{"id":622320,"date":"2026-10-06T13:46:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T13:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/622320\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T13:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T13:46:13","slug":"3-new-to-prime-video-thriller-movies-to-watch-this-week-including-harrison-fords-best-sci-fi-movie-and-its-not-star-wars-oct-6-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/622320\/","title":{"rendered":"3 new to Prime Video thriller movies to watch this week \u2014 including Harrison Ford\u2019s best sci-fi movie, and it\u2019s not \u2018Star Wars\u2019 (Oct. 6-12)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every week, I comb through the latest movies added to Prime Video\u2019s already sizeable library to find the best recently added thrillers. And this week\u2019s selection is seriously strong.<\/p>\n

We start with the first adventure of a certain British superspy, which makes quite a timely watch as it just celebrated its 64th birthday earlier in the week. Then let\u2019s take a trip into the future (or at least, what was considered the future in the 1980s), for a legendary sci-fi movie, which includes my favorite Harrison Ford character (and it\u2019s not Han Solo). Rounding out my picks is an overlooked war movie from director Guy Ritchie that stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a U.S. soldier.<\/p>\n

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Thriller fans are really spoilt for choice on Prime Video. So, without further preamble, here are the 3 new to Prime Video thriller movies you need to watch this week.<\/p>\n

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3 best new to Prime Video thriller movies this week‘Dr. No\u2019 (1962)<\/p>\n

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Yesterday (Oct. 5) was International James Bond Day, celebrated each year to commemorate the theatrical release of \u201cDr. No\u201d<\/a> on October 5, 1962. And in a move that is surely no coincidence, Prime Video has added (almost) every single James Bond film this month (including the non-Eon-produced \u201cNever Say Never Again). \u201cDr. No\u201d marked Bond\u2019s first big-screen outing, and all these years later it remains a marvellously thrilling spy flick.<\/p>\n

Based on Ian Fleming\u2019s 1958 novel of the same name, the sixth in his series of Bond books, \u201cDr. No\u201d sees Scottish actor Sean Connery donning the tuxedo for the first time as he plays Bond, James Bond, Britain\u2019s most suave spy. Dispatched to Jamaica to investigate the sudden disappearance of a fellow secret agent, Bond finds himself on the trail of the eponymous villain, who has a dastardly plan to disrupt an American space launch.<\/p>\n

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\u2018Blade Runner\u2019 (1982)<\/p>\n

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Forget Han Solo, if you ask me \u201cwhat is Harrison Ford\u2019s best sci-fi role,\u201d I\u2019m picking Rick Deckard every single time. After delivering \u201cAlien\u201d in 1979, director Ridley Scott helmed another titan of the genre, \u201cBlade Runner,\u201d a mere three years later. Adapted from Philip K. Dick\u2019s novel, it transports viewers to a smoky vision of the future, where Earth is controlled by powerful corporations \u2014 which, I suppose, is actually worryingly close to our current reality.<\/p>\n

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Crucially, Prime Video has added \u201cBlade Runner: The Final Cut,\u201d a 2007 remaster released to celebrate the movie\u2019s 25th anniversary. This version cleans up some of the effects, includes additional scenes, and even corrects a plot hole in the theatrical release. It\u2019s the definitive version of a true sci-fi masterpiece. If you\u2019re unfamiliar with the narrative basics, in \u201cBlade Runner,\u201d Ford\u2019s Rick Deckard is a former cop, tasked with eliminating a group of synthetics, known as replicants, after they escape from a corporation-controlled colony.<\/p>\n

Watch “Blade Runner” on Prime Video<\/a> now<\/p>\n

\u2018Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant\u2019 (2023)<\/p>\n

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Don’t just take my word that “Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant” is a worthwhile watch this week. On the review site Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>, this war thriller holds a near-perfect 98% score. Viewers call it \u201cincredible,\u201d \u201cfull of action,\u201d and \u201cvery intense,” and I certainly don’t disagree. It’s a gritty military movie that explores an unlikely bond.<\/p>\n

Set during the later stages of the war in Afghanistan, US Army Sergeant John Kinley (Gyllenhaal) forms an unexpected friendship with a local Afghan interpreter, Ahmed (Dar Salim). The two start at odds, but when Ahmed saves Kinley\u2019s life, they develop a brotherhood. Shortly afterwards, Ahmed and his family are in danger of being captured and killed, and Kinley is determined to repay his debt.<\/p>\n

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