Amazon Prime Film/TV Series Recommendations

Mr.Nice Guy · 11-11-2021 9:47pm

Watched Honest Thief starring Liam Neeson. Pretty standard, modern day Neeson film. Not much too it.

Krusty_Clown · 11-11-2021 11:04pm

Watched Palm Springs last night, after spot-checking some very positive reviews. Romantic ground-hog day, 50 first dates, time-travel comedies are not generally my thing, but this was admittedly a lot of fun, with some genuine laughs. Struggling to find anything else worth watching on Prime.

gmisk · 11-11-2021 11:12pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118154062#Comment_118154062

Some great stuff on it...but the interface is a mess, I watched sicario again recently and the green knight.

Justwatch is handy

Wrongway1985 · 13-11-2021 3:37pm

Selection of new titles/re-adds in the last week or so

Ad Astra (B.Pitt/T.L.Jones/Negga)

Beirut (Hamm/R.Pike)

A Man Named Scott (Amazon Original)(2021) - Kid Cudi Documentary

The Marksman (L.Neeson)(Amazon Original)(2021)

Rag Tale

Saving Private Ryan

Shooter

Stevie Nicks: Live In Concert The 24 Karat Gold Tour (2020)

Vacation

Vanilla Sky (Cruise/P.Cruz)

Expiring soon(That I'm aware of)

Secrets in Their Eyes - 17/11

Hollow Man - 18/11

Indiana Jones (Raiders/Temple/Last Crusade/Crystal Skull) - 23/11

Ground Hog Day - 24/11

Identity - 25/11

Girl, Interrupted - 26/11

cdgalwegian · 14-11-2021 9:25am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118161020#Comment_118161020

If the 'Secrets in Their Eyes' film is the Argentinian original, this is terrific. (I didn't bother with the American remake).

Wrongway1985 · 14-11-2021 3:48pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118163821#Comment_118163821

It is the remake which I see is meant to be decent but does say it compares unfavourably when compared to the original.

Man Vs ManUre · 14-11-2021 4:04pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118165058#Comment_118165058

I think the remake is meant to be fairly awful.

Charlie19 · 14-11-2021 8:15pm

I've seen it and thought it was brilliant but I didn't know it was a remake not that it should make any difference.

Wrongway1985 · 23-11-2021 4:27pm

Selection of new titles/re-adds in the last week or so

A Loss of Innocence

Bad Santa 2

Blended (Sandler/Barrymore)

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Doctor Sleep (E.McGregor/R.Ferguson)(2019)

Doctor Sleep (Director's Cut)(2020)

Get Smart

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Craig/R.Mara)

The Mask

McCartney: Now and Then

Mean Girls

No Country for Old Men

Office Christmas Party

RockNRolla

The Westerner

The Wheel of Time (Season 1)(Amazon Original)(2021) - (3 Eps, then weekly until conclusion)

Expiring soon(That I'm aware of)

Jerry Maguire - 30/11

Logan Lucky - 30/11

Molly's Game - 30/11

Spiderman - 30/11

Us - 30/11

The Lincoln Lawyer - 2/12

The Interpreter - 6/12

Wrongway1985 · 01-12-2021 12:07pm

Selection of new titles/re-adds in the last week or so

The Accountant

Adulthood

Austin Powers in Goldmember

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

Burning (Amazon Original)(2021)(Documentary on 19/20 Australian bushfires known as "Black Summer")

Chain Reaction

Crazy, Stupid, Love.

Fury (B.Pitt/LaBeouf)

The Good Liar (Mirren/McKellan)

Justice League

The Legend of Zorro

The Mask of Zorro

The Prestige (Bale/Jackman)

The Producers (N.Lane/Broderick/Thurman)

Queenpins (K.Bell/Walter Hauser) (Amazon Original)(2021)

Rock of Ages

Se7en

Shaft (S.L.Jackson)

Spanglish

Sully

The Wedding Singer

All or Nothing: Juventus (Amazon Original)(2021)

Hanna - Season 3/Final Season (Amazon Original)(2021)

The Mentalist (Season 1-7)

Supernatural (Season 1-15)

Two and a Half Men (Season 1-12)

Expiring soon(That I'm aware of)

Broken City - 7/12

Rush - 9/12

Wrongway1985 · 06-12-2021 12:22am

Watched the Icelandic film 'Let Me Fall', a time shifting look on the spiral drug taking can have extracted from interviews of real life people and wrapped up in a lesbian romance.

