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Amazon Prime Video, or simply Prime Video, is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming and rental service of Amazon.com, Inc., offered as a standalone service or as part of Amazon’s Prime subscription.



Prime Video Stats

As of January 2020, there are 150+ Million Amazon Prime Video users
Amazon Prime Video service is available in over 200 countries international
In the previous three years, 25% of Amazon Prime members began to utilize Amazon Prime Video service
Amazon Prime subscribers have watched over 17 million more videos than their competitors streaming Hulu
In 2020, Amazon Prime Video was third among companies with the biggest impact on digital video, after Netflix and Disney.(Statista)


Prime Video Content

Number of original content titles produced by Amazon Prime Video 2019, 70
Number of hours of original content released by Amazon Prime Video worldwide 2019, 314
Number of movies available on Amazon Prime Video in the UK, 18
Number of TV shows subscribers get per dollar on Amazon Prime Video in the U.S., 240


Prime Video Viewers

Share of 35-44 year olds who subscribe to to Amazon Prime Video in the U.S., 47%
Share of U.S. adults currently subscribing to Amazon Prime Video, 39%
Number of Amazon Video subscribers in Eastern Europe
132k
Number of daily active users of the Amazon Prime Video app in Sweden, 6k


Number of Over-the-Top Video (OTT) Stats


Over-the-top video (OTT video) refers to the transmission and sale of video content over the internet. Users can access OTT content via networked devices such as PCs, laptops, tablets, set-top boxes and game consoles.

By controlling the IP address, content can be restricted to specific countries. In addition to all advertising-financed moving image content, from premium to user-generated (OTT Video Advertising), Video-on-Demand (VoD) services are also part of this category.

VoD offers essentially comprise three fee-based business models: time-limited individual rentals of professionally produced films, series or shows (transactional VoD or TVoD), the subscription to a video streaming service such as Netflix or Amazon Prime Video with unlimited access to the content offered for the duration of the subscription (subscription VoD or SVoD) and individual purchases of films or series as direct downloads, analogous to the purchase of a DVD or Blu-Ray (electronic sell-through or EST).


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As of January 2020, there are 150+ Million Amazon Prime Video users
Amazon Prime Video service is available in over 200 countries international
In the previous three years, 25% of Amazon Prime members began to utilize Amazon Prime Video service
Amazon Prime subscribers have watched over 17 million more videos than their competitors streaming Hulu
In 2020, Amazon Prime Video was third among companies with the biggest impact on digital video, after Netflix and Disney.(Statista)


What’s Hot on Prime Video


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FX – Impeachment: American Crime Story


Impeachment: American Crime Story is the third installment of FX’s award-winning limited series, American Crime Story.

Impeachment is the infamous sex scandal that plagued Bill Clinton’s presidency.

Impeachment: American Crime Story is a limited series examining the national crisis that led to the first impeachment of a U.S. President in over a century.

It tells this story through the eyes of the women at the center of the events: Monica Lewinsky (Beanie Feldstein), Linda Tripp (Sarah Paulson) and Paula Jones (Annaleigh Ashford).

All three were thrust into the public spotlight during a time of corrosive partisan rancor, shifting sexual politics and a changing media landscape.

The series shows how power lifts some and disposes of others in the halls of our most sacred institutions.

Impeachment: American Crime Story is executive produced by Ryan Murphy, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Alexis Martin Woodall, Sarah Burgess, Sarah Paulson, Brad Falchuk, Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski and Michael Uppendahl.


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American Rust on Amazon Prime


American Rust is a murder-mystery family drama series that centers upon an economically backward town in Pennsylvania.

The story of a conflicted Police Chief’s internal struggle to either perform his duties or to use his powers to help his lover keeps the viewers guessing and is, therefore, a fun watch.

Featuring Jeff Daniels, Maura Tierney, Bill Camp, David Álvarez, and Alex Neustaedter, the show is an ideal series for murder-mystery lovers.

The good-spirited people of a fictional steel town in Pennsylvania lead complicated lives because of the economic challenges that the region is facing.

