15 Hidden Gems on Amazon’s Prime Video

Amazon’s Prime Video boasts an impressive lineup of content, including megahits such as the Emmy darling The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, which just racked up 14 nominations for its fifth and final season. But the service also streams a bunch of lesser-known sensations, from cult films such as Clue to overlooked adventure epics such as The Lost City of Z to undeservedly little-seen series, including Deadloch. Here are 15 buried treasures to add to your queue.

Catastrophe (2015-2019)

Sharon Horgan, 53, and Rob Delaney are a modern-day Hepburn and Tracy in this critically acclaimed U.K. rom-com series, which unfolds over four sprightly six-episode seasons. Delaney plays an American visiting London on business who has a steamy fling with a local teacher (Horgan) — and soon discovers she’s pregnant. Soon, these nearly middle-aged longtime singletons are trying to make a go of starting a family — and shaking off their ingrained bad relationship habits. Horgan and Delaney, who also created the show, have a sizzling chemistry marked by sharp wit and genuine affection.

Watch it: Catastrophe

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Clue (1985)

Tim Curry, perhaps best known as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, plays the exposition-spouting butler in this hilarious cult classic based on the beloved board game. He presides over a creepy mansion where the cast of colorfully named guests/victims has assembled, including Martin Mull, 79, as Colonel Mustard; Michael McKean, 75, as Mr. Green; Christopher Lloyd, 84, as Professor Plum; and a scene-stealing Madeline Kahn as the easily flustered Mrs. White. The original film included three different endings — depending on what theater you attended — but the streaming version thankfully includes them all.

Watch it: Clue

Deadloch (2023-)

Imagine an Australian version of Fargo and you’ll get a sense of this comedic noir series. A pair of mismatched female detectives team up to crack a murder case in a sleepy seaside town that boasts a tongue-eating seal, yachts set ablaze and ceramic koalas for leaving anonymous tips. This is one of the best new shows of the year, with a feminist streak and a sharp intelligence that upends expectations at every turn of its deliciously twisty plot.

Watch it: Deadloch

The English (2022-)

An aristocratic Englishwoman (Emily Blunt) comes to 1890s America to avenge the death of her son and teams up with a Pawnee scout who’s heading west to claim a plot of land promised for his services as a U.S. cavalryman. This revisionist Western, whose first season unspools over six episodes, draws on classics of the genre such as The Searchers and Once Upon a Time in the West — as well as the decidedly blood-soaked work of Sam Peckinpah. But it has a clear-eyed approach to history, and the legacy of race and misogyny, that feel especially of this moment.

Watch it: The English

Fleabag (2016-19)

Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who just made a splash in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, made her name as the creator and star of this Emmy-winning comedy series — which follows a dry-witted, straight-talking, sex-positive antiheroine living the decidedly messy life of a 20-something Londoner. Over the course of two hilarious six-episode seasons, we follow the ups and downs of this unnamed woman — as well as the equally unsettled people in her circle, from her insufferable godmother-turned-stepmom (Olivia Colman) to the potty-mouthed Catholic “hot priest” (Andrew Scott) who’s tempted to chuck his vocation for her.

Watch it: Fleabag