Trying to pick out a show to watch on Prime Video?
You can opt for a new series or start a highly rated show you’ve had on the back burner. Amazon’s streamer has some truly great titles you don’t want to miss.
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What’s new on Prime Video in August
Note: These descriptions are taken from Prime Video press releases and lightly edited for style.
Aug. 4
- The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, season 1 premiere (2023-): Drama series. It’s about Alice Hart, who tragically loses her parents at age 9 and is taken to live with her grandmother at Thornfield flower farm.
Aug. 18
- Harlan Coben’s Shelter, season 2 premiere (2023-): Thriller series. Mickey Bolitar finds himself tangled in the mysterious disappearance of a new student at his school, which leads to uncovering unimaginable secrets within their quiet suburban community.
Lots of big movies
- Watch these and more movies in August: Bones and All (2022) on Aug. 8; Red, White & Royal Blue (2023) on Aug. 11; Cocaine Bear (2023) on Aug. 15; Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) on Aug. 25; and Women Talking (2023) on Aug. 29.
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Best Amazon Prime Video original TV shows
At time of writing, these TV shows all score at least 70 on Metacritic.
Romance
The Summer I Turned Pretty (2022—)
You’re either going to fall madly in love with or arch an unimpressed eyebrow at this romance based on the 1945 Nancy Mitford novel of the same name. The Pursuit of Love follows two cousins who represent different ways of life. Lily James is Linda Radlett, whose exuberant romantic adventures see her travel from London to Paris. Emily Beecham, meanwhile, is Fanny Logan, navigating the confinements of married life. If you’re in the mood, this three-episode miniseries will sweep you up into a story of happiness and sadness, laughter and pain.
Oscar winner Rachel Weisz plays not one, but two main characters in Dead Ringers, Prime Video’s version of David Cronenberg’s 1988 psychological thriller. The dark and compelling series follows identical twin doctors pursuing their goal of opening a birthing and research center. Spend some time with these unconventional sisters, you’ll want to see the whole thing through.
The Man in the High Castle imagines an alternate history where the Axis powers (Rome-Berlin-Tokyo) win World War II. Based on a Philip K. Dick novel, the series follows characters in the ’60s who live in a parallel universe, where Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan control the US. But there’s impossible newsreel footage surfacing of a world where Germany and Japan lose the war, causing some to rebel. To really hammer home its dystopia credentials, The Man in the High Castle is steered by producer Ridley Scott. Fully realized and with a focused plot, this is gripping TV.
A soapy drama about a family after the death of their wealthy patriarch sits tantalizingly on Prime Video. In Riches, the will reading goes an unexpected direction, leading Stephen Richard’s two sets of children to vie for control of his business. You’ll glide through the stylish first season, which includes Ted Lasso Emmy nominee Sarah Niles.
Gripping Western drama series The English stars Emily Blunt and Chaske Spencer as an unlikely duo traveling across a treacherous landscape. The first episode of the miniseries presents some terrible characters and reveals a bit of what motivates both protagonists — Blunt’s aristocratic Englishwoman and Spencer’s Pawnee ex-cavalry scout — to continue in the face of danger. Gorgeous visuals and superb acting make the English worth a binge.
Unfurling over three hour-long episodes, A Very British Scandal dramatizes the highly publicized, real-life divorce between the Duke and Duchess of Argyll in the 1960s. Claire Foy, of Netflix’s The Crown, and WandaVision’s Paul Bettany star.
