Best Amazon Prime Series: great Prime TV shows to stream
The best shows on Amazon Prime right now.
An Amazon Prime subscription is really worth the expense. It gets you a lot more than a fast delivery service, but arguably the best benefit of your Prime subscription is access to Prime Video. We would get one just to access the great library of movies and TV shows.
The best Amazon Prime TV show list is a snapshot of what is available on Prime right now. Choosing favourites has been tough but the following shows are gilded in our eyes - gold standard television that needs to be binge-watched without delay...
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1. Too Old To Die Young
Known more for his ultraviolent movies, such as Drive and Only God Forgives, his foray into television is superb as it is brutal. Although Refn prefers to think of Too Old To Die Young as an extended movie, it's been broken down into 12 manageable 'episodes', following a cop played by Miles Teller who goes on something of a revenge spree, ridding the world of some very unsavoury characters. This is uncompromising, unflinching entertainment - and all the better for it.
2. Red Oaks
The 80s is a TV gold mine. Stranger Things used the era of Walkmans and shell suits as a backdrop for some crazy stuff. Red Oaks tempers the craziness but ramps up the warmth and fun, creating a wonderful coming-of-age story that needs to be seen. It is a show that doesn’t shirk big issues, but they are wrapped in a lot of affection for the era and its characters.
3. Homecoming
Those craving a Twin Peaks sized hole will love Homecoming. Now in its second season (with singer Janelle Monáe taking over from Julia Roberts in the first season). The show centres on the Geist Group, a wellness company that has rather unorthodox methods of making people better. And, as you can imagine, all is not what it seems.
4. Little Fires Everywhere
The sumptuous show stars Reece Witherspoon as a housewife in the 90s who has swapped her career as a journalist. On the surface everything looks perfect but the addition of a new mother and daughter to the neighbourhood shifts this narrative. Witherspoon is fantastic, as is Kerry Washington and Joshua Jackson. This feels like a show that will end after the first season and it's all the better for it
5. Marvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Six seasons of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. are available to watch on Prime Video and it's a huge amount of fun. While it takes a few seasons to find its feet, the tale of the those behind the bigger superheroes is well worth a watch. The seventh and final season is currently airing elsewhere.