Movies By highest critic rating on Prime

BITCHIN': The Sound and Fury of Rick James (2021)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 100/57 IMDB: 7.2 chan: Prime
Directors: Sacha Jenkins Genres: Documentary
Stars: Rick James
A raw look at the wildly colorful life of legendary funk artist Rick James.

The Terminator (1984)

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Gone: RT: 100/89 IMDB: 8.0 Revenue: 78.4M Budget: 6.4M chan: Prime
Directors: James Cameron Genres: Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen
A cyborg is sent from the future to assassinate a young woman who is destined to give birth to a son who will become the key to saving humanity. Directed by James Cameron.

12 Angry Men (1957)

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Gone: RT: 100/97 IMDB: 9.0 Revenue: 1.0M Budget: 0.3M chan: Prime
Directors: Sidney Lumet Genres: Drama
Stars: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley
Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley and Jack Klugman lead in this tense, courtroom drama - nominated for three Oscars including Best Picture - about one juror determined to sway the opinions of eleven others.

My Name Is Nobody (1974)

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Gone: RT: 100/83 IMDB: 7.4 chan: Prime
Directors: Tonino Valerii Genres: Comedy, Western
Stars: Henry Fonda, Terence Hill
From western legend Sergio Leone comes a rollicking shoot-'em-up! Young, ambitious gunman Nobody sets his eye on his idol, gunslinger Jack Beauregard, who's intent on sailing off into retirement.

The Last Days of Capitalism (2021)

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Gone: RT: 100/60 IMDB: 4.6 chan: Prime
Directors: Adam Mervis Genres: Drama
Stars: Mike Faiola, Sarah Harper
A man and woman begin a complex affair over 72 hours in a Las Vegas penthouse.

Chicken People (2016)

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Gone: RT: 100/63 IMDB: 7.0 chan: Prime
Directors: Nicole Lucas Haimes Genres: Documentary
Stars: Brian Caraker, Brian Knox, Shari McCollough
SXSW, AFI Docs alum "Chicken People" takes a humorous and heartfelt look at the colorful and hugely competitive world of champion show chicken breeders. A real life "Best in Show" but about chickens, the film follows the struggles and triumphs of both humans and their chickens on the road to compete at the Ohio National Poultry Show, considered the Westminster of Chickens.

Rewind (2019)

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Gone: RT: 100/96 IMDB: 8.0 chan: Prime
Directors: Sasha Joseph Neulinger Genres: Documentary
Stars:
Digging through the vast collection of his father's home videos, a young man reconstructs the unthinkable story of his boyhood and exposes vile abuse passed through generations.

Indiscreet (1958)

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Gone: 2022-03-04RT: 100/69 IMDB: 6.8 chan: Prime
Directors: Stanley Donen Genres: Comedy, Romance
Stars: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Cecil Parker
Cary Grant is the suave American diplomat who pretends to be married in order to preserve his bachelor status. Ingrid Bergman is the glamorous leading lady of the London stage who has no scruples about having an affair with a married man.

Day of the Outlaw (1959)

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Gone: RT: 100/71 IMDB: 7.3 Budget: 0.4M chan: Prime
Directors: Andre de Toth Genres: Thriller, Western
Stars: Robert Ryan, Burl Ives, Tina Louise
In this stark, unconventional and powerful western, a ruthless rancher (Robert Ryan) must find a way to save the town of Bitters, Wyoming, its citizenry-and his own soul when a gang of outlaws rides into town. Burl Ives and Tina Louise also star.

Barbarosa (1982)

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Gone: RT: 100/71 IMDB: 6.4 Revenue: 1.7M chan: Prime
Directors: Schepisi,Fred Genres: Action, Comedy, Western
Stars: Willie Nelson, Gary Busey, Isela Vega
A farm boy roams Texas with a legendary bandit who's being hunted over a family feud.

The Hospital (1971)

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Gone: RT: 100/74 IMDB: 7.2 chan: Prime
Directors: Arthur Hiller Genres: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Stars: George C. Scott, Diana Rigg, Barnard Hughes
From director Arthur Hiller comes this caustic comedy starring George C. Scott as a besieged doctor in a bureaucratic mega-hospital who meets a free-spirit (Diana Rigg) just in time.

Every Time I Die (2019)

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Gone: RT: 100/59 IMDB: 5.2 chan: Prime
Directors: Robi Michael Genres: Thriller
Stars: Drew Fontiero, Marc Menchaca, Michelle Macedo
After Sam is murdered, his consciousness travels through the bodies of his friends to protect them from his killer. This dark journey leads Sam on a path of self-discovery to save his friends and find out why he is doomed to never let go of his life.

