Movies By highest critic rating on Prime

Paper Tiger (2021)

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Gone: RT: 80 IMDB: 5.8 chan: Prime
Directors: Paul Kowalski Genres: Drama, Thriller
Stars: Lydia Look, Alan Trong, Elaine Kao
An immigrant mother fears her teenaged son, suffering with schizophrenia, is turning into a school shooter.

Badrinath Ki Dulhania (2017)

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Gone: RT: 80/60 IMDB: 6.1 chan: Prime
Directors: Shashank Khaitan Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Stars: Varun Dhawan, Alia Bhatt, Sahil Vaid
Badrinath Bansal from Jhansi and Vaidehi Trivedi from Kota, who even though belong to small towns, have polarizing ideologies about gender roles in society and goals in life.As they meet, sparks fly but what next? Badrinath Ki Dulhania is a heart-warming journey of love, laughter, emotions and madness.

Bombay Summer (2009)

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Gone: RT: 80/29 IMDB: 5.8 chan: Prime
Directors: Joseph Mathew Genres: Drama
Stars: Tannishtha Chatterjee, Samrat Chakrabarti, Jatin Goswami
Three young people from different backgrounds experience friendship, love and loss during a summer in the city.

Undergods (2021)

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Gone: RT: 80/27 IMDB: 5.4 chan: Prime
Directors: Chino Moya Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Drama
Stars: Ned Dennehy, Kate Dickie, Burn Gorman
An otherworldly journey through a Europe in decline...UNDERGODS is a collection of darkly humorous, fantasy tales about failed societies and doomed fortune.

Shakuntala Devi (2020)

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Gone: RT: 80/51 IMDB: 6.1 chan: Prime
Directors: Anu Menon Genres: Drama, Family, Comedy
Stars: Vidya Balan, Sanya Malhotra, Jisshu Sengupta, Amit Sadh
The extraordinary story of Shakuntala Devi, the world-renowned mathematician who lived her life on her own terms. While the film pays tribute to her genius as a mathematician, it also humanizes her as a woman and mother, in trying to capture her indomitable spirit. Told through the lens of her relationship with her daughter Anu, the film highlights their very different struggles and aspirations.

Aakaasam Nee Haddhu Ra (Telugu) (2020)

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Gone: RT: 80/96 IMDB: 9.1 chan: Prime
Directors: Sudha Kongara Genres: Drama, Action
Stars: Suriya, Paresh Rawal, Mohan Babu
Inspired by the book ‘Simply Fly’, the film tells the story of Nedumaaran Rajangam known to friends as Maara, the son of a teacher, who sets out to make the common man fly and takes on the most capital intensive industry in the world with the help of his friends, family and sheer will power.

Badrinath Ki Dulhania (2017)

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Gone: RT: 80/60 IMDB: 6.1 chan: Prime
Directors: Shashank Khaitan Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Stars: Varun Dhawan, Alia Bhatt, Sahil Vaid
Badrinath Ki Dulhania is a story of Badrinath Bansal from Jhansi and Vaidehi Trivedi from Kota and what happens when the two of them meet. Even though they both belong to small towns, their mindset about gender roles in society and about life in general are diametrically opposite. This leads to a clash of ideologies, despite both of them recognizing the goodness in each other.

Soorarai Pottru (Tamil) (2020)

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Gone: RT: 80/96 IMDB: 9.1 chan: Prime
Directors: Sudha Kongara Genres: Drama, Action
Stars: Suriya, Paresh Rawal, Mohan Babu
Inspired by the book ‘Simply Fly’, the film tells the story of Nedumaaran Rajangam known to friends as Maara, the son of a teacher, who sets out to make the common man fly and takes on the most capital intensive industry in the world with the help of his friends, family and sheer will power.

Little Pink House (2018)

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Gone: RT: 80/81 IMDB: 6.5 chan: Prime
Directors: Courtney Balaker Genres: Drama
Stars: Catherine Keener, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Callum Keith Rennie
A small-town nurse named Susette Kelo (Catherine Keener) emerges as the reluctant leader of her working-class neighbors in their struggle to save their homes from political and corporate interests bent on seizing the land and handing it over to Pfizer Corporation.

Picture Day (2014)

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Gone: RT: 80/63 IMDB: 6.3 chan: Prime
Directors: Kate Melville Genres: Comedy, Drama
Stars: Tatiana Maslany, Spencer Van Wyck, Steven McCarthy
A rebellious teenager forced to repeat her last year of high school is caught between adolescence and adulthood - and between two very different male admirers.

