Did you know that, with your Amazon Prime subscription, you have access to dozens of 4K movies and shows?
HD is now the standard for TV, film, and most videos streaming online, but some people have already jumped over to 4K—a resolution four times higher than 1080p, the standard for HD. The resolution is approximately 4,000 pixels horizontally, hence the name. While mainstream television has yet to focus significantly on it, 4K resolution is gaining traction on streaming sites like Netflix and Amazon Prime.
4K isn’t something everyone can boot up instantly, though. For one, you need to purchase a 4K Ultra HD TV and set it up properly before you can start to watch 4K quality TV—your internet browser won’t cut it. Once you’ve got that covered, you’ll need an internet connection speed that’s at least 25 megabits per second to enjoy 4K content.
How do you start streaming 4K content on Amazon? Visit the 4K Store on Amazon.com and then click on “4K on Prime Video” to see all of their 4K offerings and shop their various 4K products.
But first, take a look at our list of what titles are available to stream in 4K on Amazon Prime right now. Note that Amazon sometimes switches out titles and they have dozen more titles to rent or buy at an additional cost on top of your Prime subscription.
Best Amazon 4K shows right now
The Boys
In a world full of mind-numbing CGI Marvel films, there’s a show in the superhero genre that plays the whole concept of the real-life superhero with the grim reality that absolute power typically corrupts. The classic Alan Moore approach of “who watches the watchmen?” is taken to the Nth degree, in this show that is two seasons strong. If you’re looking for a superhero fix that’s far flung from what’s out there right now, it comes highly recommended. -Jaime Carrillo
Best Amazon 4K movies
Tomorrow Never Dies
The Brosnan era of Bond films gets a lot of guff, but one thing is for certain: they’re absolutely fun. Jonathan Pryce plays the most memorable villain since Goldfinger, a smarmy amalgamation of Bill Gates and Rupert Murdoch. He’s looking to start World War III for what else, but big ratings. I’m not saying it’s weirdly prescient, but I’m not-not saying that. -Jaime Carrillo
Best 4K Comedy Special
Jim Gaffigan Quality Time
The guy that tore Hot Pockets a new one is back with his latest comedy special. Fatherhood has further softened Gaffigan in the best way possible. It may not be as revelatory as King Baby or Beyond the Pale, but it is classic Gaffigan doing what he does best: delivering the funny.
All 4K Amazon Shows
- A Very English Scandal
- Absentia
- Agatha Christie’s The ABC Murders
- All or Nothing: Manchester City
- All or Nothing New Zealand All Blacks
- All or Nothing: The Michigan Wolverines
- Alpha House
- American Playboy
- An Unknown Enemy
- Beat
- Bosch
- Breath
- Britannia
- Businessmen vs. Aliens
- Carnival Row
- Catastrophe
- Comrade Detective
- Crisis in Six Scenes
- Eat. Race. Win
- Electric Dreams, Phillip K. Kick
- Fearless
- Fleabag
- Forever
- Fortitude
- Four More Shots
- Frontier
- Fukuyadou Honpo-Kyoto Love Story
- Goliath
- Good Girls Revolt
- Good Omens
- Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street
- Grand Prix Driver
- Gymkhana Files
- Hand of God
- Hanna
- Happy Marriage
- Homecoming
- I Love Dick
- Informer
- Inside Edge
- Inside Jokes
- Jean-Claude Van Johnson
- Just Add Magic
- King Lear
- Le Mans
- Long Strange Trip
- Lore
- Lorena
- Mad Dogs
- Made in Heaven
- Mirzapur
- Mozart in the Jungle
- One Mississippi
- Orphan Black
- Patriot
- Picnic At Hanging Rock
- Red Oaks
- Six Dreams
- Sneaky Pete
- The ABC Murders
- The Boys
- The Dangerous Book for Boys
- The Expanse
- The Giant Beast that is the Global Economy
- The Grand Tour
- The Gymkhana Files
- The Kicks
- The Last Tycoon
- The Man in the High Castle
- The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
- The New V.I.P.’s
- The New Yorker Presents
- The Romanoffs
- The Tick
- The Widow
- Tidying Up
- Tin Star
- Tokyo Girl
- Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan
- Transparent
- Vanity Fair
- White Dragon
- You are Wanted
- Z: The Beginning of Everything
4K Amazon Movies
- Alex in Wonderland
- Arrival
- Beautiful Boy
- Brad’s Status
- Cafe Society
- Chi-raq
- City of Ghosts
- Complete Unknown
- Creative Control
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- Crown Heights
- Diamonds Are Forever
- Die Another Day
- Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot
- Elvis & Nixon
- First Live 4K From Space
- For Your Eyes Only
- Funny Girl
- Gleason
- Gringo
- Hereditary
- Hitch
- Hot Summer Nights
- Jerry Maguire
- Kill Chain
- Landline
- Last Flag Flying
- Life Itself
- Live and Let Die
- Logan Lucky
- Love & Friendship
- Manchester by the Sea
- Moonraker
- Octopussy
- On Her Majesties Secret Service
- Pass Over
- Paterson
- Philadelphia
- Saaho
- Salesman
- Spectre
- The Big Sick
- The Disaster Artist
- The Dressmaker
- The Handmaiden
- The Lost City of Z
- The Neon Demon
- The Only Living Boy in New York
- The Wall
- Tom Clancy’s Division: Agent Origins
- Tomorrow Never Dies
- Transformers: The Last Knight
- Wiener Dog
- Wonder Wheel
- You Were Never Really Here
4k Amazon Documentaries and Comedy Specials
- After the Sky Falls
- Antonio Farao & Dave Liebman Live at Ramateulle Jass Festival
- Circles of Life: Iceland
- Coral Reef Adventure
- Distance Between Dreams
- Dolphins
- Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures
- Free Meek
- Hoh Rain Forest
- Human Flow
- Jim Gaffigan: Quality Time
- Joachim Kuhn LIve at Ramatuelle Jazz Festival
- Lichtmond Soul Affinity
- Light
- Living Sea
- Moto 7
- Moto 8
- Mount Rainier 1-3
- Muay Thai Madness
- Nature Style: Hokkaido Japan
- Nas, Live from the Kennedy Center
- Omar Sosa Live at Ramatuelle Jazz Festival
- One Child Nation
- Painted Hills Oregon
- Pleasure
- Redwood National Forest
- Ruin and Rose
- Savage X Fenty Show
- Sojourns
- Spike: The Mind of a Warrior
- The Fourth Phase
- Timescapes
- Trophy Kids
- UnReal
- Van Gogh: Brush with Genius
- We Are Blood
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