3 Best New Prime Video Movies to Watch This Weekend (June 5-7): ‘Wimbledon' and More
Tennis, terror and swordplay – Prime Video has everything you need to have a good time this weekend.
The Amazon streamer just added a slew of interesting new titles worthy of a binge-watch, especially if you're a fan of underrated films that play better on a small screen than a big one.
Sports rom-coms are more misses than hits, but then tennis love match Wimbledon, starring Paul Bettany and Kirsten Dunst as unlikely lovers, is a grand-slam winner.
The horror comedy The Blackening is equal parts funny and scary, while the Scottish historical epic Rob Roy may inspire you to pick up a sword and wear a kilt. Reader, unless you're Liam Neeson, please don't do that.
‘Wimbledon' (2004)
Tennis season is in full swing right now, with the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships just around the corner. That's why I can't think of a better time than now to stream Wimbledon, a rom-com set in the competitive world of men's and women's tennis. Paul Bettany stars as Peter Colt, a British professional tennis player whose glory days have long since passed him by. He intends to retire after the upcoming Wimbledon championship, but he soon rethinks his future when he starts a romance with Lizzie Bradbury (Kirsten Dunst), a brash American tennis player who is one of the favorites to win the Women's title. Lizzie is determined to win Wimbledon at any cost, and the price might be a lasting romance with Peter.
Even if you're not a tennis fan, Wimbledon serves up entertaining rom-com realness thanks to a thrilling story, some clever cameos from real-life sports stars and electric chemistry between the two leads. Bettany and Dunst make a good doubles team, and their give-and-take repartee resembles their characters' fast-paced serve-and-volley games. Among the film's starry supporting cast are up-and-comers James McAvoy and future Game of Thrones star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Peter's training buddy, who becomes an unexpected - and unwilling - rival as the tournament progresses.
Wimbledon is streaming on Prime Video.
‘The Blackening' (2023)
Scary Movie 6 is about to conquer the box office this weekend, but the Wayans brothers aren't alone in skewing the horror film genre from a Black perspective. Released in 2023, The Blackening is a clever horror comedy that satirizes all the cliches inherent in the genre as well as providing a withering commentary about what it means to be Black in the Trump era.
When a group of friends gathers in a remote cabin one weekend, they discover a weird board game called The Blackening, a pop-culture trivia game with pieces that correspond to each of their personalities. As they play the game, they realize if they fail, they will have to sacrifice who among them is "the blackest" – in other words, who they think is the "most Black."
What results is an often hilarious and frequently scary look at how each of them defines what their cultural identity is – and how it's defined by them by the mainstream, predominantly white culture. While The Blackening isn't as broad or overtly parodic as the Scary Movie films, it provides enough laughs and scares to warrant a watch.
The Blackening is streaming on Prime Video.
‘Rob Roy' (1995)
Braveheart may have won all the Oscars in 1995, but there was another Scottish epic released that year that was just as good as Mel Gibson's award-winning historical drama. Adapted from the Sir Walter Scott novel, Rob Roy stars a strapping Liam Neeson as the titular character, a Scottish nobleman who is deeply in love with his wife, Mary (Jessica Lange). He's also deeply in debt, having borrowed $1,000 (which was a lot of money back then!) to start a cattle trading business. This sets off a chain of events that introduces the aristocrat Archibald Cunningham (Tim Roth) into his life. Archibald wants to destroy Rob Roy, and he thinks the best way to do is is by ruining his reputation and threatening Mary. That's a big mistake, Archibald, since Rob doesn't like anyone besmirching his name or his lady love.
It would be a mistake to categorize Rob Roy as a costume drama. Yes, there are costumes, but this is more of an old-school action film where men settle scores with sword fights than with witty banter. Neeson and Lange inject some unexpected fire in their performances – their married couple is more hot-to-trot than most modern-day teenagers. Roth was nominated for an Oscar for his performance, and he deserved to win. His Archibald is a villain so odiously evil that he practically twirls his non-existent mustache. It's a campy, foppish performance, and Roth has never been better.
Rob Roy is streaming on Prime Video.
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This story was originally published June 5, 2026 at 11:30 AM.