Obviously not a funhouse but a pretty decent drama, guy who directed it directed a few episodes of 'Trapped' and familar faces from that show pop up.

Wrongway1985 · 09-12-2021 5:01pm

Selection of new titles/re-adds in the last week or so

A Christmas Carol (K.Grammar)

A Christmas Visitor

Away (Spall/Temple)

13 Going on 30

Black Butterfly

Blackway

Braven (Momoa)

Cliffs of Freedom (Plummer/Zane)

The Croods

The Departed

Erin Brockovich

The Great Gatsby

Hairspray

Heartbreakers

The Jane Austen Book Club

The Legend of Tarzan

Lioness: The Nicola Adams Story (Amazon Original)(2021)

One Christmas Eve

The Pretty One

Pyewacket (L.Holden)

Tales from the Lodge (2019)

Risen

The Smurfs

Speed Kills

Spiral: From the Book of Saw

Steve Jobs (Fassbender/Winslett)

The Surface

Trumbo

Waz

Whiplash

Wild Card

Yes Man

Curse of the Chippendales (Amazon Original)(2021)

FC Bayern – Behind the Legend (Amazon Original)(2021)

Harlem

Expiring soon(That I'm aware of)

Road Trip - 17/12

The Guernsey Literary & Peel Pie Society - 20/12

Jack Reacher - 20/12

Out of Sight - 21/12

Hannibal (Season 1-3) - 17/12

NCIS (Season 1-15) - 22/12

gmisk · 10-12-2021 3:16pm

I think I will give wrath of man a go later!

bosco12345 · 10-12-2021 10:20pm

Finally got round to watching The Wire after all these years. Wow, what a show.

Wrongway1985 · 11-12-2021 2:31am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118303530#Comment_118303530

Actually going through it myself at the mo for first time, not on Prime here though (can purchase separately on UK platform alright). Great show indeed.

billyhead · 11-12-2021 3:00pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118303530#Comment_118303530

Has it aged well? Never seen it before myself.

Charlie19 · 11-12-2021 4:13pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118305592#Comment_118305592

It's excellent, I've recently rewatched and literally few through it. It's that good.

billyhead · 11-12-2021 4:45pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118305929#Comment_118305929

Cheers. I've added it to my next TV binge.

Charlie19 · 11-12-2021 4:49pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118306097#Comment_118306097

Enjoy.. it's up there with Sopranos and Breaking Bad.

Wrongway1985 · 19-12-2021 12:59am

Selection of new titles/re-adds in the last week or so

A Country Christmas Story

A Knight's Tale

Ambulance Girl

An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving

A Snow Globe Christmas

A Very Merry Toy Store

Beyond the Call

Black Book

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

Body of Lies

Chappie

Charming Christmas

Chef

Christmas at Cartwright's

The Christmas Gift

Coast to Coast

Color of Justice

Creed

Deacons for Defense

Due Date

The Duff

Dumb and Dumber

Encounter (Ahmed/O.Spencer)(Amazon Original)(2021)

Finding Mrs. Claus

Flocking (Original Title: Flocken)

Four Weddings and a Funeral

George Fest: A Night to Celebrate the Music of George Harrison

Ghost Rider

Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever

Heaven Sent

Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

How The Bismarck Sank HMS Hood

Hunt for the Wilderpeople

It Had to Be You

Johnson County War

Kanye With Special Guest Drake: Free Larry Hoover - Benefit Concert (2021)

King of Texas

Last Call

Legally Blonde

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde

Little Women (Ryder/Dunst/Danes/Bale)

