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5 new to Prime Video movies in June 2026 with 90% or higher on Rotten Tomatoes

Here's a round-up of five critically acclaimed movies that have come to Prime Video in June 2026.

Tom’s Guide · Jun 3

‘Bull Durham: The Musical’ Continues Baseball’s Role of History Preserver

Based on the 1988 film, the play continues the myth and lore surrounding the game.

Sports Illustrated · Oct 24, 2025

Game, set and match: the 20 best sports movies

As Luca Guadagnino’s tennis film Challengers makes its case for sporting immortality, critic Guy Lodge chooses 20 of the genre’s undisputed heavyweights

The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2024

Mike Sielski: Man behind ‘Bull Durham’ wants to turn a classic Ted Williams story into a movie. Sign me up.

PHILADELPHIA — I’m writing this column about a writer who is writing a screenplay about a writer. So before this gets any more meta than it already is, let’s get the details down.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Nov 27, 2022

Bryce Miller: Creator of gem 'Bull Durham' unearths baseball's bigger picture

SAN DIEGO — Those who love baseball — love its deliberate pace, its abject offensive failure, its quirks and warts — understand the brilliance of baseball's blue-streaked cinematic gem "Bull Durham."

Tribune News Service · Nov 12, 2022

Every Hollywood studio passed on 'Bull Durham' twice. How it got made anyway

There's a temptation when speaking to directors of classic films to ask whether their career-defining movie could get a studio's green light today. The glossed-over reality, often, is that those pictures barely got made, even at the time.

Los Angeles Times · Aug 3, 2022

The inside story behind ‘Bull Durham’: ‘Fights, lies, clashing egos and bloodshed’

DURHAM, N.C. — In his new book “The Church of Baseball,” Ron Shelton recalls “Bull Durham” triumphing over a thousand doubters — how his story of sad-sack minor-leaguers put lollygagging in the national vocabulary, introduced candlesticks as a go-to wedding gift and prevailed as perhaps the world’s greatest sports movie.

Tribune News Service · Jul 22, 2022

9 things you likely didn’t know about 'Bull Durham'

DURHAM, N.C. — After three decades, “Bull Durham” is so stamped on movie-watchers’ minds that nearly every line is a catchphrase.

Tribune News Service · Jul 22, 2022

The Minor League Career That Inspired ‘Bull Durham’

In an excerpt from his new book, writer and director Ron Shelton recounts his own time on the farm—where some familiar events occurred.

Sports Illustrated · Jul 12, 2022