The Best New Amazon Prime Video Arrivals Of November 2019

Last April, John Krasinski became the fifth actor to play Tom Clancy's CIA analyst hero Jack Ryan. The hero first showed up on the big screen played by Alec Baldwin in 1990's The Hunt for Red October, and Chris Pine was the last actor to take a shot at the role before Krasinski in 2014's Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit. Considering most viewers likely know Krasinski best as the lazy prankster Jim Halpert on the US version of The Office, some people may have thought it would be tough to buy him as the star of a political thriller, but the first season of Prime's Jack Ryan earned largely positive reviews, and on November 1, fans will get their second chance at seeing Krasinski fight terrorism, political corruption, and everything in between. 

Jack Ryan's first season has a lot of globe-hopping between the States, Europe, and the Middle East. But for the second season, things are turning south. Ryan travels to South America to investigate illegal arms sales in the Venezuelan jungle, though eventually — as is customary for the CIA officer — things will get global quickly. Ryan's investigation uncovers a conspiracy involving a corrupt Venezuelan president, secret dealings with Russia, and the possibility of Venezuela getting its hands on nuclear weapons.  

What if to communicate you didn't need to use your mouth, a computer, or even a smartphone? What if we could get brain implants that would allow us to communicate with one another effortlessly? Well, according to The Feed, it could make things convenient for a bit, but the price of our convenience could very well be the world's collective sanity.

We don't know exactly on what date it will be released, but at some point, November will see the premiere of the sci-fi thriller The Feed. Based on the 2018 Nick Clark Windo novel of the same name, The Feed is a British-made series about a world driven mad by a little too much "sharing."

In the show, the titular "Feed" is a technology invented by Lawrence Hatfield (David Thewlis) that allows people to share memories, feelings, or any kind of information with one another instantly. Unfortunately, the Feed proves to have some unintended consequences as users begin murdering one another. Set in London in the not-too-distant future, The Feed will focus on Hatfield's family and their efforts to stay together in spite of the death and chaos that Lawrence's creation unleashes. 

Prime Video added a lot of horror movies at the end of September in preparation for Halloween. So if you're tired of the scares, the blood, and the gore ... too bad, because there's more on its way.

Tim Burton's 2007 adaptation of the stage musical Sweeney Todd starring Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter, about a serial killer/barber in 19th-century London who murders his customers and feeds their remains to unsuspecting victims, begins streaming on November 1. Gore Verbinski's 2002 classic horror film The Ring, about a video tape that kills whoever views it, starts streaming the same day. For even more gore than you'll find in Sweeney Todd's shop, 2013's Texas Chainsaw 3D — the franchise's seventh installment — shows up on Prime on November 6. 

For thrills rooted in more realistic worlds, Prime will offer the classic 1987 thriller Fatal Attraction. In the film, Glenn Close becomes obsessed with Michael Douglas after they share a weekend of lust, but Douglas' character goes back to his wife and family once the weekend's up. Of course, Close doesn't take this well, and her portrayal of the violent spurned lover earned her an Oscar nod and led to an infamously upsetting scene with a rabbit.

November 1

Double Jeopardy (1999)

Escape From Alcatraz (1979)

Fatal Attraction (1987)

Overlord (2018)

Summer's Moon (2019)

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

The Firm (1983)

The Ring (2002)

Training Day (2001)

November 6

Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013)

Prime's October additions didn't offer a lot in terms of comedy, but the service is making up for it in November. In particular, Amazon Prime Video is adding a pair of Christmas-related comedies that are a lot darker than what you'd normally expect from winter holiday entertainment. 

On November 1, the service will stream 2003's Bad Santa. Starring Billy Bob Thornton, the irreverent comedy follows the pitiful life of a foul-mouthed mall Santa. Then on November 13, you can watch the best (and probably only) British-made, zombie apocalypse, musical comedy you will ever see. It's 2018's Anna and the Apocalypse, starring Ella Hunt as the titular hero who not only enjoys singing and dancing while killing zombies, but occasionally likes doing the killing with giant candy canes. 

Not all of the worthwhile comedies are holiday fare. There's 1996's Kingpin, starring Woody Harrelson as an ex-professional bowler who sets up the naive Amish bowling prodigy Ishmael (Randy Quaid) as his meal ticket. With a cleaner tone, but still with plenty of laughs, there's 1991's Soapdish. The comedy features an ensemble cast that includes Robert Downey Jr., Whoopi Goldberg, Elisabeth Shue, Sally Field, and more. Soapdish is a hilarious spin on daytime soap operas, showing as much — if not more — drama going on behind the camera than in front of it.  

November 1

Bad Santa (2003)

Kingpin (1996)

Soapdish (1991)

November 13

Anna and the Apocalypse (2018)