The 250 best free Amazon Prime movies to watch on Lockdown, according to Rotten Tomatoes

It’s time for another long list of recommendations, this time from the massive selection of Amazon Prime movies. You may have gotten Prime for free shipping, which is definitely useful during the pandemic, but it also opens you up to a massive collection of movies and shows that you can watch for free with a Prime subscription.

While you can rent new releases on Amazon videos, you’re often bombarded with Prime deals as you browse, but it can be hard to make heads of them. As such, Rotten Tomatoes has kept an up-to-date list of the top 250 best critically reviewed movies on the Prime list, and there are some really amazing choices here, if you know where to look.

I’m going to go through the list and recommend just a handful of my favorites. Here you have everything from action blockbusters to horror movies to classic movies to documentaries, and it’s hard to go wrong with many of these.

250. Star Trek VI – The undiscovered country (82%)

249. Priceless (82%)

248. Fast color (82%)

247. Chi-raq (82%)

246. Seven psychopaths (82%)

245. The report (82%)

244. High life (82%)

243. Cul-de-Sac (83%)

242. Always after (83%)

241. The Rainmaker (83%)

240. Lakeboat (83%)

239. The man who fell to the ground (83%)

238. I am a big bird (83%)

237. Juliet, nude (83%)

236. Warrior (83%)

235. Midsommar (83%) – A rare horror film that unfolds completely in the light, the story of a young woman who encounters a joyous cult of death with her friends takes turns you did not expect. Part of Florence Pugh’s iconic year in 2019.

234. It felt like love (84%)

233. Exposure (84%)

232. Eight difficult (84%)

231. Harold and Maude (84%)

230. Thelma and Louise (84%)

229. The hole in the ground (84%)

228. Lincoln’s attorney (84%)

227. The ghost writer (84%)

226. Creed 2 (84%)

225. Les Miserables (85%)

224. Sweet earth (85%)

223. Listen, Philip (85%)

222. The decrease (85%) – A classic and claustrophobic horror film about women who are trapped during an underground caving expedition and discover that they are not alone. Skip the sequel.

221. Wendy and Lucy (85%)

220. A simple favor (85%)

219. The man with the golden arm (86%)

218. Fear of a black hat (86%)

217. Eden (86%)

216. Nancy (86%)

215. Escape from New York (86%)

214. Big fan (86%)

213. What Maisie knew (86%)

212. The insult (86%)

211. The proposal (86%)

210. Meek court (86%)

209. Robot and Frank (86%)

208. Night movements (86%)

207. The lost city of Z (86%)

206. Braid (87%)

205. Dragonslayer (87%)

204. Deathgasm (87%)

203. Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan (87%)

202. Child (87%)

201. A bright young mind (87%)

200. Devil’s house (87%)

199. My friend Dahmer (87%)

198. A private war (87%)

197. The Skeleton Twins (87%)

196. The most wanted man (87%)

195. Colette (87%)

194. DOA (88%)

193. Electrick Children (88%)

192. Eames: the architect and the painter (88%)

191. The tenant (88%)

190. The magnificent seven (88%)

189. True Grit (88%)

188. Pi (88%) – I have not seen this movie for almost 15 years, but the story of paranoia has stuck with me for a long time, and I imagine it will be the same for you too.

187. Consistency (88%)

186. Bernie (88%)

185. Arbitration (88%)

184. Brittany runs a marathon (88%) – Just so my choices are not dark and depressing, this is a great original Amazon movie that chronicles a woman’s desire to change her life.

183. Lady MacBeth (88%)

182. Range (88%)

181. Annihilation (88%)

180. Murder on the Orient Express (89%)

179. The Forgotten (89%)

178. In the corridors (89%)

177. The Big Easy (89%)

176. Ginger skewers (89%)

175. Meru (89%)

174. Arctic (89%)

173. The Messenger (89%)

172. You were never really here (89%)

171. Hereditary (89%) – One of my favorite horror movies of all time, haunting images are not for everyone, but this is a haunting film that is one of the most haunting of the genre. A true modern horror classic.

