There are numerous classics, but also new films and even in-house productions to discover that are well worth watching. We have compiled the most popular films on Amazon Prime Video for you. The basis for the compilation is not only the popularity, but also the rating at IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes. Here are the best Amazon Prime movies of all time.

Fight Club

Drama | IMDb rating: 8.8/10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 78%

David Fincher’s thriller has matured into an absolute classic and is undoubtedly one of the best Amazon Prime films. The film focuses on an unnamed entrepreneur (Edward Norton) who is tired of life. Working day in, day out for a car manufacturer no longer fulfills him. This results in sleepless nights. But a meeting with Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) changes everything. Together they found the so-called “Fight Club” – a secret society where everything revolves around fistfights.

The Godfather

Drama, Crime | IMDb rating: 9.2/10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 98%

As soon as the characteristic theme tune of this milestone in film history sounds, movie enthusiasts get goosebumps. Director Francis Ford Coppola tells a highly suspenseful and moving story of intrigue, rivalry and family. Mafia boss Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) is at the center of it all. Despite its age, Coppola’s epic has lost none of its fascination.

No Country for Old Men

Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Crime | IMDb rating: 8.1/10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 93%

With No Country for Old Men, the Coen Brothers once again live up to their reputation. Here, black humor mixes with ice-cold brutality. The highly suspenseful thriller is set in Texas in the 1980s. Contract killer Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem) escapes from police custody and goes on the run. But along the way he leaves behind many corpses, which he kills with one of the most iconic weapons in film history – a silenced bolt gun. He is hunted by Sheriff Ed Tom Bell (Tommy Lee Jones).

Gladiator

Action & Adventure, Drama | IMDb rating: 8.5/10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 77%

Fancy a classic revenge movie again? Then the monumental movie Gladiator from the year 2000 is just right for you. The focus is on the Roman general Maximus (Russell Crowe), who is not only robbed of his office as emperor by his counterpart Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix). The young new emperor also orders the assassination of the general and his family – only Maximus survives. Now he seeks revenge.

Forrest Gump

Comedy, Drama, Romance | IMDb rating: 8.8/10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 70%

With Forrest Gump, director Robert Zemeckis makes a declaration of love to the average man. Many groundbreaking historical events in the USA are experienced by the eponymous protagonist Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks). The disabled man with a below-average IQ not only becomes a successful football player. He also lives through the Vietnam War and teaches Elvis Presley his iconic hip swing.

Arrival

Drama, Science Fiction, Mystery & Thriller | IMDb rating: 7.9/10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 94%

Canadian director Denis Villeneuve manages to give each film its own character. After the thriller Prisoners and the action film Sicario, he has ventured into the science fiction genre with Arrival. The movie is set in the near future. Twelve gigantic spaceships land all over the globe. On board? Alien life. But what do they want on Earth? It is the task of linguist Dr. Louise (Amy Adams) to find out.

The Wolf of Wall Street

Drama, Crime | IMDb rating: 8.2/10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 79%

With The Wolf of Wall Street, Hollywood director Martin Scorsese has proven that you can still bring a blockbuster to cinemas at the age of 70. The film is about the rise of the unscrupulous stockbroker John Belfort. We not only accompany him on his rise to multimillionaire status. The 2014 film also lets us share in his life of luxury. This includes not only beautiful women and fat luxury cars, but also plenty of drugs. Scorsese has created an entertaining film that is also thought-provoking in many places.

Saving Private James Ryan

Drama, War & Military | IMDb rating: 8.6/10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 93%

Steven Spielberg’s 1998 war film takes a visually stunning look at the Allied landings in Normandy – the so-called D-Day. The viewer is literally thrown in at the deep end. Captain John H. Miller (Tom Hanks) and his comrades have to find and rescue the young soldier Private James Ryan (Matt Damon) in German-occupied France.

Pretty Best Friends

Drama, Comedy | IMDb rating: 8.5/10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 74%

Pretty Best Friends paved the way for the huge success of French comedies. The film is about an atypical friendship between Philippe (François Phillipe), who is paralyzed from the neck down, and his new carer Driss (Omar Sy).

Knives Out

Mystery, Thriller, Comedy | IMDb rating: 7.9/10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 97%

Knives Out is a cleverly staged crime thriller from director Rian Johnson from 2019, which reinterprets the classic whodunit narrative style. It centers on the eccentric private detective Benoit Blanc, played by Daniel Craig, who investigates the mysterious death of wealthy crime writer Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer). The members of the dysfunctional Thrombey family, all potential suspects, provide a mixture of intrigue, lies and self-serving secrets that make the case ever more complicated. With a brilliant ensemble cast, including Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis and Michael Shannon, the film offers a mix of suspense, black humor and surprising twists that will keep audiences on the edge of their seats until the very end.