Christmas is less than a week away, and you can find plenty of holiday movies on Prime Video.
But what if you’re not in the festive mood? If that’s the case, you’re reading the right article.
Watch With Us has compiled a short list of three new-to-Prime Video movies that are worth your time this weekend.
From Merv’s cute dog antics to Bullet Train’s wildly entertaining comedic violence, these movies are guaranteed to entertain everyone in your household.
‘Merv’ (2025)
If you’re a fan of Marley & Me, you’ll like Merv — and don’t worry, the dog lives in this one. That’s less of a spoiler and more of a guarantee to relax and watch a sweet rom-com about Russ (Charlie Cox), a depressed teacher who is still bummed his lady love, Anna (Zooey Deschanel), broke up with him. Their dog, Merv, is down too, and the only way he can be happy again is for his human owners to reconcile. That’s a tall order, though, as Russ is cynical about everything now, and Anna is withholding a secret that could change everything for the better. Will love prevail, if only to make Merv a happy, good boy again?
It’s the weekend before Christmas, but if you’re a movie lover stuck at home, it feels like Christmas is happening right now. Why? Well, there’s a slew of high-profile movies debuting that are definitely worth your time. Thank You! You have successfully subscribed. Subscribe to newsletters Please enter a valid email. Subscribe By signing up, […]
Merv is like how I take my coffee — light and sweet, with just enough kick to get me through a couple of hours. Cox is an unexpected but welcome comedic delight as the down-and-out Russ, while Deschanel capably channels her New Girl “adorkable” personality to a character not that different from Jess. As rom-coms go, Merv is one of the better straight-to-streaming ones, so check it out now before the 2026 Oscar hopefuls crowd your streaming watchlists.
Merv is streaming on Prime Video.
‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ (2024)
Hear me out — what if the much-maligned, box office bomb follow-up to 2019’s Joker is actually good? Flawed yet fascinating, Joker: Folie à Deux takes some wild swings and isn’t always successful, but it’s unlike any comic book sequel you will ever see.
After causing mass carnage in Gotham City in the last movie, Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) is now committed to Arkham State Asylum, where he meets fellow prisoner Lee Quinzel (Lady Gaga). Lee’s just as messed up as he is, and they soon bond in a series of musical numbers that exist only in their heads. Their skewed sense of reality clashes with Arthur’s criminal trial, which spotlights his growing and dangerous influence on Gotham’s disenfranchised. Will Lee help Arthur become the Joker again and finish what he started in the first film?
If you’re expecting Joker: Folie à Deux to be like any other musical you’ve seen, well, you’re going to be disappointed. The musical numbers, while outlandish, are nonetheless true to the source material — they’re exactly what two disturbed people would dream up to escape the harsh reality of their own making. The movie is also a sly commentary on the first movie’s breakout success, questioning why anyone would see its pathetic subject as a symbol to inspire anyone.
Joker: Folie à Deux is streaming on Prime Video.
‘Bullet Train’ (2022)
Brad Pitt, an international league of assassins and a speeding train — is there anything else you need to make a winning action comedy? Bullet Train cribs from other action movies, but it steals all the good parts and comes up with a distracting tale of unstylish hit men trying to kill each other while aboard a nonstop Japanese bullet train.
Pitt stars as Ladybug, an unlucky assassin who experiences more misfortune while fulfilling a contract. All he needs to do is retrieve a suitcase full of cash from a train, but he is instead dragged into a gang war involving the White Dragon (Michael Shannon), a powerful yakuza crime lord, and the Dragon’s son (Logan Lerman), who is killed while boarding the train. Everyone thinks Ladybug did it, but he’s innocent (for once). That won’t stop the Dragon or his cadre of assassins from coming after him with everything they’ve got — guns, knives, samurai swords, even a lethal, oversized teddy bear.
December is kind of a quiet month for action fans on Amazon Prime Video, but there’s at least one recent arrival that’s going to heat things up. Bullet Train has made its Prime Video debut after a long stint on Hulu, and it’s already trending on Prime Video. Thank You! You have successfully subscribed. Subscribe […]
If this all sounds over the top, that’s because it’s supposed to be. And while there’s a bit of calculation behind every “outlandish” action sequence, there’s no denying Bullet Train works. Pitt relies on his easy charm to coast through, while the colorful supporting cast, which includes Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Brian Tyree Henry as twin brothers(!), have a blast playing killers with funky tastes in fashion.
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