Best new movies and shows on Amazon Prime Video New Zealand: November 2025

Each month, new films and TV shows are added to Amazon Prime Video’s New Zealand library. Eliza Janssen presents her picks for titles worth watching. For the full list of everything arriving on the platform, scroll down.

See also
* All new movies & series on Prime Video
* All new streaming movies & series
* The 50 best movies on Amazon Prime Video Australia

Top Picks

Playdate (November 12)

One to tide over Alan Ritchson-obsessed Prime subscribers in the space between seasons of Reacher. (No judgement, I count myself among your numbers.) The beefcake action star plays a regular degular, stay-at-home dad, simply spending an afternoon with accountant Kevin James and their respective kids.

Of course there’s actually a badass super-spy lurking behind Ritchson’s paper-thin suburban disguise, and the two budding bros will be forced to outrun mercenaries while also showing their kids a wholesome good time. It’s been a minute since Kevin James starred in any projects that’ve crossed my path, and of all the action-comedy films he could bring his schlubby shrugging everyman shtick to, this is definitely one of them.

Malice: Season 1 (November 14)

We never get tired of a Tom Ripley type: Saltburn, true crime stories of scammers sidling their way into the lifestyles of the rich and famous, even Netflix’s grim adaptation Ripley, etc. Can British comedian Jack Whitehall measure up as one of these sordid schemers, on a sunny Grecian holiday with David Duchovny and Carice Van Houten?

Whitehall’s character Adam charms his way into the wealthy Tanner family while on vacay before following them home to London, and secretly turning husband and wife against one another. It’ll be interesting to figure out where to direct our empathy here: eat-the-rich yarns are always a bit of fun indulgence, but do I really want Whitehall to victor over my beloved Fox Mulder?

The Mighty Nein: Season 1 (November 19)

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Amazon’s streaming service is the unexpected home of fantasy, offering not only super-expensive Tolkien adaptations but also a slew of animated D&D-inspired projects. This one, as tabletop fans will already know, comes from the Critical Role team, but is set 20 years after the timeline of existing show Vox Machina, which is now into its fourth season.

Following a motley crew of outcasts, fugitives and powered-up weirdos, the adaptation of a beloved D&D campaign features Lucy Liu, Anjelica Huston and Nathan Fillion in supporting voice roles, with the main cast made up of established voice acting talent.