However, irrespective of the hardships in their path, the citizens courageously stick to their morals of honest living driven by love and empathy.

But the lack of opportunities also means that the dedication of some of them to such high principles is also fragile.


American Rust Episodes


The Mill

In a small rust belt town in southwest Pennsylvania, Chief of Police Del Harris investigates after a dead body turns up in an abandoned steel mill.

Happy Returns
Harris’ investigation continues. Isaac leaves town. Billy and Lee reunite as Buell celebrates a shotgun wedding.

Forgive Us Our Trespasses
Grace enlists help in her effort to unionize the dressmakers. The sheriff gets an anonymous tip about the murder in the steel mill.

My Name is Billy

Isaac befriends someone who teaches him the rules of the road. The sheriff searches for evidence in Billy and Grace’s trailer. Billy tells Lee what happened in the steel mill.


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ZEROZEROZERO on Amazon Prime


An addictive thriller whose greatest weakness is that it is at times too withholding, ZeroZeroZero will stick with you long after the credits roll.

ZeroZeroZero opens in Calabria, Italy, where viewers see members of a powerful Italian crime syndicate preparing to buy a massive shipment of cocaine.  

When there are problems with the shipment, everyone in this massive network is affected, including a U.S. business that, from the outside, looks completely legal.  

With millions of dollars at stake, a power battle ensues, with numerous lives hanging in the balance.


ZEROZEROZERO Episodes


The Shipment
Mexican cartels and an Italian group’s interests converge in the cocaine market; the New Orleans-based Lynwood family offers to mediate between the two worlds for transporting shipments.

Tampico Skies
The Italian mob’s infighting puts the Lynwood family’s business and assets at risk, compelling Chris to try to defend his father’s legacy; Chris boards a cargo ship carrying cocaine from Mexico to Italy.

Miranda
Chris’s peaceful voyage across the Atlantic is interrupted; in Italy, Don Minu leaves the safety of his bunker to assert his power.

The Transshipment
Chris and Emma reconnect in Dakar, Senegal, to deal with bureaucracy and join forces with local bosses to try to recover their cargo; in Mexico, Manuel and his team spread death and terror among narcos.

Sharia
Power struggles and betrayals undermine Don Minu’s leadership; terrorists escort Chris and Emma across the Malian desert.

En el Mismo Camino
Chris and Emma are about to cross the Moroccan border; Manuel and his men build a ragtag army on behalf of the Leyra cartel in Mexico.

Family
In Calabria, Don Minu’s enemies try to destabilize his operation by targeting the Lynwoods’ shipment; Chris and Emma think they’re finally safe in Casablanca, but danger lurks around the corner.

Same Blood
The Lynwood family of cocaine brokers might face consequences; Don Minu tries to keep his hold on power.


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ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE on Amazon Prime


Based on the 1958 novel written by Agatha Christie, director Sandra Goldbacher expertly delivers this murder mystery into a three-part miniseries.

A year and a half prior to when the story begins, the Argylls are riled from the brutal murder of their heiress mother, Rachel, and the person accused of her murder, Rachel’s adopted son Jack, whom later died in prison.

Now, Leo Argyll is ready to marry his secretary and gathers his four surviving adopted kids together.

When a shocking revelation comes to light that Jack was innocent in the murder, the question of who really murdered Rachel arises.

Old wounds are reopened for the Argyll family after learning that Jack, the black sheep of the clan, may not have killed the Argylls’ tyrannical matriarch and that one of them may be the real murderer.


ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE EPISODES


Wealthy philanthropist Rachel Argyll is murdered at her family estate Sunny Point. Her adopted son Jack Argyll, a young delinquent, is arrested for her murder.

With no option but to tell the complete truth, Arthur makes a confession and is able to present irrefutable evidence that he is telling the truth about Jack’s alibi.

At Sunny Point, justice has fallen out of the hands of the law, and Leo and Gwenda’s wedding becomes a theatre of brutal revenge.


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LEVERAGE REDEMPTION on Amazon Prime


Reformed criminals put their unique skills to good use by helping regular citizens fight back against corporate and governmental injustices.