Losing Chase (Mirren)

Love, Kennedy

Love, Rosie

The Maldonado Miracle

Marco Polo

Mile 22

Mom at Sixteen

Moon (Rockwell)

Morning Glory

Prayers for Bobby

Rain Man

Rambo (Stallone/Benz)

The Right to Remain Silent

Riot (L.Perry)

Rocky

Rocky II

Rocky III

Rocky IV

Rocky V

Rocky Balboa

The Santa Con

The Silence of the Lambs

Snowed Inn Christmas

Spooner

Storks

Surf's Up

Surf's Up 2: WaveMania

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

The Surface

Tempted

The Terminator

The Town

Under the Mistletoe

The Usual Suspects

VFW (2020)

War of the Worlds (Cruise)

The Westerner

White Chicks

Wicked Ways (Also known as Table for One)

Wishin' and Hopin'

Wrath of Man (Amazon Original)(2021)

Yonkers Joe

Zodiac

The Expanse (Season 6&Final)(Amazon Original)(2 Episodes so far, every Friday till conclusion)

The Grand Tour Presents...Carnage a Trois

Sherlock (Cumberbach/M(a).Freeman/A.Scott)(Season 1-4)

Expiring soon(That I'm aware of)

The Place Beyond the Pines - 26/12

A Few Good Men - 31/12

Click - 31/12

Superbad - 31/12

The Help - 1/1

EltonJohn69 · 19-12-2021 1:46am

One word….chipindales …fairly sure i misspelled that……

Wrongway1985 · 25-12-2021 11:30am

Selection of new titles/re-adds in the last week or so

Almost Famous

The Amityville Horror (J.Brolin/Kidder)

The Angry Birds Movie 2

Being the Ricardos (Amazon Original)(2021)(Kidman/Bardem/J.K.Simmons)

The Big Short

Broadcasting Christmas

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

Constantine

Christmas Cottage

Dear Secret Santa

The Elizabeth Smart Story

Fargo

Faster (The Rock/B.B.Thorton)

Fiddler on the Roof

Fruitvale Station

Grizzly Falls

Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans

Love Is Strange

Jasper, Texas

Metallica: Cunning Stunts

Metallica: Pride, Passion and Glory — Three Nights in Mexico City (Original Title: Metallica: Orgullo, Pasión y Gloria — Tres Noches en la Ciudad de México)

Out of the Ashes

Pan

The Pursuit of Happyness

The Outsider

Revealed: The Hunt for Bin Laden (2021)(History Channel Doc)

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

Sing

Soldier's Girl

Stealing Sinatra

West Side Story

The Almighty Johnsons (Season 1-3)

Beer Masters (2021)

Merry Christmas

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 07-01-2022 11:51pm

Watched The Green Knight tonight. Enjoyed the first hour but it got a bit too trippy for me after that. Visually very impressive, think it was all filmed here too, but not for me on the whole.

Wrongway1985 · 08-01-2022 11:33am

Selection of new titles/re-adds in the last week or so

(500) Days of Summer

3:10 to Yuma

10 Things I Hate About You

27 Dresses

50 First Dates

127 Hours

The A-Team (Neeson/Biel/B.Cooper)

Air Force One

Armageddon

Barefoot

Becoming Zlatan (Original Title: Den unge Zlatan)

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Black Swan

The Bling Ring

The Book Thief

Calendar Girls

Child's Play

Cocktail

Con Air

The Counselor (Fassbender/P.Cruz)

Coyote Ugly

Crash

Cuban Fury (Frost/R.Jones/O'Dowd/Colman)

Dead Poets Society

The Duchess (Knightley/R.Fiennes)

Dark Shadows

Déjà Vu

Dirty Dancing

Dune (MacLaughlan/P.Stewart)

End of Watch

Free Willy

Gold

Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021)

I Give It a Year

In the Loop

Jungle

Larry Crowne

The Losers

Man Up (Pegg/L.Bell)

Motherless Brooklyn (Norton/Willis)(2019)

