{"id":89859,"date":"2026-05-03T23:18:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T23:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/3-underrated-prime-video-movies-you-need-to-watch-in-may-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T23:18:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T23:18:17","slug":"3-underrated-prime-video-movies-you-need-to-watch-in-may-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/3-underrated-prime-video-movies-you-need-to-watch-in-may-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Underrated Prime Video Movies You Need to Watch in May 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Amazon Prime Video is a great place to go for mainstream hits and awards darlings, but it also has plenty of hidden gems.<\/p>\n<p>From niche picks that deserve a bigger audience to unsung masterpieces, you can be sure to find something a little different on Prime Video if you\u2019re looking for it.<\/p>\n<p>In April 2026, Watch With Us has chosen three great movies that we think might otherwise get forgotten about.<\/p>\n<p>Our first selection is <em>Beginners<\/em>, a moving dramedy about a man who learns that his dying father is gay.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/superbad-stone-hill.jpg?w=400&amp;h=225&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Jonah Hill and Emma Stone in Superbad\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/superbad-stone-hill.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n<p>    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">3 Prime Video Movies That Are a Perfect 10\/10 (March 2026)<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tSo, you\u2019re looking for a movie to watch, but you want to make sure that it won\u2019t disappoint you. Perfect, 10\/10 movies are few and far between \u2014 art is subjective, after all. But as the experts in all things streaming, Watch With Us can steer you in the right direction. This March, we want [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>\u2018Beginners\u2019 (2011)<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Beginners Official Trailer #1 - (2010) HD\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e1zZYMKGw2M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In the wake of his mother\u2019s death, Oliver (<strong>Ewan McGregor<\/strong>) is met with another personal shock: his aging, terminally ill father, Hal (<strong>Christopher Plummer<\/strong>), has come out of the closet. After Hal passes away five years later, Oliver turns inward as he struggles with depression and his floundering artistic career, spending more energy ruminating on the time spent with his father. \u00a0When Oliver meets Anna (<strong>M\u00e9lanie Laurent<\/strong>), an actress, it seems he\u2019s found an end to his isolation. But their mutual fear of commitment threatens their very real connection.<\/p>\n<p><em>Beginners<\/em> succeeds as a tender film that isn\u2019t overly sentimental, and McGregor shines in his nuanced performance as a man navigating grief. Director <strong>Mike Mills<\/strong> balances the emotional weight of the narrative with warmth, humor and an optimistic outlook on the multi-faceted nature of love and life. McGregor and Laurent sport naturalistic chemistry together, and their relationship feels deep and authentic. Buoyed by light bursts of humor throughout, <em>Beginners<\/em> is a movie that sneaks up on you.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Mermaids\u2019 (1990)<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mermaids (1990) | Official Trailer | MGM Studios\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t1ykJQ9ACp8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Single mother Rachel (<strong>Cher<\/strong>) always moves her and her two daughters, 15-year-old Charlotte (<strong>Winona Ryder<\/strong>) and 9-year-old Kate (<strong>Christina Ricci<\/strong>), to a different town at any time the moment suits her, which has become increasingly frustrating to Charlotte. When the trio relocates to a small town in Massachusetts and Rachel starts seeing a shopkeeper named Lou (<strong>Bob Hoskins<\/strong>), the girls are hopeful that they can finally stay in one place. But things become complicated when Charlotte becomes involved with a much older man (<strong>Michael Schoeffling<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p><em>Mermaids<\/em> is a fantastic movie for those of you who like nostalgia that isn\u2019t all roses and sunshine. Cher\u2019s performance as the lively and free-spirited Rachel is a match made in heaven, and nascent roles for Ryder and Ricci prove their acting chops at an early age. The movie does a great job at weaving coming-of-age themes with family drama in a way that feels messy yet very real. <em>Mermaids<\/em> is both very funny and refreshingly melancholic, a touching look at figuring out who you are while having an unconventional role model.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<h2>\u2018The Return of the Living Dead\u2019 (1985)<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Return of the Living Dead (1985) - Official Trailer (HD)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KeSAFGWzft8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In an effort to impress his new employee, Freddy (<strong>Thom Mathews<\/strong>), foreman Frank (<strong>James Karen<\/strong>) shows Freddy a secret military experiment kept in the warehouse; two drums of a toxic gas called Trioxin. But when the two dunderheads accidentally release the gas into the atmosphere, it reanimates dead bodies into bloodthirsty zombies. As the zombie plague spreads across Louisville, Kentucky, Frank and Freddy join forces with their boss, Burt (<strong>Clu Gulager<\/strong>), and a mortician named Ernie (<strong>Don Calfa<\/strong>) to try to contain the spread and destroy the unkillable zombified corpses.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Return of the Living Dead<\/em> is a gory, silly good time that still holds up. While confusingly titled to seem connected to the <em>Night of the Living Dead<\/em> movies from <strong>George Romero<\/strong>, this is in no way linked to Romero\u2019s more thematically preoccupied horror films. Instead, <em>The Return of the Living Dead<\/em> is garish, weird and leans fully into how ridiculous it is. This isn\u2019t a slow-burn zombie movie \u2014 it\u2019s loud, weird and fully aware of how ridiculous it is. It\u2019s B-movie goofiness at its very finest, with over-the-top performances, a high-energy punk rock soundtrack and laugh-out-loud comedy.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon Prime Video is a great place to go for mainstream hits and awards darlings, but it also has plenty of hidden gems. From niche picks that deserve a bigger audience to unsung masterpieces, you can be sure to find something a little different on Prime Video if you\u2019re looking for it. 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