The Best 4K Movies And TV Shows On Amazon Prime Video

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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