Naz & Maalik (2016)

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Gone: RT: 80/40 IMDB: 5.8 chan: Prime
Directors: Jay Dockendorf Genres: Romance, Drama
Stars: Curtiss Cook Jr., Kerwin Johnson Jr., Annie Grier
Two closeted teens from Bed-Stuy, both black and Muslim, hawk goods across Brooklyn and struggle to come clean about their sexuality. The two of them unwittingly find themselves in the crosshairs of the War on Terror when surveillance footage of their secret behavior is wildly misinterpreted in this smart indie comedy.

Karthik Calling Karthik (2010)

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Gone: RT: 80/49 IMDB: 7.1 Revenue: 3.9M Budget: 2.8M chan: Prime
Directors: Vijay Lalwani Genres: Romance, Thriller
Stars: Farhan Akhtar, Deepika Padukone, Shefali Shetty
"The story is about a mysterious phone call which changes the life of an introvert Karthik Narayan (Farhan Akhtar) from being a 'nobody', to a famous successful man having the most beautiful girl, Shonali Mukherjee (Deepika Padukone) as his girlfriend, but with a price. But when he reveals the truth to Shonali, he loses everything he gained. Which leads one to wonder... who was the caller?

Hey Jude (2018)

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Gone: RT: 80 IMDB: 6.8 Revenue: 0.8M chan: Prime
Directors: Shyamaprasad Genres: Drama, Romance
Stars: Nivin Pauly, Trisha Krishnan, Siddique
Two odd ball characters, a youngster named Jude and the other, a talented singer named Crystal. When these two characters come together, their lives undergo several changes, leading to love, self-discovery, healing and transformation.

Hasee Toh Phasee (2014)

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Gone: RT: 80/58 IMDB: 6.8 chan: Prime
Directors: Vinil Matthew Genres: Comedy, Romance
Stars: Parineeti Chopra, Sidharth Malhotra, Sharat Saxena
An Indian romantic comedy about Nikhil (Sidharth Malhotra) who is very committed to his girlfriend Karishma (Adah Sharma), falls in love with her younger sister Meeta (Parineeti Chopra) but is too guilty to follow his heart. Whom will he choose ?

Tamizh Padam 2 (2018)

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Gone: RT: 80/40 IMDB: 6.5 chan: Prime
Directors: C S Amudhan Genres: Comedy
Stars: Shiva, Disha Pandey, Iswarya Menon
A stringent cop tries all the possible ways to nab a dreaded don who poses a big threat to the society.

Kontora (2019)

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Gone: RT: 80 IMDB: 7.4 chan: Prime
Directors: Anshul Chauhan Genres: Drama
Stars: Wan Marui, Hidemasa mase, Taichi Yamada
Guided by her grandfather's WWII-era diary, Sora searches for a mysterious trove in the wilderness of her hometown. Meanwhile, a mysterious mute and backward-walking homeless man wanders into town who may be the catalyst to put her shattered relationship with her father back together.

Brad's Status (2017)

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Gone: RT: 79/55 IMDB: 6.5 Revenue: 2.4M chan: Prime
Directors: Mike White Genres: Comedy, Drama
Stars: Ben Stiller, Austin Abrams, Jenna Fischer
A trip to Boston with his college-bound son triggers a crisis of confidence for Brad Sloan (Ben Stiller) as he reassesses his life choices in this bittersweet comedy. Now on Prime Video.

I See You (2019)

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Gone: RT: 79/73 IMDB: 6.8 Budget: 3.0M chan: Prime
Directors: Adam Randall Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Horror, Crime
Stars: Helen Hunt, Jon Tenney, Owen Teague
Helen Hunt stars in the mind-twisting psychological thriller. The lead investigator on a missing persons case struggles to balance work and home life. But when the family is put in mortal danger, an evil truth about their home is finally uncovered.

Late Night (2019)

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Gone: RT: 79/77 IMDB: 6.5 Revenue: 22.4M Budget: 4.0M chan: Prime
Directors: Nisha Ganatra Genres: Comedy, Drama
Stars: Emma Thompson, Mindy Kaling, John Lithgow
Included with Prime. After almost 30 years, a groundbreaking talk-show host (Emma Thompson) suspects she may soon be losing her coveted seat on late-night television unless she manages a game-changing transformation in Late Night, the first feature film from Emmy-nominated writer and producer Mindy Kaling.

