After briefly losing the number one spot to Bart Layton’s Crime 101, the Peter Farrelly action comedy Balls Up is once again the most popular movie on Prime Video this week. A silly and weird comedy film starring Mark Wahlberg, Paul Walter Hauser, Sacha Baron Cohen, and more, the movie follows a pair of marketing executives who find themselves stuck in Brazil and targeted by numerous enemies after causing a global scandal at the Soccer World Cup. Though it was not at all well-received by critics, the film has proven popular with streaming audiences, but that said, it’s hardly the only movie you could watch on the platform. From family-friendly animated films to gritty action thrillers, here’s a look at three great movies that we think you should watch on Prime Video this week.
Directed by Chris Renaud and written by Mike White and Ken Daurio, Despicable Me 4 is an animated comedy that’s the latest installment in the franchise. Picking up after the events of 2017’s Despicable Me 3, the film follows supervillain-turned-secret agent Gru (Steve Carell) and his family as they temporarily move to a safehouse after the return of Gru’s old rival, Maxime Le Mal (Will Ferrell). The ensemble voice cast also includes Kristen Wiig, Pierre Coffin, Joey King, Miranda Cosgrove, Stephen Colbert, Sofía Vergara, Steve Coogan, Madison Polan, Dana Gaier, Chloe Fineman, and more.
Despite a mixed critical reception, Illumination’s Despicable Me 4 was a massive box office success at the time of its release, continuing the franchise’s hit streak and becoming the fourth highest-grossing film of 2024. Though its plot is a bit lackluster compared to previous films, Despicable Me 4 is a perfectly entertaining comedy with lots of slapstick and stellar vocal performances. The movie also earned a number of accolades, including four Kids’ Choice Awards nominations and an Annie Award.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
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In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
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What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
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How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
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Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
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Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
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Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
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What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
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‘The Idea of You’ (2024)
Co-written and directed by Michael Showalter, The Idea of You is a romantic comedy-drama adapted from Robinne Lee’s 2017 novel. Anne Hathaway stars as Solène Marchand, a divorced art gallery owner and single mom, who finds an unexpected romance with pop star Hayes Campbell (Nicholas Galitzine), which is complicated by the fact that he’s 16 years younger than her. Ella Rubin, Annie Mumolo, Reid Scott, Perry Mattfeld, Jordan Aaron Hall, Mathilda Gianopoulos, and more star in supporting roles.
The Idea of You was very well-received after its premiere at the 2024 South by Southwest (SXSW) festival, earning praise from critics for its compelling performances and romantic-but-real narrative. Anne Hathaway’s performance in the lead is a highlight, as is her on-screen chemistry with Galitzine, which carries the story through its rougher patches. Overall, it’s a funny, feel-good dramedy that takes a thoughtful and considered approach to the May-December romance trope while still being plenty humorous.
3
‘The Running Man’ (2025)
The Running Man is a dystopian action thriller produced, co-written, and directed by Edgar Wright that’s based on the 1982 Stephen King novel, previously adapted as a 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger film of the same name. Set in an authoritarian near-future America, the movie stars Glen Powell as Ben Richards, a struggling blue-collar worker who participates in a deadly reality show that offers a chance to win a billion-dollar prize if he can survive being hunted by experienced killers and ordinary people alike for 30 days. William H. Macy, Lee Pace, Michael Cera, Emilia Jones, Daniel Ezra, Jayme Lawson, Sean Hayes, Colman Domingo, and Josh Brolin star in key supporting roles.
The Running Man had a pretty mixed critical reception when it premiered in 2025, and it didn’t live up to expectations at the box office either. However, the film is a definite improvement on the ’80s movie and an entertaining watch, particularly for Stephen King fans. Featuring great direction and performances, particularly by Glen Powell, The Running Man may not be the masterpiece fans hoped it would be, but it’s still a thoroughly thrilling action movie set in a compelling (if unoriginal) dystopia.
