There's not a lot of original content on Prime Video this month, but Amazon is making up for that with a bunch of very watchable movies, including Cocaine Bear and the entire Saw franchise. You'll find some worthwhile viewing on Freevee, too. Here are our picks for the best of August.
"Based on a true story" is doing a lot of heavy lifting in this one, but Cocaine Bear is a hell of a good time anyway. When a lost shipment of the drug ends up in the snoot of an American black bear in the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest, hijinks ensue. We don't get enough animals going bonkers in movies these days, so hopefully, this will inspire more.
Prolific thriller writer Harlan Coben has sold over 60 million books, so it's kind of wild that his work has been adapted so little. New Prime Video series Shelter might change that. The YA series is about teen detective Mickey Bolitar, who sets out to discover why his girlfriend hasn't been in school and unravels an even bigger mystery involving his father, who he has presumed to be dead for years.
One of the most pleasant cinematic surprises of the year, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves captured the anything-goes fun of the classic tabletop role-playing game, honoring the source material without being weird about it. Taking place in the Forgotten Realms setting, this movie follows a ragtag party of rogues as they attempt to rob the Lord of Neverwinter.
August 1
3 Idiotas (2017)
A Shot in the Dark (1965)
Amadeus (1984)
American Gigolo (1980)
Behind the Sun (2001)
Braddock: Missing in Action III (1988)
Cahill: U.S. Marshall (1973)
Cantinflas (2014)
Charlie St. Cloud (2010)
Chato’s Land (1972)
City of Men (2008)
City Slickers (1991)
Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
Damsels in Distress (2011)
Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid (1982)
Dear Evan Hansen (2021)
Death Becomes Her (1992)
Death Rides a Horse (1967)
Death Warrant (1990)
Dirty Harry (1971)
F9: The Fast Saga (2021)
Filth (2004)
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
Frost/Nixon (2009)
Galaxy Quest (1999)
Gonzo (2008)
Hazlo Como Hombre (2017)
Here Comes the Boom (2012)
Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963)
I Wish (2011)
I’m Still Here (2010)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Inferno (2016)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Jurassic Park III (2001)
Jurassic World (2015)
Killers (2010)
L.A. Law - Seasons 1-8
Little Man Tate (1991)
MacGyver - Seasons 1-5
Madagascar (2005)
Madea’s Witness Protection (2012)
Matlock - Seasons 1-9
Me, Myself and Irene (2000)
Minuto para Ganar (Minute to Win It) - Season 1
Missing In Action (1984)
Missing In Action II: The Beginning (1985)
Monster’s Ball (2002)
Murphy’s Law (1986)
Nanny McPhee Returns (2010)
Old (2021)
One for the Money (2012)
Paranormal Activity 2 (2010)
Parenthood (1989)
Penguins of Madagascar (2014)
Picture This (2008)
Pinero (2001)
Posse (1993)
Primate - Season 2
Punisher: War Zone (2008)
Red 2 (2013)
Red Dawn (2012)
Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
Rio (2011)
Rio 2 (2014)
Road to El Dorado (2000)
Rumor Has It (2005)
Running with the Devil (2019)
Saw (2004)
Saw II (2005)
Saw III (2006)
Saw IV (2007)
Saw V (2008)
Saw VI (2009)
Shaft (2000)
Son of the Pink Panther (1993)
Stealth (2005)
Steve Jobs: The Man In The Machine (2015)
Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)
Swordfish (2001)
The Addams Family (2019)
The Adjustment Bureau (2011)
The Black Stallion (1979)
The Darkest Minds (2018)
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
The Flatshare (2022)
The Goonies (1985)
The Green Hornet (2011)
The Hot Chick (2002)
The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
The Many Saints of Newark (2021)
The Nut Job (2014)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
The Punisher (2004)
The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
The Revenant (2015)
The Watch (2012)
The Woman in Red (1984)
The Wonderful Country (1959)
Things To Do In Denver When You’re Dead (1995)
Tombstone (1993)
Traffic (2001)
Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)
Un Padre No Tan Padre (2017)
Valentina’s Wedding (2018)
Walking Tall: The Payback (2007)
What a Girl Wants (2003)
When Harry Met Sally (1989)
Ya veremos (2018)
Yes Man (2008)
August 4
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (2023)
August 8
Bones and All (2022)
Destination NBA: A G League Odyssey (2023)
The Emoji Movie (2017)
August 10
Copshop (2021)
The Killing Vote (2023)
August 11
2 Guns (2013)
Red, White & Royal Blue (2023)
August 15
Cocaine Bear (2023)
Of an Age (2023)
August 18
New Bandits (2023)
Harlan Coben’s Shelter (2023)
Puppy Love (2023)
Unseen (2023)
August 22
The Black Demon (2023)
August 24
Mechanic: Resurrection (2016)
Thursday Night Football (2023)
August 25
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
Red (2010)
Wayne Shorter: Zero Gravity (2023)
August 29
Champions (2023)
Snowpiercer (2014)
Women Talking (2023)
August 31
Camino A Marte (2017)
Honor Society (2022)
Volverte a ver (2022)
