David Farnor | On 23, May 2021

As the UK gradually navigates its way through an easing of lockdown restrictions, Amazon Prime Video’s sizeable library of movies and TV shows is a useful resource for keeping entertained indoors. But before you start bingeing through the line-up, don’t miss out on catching up with some modern gems before their rights expire.

This is your last chance to stream the following with Amazon Prime UK:

Get on Up – 27th May

Chadwick Boseman blazes through every scene of this James Brown biopic with an energy that’s immediately convincing, selling the swagger and self-interest that made him the Godfather of Soul, flaws and all.

Lucifer: Season 1 to 3 – 28th May

Tom Ellis is on charming form in this unlikely crime drama. Originally an Amazon exclusive in the UK, it’s now making the move to Netflix UK, just as Season 5, Part 2 premieres.

Blade Runner 2049 – 28th May

Denis Villeneuve’s remarkable sci-fi sequel is a profound evolution of the timeless original.

Life of Pi – 30th May

Ang Lee’s adaptation of Yann Martel’s novel is a gorgeously faithful story about storytelling.

Suburra – 30th May

A gripping crime thriller with style to spare.

Lion – 31st May

A tiny tale with a gigantic heart, Lion is a beast of a movie that cements Dev Patel’s status as one of one Britain’s best actors.

A Knight’s Tale – 31st May

Heath Ledger is on winning form in this irresistibly feel-good period romp.

The Grey – 31st May

Joe Carnahan’s survival thriller is much more than its Liam Neeson-versus-wolves premise suggests.

Unforgiven – 1st June

The Witches – 1st June

A brilliantly grotesque children’s horror film from the late, great Nicolas Roeg.

The Wave – 1st June

A family attempt to survive a devastating tsunami in this gripping Norwegian disaster thriller from Roar Uthaug.

The Kings of Summer – 1st June

Stand By Me meets Son of Rambow in this infectiously energetic adventure about boys not becoming men.

Argo – 2nd June

An espionage blockbuster that works as historical drama, political thriller and a love letter to cinema.

Inception – 4th June

Christopher Nolan’s intelligent, absurd blockbuster is a heist that works on every level.

The Hobbit Trilogy – 14th June

Peter Jackson returns to Middle-earth for a trilogy based around JRR Tolkien’s short fantasy epic.

Official Secrets – 15th June

Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes and Matthew Goode star in this thriller about Katharine Gun, the British intelligence specialist who leaked a secret memo to the press to try and avoid the Iraq invasion by the US and UK.

Life – 16th June

Grim and gripping, Life is a lean, mean sci-fi horror that brings new terror to old tricks.

William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet – 17th June

Baz Luhrmann’s update of Shakespeare’s iconic tragedy, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes is a jaw-dropping, open-hearted masterpiece.

Collateral – 17th June

Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx go head-to-head in Michael Mann’s blisteringly intense two-hander.

Terminator – 18th June

Arnie is on iconic form in James Cameron’s action sci-fi classic.

Into the Badlands: Season 1 to 3 – 19th June

AMC’s visually stunning martial arts drama set within the world of feudal warfare is like nothing else on TV.

Aquaman – 20th June

Jason Momoa is perfectly cast in this solo outing for the DC superhero.

The Red Turtle – 24th June

A triumph of originality and unpredictability, The Red Turtle is a weird and wonderful fable that plays out like a woozy dream.

 

Other titles leaving Amazon Prime in May / June 2021:

23rd May
Yogi Bear

24th May
Grimsby
Lust, Caution

26th May
The Pursuit of Happyness

27th May
Death at Funeral (2010)
The Last Samurai
The Last Legion
Spanglish
The Crazies
Apple Mortgage Cake
Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
The Accidental Husband
Serial Thriller: The Chameleon
Letters to Juliet
Snitch
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
A Perfect Getaway
Just Friends
The Homesman
House at the End of the Street
Serial Thriller: Angel of Decay

28th May
Hop
Byzantium
Incendiary
Seed of Chucky

30th May
Suite Francaise
Maya the Bee
Famous in Love
Heidi
Trumbo
Big Stan
Disaster Movie
Hellraiser (1987)
Racing Stripes
Seed of Chucky
Everly

31st May
Stick Man
Zog
Revolting Rhymes
The Snail and the Whale
Vic the Viking: Season 1
Daddy’s Home 2
Gnomeo and Juliet

1st June
Our Kind of Traitor
White Chicks
Man Up
Leap Year

2nd June
Snatch
You’ve Got Mail

3rd June
The Lincoln Lawyer
The Oath

4th June
Air Force One
Hall Pass
Only The Brave

5th June
Jack the Giant Slayer

12th June
The Full Monty
The Guilt Trip
Cracks

13th June
The Lucky One
Jackass 3

14th June
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

16th June
Bohemian Rhapsody
Stuart Little 2

17th June
The Bucket List

18th June
The Spiderwick Chronicles

19th June
Get Hard
The Notebook
This Is Where I Leave You
Original Gangster
Righteous Villains

20th June
Pearl Harbor
2012
Dumb and Dumber To
Orphan

21st June
Planet of the Apes (2001)

22nd June
Pretty Woman
Ironclad
We Own the Night

23rd June
How to Be Single
The Son of Bigfoot
Mean Girls 2

24th June
The Day After Tomorrow
The Rite

25th June
The Devil Wears Prada

26th June
Rumour Has It…
Marie Antoinette
The Jane Austen Book Club
Wonder
Baptiste: Season 1

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