The best movies on Amazon Prime Video (March 2026)
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Dan Girolamo and Anthony Orlando Updated March 11, 2026 |
Now that we’re past February, Prime Video has plenty of new, must-see movies for us to stream this March. One of the platform’s biggest new originals is Uma Thurman’s thrilling action movie, Pretty Lethal.
The Prime Video vault is also loaded with hit films from the past year, including Sinners, Novocaine, and The Naked Gun. Explore this guide for some of our top Prime Video recommendations.
We also have guides to the best new movies to stream, the best movies on Netflix, the best movies on Hulu, the best movies on HBO Max, and the best movies on Disney+.
From producer David Leitch (John Wick, The Fall Guy), Pretty Lethal revolves around five ballerinas who get stranded in the forest when their bus crashes on the way to a dance competition. They find shelter in a nearby inn run by Devora Kasimer (Uma Thurman), a veteran ballet dancer.
However, when Devora springs a sinister trap on them, this young ballet team must draw on all their training to escape and survive this dance of death.
Stream Pretty Lethal on Prime Video on March 25.
For those waiting for more Pirates of the Caribbean movies, Prime Video may have the solution for you. Produced by the Russo Brothers (Avengers: Doomsday), The Bluff follows former pirate Ercell Bodden (Chopra Jonas), whose perfect life is thrown into chaos when the vengeful Captain Connor (Urban) appears at her doorstep.
Though she tried to bury her past as the dreaded “Bloody Mary,” Ercell is forced to fight once again to protect her family from Connor and his crew.
Stream The Bluff on Prime Video.
Directed by Ángel Manuel Soto (Blue Beetle), The Wrecking Crew follows estranged half-brothers Jonny (Jason Momoa) and James (Dave Bautista) when they reunite in Hawaii following their father’s murder in a supposed hit-and-run. Jonny and James then set off to find the truth, uncovering heavy secrets about each other and their father’s killer along the way.
Despite the odds and their opposing personalities, Jonny and James come together to rampage against their enemies, triggering an all-out war with the Yakuza. All this makes The Wrecking Crew an explosive, hysterical adventure that fans of Lethal Weapon should enjoy.
Stream The Wrecking Crew on Prime Video.
Set in the 1930s, director Ryan Coogler’s Sinners follows gangster brothers Smoke and Stack (both played by Michael B. Jordan) as they return home to Clarksdale, Mississippi, to open a juke joint. For their opening night, they have their preacher-boy cousin, Sammie (Miles Caton), sing the blues for their guests, harnessing magic that lets him conjure spirits from the past and future.
Unfortunately, Sammie’s music also attracts the ancient vampire Remmick (Jack O’Connell), who just happened to end up in town after fleeing from a group of Choctaw hunters. Remmick crashes the party, turning the guests into undead bloodsuckers, culminating in an epic, brutal showdown between humans and vampires.
Stream Sinners on Prime Video.
Action star Liam Neeson is the new Frank Drebin at Police Squad. The Naked Gun follows Lt. Drebin Jr. as he investigates the death of a man linked to sinister tech mogul Richard Cane (Danny Huston). Teaming up with the deceased’s sister, crime novelist Beth Davenport (Pamela Anderson), Drebin tries to uncover the truth behind this strange death.
Though Drebin inherits his father’s brand of buffoonery, he discovers Cane’s plot to wipe out humanity using a literal plot device. While Police Squad’s future is at risk because of Drebin’s slip-up, he must step up to save the world from destruction and honor his father’s legacy.
Stream The Naked Gun on Prime Video.
Novocaine follows mild-mannered bank executive Nathan Caine (Jack Quaid), who was born with a disorder that makes him unable to feel pain. After meeting Sherry (Amber Midthunder), the girl of his dreams, things finally seem to be looking up for Nathan as she helps him break out of his shell.
However, things turn bad when a group of robbers attacks his bank and takes Sherry hostage. Compelled to save Sherry, Nathan pursues the robbers, using his insensitivity to pain to fight his way through the streets of San Diego to reach his true love.
Stream Novocaine on Prime Video.
Outer Banks’ Madelyn Cline and Riverdale’s KJ Apa play two young lovers on a European excursion in The Map That Leads to You. While on a train with her two best friends, Heather (Cline) meets the handsome Jack (Apa). The two hit it off and embark on a journey to visit a list of places Jack’s grandfather wrote about in a journal.
