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A new month means more movies to devour from Amazon Prime’s extensive catalog, ranging from some old favorites to some new editions. We’ve sorted the best movies on the streaming service for the month of August. All of these movies are on Amazon Prime, unless they are noted with an arrival date.
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Let’s get to Amazon’s best movies!
Academy Award Winner Kevin Spacey and young Hollywood super star Kate Boswoth star in this clever & adrenaline filled heist film. An MIT math whiz is recruited by a teacher to join a specialized team of card counters. They break away from their mentor before casino security finally catches up with them. (Amazon)
Starring: Jim SturgessKate BosworthAaron Yoo
James Cameron’s knockout sequel to ‘Alien’ finds Sigourney Weaver off to save a space colony on the planet where the first alien reigned. (Amazon)
Starring: Sigourney WeaverMichael BiehnCarrie Henn
The Proposal’s Sandra Bullock, Oscar nominee Thomas Haden Church, and The Hangover’s Bradley Cooper star in a hilarious tale of a woman who, after falling hard for a guy, thinks they’re an item; unfortunately, he thinks she’s stalking him! (Amazon)
Starring: Sandra BullockThomas Haden ChurchBradley Cooper
A monstrous snake terrorizes filmmakers on the Amazon River in this blockbuster hit. (Amazon)
Starring: Frank WelkerJon VoightEric Stoltz
Los Angeles, today. Henry (Adam Driver) is a stand-up comedian with a fierce sense of humor who falls in love with Ann (Marion Cotillard), a world-renowned opera singer. Under the spotlight, they form a passionate and glamorous couple. The birth of their first child, Annette, a mysterious little girl with an exceptional destiny, will turn their lives upside down. (Amazon)
Starring: Adam DriverMarion CotillardSimon Helberg
Leapin’ lizards! The Broadway hit jumps to the big screen. Little orphan Annie starts a new life with Daddy Warbucks and her trusty dog Sandy. (Amazon)
Starring: Aileen QuinnAlbert FinneyCarol Burnett
A teen gang in South London defend their block from an alien invasion. (Amazon)
Starring: Adam BuxtonJodie WhittakerJohn Boyega
Kazakh TV personality Borat is dispatched to the United States to report on the greatest country in the world. With a documentary crew in tow, Borat blunders through his epic road trip! (Amazon)
Starring: Sacha Baron CohenPamela AndersonKen Davitian
Frank Abagnale, Jr. is a thief and a master of deception with several brilliant alter-egos. FBI agent Carl Hanratty, has made it his prime mission to bring Abagnale to justice. Based on a true story. (Amazon)
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprioTom HanksChristopher Walken
A dozen diverse teenagers enroll at the American Ballet Academy in New York, and each of them faces the pitfalls within the competitive world of professional dancing. (Amazon)
Starring: Amanda SchullSusan PrattZoe Saldana
Tough cop Bruce Willis takes on terrorists after they take control of a Washington, D.C. airport during a raging blizzard in this sequel. (Amazon)
Starring: Bruce WillisBonnie BedeliaWilliam Atherton
Jennifer Garner electrifies as an assassin whose change of heart leads her into a war against evil in this follow-up to ‘Daredevil.’ (Amazon)
Starring: Jennifer GarnerGoran VisnjicWill Yun Lee
Three inmates try to escape from prison. (Amazon)
Starring: Clint EastwoodPatrick McGoohanRoberts Blossom
Everyone’s favorite funnyman Steve Carell is at his hilarious best as junior congressman Evan Baxter, whose wish to “change the world” is heard by none other than God. When God appears with the perplexing request to build an ark, Evan is sure he is losing it. (Amazon)
Starring: Steve CarellMorgan FreemanLauren Graham
A group of Southern California high school students wrestles important subjects: sex, drugs and rock n’ roll. (Amazon)
Starring: Sean PennJennifer Jason LeighJudge Reinhold
Based on the best selling novel, this explosive action thriller stars Samuel L. Jackson and Julianne Moore. (Amazon)
Starring: Samuel L. JacksonJulianne MooreEdie Falco
Superstars Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman and Julia Roberts star in award-winning director Steve Spielberg’s updating of PETER PAN. (Amazon)
Starring: Dustin HoffmanRobin WilliamsJulia Roberts
European hit men Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson unwind in Belgium after a blundered job in this film. (Amazon)
Starring: Colin FarrellBrendan GleesonRalph Fiennes
Two sisters who have only one thing in common–their shoe size–have a falling out that leads both in surprising new directions. (Amazon)
Starring: Cameron DiazToni ColletteShirley MacLaine
Steven Spielberg’s classic thriller about a peaceful resort community that comes under attack by a man-eating Great White shark. (Amazon)
Starring: Roy ScheiderRichard DreyfussRobert Shaw
Roy Scheider battles his Great White nemesis again when the man-eating shark returns to snack on more Amity visitors. (Amazon)
Starring: Roy ScheiderLorraine GaryMurray Hamilton
A massive man-eating Great White shark wreaks bloody havoc at a Florida theme park in this action-packed sequel. (Amazon)
Starring: Dennis QuaidBess ArmstrongSimon MacCorkindale
The Great White shark is back–and this time he’s followed the Brody family all the way to the Bahamas for more carnage. (Amazon)
Starring: Lorraine GaryLance GuestMario Van Peebles
A professor deciphers a mysterious code foretelling future calamities. Can he somehow avert them? (Amazon)
Starring: Nicholas CageChandler Canterbury
The story of rocker Ritchie Valens – an LA teenager whose rising musical star was hitched to a fateful winter 1959 tour with Buddy Holly. (Amazon)
Starring: Lou Diamond PhillipsEsai MoralesRosana De Soto
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