I Capture The Castle (2003)

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Gone: RT: 79/76 IMDB: 6.9 chan: Prime
Directors: Tim Fywell Genres: Drama, Romance
Stars: Romola Garai, Henry Thomas, Rose Byrne
A love story set in 1930s England that follows 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain, and the fortunes of her eccentric family, struggling to survive in a decaying English castle.

The City of Lost Children (1995)

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Gone: RT: 79/90 IMDB: 7.5 Revenue: 1.7M Budget: 18.0M chan: Prime
Directors: Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Adventure
Stars: Ron Perlman, Daniel Emilfork, Judith Vittet
A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.

A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (2007)

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Gone: RT: 79/54 IMDB: 6.7 chan: Prime
Directors: Wayne Wang Genres: Romance, Drama
Stars: Henry O, Pavel Lychnikoff, Feihong Yu
A woman in her early 40s moves from China to America to start a new life. Her father comes to visit her because of her recent divorce. Their social and generational conflicts reveal the darker lies and cover-ups within her family during the Cultural Revolution.

Red Hill (2010)

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Gone: RT: 79/57 IMDB: 6.4 Revenue: 0.3M chan: Prime
Directors: Patrick Hughes Genres: Action, Thriller, Western
Stars: Ryan Kwanten, Steve Bisley, Tommy Lewis
A young police officer must survive his first day's duty in a small country town.

The Bachelors (2017)

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Gone: RT: 79/74 IMDB: 6.8 Revenue: 0.1M chan: Prime
Directors: Kurt Voelker Genres: Comedy, Drama
Stars: J.K. Simmons, Josh Wiggins, Odeya Rush
A mourning father moves across the country with his teenage son for a private school teaching job, after the early death of his wife. Their lives begin to transform due to two unique women, who help them embrace life and love again.

306 Hollywood (2018)

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Gone: RT: 79/64 IMDB: 6.6 chan: Prime
Directors: Elan Bogarín & Jonathan Bogarín Genres: Documentary
Stars: Annette Ontell
When siblings Elan and Jonathan Bogarín undertake an archaeological excavation of their late grandmother's house, they embark on a magical-realist journey in search of what life remains in the objects we leave behind. 306 Hollywood transforms the dusty fragments of an unassuming life into an epic metaphor for the nature of memory, time, and history.

306 Hollywood (2018)

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Gone: RT: 79/64 IMDB: 6.6 chan: Prime
Directors: Elan Bogarín & Jonathan Bogarín Genres: Documentary
Stars: Annette Ontell
When siblings Elan and Jonathan Bogarín undertake an archaeological excavation of their late grandmother's house, they embark on a magical-realist journey in search of what life remains in the objects we leave behind. 306 Hollywood transforms the dusty fragments of an unassuming life into an epic metaphor for the nature of memory, time, and history.

Romper Stomper (1992)

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Gone: RT: 79/73 IMDB: 6.8 chan: Prime
Directors: Geoffrey Wright Genres: Action, Drama, Thriller
Stars: Russell Crowe, Daniel Pollock, Jacqueline McKenzie
A group of skinheads become alarmed at the way their neighborhood is changing.

Trouble In Mind (1986)

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Gone: RT: 79/64 IMDB: 6.5 chan: Prime
Directors: Alan Rudolph Genres: Crime, Drama, Comedy
Stars: Kris Kristofferson, Keith Carradine, Lori Singer
In the fictional Rain City, ex-cop Hawk has just been released from prison after serving hard time. Meanwhile, a young down-on-his-luck father, Coop, and his radiant wife, Georgia, head toward the city with their new baby in search of a new life.

Photograph (2019)

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Gone: RT: 79/64 IMDB: 6.9 chan: Prime
Directors: Ritesh Batra Genres: Drama, Romance
Stars: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Sanya Malhotra, Farrukh Jaffar
Coming soon to theaters. A struggling Mumbai street photographer pressured to marry by his grandmother convinces a shy stranger to pose as his fiancée during a family visit. Despite vast cultural differences, the pair develops a surprising connection that challenges their worldviews in a wistful and funny romance from Ritesh Batra (The Lunchbox).

Grand Piano (2014)

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Gone: RT: 79/47 IMDB: 5.9 chan: Prime
Directors: Eugenio Mira Genres: Thriller, Mystery
Stars: John Cusack, Elijah Wood
Tom Selznick (Elijah Wood) is the most talented pianist of his generation, but has stopped performing in public because of his stage fright. Years after a catastrophic performance, he reappears in public for a long-awaited concert in Chicago. In a packed theater, in front of an expectant audience, Tom finds a message written on the score: "Play one wrong note and you die".

