Movies By highest critic rating on Prime

The Defiant Ones (1958)

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Gone: RT: 92/88 IMDB: 7.6 chan: Prime
Directors: Stanley Kramer Genres: Crime, Drama
Stars: Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel
Two convicts (one white, one black) serving time on a chain gang in the deep South are set free by an accident. Seething with mutual distrust, they flee into treacherous woodlands and swamps--hunted by helicopter and bloodhounds. Yet, they are bound together by a common cause...escape...and by a 29-inch steel chain.

Super Size Me (2004)

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Gone: RT: 92/72 IMDB: 7.2 Revenue: 28.6M Budget: 0.1M chan: Prime
Directors: Morgan Spurlock Genres: Documentary
Stars: Morgan Spurlock
Winner at Sundance, director Morgan Spurlock's social experiment in fast-food gastronomy sees him attempting to subsist uniquely on food from the McDonald's menu for an entire month. In the process his weight balloons, his energy level plummets and he experiences all sorts of unexpected -- and terrifying -- side effects.

Cold War (2018)

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Gone: RT: 92/81 IMDB: 7.6 Revenue: 18.8M Budget: 5.0M chan: Prime
Directors: Pawel Pawlikowski Genres: Drama, Romance, War, Music
Stars: Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc
Included with your Prime membership. Nominated for 3 Academy Awards including Best Director, comes a passionate love story between two people of different backgrounds, who are fatefully mismatched and yet condemned to each other. Set against the background of the Cold War in the 1950s, the film depicts an impossible love story in impossible times.

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)

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Gone: RT: 92/82 IMDB: 7.2 chan: Prime
Directors: David Swift Genres: Comedy, Music
Stars: Robert Morse, Carol Worthington, Michele Lee
This hilarious musical stars Robert Morse (Mad Men) as a charming and scheming window washer who climbs to the top of the corporate ladder by way of a self-help book.

Veer Zaara (2004)

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Gone: RT: 92/88 IMDB: 7.8 Revenue: 29.4M Budget: 7.0M chan: Prime
Directors: Yash Chopra Genres: Drama, Romance
Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Rani Mukerji
Veer Singh (Shahrukh Khan), a pilot of the Indian Air Force and Zaara (Preity Zinta), a Pakistani girl happen to meet in India and fall in love. Unfortunately, Zaara is engaged to a crude Pakistani man, Raza and so is forced to return. Veer decides to travel to Pakistan to see if he can win Zaara over. What follows is a series of events which end with Veer ending up in prison.

The Squid and the Whale (2005)

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Gone: RT: 92/81 IMDB: 7.3 Revenue: 11.1M Budget: 1.5M chan: Prime
Directors: Noah Baumbach Genres: Comedy, Drama
Stars: Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney, Jesse Eisenberg
In his third feature, director Noah Baumbach scores a triumph with an autobiographical coming-of-age story about a teenager whose writer-parents are divorcing. The father (Jeff Daniels) and mother (Laura Linney) duke it out in half-civilized, half-savage fashion, while their two sons (Jesse Eisenberg and Owen Kline) adapt in different ways, shifting allegiances between parents.

Black Robe (1991)

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Gone: RT: 92/75 IMDB: 7.1 Revenue: 8.2M Budget: 11.0M chan: Prime
Directors: Bruce Beresford Genres: Adventure, Drama, History
Stars: Lothaire Bluteau, Aden Young, Sandrine Holt
In the 17th century, a Jesuit missionary nicknamed Black Robe by the natives and his small party of companions try reaching the Huron tribe in Canada all while facing mistrust, Iroquois warring parties and harsh winter conditions.

Every Little Step (2009)

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Gone: RT: 92/88 IMDB: 7.6 chan: Prime
Directors: James D. Stern, Adam Del Deo Genres: Documentary, Music
Stars: Bob Avian, Ramon Flowers, Natascia Diaz
Follows the plight of real-life dancers as they struggle through auditions for the Broadway revival of "A Chorus Line". Also investigates the history of the show and the creative minds behind the original and current incarnations.

Royal Wedding (1951)

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Gone: RT: 92/69 IMDB: 6.7 chan: Prime
Directors: Stanley Donen Genres: Comedy, Music, Romance
Stars: Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, Peter Lawford
A brother and sister dance act encounter challenges and romance when booked in London during the Royal Wedding.

Dhoom 2 (English Subtitled) (2006)

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Gone: RT: 92/77 IMDB: 6.6 Revenue: 46.4M Budget: 11.0M chan: Prime
Directors: Sanjay Gadhvi Genres: Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime
Stars: Hrithik Roshan, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai
ACP Jai Dixit and his best friend Ali takes on an international thief known only as Mr. A. Will they be able to catch him?

