Netflix have added some cracking movies to their catalogue over the past week or so, but that isn't the only option. There's also some brilliant new movies on Amaz0n Prime.
The streaming site have also steadily been adding some quality films to their service over the past number of months, and here's their best offerings from the past few days.
New Movies on Amazon Prime
Lucky
Year: 2017
Cast: Harry Dean Stanton, David Lynch, Ron Livingston
Plot: A 90-year-old atheist has outlived and out-smoked his contemporaries, and as he comes to terms with his own mortality, he searches for ever-elusive enlightenment.
Rating: 97% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Groundhog Day
Year: 1993
Cast: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott
Plot: Phil, a self-centred weatherman, goes to the town of Punxsutawney for an assignment. He is later shocked when he wakes up the next morning and realises that he is reliving the same day over and over.
Rating: 96% (Rotten Tomatoes)
The Patriot
Year: 2000
Cast: Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson
Plot: After getting married, a ferocious veteran, Benjamin, forsakes his violent past. After his wife dies, he single-handedly raises his seven children but joins the nation's war after his son is killed.
Rating: 61% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Erin Brockovich
Year: 2000
Cast: Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, David Brisbin
Plot: Erin, a single mother, becomes a legal assistant and comes across a case against Pacific Gas and Electric. When she discovers that the company is poisoning a city's water supply, she seeks justice.
Rating: 84% (Rotten Tomatoes)
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Risky Business
Year: 1983
Cast: Tom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay, Joe Pantoliano
Plot: An upper-class suburban teenager turns his family home into a brothel while his unwitting parents are on holiday.
Rating: 82% (Rotten Tomatoes)
A Million Ways To Die In The West
Year: 2014
Cast: Seth MacFarlane, Charlize Theron, Liam Neeson
Plot: A mysterious new woman in town, Anna, grabs the attention of a rather lonely Albert. Albert must put his courage to the test against her notorious gunslinger husband in order to be with her.
Rating: 33% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Free Willy
Year: 1993
Cast: Jason James Richter, Lori Petty, Michael Madsen
Plot: A street kid, Jesse, becomes friends with Willy, a killer whale, and goes to great lengths to free it from the exploitative owners who want to kill the animal.
Rating: 58% (Rotten Tomatoes)
The Gift
Year: 2015
Cast: Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall, Joel Edgerton
Plot: A married couple, Simon and Robyn, run into Gordo, an old acquaintance. Things take a turn when Gordo begins to drop in unannounced at their house and inundates them with mysterious gifts.
Rating: 91% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Your Highness
Year: 2011
Cast: Danny McBride, Natalie Portman, James Franco
Plot: Prince Fabious tackles a series of challenges as he sets out to rescue his kidnapped fiancee with the help of his good-for-nothing younger brother, Thadeous.
Rating: 27% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Waiting
Year: 2005
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris, John Francis Daley
Plot: A group of young workers at Shenanigan's, a fast-food outlet, discover unique and unconventional ways to get rid of their boredom.
Rating: 30% (Rotten Tomatoes)
21 & Over
Year: 2013
Cast: Miles Teller, Justin Chon, Jonathan Keltz
Plot: The night before a crucial medical school interview, Jeff and his friends head out for drinks to celebrate his 21st birthday. But, the night turns into one filled with overindulgence and debauchery.
Rating: 26% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Olympus Has Fallen
Year: 2013
Cast: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman
Plot: When the President is kidnapped, a former secret service agent must use his expertise to rescue him as well as the other hostages.
Rating: 49% (Rotten Tomatoes)
The Pursuit of Happyness
Year: 2006
Cast: Will Smith, Thandie Newton, Jaden Smith
Plot: Chris Gardner takes up an unpaid internship in a brokerage firm after he loses his life's earnings selling a product he invested in. His wife leaves him and he is left with the custody of his son.
Rating: 67% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Star Trek
Year: 2009
Cast: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg
Plot: James Kirk, a brash young man, and Spock, an alien with human and Vulcan blood, join the crew of the USS Enterprise to combat Nero, a member of the Romulan race who wants to destroy multiple planets.
Rating: 94% (Rotten Tomatoes)
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Year: 2015
Cast: Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander
Plot: Napoleon Solo, a CIA agent, and Illya Kuryakin, a KGB operative, must set aside their differences and work together to thwart the plans of a criminal organization that wants to use nuclear weapons.
Rating: 67% (Rotten Tomatoes)
An Inconvenient Truth
Year: 2006
Cast: Al Gore
Plot: Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim follows Al Gore on the lecture circuit, as the former presidential candidate campaigns to raise public awareness of the dangers of global warming and calls for immediate action to curb its destructive effects on the environment.
Rating: 93% (Rotten Tomatoes)
The Truman Show
Year: 1998
Cast: Jim Carrey, Ed Harris, Laura Linney
Plot: An insurance salesman is oblivious of the fact that his entire life is a TV show and his family members are mere actors. As he starts noticing things and uncovers the truth, he decides to escape.
Rating: 95% (Rotten Tomatoes)
The Hunger Games Series
Year: 2012-2015
Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth
Plot: Katniss volunteers to replace her sister in a tournament that ends only when one participant remains. Pitted against contestants who have trained for this all their life, she has little to rely on.
Rating: 84%, 90%, 69%, 70% (Rotten Tomatoes)
The Silence of the Lambs
Year: 1991
Cast: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Lawrence A. Bonney
Plot: Clarice Starling, an FBI agent, seeks help from Hannibal Lecter, a psychopathic serial killer and former psychiatrist, in order to apprehend another serial killer who has been claiming female victims.
Rating: 96% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Hot Fuzz
Year: 2007
Cast: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman
Plot: Police officer Nicholas Angel is known to be the best across London. His seniors, who are jealous of his achievements, transfer him to a remote village where he encounters various challenges.
Rating: 91% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Shaun of the Dead
Year: 2004
Cast: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield
Plot: Shaun is a salesman whose life has no direction. However, his uneventful life takes a sudden turn when he has to singlehandedly deal with an entire community of zombies.
Rating: 92% (Rotten Tomatoes)
War Dogs
Year: 2016
Cast: Jonah Hill, Miles Teller, Steve Lantz
Plot: Loosely based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a three hundred million dollar contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.
Rating: 61% (Rotten Tomatoes)