Out in the Dark (English Subtitled) (2013)

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Gone: RT: 79/82 IMDB: 7.5 Revenue: 0.0M chan: Prime
Directors: Michael Mayer Genres: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Stars: Jameel Khoury, Michael Aloni, Nicholas Jacob
A drama centered on the love affair between two men on opposite sides of the Mid-East conflict: Palestinian student Nimer and Roy, an Israeli lawyer.

Countdown to Zero (2010)

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Gone: RT: 79/72 IMDB: 6.9 Budget: 0.3M chan: Prime
Directors: Lucy Walker Genres: Documentary
Stars: Valerie Plame Wilson, Tony Blair, Jimmy Carter
Told by activists and leaders who live and breathe this movement for justice, Whose Streets? is an unflinching look at the Ferguson uprising and a powerful battle cry from a generation fighting, not for their civil rights, but for the right to live.

The Lovers and the Despot (2016)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 79/53 IMDB: 6.6 chan: Prime
Directors: Rob Cannan, Ross Adam Genres: Documentary, History
Stars: Kim Jong-il, Paul Hyu
A famous director & actress are kidnapped and declared personal filmmakers to movie-obsessed dictator Kim Jong-il. They are held captive for 5 years in North Korea and produce 17 films, but have only one chance at escape.

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)

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Gone: 2022-03-02RT: 78/72 IMDB: 6.8 Revenue: 746.9M Budget: 145.0M chan: Prime
Directors: Eric Darnell, Conrad Vernon, Tom McGrath Genres: Animation, Family, Comedy, Adventure
Stars: David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Ben Stiller
TIME Magazine calls MADAGASCAR 3 "A three dream circus. A real fun movie." (Richard Corliss) "Hilarious! The best 'Madagascar' yet!" (Pete Hammond, BOXOFFICE Magazine) "Charming and very funny." (Bill Zwecker, Chicago Sun Times).

Gorky Park (1983)

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Gone: RT: 78/60 IMDB: 6.8 Revenue: 15.9M chan: Prime
Directors: Michael Apted Genres: Thriller, Crime, Drama
Stars: William Hurt, Lee Marvin, Brian Dennehy
When three murder victims are discovered in Moscow's Gorky Park, Detective Renko (William Hurt) is determined to find the killer. But when the clues point toward the KGB, Renko is confronted by an intricate web of political deception and treachery.

Female Agents (2008)

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Gone: RT: 78/71 IMDB: 6.8 chan: Prime
Directors: Jean-Paul Salomé Genres: War, History
Stars: Sophie Marceau, Julie Depardieu, Déborah François
May 1944. A five-woman commando unit parachutes into occupied France on a daring and dangerous mission to protect the secret of the D-Day Landings and eliminate Colonel Heindrich, the head of German counter-intelligence. Starring Sophie Marceau (The Party), Deborah François (Populaire) and Julie Depardieu.

Blue Thunder (1983)

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Gone: RT: 78/52 IMDB: 6.4 Revenue: 42.3M Budget: 22.0M chan: Prime
Directors: John Badham Genres: Drama, Action, Thriller
Stars: Roy Scheider, Warren Oates, Candy Clark
The cop test pilot for an experimental police helicopter learns the sinister implications of the new vehicle.

Why We Fight (2006)

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Gone: RT: 78/88 IMDB: 8.0 chan: Prime
Directors: Eugene Jarecki Genres: Documentary, History
Stars: Gore Vidal, John McCain, Ken Adelman
Winner of the 2005 Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, Eugene Jarecki's groundbreaking documentary dissects the political, economic and historic reasons behind our increasingly aggressive military strategy since the end of World War II.

Mama Weed (2021)

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Gone: RT: 78/57 IMDB: 6.3 Revenue: 5.4M Budget: 5.1M chan: Prime
Directors: Jean-Paul Salomé Genres: Drama, Crime, Comedy
Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Hippolyte Girardot
A translator with the Paris police (Isabelle Huppert) finds herself in possession of a huge store of hash, the insider knowledge required to move it and an unexpected flair for the danger that ensues.

