Amazon Prime Video has tons of movies from which to choose, and with the holiday season fast approaching, you might be looking to curl up with a good one after a long day of early holiday preparations and shopping. This month, it’s time to celebrate Halloween with some spooky movies and black comedies. We have two movies that fit the bill and are worth considering, and they probably haven’t been on your radar. There’s also a documentary on this list that will be sentimental for some, and eye-opening for others.
If you’re looking for ideas for what to watch this month and you have run out of newly released movies to check out, these three options are all relatively recent movies that come highly recommended.
See B.J. Novak in a whole new light, away from his hilarious persona on The Office. He’s still funny in this black comedy mystery (which he also wrote and directed) about a journalist named Ben (Novak) who is living the playboy life in New York City. However, when one of his casual fling subjects named Abby (Lio Tipton) tragically dies from a supposed overdose, Ben is mistaken as her serious boyfriend.
Through a series of events, Ben finds himself caught up in an investigation into Abby’s potential killer. Her brother Ty (Boyd Holbrook) is convinced his sister never did drugs and was actually murdered. The plot thickens as the investigation deepens between Ben and the Shaw family, relatives of a woman he barely remembers even knowing. Vengeance is worth watching if you’ve been loving the recent resurgence of the murder mystery genre.
Stream Vengeance on Prime Video.
At the top of his game in the ‘90s, Val Kilmer might not be known to the new generation of movie lovers. But he experienced a resurgence of late thanks to his memorable cameo in the movie Top Gun: Maverick. The documentary film Val chronicles the iconic actor’s fascinating personal and professional life through the decades, dating as far back to his childhood.
Learn about some of his most memorable movie roles, the tragic death of his brother, his family life, and his harrowing battle with throat cancer. Even those who don’t know Kilmer will appreciate the candid, vulnerable nature of the movie. It’ll make you want to press play on Kilmer’s library of films after learning about the man behind incredible roles like “Iceman” in Top Gun and Bruce Wayne/Batman in Batman Forever.
October is the perfect time to check out something spooky, but what’s a good horror movie you haven’t watched yet? I bet you’ve never heard of Daniel Isn’t Real. It’s a frightening, thought-provoking psychological horror worth watching. Miles Robbins starts as Luke, a man who created an imaginary friend as a child after witnessing a tragic mass shooting. Luke, however, is convinced that Daniel (Patrick Schwarzenegger) is real, and when he resurfaces in Luke’s life as an adult, the situation gets even more complicated.
Daniel influences Luke to make rash decisions and do things he wouldn’t normally do, leaving Luke to question his own sanity. Maybe Daniel isn’t real after all, and if so, how can he possibly get rid of the entity? Suspenseful, well-acted, and a raw and emotional look at mental illness, Daniel Isn’t Real is an exciting watch that will keep you at the edge of your seat the whole way through.
Stream Daniel Isn’t Real on Prime Video.
Some of the best shots in Grok Imagine’s AI-made Odyssey don’t contain actors. Ancient landscapes stretch into the distance. Close-ups of grimy hands suggest people who have touched something rougher than a keyboard. For a few seconds, the illusion holds.
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YouTube videos could soon look better without eating quite so much data, right? Thankfully, the platform plans to introduce a new video format called AV2 on its web player in early 2027, promising more efficient streaming and potentially fewer playback hiccups on slower internet connections. The big headline is a roughly 30% improvement in compression efficiency over AV1, YouTube's existing video format. That doesn't guarantee every video will use 30% less data, but it could make streaming a little easier on both internet connections and data allowances.
What is AV2, and why should viewers care?
YouTube is changing how its Home page works, giving viewers more control over what shows up there and making some of the app’s most-used sections easier to reach. Custom Feeds are now replacing the existing topic chips for eligible users, while YouTube is also testing a redesigned top bar on mobile that moves Subscriptions closer to the Home feed.
YouTube first started experimenting with Custom Feeds earlier this year, letting you type out what you wanted to watch and turning that request into its own stream of recommendations. Now, the feature is starting to look less like a side experiment and more like something YouTube actually wants people to use as part of their everyday Home page.