LEVERAGE REDEMPTION EPISODES


The Too Many Rembrandts Job
When the team comes together to help Sophie, they intercept guilt-ridden corporate fixer Harry and decide to help him take down an evil billionaire making money on the back of an opioid crisis.

The Panamanian Monkey Job
With a new team member on board, plus the arrival of Hardison’s genius foster sister, the team heads to Panama to pull an elaborate heist before an evil billionaire can get his money and flee to a non-extradition country.

The Rollin’ on the River Job
The Leverage team takes on a greedy riverboat casino owner, before he can bulldoze the homes of longtime New Orleans natives for his planned expansion.

The Tower Job
One member of the team seeks redemption and justice by convincing Leverage to con a developer out of an entire luxury apartment building.

The Paranormal Hacktivity Job
When a woman believes she is being haunted, Sophie leads Breanna and Parker through a con to convince the two real estate scammers responsible to target Leverage HQ.

The Card Game Job
The Leverage team dives into the world of a fantasy collectible card game with a devoted following to take down a pharmaceutical bad boy who is price-gouging drugs.

The Double-Edged Sword Job
The team takes on a brilliant software developer who is selling a facial recognition system that threatens everyone’s privacy except his own.

The Mastermind Job
Sophie must keep her feelings in check when she discovers that someone has written a memoir of the team, casting himself as Nate.


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Watch The Escape Artist on Prime Video



A junior barrister celebrated for spiriting people out of tight legal corners represents an accused murderer.

From PBS – David Tennant (Doctor Who) stars as Will Burton, a junior barrister who specializes in spiriting people out of tight legal corners, hence his nickname-The Escape Artist. Much to the aggravation of his courtroom rival, Maggie Gardner (Sophie Okonedo), Will has never lost a case.

Will’s talents acquit serial killer Liam Foyle of murder, and it is only a matter of time until Foyle kills again.

Will Burton’s nickname is The Escape Artist – his speciality is freeing clients from tight legal corners, so much so that he’s never lost a case.

The junior barrister’s talent, peerless intellect and winning charm are in high demand, much to the aggravation of his courtroom rival, Maggie Gardner, a top prosecutor who finds herself constantly up against Will’s brilliance in court.

Will works by the simple mantra that everyone deserves a defense, even Liam Foyle, a psychological puzzle of a man who is standing trial for a high-profile, gruesome murder.

Of course, Will earns Foyle an acquittal, an outcome that produces unexpected and chilling results.


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Prime Video Dramas


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Devs on Amazon Prime Video


A computer engineer investigates the secretive development division in her company, which she believes is behind the disappearance of her boyfriend.


Episode 1
When her boyfriend, Sergei, vanishes after starting a new job at the secretive Devs division of tech company Amaya, software engineer Lily begins to suspect that his disappearance may not be as clear-cut as it seems.


Episode 2
Lily enlists ex-boyfriend Jamie’s help to investigate Sergei’s disappearance; she begins to question what she really knew about Sergei.


Episode 3
Lily returns to work at Amaya and explains her suspicions to Jen and Anya; Forest is visited by Laine, a powerful senator asking questions about the Devs project.


Episode 4
After Lily’s behavior at Amaya, Kenton forces her to see a psychiatrist; the Devs team members disagree over the ethics of their invention, and Forest asserts his commitment to the project.


Episode 5
Kenton pays Jamie a visit to guarantee his silence, while Katie covertly exploits the Devs system for her own ends.


Episode 6
Lily and Jamie visit Forest looking for answers, and Katie reveals to Lily the true nature of the Devs system.


Episode 7
The Devs team perfects the system, and Forest and Katie wait for completion of the Devs project; Lily and Jamie try to avoid its threat, but a visit from Kenton leaves Lily with no choice.


Episode 8
Lily arrives for her final confrontation with Forest and Katie.


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Goliath on Amazon Prime Video


Billy Bob Thornton as Billy McBride: formerly a brilliant and personable lawyer who founded the law firm Cooperman McBride with Donald Cooperman, and with whom he built it to be a successful legal firm.