170. Under fire (90%)

169. Opera (90%)

168. Married to the mafia (90%)

167. Starfish (90%)

166. Itzhak (90%)

165. Selah and the swords (90%)

164. Reds (90%)

163. What is the Gilbert grape eating (90%)

162. Leaving Las Vegas (90%)

161. Marjorie Prime (90%)

160. Earth Poster (90%)

159. A man named Ove (90%)

158. Waiting for Superman (90%)

157. Fall (90%)

156. The memory (90%)

155. Love and mercy (90%)

154. District 9 (90%) – Sadly, Neill Blomkamp never managed to make a great science fiction movie after this, but District 9 is an amazing feature about an alien invasion that’s a little different than we expected.

153. The lighthouse (90%)

152. The accused (91%)

151. Gallipoli (91%)

150. Rumble (91%)

149. Phantom of the Opera (91%)

148. Nobody’s fool (91%)

147. Planes, trains and automobiles (91%)

146. Standing in the shadows of Motown (91%)

145. Fight in cell block 99 (91%) – Both this, and Bone Tomahawk below him, are two of the most brutal action movies you’ve ever seen, directed by the same man. And considering the scores, you can tell it’s more than just meaningless gore, and these are really good movies too. Yes, Vince Vaughn is scary in this, believe it or not.

144. Bone tomahawk (91%)

143. Human flow (91%)

142. Pride (91%)

141. Lean on Pete (91%)

140. Gloria Bell (91%)

139. Bumblebee (91%)

138. Up in the air (91%)

137. The artist of disaster (91%) – You’d never have imagined that James Franco playing Tommy Wiseau would work as well as it did, but this is a must-see for any fan of The Room.

136. Royal wedding (92%)

135. The return of the living dead (92%)

134. A watchman (92%)

133. Always shines (92%)

132. Kill a Mockingbird (92%)

131. A prayer before sunrise (92%)

130. Still mine (92%)

129. The Central Park Five (92%)

128. Grizzly Man (92%)

127. The squid and the whale (92%)

126. Super Size Me (92%)

125. Cold War (92%)

124. Inside Llewyn Davis (92%)

123. Logan Lucky (92%)

122. The cabin in the forest (92%) – Well, between this and the inheritance, both of them of my favorite horror movies of all time are really on this list. Joss Whedon is at his best here, playing with horror tropes like he has never seen in any other movie before.

121. The Avengers (92%)

120. Things to come (93%)

119. This is Martin Bonner (93%)

118. Yes (93%)

117. The man who shot Liberty Valance (93%)

116. Heathers (93%)

115. Moonstruck (93%)

114. Demon (93%)

113. Side by side (93%)

112. Invisible life (93%)

111. Trans-Siberian (93%)

110. The Tillman Story (93%)

109. The end of the trip (93%)

108. The last black man in San Francisco (93%)

107. Fight with my family (93%) – Florence Pugh is amazing before anyone really knew who she was, you don’t have to watch WWE to appreciate this narrative of the rise of superstar Paige in real life.

106. First reformed (93%)

105. Neds (94%)

104. Princess Cyd (94%)

103. Charade (94%)

102. The great escape (94%)

101. Ricardo III (94%)

100. Dear Zachary (94%) – This is truly the saddest movie you’ll ever see, so I’m not sure if the current weather is right, but man, what a meteoric impact this movie makes.

99. In the heat of the night (94%)

98. No destination (94%)

97. It is a wonderful life (94%)

96. Give me danger (94%)

95. Train to Busan (94%) – My all-time favorite zombie movie, Koreans know how to make zombie features better than anyone else besides this and Kingdom on Netflix. A sequel is coming soon.

