Every month, the biggest streaming services around the world add and remove movies from their platforms. Prime Video is no different and between late March and the start of April, their new additions are some of the best you’ll find anywhere. Great films from the past 20 or so years are now available for all subscribers.
Among the best additions to Prime Video in the past couple of weeks are a movie that set a record at the Academy Awards, one of the biggest blockbusters in cinematic history, a new crime thriller with a great cast, a hidden gem indie comedy, and more. It’s a varied slate of true greatness.
Crime 101 (2026)
The latest release on this list is Crime 101, an official Amazon movie. The film was a box office bomb, with an intake that was about $20 million less than its budget, but don’t let that fool you, because Crime 101 has a lot going for it.
The plot isn’t anything overly new, following a lot of what you’ve seen in previous heist films. However, what makes this a true must-watch is its stellar cast. The movie features Chris Hemsworth, Halle Berry, Mark Ruffalo, Monica Barbaro, Corey Hawkins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and more.
Reviews were also very strong, with the movie sitting at an 89% on Rotten Tomatoes, putting it above most other heist films. The action set pieces are well-crafted and the charisma of the cast goes a long way towards the success of the project.
Eighth Grade (2018)
One of the most prominent stand-up comedians over the past decade is Bo Burhnam. His specials, like Make Happy and the pandemic-centric Inside, were met with widespread acclaim. What’s less known is that he’s also dipped his toe into filmmaking.
In between those two aforementioned specials, Burnham wrote and directed Eighth Grade. The movie follows a teen struggling with anxiety before using vlogs to help her find acceptance amongst her peers ahead of high school.
It’s not often that a movie focuses on middle school instead of high school, helping Eighth Grade stand out. Burnham’s direction and the lead performance of Elsie Fisher were both heavily praised, making this one of the better modern coming-of-age films.
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025)
For just about 30 years, we have followed Ethan Hunt and his relentless action epics in the Mission: Impossible franchise. It seems like each passing installment gets bigger and better, so fans were excited for what’s believed to be the ending.
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning might not have ended up as the biggest or best of the series, but it was a fitting conclusion. It’s simply breathtaking to watch Tom Cruise take part in some of the wildest stunts you’ll ever see.
What makes The Final Reckoning stand out from the rest of the entries is the two most memorable set pieces. The sequence where Hunt must get into a submarine is startling and gripping, while the chase between two planes near the end is classic Tom Cruise. Those scenes alone make this a must-watch.
You’re Next (2011)
It’s always fun to see a filmmaker turn a genre on its head, which is just what You’re Next did in 2011. The movie starts as a seemingly simple slasher, with an estranged family coming together at a remote location, only to start becoming the targets of killers.
There are some creative kills early on that make this a good slasher, yet what turns it into a great one is when things take a turn. It gets revealed that the protagonist, Erin, grew up in a survivalist compound and has the necessary skills to not only fight back, but to be more vicious than the killers.
That turns Erin into one of the best final girls in slasher movie history. You’re Next remains one of the best horror movies of the 2010s and helped put director Adam Wingard on course to helm much bigger projects like Godzilla vs. Kong.
Anya Taylor-Joy and Nicholas Hoult are among the hottest actors in Hollywood during the 2020s. The former has the likes of The Queen’s Gambit and Dune: Part Three under her belt, while the latter was great in Nosferatu and Superman.
The Menu allows you to see both of them share the screen in one of their greatest films. The movie sees the two on a date to a remote island’s exclusive restaurant, where the chef has prepared a special menu for all of the guests, only for things to turn sinister as the night progresses.
The movie is a brilliant social commentary using satire and absurdist humor to tell its story. You’ll never quite know what’s going to happen from moment to moment or what’s next on the menu. Great writing and a stellar cast (as Taylor-Joy and Hoult are joined by Ralph Fiennes, John Leguizamo, Hong Chau, and more) made The Menu a hit.
Weapons (2025)
There were two horror movies in 2025 that seemed to take the world by storm and both have been added to Prime Video in recent weeks. First is Weapons, which comes from rising horror filmmaker Zach Cregger, and truly put him on the map as a director to watch.
Following his great work on Barbarian, this was a bigger movie that even took home an Academy Award. The movie tells the intriguing tale of a small town where 17 children all got up in the middle of the night one evening and ran off into the woods for seemingly no rhyme or reason.
Weapons is masterfully told through non-linear storytelling that brings everything together in expert fashion. There are genuine scares, tremendous performances (especially by Oscar winner Amy Madigan), and a climax that is one of the wildest sequences in any horror movie.
Titanic (1997)
You’d be hard-pressed to find many movies that are bigger in scale than Titanic. While everyone knew of James Cameron’s greatness as a director before this, it was Titanic that shattered box office records and he hasn’t looked back since.
The movie does the smart thing of taking a real life event and telling a fictionalized story as part of it. We all fall in love with the relationship between Rose and Jack during this journey, and once the ship starts to sink, this becomes a true epic.
Titanic won 11 of its whopping 14 nominations at the Academy Awards, including taking home Best Picture. If you’ve never seen Titanic, Prime Video’s addition of it is the perfect time to do so and even if you have, there’s no better time for a rewatch.
Sinners (2025)
The other horror movie from 2025 to dominate headlines was Sinners and that has continued into 2026. The film made history when it was nominated for 16 Academy Awards, which is the most of any film and is especially true when you consider that it’s in the horror genre.
From director Ryan Coogler, Sinners is truly a cinematic masterpiece. It tells a captivating vampire story that would be great on its own, but it becomes truly special with the way it pays homage to and celebrates Black culture.
Coogler took home the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay and Michael B. Jordan won Best Actor for playing the Smokestack Twins. The film also earned two other Oscar victories, while boasting outstanding performances from Delroy Lindo, Wunmi Mosaku, Miles Caton, and the rest of the incredible cast.
This story originally appeared on Screenrant
