Amazon’s Prime Video Adds 82 New Movies Today – Here Are the 4 Best

By Phillip Swann
The TV Answer Man – Follow me on X.

Amazon’s Prime Video today (February 1, 2025) is adding 82 new movies to its lineup. Here are the four best, in my humble opinion:

Fargo (1996)
The Oscar-winning film from the Coen Brothers stars William H. Macy and Frances McDormand (wife to Joel Coen) who both turn in career performances as a bumpkin car salesman and pregnant police chief respectively. Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare are equal parts funny and creepy as two kidnappers who bungle the job. This is comedy as black as a 6 a.m. 7-Eleven coffee and no film buff should wait another day before seeing it. Brilliant, brilliant stuff from all involved. You betcha!

Platoon (1986)
Director Oliver Stone’s 1986 Vietnam drama stars Charlie Sheen as a grunt in the brush who’s torn between two sergeants (Tom Berenger and Willem Dafoe) who have violently different views of how to conduct the war. This is Stone’s masterpiece, perhaps even surpassing 1991’s JFK, in large part because it feels so authentic thanks to the director’s personal experience in the war. Sheen is particularly good and a rewatching of this film and 1987’s Wall Street will make you wonder why he didn’t become a top-tier actor instead of a late-night punchline.

Scarface (1983)
The brilliant Brian De Palma-directed drama stars Al Pacino as Cuban refugee Tony Montana who discovers crime does pay, and exceedingly well, in coke-fueled 1980s Miami. While Scarface may be — okay, is — too violent for some, the film perfectly chronicles the era’s thirst for excess and hedonism through the eyes of Montana. Michelle Pfeiffer is flawless as Montana’s ice-cold, white powder-sniffing moll and the splendid supporting cast also includes Steven Bauer, Robert Loggia, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and F. Murray Abraham. Great movie, and don’t forget to say hello to Tony’s little friend.

Complete List of New Movies Added Today to Amazon’s Prime Video

50 First Dates (2004)
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
Along Came Polly (2004)
Annie (2014)
Arctic (2019)

Because I Said So (2007)
Birdman Of Alcatraz (1962)
Bowling for Columbine (2002)
Breach (2007)
Capote (2006)

Dances with Wolves (1990)
De-Lovely (2004)
Duel At Diablo (1966)
Fargo (1996)
Fiddler On the Roof (1971)

Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
Friday Night Lights (2004)
Friends with Benefits (2011)
Gang Related (1997)
Get Shorty (1995)

Ghost World (2001)
Gridiron Gang (2006)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Heartbreakers (2001)
I’M Gonna Git You Sucka (1989)

Irma La Douce (1963)
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Jason’s Lyric (1994)
Just Friends (2005)
Knocked Up (2007)

Lady Chatterley’s Lover (1982)
Lakeview Terrace (2008)
Lars and the Real Girl (2007)
Leap Year (2010)
Leaving Las Vegas (1996)

Legally Blonde (2001)
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003)
Legally Blondes (2009)
Love Field (1993)
Married to the Mob (1988)

Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Milk (2009)
Mod Squad (1999)
Moonstruck (1988)
Mr. Deeds (2002)

Pitch Black (2000)
Platoon (1987)
Red River (1948)
Repo Men (2010)
Rescue Dawn (2007)

Riddick (2013)
Rob Roy (1995)
Running Scared (2006)
Sarafina! (1992)
Saved! (2004)

Sayonara (1957)
Scarface (1983)
Six Degrees of Separation (1993)
Southside With You (2016)
Teen Witch (1989)

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
That Awkward Moment (2014)
The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
The Big Country (1958)
The Birdcage (1996)

The Bridges Of Madison County (1995)
The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
The Five-Year Engagement (2012)
The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1981)

The Madness Of King George (1994)
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
The Mighty Quinn (1989)
The Nutty Professor (1996)
The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)

The Wedding Date (2005)
Throw Momma From the Train (1987)
Undercover Brother (2002)
Untamed Heart (1993)
Uptown Girls (2003)

West Side Story (1961)
Witness For The Prosecution (1958)

The TV Answer Man is veteran journalist Phillip Swann who has covered television for more than three decades. He will report on the latest news and answer your questions regarding new devices and services that are changing the way you watch  television. See the bio for Phillip Swann here.