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THE ALL-TIME TOP 10 AMAZON PRIME FILMS

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The Top10 Amazon Prime Movies

1. Raazi (2018)

Raazi, which translates to “Agreement/Secretive,” is a 2018 spy thriller in Hindi language that was produced by Vineet Jain, Karan Johar, Hiroo Yash Johar, and Apoorva Mehta under the labels of Dharma Productions and Junglee Pictures. It was directed by Meghna Gulzar. In addition to Vicky Kaushal, Rajit Kapur, Shishir Sharma, and Jaideep Ahlawat in supporting parts, Alia Bhatt plays the main character. The movie is based on the 2008 book Calling Sehmat by Harinder Sikka, which tells the true story of an Indian agent for the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) who marries into a family of Pakistani military officers at her father’s request in order to transmit intelligence back to India before the 1971 Indo-Pakistani War.

Raazi’s main photography started in Mumbai in July 2017 and ended on October 27, 2017. It was filmed in a number of places, including Doodhpathri, Patiala, Nabha, and Malerkotla.

Raazi earned a tie for first place with Andhadhun at the 64th Filmfare Awards, after garnering 15 nominations. Her wins included Best Film, Best Director (Gulzar), and Best Actress (Bhatt).

2. 3 Idiot (2009)

In 2009, Rajkumar Hirani wrote, edited, and directed the Hindi-language comedy-drama film 3 Idiots. Abhijat Joshi co-wrote the screenplay, which was produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. Aamir Khan, R. Madhavan, and Sharman Joshi play the film’s main characters, reuniting three years after Rang De Basanti (2006). Kareena Kapoor, Boman Irani, and Omi Vaidya play important supporting parts. The story is largely adapted from Chetan Bhagat’s novel Five Point Someone. The plot, which is a parody on the societal constraints faced by Indian students in the educational system, is told through two parallel dramas, one set ten years in the past and the other in the present. It centers on the relationship of three students at an engineering college in India.

3 Idiots took home three National Film Awards at the 57th Academy Awards, including Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment. The movie also won a leading six prizes (tied with Dev.D), including Best Film, Best Director (Hirani), and Best Supporting Actor (Irani), while it was nominated for eleven times at the 55th Filmfare prizes, including Best Actor (Khan), Best Actress (Kapoor), and Best Supporting Actor (Madhavan and Joshi). It was nominated for Best Outstanding Foreign Language Film at the Japan Academy Awards and Best Foreign Film at the Beijing International Film Festival in China. It received the Grand Prize at the Videoyasan Awards in Japan while it was released internationally.

3. Drishyam 2 (2022)

Abhishek Pathak is the director and co-producer of the 2022 Indian Hindi-language crime thriller film Drishyam 2 (transl. Visual 2). It’s a follow-up to 2015’s Drishyam and a remake of the same-titled Malayalam movie from 2021. T-Series Films, Viacom18 Studios, and Panorama Studios worked together to develop it. Ajay Devgn, Tabu, Shriya Saran, and Akshaye Khanna are the film’s stars. In supporting roles are Kamlesh Sawant, Rajat Kapoor, Ishita Dutta, Mrunal Jadhav, and Saurabh Shukla. Seven years have passed since the last movie’s events.

On November 18, 2022, Drishyam 2 opened in theaters across the globe to acclaim. Special recognition was given to the screenplay, editing, cinematography, and performances by critics. The movie became a member of the 100 Crore Club in India six days after its release, having made ₹100 crore (US$13 million) in four days on the foreign circuit. In the end, the movie brought in ₹345.05 crore (US$43 million) globally, making it a hit and the 24th highest-grossing Hindi film ever.

4. Hichki (2018)

Hichki, which translates to “Hiccup,” is a 2018 Indian comedy drama film in the Hindi language that was co-written and directed by Siddharth P. Malhotra. It was produced by Aditya Chopra and Maneesh Sharma under the former’s Yash Raj Films banner. Based on the autobiography of American motivational speaker Brad Cohen, Front of the Class, it stars Rani Mukerji in her return role as Naina Mathur, an aspirant teacher who was turned down by numerous schools due to her Tourette syndrome until being admitted to her alma mater, St. Notker’s School. She has been given the task of instructing children from a local slum in class 9F, which was established by the Indian government to meet a quota for the less fortunate.

