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· 23 Dec 2021

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6 Awe-inspiring Movies to Watch on Amazon Prime this Season

Are you in the mood for movie? Don't let this  this special season pass by without seeing groundbreaking and fascinating movies.

New releases keep flowing in, they get you asking; which one should I go for.
Well, no worries because I'm here to help you. You don't need to do much digging and drilling simply.

Because I have selected the best films and classics just for your viewing pleasure.

Here are list of 6 movies to watch on Amazon Prime now

1. The Social Network
This movie is a must watch for everyone.
Ever seen it before?

I bet you would love to do it again. The Social Network tells a story of brilliant minds who where united by one single goal that led to the creation of the most powerful communication platform ever but got divided by an unresolved chaos.

The intro of the movie shows Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberge), poorly skilled and amateur in the matters of the heart, breaking up with his hot girlfriend  Erica (Rooney Maria).

Erica is fade up because Mark continually confuses Erica with machine translation of her every statement.  

Zuckerberg goes back to his Harvard dorm wounded. He slouches over his system. Leading to him creating  a social platform that rates the hottest girl in campus.

Consequently, he created Facebook with the help of his friends one of whom is Eduardo Saverin (Andrew Garfield).

However, the two best friends came to loggerhead when the users became numerous.

Eduardo  being the major sponsor of the project wanted Ad spaces to be placed on the platform but Zuckerberg disagreed with him on the ground that, that was not the initial goal for creating the platform.

This led to them going for lawsuit.
Who wins the case?
Find out in this intriguing and inspiring movie.

Details
Year: 2010
Director: David Fincher
Starring : Jesse Eisenberge, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Armie Hammer
Runtime: 128 minutes

2. One Night in Miami
Want to really give back to your community?

Then, go see this movie.
This is a debut movie set on the twilight of  25 February 1960.

This all time movie follows the awe-awaking success of self-assertive Ali Muhammad as he defeat Sonny Liston.

Leaving the sport world and fans at large dumbfounded. Being the newest Heavyweight champion, Ali and his friends such as  Malcolm X,  Sam Cooke and Gim Brown all gathered at the Miami Beach to celebrate their victory, with throngs of fan flocking around them.

Ali wasn't comfortable staying at the Island  rather him and his fellow celebrity lodged and spent a night at a motel.

This night of shared pleasure and happiness birthed the urge to question their roles in  Civil Right Movement and Cultural Upheaval of 1960s.

With the connection their victory has given them; that night they stood up as influencers  to defend other blacks and the whole community at large, for one purpose - social justice.
Don't let it slide you by.

One night in Miami is all you need to feel all emotional and challenged to give back to the society.

Details
Year: 2021
Starring: Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldi's Holdge, Leslie Odom Jr.
Director: Regina King
Runtime: 114 minutes

3. The astronaut

Want an adventurous and exciting movie to see this season?

Want to know how a man landed into the cloud in a hot airy balloon. Then this movie is for you.

It's gonna keep you glued to your seat all day long.
The Astronaut depicts the life of James Glaisher, an early balloonist who broke the world record of attitude in 1860's

Did James Glaisher made it alive from the cloud?
Find out in this breathtaking movie.

Details
Director: Tom Harper
Starring: Felicity Jones, Eddie Redmayne, Himesh Patel
Genre: Romance, Adventure, Young Adult, Drama

4. It's a wonderful life
Want to see an uplifting and life-changing movie?

'It's a wonderful life' got you covered.
This movie is about life and relationship built along life's journey. 'It's a beautiful life,' narrates a story of a young man who almost took his life for not wanting to give life a second chance.

But was amazed at what life in his city truly is if he had died.

Details
Director: Frank Capra
Starring: James Stewart,  Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore
Genre: fantasy, Drama
Runtime: 2hours 10 minutes

5. The Royal Tenebuams
Are you a parent?
Then, go see this one.
A movie of three talented kids whose troubled and poor parental upbringings caused them their talents, gifts and passion.

But they got united later at adulthood when their father fall sick to question and find solution to their now affected and suffering life.

6. Edward Scissorhands
Is a story of an adventurous young man who attempted to invent another being from machines. 

But dies at the completion of his project. The birthed man - Edward Scissorhands (Jonny Depp) with hands for scissors move into the suburbs frail and lonely.

He got entangled with a tenderhearted young lady (Winona Ryder).
Would he survive? Watch this all time intrigue filled classic movie to find out.
Details
Director: Tim Burton
Starring: Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder Dianne Wiest
Genre: Fantasy, romance, drama
Rating: PG-13 (parents strongly cautioned)

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