Dhoom:2 (2006)

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Gone: RT: 92/77 IMDB: 6.5 Revenue: 46.4M Budget: 11.0M chan: Prime
Directors: Sanjay Gadhvi Genres: Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime
Stars: Abhishek Bachchan, Uday Chopra, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Dhoom:2 reinvents the action comedy genre and propels it into the 21st century. Ali (Uday Chopra) is now ACP Jai Dixit’s (Abhishek Bachchan) right-hand man. Enter Mr.A (Hrithik Roshan), a high tech international thief whose next target is Mumbai. Once in Mumbai, Mr.A finds his match in Sunehri (Aishwarya Rai), a clever thief. She makes him an offer he finds hard to refuse. And so the game begins.

Dum Laga Ke Haisha (English Subtitled) (2015)

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Gone: RT: 92/68 IMDB: 7.5 chan: Prime
Directors: Sharat Katariya Genres: Drama, Comedy, Family, Romance
Stars: Ayushmann Khurrana, Bhumi Pednekar
Dum Laga Ke Haisha is a 2015 Indian Hindi romantic comedy film directed by Sharat Katariya dealing with an arranged marriage between a slim guy (Ayushmann Khurana) and an over-weight girl (Bhumi Pednekar)

Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

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Gone: RT: 92/74 IMDB: 7.5 Revenue: 32.9M Budget: 11.0M chan: Prime
Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen Genres: Drama, Music
Stars: Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, John Goodman
Inside Llewyn Davis follows a young folk singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaac) is struggling to make it as a musician against seemling insurmountable obstacles - some of them of his own making.

Dum Laga Ke Haisha (English Subtitled) (2015)

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Gone: RT: 92/68 IMDB: 7.5 chan: Prime
Directors: Sharat Katariya Genres: Drama, Comedy, Family, Romance
Stars: Ayushmann Khurrana, Bhumi Pednekar
Dum Laga Ke Haisha is a 2015 Indian Hindi romantic comedy film directed by Sharat Katariya dealing with an arranged marriage between a slim guy (Ayushmann Khurana) and an over-weight girl (Bhumi Pednekar)

The General (1926)

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Gone: RT: 92/92 IMDB: 8.1 Revenue: 1.0M Budget: 0.8M chan: Prime
Directors: Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, War
Stars: Buster Keaton, Marion Mack
When Union spies steal Johnnie Gray's (Buster Keaton) beloved locomotive, the General, he pursues them with the aid of his fiancée, Annabelle Lee (Marion Mack) straight through enemy lines. One of the most revered comedies of the silent era.

Maze (2019)

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Gone: RT: 92/48 IMDB: 5.9 chan: Prime
Directors: Stephen Burke Genres: Drama, History, Thriller
Stars: Barry Ward, Martin McCann, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor
Based on the incredible true story of the 1983 mass break-out of 38 IRA prisoners from the HMP Maze high security prison, one prisoner engineers the largest European prison escape since World War II.

Mystery Road (2013)

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Gone: RT: 92/64 IMDB: 6.6 chan: Prime
Directors: Ivan Sen Genres: Thriller, Crime, Drama
Stars: Aaron Pederson, Hugo Weaving, Ryan Kwanten
An indigenous Australian detective goes to the Outback after the murder of an indigenous girl on a remote road and finds no one willing to give clues.

Frank (2014)

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Gone: RT: 92/72 IMDB: 7.0 Revenue: 1.9M Budget: 1.0M chan: Prime
Directors: Lenny Abrahamson Genres: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Stars: Michael Fassbender, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Domhnall Gleeson
Frank (Michael Fassbender), is a genius rock musician who never removes his giant fake head. Things get rocky between his bandmates Clara and Jon, who is convinced they're meant for stardom. They land their biggest gig, but are they ready?

Pride (2014)

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Gone: RT: 92/89 IMDB: 7.8 Revenue: 7.5M chan: Prime
Directors: Matthew Warchus Genres: Drama, Comedy
Stars: Bill Nighy, Andrew Scott, Imelda Staunton
PRIDE is inspired by an extraordinary true story. It's the summer of 1984, Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers is on strike, prompting a London-based group of gay and lesbian activists to raise money to support the strikers' families. Initially rebuffed by the Union, the group identifies a tiny mining village in Wales and sets off to make their donation in person..