Nightjohn (1996)

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Gone: RT: 100/85 IMDB: 6.8 chan: Prime
Directors: Charles Burnett Genres: Drama, TV Movie
Stars: Beau Bridges, Carl Lumbly, Kathleen York
In this uncompromising story of persecution and perseverance in the Antebellum South, former runaway slave Nightjohn (Carl Lumbly, "Alias") brings hope and the chance of freedom to slaves on cruel Clel Waller's (Beau Bridges, "The Descendants") tobacco plantation.

The Endless Summer (1966)

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Gone: RT: 100/91 IMDB: 7.7 chan: Prime
Directors: Bruce Brown Genres: Documentary
Stars: George Greenough, Nat Young, Butch Van Artsdalen
The ultimate surfing adventure, crossing the globe in search of the perfect wave. Director Bruce Brown creates a film so powerful it has become a timeless masterpiece that continues to capture the imagination of every new generation. classic

Murder Party (2007)

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Gone: RT: 100/57 IMDB: 5.8 Budget: 0.2M chan: Prime
Directors: Jeremy Saulnier Genres: Comedy, Horror
Stars: Chris Sharp, Sandy Barnett, Macon Blair
A random invitation to a Halloween party leads a man into the hands of a rogue collective intent on murdering him for the sake of their art, sparking a bloodbath of mishap, mayhem and hilarity.

The Little Foxes (1941)

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Gone: RT: 100/88 IMDB: 8.0 chan: Prime
Directors: William Wyler Genres: Drama, Romance
Stars: Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, Teresa Wright
The ruthless, moneyed Hubbard clan lives in, and poisons, their part of the deep South at the turn of the twentieth century.

She Never Died (2020)

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Gone: RT: 100/50 IMDB: 5.2 chan: Prime
Directors: Audrey Cummings Genres: Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Fantasy, Horror
Stars: Olunike Adeliyi, Peter MacNeill, Kiana Madeira
Lacey, a socially detached loner is cursed with immortality and a never-ending tedium of existence. In her attempts to keep her compulsions in check, she seeks out the darkest souls humanity has to offer. Lacey must now face her own inner demons while simultaneously finding her next meal.

Jim Gaffigan: Noble Ape (2018)

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Gone: RT: 100/89 IMDB: 7.6 chan: Prime
Directors: Jeannie Gaffigan Genres: Comedy
Stars: Jim Gaffigan
Jim Gaffigan has made a career out of finding the extraordinary in the ordinary with his hilarious observational style. In his 6th special, he uses humor to deal with the unthinkable & proves that laughter is the best medicine - or is it?

Burton and Taylor (2013)

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Gone: RT: 100/61 IMDB: 6.5 chan: Prime
Directors: Richard Laxton Genres: Drama
Stars: Helena Bonham Carter, Dominic West
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton were the original fabulous stars, and many were enthralled by their illicit romance, two tempestuous marriages, frequent break-ups and extravagant reunions. This is the story of the first celebrity couple. Funny, glamorous, tempestuous and dripping with diamonds - this is the last battle of the Burtons.

American Heretics (2019)

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Gone: RT: 100 IMDB: nan chan: Prime
Directors: Jeanine Isabel Butler Genres:
Stars: Nehemiah D. Frank, Robert Jones, Robin Lavanhar
AMERICAN HERETICS takes audiences into the buckle of the Bible belt where a group of defiant ministers, congregations, and community leaders are challenging deeply rooted fundamentalist Christian doctrine.

Songwriter (1984)

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Gone: RT: 100/46 IMDB: 6.3 chan: Prime
Directors: Alan Rudolph Genres: Drama, Music
Stars: Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Melinda Dillon
Doc Jenkins (Willie Nelson) is a country music star who's become fed up with the industry. With some help from Blackie Buck (Kris Kristofferson), his old partner, and Gilda (Lesley Ann Warren), a rising star he's been mentoring, he tries to get back at Rodeo Rocky (Richard Sarafian), a ruthless promoter who's swindled him out of the publishing rights to his songs.

Sherlock Holmes & The Woman In Green (1945)

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Gone: RT: 100/58 IMDB: 6.7 chan: Prime
Directors: Roy William Neill Genres: Mystery, Crime, Thriller
Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Hillary Brooke
Based on Conan Doyle's The Adventure of the Empty House, this "Sherlock Holmes" entry finds Holmes and Dr. Watson trying to solve the case of the "Finger Murders". Several beautiful women have been found murdered, all with their right forefingers severed from their hands.

Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977)

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Gone: RT: 100/85 IMDB: 8.1 chan: Prime
Directors: Jim Henson Genres: Drama, Comedy, Family, Music
Stars: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Dave Goelz
When a Christmas Eve talent contest is announced, Emmet Otter joins a jug band and his Ma decides to sing a song as they risk it all to make each other's dreams come true. Jim Henson directed this Christmas classic based on based on the book by Russell and Lillian Hoban.

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001)

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Gone: RT: 100/88 IMDB: 7.4 chan: Prime
Directors: Karan Johar Genres: Comedy, Drama
Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan
Yashvardhan Raichand is a snobbish man, he breaks ties with his elder son Rahul, for marrying a girl with lower social status. When his younger son Rohan returns home, he is upset to know that his brother no longer lives with them. Rohan decides to reunite his family and goes to London and finds Rahul. But, the question is will he be successful in convincing his egoistic father for a reunion?

Sugarbaby (1985)

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Gone: RT: 100/83 IMDB: 6.6 chan: Prime
Directors: Percy Adlon Genres: Comedy, Drama
Stars: Marianne Sägebrecht, Eisi Gulp, Toni Berger
An asocial, obese German woman lives in a large city. Unfortunately despite her kind and intelligent personality, she has had a lot of trouble making a connection with people, until she gets a crush on a handsome subway conductor.

Passion Fish (1992)

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Gone: RT: 100/83 IMDB: 7.4 Revenue: 4.8M Budget: 5.0M chan: Prime
Directors: John Sayles Genres: Drama
Stars: Mary McDonnell, Alfre Woodard, Angela Bassett
After an accident leaves her a paraplegic, a former soap opera star struggles to recover both emotionally and mentally, until she meets her newest nurse, who has struggles of her own.

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995)

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Gone: RT: 100/94 IMDB: 8.1 Revenue: 100.0M Budget: 13.2M chan: Prime
Directors: Aditya Chopra Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Amrish Puri
When Raj (Shahrukh Khan) & Simran (Kajol) first met on an inter-rail holiday in Europe, it wasn’t exactly Love at first sight but when Simran is taken back to India for an arranged marriage, things change. Encouraged by his father Dharamvir (Anupam Kher), Raj decides to fly down from London to not just win his Bride but her whole family and the blessings of her father Baldev Singh (Amrish Puri).

What Haunts Us (2018)

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Gone: RT: 100/76 IMDB: 7.1 chan: Prime
Directors: Paige Goldberg Tolmach Genres: Documentary
Stars: Eddie Fischer, Guerry Glover, Mackie Krawcheck
The 1979 class of Porter Gaud School in Charleston graduated 49 boys. Since then, six of them have committed suicide. When Paige Goldberg Tolmach learns that another former student from her beloved high school has killed himself, she dives into the past to uncover the surprising truth about a sexually abusive faculty member, attempting to release her hometown from the ghosts that haunt it.

The Shooting (1968)

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Gone: RT: 100/64 IMDB: 6.6 Budget: 0.1M chan: Prime
Directors: Monte Hellman Genres: Western
Stars: Will Hutchins, Millie Perkins, Jack Nicholson
A mysterious woman persuades two cowboys to help her in a revenge scheme.

Fanaa (2006)

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Gone: RT: 100/78 IMDB: 7.2 Revenue: 22.2M Budget: 5.3M chan: Prime
Directors: Kunal Kohli Genres: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Stars: Aamir Khan, Kajol, Rishi Kapoor
A romantic thriller about a visually impaired girl Zooni who discovers love and life after meeting Rehan, a romantic and flirtatious man. Rehan proposes to her and she readily accepts. Her happiness does not last long as she gets news of Rehan's death in a bomb blast. Years later Rehan's true identity is revealed to the world, which leads one to wonder whether he is still out there somewhere.

99 River Street (1953)

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Gone: RT: 100/80 IMDB: 7.4 chan: Prime
Directors: Phil Karlson Genres: Drama, Thriller, Crime
Stars: John Payne, Evelyn Keyes, Brad Dexter
A down-on-his-luck former boxer (John Payne), turned cab driver, is on the run and out of time. Accused of murdering his wife, he needs to bring the killer to justice before the cops and the thugs responsible for the set-up get their hands on him.