The Boat (2019)

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Gone: RT: 78/60 IMDB: 5.6 Budget: 5.0M chan: Prime
Directors: Winston Azzopardi Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Horror
Stars: Joe Azzopardi
A solo sailor is locked inside the head of a sailboat which is under steam on autopilot.

Casey's Shadow (1978)

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Gone: RT: 78/72 IMDB: 6.2 chan: Prime
Directors: Martin Ritt Genres: Drama, Family
Stars: Walter Matthau, Alexis Smith, Robert Webber
Horse trainer Lloyd Bourdelle (Walter Matthau) struggles to make a decent living for himself and his three sons. Their prize horse is thoroughbred foal Casey's Shadow, but the question is whether or not Lloyd can take advantage of the opportunity for bettering his lot afforded by Casey's Shadow.

Once I Was A Beehive (2015)

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Gone: RT: 78/70 IMDB: 6.3 Revenue: 0.7M chan: Prime
Directors: Maclain Nelson Genres: Comedy, Drama, Family
Stars: Paris Warner, Lisa Valentine Clark, Hailey Smith
After losing her father to cancer, a teenage girl reluctantly joins her new step-cousin at a summer camp for Mormon girls.

The True Adventures of Wolfboy (2020)

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Gone: RT: 78/59 IMDB: 5.7 chan: Prime
Directors: Martin Krejcí Genres: Drama
Stars: Jaeden Martell, Sophie Giannamore, John Turturro
A coming of age journey about a boy with an illness that causes hair growth over the entirety of his face and body. After a disastrous carnival experience, he goes in search of his mother who abandoned him at birth. In the wilds of New Jersey he finds fast friends, but is pursued by an enigmatic carnival owner, and a police officer enlisted by his father.

Eternal Beauty (2020)

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Gone: RT: 78/62 IMDB: 6.4 chan: Prime
Directors: Craig Roberts Genres: Comedy, Drama
Stars: Sally Hawkins, David Thewlis, Billie Piper
When Jane (Sally Hawkins) is dumped at the altar she has a breakdown and spirals into a chaotic world, where love (both real and imagined) and family relationships collide with both touching and humorous consequences.

The Eyes of My Mother (2016)

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Gone: RT: 78/57 IMDB: 6.2 chan: Prime
Directors: Nicolas Pesce Genres: Drama, Horror
Stars: Kika Magalhães, Will Brill, Flora Diaz
A mother teaches her daughter to be unfazed by death. But after an event that shatters their idyllic life the daughter must cope with the repercussions. As she matures, it's clear that this beautiful dangerous woman has some very peculiar desires.

The Dark Red (2020)

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Gone: RT: 78/60 IMDB: 5.2 chan: Prime
Directors: Dan Bush Genres: Horror, Mystery
Stars: April Billingsley, Kelsey Scott, Conal Byrne
When a young woman is committed to a psychiatric hospital claiming that her newborn has been stolen by a dark cult in order to harvest its supernatural blood, her doctor must determine if she is dangerous before she can be released.

Band of Robbers (2016)

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Gone: RT: 78/61 IMDB: 6.0 chan: Prime
Directors: Aaron Nee, Adam Nee Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Stars: Kyle Gallner, Adam Nee, Matthew Gray Gubler
A modern day, comedic adventure that imagines Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn as grown men, still searching for the hidden treasure that has eluded them since childhood.

The Hero (2017)

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Gone: RT: 77/59 IMDB: 6.5 Revenue: 4.1M chan: Prime
Directors: Brett Haley Genres: Drama
Stars: Sam Elliot, Krysten RItter, Nick Offerman
World-renowned icon Sam Elliott stars as an aging actor confronting mortality in "The Hero," a beautifully poignant celebration of life and the legacies we leave behind. Also starring Laura Prepon, Nick Offerman, and Krysten Ritter.

Uncle Frank (2020)

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Gone: RT: 77/84 IMDB: 7.3 chan: Prime
Directors: Alan Ball Genres: Drama
Stars: Paul Bettany, Sophia Lillis, Peter Macdissi
In 1973, when Frank Bledsoe and his 18-year-old niece Beth take a road trip from Manhattan to Creekville, South Carolina for the family patriarch's funeral, they're unexpectedly joined by Frank's lover Walid.

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018)

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Gone: RT: 77/75 IMDB: 6.9 Revenue: 2.1M chan: Prime
Directors: Gus Van Sant Genres: Comedy, Drama
Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill, Rooney Mara
Included with your Prime membership. On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing edgy, hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a national following and a new lease on life.