Top 10 Movies To Watch This Week on Prime Video | July 13-19, 2025

Imagine if The Hitman’s Bodyguard and The West Wing had a baby—and then handed it a grenade launcher. That’s the vibe with Heads of State , a high-octane buddy comedy that throws John Cena and Idris Elba together as the U.S. President and UK Prime Minister. They hate each other. Until, of course, they have to team up to save the world.

Director Ilya Naishuller (Nobody ) brings the same propulsive energy and visual chaos, while Priyanka Chopra Jonas swoops in as an MI6 agent with actual skills (and zero patience for political nonsense). Jack Quaid plays the idealist aide trying to keep everything from imploding. Spoiler: he fails.

It’s loud, fast, and borderline absurd—but in the best possible way. If you’re craving global stakes with sharp suits and sarcastic bickering, this one hits the mark.

2. The Accountant 2 (2025)

Christian Wolff is back—and he’s not just crunching numbers anymore. Ben Affleck returns as the math genius turned vigilante, and this time, things get personal. When a former associate turns up dead, Wolff recruits his long-estranged brother (Jon Bernthal, locked and loaded) to help crack a conspiracy that goes way deeper than either of them expects.

Director Gavin O’Connor returns to keep things grounded and brutal, balancing tactical shootouts with that same quiet emotional weight that made the original such a sleeper hit. Cynthia Addai-Robinson and J.K. Simmons also reprise their roles, adding continuity to the escalating chaos.

If John Wick and A Beautiful Mind had a noir lovechild, this would be it. Bring snacks—and maybe a calculator.

3. Elevation (2024)

Post-apocalyptic survival stories are nothing new—but Elevation finds fresh ground by scaling everything down to one father, two strangers, and a kid’s life han ging in the balance. Anthony Mackie leads this tense sci-fi thriller as a man who steps outside the safety of his bunker to face the monstrous unknown.

He’s joined by Morena Baccarin and Maddie Hasson as reluctant allies navigating a landscape where the creatures aren’t the only threat. Director George Nolfi (The Adjustment Bureau) keeps the pace tight and the world-building minimal—but effective. It’s the quiet, desperate moments between chaos that hit hardest.

Think A Quiet Place with a road-movie twist. Just don’t watch it in the dark unless you’re into that whole “constant dread” thing.

4. The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023)

Dracula, but make it nautical. The Last Voyage of the Demeter adapts the creepiest chapter of Bram Stoker’s novel—the one where the infamous vampire sails to London, picking off the crew one by one like a sea-faring slasher.

Corey Hawkins anchors the cast as the ship’s doctor trying to make sense of the horror, with strong support from Aisling Franciosi and Liam Cunningham. Norwegian director André Øvredal (Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark) goes all-in on period atmosphere and shadow-drenched tension.

This isn’t your jump-scare factory horror. It’s slow, brooding, and claustrophobic in the best way. If Alien took place on a 19th-century ship with creaky wood instead of cold steel, this would be it.

5. A Working Man (2025)

Jason Statham. A missing girl. Human traffickers who picked the wrong ex–black ops contractor to mess with. You already know where this is going—and honestly, it’s exactly what you want it to be.

A Working Man, directed by David Ayer (Fury, End of Watch ), puts Statham back in his wheelhouse as Levon Cade, a construction worker with a violent past and a moral compass set to “kill anyone who hurts the people I love.” David Harbour and Michael Peña round out the cast, bringing some grit and emotional grounding to an otherwise fists-and-firepower story.

It’s lean, mean, and absolutely unpretentious. Think Man on Fire meets Taken, with a steel-toe boot to the face.

6. Anyone But You (2023)

Enemies-to-lovers is alive and thriving—and Anyone But You knows exactly how to play it. Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell star as Bea and Ben, two exes with sizzling chemistry and a mutual loathing that turns downright hilarious when they have to fake being a couple at a destination wedding in Australia.