Veer Zaara (2004)

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Gone: RT: 92/88 IMDB: 7.8 Revenue: 29.4M Budget: 7.0M chan: Prime
Directors: Yash Chopra Genres: Drama, Romance
Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Rani Mukerji
Veer Pratap Singh (Shahrukh Khan) is a rescue pilot & rescues a stranded Zaara (Preity Zinta), a girl from Pakistan. His life is never the same again. 22 years later Saamia Siddiqui (Rani Mukerji), a Pakistani human rights lawyer, finds herself face to face with an ageing Veer Pratap Singh. He has languished in a Pakistan jail cell for 22 years. Her mission is to see to it that justice is served.

Luxor (2020)

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Gone: RT: 92/38 IMDB: 5.3 chan: Prime
Directors: Zeina Durra Genres: Romance, Drama
Stars: Andrea Riseborough, Karim Saleh, Michael Landes
When British aid worker Hana returns to the ancient city of Luxor, she comes across Sultan, an archeologist and former lover. As she wanders, haunted by the familiar place, she struggles to reconcile the choices of the past with the uncertainty of the present.

Days of the Bagnold Summer (2021)

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Gone: RT: 92/67 IMDB: 6.6 chan: Prime
Directors: Simon Bird Genres: Comedy
Stars: Monica Dolan, Earl Cave, Elliot Speller-Gillott
A teenager spends his summer listening to heavy metal music and trying to get along with his librarian mom.

Some Freaks (2017)

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Gone: RT: 92/72 IMDB: 6.3 chan: Prime
Directors: Ian MacAllister-McDonald Genres: Drama
Stars: Mann Thomas, Harrington Lily Mae, Ireland Marin
A story of first love, SOME FREAKS follows one-eyed high school senior Matt, who meets plus size Jill, and falls more in love than he ever thought possible, but when Jill goes away to college, their relationship is put to the test.

Novice (2021)

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Gone: RT: 92/72 IMDB: 3.9 chan: Prime
Directors: Rylan Williams Genres: Drama, Thriller
Stars: Keith Burke, Melinda Rochelle, Rylan Williams
Detectives are on the hunt for a maniacal, serial killer that always seems to be one step ahead. With 18 women having already fallen prey, and another in danger, more clues only bring more questions and frustration as we realize that when it comes to murder, there is no room for amatuers.

The Rest of Us (2021)

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Gone: RT: 92/77 IMDB: 6.2 chan: Prime
Directors: Linda G. Mills Genres: Drama
Stars: Devika Bhise, Raffi Barsoumian, Amanda Debraux
Set in Fall 2001 at the campus of Blair University, amidst the aftermath of 9/11, a diverse group of college students spring into action when confronted by the reality of a suicide, which forces them to face a campus-wide mental health crisis. They struggle to make sense of their place in a new world order.

Dum Laga Ke Haisha (2015)

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Gone: RT: 92/68 IMDB: 7.5 chan: Prime
Directors: Sharat Katariya Genres: Drama, Comedy, Family, Romance
Stars: Ayushmann Khurrana, Bhumi Pednekar, Sanjay Mishra
Prem is a shy music buff who runs a tape recording shop. Sandhya is about to carve a niche for herself as a teacher. Will a regular arranged marriage turn out to be a perfect mismatch? From overcoming his fear of the English language to dealing with an overbearing father, he discovers that his oversized wife, who he thought was a spanner in his spool, will actually lead him to something quite cool

Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

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Gone: RT: 91/91 IMDB: 7.8 Revenue: 100.5M Budget: 8.0M chan: Prime
Directors: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris Genres: Comedy, Drama
Stars: Abigail Breslin, Greg Kinnear, Paul Dano
A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus. A quirky, heartfelt comedy-drama. Winner of two Oscars.

I Am Lisa (2021)

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Gone: RT: 91/67 IMDB: 4.1 chan: Prime
Directors: Patrick Rea Genres: Horror, Thriller
Stars: Kristen Vaganos, Jennifer Seward, Manon Halliburton
A young woman barely survives a brutal beating by a local sheriff, and a subsequent wolf attack. She awakens in a remote cabin in the woods, to discover that she has gained strange, new powers...powers she can use to exact revenge upon her attackers.

Cutter's Way (1981)

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Gone: RT: 91/71 IMDB: 6.9 Budget: 3.0M chan: Prime
Directors: Ivan Passer Genres: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
Stars: Jeff Bridges, John Heard, Lisa Eichhorn
This intriguing film features John Heard as a boozy, belligerent Vietnam vet who seeks passionate revenge on a murderer after his aimless friend (Jeff Bridges) is falsely accused of the crime.