Paddington

Practical Magic

The Queen

Requiem for a Dream

Reservoir Dogs

Rise of the Footsoldier

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

Shaun the Sheep Movie

Source Code

Spread

Standing Up, Falling Down (Crystal)(2020)

Takers (Elba/P.Walker/M.Dillon)

Thelma & Louise

The Tender Bar (B.Affleck/T.Sheridan)(Amazon Original)(2021)

USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage

The Wrestler

The Blacklist (Season 1-5)

The Blacklist: Redemption

Hannibal (Season 1-3)

NCIS (Season 16)

Need a Username · 09-01-2022 6:48pm

I happened upon a movie called Black Medicine via the “customers also watched” which I took notice because it had Orla Brady’s name on it

Did a quick GOOGLE to see if it was an Irish film I hadn’t heard of - Northern Ireland crime film - and I say the guy on the cars list than the traveller criminal from Love/Hate is it as a thug.

He seems to play criminals a lot - not doing much the reputation of travelers

Charlie19 · 09-01-2022 11:15pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118445279#Comment_118445279

Was it any good?

EltonJohn69 · 10-01-2022 12:05am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118438397#Comment_118438397

Can’t beat The Wrastler

garra · 12-01-2022 5:44pm

I heard "the Magicians" is worth a watch so had a gander for it on Prime. Only Season 2 is available, no Season 1. Anyone know wtf is going on there?

S.M.B. · 12-01-2022 8:23pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118463192#Comment_118463192

I'm based in the UK but I see 5 seasons of the SyFy series and then another series, which appears to be a reality show, which only has the second season available.

Full_Circle_81 · 13-01-2022 3:27pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118463192#Comment_118463192

Amazon can be a bit chaotic about which seasons it has and hasn't got. It still hasn't got any further seasons of Animal Kingdom, even thought its the only place it airs on this side of the Atlantic. They also have only season 2 of The Bridge (US version), but not season 1. A mess.

garra · 13-01-2022 10:31pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118468397#Comment_118468397

Perplexed at how they can organise the delivery of the world's online shopping in jig time, but can't manage an electronic library with only a limited set of media to categorize.

garra · 13-01-2022 10:32pm

And now I find myself downloading the Leftovers even though I pay for Netflix and Prime. Old habits.

loadwire · 13-01-2022 11:39pm

Have a month's trial for prime atm. Saw 'The Father' up there last night but the app is giving a 'temporarily unavailable' error when I go to play it. Went on to their support who said it's not available outside UK due to Brexit. Pretty annoying that it's not filtered out or at least gives a message that tells you why you can't play it.

santana75 · 14-01-2022 8:59pm

Has anyone seen "The underground Railroad"? I saw that it won the golden globe for best drama series. Is it any use?

johnny_ultimate · 14-01-2022 9:19pm

It’s probably my favourite tv show since Twin Peaks The Return in terms of sheer craft - Barry Jenkins and co have really crafted a remarkable looking and sounding piece of work. Really on a different level to anything else on TV.

The show can be pretty slow-paced and harrowing, so it’s not an easy watch. But it feels like a novel in the best possible way (apt, given it’s adapted from a novel!).

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 14-01-2022 10:15pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118477028#Comment_118477028

I've only heard good things about it. Haven't got round to watching it yet as I've read the book and know its pretty heavy subject matter and probably would need to be in the right frame of mind to watch and enjoy it.

santana75 · 16-01-2022 4:41pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118477158#Comment_118477158

Cool thanks, I started it the other night but I was tired and I knew I'd have to be fairly fresh for something like this so I'll start it again during the week. I'm getting 12 years a slave vibes and I thought that was an amazing film.

RandomViewer · 16-01-2022 5:06pm

Finished The Expanse season 6 last night, poorly executed final season

santana75 · 16-01-2022 11:22pm

Watched "Wrath of man".......what a surprise, a lot better than I thought it would be. Definitely recommended.

