Amazon Prime is the only streaming service with a cost that also gets you free shipping, and that my friends is a deal. They’ve recently gotten into the Original programming game, but their biggest offering remains the ton of films available to watch anytime for Prime members.
The complete list of titles hitting Amazon Prime this month — March 2018 — is below, but first I’m going to shower some affection and point some eyeballs towards a few specific titles.
The Best
I’ve singled out Richard Fleischer’s Mr. Majestyk (1974) previously in a streaming column, but that was for a different service (Hulu) meaning I feel perfectly fine doing it again now. The film remains one of my favorite Charles Bronson features thanks to the simplicity of plot — he’s a melon farmer standing up to a mobster! — a sharp script by Elmore Leonard (which he later adapted into a novel), and a fun lead performance. It’s terrific entertainment, and while I’ve recently picked up Kino Lorber’s Blu-ray of the film I’m probably still going to give it a watch here on Amazon Prime. It’s that good!
The Bond
Fans of the still-growing James Bond film series will be happy to hear that ten of the debonair spy’s cinematic adventures are hitting the streaming service this month. They’re not all on par with each other, but they offer up a good sampling across four different Bonds and include On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969), Moonraker (1979), For Your Eyes Only (1981), A View to a Kill (1985), The Living Daylights (1987), Licence to Kill (1989), Goldeneye (1995), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), The World is Not Enough (1999), and Die Another Day (2002).
For the Jesus Freaks
God helps those who help themselves, but I’m going to give you a heads up too in the form of highlighting three films that might appeal to the religious-minded among you. First up is the horror thriller The Devil Inside (2012) which is a bit indirect in its appeal to the faithful, but if the devil exists then so does god. Right? Next is a more traditional Christian film, Let There Be Light (available 3/26), which stars Kevin Sorbo as an atheist who sees the light and converts to Christianity. And finally, The Little Hours (available 3/27) is a comedy about a group of nuns who swear and think about sex. It’s a dirty one, but laughter was invented by god so how bad can it be?
New… but Best Watched on the Cheap
A trio of new movies are hitting the service this month too, and “free” via Prime is the ideal way to see them as they’re merely okay. Luc Besson’s Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is pretty, but hoo boy is it a miscast dud when it comes to the story, characters, and excitement. Mike White’s Brad’s Status (available 3/2) is perfectly okay, and while Power Rangers (available 3/9) is better than you’d expect it’s still something of a colorful mess.
The Complete List
March 1st
1984 (1985)
The Accused (1988)
Amelie (2001)
Antitrust (2001)
Bad Influence (1990)
Bad News Bears (2005)
Billy the Kid (2013)
Body of Evidence (1993)
Breakdown (1997)
Bye Bye Birdie (1995)
Captivity (2007)
Carriers (2009)
Chaplin (1992)
Criminal Law (1989)
The Devil Inside (2012)
Die Another Day (2002)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
The Doors (1991)
Dreamkeeper (2003)
Earth Girls Are Easy (1988)
F/X (1986)
F/X 2 (1991)
Fatal Instinct (1993)
A Feast at Midnight (1997)
Finder’s Fee (2003)
Fire with Fire (2012)
Fluke (1995)
For Your Eyes Only (1981)
Forces of Nature (1999)
Goldeneye (1995)
A Guy Thing (2003)
Hackers (1995)
Hanoi Hilton (1987)
Hart’s War (2002)
Home of the Brave (2006)
I’m Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)
Imagine That (2009)
Jeff Who Lives at Home (2012)
Jennifer 8 (1992)
Kingpin (1996)
Licence to Kill (1989)
Little Ghost (1997)
The Living Daylights (1987)
The Million Dollar Hotel (2001)
Moonraker (1979)
Mr. Majestyk (1974)
The Music Never Stopped (2011)
National Lampoon’s Dirty Movie (2011)
National Lampoon’s Dorm Daze 2: College @ Sea (2006)
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)
Regarding Henry (1991)
The Secret of N.I.M.H. (1982)
Southie (1998)
Sprung (1997)
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
A View to a Kill (1985)
The World is Not Enough (1999)
XXX (2002)
XXX: State of the Union (2005)
Young Adult (2011)
Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)
March 2nd
Brad’s Status (Prime Original) (2017)
March 3rd
The Nut Job 2 (2017)
March 8th
Aftermath (2017)
March 9th
Power Rangers (2017)
March 10th
November Criminals (2017)
March 14th
Tommy’s Honour (2017)
March 15th
LOL (2012)
March 17th
Crooked House (2017)
March 26th
Let There Be Light (2017)
March 27th
The Little Hours (2017)
March 31st
Bitter Harvest (2017)
The Blue Lagoon (1980)
The Departure (2017)
Flames (2017)
Ice Mother (2017)
Imperium (2016)
A Suitable Girl (2017)
Thirst Street (2017)
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