The Best Thought-provoking Movies to Watch on Amazon Prime
Challenging movies serve beyond entertainment, pushing us to ask new questions about humanity and the world around us. If you’re hungry for some food for thought, here are the best thought-provoking movies and shows available to stream now.
An intimate, immersive, and incredibly inventive look into the racial abuse of a Jim Crow-era reform school.
Lulu Wang returns to screen in this Hong Kong-set intersection of personal loss and American privilege.
A powerful and illuminating drama that rekindles the story of Anne Frank.
A boy spends a summer on movies in this stunning semi-autobiographical coming-of-age drama.
An intimate and compassionate account of a Black family’s struggle to keep the land their family owned for decades.
Oppressively bleak Filipino wartime horror with a unique look and impressive performances.
A blind man takes a journey to the woman he loves in this brilliant, immersive drama.
A travelogue through various uncanny mysteries, and a love letter to a dearly departed friend.
A real life schoolteacher inspires a new generation in this uplifting, if familiar, drama.
A morally dubious Robin Hood smuggles life-saving drugs in this true-to-life comedy drama.
A gay footballer gets torn between his life dream and his sexuality in this depressing, but sadly realistic sports drama.
An observational documentary about the everyday horrors of toxic masculinity.
The new girl discovers a chilling town secret in this underrated, challenging neo-noir.
An eccentric foreigner dreams to create an operatic jungle haven in this surprising, audacious epic.
The Brothers Quay fascinates and befuddles in their unsettling first live-action feature.
The master of the thrill returns to giallo in this terrifying serial killer thriller.
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei directs his attention towards the ongoing refugee crisis, the biggest displacement of people since World War II. His documentary is apolitical and tries to focus on the human side of the picture. It’s not a news report or a commentary on the causes of the situation. Instead, it’s a combination of […]
Nazi children reckon with their parents’ atrocities in this thought provoking, thrilling period drama .
A unique, haunting Outback Western that reckons with the historical violence waged on the Aboriginal people.
A surprisingly touching take on zombies that lets the living dead stand for something again.
A powerful depiction of religious sisters reckoning with faith after trauma.
The midnight sun shines light on a detective’s guilt in this chilling Norwegian crime thriller.
A lovely and faithful adaptation of the trailblazing Victorian lesbian novel.
Werner Herzog takes on the classic film vampire in this spectacular, empathetic gothic horror remake.
