Do You Need an Amazon Prime Membership to Watch Prime Video?

By Phillip Swann
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Former Sony employee and editor of 4 TV magazines.

TV Answer Man, do I need an Amazon Prime membership to watch a movie on Amazon Prime Video. I wanted to order Oppenheimer but do you need to be a Prime member to do that? — Jennifer, New Bern, North Carolina. 

Jennifer, you’ll be happy to hear that any Amazon customer can purchase or rent select titles from the Amazon Prime Video catalog. You do not need a Prime membership ($14.99 a month) to do so.

When you buy a video from the Amazon Prime Video store, your purchases are automatically charged to your 1-Click payment method. Amazon says as soon as the orders completes, you can view the video in the Purchases & Rentals area of the site.

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Amazon’s Prime Video offers thousands of videos for free to Prime members, but many of them can be ordered as a separate rental or buy purchase if you’re not a member. You can see titles available for rent or digital purchase here on the Prime Video page.

Jennifer, hope that helps. Happy viewing and stay safe!

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