Best new movies and TV series on Amazon Prime Video NZ: August 2023

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.

Top picks

The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (August 4)

Based on a celebrated novel that your mum definitely read for her book club, this new Australian series features an all-star cast in a tale of blooming family secrets. Sigourney Weaver has come way down to the bottom of the planet to star as an orphan’s gruff grandmother, with gorgeous landscapes and native flora setting the stage for the kid’s coming-of-age. Local stars Leah Purcell and Asher Keddie flesh out the ensemble.

Red, White and Royal Blue (August 11)

Are you a flag-waving patriot/royalist and a rom-com lover at the same time? This frothy bit of enemies-to-lovers fun will be right up your alley, bringing together the sexy sons of the US’s first female President and the British monarch in a cross-Atlantic feud that turns frisky. Stephen Fry stars as the King, and Uma Thurman as Madame President, and they should have a ball raising their all-powerful eyebrows at the blossoming romance between their spoiled kids.

M3GAN (August 12)

Meet your new bestie: she can do TikTok dances, sing “Titanium” as a beautiful bedtime lullaby, and sprint at your enemies on all fours before shoving them in front of a speeding truck! This instantly memed horror film from Blumhouse more than lived up to its hype, even if its PG-rating means the scares are never too unbearably intense or gory. Allison Williams is an all-timer terrible parent when she lets her newly-orphaned niece bond with the artificially intelligent doll, played by multiple talented child actors.