Despite the best efforts of the Hollywood writer and actor strikes, October is shaping up to be another busy month of additions to the Prime Video (US) streaming service. As well as 15 new ‘Amazon Original’ films and TV shows, subscribers to Prime and Freevee have more than 150 new (old) films coming their way to help those encroaching autumn evenings fly by.
While the roster of new catalogue films coming to Prime Video gives us lots to enjoy, I have to say that the new Amazon Originals don’t seem to me to be a particularly vintage bunch compared with most months. But maybe that’s just me and you’ll be able to find lots of things to tickle your fancy.
By far the most high-profile new Amazon Original show is season 2 of the excellent Bosch: Legacy. This launches on Freevee on October 20 and sees ex homicide detective turned Private Investigator Harry Bosch taking on a very personal case as he tries to track down his kidnapped daughter.
Totally Killer (available from October 6) continues the sleuthing but with a more ‘out there’ tone, as a teenage sleuth accidentally travels back in time to 1987 in a bid to stop a resurgent serial killer before he can start his decades-long campaign of terror.
There’s more teen action from October 11 with Awareness, in which a rebellious teenager living on the outskirts of society who can manipulate minds by generating visual illusions becomes the target of a pair of rival shady organisations both keen to exploit his powers.
A potentially interesting Original documentary arriving on October 24, meanwhile, is Hot Potato: The Story Of The Wiggles, which delves into the true story of four friends who recorded a one-off album of children’s music in the early 1990s and went on to change the global music industry forever. In a similar vein, The Greatest Show Never Made (October 11) looks back on the experiences of a group of six young people who left jobs, homes and partners to follow their dreams of getting into a new reality TV show in 2002, only for it to turn out after months of auditions that the show they were trying out for never actually existed.
Continuing the showbiz documentary theme, October 10 brings us Mr Dressup: The Magic Of Make-Believe. Winner of the Toronto international Film Festival 2023 People’s Choice Documentary Award, Mr Dressup charts the history of Ernie Coombs (better known as Mr Dressup): Canada’s favourite children’s TV show host, who built a legacy of kindness and creativity over more than 4,000 episodes, and was known for his collaborations with Fred Rogers.
This is joined on the new Original documentary front by the rather more heavy The Girl Who Killed Her Parents – The Confession (from October 27); a sequel to The Girl Who Killer Her Parents and The Boy Who Killed My Parents that takes you behind the scenes of one of Brazil’s most shocking murder cases.
Not quite a documentary but ‘inspired by true events’, meanwhile, is The Burial. This tells a tale of the corporate corruption and racial injustice that happens when a funeral home owner (played by the ever-watchable Tommy Lee Jones) enlists a charismatic attorney (Jamie Foxx) to save his family business after a handshake deal goes sour.
Desperately Seeking Soulmate: Escaping Flames Universe arrives on October 6, to delve into some of the more extreme activities carried out by members of the Twin Flames Universe: An online matchmaking group run out of suburban Michigan by YouTube influencers Jeff and Shaleia Divine.
Inevitably there’s a return for Thursday Night Football throughout October, featuring the following games: Chi vs Was on Oct 5; Den vs KC on October 12; JAX vs NO on October 19, and TB vs BUF on October 26.
Next up we have a trio of new foreign language Prime Video additions. Everybody Loves Diamonds (from October 13) is an eight-part Italian Original heist series with a comedy twist inspired by 2003’s Antwerp Diamond Heist. Sayen: La Ruta Seca, meanwhile, is a supposedly action-packed sequel to the most watched Latin American Amazon Original movie ever, Sayen. The new film follows the adventures of the now ‘most wanted’ criminal as she arrives in the Atacama Desert in a bid to get revenge on the multinational organisation responsible for the loss of her family.
The third foreign-language newcomer is Sebastian Fitzek’s Therapy, which tells the story of a psychiatrist who becomes a recluse in a remote cottage after his teenage daughter Josy disappears under mysterious circumstances, but ends up embarking on a dramatic cat and mouse game when he starts giving therapy to a strange young woman who has delusions about another little girl who disappears in similar circumstances to Josy. This one arrives on October 26.
Wrapping the new Amazon Originals up for October are season 3 of sci-fi comedy Upload from October 20; a debut comedy special by Upload’s Zainab Johnson called Hijabs Off (October 24); and a Halloween special called Make Me Scream (October 3), in which three celebrity teams embark on a game where they must face a series of bone-chilling scares while trying not to scream.
Switching tack to additions to Prime Video and Freevee’s huge catalogue of third-party TV shows and films, the TV show highlights are seasons 1-11 of Frasier and season 5 of Billions. But there’s way more to get our teeth into on the movie side.
