With a new month comes a new batch of movies on Prime Video, and May 2026 delivers plenty of fresh options to stream. If you’re looking to update your watchlist, there are plenty of movies worth watching this week. That includes a seriously funny action-comedy with Simon Pegg and a mystery thriller centered around a chilling mystery.
Looking for something good that’s new on Prime Video this May 2026, but don’t know where to start? This list focuses on movies with 90% or higher on Rotten Tomatoes, meaning they’ve been widely praised. Of course, a high score isn’t the only measure of quality, but 90% and above is always a strong sign.
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‘Annie Hall’ (1977)
Starting off strong with a romantic comedy-drama that won four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, in 1978. “Annie Hall” essentially rewired how cinema approaches relationships, memory, and the “fourth wall.” Before this film, romantic comedies were largely slapstick or polished fantasies. Director and star, Woody Allen, alongside co-writer Marshall Brickman, told its story in a relaxed, free-flowing way that felt smart and slightly cynical, but still charming.
“Annie Hall” follows Alvy Singer, a New York comedian, as he looks back on his relationship with Annie Hall, an aspiring nightclub singer. Through a series of flashbacks, Alvy recounts how they first met, their early dates, and the ups and downs that shaped their time together. The story moves between different moments in their lives, including trips, arguments, and time spent with each other’s families and friends. He attempts to understand how their relationship changed.
Rotten Tomatoes score: 97%
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‘Babe’ (1995)
If you’re excited for the upcoming film “The Sheep Detectives” about a flock of talking sheep finding their purpose in the world, you’ll probably enjoy “Babe.” While it looks like a simple children’s movie, it was one of the first films to use digital “mouth replacement” technology, allowing real animals to appear to speak without looking like a cartoon. It earned seven Academy Award nominations and deserved every single one for being so cute and charming.
“Babe” centers on a young piglet who is won at a county fair by farmer Arthur Hoggett (James Cromwell) and brought to live on his farm. There, Babe (Christine Cavanaugh) is taken in by a Border Collie named Fly (Miriam Margolyes) and learns the routines of the animals around him. Settling into farm life, Babe forms bonds with the other animals, including a duck named Ferdinand (Danny Mann) and Fly’s partner Rex (Hugo Weaving). When unexpected situations arise involving the sheep, Babe begins to take on surprising new responsibilities.
Rotten Tomatoes score: 98%
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‘Dallas Buyers Club’ (2013)
Moving on to something different, “Dallas Buyers Club” is a biographical drama that deals with heavy themes of mortality and systemic failure. It’s remembered as much for its incredible production backstory as for its critical acclaim. In fact, the film is arguably the crown jewel of Matthew McConaughey’s pivot from rom-com lead to serious dramatic actor, as he had to undergo a drastic physical transformation for the role.
Ron Woodroof (McConaughey) is a Texas electrician and rodeo rider who is diagnosed with HIV in the mid-1980s after being hospitalized following an accident. Told he has a limited time to live, he begins researching treatments after struggling to access legal medication in the United States. He travels internationally to obtain alternative drugs and brings them back to Texas, where he forms an underground network to distribute them to other patients. With growing demand, Woodroof partners with others to expand the operation.
Rotten Tomatoes: 92%
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‘Hot Fuzz’ (2007)
If you (somehow) weren’t already aware, “Hot Fuzz” is the second installment in Edgar Wright’s celebrated Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy, preceded by “Shaun of the Dead” and followed by “The World’s End.” While it’s technically a “parody,” it functions more as a high-octane love letter to action cinema. I truly believe it’s one of the greatest comedies of the 21st century, and that all comes down to the real-life friendship of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost shining through.
“Hot Fuzz” follows Nicholas Angel (Pegg), a highly skilled London police officer who is reassigned to a quiet rural village after his success makes his colleagues look bad. He is partnered with Danny Butterman (Frost), an enthusiastic but inexperienced local officer whose fascination with action movies shapes how he views police work. After settling in, Angel begins investigating a series of unusual deaths in the village that have all been officially ruled as accidents.
Rotten Tomatoes score: 91%
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‘The Wolf of Snow Hollow’ (2020)
As a horror nerd, it only feels right to end this list with something a little darker. Not too dark, of course, since it also leans into comedy-mystery. “The Wolf of Snow Hollow” is a unique genre-blender that arrived in 2020, written, directed by, and starring Jim Cummings. It’s a film that wears many hats: part small-town procedural, part creature feature, and part character study. It captures the claustrophobia of a small town under siege, with much of the comedy coming from awkward human interactions.
“The Wolf of Snow Hollow” is set in a small Utah mountain town where a series of brutal killings occur during full moons. The local sheriff, John (Cummings), already dealing with personal and professional pressures, leads the investigation while trying to convince himself there’s no supernatural explanation for what’s happening. As the body count rises, suspicion spreads through the community and the case becomes increasingly difficult to control.
Rotten Tomatoes: 90%
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