He walked out of the firm and became an alcoholic after a murder suspect he got acquitted on a technicality went on to kill an entire family.

He lives in an extended-stay hotel (the Ocean Lodge Hotel) by the Santa Monica Pier.
McBride is also a graduate of the University of California Berkeley School of Law and Indiana University.

Once a powerful lawyer, Billy McBride is now a washed up ambulance chaser, who spends more time in bars than the courtroom.

When Billy reluctantly agrees to pursue a wrongful death lawsuit against the massive law firm he helped create, a vast and deadly conspiracy comes to light.

Billy and his team end up in a life-or-death trial against the ultimate foe, which could end up helping Billy find redemption and exact revenge on the firm.

The Amazon original series is created by David E. Kelley and Jonathan Shapiro.


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You on Amazon Prime Video


For a brilliant male bookstore manager who crosses paths with an aspiring female writer, what would he do for love.

A charming yet awkward crush becomes something even more sinister when the writer becomes the manager’s obsession.

Using social media and the internet, he uses every tool at his disposal to become close to her, even going so far as to remove any obstacle –including people — that stands in his way of getting to her.


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Watch Brotherhood on Prime Video


Set in an Irish neighborhood in Providence, Rhode Island, the series revolves around two brothers on opposite sides of the law: one a gangster (Jason Isaacs) and the other a state politician (Jason Clarke).

Brotherhood, set against the desperate worlds of politicians and mob bosses, looks at how gray good and evil can be. Two brothers on opposite sides of the law, determined to protect the neighborhood and what is theirs by whatever means necessary.

The Caffee brothers live in an Irish-American neighborhood in Providence, R.I., known as “the Hill.” Tommy Caffee is a family man whose ambition and street smarts help him navigate the world of Providence politics, protecting the Hill at all costs.

Unfortunately, his gangster brother Mike returns to town, hoping to take over the city’s underworld activities. Complicating matters further are Tommy and Mike’s proud mother Rose, Tommy’s wife Eileen, gang boss Freddie Cork and local detective Declan Giggs.

Michael and Tommy personify the show’s central tension, which is not a battle between the dangerous and the ambiguously decent, but rather between the morally deadened and the ethically unhinged. The show continually asks us: What is worse, apathy or self-delusion?


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Press on Amazon Prime Prime Video


Press is set in the world of newspapers – its past riven by hacking scandals, its present at the mercy of the digital age and the 24 hour news cycle, its future uncertain.

Press is a six-part British television drama series first shown on BBC One on 6 September 2018. It was cancelled after one series.

On episode 1, Herald reporter Holly Evans (Charlotte Riley) is forced to turn to the enemy – Post editor Duncan Allen (Ben Chaplin) – to further her investigation into a hit-and-run.

New to The Post, Oxford graduate Ed Washburn (Paapa Essiedu) is tasked with his first “death knock”, reporting on a closeted footballer’s suicide. Investigative reporter James Edwards (Al Weaver) pursues an MI5 lead, but finds himself blocked by The Herald’s weary editor Amina (Priyanga Burford).


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Doctor Foster on Amazon Prime Video


A woman suspects her husband of having an affair.

After following several lines of inquiry far more unravels including a streak of violence below the surface.

Suranne Jones (“Coronation Street”) stars as Dr. Gemma Foster in this mystery-drama series that leads the protagonist down a dark path.

Dr. Foster seems to have the perfect life; she is a trusted GP, has many friends and a settled family — until her husband starts acting suspiciously.

The doctor begins to think her husband is having an affair and decides to investigate, but the secrets she uncovers tear her world apart.

Gemma’s life goes into turmoil as she gets closer to discovering the truth, with her family and patients all suffering as a result of the shocking events that unfold.

Doctor Foster is a BBC One drama television series that was first broadcast on 9 September 2015.

The five-part series, written by Mike Bartlett, is about Dr Gemma Foster, who suspects that her husband is having an affair.

After she follows several lines of enquiry, her life unravels.

