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The 10 Best Things Coming to Prime Video in March 2024

A Patrick Swayze ’80s classic gets a reboot, Roma Downey makes an angelic return to TV and José Andrés throws a dinner party!


spinner image Jake Gyllenhaal stars as ex-UFC fighter Dalton in the film "Road House."
Jake Gyllenhaal stars in "Road House."
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Holy Road House! Amazon, which has just introduced ads to its main service (unless you pay a premium), has pockets deep enough to keep cranking out new movies and shows on Prime Video and ad-supported Freevee (which is totally free). This month’s newbies run the gamut, from a Jake Gyllenhaal-led remake of the cult Patrick Swayze action flick Road House to a new faith-based family drama series starring angel-touched legend Roma Downey. In between, there’s fresh stand-up, crime thrillers and a once-in-a-lifetime dinner party with celebrity chef and humanitarian José Andrés.

Ready to stream? Set your watchlist with the 10 best things coming to Prime Video this month.

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Coming March 7

Ricky Stanicky, R

It’s always fun to see scheming guys get their comeuppance – and that’s the central thrust of a raunchy new comedy about three now-grown childhood buds (Zac Efron, Andrew Santino and Jermaine Fowler) who hire a washed-up actor (John Cena) to play the imaginary pal they’ve used for decades as an alibi for their secret boys-weekend getaways and bad behavior. But they’re not prepared for the mayhem created by the suddenly real Ricky Stanicky – or how easily Cena seems to meddle into their personal and professional lives.

Coming March 12

Boat Story

Fans of quirky British thrillers should dock with this six-part series about two cash-strapped strangers (Daisy Haggard and Paterson Joseph, 59) who stumble on a shipwrecked boat full of cocaine, then decide to sell it themselves and split the proceeds. But can they outmaneuver the cops, masked gunmen and a well-dressed mobster dubbed the Tailor? (The show streams on Amazon’s free ad-supported Freevee service.)

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Coming March 14

Frida, R

Editor-turned-director Carla Gutiérrez’s documentary about the famed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo earned raves when the film premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Critics loved the film’s use of the late artist’s revealing and sexually frank diaries as well as the digital re-creations of her paintings.

Coming March 19

Dinner Party Diaries With José Andrés

Spanish-born chef José Andrés, 54, has won acclaim for his cooking, popularizing the idea of small-plate dining to American diners, but also for his humanitarian work helping to feed people impacted by natural disasters and war. Now he’s hosting a special where he enters the kitchen with stars like Jamie Lee Curtis, 65, Bryan Cranston, 67, and O’Shea Jackson Jr. for a tasty blend of food and conversation.

Coming March 21

Road House, 

The 1989 Patrick Swayze action film gets a 21st-century update, with Jake Gyllenhaal playing a world-weary former UFC fighter who takes a job as a bouncer at a Florida Keys dive bar that seems to attract a very aggro clientele. Brace yourself for bare-knuckles brawling.

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Coming March 22

My Undead Yokai Girlfriend (Season 1)

Yokai is a Japanese term for all things supernatural, from ghosts to monsters to shape-shifters. In this eight-episode series shot in Kyoto, a lonely college student gets magically bonded to a Yokai girl seeking revenge on a human family over a 500-year-old offense. Nothing like a hex to spark young love.

Coming March 26

Tig Notaro: Hello Again

Tig Notaro, 52, has built a career out of relatable humor, and she’s at the top of her game in her new stand-up special where she explores all the ways that simple misunderstandings can create hilariously baffling situations in our day-to-day lives – like mistaking a Canadian airport’s Maple Leaf Lounge for the “Make Believe Lounge.”

Coming March 28

American Rust: Broken Justice, Season 2

Jeff Daniels, 69, and Maura Tierney, 59, return for the long-delayed second season of this crime drama, set in a small Rust Belt town in Pennsylvania that seems to have an unusually high murder rate. Showtime canceled the show after its first season aired in 2021, but Prime signed on for another 10 episodes of rural crime-solving.

The Baxters (Season 1)

Touched by an Angel star Roma Downey, 63, returns to TV in this new series adapted from the best-selling faith-based book series by Karen Kingsbury. Downey and Ted McGinley, 65, play the parents of five grown children – including a daughter whose college-professor hubby is having an affair with one of his students.

Hope on the Street

J-Hope, a member of the chart-topping Korean boy band BTS, is the centerpiece of a six-episode docuseries about his journey as a singer and dancer. The show features tunes from his new solo album, Hope on the Street Vol. 1, as well as collaborations with street dancers he meets traveling to Gwangju, Osaka, Seoul, New York and Paris.

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