The best shows available on Prime Video.
Quick Links Amazon Prime Video boasts one of the most impressive collections of TV shows available anywhere. In a market dominated by giant digital platforms, Amazon Prime Video has carved out a niche both as a host for popular existing shows and a content creator for the next generation of television. The result means that the best TV shows on Amazon Prime Video can satisfy even the choosiest viewer.
read more Everybody Hates Chris Available Seasons: 4 | Cast: Tyler James Williams , Terry Crews , Tichina Arnold , Chris Rock A groundbreaking television show in its day, The Mary Tyler Moore Show revolutionized how female characters were portrayed on screen. Television icon Mary Tyler Moore stars as a young single woman working in a big city at a television newsroom. Moving away from the homemaker characters audiences may have been familiar with, this show became popular thanks to its independent female lead, who was able to be beautiful and intelligent as well as quirky and funny.
The fact that Freaks and Geeks has maintained such popularity despite being canceled after only one season is a testament to its quality. Set in the 1980s, the show follows the outcasts of a Michigan high school as they deal with teen issues like bullying, underage drinking, and first romances in a more grounded way than most shows about young people.
The quirky and unusual legal comedy-drama Ally McBeal helped to set itself apart from some of the other shows in the genre with its revelatory female-centric scope. Calista Flockhart stars as the titular character, a young single lawyer looking for love and a fulfilling career while dealing with her active imagination. The show won critical acclaim in its early years, winning consecutive Golden Globes in 1998 and 1999.
A seamless blend of gripping sport and compelling drama, Friday Night Lights cultivated a passionate following throughout its five seasons. Kyle Chandler stars as Coach Eric Taylor, the man charged with leading a team of high school Texas football players in a town where football means everything. The show weaves an inspiring narrative without ever losing sight of the individual characters who make the action compelling. Helping launch the careers of actors like Michael B.
A major success for Amazon Prime Video on release, Goliath sees Billy Bob Thornton star as disgraced lawyer Billy McBride on. a thrilling mission of redemption and revenge. After being forced out of favor, McBride gets his chance with a case that brings him back into the high-stakes world of legal battles.
Based on the book trilogy written by celebrated author Jenny Han, the Amazon Prime Video show The Summer I Turned Pretty is a sentimental story about first love and first heartbreak. Just like the title suggests, the show conveys a precious summer feeling as the teenage protagonist, Belly, finds herself in an unusual love triangle with two brothers. While many of its beats might come across as clichéd, the show's earnest emotion won over fans of the original books, as well as newcomers.
The coming-of-age series Dawson's Creek was the obsession of many young television audiences when it was on the air, and it's easy to see why. Featuring a young cast of stars like James Van Der Beek, Katie Holmes, and Michelle Williams, the show takes place in a small coastal town as a group of friends help each other through their formative years. With love triangles, scandals, and plenty of drama, it remains an exemplary teen soap and great viewing to this day.
While the inner workings of an English estate in the early 1900s might sound like dry material, Downton Abbey managed to turn it into one of the most popular and riveting shows on television. The series follows the lives of a family of British aristocrats and the servants who work for them. The upstairs-downstairs narrative encompasses love, drama, and scandal, all while providing a cutting social commentary.
A classical cold case murder mystery, Black Snow is a twisting story guaranteed to keep the audience hooked. Set in an Australian South Sea Islander community in Northern Queensland, the show follows Travis Fimmel's Detective Cormack as he attempts to untangle the circumstances surrounding a 17-year-old girl's unsolved murder.
Based on the book series by Joe R. Lansdale, Hap and Leonard is a terrific and underrated crime series. James Purefoy and the late Michael K. Williams make for a charming duo as two best friends pulled into a bloody get-rich-quick scheme in the 1980s' Deep South. Fans of the crime genre will have plenty to enjoy with nefarious characters and violent altercations, but it is also a surprisingly sweet story of friendship as well.
Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston is one of the creators of Sneaky Pete, a crime drama about a troubled man who takes over the identity of his prison cellmate to escape from his violent past. The show delivers a deserved Giovanni Ribisi lead performance after his smaller roles in Avatar and Friends, showcasing his natural talent for drama. One of the hidden gems available on Amazon Prime Video, all three seasons were met with acclaim.
On the surface, The Devil's Hour could easily be said to resemble The Silence of the Lambs, or other Hannibal Lecter stories. However, while the familiar cat-and-mouse tropes of criminal and crime-solver are on full display, the show goes above and beyond to add something new to the equation.
read more The Night Manager Available Seasons: 1 | Cast: Tom Hiddleston , Hugh Laurie , Elizabeth Debicki read more The Terminal List Available Seasons: 1 | Cast: Chris Pratt , Taylor Kitsch , Constance Wu read more Best Sci-Fi TV Shows On Amazon Prime Video The Outer Limits Available Seasons: 7 | Cast: Various
The Expanse is a sci-fi show set hundreds of years in the future, introducing a universe-scale problem after humanity conquers most of the solar system. Despite The Expanse's abrupt ending in season 6, the show successfully addresses political rivalries that seem farfetched and fantastical, while simultaneously showcasing how humanity makes the same mistakes over and over again.
Based on the first campaign of the Dungeons and Dragons web series Critical Role, The Legend of Vox Machina is further proof that D&D can thrive on the small screen. Adapting a number of celebrated stories from Dungeons and Dragons canon, including the Briarwood and Chroma Conclave arcs, Vox Machina features several actors reprising their roles from the original Critical Role series.
The success of the Lord of the Rings books and movie trilogy was enough to ensure that The Rings of Power found an audience, but few believed Amazon's billion-dollar production could re-imagine J. R. R. Tolkien's world in such an evocative way. Middle-earth looks visually stunning, and the show takes its time to introduce different cultures, creatures, and of course, enemies, that put at stake the balance between good and evil.
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