The storyline was inspired by the ancient myth of Medea, a wronged wife who poisons her husband’s new bride and kills their children.


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In the Dark on Amazon Prime Video

Murphy is a hard-living, hard-drinking, disaffected twenty-something with a penchant for cigarettes and casual sex. She’s also blind.

Her life comes crashing down when she stumbles upon what she’s sure is the lifeless body of her closest friend in the alley outside her apartment.

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Homecoming on Amazon Prime Video


Homecoming is an American psychological thriller web television series, based on the podcast of the same name created by Eli Horowitz and Micah Bloomberg.

Heidi Bergman is a caseworker at Homecoming, a facility that helps soldiers transition back to civilian life.

She leaves Homecoming to start a new life living with her mother and working as a small-town waitress.

Years later, the Department of Defense questions why she left, which makes Heidi realize that there’s a whole other story behind the one that she’s been telling herself.

Oscar winner Julia Roberts stars as Heidi in the first regular TV series role of her career.

“Homecoming” is based a podcast of the same name.


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Prime Video Crime Series


Watch Liar on Prime Video


British psychological thriller in which schoolteacher Laura Nielson accuses renowned surgeon Andrew Earlham of rape.

Beware of what you wish for. An intense sequence of dramatic events, and their impact — ending in criminal matters, and its complications.

A search for truth in relationships, and what is revealed by lying.

Liar is a British thriller television series created by Harry and Jack Williams, and co-produced by ITV and SundanceTV.

The series stars Joanne Froggatt and Ioan Gruffudd as two people whose initial attraction leads to far-reaching consequences for them and their friends and families.

Upon its debut, it received positive reviews, with many critics praising the performances of Froggatt and Gruffudd.

The program was renewed for a second and final series, which premiered on 2 March 2020.

Laura Nielson, a smart and capable teacher in the middle of a breakup, is set up on a date with recently widowed surgeon Andrew Earlham.

However, the day after it is apparent that something has gone wrong, and the subsequent fallout rapidly spirals out of control, exposing the power of truth, deception and trust.

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Watch Baptiste on Prime Video


The mercurial detective, Julien Baptiste, on holiday in Amsterdam with his wife, assists in an investigation for his former girlfriend, the Amsterdam Chief of Police.

Tchéky Karyo from the The Missing returns in Baptiste, a standalone spinoff series that revives his role as French detective Julien Baptiste.

Tom Hollander (The Night Manager) and Jessica Raine (Call the Midwife) round out the cast of the six-part crime drama, set in Amsterdam.

Baptiste aired in the UK to rave reviews: “A deftly spun procedural,” hailed The Independent; The Metro declared, “Tom Hollander and Tchéky Karyo are gripping in this intense crime thriller,” and The Times wrote that “Hollander magnetizes any scene he is in.”

The story will pick up with Baptiste traveling to Amsterdam on vacation. While he’s there, he has a catchup with his ex-girlfriend, who happens to be the chief of police.

He’s meant to be on a getaway, but his expertise is called on to help with a case being investigated.

The details of the crime have yet to be released, but we can expect Baptiste to be his typical unrelenting self and see they mystery through to the end.


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Watch The Fall on Prime Video


A seemingly cold but very passionate policewoman goes head to head with a seemingly passionate father who is in fact a cold serialist in this procedural out of Belfast.

The only thing they share is their common complexity.

The Fall is a crime drama that follows an investigation into a series of murders involving young business women in Belfast, Ireland.

Season 1 begins with Metro Police Superintendent Detective Stella Gibson (played by Gillian Anderson) heading up a group of local detectives determined to track down a serial killer by the name of Paul Spector (Jamie Dornan) before he has a chance to strike again.


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The Jury on Amazon Prime Video


A white boy has been killed in cold blood, and his classmate, a reclusive Sikh, is on trial for murder.

The eyes of the country turn to the jurors The highly publicized murder trial of a young Sikh student brings together twelve jurors, who must survive the media circus and reach a verdict in this thoughtful and gripping mini-series.