Director Will Gluck (Easy A, Friends with Benefits) leans into the rom-com chaos with whip-smart dialogue, postcard-perfect scenery, and just enough chaos to keep things spicy. There’s banter. There’s sexual tension. There’s a truly unhinged spider scene. You’ve been warned.

It’s fizzy, flirty, and self-aware in all the right ways—think The Proposal meets 10 Things I Hate About You, with a millennial-meets-Gen-Z glow-up. Also? The soundtrack slaps.

7. Marked Men: Rule + Shaw (2025)

If angst, tattoos, and late-night emotional confessions are your thing, Marked Men: Rule + Shaw is about to become your new obsession. Based on Jay Crownover’s bestselling novel, this romance-drama dives deep into the messy relationship between Rule (a rebellious tattoo artist) and Shaw (a buttoned-up pre-med student with family baggage).

They shouldn’t work—but of course, that’s kind of the point. Chase Stokes and Sydney Taylor bring raw vulnerability and plenty of chemistry, while Nick Cassavetes (The Notebook) directs with all the drama and intensity this genre deserves.

Yes, it’s dramatic. Yes, it’s sexy. Yes, someone probably says, “You don’t know what I’ve been through.” If After, Beautiful Disaster, and Euphoria had a love triangle, this would be it.

8. Warfare (2025)

Some war movies go big on explosions—Warfare goes deep instead. Co-directed by Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland (Ex Machina), this Iraq War drama zooms in on a single U.S. Navy SEAL platoon embedded in an Iraqi home, where the tension builds in silence and side-glances more than shootouts.

Will Poulter, Joseph Quinn, and Charles Melton lead a rising-star ensemble cast, portraying soldiers grappling with the thin, blurry line between duty and damage. There are no easy answers here—just moral fog, rising dread, and the impossible weight of decisions made in real time.

If you appreciated the quiet devastation of The Hurt Locker or A Hijacking, this one’s for you. It’s heavy—but worth it.

9. Deep Cover (2025)

Improv students posing as gangsters for MI5? Absolutely. Deep Cover is a British crime-comedy romp that somehow makes international espionage feel like a stage warm-up gone very, very wrong. And that’s exactly what makes it so fun.

Bryce Dallas Howard plays Kat, a frustrated improv coach recruited for a real-life undercover mission in London’s criminal underground. She ropes in two of her students (Nick Mohammed and a wonderfully deadpan Orlando Bloom), and what follows is part heist, part farce, all chaos.

Directed by Ghosts helmer Tom Kingsley and backed by Colin Trevorrow and Walter Parkes, it’s got Hot Fuzz vibes, Spy pacing, and just enough heart to make it all land. Come for the crime, stay for the improv fail montage.

10. Red One (2024)

Santa’s gone missing—and it’s up to The Rock to save Christmas. You read that right. Red One is Prime Video’s big holiday blockbuster, a festive, globe-trotting action-comedy starring Dwayne Johnson as the North Pole’s head of security and Chris Evans as the world’s most infamous bounty hunter.

With J.K. Simmons as a jacked Santa Claus and Jake Kasdan (Jumanji) behind the camera, this thing goes big. Flying sleigh chases? Check. Candy cane weapons? Probably. A yuletide showdown in the desert? Wouldn’t be surprised.

It’s part Fast & Furious, part Elf, and somehow it works. If you’re not quite ready to think about Christmas in July… too bad. Red One makes a strong case for holiday season action to become a year-round genre.

And That’s a Wrap

There you go—ten Prime Video picks that cover every mood. You’ve got blockbuster brawls (Heads of State, The Accountant 2), tense survival stories (Elevation, Warfare), and chaotic comedy capers (Deep Cover, Red One). Whether you’re craving dark romance, political punches, or festive absurdity, this list has your back.

There’s emotional grit (A Working Man, Marked Men), surprising heart (Anyone But You), and a couple of genre mashups that go way harder than they need to. Some will make you laugh. Some might make you cry. And one has a full-blown vampire on a boat.

So if your Prime Video queue’s looking a little stale, now’s the time to shake it up. Popcorn at the ready. Algorithm be damned. Let the streaming begin.