Amazon’s Prime Video Added 47 New Movies Today: The 4 to Watch

By Phillip Swann
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Amazon’s Prime Video today (January 1, 2026) added 47 new movies to its streaming lineup. Here are the four to watch, in my humble opinion:

American Gangster (2007)
What Kind of Movie: Bio Drama
Who’s In It: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Josh Brolin
The 2007 crime drama from director Ridley Scott stars Denzel Washington (pictured above) as real-life Harlem drug kingpin Frank Lucas and Russell Crowe as the cop who brings him down. Denzel is at his charismatic best as the crime boss; you can’t take his eyes off him. And Crowe is equally good as the randy but relentless detective. (And there are few directors better than Ridley Scott.) Masterful work all around.

Ray (2004)
What Kind of Movie: Bio Drama
Who’s In It: Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Terrence Howard
Ray, directed by Taylor Hackford chronicles the life story of the late and great blind singer, Ray Charles, starring Jamie Foxx in the performance of a lifetime. Foxx’s exceptional (and still underrated) talents are on full display and Hackford does a masterful job of showing the singer’s full life, warts and all.

Burn After Reading (2008)
What Kind of Movie: Comedy/Drama
Who’s In It: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand
The Coen Bros. screwball comedy/drama stars Brad Pitt and Frances McDormand as amateur espionage traders with fun supporting performances from George Clooney, John Malkovich and Richard Jenkins. While this is not the best Coen, better than average Coen is better than most anything else.

Friday Night Lights (2004)
What Kind of Movie: Sports Drama
Who’s In It: Billy Bob Thornton, Connie Britton
The TV show starring Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton gets all the love, but the original 2004 movie starring Billy Bob Thornton as a Texas high school football coach in mythical Dillon, Texas is just as good. (And guess who plays his wife? That’s right. Connie Britton.) Peter Berg, the showrunner for the TV show, directed the movie and co-wrote the screenplay.

Shows & Movies Added Today (January 1, 2026) to Amazon’s Prime Video

January 1, 2026
Chicago P.D. S1-12 (2014) 
21 Jump Street (2012)
22 Jump Street (2014)
About a Boy (2002)
Alice, Darling (2023)
Alien: Romulus (2024)
Along Came Polly (2004)
American Gangster (2007)
Are We There Yet? (2005)
Blackhat (2015)
Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
Burn After Reading (2008)
Definitely, Maybe (2008)
Final Destination: Bloodlines (2025)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Friday Night Lights (2004)
Get On Up (2014)
It’s Kind of a Funny Story (2010)
Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend (2022)
Les Miserables The Movie (2012)
Love Actually (2003)
Loving (2016)
Meg 2: The Trench (2023)
Mission Impossible (1971)
Mission: Impossible II (2000)
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
Mission: Impossible IV – Ghost Protocol (2011)
Notting Hill (1999)
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)
Ray (2004)
Straight Outta Compton (2015)
Ted (2012)
Ted 2 (2015)
The Angry Birds Movie (2016)
The Blues Brothers (1980)
The Boss (2016)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
The Perfect Guy (2015)
The Story of Us (1999)
The Young Americans (1993)
Tully (2018)
Uncle Buck (1989)
Warcraft (2016)
Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (2018)
Zombieland: Double Tap (2019)

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