Peter and the Farm (2016)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 100/75 IMDB: 7.1 chan: Prime
Directors: Tony Stone Genres: Documentary
Stars: Peter Dunning
Peter Dunning has spent 37 years working a 187-acre farm. His charismatic exterior has been peeled back after 38 harvests, the departure of three wives and four children, revealing a man in the throes of a personal crisis.

The Man in the Hat (2021)

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Gone: RT: 100/78 IMDB: 6.4 chan: Prime
Directors: John-Paul Davidson, Stephen Warbeck Genres: Comedy
Stars: Ciaran Hinds, Stephen Dillane, Maïwenn
The Man in the Hat journeys through France in a Fiat 500 accompanied by a framed photograph of an unknown woman. He is pursued by five angry men in a Citroen Dyane. Why are they chasing him and how can he shake them off?

Night Drive (2021)

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Gone: RT: 100/56 IMDB: nan chan: Prime
Directors: Bradford Baruh, Meghan Leon Genres: Thriller
Stars: AJ Bowen, Sophie Dalah, Scott Poythress
A ride share driver's life is turned upside down after an unexpected series of misfortunes.

Rangasthalam (2018)

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Gone: RT: 100/87 IMDB: 8.4 Budget: 7.8M chan: Prime
Directors: Sukumar Genres: Action, Drama
Stars: Ram Charan, Samantha Akkineni, Aadhi Pinisetty
The story is set in a village called Rangasthalam. Chitti Babu (Ram Charan) happy-go-lucky man who has a hearing disability and he doesn’t let his disability deter him. His brother Kumar Babu (Aadhi Pinisetty) returns from Dubai only to see that nothing in the village has changed. What happens when he decides to go up against the dreaded President garu (Jagapathi Babu) forms the rest of the story.

The Strange Love Of Martha Ivers (1946)

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Gone: RT: 100/74 IMDB: 7.4 Revenue: 3.2M chan: Prime
Directors: Lewis Milestone Genres: Drama, Thriller
Stars: Van Heflin, Barbara Stanwyck, Kirk Douglas
Sam Masterson (Van Heflin) is reunited with his childhood friend Martha Ivers (Barbara Stanwyck) and her husband Walter O'Neil (Kirk Douglas), who believe he knows the truth about the death of her rich aunt years earlier.

The Boys of St. Vincent (1992)

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Gone: RT: 100/82 IMDB: 7.6 Revenue: 0.2M chan: Prime
Directors: John N. Smith Genres: Drama
Stars: Henry Czerny, Johnny Morina, Brian Dooley
This realistic dramatization follows the desperate struggle by young residents of a Roman Catholic orphanage to escape their nightmare of physical and sexual abuse. Their cries for help go unheeded, although a concerned janitor and a no-nonsense cop wage a personal crusade to uncover the terrible truth, and end the suffering.

Weekenders (2021)

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Gone: RT: 100 IMDB: 4.7 chan: Prime
Directors: Erik Bloomquist Genres: Romance, Drama, Comedy
Stars: Erik Bloomquist, Peyton Michelle Edwards, Maggie McMeans
As summer turns to fall in rural Vermont, a scheduling mix-up at an Airbnb brings four twenty-somethings together, each navigating the open waters of where, how, and with whom they're supposed to be. As the long weekend progresses, the foursome is forced to contemplate their collective baggage, the value of prioritizing connection over convenience, and what happens when they all go home.

Great Expectations (1946)

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Gone: RT: 100/88 IMDB: 7.8 chan: Prime
Directors: David Lean Genres: Romance, Drama
Stars: John Mills, Tony Wager, Valerie Hobson
A humble orphan boy in 1810s Kent is given the opportunity to go to London and become a gentleman, with the help of an unknown benefactor.

Unprescribed (2020)

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Gone: RT: 100/100 IMDB: 7.6 chan: Prime
Directors: Steve Ellmore Genres: Documentary
Stars: Sue Sisley, Hope Wiseman, Boone Cutler
Amid the opioid crisis and 22 suicides a day increasing numbers of vets are turning to cannabis as a safer alternative to pharmaceuticals. We've been told that marijuana is bad, it's a gateway drug, only to learn we've been systematically lied to through government controlled propaganda. Despite government pushback, experts like Dr. Sue Sisley seek legalization for this life-saving medicine.

Raazi (2018)

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Gone: RT: 100/82 IMDB: 7.8 chan: Prime
Directors: Meghna Gulzar Genres: Thriller, Action, Drama
Stars: Alia Bhatt, Vicky Kaushal
Set in 1971, when the winds of war were blowing between India and Pakistan, Raazi – an adaptation of Harinder Sikka’s novel “Calling Sehmat” – is a true-life story involving a 20 year old Kashmiri girl.

