With a fresh start to the week (and month — hello December!) comes a new crop of titles to watch on the top streaming services. But if you need inspiration on finding that great new something to click "Play" on, a foolproof start is to go straight to the top 10 most-watched list of a popular platform like Prime Video, where you can see exactly which flicks fellow subscribers are currently watching and loving.
Now, just because they've made it onto that ever-rotating top 10 ranking doesn't mean that all listed movies are worth your time. We've narrowed down the lineup to a trusty trio of highlights, from a pulpy Julia Roberts-led thriller to a modern-day holiday classic starring a gone-too-soon Hollywood icon.
Best movies in the Prime Video top 10
'After the Hunt'
Julia Roberts uses her movie-star magnetism to chilling effect in Luca Guadagnino's latest "After the Hunt," a psychological thriller that sees the A-list actress play Alma Imhoff, an Ivy League philosophy professor whose life begins to spiral after her star student Maggie Resnick (played by "The Bear" star Ayo Edebiri) lobs a shocking sexual-assault accusation against Alma's close colleague Hank Gisbon (Andrew Garfield).
The ramifications of that allegation ripple through Alma's community — including her husband Frederik (Guadagnino staple Michael Stuhlbarg) and fellow university staffer Kim Sayers (Chloë Sevigny) — and campus at large, leaving Roberts' character trapped in the morally ambiguous middle of a school-rocking scandal.
Watch "After the Hunt" on Prime Video now
'Drop'
From HBO's "The White Lotus" to Netflix's "The Perfect Couple," Meghann Fahy has found herself caught up in several whodunnits it in recent years and one of her best is "Drop," a Christopher Landon-directed thriller that stars the Emmy-nominated actress as Violet, a widowed mother on her first date in years, only to receive anonymous but increasingly threatening messages to her phone throughout the outing.
With Violet's young son (Jacob Robinson) and babysitting sister (Violett Beane) taken hostage back at her house, the unknown sender demands that Violet kill her dinner date Henry Campbell ("It Ends with Us" actor Brandon Sklenar), leading the single mom to have to make the impossible choice between going against her digital tormenter and putting her family at risk, or committing a murder.
Watch "Drop" on Prime Video now
'The Family Stone'
This yuletide favorite — centered on the chaotic Christmas antics of the Stone family as eldest son Everett (Dermot Mulroney) brings his uptight girlfriend Meredith (Sarah Jessica Park, in a Golden Globe-nominated performance) home to Connecticut for the holidays — will no doubt take on extra poignancy this year. The Stones' matriarch, Sybil, is, of course, movingly played by Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning legend who the world lost on October 11, 2025, at age 79.
Also starring Rachel McAdams, Claire Danes, Craig T. Nelson and Luke Wilson, "The Family Stone" has become an annual Christmas watch thanks to its mix of humor and heart. And that gift-giving scene will only be weepier now that Keaton's star has dimmed.
Watch "The Family Stone" on Prime Video now
Prime Video top 10 movies right now
1. "Playdate" (2025)
2. "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (2000)
3. "Red One" (2024)
4. "Wicked" (2024)
5. "After the Hunt" (2025)
6. "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" (2023)
7. "Drop" (2025)
8. "14 Christmas Cartoon Classics"
9. "A Working Man" (2025)
10. "The Family Stone" (2005)
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