Prime Video’s Nail-Biting World War II Thriller Faces a Streaming Setback

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Published Feb 22, 2026, 6:00 PM EST

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Early this year, Prime Video quietly acquired Dennis Gansel's World War II thriller The Tank after it had a short theatrical run in Germany. The atypical film landed on the streaming service with a bang, quickly rising to the top of the service's most-watched movies list. It remained there for several weeks before being dethroned by Jason Momoa and Dave Bautista's action-comedy The Wrecking Crew. Data from FlixPatrol shows that the movie has now disappeared from Prime Video's global chart. Throughout the last week, The Tank has been dropping off country-specific charts as new movies are added to the streaming service.

The Tank focuses on a five-man crew inside a German Tiger tank, sent on a perilous mission. They are tasked with rescuing a colleague behind enemy lines, and as the journey unfolds, they undergo a soul-transforming change. It's a dangerous mission as they try to avoid falling into the enemy's traps, but they can't escape their fears and concerns in that cramped space. David Schütter leads the cast of The Tank, which also includes Laurence Rupp, Leonard Kunz, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Yoran Leicher, Tilman Strauß, and André M. Hennicke.

The Director of 'The Tank' Has Another Movie in the Works

David Schütter as Philip Gerkins walking through a destroyed town in The Tank

Gansel is known for making politically and socially-charged movies like the anti-Nazi drama Before the Fall and The Fourth State. But for his next film, he tackles sci-fi in The Prototype. In an increasingly AI-driven world, Gansel's new film explores a potential downside, or not so much a downside, when a man is kidnapped by an AI-controlled vehicle. The twist is that the man was trying to steal it, but it steals him first.

As The Tank disappears from the chart, a staple of Prime Video is currently dominating. The platform is known for its YA-focused movies and TV shows, such as The Summer I Turned Pretty and Red, White, and Royal Blue. The top movie right now is Love Me Love Me, an Italian teen romance that is The Summer I Turned Pretty meets Maxton Hall. Mia Jenkins stars alongside Pepe Barroso Silva, Luca Melucci, Andrea Guo, Michelangelo Vizzini, Madior Fall, and Vanessa Donghi. Its official description reads:

"After her brother's death, June (Jenkins) moves to Milan for a fresh start and enrolls at an elite international school, where she finds comfort in dating Will (Melucci), the school's perfect honor student. But her fragile stability is shaken by a volatile rivalry with his best friend James (Barroso) — a charismatic, troubled boy hiding a dangerous life in clandestine MMA fights — turning resentment into irresistible attraction and forcing June to choose between safety and a love that challenges everything she thought she wanted."

Watch The Tank on Prime Video and stay tuned for more updates.