9 Movies Over 90% on Rotten Tomatoes Streaming on Prime Video in April

Every month, streaming services add dozens of new titles to their libraries and Prime Video is no exception. In addition to all of the great Amazon Originals that premiere on the platform monthly, fan-favorite movies new and old are added to the platform.

How do you even begin to sort through those to find the best of the best?

Easy. You come here, to Decider.

We’ve combed through all of the movies on the platform to find 9 must-watch movies available to subscribers at no extra cost right now. And even better? These are certified great movies, all with over a 90% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

1. Sense and Sensibility (1995)

   Rotten Tomatoes Score: 97% Certified Fresh

   Director: Ang Lee

   Cast: Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant

   What Is It About? When Elinor Dashwood’s (Thompson) father dies, her family’s finances are crippled. After the Dashwoods move to a cottage in Devonshire, Elinor’s sister Marianne (Winslet) is torn between the handsome John Willoughby (Greg Wise) and the older Colonel Brandon (Rickman). Meanwhile, Elinor’s romantic hopes with Edward Ferrars (Grant) are hindered due to his prior engagement. Both Elinor and Marianne strive for love while the circumstances in their lives constantly change.

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3. Till (2022)

   Rotten Tomatoes Score: 96% Certified Fresh

   Director: Chinonye Chukwu

   Cast: Danielle Deadwyler, Jalyn Hall, Whoopi Goldberg

   What Is It About? Till is a profoundly emotional and cinematic film about the true story of Mamie Till Mobley’s (Deadwyler) relentless pursuit of justice for her 14 year old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was brutally lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi. In Mamie’s poignant journey of grief turned to action, we see the universal power of a mother’s ability to change the world.

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4. Fargo (1996)

   Rotten Tomatoes Score: 95% Certified Fresh

   Director: Joel and Coen

   Cast: Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, William H. Macy

   What Is It About? Things go terribly awry when small-time Minnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard (Macy) hires two thugs (Buscemi and Peter Stormare) to kidnap his wife so he can collect the ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. Once people start dying, the very chipper and very pregnant Police Chief Marge Gunderson (McDormand) takes the case.

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5. Lost in Translation (2003)

   Rotten Tomatoes Score: 95% Certified Fresh

   Director: Sofia Coppola

   Cast: Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Giovanni Ribisi

   What Is It About? A lonely, aging movie star named Bob Harris (Bill Murray) and a conflicted newlywed, Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson), meet in Tokyo. Bob is there to film a Japanese whiskey commercial; Charlotte is accompanying her celebrity-photographer husband. Strangers in a foreign land, the two find escape, distraction and understanding amidst the bright Tokyo lights after a chance meeting in the quiet lull of the hotel bar.

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6. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011)

   Rotten Tomatoes Score: 94% Certified Fresh

   Director: Brad Bird

   Cast: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton

   What Is It About? The President has initiated Ghost Protocol. The IMF is shut down when Ethan Hunt (Cruise) and his team are implicated in the bombing of the Kremlin. Off the grid and without resources, Hunt is forced to clear the IMF’s name and prevent more terrorist attacks. The mission seems, well, impossible, especially with the introduction of a new IMF fugitive (Renner) whose motives are unclear.

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7. Conclave (2024) — streaming from April 13

   Rotten Tomatoes Score: 93% Certified Fresh

   Director: Edward Berger

   Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow

   What Is It About? Cardinal Lawrence (Fiennes) is tasked with running this covert process after the unexpected death of the beloved Pope. Once the Catholic Church’s most powerful leaders have gathered from around the world and are locked together in the Vatican halls, Lawrence uncovers a trail of deep secrets left in the dead Pope’s wake, secrets which could shake the foundations of the Church.

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8. Dazed and Confused (1993)

   Rotten Tomatoes Score: 94% Certified Fresh

   Director: Richard Linklater

   Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Milla Jovovich, Ben Affleck

   What Is It About? This coming-of-age film follows the mayhem of group of rowdy teenagers in Austin, Texas, celebrating the last day of high school in 1976. The graduating class heads for a popular pool hall and joins an impromptu keg party, however star football player Randall Pink Floyd (Jason London) has promised to focus on the championship game and abstain from partying. Meanwhile, the incoming freshmen try to avoid being hazed by the seniors, most notably the sadistic bully Fred O’Bannion (Affleck).

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9. Fighting With My Family (2019)

   Rotten Tomatoes Score: 93% Certified Fresh

   Director: Steven Merchant

   Cast: Florence Pugh, Lena Heady, Nick Frost, Dwayne Johnson

   What Is It About? Born into a tight-knit wrestling family, Paige and her brother Zak are ecstatic when they get the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to try out for the WWE. But when only Paige earns a spot in the competitive training program, she must leave her loved ones behind and face this new cutthroat world alone. Paige’s journey pushes her to dig deep and ultimately prove to the world that what makes her different is the very thing that can make her a star.

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10. Dunkirk (2017)

    Rotten Tomatoes Score: 92% Certified Fresh

    Director: Christopher Nolan

    Cast: Fionn Whitehead, Jack Lowden, Tom Glynn-Carney, Tom Hardy

    What Is It About? In May 1940, Germany advanced into France, trapping Allied troops on the beaches of Dunkirk. Under air and ground cover from British and French forces, troops were slowly and methodically evacuated from the beach using every serviceable naval and civilian vessel that could be found. 

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