As their time together comes to an end, Heather and Jack must decide whether their connection can survive while they are separated halfway across the world.
Stream The Map That Leads to You on Prime Video.
Nosferatu, director Robert Eggers’s acclaimed remake of the silent horror classic, follows Ellen Hutter (Lily-Rose Depp), a woman who has long been tormented by the fiendish vampire Count Orlok (Bill Skarsgård). However, after marrying the real estate agent Thomas Hutter (Nicholas Hoult), she seems to have finally broken free from her melancholic bond with Orlok.
However, the wicked Orlok refuses to let Ellen go. Purchasing a house in her town of Wisborg, the evil count summons Thomas to his ruined castle in Transylvania and traps him there. Orlok makes his way to Wisborg, bringing with him a relentless bloodlust and a plague that threatens to kill everyone Ellen holds dear unless she faces him head-on.
Stream Nosferatu on Prime Video.
Long after its defeat by Ellen Ripley, the Alien franchise’s first Xenomorph is found and experimented on by the crew of the Romulus space station. Eventually, a group of teenagers from a nearby colony searches through Romulus, ruined and infested with Xenomorphs, while on their journey to a new planet.
In true Alien fashion, Romulus sees one of the teens implanted with a baby Xenomorph, and the adult creature starts picking off members of the group. This makes for a good old-fashioned space slasher filled with thrilling action and unforgettable horror.
Stream Alien: Romulus on Prime Video.
Written and directed by Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane, this adult comedy tells the story of John Bennett (Mark Wahlberg), who wished for his stuffed bear (MacFarlane) to come to life as a child. Though Jon and Ted became best pals, they grew up to be childish adults who spend their days doing drugs and watching Flash Gordon together.
Jon tries to mature and hold a job for his girlfriend, Lori (Mila Kunis). However, Ted keeps pulling him back into their usual shenanigans, which threatens to tear these “thunder buddies” apart for good.
Stream Ted on Prime Video.
Long before Stranger Things came out, director J.J. Abrams gave us this blockbuster homage to ’80s horror and sci-fi. Set in the year 1979, Super 8 follows small-town teenager Joe (Joel Courtney) and his friends as they try to make a short zombie movie.
While filming one of their scenes, a pickup truck drives into a speeding train carrying some otherworldly creature. Pretty soon, people, pets, and machines all over town disappear. As the U.S. military hunts for this deadly entity, Joel and his friends must team up to uncover the truth and save their town.
Stream Super 8 on Prime Video.
When New York needed its finest, the city got the other guys instead. This hilarious cop comedy shows hot-headed Detective Hoitz (Mark Wahlberg) reluctantly teaming up with mild-mannered Detective Gamble (Will Ferrell) out in the field.
While investigating a minor crime, the duo discovers a much larger criminal conspiracy. Seeing an opportunity to prove themselves as police officers, they try to set aside their differences and solve the case. But with these two guys, that’s easier said than done.
Stream The Other Guys on Prime Video.
This iconic comedy film shows the members of Monty Python recreating the legend of King Arthur in the Middle Ages. The story follows Arthur (Graham Chapman) and his Knights of the Round Table, who are tasked by God to search for the Holy Grail.
Riding on their invisible horses with their clacking coconuts, Arthur and his warriors encounter such fearsome and bizarre foes as the French Taunter (John Cleese), the Knights Who Say “Ni,” and the killer Rabbit of Caerbannog. The film also features some hysterical moments, such as Arthur’s duel with the Black Knight, his encounter with two anarcho-syndicalist peasants, and the catchy musical number at Camelot.
Stream Monty Python and the Holy Grail on Prime Video.
Directed by John Sturges (1960’s The Magnificent Seven), The Great Escape follows a group of Allied POWs as they try to break out of a Nazi prison camp during World War II. American Captain Hilts (Steve McQueen) repeatedly tries and fails to escape captivity, getting locked up alone in the “cooler” as a result.
Meanwhile, his Allied inmates band together to dig their way out through a series of tunnels beneath the prison. Even though they make it out of the camp, escape does not mean freedom, as they must race to evade capture by the Nazis once more in one of the most iconic war films ever.
Stream The Great Escape on Prime Video.
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