July is one of Prime Video’s best months in a while, the most anticipated sci-fi film of the year just landed, a Legally Blonde prequel series kicked off the month, and there’s a genuinely great mix of new originals, fresh arrivals, and classics worth revisiting. Here are 10 confirmed picks, all streaming on Prime Video this month.
1. Project Hail Mary (Sci-Fi/Adventure)
This is the big one. Science teacher and former molecular biologist Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) wakes up alone on a spaceship millions of miles from Earth with no memory of who he is or why he’s there. As the truth slowly returns, he realises he’s humanity’s last shot at solving a mystery that’s causing the sun to die. Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse), it’s one of the biggest original movies of 2026, grossing over $683 million at the box office. The real heart of the film is Grace’s unexpected friendship with Rocky, an alien lifeform who becomes the most lovable character in recent sci-fi cinema.
Best for- anyone who loved The Martian or Interstellar, and honestly, everyone else too. This is the watch of the month.
2. Ride or Die (Action Comedy Series)
Octavia Spencer and Hannah Waddingham play lifelong best friends Debbie and Judith, until Debbie discovers Judith is secretly an international assassin, and a botched hit drags her into that dangerous world. A globe-trotting, laugh-out-loud action comedy with two of the most charismatic women on screen right now. All eight episodes dropped at once, making it perfect for a weekend binge.
Best for- fans of The Lost City or Spy, fun, fast, and completely irresistible.
3. The Devil’s Mouth (Horror Thriller)
Landing at the end of the month, this Prime Video original follows a group of friends whose sunny Thailand vacation turns into a fight for survival when bloodthirsty sharks close in. Starring Lana Condor, Gavin Casalegno, and Kathryn Newton, it’s a lean, brutal creature feature that delivers exactly what it promises.
Best for- horror fans and anyone who wants a tense, popcorn-fuelled summer thriller.
4. Elle (Comedy Drama Series)
Before Elle Woods conquered Harvard Law, she was navigating high school in 1995 Seattle in pink. This Legally Blonde prequel series, executive produced by Reese Witherspoon, follows a teenage Elle (Lexi Minetree) through friendships, forbidden romance, and questionable fashion choices, and already renewed for a second season.
Best for- fans of the original films, and anyone who loves a sharp, funny coming-of-age story.
5. The Wild Robot (Animated/Drama)
One of the most acclaimed animated films of 2024 has finally arrived on Prime Video. ROZZUM unit 7134, Roz, wakes up on a wild island and must adapt to her harsh surroundings, eventually raising a gosling as her own. From the director of Lilo & Stitch and How to Train Your Dragon, it’s a film that works for children and leaves adults quietly devastated.
Best for- family movie night, animation fans, and anyone who needs a genuinely beautiful film.
6. Ghost in the Shell (Anime Series)
This stunning 2026 revival of one of anime’s most beloved franchises is now on Prime Video. Set in 2029 near-future Japan, full cyborg Motoko Kusanagi envisions a task force that preemptively strikes emerging threats, until she and her team are scouted by Daisuke Aramaki, drawing them into something far bigger.
Best for- anime fans, cyberpunk lovers, and anyone curious about one of the genre’s landmark properties.
7. Primate (Horror)
A pet chimpanzee contracts rabies, turning a young woman’s Hawaiian homecoming into a brutal fight for survival inside a cliffside glass house. Simple, effective, and relentlessly tense, director Johannes Roberts delivers the kind of lean creature-feature chaos that’s been missing from modern horror.
Best for- horror fans who want something visceral and no-nonsense.
8. Gladiator (Action/Epic)
Ridley Scott’s Oscar-winning epic is back on the platform and still one of the greatest action films ever made. Russell Crowe as Maximus remains one of cinema’s great performances, a Roman general betrayed, enslaved, and forced to fight his way back to vengeance through the Colosseum.
Best for- a proper epic watch on a big screen, this one earns every minute of its runtime.
9. Saving Private Ryan (War/Drama)
Spielberg’s masterpiece of war cinema opens with one of the most harrowing sequences ever committed to film and never really lets go. Tom Hanks leads a squad of soldiers deep behind enemy lines to find and bring home a single paratrooper after his brothers are killed in action.
Best for- viewers who want something genuinely powerful, this is one of those films that demands to be seen at least once.
10. Bones and All (Romance/Horror)
Luca Guadagnino’s road trip romance about two young cannibals finding each other in 1980s America is as tender as it is unsettling. Timothée Chalamet and Taylor Russell are extraordinary together, and the film is far more about loneliness, belonging, and first love than it is about horror.
Best for- viewers who want something unconventional and deeply felt, not for the faint-hearted, but absolutely worth it.