Guys and Dolls (1955)

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Gone: RT: 91/83 IMDB: 7.1 Budget: 5.5M chan: Prime
Directors: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Genres: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Stars: Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra
In New York, a gambler is challenged to take a cold female missionary to Havana, but they fall for each other, and the bet has a hidden motive to finance a crap game.

Something Wild (1986)

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Gone: RT: 91/69 IMDB: 6.9 Revenue: 8.4M chan: Prime
Directors: Jonathan Demme Genres: Crime, Comedy, Romance
Stars: Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith, Tracey Walter
A budding yuppie business executive in New York City gets picked up by a sexy, wacked out woman. They spend a wild weekend together. She cons him into posing as her husband. They visit her mom, attend her high school reunion, and have a violent run-in with her ex-husb- band, a psycho con just out of jail.

Journey's End (2018)

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Gone: RT: 91/71 IMDB: 6.7 chan: Prime
Directors: Saul Dibb Genres: War, Drama
Stars: Sam Claflin, Asa Butterfield, Paul Bettany
The Great War - March, 1918. C-company arrives to take its turn in the front-line trenches of northern France, led by war-weary Captain Stanhope. With a German offensive imminently approaching, the company anxiously awaits their unknown fate.

Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (2018)

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Gone: RT: 91/72 IMDB: 6.4 Revenue: 21.0M chan: Prime
Directors: Jung Bum-Shik Genres: Horror, Mystery
Stars: Wi Ha-Jun, Park Sung-Hun, Lee Seung-Wook
The crew of a horror web show plan to stream live from inside an asylum. To attract more viewers, the show's host arranges fake scares, but as they move deeper into the building, they find much more than expected.

Transpecos (2016)

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Gone: RT: 91/56 IMDB: 5.8 chan: Prime
Directors: Greg Kwedar Genres: Thriller
Stars: Johnny Simmons, Gabriel Luna, Clifton Collins Jr.
For three US Border Patrol agents, the contents of one car reveals a dark secret within their unit that could cost them all their lives. SXSW Grand Jury Award Winner 2016

The Comedy of Terrors (1964)

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Gone: RT: 91/70 IMDB: 6.7 chan: Prime
Directors: Jacques Tourneur Genres: Comedy, Horror
Stars: Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff
Vincent Price stars as Waldo Trumbull, a lazy New England funeral parlor owner, who blackmails Peter Lorre into helping him increase business by killing people. Price meets resistance from his landlord (Basil Rathbone), wife and senile old father-in-law (Boris Karloff).

Dead End (1937)

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Gone: RT: 91/77 IMDB: 7.3 Budget: 0.9M chan: Prime
Directors: William Wyler Genres: Crime, Drama
Stars: Silvia Sydney, Joel McCrea, Humphrey Bogart
The lives of a young man and woman, an infamous gangster and a group of street kids converge one day in a volatile New York City slum.

The Sapphires (2013)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 91/76 IMDB: 7.1 chan: Prime
Directors: Wayne Blair Genres: Comedy, Drama
Stars: Chris O'Dowd, Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy
In 1968, four gutsy Australian Aboriginal women become unlikely stars by singing for the troops in Vietnam with the help of an R&B-loving musician (Chris O'Dowd). Inspired by a true story.

The Sapphires (2013)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 91/76 IMDB: 7.1 chan: Prime
Directors: Wayne Blair Genres: Comedy, Drama
Stars: Chris O'Dowd, Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy
In 1968, four gutsy Australian Aboriginal women become unlikely stars by singing for the troops in Vietnam with the help of an R&B-loving musician (Chris O'Dowd). Inspired by a true story.

White Tiger (2021)

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Gone: RT: 91/80 IMDB: 6.1 chan: Prime
Directors: Karen Shakhnazarov Genres: Drama
Stars: Aleksey Vertkov, Vitaliy Kishchenko, Valeriy Grishko
Great Patriotic War, early 1940s. After barely surviving a battle with a mysterious, ghostly-white Tiger tank, Red Army Sergeant Ivan Naydenov becomes obsessed with its destruction.

Valentine Road (2013)

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Gone: RT: 91/86 IMDB: 7.0 chan: Prime
Directors: Marta Cunningham Genres: Documentary
Stars: Dawn Boldrin
Valentine Road is a feature documentary examining the emotionally devastating earthquake and powerful aftershock that occurred when 14-year-old Brandon McInerney fatally shot 15-year-old Lawrence King during first period English class in the 8th grade.