Wrongway1985 · 17-01-2022 10:51am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118471478#Comment_118471478

Very disappointing was looking forward to watching once I saw it was added, excuse is lame things available in the UK and not here simply don't appear for selection so why after nearly a week is a placeholder for it still there as if you can view it, poor form.

Sleepy · 17-01-2022 10:56am

Found a cracking little sci-fi film last night called Level 16.

Had never heard of it but really enjoyed it.

dublin49 · 18-01-2022 8:28am

The "Tender Bar " directed by George Clooney is a typical Wholesome American family Drama,without much drama it has to be said.Nice watch ,Ben Affleck steals the show although his character is to good to be true.Enjoyable fare ,1970's little house on the Prairie in New York.

Gusser09 · 18-01-2022 8:35am

Prime has gone to the dogs at this stage. Really poor.

qwabercd · 18-01-2022 11:51pm

It's funny, there was a period there during 2020 where I found myself using prime a lot more than Netflix. I don't think I've watched anything on it in about 6 months at this stage (since they took down bobs burgers and the shield, both of which I was working my way through). Justified is the only thing on my watchlist that I actually want to watch. Such a poor selection/new additions.

steve_r · 19-01-2022 9:30am

Yeah likewise, cancelled recently. Would have watched a lot on Prime I loved like Patriot, Baron Noir, The shield etc but the lack of new recent releases has been noticeable

gmisk · 19-01-2022 9:39am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118492956#Comment_118492956

I honestly think the content isn't bad...the interface is horrendous as usual.

If you look at just watch you will see things are still being pretty regularly added.

But they have definitely slipped behind Netflix and Disney+ the past while.

pixelburp · 19-01-2022 10:13am

Amazon's own content is pretty good - films and TV - but there's so little of it it does beg the question if the service is worth the subscription. Say what you will about Netflix's tactic of releasing 20 billion shows a month: at least there's always something to one's tastes. With The Expanse and Wheel of Time finished, and Bob's Burger removed (thanks to Disney?), I realise the only thing I'm watching at the moment is the last season of Bosch. Yikes.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 19-01-2022 10:47am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118498696#Comment_118498696

I was thinking the same, especially with their original "TV". I feel like they're just pumping out The Boys. I know covid pushed some things back but other streamers seem to be managing now. It's been over a year since S1 of The Wilds, and I'm sure there was supposed to be a S2 of Uploaded too. But there's no sign of either.

steve_r · 19-01-2022 11:11am

I think the other challenge Amazon have had is that their own shows haven’t really broken through into the mainstream, when I talk to people it’s far more likely that they have started to watch Dopesick or one of the marvel/Star Wars shows on Disney rather than something on Prime, or others will be watching some of the HBO content on Nowtv.

Wrongway1985 · 19-01-2022 11:58am

Selection of new titles/re-adds in the last week or so

'71

Alpha

Ameilie

Anastasia

Black Book (Original Title: Zwartboek)

Comet

Enemy of the State

Face/Off

Flight Plan

The Founder

The Full Monty

Good Boys (2019)

Good Morning Vietnam

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Heat (Bullock)

High Fidelity

Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (Amazon Original)(2021)

Hot Tub Time Machine

I Am Number Four

Jennifer's Body

Juno

King Arthur

Kingdom of Heaven

Life of Pi

Little Miss Sunshine

Me, Myself & Irene

Miss Violence

The Monuments Men

Moulin Rouge!

My Big Fat Greek Wedding

The Revengers' Comedies (Neill/Bonham Carter)

Room

Rush Hour 3

Some Like It Hot

Tell It to the Bees (Paquin/Grainger)(2019)

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

When Harry Met Sally

This Is Us (Season 6) (2 Episodes, weekly 'til conclusion)

Expiring soon(That I'm aware of)

The Next Three Days - 24/1

Bridesmaids - 28/1

Downton Abbey (Season 1-6,Specials) - 31/1

Parks and Recreation (Season 1-7) - 31/1

30 Rock (Season 1-7) - 1/2

Amazon Prime Film/TV Series Recommendations

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