5 great Amazon Prime Video movies that are perfect to watch in the fall

Amazon Prime Video is welcoming many new and returning titles for the fall. Challengers, Luca Guadagnino’s tennis romantic drama, is now on Prime Video. The streamer is not skipping the horror for autumn, as The Silence of the Lambs, Doctor Sleep, and The Thing are ready to stream at the push of a button.

Certain movies on Prime Video are perfect to watch in the fall. Some revolve around students, as the fall welcomes back-to-school season. Others are horrors released still craving those Halloween thrills. Our recommendations for movies to watch include a coming-of-age classic, a college handout adventure, and a crime thriller celebrating its 30th anniversary.

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The Breakfast Club (1985)

Universal Pictures

On March 24, 1984, five students at Shermer High School showed up bright and early for Saturday detention. The five students: Brian Johnson (Anthony Michael Hall), the brain; Andrew Clark (Emilio Estevez), the athlete; Allison Reynolds (Ally Sheedy), the basket case; Claire Standish (Molly Ringwald), the princess; and John Bender (Judd Nelson), the criminal.

When detention begins, the teens are total strangers, believing they have nothing in common due to their differences in social status. As they spend the next eight hours in the library, the group slowly realizes that they are not so different, bonding over parental pressure, teenage anxiety, and high school drama. Thirty years later, The Breakfast Club remains on the shortlist of best high school movies.

Stream The Breakfast Club on Prime Video.

Five Nights at Freddy’s (2023)

Patti Perret / Universal Pictures

What better way to celebrate the fall than with a supernatural horror? Enter Five Nights at Freddy’s, the long-awaited feature film adaptation of the popular video game series. Desperate for a job, security guard Mike Schmidt (Josh Hutcherson) reluctantly takes a job working the night shift at the abandoned Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria.

This isn’t a normal restaurant, a fact Mike learns rather quickly. The pizzeria’s animatronic mascots, led by Freddy Fazbear, come to life and become murderous vandals. The souls of five missing children possess the animatronics. It’s up to Mike to figure out what the mascots want or face their deadly wrath. While playing the video game isn’t required, it certainly helps to have some knowledge due to the high number of Easter eggs scattered throughout the film.

Stream Five Nights at Freddy’s on Prime Video.

Everybody Wants Some!! (2016)

Paramount

In 1993, Richard Linklater made one of the most influential coming-of-age films, Dazed and Confused. Luckily for his fans, Linklater made a spiritual successor to Dazed, 2016’s Everybody Wants Some!!, and it’s well on its way to becoming a timeless classic. Set in Texas during the fall of 1980, college freshman Jake Bradford (Blake Jenner) moves into his off-campus house and meets his new baseball teammates.

Some of the free-flowing characters include Glen McReynolds (Tyler Hoechlin), the team’s alpha; Charlie Willoughby (Wyatt Russell), the hippie pitcher; and Walt “Finn” Finnegan (Hit Man‘s Glen Powell), the eccentric ladies’ man. Over one weekend, Jake gets a crash course on the team’s priorities: baseball, getting laid, and drinking beer. No one is better at the hangout movie than Linklater, who manages to make the audience fall in love with a bunch of egotistical baseball players.

Stream Everybody Wants Some!! on Prime Video.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

Summit Entertainment

The fall signals the start of the school year, which is typically an exciting time for most students. That’s not the case for Charlie (Logan Lerman) in The Perks of Being a Wallflower, an incoming freshman who suffers from depression. Charlie is a natural introvert, and the loss of his childhood friend to suicide makes him feel more alone than ever.

Charlie’s luck turns around when he meets Patrick (Ezra Miller) and his stepsister Sam (Emma Watson), two kind and energetic seniors who invite him into their friend group. Over time, Charlie comes out of his shell, much to the happiness of his new friends, especially Sam. However, Charlie must confront his past to move forward with his life in this heartfelt adaptation of the beloved novel.

Stream The Perks of Being a Wallflower on Prime Video.

Pulp Fiction (1994)

Miramax Films

October 14, 1994: The day audiences learned about the Royale with cheese. That iconic phrase originates from Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino’s groundbreaking crime drama. Pulp Fiction follows a nonlinear narrative with several intersecting characters and plot points. Vincent Vega (John Travolta) and Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) are two assassins ordered to carry out hits for gangster Marsellus Wallace (Ving Rhames).

One storyline involved Vincent escorting Marsellus’ wife, Mia (Uma Thurman), for a memorable night on the town. Another narrative follows Butch Coolidge (Bruce Willis), a boxer forced to go on the run after failing to throw a match. Pulp Fiction is arguably Tarantino’s crowning achievement, as Pulp Fiction’s legacy remains stronger than ever.

Stream Pulp Fiction on Prime Video.