Amazon Prime Video Top 10 Shows and Movies: New Releases and Most Popular Today, October 12

Amazon Prime Video is being dominated by dudes. The most popular movies and shows on Prime Video are decidedly macho, with the top 10 list oozing more manufactured testosterone than a late-'90s Warped Tour festival. In addition to the usual Amazon original series Reacher, The Terminal List, and The Boys and licensed movies Dog, Ambulance, and Memory, the list has added Robert Eggers' bloody Viking masterpiece The Northman and the low-budget action movie Double Threat. They elbowed out The Summer I Turned Pretty and Lena Dunham's new film Catherine Called Birdy, two options aimed primarily at a female audience. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, a fantasy epic good for everyone, remains in first place.

The most popular new movies and shows on Prime Video are below, but we'll also chime in on whether or not they're worth watching. Just because something is popular, doesn't mean it's good, right? And to help you plan what you'll watch next, we've added the new shows and movies coming to Prime Video, too.

Recent Releases on Prime Video:

• Noah (2014) - Darren Aranofsky's epic starring Russell Crowe as the ark-building animal savior. (Oct. 9)
• Family Camp (2022) - Silly comedy about two families who go to summer camp. (Oct. 11)
• The Northman (2022) - Robert Eggers' brutal Viking drama film starring Alexander Skarsgard as a man seeking revenge. (Oct. 11)

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Top 10 TV Shows and Movies on Amazon Prime Video

1. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

For fans of: Elves, orcs, dwarves, hobbits, etc.
Is it good?: It lives up to the high expectations placed on it [Review]
Trailer | Yesterday's rank: 1

2. Memory

For fans of: Liam Neeson doing his thing, boomer assassins
Is it good?: This action thriller is far from Neeson's best
Trailer | Yesterday's rank: 2

3. Reacher

For fans of: Huge dudes kicking butt and doing detective work
Is it good?: Amazon's hit action show is great and will be around for a long time [Review]
Trailer | Yesterday's rank: 3

4. The Northman

For fans of: Blood, dismemberment, pillaging
Is it good?: This tale of Viking revenge is so good
Trailer | Yesterday's rank: n/a

5. Ambulance

For fans of: Brainless thrillers, sirens
Is it good?: It's one of Michael Bay's better films, if that's saying anything
Trailer | Yesterday's rank: 4

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• The Ultimate Guide to Streaming in October

6. The Terminal List

For fans of: Chris Pratt, military thrillers, tough guys 
Is it good?: It's a solid shoot 'em up adaptation of Jack Carr's book [Review]
Trailer | Yesterday's rank: 5

7. The Boys

For fans of: Superheroes, superjerks, superviolence
Is it good?: It's one of TV's best, and certainly the best satirical superhero series
Trailer | Yesterday's rank: 6

8. Dog

For fans of: Channing Tatum, dogs
Is it good?: The heart-tugging comedy is a solid buddy movie
Trailer | Yesterday's rank: 7

9. A Private Affair

For fans of: Thrillers, 1940s chic, Spanish-language dramas
Is it good?: Zippy serial-killer drama is a decent diversion
Trailer | Yesterday's rank: 8

10. Double Threat

For fans of: Action, butt-kicking women, dollar bin DVDs
Is it good?: No, but this budget action thriller is what it is
Trailer | Yesterday's rank: n/a

Based on Amazon Prime Video's Top 10 Movies and TV Shows list for Wednesday, Oct. 12