Focusing first on the most recently released titles, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One is going to become available to buy (in UHD) on Prime Video on October 10.
October 10 also sees the arrival on Prime Video of 2023’s surprisingly gory romp Renfield, starring Nic Cage as Dracula and Nicholas Hoult as his violent side-kick, while Greta Gerwig’s clever and funny comedy Barbie is available to rent or buy (in UHD) now, having arrived as a late addition to Prime Video’s September slate. 2023’s Book Club: The Next Chapter starts streaming from October 31, too.
It turns out that Barbie wasn’t the only high-profile film Amazon added belatedly in September. Also available now are a whole host of high-profile superhero films including Aquaman, no less than six Batman films (including 1989’s Batman, and 2022’s The Batman), Justice League, Joker, Black Adam, Catwoman, Shazam!, Watchmen and both Wonder Woman films.
Also well worth checking out from the list of late September additions are Baz Luhrmann’s over-long but sometimes dazzlingly good Elvis, and classic graphic novel adaptation V For Vendetta.
Highlights from the new additions dropping on Prime Video on October 1 kick off with A Fish Called Wanda, John Cleese’s classic comedy about a repressed English barrister charged with defending a gangster who’s just pulled off a massive jewel heist in cahoots with the beautiful Wanda (Jamie Lee Curtis) and his psychotic brother Otto (Kevin Kline).
Staying with comedy, Reese Witherspoon is on career-makingly great form in Legally Blonde, Tim Burton is on magnificently scathing form with Mars Attacks, Emma Thompson is on child-amusing form with the original Nanny McPhee, Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler are on adorable form with The Wedding Singer, Peter Sellers is on great slapstick form in Blake Edwards’ The Party (1968), and James Gunn is on frankly crazy form for his engagingly violent and madcap reboot of Suicide Squad.
If you’re a James Bond fan, a whole host of 007 films drop on October 1, namely: A View To A Kill, Casino Royale (the 1967 version), Die Another Day, Diamonds Are Forever, Dr No, For Your Eyes Only, From Russia With Love, Goldeneye, Goldfinger, License To Kill, Live And Let Die, Moonraker, Never Say Never Again, Octopussy, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, Spectre, The Living Daylights, The Man With the Golden Gun, The Spy Who Loved Me, The World is Not Enough, Thunderball, Tomorrow Never Dies and (phew) You Only Live Twice.
Beyond Bond, my pick of October’s Prime Video movie additions would be: Michael Moore’s ground-breaking documentary Bowling For Columbine; charming animated classic Charlotte’s Web; surprisingly intense alligator/monster movie Crawl; strong real-life baseball dramas Eight Men Out and, especially, Moneyball (featuring one of Brad Pitt’s best performances); Hotel Rwanda with its unflinching look at the horrors of the Rwandan genocide in 1994; Kenneth Branagh’s spirited 1993 version of Much Ado About Nothing (in which Keanu Reeves does Shakespeare); excellent Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman double header Rain Man; Denis Villeneuve’s brutally tense and grim ‘narc’ drama Sicario; solid Tom Cruise-starring John Grisham adaptation The Firm; and Brian De Palma’s gritty and stylish tale of Elliot Ness’s take down of Al Capone (starring Kevin Costner and and Oscar-winning Sean Connery), The Untouchables.
One extra Prime Video film addition I’d recommend that arrives later than October 1 is Shazam! Fury Of The Gods. While this DC sequel didn’t do as well on its cinema run as hoped, I found it to be a fairly charming film that deserved a better fate than it got.
If you’ve got a Freevee account, finally, you can add to October’s list of great films ultimate courtroom drama 12 Angry Men; classic 1980s femme fatale melodrama Fatal Attraction; excellent 1971 Norman Jewison musical Fiddler On The Roof; Edgar Wright’s flawed but vivid and occasionally magnificent ghost story Last Night In Soho; gritty and brilliantly acted civil rights drama Mississippi Burning, and classic Coen brothers comedy The Big Lebowski (featuring unforgettable turns by John Goodman, John Turturro and, especially, Jeff Bridges).
