On the lookout for your next favorite movie? You’ll probably find it on Amazon Prime Video.
Along with streaming several good and even great movies, Prime Video has a select number of flicks that Watch Would Us would claim are literally no-notes, 10/10 perfection.
If you happen to’re the form of one who only watches masterpieces, look no further than these three movies.
And our decisions span multiple genres, including musical, comedy and horror.
Our first alternative is La La Land, the gorgeous romance musical starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling.
‘La La Land’ (2016)
After first meeting during a less-than-ideal instance of road rage, struggling jazz pianist Sebastian (Gosling) and aspiring actress Mia (Emma Stone) find one another again months later, where Mia encourages Sebastian to maintain pursuing his dreams. Drawn to at least one one other by their infectious passion and customary goal to do what they love, Mia and Seb eventually turn out to be romantic and move in together. But as their respective success builds, they find themselves faced with growing uncertainty about their relationship.
While La La Land quite nearly swept the Academy Awards back in 2017, it was rightfully halted by Moonlight during that infamous Best Picture snafu. Still, if Damien Chazelle‘s movie had taken home Oscar gold as an alternative, we wouldn’t have been sad about it. Gosling and Stone proceed to display the chemistry they first shared in 2011’s Crazy, Silly, Love, and Chazelle’s clear affection for stage musicals and jazz comes through on this buoyant, beautiful modern musical dramedy.
‘A whole bunch of Beavers’ (2024)
This indie comedy breakout from 2024 takes a decidedly unique approach in telling its bizarre story. Shot entirely in black-and-white and with no dialogue, the movie follows an applejack salesman named Jean Kayak (Ryland Tews), who finds himself on the mercy of, well, tons of of beavers intent on destroying his life. Also, the beavers are all played by guys in giant beaver suits. After the beavers lay waste to Jean’s apple orchard, he struggles to survive within the Pacific Northwest by clawing his approach to becoming a master fur trapper.
It is probably going you is not going to have seen any movie like A whole bunch of Beavers before in your life, especially because it’s an hour and 48 minutes of wordless video game logic and Looney Tunes-esque slapstick violence. This ambitious premise manages to remain sustained through sheer directorial verve, stylistic editing and a deluge of classic gags that never get old once they involve guys in giant beaver costumes. Singular, creative and utterly unforgettable, A whole bunch of Beavers breathes recent life into modern comedy.
‘The Descent’ (2005)
One 12 months after the severe trauma brought on by the deaths of his husband and daughter, Sarah (Shauna Macdonald) reunites along with her thrill-seeking friends for a spelunking trip within the North Carolina Appalachian mountains. But when the chums descend into the cave structure, they learn that they’ve been led into an unexplored route after they get trapped by a collapsing tunnel. With nowhere else to go but forward, the group delves deeper into the cave, where a bloodthirsty terror lurks silently inside the depths of the Earth, waiting for them.
It’s not even February yet, but Amazon Prime Video has loaded up some fresh romantic comedies for the brand new 12 months while holding on to last month’s selections. He’s Just Not That Into You has probably the most impressive rom-com casts we’ve seen outside of Love Actually. Thank You! You have got successfully subscribed. Subscribe to newsletters […]
The Descent is a horror movie masterclass; a powder keg of claustrophobia and tension that may make you swear off any future spelunking ideas in the event that they’d ever even crossed your mind. With the confined setting surrounded by utter darkness while horrifying predators stalk them unseen, The Descent crafts easy, unpretentious terror from making its audience feel just as in danger and exposed as its characters.