If Amazon Prime Video is among your preferred streaming film and television options, then boy, have we got a pile of words for you. Said pile, which you have the good fortune to be reading at this very moment, concerns the new additions (and subtractions) planned for Amazon in January, and you’re wise to put it in your eyeballs. We have spoken.
Movies are where the action is on Amazon this January, and if you watch only one feature film next month, make it Midsommar (Jan. 10, 2020), the sophomore effort from Hereditary writer-director Ari Aster. We just named Midsommar one of 2019’s best horror films, and it is indeed horrific, so if you’re looking for family fare, steer clear—something like 1985 adventure flick The Goonies (Jan. 1, 2020), which Amazon is also adding, will be much more to your liking. Otherwise, don’t miss Midsommar, which stars Florence Pugh and Jack Reynor as a troubled young American couple whose trip to a once-in-a-lifetime midsummer festival in a remote Swedish village becomes an increasingly unnerving and viscerally disturbing day-mare. It’s a good month for fans of Pugh, as a matter of fact, who also stars in Stephen Merchant’s Fighting with My Family (Jan. 30, 2020) as an aspiring professional wrestler. And by way of Pugh-less films, we have a plethora of Star Trek pictures—Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989), Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) and Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)—arriving Jan. 1, 2020, as do Guy Ritchie’s 2009 Sherlock Holmes, Donald Glover-led detective comedy Mystery Team, a trio of 1960s Jerry Lewis comedies in The Bellboy, Cinderfella and The Patsy, and Darren Aronofsky’s Pi. Later in the month, there’s 2011’s Jason Momoa-led Conan the Barbarian (Jan. 6, 2020), Bill Hader/Kristen Wiig dark comedy The Skeleton Twins (Jan. 17, 2020), Amazon’s Viola Davis/Allison Janney family dramedy Troop Zero (Jan. 17, 2020), Jessica Chastain-starring political thriller Miss Sloane and 2019 horror film The Prodigy (Jan. 23, 2020), among others.
All is quieter on the TV front, though there are a handful of titles of which it’s worth taking notice. The centerpiece of Amazon’s January small-screen slate looks to be Ted Bundy: Falling for a Killer (Jan. 31, 2020), a new, five-part docuseries that “reframes infamous serial killer Ted Bundy’s crimes from a female perspective, uncovering the disturbing and profound way in which his pathological hatred of women collided with the culture wars and feminist movement of the 1970s, culminating in what is perhaps the most infamous true crime saga of our time,” per Amazon. Falling for a Killer centers the accounts of Bundy’s longtime girlfriend Elizabeth Kendall and her daughter Molly, as well as those of various survivors and near-miss victims of Bundy’s, some of whom are stepping forward for the very first time to share their stories. For those of you who would rather laugh than gasp, though, it’s a good month to be a stand-up fan: Broad City star and co-creator Ilana Glazer is launching her debut stand-up special, The Planet Is Burning (Jan. 3, 2020), in which she shares her thoughts on homophobes and Nazis, how lousy women’s razors are and how laughable the patriarchy is—joining Glazer in sharing new comedy specials are Jayde Adams (Serious Black Jumper, Jan. 3, 2020), Russell Peters (Deported, Jan. 17, 2020) and Rob Delaney (Jackie, Jan. 17, 2020). And arriving on Amazon at a yet-to-be-determined date in January is the first season of an Amazon original series called The Forgotten Army, which we know nothing about and refuse to Google. It’s the end of the year and we just can’t be bothered to look into this one. Do it yourself if you’re so interested!
If you care to rent new movies through Amazon, 2019’s Black and Blue and Pain and Glory hit the service on Jan. 21, 2020. Prime Video Channels users with the proper subscriptions can catch Spider-Man: Far From Home (Jan. 18, 2020) and Power: Season 6B (Jan. 5, 2020) via Starz, or Star Trek: Picard (Jan. 23, 2020) via CBS All Access. And don’t forget Prime Video Channels’ live offerings, including golf tournament The American Express (Jan. 16, 2020) via PGA Tour Live, the AFC Playoffs (Jan. 4, 2020) and Championships (Jan. 19, 2020) via CBS All Access, and the 62nd Grammy Awards (Jan. 26, 2020) via CBS All Access, among other programming.
You’ll find Amazon’s complete January slate below.
New in January – Available for Streaming on Prime Video
Movies
January 1
Amores Perros (2000)
Arbitrage (2012)
Captivity (2007)
Cinderfella (1960)
The Conspirator (2011)
Crisscross (1992)
Cube (1998)
Cube 2: Hypercube (2003)
Cube Zero (2005)
Dangerous Curves (1988)
Danny Collins (2015)
Dracula 3000 (2004)
Drop Dead Sexy (2005)
Edge Of Darkness (2010)
Golden Gate (1993)
Gone (2012)
Kansas (1988)
Knowing (2009)
Last Rites (1988)
Mystery Team (2009)
P2 (2007)
Pi (1998)
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Shy People (1987)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
Swimming with Sharks (1995)
The Bellboy (1960)
The Final Cut (2004)
The Good Guy (2010)
The Goonies (1985)
The Patsy (1964)
The Pom Pom Girls (1976)
The Possession (2012)
The Tenant (1976)
Unforgettable (1996)
January 5
10 Minutes Gone (2019)
January 6
Conan the Barbarian (2011)
January 8
American Dreamer (2019)
Midnight Sun (2018)
January 9
Meet Wally Sparks (1997)
January 10
Midsommar (2019)
The Wedding Year (2019)
January 17
The Skeleton Twins (2014)
Troop Zero (2019) – Amazon Original movie
January 19
Miss Sloane (2016)
January 23
The Prodigy (2019)
January 30
Fighting with My Family (2019)
TV
January 3
Bug Diaries: Season 1B – Amazon Original series
James May: Our Man In Japan: Season 1 – Amazon Original series
Jayde Adams: Serious Black Jumper – Amazon Original special
Ilana Glazer: The Planet Is Burning – Amazon Original special
January 17
Just Add Magic: Mystery City: Season 1 – Amazon Original series
Russell Peters: Deported – Amazon Original special
Rob Delaney: Jackie – Amazon Original special
January 31
All Or Nothing: CBF: Season 1 – Amazon Original series
Ted Bundy: Falling For A Killer: Season 1 – Amazon Original series
January 2020
The Forgotten Army: Season 1 – Amazon Original series
New in January – Available for Purchase on Prime Video
Movies
January 21
Black and Blue (2019)
Pain and Glory (2019)
New in January – Available for Streaming on Prime Video Channels
Movies
January 18
Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) (STARZ)
TV
January 5
Power: Season 6B (STARZ)
January 23
Picard (CBS All Access)
Live Events – Sports
January 4
AFC Playoffs (CBS All Access)
January 16
The American Express (PGA Tour Live)
January 19
AFC Championship (CBS All Access)
January 20
NBA League Pass 7-day Free Preview Window (NBA League Pass)
January 23
Farmers Insurance Open (PGA Tour Live)
January 30
Waste Management Phoenix Open (PGA Tour Live)
Live Events – Network
January 26
62nd Grammy Awards (CBS All Access)