Meet John Doe (1941)

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Gone: RT: 91/83 IMDB: 7.6 Revenue: 2.0M chan: Prime
Directors: Frank Capra Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Stars: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward Arnold
A man needing money agrees to impersonate a non-existent person who said he'd be committing suicide as a protest, and a political movement begins.

Come and Get It (1936)

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Gone: RT: 91/66 IMDB: 6.9 chan: Prime
Directors: Howard Hawks, William Wyler, Richard Rosson Genres: Drama, Romance
Stars: Edward Arnold, Joel McCrea, Frances Farmer
An ambitious lumberjack abandons his saloon girl lover so that he can marry into wealth, but years later becomes infatuated with the woman's daughter.

October (2018)

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Gone: RT: 91/92 IMDB: 7.5 chan: Prime
Directors: Shoojit Sircar Genres: Drama, Romance
Stars: Varun Dhawan, Banita Sandhu, Gitanjali Rao
Dan’s, is as life of any carefree 21 year old, revolving around a bunch of friends and fellow hotel interns who feed off each other’s everyday moments, ups and downs. Shiuli is one such intern at the same hotel, who at times is at a receiving end of Dan’s audaciousness. Life goes on until a sudden turn of events smashes Dan and Shiuli’s lives together in a bond that’s unlike any 21 year olds.

Bit (2020)

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Gone: RT: 91/39 IMDB: 4.2 Budget: 1.5M chan: Prime
Directors: Brad Michael Elmore Genres: Horror, Comedy
Stars: Diana Hopper, Nicole Maines, James Paxton
Laurel moves to LA and falls in with a gang of vampires. Not knowing if they want to kill her, befriend her or turn her, she learns to understand the love and dangers of her new and first group of friends.

Fresh Dressed (2015)

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Gone: RT: 91/55 IMDB: 6.5 chan: Prime
Directors: Sacha Jenkins Genres: Documentary, History, Music
Stars: Damon Dash, Daymond John, Karl Kani
The history of hip-hop fashion from its birth in the South Bronx to its rise as a billion-dollar global industry, Fresh Dressed is supported by rich archival materials, in-depth interviews with individuals crucial to the evolution, and the outsider.

Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World (2017)

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Gone: RT: 91/90 IMDB: 7.7 chan: Prime
Directors: Catherine Bainbridge, Alfonso Maiorana (Co-Director) Genres: Music, Documentary
Stars: Link Wray, George Clinton, Buffy Sainte-Marie
This revelatory documentary brings to light the profound and overlooked influence of Indigenous people on popular music in North America. The films focuses on music icons like Link Wray, Jimi Hendrix, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Taboo (The Black Eyed Peas), Charley Patton, Mildred Bailey, Jesse Ed Davis, Robbie Robertson, and Randy Castillo.

Sui Dhaaga - Made In India (2018)

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Gone: RT: 91/80 IMDB: 6.7 chan: Prime
Directors: Sharat Katariya Genres: Comedy, Drama, Family
Stars: Varun Dhawan, Anushka Sharma
"Sui Dhaaga - Made in India" is a heartwarming story of pride and self-reliance. Through Mauji (Varun Dhawan) and his wife Mamta (Anushka Sharma), the film talks about the need of entrepreneurship as a tool for social and economic development of our artisans. Set in a small town in India, it is the journey of an honest man from a humble background, who pursues his passion, overcoming all odds.

Point Blank (English Subtitled) (2011)

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Gone: RT: 91/76 IMDB: 6.8 Budget: 16.0M chan: Prime
Directors: Fred Cavayé Genres: Action, Thriller, Crime
Stars: Gilles Lellouche, Roschdy Zem, Gérard Lanvin, Elena Anaya
Samuel is a nurse working at a hospital when his pregnant wife is kidnapped before his very eyes.

Three Summers (2020)

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Gone: RT: 91 IMDB: 6.5 chan: Prime
Directors: Sandra Kogut Genres: Drama, Comedy
Stars: Regina Casé, Rogério Fróes, Gisele Fróes
Over a trio of summers, a caretaker for luxury condominiums relies on her resourcefulness and her eye for opportunity to take advantage of whatever comes her way as her employers are caught in major corruption scandals.

Crazy Heart (2009)

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Gone: RT: 90/76 IMDB: 7.2 Revenue: 47.4M Budget: 7.0M chan: Prime
Directors: Scott Cooper Genres: Drama, Music, Romance
Stars: Jeff Bridges, Colin Farrell, Robert Duvall
Bad Blake is a boozy, broken-down singer reaching for salvation with the help of Jean, a journalist who discovers the real man behind the music.