If all these highlights aren’t enough to keep you going, here is the full list of everything coming to Prime Video and Freevee in the month of October:
October 1
TV Series
Frasier S1-11 (1994) – Prime Video
Hit S3 (2020) – Prime Video
The Drew Barrymore Show (2020) – Freevee
Movies
12 Angry Men (1957) – Freevee
A Chorus Line (1985) – Freevee
A Haunted House (2013) – Freevee
A Fish Called Wanda (1988) – Prime Video
A Guy Thing (2003) – Prime Video
A View To A Kill (1985) – Prime Video
A Star Is Born (1976) Prime Video
Abduction (2011) – Prime Video
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996) – Freevee
Allied (2016) – Freevee
Aquaman (2018) – Prime Video
Arsenal (2017) – Prime Video
Batman (1989) – Prime Video
Batman & Robin (1997) – Prime Video
Batman Forever (1995) – Prime Video
Batman Returns (1992) – Prime Video
Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice (2016) – Prime Video
Beethoven (1992) – Prime Video
Beethoven’s Christmas Adventure (2011) – Prime Video
Body of Evidence (1993) – Prime Video
Black Adam (2022) – Prime Video
Black Rock (2012) – Freevee
Bolero (1984) – Prime Video
Bowling for Columbine (2002) – Prime Video
Bubba Ho-Tep (2003) – Prime Video
Casino Royale (1967) – Prime Video
Catwoman (2004) – Prime Video
Charlotte’s Web (2006) – Prime Video
Constantine (2005) – Prime Video
Crawl (2019) – Prime Video
Daybreakers (2010) – Prime Video
DC League of Super-Pets (2022) – Prime Video
Detroit (2017) – Prime Video
Diamonds Are Forever (1971) – Prime Video
Die Another Day (2002) – Prime Video
Dirty Work (1998) – Prime Video
Disturbing Behavior (1998) – Prime Video
Doom (2005) – Prime Video
Dr. No (1963) – Prime Video
Eight Men Out (1988) – Prime Video
Elvis (2022) – Prime Video
Fatal Attraction (1987) – Freevee
Fiddler on the Roof (1971) – Freevee
Flesh & Blood (1985) – Prime Video
For The Love Of The Game (1999) – Prime Video
For Your Eyes Only (1981) – Prime Video
From Beyond (1986) – Freevee
From Russia With Love (1964) – Prime Video
Gang Related (1997) – Freevee
Ghost World (2001) – Freevee
Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) – Prime Video
Going My Way (1944) – Prime Video
Goldeneye (1995) – Prime Video
Goldfinger (1965) – Prime Video
Green Lantern (2011) – Prime Video
Hair (1979) – Freevee
Hall Pass (2011) – Prime Video
High-Rise (2016) – Prime Video
Holiday In Handcuffs (2007) – Prime Video
Holiday Inn (1942) – Prime Video
Hotel Rwanda (2005) – Prime Video
It’s Complicated (2009) – Prime Video
Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003) – Freevee
Jesse Stone: Benefit Of The Doubt (2012) – Prime Video
Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost (2011) – Prime Video
Jesse Stone: Lost In Paradise (2015) – Prime Video
Jesse Stone: No Remorse (2010) – Prime Video
Jesse Stone: Thin Ice (2009) – Prime Video
John Tucker Must Die (2006) – Prime Video
Joker (2019) – Prime Video
Jonah Hex (2010) – Prime Video
Judas and the Black Messiah (2021) – Prime Video
Justice League (2017) – Prime Video
King Richard (2021) – Prime Video
King Solomon’s Mines (1985) – Prime Video
Lady Chatterley’s Lover (1981) – Freevee
Last Night in Soho (2021) – Freevee
Lawless (2012) – Prime Video – Freevee
Legally Blonde (2001) – Prime Video
Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return – Freevee
License To Kill (1989) – Prime Video
Live And Let Die (1973) – Prime Video
Mac and Me (1988) – Prime Video
Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You (2017) – Prime Video
Mars Attacks! (1996) – Prime Video
Masters Of The Universe (1987) – Freevee
Mean Creek (2004) – Prime Video
Mississippi Burning (1988) – Freevee
Moby Dick (1959) – Prime Video
Moneyball (2011) – Prime Video
Moonraker (1979) – Prime Video
Much Ado About Nothing (1993) – Freevee
Mulholland Falls (1996) – Prime Video
My Adventures With Santa (2019) – Prime Video
Nanny McPhee (2006) – Prime Video
Nanny McPhee Returns (2010) – Prime Video
Navy Seals (1990) – Prime Video
Nerve (2016) – Prime Video
Never Say Never Again (1983) – Prime Video
No Sleep ‘Til Christmas (2018) – Prime Video
Nowitzki The Perfect Shot (2015) – Prime Video
Nutcracker: The Motion Picture (1986) – Prime Video
Octopussy (1983) – Prime Video
Oculus (2013) – Freevee
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969) – Prime Video
One for the Money (2012) – Freevee
Original Sin (2001) – Prime Video
Pitch Perfect (2012) – Freevee
Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (2019) – Freevee
