11 movies to check out on Prime Video this July

Summer is here! So to quote Maximus from Ridley Scott’s Gladiator—which is being added to Amazon Prime Video in July—“Are you not entertained?” The answer, of course, is “heck yeah,” especially when you check out Prime’s 40th-anniversary presentations of Scarface and Valley Girl which are also being added in July. Other titles coming to Prime Video in July include Best Picture Oscar winner No Country For Old Men, the acclaimed Stephen King adaptation The Shawshank Redemption, classics like Rebel Without A Cause, and M. Night Shyamalan’s Knock At The Cabin. Also on deck is the new fantasy-adventure The Portable Door starring Christoph Waltz and Sam Neill. Sure we just named eight of the 11 films on our list. But read on for the other three, because you know you can’t stand the suspense!

Cool Hand Luke (Available July 1)

 stars Paul Newman as Luke Jackson, a decorated World War II veteran who drunkenly knocks the tops off a few parking meters and ends up in a prison camp. George Kennedy won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as Clarence “Dragline” Slidell. The movie just made its 4K UHD debut in April and it looks extraordinary on disc, so here’s hoping that Amazon streams the new 4K remaster on Prime Video this month. Pro tip: you can check the best available quality of any Prime Video title in the info caption before you click play.