Best movies to watch

Over the past year or so, Netflix and Apple TV+ have been duking it out to have the most prestigious film offerings ( CODA!), but that doesn’t mean some of the best movies aren't on Amazon Prime. The streamer was one of the first to go around picking up film festival darlings and other lovable favorites, and they’re all still there in the library, so if they flew under your radar the first time, now is the perfect time to catch up. Our picks for the 10 best films on Amazon Prime are below. All the films in our guide are included in your Prime subscription—no renting here. Once you’ve watched your fill, check out our lists for the Sure, nowadays Michael Jordan is a bona fide sports god, and Nike’s Air Jordan sneakers are still arguably the court trainer—but that wasn’t the case back in 1984. Jordan was a rookie, and Nike was about to close down its basketball shoe division. Enter Sonny Vaccaro (Matt Damon), a talent scout for the footwear maker who’s spotted a rising star in North Carolina who could turn everything around—he just needed to convince everyone else that Jordan was worth betting the company on. We all know how that panned out, so thankfully Air is more than a two-hour advert for shoes. Damon, Jason Bateman, Chris Tucker, and director Ben Affleck all deliver strong performances—only to be utterly eclipsed by Viola Davis in a magnetic and powerful, if somewhat underutilised, turn as matriarch Deloris Jordan—while Alex Convery’s script keeps the drama on the peopl...

The Ring. Photo: Courtesy of Studio This post is updated regularly as movies leave and enter Netflix. *New additions are indicated with an asterisk. With hundreds of films from around the world on the streaming giant that changed the game, how does one even know where to start when they’re looking for something to watch? Start here! We have gone through the massive catalog of films available on Netflix and pared down the selection to an essential 30 titles, including This Week’s Editor’s Pick *The Ring Year: 2002 Runtime: 1h 55m Director: Gore Verbinski There was a time there around two decades ago when Hollywood was obsessed with remaking Asian horror films with English-speaking casts. Most of them sucked. This one definitely did not. Naomi Watts stars in Gore Verbinski’s riveting version of the incredible Ringu from 1998 about a cursed videotape that kills viewers seven days after viewing it. Drama Call Me by Your Name Year: 2017 Runtime: 2h 6m Director: Luca Guadagnino One of the best films of the 2010s, this drama stars Timothée Chalamet as a boy who discovers his own sexuality when he’s wooed by an older man, played by Armie Hammer. Delicate and moving, this is a remarkable drama because of how true it feels, anchored by great performances throughout, not just from the two leads but the amazing Michael Stuhlbarg too. If Beale Street Could Talk Year: 2018 Runtime: 1h 59m Director: Barry Jenkins Following up on a Best Picture win can be tough for any filmmaker but Barry...

Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos Courtesy of the Studios By this point, we’re all familiar with the prevailing conventional wisdom that looking at screens before bed is bad for us; it is one of the great sources of societal guilt since we nevertheless all use our devices before bed. However, on further exploration of that notion , we’ve learned that things aren’t so cut and dried — there are a variety of perspectives on devices before bed, including the straightforward idea that if using a screen before bed relaxes you, that will certainly help with the quality of your sleep. With that in mind, we’ve created a set of entertainment recommendations that align with what we’ve learned from sleep scientists. Anything you watch before bed should be “low-challenge shows”: nothing too dynamic, too scary, or too engrossing, lest you become invested and delay your bedtime. You want to avoid “agitation,” so no social media, porn, or anything that would otherwise contribute to “performance anxiety,” in the words of sleep doctor Dr. Janet Kennedy, and nothing with lots of characters or intricate plots to follow. Media that doesn’t contain a clean end point (anything highly serialized, plus basically all social media) is bad. We made three lists (for TV shows , movies, and documentaries ) that meet that criteria — and since we keep hearing about people consuming horror media before bed, despite it running counter to every scientific recommendation, we also put together a list of good...

We've all been there: sitting on the couch, snacks ready, endlessly scrolling through at least once in their lifetime. Consider it your ultimate movie bucket list, and you'll never spend a night scrolling through streaming services again. What makes a movie a "must-watch" film? For our purposes, it's something that defined or changed a genre or had a significant cultural impact. There are a lot of classics on this list, and you might be surprised by how relevant some of them still feel. But if you're looking for something a bit more recent, there are plenty of contemporary films on here too. We've included many Without further ado, here are 99 of our picks for must-watch movies you can stream now. Pro tip: bookmark this list and save it for your next "I have nothing to watch!" night in. When you hear movie buffs talk about the performance that should have won Amy Adams an Oscar, odds are they’re talking about Arrival, the sci-fi drama about a woman recruited to help find a way to communicate with aliens who inexplicably land on Earth. Everything about this movie, directed by Denis Villeneuve, works, from Adams’ performance to the score and cinematography. Spike Jonze’s musings on the future of AI and the personal connection formed between user and virtual assistant becomes more relevant every year as smart technology infiltrates every aspect of modern life. The film explores the relationship between a lonely man (Joaquin Phoenix) who starts having a deep, romantic connecti...