3 Underrated Amazon Prime Video Movies You Should Watch This Weekend (August 9-11)

Anyone familiar with Amazon Prime knows that the subscription service isn’t primarily designed for movies. However, Prime Video is one of the great benefits of a subscription and offers a huge variety of excellent movies, some of which are decades old.

If you’re looking for something to watch on the service and are feeling overwhelmed by the amount of options, we’ve got you covered with three underrated movies available on the service that are worth checking out.

The Birdcage (1996)

A brilliant comedy from director Mike Nichols with an incredible cast, The bird cage It tells the story of a homosexual father who pretends to be heterosexual in order to ingratiate himself with his son’s fiancée and her conservative family.

That could be a recipe for a movie that ages poorly, but fortunately, The bird cage knows exactly who is wrong and makes fun of both the uptight conservatives and the gay family trying to appear more “normal.” The bird cage It’s not a perfect representation of the gay experience, but it’s an extraordinarily funny film that features one of the greatest ensembles (Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman and more) ever assembled.

You can look The bird cage on Prime Video.

Actress of the millennium (2001)

Satoshi Kon is one of the most under-recognized directors of any kind of the last 30 years, and Actress of the millennium is one of his masterpieces. The film tells the story of an actress who is interviewed about her life in old age and explains the mysterious man who has driven her to success for decades.

Blending fiction and reality, the film makes the most of the animated medium to tell the story of a woman who considers her acting career secondary to the pursuit that has defined her life. A brilliant and fascinating film that is also a reminder of life’s many mysteries. Actress of the millennium It simply demands to be seen. What’s stopping you?

You can look Actress of the millennium on Prime Video.

Take This Waltz (2012)

One of the best movies about marriage ever made, Take this waltz tells the story of a restless woman who is happily married, but finds herself with someone new. Thanks to a trio of great performances from Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen and Luke Kirby, each of the film’s central characters is completely relatable, even when they start making terrible decisions that cause real pain for each other.

Take this waltz It’s designed to be a slice-of-life film, and as a result its ambitions are relatively modest. However, its ending will leave you speechless in ways you might not have expected.

You can look Take this waltz on Prime Video.