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What to Watch This Summer on Prime Video

What to Watch This Summer on Prime Video

As summer heats up, Prime Video is bringing a refreshing mix of new shows, blockbuster films, thrillers, and heartwarming stories perfect for lazy afternoons or late-night binge sessions. Whether you're craving summer romance, adrenaline-pumping action, or sun-drenched mystery, July’s lineup has something to match your summer mood.



47 Meters Down: Uncaged

Release Date 2019
Rating : 5 Production Companies: The Fyzz, Lionsgate Director: Faz Buffery, Andrea Bamford, Mark Inglis Stars: Sophie Nélisse, Corinne Foxx, Brianne Tju

Summary: Four teenage girls go on a diving adventure to explore a submerged Mayan city. Once inside, their rush of excitement turns into a jolt of terror as they discover the sunken ruins are a hunting ground for deadly great white sharks. With their air supply steadily dwindling, the friends must navigate the underwater labyrinth of claustrophobic caves and eerie tunnels in search of a way out of their watery hell.

47 Meters Down

Release Date 2017
Rating : 5.6 Production Companies: Dimension Films, Tea Shop & Film Company Director: David Pagan Mariñez, Michael Middleton-Downer, Mayret Velasquez Stars: Mandy Moore, Claire Holt, Matthew Modine

Summary: Two sisters on Mexican vacation are trapped in a shark observation cage at the bottom of the ocean, with oxygen running low and great whites circling nearby, they have less than an hour of air left to figure out how to get to the surface.

Daddy's Home

Release Date 2015
Rating : 6.2 Production Companies: Paramount Pictures, Gary Sanchez Productions Director: James Roque Jr., Cate Hardman, Sean Anders Stars: Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Linda Cardellini

Summary: The story of a mild-mannered radio executive who strives to become the best stepdad ever to his wife's two children, but complications ensue when their freewheeling, freeloading real father arrives, forcing stepdad to compete for the affection of the kids.

Beautiful Boy

Release Date 2018
Rating : 7.4 Production Companies: Plan B Entertainment, Big Indie Pictures Director: Alana Katzner, Barry L. Caldwell, George Bamber Stars: Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet, Maura Tierney

Summary: After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to methamphetamine.

Chemical Hearts

Release Date 2020
Rating : 6.3 Production Companies: Amazon Studios, Page Fifty-Four Pictures Director: Alice Johnson, Alice Johnson, Richard Tanne Stars: Austin Abrams, Lili Reinhart, Sarah Jones

Summary: When a hopelessly romantic high school senior falls for a mysterious new classmate, it sets them both on an unexpected journey that teaches them about love, loss, and most importantly themselves.

White Chicks

Release Date 2004
Rating : 5.9 Production Companies: Revolution Studios, Wayans Bros. Entertainment Director: Jim Brebner, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Christine Wilson Stars: Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Frankie Faison

Summary: Two FBI agent brothers, Marcus and Kevin Copeland, accidentally foil a drug bust. To avoid being fired they accept a mission escorting a pair of socialites to the Hamptons--but when the girls are disfigured in a car accident, they refuse to go. Left without options, Marcus and Kevin decide to pose as the sisters, transforming themselves from black men into rich white women.

Brokeback Mountain

Release Date 2005
Rating : 7.7 Production Companies: River Road Entertainment, Alberta Film Entertainment Director: Brad Moerke, Pierre Tremblay, Michael Hausman Stars: Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams

Summary: In 1960s Wyoming, two men develop a strong emotional and sexual relationship that endures as a lifelong connection complicating their lives as they get married and start families of their own.

The Better Sister

Release Date 2025
Rating : 7 Production Companies: Tomorrow Studios, Amazon MGM Studios Director: Stars: Jessica Biel, Elizabeth Banks, Corey Stoll

Summary: Chloe moves in New York's most elite circles with her lawyer husband Adam and teenage son Ethan by her side while her estranged sister Nicky tries to make ends meet and stay clean. When Adam is brutally murdered, the investigation sends shockwaves through the family and exposes long-buried secrets.

Summer of 85

Release Date 2021
Rating : 6.9 Production Companies: Mandarin Production, SCOPE Pictures Director: Nicolas Tonnerre, Cristina Freitas, Elodie Gay Stars: Félix Lefebvre, Benjamin Voisin, Philippine Velge

Summary: What do you dream of when you're 16-years-old and in a seaside resort in Normandy in the 1980s? A best friend? A lifelong teen pact? Scooting off on adventures on a boat or a motorbike? Living life at breakneck speed? No. You dream of death. Because you can't get a bigger kick than dying. And that's why you save it till the very end. The summer holidays are just beginning, and this story recounts how Alexis grew into himself.

Countdown

Release Date 2025
Rating : 6.9 Production Companies: Amazon MGM Studios, Derek Haas Productions Director: Stars: Jensen Ackles, Jessica Camacho, Eric Dane

Summary: When an officer with the Department of Homeland Security is murdered in broad daylight, LAPD detective Mark Meachum is recruited to a secret task force, alongside undercover agents from all branches of law enforcement, to investigate. But the hunt for the killer soon uncovers a plot far more sinister than anyone could have imagined, kicking off a race against time to save a city of millions.

We Were Liars

Release Date 2025
Rating : 6.6 Production Companies: My So-Called Company, Universal Television Director: Nzingha Stewart Stars: Emily Alyn Lind, Shubham Maheshwari, Joseph Zada

Summary: One year after a mysterious accident left her with amnesia, 17-year-old Cadence returns to Beechwood, an island off Martha's Vineyard, seeking answers. As three generations of the distinguished Sinclair family gather at their private summer utopia, no one will talk about the accident – neither her childhood friends "The Liars" nor her first love Gat, forcing her to uncover the truth herself.

Heads of State

Release Date 2025
Rating : 6.5 Production Companies: The Safran Company, Amazon MGM Studios Director: Matthew Sharp, Jo Beckett, Matthew Sharp Stars: Idris Elba, John Cena, Priyanka Chopra Jonas

Summary: The UK Prime Minister and US President have a public rivalry that risks their countries' alliance. But when they become targets of a powerful enemy, they're forced to rely on each other as they go on a wild, multinational run. Allied with Noel, a brilliant MI6 agent, they must find a way to thwart a conspiracy that threatens the free world.

The Summer I Turned Pretty

Release Date 2022
Rating : 7.3 Production Companies: Amazon Studios, wiip Director: Stars: Lola Tung, Christopher Briney, Gavin Casalegno

Summary: Every summer, Belly and her family head to the Fishers’ beach house in Cousins. Every summer is the same ... until Belly turns sixteen. Relationships will be tested, painful truths will be revealed, and Belly will be forever changed. It’s a summer of first love, first heartbreak and growing up — it's the summer she turns pretty.