The release date of Hichki was March 23, 2018. With a total gross of ₹2.15 billion (US$27 million), the film was a commercial success, with the majority of its earnings coming from China, despite having only cost ₹200 million (US$2.5 million) to produce. Reviews were divided, with the majority praising Mukerji’s acting and the predictable plot being criticized. Her film was screened at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne, where she won an award in the same category. She was nominated for Best Actress at the Zee Cine Awards, Filmfare Awards, International Indian Film Academy Awards, and Screen Awards. The movie was also screened at the Giffoni Film Festival, Shanghai International Film Festival, and International Film Festival of India.

5. Chak De! India (2007)

Chak De! India (transl. “Let’s go! India” or “Go for it! India”) is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language sports film produced by Aditya Chopra under the Yash Raj Films brand. It was directed by Shimit Amin and written by Jaideep Sahni. Along with a cast of sixteen actresses who are both professional and amateur hockey players, Shah Rukh Khan plays the fictional Kabir Khan, the former captain of the India men’s national field hockey team and coach of the India women’s national field hockey team. Salim-Sulaiman composed the soundtrack, and Rob Miller choreographed the sports scenes.

Chak De! India investigates sexism, religious discrimination, and bigotry. The movie centers on hockey player Kabir Khan, who was banished from the game after suffering a crushing defeat to Pakistan due to religious discrimination. Seven years later, in an effort to make amends, he takes a job as coach of the Indian national women’s hockey team, intending to make a winning squad out of 16 players.

On August 10, 2007, the globe saw the release of Chak De! India, which also happened to be the 60th Independence Day of the nation. With a budget of ₹20 crore (US$4.84 million), the movie made ₹109 crore (US$26.36 million) at the box office, making it the third best grossing Hindi film of 2007. When it was first released, it was met with a great deal of critical acclaim, with particular attention paid to Khan’s performance. Other notable aspects of the film included its directing, story, script, dialogue, and feminist themes. Chak De! India, a multiple award winner, took home the 55th National Film Awards’ Best Popular Film Offering Wholesome Entertainment title. At the 53rd Filmfare prizes, it won a leading five prizes, including Best Film (Critics), and received a leading ten nominations, including Best Film, Best Director (Amin), and Best Supporting Actress (Shukla) and Best Actor (Khan).

6. The Big Sick (2017)

Michael Showalter is the director of the 2017 American romantic comedy-drama The Big Sick, which was written by Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani. Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Adeel Akhtar, Ray Romano, Holly Hunter, and Anupam Kher are among its stars. Based on their relationship, Gordon and Nanjiani developed the movie, which centers on an interracial couple that has to overcome cultural divides when Emily (Kazan) gets sick.

On January 20, 2017, the movie made its international premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. Before going wide on July 14, 2017, Amazon Studios and Lionsgate gave it a limited theater release on June 23, 2017. One of the most well-received movies of 2017 was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and named one of the top 10 movies of the year by the American Film Institute.[4] Despite having a $5 million budget, it made $56 million globally, ranking among the highest-grossing indie films of 2017.

7. Mission: Impossible Series

American action spy movies in the Mission: Impossible series are based on Bruce Geller’s 1966 TV show. Tom Cruise, who plays Impossible Missions Force (IMF) agent Ethan Hunt, is the primary producer and star of the series. Various directors, writers, and crews have directed, written, and composed the films, which also feature musical themes from Lalo Schifrin’s original series.

The films, which begin in 1996 and pick up six years after the events of the first TV sequel series, follow Hunt’s main field team at the IMF as they try to stop a hostile force and avert an imminent global catastrophe. The show centers on Hunt’s character and, following the format of the television show, is supported by a recurring ensemble cast that includes actors Ving Rhames and Simon Pegg as Luther Stickell and Benji Dunn, respectively.