Featuring an all-star cast including Gerard Butler, Mark Strong, Julie Walters and Derek Jacobi.


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Apple Tree Yard on Prime Video


A provocative thriller which sees an eminent scientist caught up in a damaging and compromising lie. Based on the novel by Louise Doughty

Emily Watson plays a dangerous game with exceptional finesse in Apple Tree Yard, a rattlingly intense erotic thriller that deftly explores disturbing dilemmas and themes.

In Apple Tree Yard, Yvonne is treated, as she puts it, “as a collection of holes” by the man who rapes her.

Unlike some TV drama, Apple Tree Yard only reaffirms her personhood.

Not only does it present rape as unrelated to the narrative machinations of a cop drama or the gaudy controversy courted by high-stakes TV series, it also separates the actions of the victim from the linear narratives of the news and legal system.

In a world where people are still holding television debates about whether women are responsible for provoking rapists by wearing short skirts, Apple Tree Yard isolates the horror of rape, and illuminates the surrounding irrelevance.


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Rake on Amazon Prime Video


Meet Australian criminal barrister Cleaver Greene – reckless, brilliant and self-destructive.

Richard Roxburgh plays Cleaver Greene, a talented but self-destructive barrister who uses unconventional methods and usually defends those beyond redemption.

With unyielding optimism he takes on only the most difficult court cases that no one else wants, from suicide bombing to sex offenses and thefts to psychotic school girl drama.

At the same time the Sydney barrister tries to put his personal life in order, where his addiction to short term highs and women land him into trouble.

To jurors, he is hilarious, to judges an outrage, to a certain brothel owner a legend and to his former cocaine dealer, a tragic loss.

Despite his personal hopelessness, Cleaver will do whatever it takes to defend and save life’s truly lost souls.


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Watch Endeavour on Prime Video


Set in the 1960s, the show follows Endeavour Morse in his early years as a police constable. Working alongside his senior partner DI Fred Thursday, Morse engages in a number of investigations around Oxford.

“Endeavour” follows the newly forged relationship — both working and personal — between young DC Endeavour Morse and his senior partner, DI Fred Thursday.

Returning actors include Shaun Evans as Endeavour and Roger Allam as Thursday, while Sean Rigby takes on the role of a young PC Strange — the character who appeared in the original “Morse” series, played by James Grout.

Abigail Thaw, the daughter of the first Inspector Morse, John Thaw, makes further guest appearances as Dorothea Frazil.


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Sneaky Pete on Amazon Prime Video


Sneaky Pete is an American crime drama series created by David Shore and Bryan Cranston.

The series follows Marius Josipović (Giovanni Ribisi), a released convict who adopts the identity of his cell mate, Pete Murphy, in order to avoid his past life.

Giovanni Ribisi plays the role of Marius, a con man who tries to leave his old life behind by assuming the identity of his cell mate, Pete.

While Pete’s family doesn’t have reason to suspect that he is not their long-lost loved one, they are a colorful group with their own secrets and lies that could make life as dangerous as the world Marius was hoping to escape.

Marius must find a way to keep his lies from backfiring as he deals with unexpected situations that come his way.


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Prime Video Documentaries


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Watch American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story on Prime Video


This docudrama dives into the story of Playboy magazine’s charismatic founder, Hugh Hefner, who created one of the world’s most recognizable brands.

The series is a combination of interviews, archival footage (including moments found in Hefner’s vast personal collection) and cinematic re-enactments that cover the launch of the magazine as well as the next six decades of Hefner’s personal life and career.

While building his empire, Hefner also devoted time to defending civil rights, freedom of speech and sexual freedom.

The Amazon Original Series draws from unprecedented access to more than 17,000 hours of footage and over 2,600 scrapbooks from Hefner’s personal archives, chronicling the life of an American icon and the history of the brand he created.

American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story, the new 10-part docu-series on Amazon Prime, asks us to imagine its subject as the Don Draper of gentlemen’s magazines.

From humble origins, Hefner ascends the hierarchy of mid-century media, aided by a potent alchemy of ambition and chiseled instinct. He is – for the most part – amoral, though not without specific convictions.