Till The Clouds Roll By (1947)

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Gone: RT: 100/48 IMDB: 6.4 chan: Prime
Directors: Richard Whorf Genres: Music
Stars: June Allyson, Lucille Bremer, Judy Garland
Biography of songwriter, broadway pioneer, Jerome Kern. Judy Garland's and Angela Lansbury's songs are among the highlights, including a mini production of "Show Boat", plus Lena Horne and a singing and dancing Van Johnson.

Amal (2008)

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Gone: RT: 100/90 IMDB: 7.5 chan: Prime
Directors: Richie Mehta Genres: Drama
Stars: Rupinder Nagra, Naseeruddin Shah, Seema Biswas
Amal is an emotionally evocative story about an auto-rickshaw driver in New Delhi (Amal) who is content with his small, but vital role in life. One day he drives an eccentric billionaire (G.K. Jayaram) who, is searching the streets for the last morsel of humanity and someone he can leave all his money to, and Amal's life may change forever.

Because We Are Girls (2019)

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Gone: RT: 100/83 IMDB: 7.3 chan: Prime
Directors: Baljit Sangra Genres: Documentary
Stars: Jeeti Pooni, Kira Pooni, Salakshana Pooni
A conservative Indo-Canadian family in small-town British Columbia must come to terms with a devastating secret:three sisters were sexually abused by an older relative beginning in their childhood years. After remaining silent for nearly two and a half decades, the sisters finally decide to come forward-not only to protect other young relatives, but to set an example for their daughters as well.

Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary (2019)

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Gone: RT: 100 IMDB: 7.7 chan: Prime
Directors: Jack Bennett Genres: Documentary
Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Tim Allen, Sam Rockwell
With beloved cult classic Galaxy Quest reaching its 20th Anniversary, this star-studded anniversary documentary unveils how the film turned fans in to true heroes and predicted a future where geeks would rule the world! The cast and crew recall how a fire on set, the loss of a powerful director and an unconvinced studio couldn't stop the film that would never give up and never surrender!

Survivors Guide to Prison (2018)

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Gone: RT: 100/71 IMDB: 7.1 chan: Prime
Directors: Matthew Cooke Genres: Documentary
Stars: Bruce Lisker, Reggie Cole, Danny Trejo
You're more likely to go to prison in the USA than any other country in the world, so should it happen to you, this is the Survivors Guide to Prison with gripping commentary from inmates, officials, attorneys, celebrity activists and more.

The Strange Love Of Martha Ivers (1946)

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Gone: RT: 100/74 IMDB: 7.4 Revenue: 3.2M chan: Prime
Directors: Lewis Milestone Genres: Drama, Thriller
Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Kirk Douglas
Ruthless woman has her dark past of a concealed murder return.

Heidi (2017)

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Gone: RT: 100/81 IMDB: 7.5 Budget: 8.8M chan: Prime
Directors: Alain Gsponer Genres: Adventure, Family
Stars: Anuk Steffen, Bruno Ganz, Anna Schinz
Based on the biggest Swiss bestseller of all time (written by Johanna Spyri), young orphan girl Heidi lives in the Swiss Alps with her goat herding grandfather. Forced to move into the home of an upper-class Frankfurt family, the energetic child struggles to fit in, longing for the simplicity of her life in the mountains.

Aida's Secrets (2017)

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Gone: RT: 100/79 IMDB: 6.9 chan: Prime
Directors: Alon Schwarz, Shaul Schwarz Genres: Documentary
Stars: Izak Szewelewicz, Shep Shell, Aida Zasadsinska
A web of family secrets unravels in this documentary about two brothers, Izak and Shep, who were born inside the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp in 1945 and separated as babies, never told of the other's existence. Nearly 70 years later, the discovery of family records leads the brothers to an emotional reunion with their elderly mother, Aida, who hid more from them than just each other.

Black and White in Color (1976)

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Gone: RT: 100/68 IMDB: 6.8 chan: Prime
Directors: Jean-Jacques Annaud Genres: Drama, Comedy, War
Stars: Jean Carmet, Jacques Dufilho, Catherine Rouvel
French colonists in Africa find themselves at war with their German neighbors. Deciding that they must do their proper duty and fight the Germans, they promptly conscript the local native population. A young, idealistic French geographer seems to be the only rational person in the town, and he takes over control of the war after several bungles on the part of the others.