2022 was a great year for subscribers of Prime Video. Not just because of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, one of the best series of recent months and which showed the strength of Amazon streaming. In addition to Middle-earth, the platform also brought many excellent films to earn the subscription of moviegoers on duty.
Between great historical dramas and electrifying suspense, there is no shortage of options for those who use the service. And while some arrived making a lot of noise and attracting attention, there were those productions that arrived quietly and that you can take advantage of the end of the year holidays to watch.
So, if you’re tired of scouring the stream for news, check out this list of the 10 best Prime Video movies in 2022.
The remake of the 2014 Austrian film has arrived on Prime Video to show how disturbing a good story can be in any language. Starring Naomi Watts — the darling of American versions since The call —, the feature tells the story of two twin brothers who find their mother, who recently returned from plastic surgery.
The problem is that they begin to suspect something in this whole story, believing that that woman is not who she says she is. With her face completely covered by bandages, the supposed mother starts to behave very suspiciously and things start to get deeper and more disturbing from that point on.
Leaving aside the suspense, About Fate is one of those light romantic comedies to lighten the spirit after a year as troubled as 2022 was. unable to understand the true meaning behind the feeling.
And, as it couldn’t be otherwise, destiny brings the duo together – even if it doesn’t result in a fairytale encounter. But the most important thing is that this story develops in a fun and light way, the way we need it at this time of year.
We return to suspense and horror, proving that 2022 has been quite a prolific year for the genre. The baby sitter tells the story of a young immigrant who left Senegal to work in the United States. And when he finally achieves the stability promised by the American dream, he decides to bring his son to the country.
The problem is that this wait is accompanied by a nightmare: an entity invades her world and begins to torment her and put all her plans in check.
It’s the kind of tense story that marks the best of Blumhouse and that arrived on Prime Video already surrounded by prestige, being one of the winners of the Sundance Film Festival.
Yet another Blumhouse thriller. In Run, Baby, Runwe have a story that has become recurrent in the genre: that of a woman who goes through hell after meeting a stranger.
In this case, the character of Ella Balinska goes to dinner with a client and what seemed to be a common date soon turns into a game of life and death in which this maniac — played by Pilou Asbæk (game of Thrones) — turns out to be a real monster as he starts hunting his prey around the city. To survive, she needs not only to run a lot, but also to rely on the help of other victims.
When you come across someone unconscious, it seems obvious to call some emergency number, right? only that Emergency it shows that reality is not that simple and that racism makes things much more complex for someone who is always seen with suspicion by the authorities.
The film deals with the theme of being quite interesting by placing two young black men having to help a young white woman after she feels sick at a party. The problem is that they know that simply calling 911 is not an option and they need to find a way to face racism in order to save a life — which could mean getting into even bigger trouble.
A new romantic comedy to show that Prime Video in 2022 is not just about blood and disgrace. Back to me, we have a couple of friends who are experiencing a similar tragedy together. After spending years in stable relationships and certain that they would live that romance forever, both are abandoned.
Alone and without understanding what went wrong in their relationships, they decide to unite to do what everyone advises against: running after the person they love.
It’s the kind of situation that we know will go wrong, but that yields fun moments in a light and curious story about endings and beginnings.
One of Prime Video’s main bets in 2022 was a beautiful spy story with hints of marital problems. A Dinner Among Spies is an adaptation of one of the most popular books by Olen Steinhauer, known as one of the great contemporary authors of the genre, and brings Chris Pine and Thendiwe Newton in great shape to live this totally non-standard couple.
The film focuses precisely on a dinner involving two former CIA spies who, by chance, were also married in the past. And more than serving that mood pie, the reunion also brings out some secrets and sorrows and puts their lives in check – that is, that perfect combination to create the ideal tension for this type of story.
One of the most talked about movies of 2022 is also one of the reasons why this was Harry Styles’ year in the movies. The actor and singer had already given what to talk about in Do not worry, dearbut it was with my policeman that he really shined. And not just because of the steamier scenes that left many fans breathless, but because of its more mature script.
The film is an adaptation of the book by Bethan Roberts and focuses on the love story between two men – one of them being a police officer, as the title already reveals – at a time when this type of relationship was considered a crime in England. So we have a love triangle involving this homosexual who tries to lead a double life.
Based on the true story of a group of teenagers trapped in a cave in Thailand, Thirteen Lives: The Rescue precisely counts the efforts not only of the local community, but of the whole world to help these children to leave the place safely.
With Viggo Mortensen (Lord of the Rings) in the cast, it’s one of those films to leave everyone afflicted and, in a way, bring a message of hope about what we can do when we join forces.
Another film based on true events, Argentina, 1985 is one of the great surprises on Prime Video in 2022. The feature film tells the story of a group of jurists who unite to face the military dictatorship that ruled the country at the time in the courts.
In an attempt to do justice to the victims of the military, they fight a battle seen as lost and put their own lives at risk. A powerful story that shows how it is the role of cinema to keep history alive.
And it is, obviously, another excellent work by Ricardo Darín, the great name of Argentine cinema.