Stirred by Alfred Kinsey’s seismic 1948 report, Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, he determined in his junior year of college that sexual taboos were not merely hypocritical, but fundamentally damaging. American popular culture trumpeted a “Norman Rockwell view of the world” that Hefner regarded as wholly fictitious.

Accordingly, his paramount aim in founding Playboy was to introduce sexuality as a crucial and healthy topic for public discourse.


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Prime Video Comedies


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Catastrophe on Amazon Prime Video


Catastrophe is about an Irish woman and an American man who meet in London, conceive a baby, and deal with the resultant joys and consequences.

The show debuted in the UK in 2015. Ashley Jensen and Mark Bonnar are also in the cast. Carrie Fisher played Rob’s mother back in the United States prior to her death.

The new season reconnects with the couple after Rob’s relapse into alcoholism ends in a car crash and a confession to Sharon.

Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan write and star in this R-rated comedy about a one-week stand between a Boston ad exec and a London schoolteacher that leads to an accidental pregnancy.


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Watch Married on Prime Video


A comedy about being miserably in love Russ Lina Bowman can barely remember what was like before kids, debt and suburbia rained on their romance.

The series follows Russ and Lina Bowman, a long-time married couple who, when they are not fighting over debts, child rearing and their declining sex life, are reminded that their close friendship is what drew them together in the first place.

Contrasting the Bowmans’ lifestyle are their two close friends: A.J., a wealthy but unstable divorcé, and Jess, a free spirit who struggles to settle down after marrying an older man.

Married is created by Andrew Gurland, which aired on FX from July 17, 2014 to October 1, 2015. The series stars Judy Greer, Nat Faxon, Jenny Slate, and Brett Gelman.

On September 30, 2014, FX renewed Married for a 13 episode second season which premiered on July 16, 2015. On October 26, 2015, FX cancelled the series after two seasons and 23 episodes


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Eastbound & Down on Amazon Prime Video


After substance abuse and insanely self-destructive and obnoxious behaviour throw a knuckle ball at his Major League Baseball career, former pitcher Kenny Powers retreats to his North Carolina hometown, where he takes a job teaching physical education at the middle school he once attended.

But another chance at potential big league stardom – or so he thinks – takes Kenny further down, to Mexico way, where he thrills the locals as only he can before he returns to the US a changed man.

Or is he? The colorful and frequently profane sitcom comes from executive producers Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, among others, and stars Danny McBride (`Tropic Thunder’).

Foul-mouthed, washed-up major-league pitcher Kenny Powers returns to his North Carolina hometown, where he moves in with his straitlaced older brother and his family and starts teaching phys ed at his former middle school.


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Red Oaks on Amazon Prime Video


Red Oaks is a coming-of-age web television comedy series streamed by Amazon Studios.

The pilot was directed by David Gordon Green, who also executive produced it with writer-creators Joe Gangemi and Gregory Jacobs.

The first season was released on Amazon Video on October 9, 2015.

It’s the summer of ’87 and change is in the air at Red Oaks.

David is chasing his dream to become a director in NYC. Wheeler and Misty have taken their relationship to the next level but face unforeseen obstacles.

Getty is making lemonade out of lemons in prison and Sam and Judy are finding new and unexplored passions. Meanwhile, back at Red Oaks, Nash finds that the club’s future is in danger.


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Prime Video Movies


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Lansky on Amazon Prime Video


When n the aging Meyer Lansky is investigated one last time by the Feds who suspect he has stashed away millions of dollars over half a century, the retired gangster spins a dizzying tale, revealing the untold truth about his life as the notorious boss of Murder Inc. and the National Crime Syndicate.

Starring Harvey Keitel and John Magaro, Lansky tells the story of its titular gangster, Meyer Lansky, one of the most infamous criminals in American history.

The film tells the story of an aging Lansky as he’s investigated one final time by the police who still suspect that he has millions of dollar stashed away.

Instead of giving the feds what they want, Lansky delves into his past and weaves a twisting tale about his life as a notorious mob boss.


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