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We’ve pulled together three great Prime Video movies that are well worth wathcing. From low-budget sci-fi to decades-old Oscar fare, this list has something for everyone. We also have guides to the best movies on Amazon Prime Video , the best movies on Netflix , the best movies on Hulu , the best movies on Max , and the best movies on Disney+ .
The Pianist (2002) Adrien Brody is getting plenty of Oscar buzz, and with good reason, for his performance in The Brutalist . More than 20 years ago, though, Brody won his first and only Oscar for The Pianist , which feels like it would make a remarkably good double feature with The Brutalist . The film tells the story of a celebrated concert pianist who finds himself trapped inside the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II.
After he is separated from his family, he hides amid the rubble of the Ghetto until the war is over. Brody is heartbreaking and brilliant here, so much so that his Oscar victory makes perfect sense. It’s a tremendously moving performance in a movie that is unsparing in its depiction of the Holocaust and its toll on one man.
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