3 Best Movies To Watch on Prime Video This Weekend

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Published Feb 6, 2026, 3:12 PM EST

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Horror is the theatergoers' theme of choice to start this year, with last weekend's box office dominated by a pair of new arrivals in the devil's favorite genre. YouTuber Markiplier's Iron Lung hit second in the domestic ranks, with director Sam Raimi's Send Help, his first horror movie in 17 years, earning just shy of $20 million and topping the charts. This weekend, the biggest new arrival is yet another horror, as The Strangers: Chapter 3 puts to rest one of the more divisive trilogies in recent memory. But what is available to watch from the comfort of your own home this weekend? Here's a look at the three Prime Video movies you should stream this weekend.

For more recommendations, check out our list of the best shows and movies on Prime Video.

3 'John Candy: I Like Me' (2025)

Rotten Tomatoes: 89% | IMDb: 8.0/10

After a hugely successful run on the festival circuit in 2025, John Candy: I Like Me debuted on Prime Video and instantly became one of the streamer's best documentaries. Diving deeper than ever before into the personal and professional life of the Planes, Trains and Automobiles and Spaceballs star, this documentary goes behind the curtain on a comedic legacy taken far too soon, with Candy dying of a heart attack in 1994, at age 43.

"It’s rare for a documentary to feel both definitive and intimate, but this one really nails it and reminds you of Candy’s stardom without ever letting you forget his humanity," wrote Tania Hussain in Collider's review of the movie last year, with this quote alone enough to make any fan of non-fiction filmmaking add it to the top of their watchlist. A must-watch for Candy fans or those who are yet to discover his genius, don't miss John Candy: I Like Me this weekend.

2 'La La Land' (2016)

Rotten Tomatoes: 91% | IMDb: 8.0/10

Not to be confused with Moonlight (never forget that Oscars mixup), Damien Chazelle’s modern musical masterpiece La La Land follows Emma Stone's aspiring actress Mia and Ryan Gosling's jazz pianist Sebastian as they find love in the beating musical heart of Los Angeles. However, as their dreams begin to pull them in different directions, will they choose their future or each other?

Emotionally poignant and musically rip-roaring, La La Land won six trophies at the Academy Awards and perhaps deserved even more. Among these wins was Stone's first in the Best Actress category, with her performance as Mia truly one of the great female musical leads. For a toe-tapping, tearjerking journey this weekend, look no further than La La Land.

1 'Sisu' (2022)

Rotten Tomatoes: 94% | IMDb: 6.9/10

For something completely different from La La Land this weekend, why not check out Finnish filmmaker Jalmari Helander's Sisu? The movie follows an ex-soldier, Aatami (Jorma Tommila), who discovers gold in the Lapland wilderness, only for it to be stolen by Nazis. Against all the odds and some of history's most evil characters, Aatami sets out on the hunt for revenge.

A brilliantly crafted action flick that weaves between the quiet and the violent, Sisu is thought of by some to be the best war movie of the decade. Sporting an enthralling lead performance from Tommila, this gory hit is not for the faint-hearted, delighting in its destruction of Nazis across a 91-minute runtime that simply flies by.