94. Honey Boy (94%)

93. East Side Sushi (95%)

92. Broken flowers (95%)

91. Nosferatu (95%)

90. Once upon a time in the West (95%)

89. Some like it hot (95%)

88. Last days in Vietnam (95%)

87. Gods and monsters (95%)

86. 20,000 days on Earth (95%)

85. Can you count on me (95%)

84. The innocent (95%)

83. Custody (95%)

82. The act of killing (95%)

81. The pianist (95%)

80. The Maiden (95%) – Another quality Korean psychological drama that is absolutely amazing to watch, not just once, but several times.

79. A quiet place (95%)

78. Big little man (96%)

77. Playhouse (96%)

76. Escape from Alcatraz (96%)

75. Alfie (96%)

74. The stranger (96%)

73. The court jester (96%)

72. Diabolic (96%)

71. Catch a thief (96%)

70. The 39 steps (96%)

69. Wake up in fear (96%)

68. Great night (96%)

67. Gleason (96%)

66. Rosemary’s Baby (96%)

65. Thunder Road (96%)

64. Sweet country (96%)

63. The seller (96%)

62. Paterson (96%)

61. True grain (96%) – There are two True Grits on this list, and this is the new version that introduced us to a young Hailee Steinfeld who steals the show from Jeff Bridges and Matt Damon.

60. Manchester By the Sea (96%)

59. My Man Godfrey (97%)

58. Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till (97%)

57. The long goodbye (97%)

56. Stalag 17 (97%)

55. The night of the living dead (97%)

54. Nosferatu (97%)

53. Hale County this morning, this afternoon (97%)

52. Annie Hall (97%)

51. The adjustments (97%)

50. Mud (97%)

49. Mission impossible: Fallout (97%) – A rare action blockbuster that everyone agrees on is excellent at all levels. Tom Cruise and company are at the top of their game here.

48. Aguirre, The Wrath of God (98%)

47. Sweet smell of success (98%)

46. ​​The African Queen (98%)

45. The last waltz (98%)

44. The discreet charm of the bourgeoisie (98%)

43. The conversation (98%)

42. Roman holidays (98%)

41. His girl Friday (98%)

40. Sunset Boulevard (98%)

39. One Child Nation (98%)

38. City of ghosts (98%)

37. Murder (98%)

36. Short term 12 (98%)

35. The Big Sick (98%) – Real life story of how comedian Kumail Nanjiani met his wife, where he plays himself. Charming, moving and hilarious.

34. Farewell (98%)

33. Hunter’s night (99%)

32. Truman (99%)

31. The invisible war (99%)

30. Laments (99%)

29. For Sama (99%)

28. Take down the man (99%)

27. Starred (99%)

26. Glory (99%)

25. Ash is the purest white (99%)

24. I am not your black (99%)

23. Eighth grade (99%) – Choose between this and Lady Bird below to see your favorite coming of age story, but I think this is the best overall option. An incredible movie.

22. Lady Bird (99%)

21. The decline of western civilization (100%)

20. Seoul Station (100%)

19. Passion Fish (100%)

18. Top room (100%)

17. Holiday Inn (100%)

16. Paradise Lost: Child Murders At Robin Hood Hills (100%)

15. Deviation (100%)

14. Racing Dreams (100%)

13. Steamboat Bill Jr. (100%)

12. That dark object of desire (100%)

11. Long and strange casing (100%)

10. The child (100%)

9. Stop making sense (100%)

8. Nas: time is ilmatic (100% 0

7. Stagecoach (100%)

6. The night is coming (100%)

5. Battleship Potemkin (100%)

4. Dr. Caligari’s Cabinet (100%)

3. The sweet beyond (100%)

2. 12 angry men (100%)

1. Leave no trace (100%) – I’m not sure I can declare this literally the best movie on this list, but yes, I totally agree that it is an amazing movie with a powerful performance by Ben Foster in particular.

Read about all these movies on Rotten Tomatoes here.

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