Quigley Down Under (1990) – Freevee
Rain Man (1988) – Prime Video
Red Corner (1997) – Prime Video
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985) – Freevee
Righteous Kill (2008) – Prime Video
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019) – Prime Video
Scooby-Doo (2002) – Prime Video
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004) – Prime Video
Shaft (2019) – Freevee
Shazam! (2019) – Prime Video
Sicario (2015) – Prime Video
Sixteen Candles (1984) – Freevee
Spectre (2015) – Prime Video
Spirit: Stallion of Cimarron (2002) – Prime Video
Steel (1997) – Prime Video
Suicide Squad (2021) – Prime Video
That’s Entertainment (1974) – Prime Video
The Apartment (1960) – Prime Video
The Alamo (1960) – Freevee
The Batman (2022) – Prime Video
The Big Lebowski (1998) – Freevee
The Birdcage (1996) – Prime Video
The Bounty (1984) – Freevee
The Change-Up (2011) – Freevee
The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course (2002) – Freevee
The Great Train Robbery (1978) – Freevee
The Intouchables (2011) – Prime Video
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976) – Freevee
The Mistle-Tones (2012) – Prime Video
The Sugarland Express (1974) – Prime Video
The Day After Tomorrow (2004) – Prime Video
The Defiant Ones (1958) – Prime Video
The Firm (1993) – Prime Video
The Golden Compass (2007) – Prime Video
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) – Prime Video
The Little Things (2021) – Prime Video
The Living Daylights (1987) – Prime Video
The Love Guru (2008) – Prime Video
The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) – Prime Video
The Other Woman (2014) – Freevee
The Party (1968) – Prime Video
The Possession of Hannah Grace (2018) – Freevee
The Proposal (2009) – Freevee
The Roommate (2011) – Freevee
The Secret of NIMH (1982) – Freevee
The Shop Around the Corner (1940) – Prime Video
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) – Prime Video
The Untouchables (1987) – Prime Video
The Vampire Lovers (1970) – Freevee
The Watch (2012) – Freevee
The Wedding Singer (1998) – Prime Video
The World is Not Enough (1999) – Prime Video
Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021) – Prime Video
Thunderball (1965) – Prime Video
Tom & Jerry (2021) – Prime Video
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) – Prime Video
UHF (1989) – Prime Video
Unfriended: Dark Web (2018) – Freevee
Universal Soldier (1992) – Prime Video
V for Vendetta (2006) – Prime Video
Watchmen (2009) – Prime Video
What’s Your Number? (2011) – Freevee
Wonder Woman (2017) – Prime Video
Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) – Prime Video
You Only Live Twice (1967) – Prime Video
October 3
TV series
Billions S5 (2021) – Prime Video
Make Me Scream – Prime Video
October 6
TV Series
Desperately Seeking Soulmate: Escaping Twin Flames Universe – Prime Video
Movies
Totally Killer (2023) – Prime Video
October 7
TV Series
Tale of the Nine Tailed (2020) – Prime Video
October 9
Movies
Missing Link (2019) – Prime Video
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (2018) – Prime Video
October 10
Movies
Copshop (2021) – Prime Video
*Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe – Prime Video
Renfield (2023) – Prime Video
October 11
TV Series
*The Greatest Show Never Made (2023) – Prime Video
Movies
*Awareness (2023) – Prime Video
October 12
Movies
Blended (2014) – Prime Video
October 13
TV Series
*Everybody Loves Diamonds (2023) – Prime Video
Movies
*The Burial (2023) – Prime Video
October 15
TV Series
Half + Half S1-S4 (2003) – Prime Video
One On One S1-S5 (2002) – Prime Video
October 16
Movies
Long Shot (2019) – Prime Video
October 17
Movies
Polite Society (2023) – Prime Video
October 20
TV Series
*Bosch: Legacy S2 (2023) – Freevee
Upload S3 (2023) – Prime Video
Movies
*Sayen: La Ruta Seca (2023) – Prime Video
Surrounded (2023) – Prime Video
October 23
Movies
Shazam! Fury Of The Gods (2021) – Prime Video
October 24
TV Series
*Zainab Johnson: Hijabs Off (2023) – Prime Video
Movies
*Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles (2023) – Prime Video
October 25
Movies
Studio 666 (2022) – Prime Video
October 26
TV Series
*Sebastian Fitzek’s Therapy (2023) – Prime Video
October 27
Movies
Smelliville (2021) – Freevee
*The Girl Who Killed Her Parents – The Confession (2023) – Prime Video
October 29
Movies
Die in a Gunfight (2021) – Freevee
October 31
Movies
Book Club: The Next Chapter (2023) – Prime Video
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