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Tom’s Guide

Technology

Alix Blackburn

Prime Video just added 69 new movies and shows — here are the 5 I’m streaming first

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With 69 new movies and series landing on Prime Video at the start of July 2026, finding something good can feel like finding a needle in a haystack.

Luckily, you don't have to waste your evening aimlessly scrolling through the expanded library. I’ve done the heavy lifting and narrowed down the massive list to the absolute best titles actually worth your time.

After reviewing everything hitting the platform this month, it's obvious that most of it isn't worth adding to your watchlist, so I’ve picked five movies and shows you need to stream. That includes one of the best sci-fi movies ever made, a seriously bingeable drama with seven seasons, and an apocalyptic thriller starring Brad Pitt.

5 Prime Video movies and shows to stream right now

‘Bones and All’ (2022)

Starting in the deep end, we have the psychological thriller “Bones and All,” which also functions as a romantic horror flick. Adapted from the young adult novel, the movie introduces a reality where certain people are born with an insatiable, uncontrollable urge to consume human flesh. Yes, that is a wild premise, but this film uses it as a dark metaphor for trauma and the desperate human need to find someone who accepts your deepest flaws.

Maren Yearly (Taylor Russell) is a teenage girl in 1980s America who has a compulsive urge to consume human flesh, a condition she has lived with since childhood. After her father abandons her with a recording explaining her past and urging her to survive alone, Maren sets out across the country to find her estranged mother and understand where she came from. Along the way, she meets Lee (Timothée Chalamet), a drifting young man with the same condition, and the two form a bond.

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‘Gilmore Girls’ (2000)

I think almost everyone has probably heard of “Gilmore Girls.” This comedy-drama, which originally ran for seven seasons from 2000 to 2007, quickly became a comforting, endlessly rewatchable show. Its biggest trademark is the hyper-fast, witty banter. While a standard TV script page equals about one minute of screen time, “Gilmore Girls” scripts were nearly double the length because the characters talk at a million miles an hour. There’s a fun fact for you.

Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren Graham) is a sharp-witted single mother who left home as a teenager and now runs an inn in the small town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut. She raises her academically gifted daughter, Rory (Alexis Bledel), and the two share an unusually close bond, often behaving more like best friends than parent and child. When Rory is accepted into an elite private school, Lorelai is forced to reconnect with her wealthy, controlling parents to help pay tuition. Both women have to juggle studies, careers, friendships, and complicated romantic relationships.

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‘The Martian’ (2015)

For sci-fi fans, “The Martian” should be at the top of your watchlist. Based on Andy Weir’s bestselling novel, it grossed over $630 million worldwide and earned seven Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, largely because it made space survival look remarkably realistic, with a strong performance from Matt Damon. The film rests almost entirely on Damon’s shoulders, as he spends a large portion of it alone on screen, talking directly into video logs.

During a manned mission on Mars, astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon) is struck by debris during a sudden storm and left behind when his crew evacuates, believing he has died. Regaining consciousness alone on the planet, he returns to the damaged habitat and assesses his limited supplies. With no communication to Earth, he records logs while engineering ways to grow food, generate water, and repair equipment. NASA later discovers he is alive through satellite imagery and works to re-establish contact.

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‘Saving Private Ryan’ (1998)

If you’ve seen “Disclosure Day” and need to watch more movies from filmmaking icon Steven Spielberg, you need to stream “Saving Private Ryan.” Upon its release, the film completely revolutionized the war genre by introducing an unprecedented level of raw, immersive, and uncompromisingly violent realism. The film's first 23 minutes (chronicling the Omaha Beach landing) is widely considered one of the most legendary technical achievements in cinema history.

Set during World War II, the story begins with the Allied landing at Omaha Beach in Normandy in 1944, where Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks) survives intense combat while leading a unit of U.S. Rangers. Shortly after, military command assigns him a mission: Locate Private James Ryan (Matt Damon), whose three brothers have all been killed in action. Miller and his squad travel deep into German-occupied France, moving through destroyed villages and frontline battles while gathering information about Ryan’s whereabouts.

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‘World War Z’ (2013)

I love a good zombie movie, and “World War Z” has to be one of the genre’s more overlooked entries in recent years. Directed by Marc Forster, this action-thriller features zombies that can actually sprint, which is arguably more terrifying than the slow, stumbling kind. The visual effects showcase massive CGI swarms that pile on top of each other like ants, scaling giant walls and overwhelming vehicles. It feels like “Contagion” mixed with “28 Days Later” on an absolutely massive blockbuster scale.

Former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) is caught in a sudden outbreak of a rapidly spreading infection that turns people into violent, fast-moving infected. When the crisis erupts during a traffic jam in Philadelphia, Gerry and his family barely escape the collapsing city and are evacuated by a UN contact to a military ship serving as a mobile research hub. In exchange for keeping his family safe, Gerry agrees to travel across multiple countries to trace the origin of the outbreak and identify possible patterns in how the infected behave.

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