Best movies and TV shows on Amazon Prime

Amazon is continuously adding new movies and TV shows to its Prime video streaming service, and each week, we'll bring you the best it has to offer!

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In this week's selection of films and shows on Amazon Prime, continue following the exploits of Vikings during the Viking Age, including the sons of Ragnar Lothbrok. Check out the story of a gifted young author that mysteriously disappears and the enigmatic detective that sets out to find him following a string of mysterious arsons involving his first novel. Finally, best friends Gluko and Lennon work to help the people of Townoplois live their best lives while going on wacky adventures across the land.

  • Vikings - Season 5 Part 1 - This series continues to follow the exploits of a number of legendary Vikings during the Viking Age. Following the death of Ragnar Lothbrok in season four, his sons swear revenge on his killers and the show begins following their adventures. We also see the proper introduction of Bishop Heahmund, a pious warrior-bishop.
  • The Vanishing of Sidney Hall - This film centers around Sidney Hall, a celebrated young author, through three periods in his life as well as a mysterious man looking for him after a string of arsons turns out to be possibly connected to Sidney's first novel, a celebrated but controversial work.
  • Little Big Awesome - Season 1A - In this original children's series, follow the exploits of Gluko and Lennon, two inseparable best friends, as they head off on different adventures. The pair continually tries and help the people of Townopolis live the best lives that they can, such as helping a lost bubble get back to Bubble Land, or stopping a group of naughty kittens from tearing up Grandma's house.

Looking ahead

This week's new additions to Amazon's Prime Video lineup starts with Rocky, a film about a down-on-his-luck nobody boxer that gets a chance to prove himself in the sport that he loves when the heavyweight champion purposes a stunt in which the two would face off. You can check out Bull Durham, in which a veteran minor league catcher is sent down to single-A ball to get a powerful but wild young pitcher ready for the majors. Finally, Best Picture winner The Hurt Locker tells the story of an Army bomb disposal team in the early years of the Iraq war and the new member that joins to lead the team.

  • Rocky - A struggling boxer gets his shot at making his name in the sport when the current heavyweight champion purposes a stunt that would let a "nobody" become a "somebody". Despite his desperate circumstances, Rocky enters the ring to prove that he's got what it takes to go the distance. Arrives May 1.
  • Bull Durham - A veteran minor-league catcher is sent down to a single-A baseball team for a specific purpose: get one of its hotshot rookie pitchers under control in the hopes that he'll be ready for the majors. The men come into conflict not only during training, but as both catch the eye of a woman who is particularly attracted to baseball players. Arrives May 1.
  • The Hurt Locker - Set in the early years of the Iraq war, this Academy Award winner for Best Picture follows a U.S. Army bomb disposal unit as they hunt down explosives across Iraq. The unit is shaken up by the arrival of SFC William James, formerly an Army Ranger with a bit of a maverick streak and a certain disregard for his own safety. Arrives May 1.

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