Critics have generally given the series a positive reception. With approximately $4.09 billion in global revenue, it ranks as the 17th highest-grossing film series of all time and is frequently considered as one of the greatest action films ever. Fallout, the sixth movie in the series, debuted on July 27, 2018, and is presently the highest-grossing installment. The seventh and eighth movies are both two-part, full-length productions. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning will be released in July 2023, while the eighth, which has no title, won’t come out until May 2025. Paramount Pictures releases and co-produces the movies.

The first Academy Award nominations for the series came in 2024, when Dead Reckoning was nominated for Best Visual Effects and Best Sound at the 96th ceremony.

8. The Lost City (2022)

Based on a story by Seth Gordon, Aaron and Adam Nee (who also co-wrote the screenplay with Oren Uziel and Dana Fox) are the directors of the 2022 American action-adventure comedy film The Lost City. A romance novelist and her cover model must flee a millionaire who wants her to locate a lost ancient burial chamber that she has written about in one of her books. Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, and Brad Pitt star in the movie.

The project was first revealed in October 2020, with Bullock signing on as star and producer that same month, and Tatum joining as well. The remaining cast members were revealed the following year. In the Dominican Republic, filming took conducted from May to August of 2021. On March 12, 2022, the movie made its South by Southwest debut. On March 25, 2022, Paramount Pictures released the movie in theaters nationwide. Despite a $68 million budget, it made over $190 million worldwide and garnered mostly excellent reviews from reviewers.

9. The Godfather (1972)

Based on Mario Puzo’s critically acclaimed 1969 novel of the same name, Francis Ford Coppola directed the epic crime thriller The Godfather in 1972. Coppola and Puzo co-wrote the screenplay. Starring in the movie are Diane Keaton, John Marley, Sterling Hayden, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard Castellano, Robert Duvall, and Marlon Brando. This first part of The Godfather trilogy follows the Corleone family from 1945 to 1955 as they are led by patriarch Vito Corleone (Brando). It centers on his youngest son Michael Corleone (played by Al Pacino), who goes from being a hesitant outsider in the family to being a vicious mafia lord.

For $80,000, Paramount Pictures bought the rights to the book before it became well-known. The film’s director, Coppola, was chosen after a number of applicants declined the role; however, there was conflict over the casting of numerous characters, most notably Vito (Marlon Brando) and Michael (Al Pacino). Studio management were having difficulty finding a director. Filming was mostly done on site in Sicily and around New York City, and it was finished ahead of schedule. Carmine Coppola contributed a few parts to Nino Rota’s mostly created musical score.

Considered a classic of the gangster genre, The Godfather is among the best and most influential movies ever filmed. The American picture Institute ranks it as the second-greatest picture in American history, behind Citizen Kane, and it was chosen for preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 1990 after being declared “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”. The sequels The Godfather Part II (1974) and The Godfather Part III (1990) came after it. “The Godfather is a great example of how the best popular movies come out of a merger of commerce and art,” remarked Pauline Kael.

10. Wolf Of Wall Street (2013)

Based on Jordan Belfort’s eponymous 2007 biography, The Wolf of Wall Street is a 2013 American epic biographical black comedy crime film co-produced, directed, and written by Terence Winter. It describes how Belfort’s firm, Stratton Oakmont, engaged in widespread fraud and corruption on Wall Street, ultimately leading to his collapse. Belfort began his career as a stockbroker in New York City. The movie stars Matthew McConaughey as his mentor and former boss Mark Hanna, Jonah Hill as his buddy and business partner Donnie Azoff, Margot Robbie as his second wife, Naomi Lapaglia, and Kyle Chandler as FBI agent Patrick Denham. Leonardo DiCaprio plays Belfort. This is DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese’s fifth joint project.

The movie was praised by critics (with some moral criticism thrown in) and made multiple “best of the year” lists. The 86th Academy Awards saw it up for five nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actor (DiCaprio), and Best Supporting Actor (Hill). At the 71st Golden Globe Awards, DiCaprio took up the Best Actor – Musical or Comedy trophy. The movie was nominated for Best Picture – Musical or Comedy as well.