2024 is almost halfway over, but Prime Video still has lots in store for you – just look at the lineup for May!
From blockbuster action flicks to lighthearted romance series, eye-opening documentaries to tear-jerking dramas – Prime Video offers a wide range of streaming shows that’ll ensure you’ll have plenty to binge-watch over the coming month!
MOVIES
The Idea Of You
Based on the acclaimed contemporary love story of the same name, The Idea of You centres on Solène (Anne Hathaway), a 40-year-old single mom who begins an unexpected romance with 24-year-old Hayes Campbell (Nicholas Galitzine), the lead singer of August Moon, the hottest boy band on the planet.
When Solène must step in to chaperone her teenage daughter’s trip to the Coachella Music Festival after her ex bails at the last minute, she has a chance encounter with Hayes, and there is an instant, undeniable spark. As they begin a whirlwind romance, it isn’t long before Hayes’ superstar status poses unavoidable challenges to their relationship, and Solène soon discovers that life in the glare of his spotlight might be more than she bargained for.
Women Of My Billion
Women of My Billion tells the heart-wrenching and heart-warming story of the struggles, dreams, rights, and fight against all forms of violence that unite women in today’s India. The film follows Srishti’s journey of 3800 km over 240 days, from Kanyakumari in South India to Kashmir in the North.
This is particularly relevant in the current climate, as the crisis it highlights has only been exacerbated since the COVID-19 pandemic. Through the lens of the UN SDG Changemaker Award winner and activist, we gain a unique perspective on the group that deserves to be respected, empowered, and protected.
99
99 is the definitive documentary series of Manchester United’s historic treble-winning season, within which the iconic team won the Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League across 10 pivotal days in 1999. This series is both a love letter to one of the greatest achievements in world football and the story of a group of players who were recruited, coached and moulded by Sir Alex Ferguson to create history.
Featuring exclusive interviews from the key characters in the story – including David Beckham, Gary Neville, Paul Scholes, Peter Schmeichel and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer – viewers will recall every perspective and vital moment in vivid detail. Constructed using never-before-seen archive footage as well as behind-the-scenes candid video from the club and fans, 99 takes audiences back to a remarkable moment in sport, going behind the curtain of this era-defining triumph.
The Blue Angels
The Blue Angels have been enthralling people, across the country and around the globe, for more than 75 years. Now, Amazon MGM Studios and IMAX bring a brand new documentary – The Blue Angels – that will take audiences soaring with the Navy’s elite Flight Demonstration Squadron as never before.
Filmed for IMAX, the immersive footage puts you in the cockpit for a firsthand view of the Blue Angels’ precision flying, while the aerial shots deliver a spectacular showcase of the breathtaking maneuvers that have made them the world’s premier jet team.
SERIES
Clarkson’s Farm Season 3
The third series of Clarkson’s Farm finds Diddly Squat facing some seriously daunting challenges. The crops are failing in the severe hot weather, inflation has driven prices of supplies sky high, dreams for the beloved restaurant are dashed and now the farm shop also faces closure.
Jeremy urgently needs to come up with creative new ways of making ends meet, so hatches a plan to turn a profit from hundreds of acres of unfarmed land – thick woodland and hedgerows that make up half of Diddly Squat. This triggers an avalanche of Clarkson-crafted schemes, involving everything from goats and pigs to mushrooms, nettles and deer.
Someone new arrives at Diddly Squat, which puts Kaleb’s nose out of joint – as well as the returning characters all working to help Jeremy’s farming ambitions come to fruition.
Maxton Hall – The World Between Us
The series is based on Mona Kasten’s bestseller, Save Me. When Ruby unwittingly witnesses an explosive secret at Maxton Hall private school, the arrogant millionaire heir James Beaufort has to deal with the quick-witted scholarship student for better or worse: He is determined to silence Ruby. Their passionate exchange of words unexpectedly ignites a spark…
Outer Range Season 2
Outer Range centres on Royal Abbott (Josh Brolin), a rancher fighting for his land and family, who discovers an unfathomable phenomenon at the edge of Wyoming’s wilderness, in the form of a dark void. The mystery surrounding the enigmatic void on the west pasture of the Abbott family ranch deepens in Season Two, as Royal and his wife Cecelia (Lili Taylor) struggle to keep their family together in the aftermath of their granddaughter’s sudden disappearance.
The stakes have never been higher for the Abbotts, who now face threats on multiple fronts. Outer Range’s second season propels its characters deeper into the void with profound and unforeseen circumstances that could shake the very foundations of time itself.
Dom
In this final season of Dom, the countdown has started and our protagonists are even closer to death. On one side, Pedro finds shelter in Rocinha, the biggest favela in Rio, trying to run away from the police but at the same time threatened by drug dealers. On the other, Victor Dantas, aware of his son’s situation, has to cope with lung cancer and is doing everything in his power in a last attempt to save Pedro.
Even with this turmoil of emotion, the imminence of death does not depress Victor and Pedro but instead brings them back to life. The series finally shows the infamous scene in which Pedro explodes the grenade in the tunnel, moments before dying. A hunt so publicized and so bloody that it could have had no other end.
Panchayat
India’s most loved entertainment destination announced the premiere date of the much-awaited season 3 of its Original series, Panchayat, an eight-part heart-warming comedy-drama set against the backdrop of rural India. Following the first two seasons, Panchayat S3 takes an interesting turn with fresh challenges and conflicts within the village of Phulera, entangling the lives of the characters.
The new season will bring back the series’ endearing cast including Jitendra Kumar, Neena Gupta, Raghubir Yadav, Faisal Malik, Chandan Roy, and Sanvikaa. Created by The Viral Fever, Panchayat S3 is directed by Deepak Kumar Mishra and written by Chandan Kumar.
