50 Best Movies On Amazon Prime To Watch In 2021

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Based on a captivating New York Magazine article about a real-life crime case involving strippers who worked at a Wall Street-frequented strip club Scores in New York City, Hustlers is a must watch.

Many have credited Jennifer Lopez as delivering a career-high performance (then aged 50) starring as seasoned stripper and ringleader Ramona. The rest of the cast is pretty incredible too with Constance Wu, Lili Reinhart, Keke Palmer, Cardi B and Lizzo all giving memorable performances.

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Because Rihanna + Donald Glover = a dreamy combination. This gorgeous film (shot in Cuba) shows the artists at their best. We're treated to both of them singing as well - as they portray two natives of the fictional Guava Island hopelessly in love but desperate to better the lives of their community too.

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JK Simmons won an Oscar for his brilliant - and slightly terrifying - performance as a ruthless and demanding music instructor at a cut-throat school who pushes promising teenage drummer Andrew (Miles Teller) to his limit in this Damien Chazelle (La La Land) movie.

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Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman and Margot Robbie are outstanding in Bombshell - the real life story of how three women spoke out against Roger Ailes, the former CEO of the world's most controversial media organisations, Fox News. Theron is unrecognisable as Megyn Kelly while Kidman is poised as Gretchen Carlson - two real life prominent journalists in the US.

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In 2020, Parasite became the first non-English film to win the coveted Best Picture award at the Oscars. The South Korean movie became a 2020 favourite, as too did director Bong Joon-Ho and his translator Sharon Choi.

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An incredible (and Oscar winning) film starring Frances McDormand as a grieving mother who stops at nothing to uncover the truth about her daughter's murder.

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Barry Jenkins directed another beautiful film following on from his Academy Award success of Moonlight, adapting the Stephen Baldwin novel If Beale Street Could Talk. The movie introduced Kiki Layne to the world and provided Regina King with a long overdue Oscar.

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Showing the world that Channing Tatum can do comedy, this 1980s remake, also starring Jonah Hill, Dave Franco and an incomparable Ice Cube is a wild ride of drugs, car chases, and plenty of quotable one-liners.

Also, is that Brie Larson?!

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For some light relief and to bask in the glory of Meryl Streep, the icy editor-in-chief, Emily Blunt as the insufferable (yet hilariously cutting) Emily and Anne Hathaway, the journalist who lands a job at the world's biggest fashion magazine despite having no interest in fashion. 'How do you spell Gabbana?'

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It's a classic 'whodunnit' murder mystery, but with an all-star cast and a genuinely gripping plot. Starring Ana de Armas in a main character role, as well as Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis and Christopher Plummer, Knives Out will have you guessing until the very final scene. Plus Daniel Craig is worlds away from James Bond in this movie, particularly thanks to his southern states accent.

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Michael B Jordan ushered in a new era for the Rocky Balboa fans with Creed. Playing the son of Apollo Creed, Adonis (aka Donnie), the amateur boxer is mentored by Rocky himself, Sylvester Stallone.

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Based on a true story - and another fascinating article, this time from the New York Times - about a lawyer's determination to bring DuPont (who make pots, pans and a lot of other household equipment), to justice in this gripping Erin Brockovich-esque film. Shining a light on the devastating effects on a community in West Virginia after the company dumped chemicals into the grounds and water, it's a story so shocking that you won't believe you haven't heard of it up until now.

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'And Iiiiiiiiiiiiii'... Whitney Houston’s acting debut is one to remember as well as the film's iconic soundtrack. Houston plays a superstar with an unknown stalker while Kevin Costner is a former Secret Service agent-turned-bodyguard who is hired to protect her. We dare you not to cry.

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To learn about the contributions of Alan Turing (played in this film by Benedict Cumberbatch), a World War II coder who was ultimately treated abominably - despite his efforts leading to the saving of many British and Allies soldiers lives - by the state because he was gay (Turing was pardoned by the Queen in 2013).

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'I volunteer as tribute!!' relive your teen days reading and watching the Hunger Games with all three of the Jennifer Lawrence-starring franchise, available on Prime.

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Awkwafina's Golden Globe-winning performance in The Farewell was heralded as one of the best of the last few years in this moving film about family.

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An underrated, gritty British indie from 2006, Kidulthood depicts a day in the life of a group of teenagers from a west London estate after learning that their classmate has killed herself after she was bullied. The characters' lives are shown against a backdrop of poverty, knife crime, drugs, violence, underage sex and drinking.

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The movie that finally gave Leo his Oscar: The Revenant. Tom Hardy and Will Poulter also star in this nail-biting movie about fur-trapper Hugh Glass.

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An oldie but a goodie. Jessica Alba plays Honey Daniels, a dancer who thinks she is making a good career move but is about to get taken advantage of. Luckily she turns her attention Chaz (Mekei Phipher) and the children in her neighbourhood who she soon teaches to dance. Also featuring a brilliant Missy Elliot cameo and a timeless soundtrack - who else had this on VHS? 🙋‍♀️

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The iconic musical was given a star-studded makeover in 2012 with a cast including Amanda Seyfried, Hugh Jackson, Eddie Redmayne, Helena Bonham Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen. Watch, sing and try not to cry.