Best movies on Prime Video (Canada) : our Top 20

1999 · Atom Egoyan

Pregnant at seventeen, Felicia crosses the Channel to find her boyfriend but instead falls into the care of Joseph Ambrose Hilditch, a genial catering manager whose outward kindness masks a chilling secret.

With Bob Hoskins, Elaine Cassidy, Arsinée Khanjian, Peter McDonald, Gerard McSorley, Brid Brennan and Sheila Reid

1981 · Jean-Jacques Annaud

When the perpetual flame that sustains a Cro-Magnon clan suddenly dies, three warriors are sent beyond their valley to find a new source of fire. Unskilled in the arts of ignition, they must push through a brutal, unfamiliar world—rock-strewn passes, ash-choked plains and territories ruled by rival bands and primeval predators. As their quest turns into a desperate fight for their people's survival, they encounter Ika, a lone woman who possesses the long-lost knowledge they need—and a secret that will test their loyalties and change their fate.

With Everett McGill, Ron Perlman, Nicholas Kadi, Rae Dawn Chong, Gary Schwartz, Naseer El-Kadi and Franck-Olivier Bonnet

2000 ·

Neil Shaw is an off-the-books operative, the unseen shield for the Secretary-General of the United Nations. As an international security specialist, he is drawn into a sprawling conspiracy aimed at toppling the UN on the eve of a high-stakes summit with China. A shadowy chain of events ends with the assassination of China's UN ambassador, and the attackers pin the crime on Shaw — the single adversary they fear can derail their plan. Branded a murderer, he disappears from his former life and moves in the shadows, racing to expose the plot and stop what could ignite a global war.

With Wesley Snipes, Donald Sutherland, Maury Chaykin, Anne Archer, Michael Biehn, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa and Marie Matiko

2022 · Laurent Zeitoun

In 1920s New York, amid smoky skylines and crowded tenements, a resourceful sixteen-year-old finds herself drawn into the dangerous world of firefighter crews. As a string of devastating blazes sweeps the city and the official response falters, she must defy expectations, master the brutal craft of firefighting, and rally unlikely allies. Her fight to stop the infernos becomes a battle for the soul of the city—and a coming-of-age journey that forces her to become the hero her neighbors desperately need.

With Olivia Cooke, Kenneth Branagh, William Shatner, Laurie Holden, Kevin Dennis, Ryan W. Garcia and Mara Junot

2019 · Todd Phillips

In 1980s Gotham City, a struggling stand-up comedian crushed by rejection and isolation spirals into madness, shedding his former life to become a calculating, unhinged criminal whose theatrical violence and anarchic schemes plunge the city into fear.

With Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Brett Cullen, Shea Whigham and Bill Camp

2004 · Cassandra Nicolaou

When two squeegee kids accost Sarah’s luxury sedan, a tense game of cat and mouse ignites, and the distinction between captor and captive quickly becomes blurred. Forced to continue to a remote cottage, she finds herself trapped with a volatile trio who circle one another, provoking, manipulating and tempting in a dangerous bid for answers. As secrets surface and loyalties unravel, their reckless hunt for the truth threatens to consume them all.

With Michelle Nolden, Katharine Isabelle, Kett Turton, Gabriel Hogan and Allegra Fulton

2003 · James Foley

Jake Vig, a slick, meticulous con artist, thinks he’s pulled off a clean score after skimming thousands from an apparently ordinary mark with the help of his crew. But the victim, Lionel Dolby, turns out to be the accountant for eccentric crime boss Winston King, and the theft sets off a deadly chain reaction: mob enforcers on their trail and detectives closing in. To survive and erase what they owe, Jake and his team must outwit both ruthless criminals and relentless lawmen in a tense, high-stakes game of survival and deception.

With Edward Burns, Rachel Weisz, Andy García, Paul Giamatti, Morris Chestnut, Dustin Hoffman and Luis Guzmán

2010 · Richard J. Lewis

A rollicking, heartfelt chronicle of Barney Panofsky, a brash, hot‑tempered rogue whose unapologetically blunt, defiantly nonconformist manner carries him through a string of comic and tender escapades, each exposing the fierce joy and messy consequences of a life lived to the fullest.

With Paul Giamatti, Dustin Hoffman, Rosamund Pike, Minnie Driver, Scott Speedman, Rachelle Lefevre and Bruce Greenwood

1982 ·

A remote Antarctic research station becomes a nightmare when its crew realizes an extraterrestrial predator is stalking them—one that perfects the appearance and behavior of those it slays, turning colleagues into indistinguishable threats and plunging the survivors into paranoia as they struggle to survive.

With Kurt Russell, Keith David, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter, David Clennon, Richard Dysart and Charles Hallahan

2017 · Denis Villeneuve

In a smog-blanketed, dystopian Los Angeles in 2019, retired blade runner Rick Deckard is summoned back to duty to hunt four escaped replicants who have returned to Earth seeking their maker and a way to extend their engineered, short lives.

With Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Robin Wright, Jared Leto and Mackenzie Davis

2015 · Tom McCarthy

Based on true events, Boston Globe reporters expose a widespread pattern of child sexual abuse and systematic concealment by leaders of the local Catholic archdiocese, igniting a scandal that reverberates throughout the global Church.

With Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci and Brian d'Arcy James

2015 · Lenny Abrahamson

After seven years confined to a cramped, sealed room, a mother and her young son are finally freed, thrusting the child into the vast, unfamiliar world beyond the walls for the first time.

With Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen, William H. Macy, Sean Bridgers, Tom McCamus and Amanda Brugel

1985 · Paul Donovan

Three people — two men and a woman — orbit the Earth in a satellite armed with a nuclear warhead. When World War III erupts, the craft eventually re-enters and crashes months later. They survive the impact, but one man is killed by desperate survivors and the other is taken prisoner. The woman remains at the wreckage, only to be soon captured by a brutal gang of punk marauders who have seized control in the aftermath.

With Lenore Zann, Maury Chaykin, Kate Lynch, Kevin King, John Walsch, Tim Choate and Jeff Pustil

2014 · Sergei Bodrov

Antonius Block, a weary Swedish knight returning from the Crusades, finds his homeland devastated by the plague. Convinced that God has forsaken the world, he dares to challenge Death itself to a game of chess for his life. As he wanders a country gripped by fear and grief, he crosses paths with a traveling troupe led by Jof and his wife Mia, and becomes consumed with the hope of evading Death long enough to perform a single redeeming act.

With Jeff Bridges, Julianne Moore, Ben Barnes, Alicia Vikander, John DeSantis, Kit Harington and Djimon Hounsou

2015 · Jon Cassar

Returning to his childhood town to repair the strained relationship with his estranged father, John Henry finds the streets terrorized by a ruthless gang. Once feared for his lightning-fast draw, he has abandoned both his gun and the deadly reputation that came with it. Now the only person capable of stopping the violence, he must confront his past and decide whether to pick up the weapon—and the legend—one more time.

With Demi Moore, Kiefer Sutherland, Donald Sutherland, Brian Cox, Siobhan Williams, Michael Wincott and Landon Liboiron

2011 · Gonzalo López-Gallego

Publicly, Apollo 17 marked the end of crewed lunar exploration—but in 1973, a covert operation funded by the U.S. Department of Defense allegedly sent three American astronauts back to the Moon. What follows is claimed to be the raw footage they captured during that secret mission. NASA disputes its authenticity, while others argue these images explain why no human has returned to the lunar surface.

With Ryan Robbins, Warren Christie, Lloyd Owen, Andrew Airlie, Michael Kopsa, Ali Liebert and Kurt Max Runte

2005 · Jean-Marc Vallée

Raised as one of five brothers in a devout, conservative household during the 1960s and 1970s, a French-Canadian youth confronts the clash between his growing sense of self and his father's rigid ideals.

With Marc-André Grondin, Danielle Proulx, Michel Côté, Pierre-Luc Brillant, Alex Gravel, Maxime Tremblay and Natasha Thompson

2009 · Michael Haneke

An elderly tailor looks back on his time as the village schoolteacher in a small community in northern Germany, remembering a series of eerie, inexplicable events that unsettled the town in the year leading up to the First World War.

With Christian Friedel, Ernst Jacobi, Burghart Klaußner, Steffi Kühnert, Maria Dragus, Susanne Lothar and Rainer Bock

2009 · Gaspar Noé

Oscar et Linda se sont installés récemment à Tokyo. Oscar se débrouille en vendant de la drogue et Linda travaille comme strip-teaseuse. Lors d'une descente de police, Oscar est grièvement blessé par une balle. Malgré son agonie, il s'accroche à la vie pour tenir la promesse qu'il a faite à sa sœur de ne jamais l'abandonner. Son esprit erre dans la ville, ses visions devenant de plus en plus chaotiques et effrayantes. Le passé, le présent et le futur se mêlent alors dans une folie hallucinante.

With Paz de la Huerta, Nathaniel Brown, Cyril Roy, Olly Alexander, Masato Tanno, Ed Spear and Emily Alyn Lind

2004 · Eric Bress

Haunted by buried memories, a young man uncovers a technique that lets him slip back into his own past and reinhabit his childhood body. At first the chance to correct mistakes and confront old wounds seems like salvation, but each decision he makes sends unexpected ripples through the present—altering relationships, identities and the very life he thought he knew. As consequences accumulate, he must decide whether reshaping history is worth losing the person he has become.

With Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart, Eric Stoltz, Melora Walters, Ethan Suplee, William Lee Scott and Elden Henson