Few streaming services have as many titles worth considering as Amazon Prime Video. Every time you think you’ve exhausted the lineup of available titles, you find that there are more to discover. Not every movie on the service is worth watching, however. And between scrolling through the app itself and looking at info about all the titles you’re interested in, you could find yourself spending hours just trying to find the perfect movie to watch this weekend.
We’ve made that a little bit easier by picking out three movies that are the perfect titles to check out this weekend.
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No Way Out (1987)
No Way Out features one of Yellowstone star Kevin Costner’s peak movie star roles. It tells the story of a young navy officer who begins an affair and discovers that the secretary of defense is also involved with the same woman. When she winds up dead, he’s put in charge of the murder investigation before he eventually becomes a suspect himself.
While it’s not a perfect movie, No Way Out is nonetheless a joy to watch, in part because it features actors like Gene Hackman and Costner himself chewing up the scenery. Above all else, No Way Out is immensely satisfying, which is exactly what you want this kind of movie to be.
You can watch No Way Out on Amazon Prime Video.
Doctor Sleep (2019)
One of the most slept-on horror movies of the past 10 years, Doctor Sleep is a sequel to The Shining that manages to honor both Stanley Kubrick’s original movie and the Stephen King novel it’s based on. The film follows the first film’s Danny, who is now an adult and trying to ignore the trauma of his past.
After he forms a psychic connection with a young girl, though, the two of them must work together to take down an ancient enemy with similar powers. Director Mike Flanagan gets plenty of chills out of this premise, and Ewan McGregor and especially Rebecca Ferguson are excellent in roles that demand a lot of each of them.
You can watch Doctor Sleep on Amazon Prime Video.
Her Smell (2019)
A confrontational, episodic story, Her Smell follows a rock star named Becky Something over five distinct chapters in her life. First, we see her in the midst of her band’s success as she proves to be volatile and a danger to her mother. Over the course of the film, we see her fly off the deep end, go through rehab, and ultimately emerge on the other side a more balanced, stable person.
Featuring a tour de force performance from Elisabeth Moss and some virtuoso direction from Alex Ross Perry, Her Smell is riveting and confrontational. It’s not an easy watch, but it’s undeniably excellent.
You can watch Her Smell on Amazon Prime Video.