The best series on Amazon Prime are waiting for you in the platform's catalogue. Of course, this catalog is so vast that, if you have to go through them all to know which are the best, it can take forever to find them. But don't worry, because we are here to help you with such an arduous task.
In this article we are going to give you a list with which, In our opinion, are the most competent and interesting series that you can see today on the platform owned by Jeff Bezos. We leave you our particular list with the best that you can see below.
A Very English Scandal
This fiction based on real events starring Hugh Grant, tells the story of the first British politician to stand trial for murder. Jeremy Thorpe, a former occupant of Parliament for North Devon and leader of the Liberal Party, had a relationship with former model Norman Scott in an England where homosexuality was still illegal.
Scott denounced Thorpe, who was tried on charges of conspiracy and incitement to murder. The politician would have presumably hatched a plan to end the life of the model. Around all this scandal is forged a story of betrayal and ambition with the underground LGTBQ world of the time as a background theme.
Out of range
This modern western turned into one of the best Amazon Prime series tells us the royal abbott history (played by Josh Brolin). Abbott is a rancher who fights for his land and his family, who is affected by the ambitions of the neighboring family (who aspire to keep his land).
The series is full of shocking plot twists, reveals that won't leave the viewer indifferent, and just the right amount of suspense to keep the viewer on the edge of their chair.
Upload
This futuristic fiction is set in the year 2033, in which people who are about to die can "charge" in virtual reality to live the new life they choose. These afterlives are run by six major tech companies, vying with each other to be the market leader in human death.
En Upload, perhaps as a nod to Matrix, pieces of the virtual life of its protagonist are combined with pieces of his real life and his struggles outside the cloud.
Hanna
This candidate to be one of the best Amazon Prime series tells us the story of Hanna, a teenager raised completely isolated in a forest in Poland alongside a CIA fugitive named Erik. Hanna hides a secret, and that is that she was part of the UTRAX program, where children received enhanced DNA to become super soldiers.
The series begins with Erik falling in love with Hanna's mother, running away with her to protect the girl. From then on, all kinds of fast-paced situations follow one another to keep the viewer glued to the screen.
The wheel of time
The wheel of time is a fantasy story belonging to the so-called "river novels", that is, stories composed of many volumes that tell stories that take place over several years (even centuries) in their particular universe. The most famous river novel is Song of ice and fire, on which the well-known series was based Game of Thrones.
This series comes to collect a saga of 14 books, begun by the author Robert Jordan and finished by his friend and also a writer Brandon Sanderson, with instructions that Jordan left before he died. In the series, the lives of four young people change when a woman arrives in her village announcing that one of them is the embodiment of an ancient prophecy, with power to tip the balance between light and dark.
Harlem
If you remember Sex and the City, Harlem could be considered his alternative in the African-American community. This comedy explores the friendship between a group of black women; four friends who went to college together and are now 30 years old. All four live and work in Harlem.
As it happens in Sex and the City, in this series the four are going through decisive moments in their lives: in their professional careers, in their love life and in personal growth, all while supporting each other.
The wonderful mrs. Maisel
In what is undoubtedly one of the best Amazon Prime series, Rachel Brosnahan plays Miriam "Midge" Maisel, in a excellent comedy set in the 50's of the XNUMXth century. Midge is a housewife looking to establish herself as a comedian after her husband, Joe Maisel, unexpectedly leaves her.
Fiction was made with a Golden Globe for Best Comedy or Musical in her debut season, and Brosnahan took home the best actress award. There is nothing.
Carnival Row
Orlando Bloom is one of the most visible faces of this series in which fantasy beings live among the general population. A series of murders in the city and the growing influx of immigrants puts these fantastic beings in the spotlight, and keeping the peace will become more and more difficult.
The series debuted in the summer of 2019, and renewed for a second season. To this day, there is still no date for when it will be released.
Mr. Robot
La quintessential hacker series is undoubtedly one of the best Amazon Prime series in its own right, portraying today's society as if it were a dystopian cyberpunk society. At least, that's the way the world is through the eyes of Elliott Alderson (Rami Malek). Alderson is a computer engineer specializing in security; a person whose job has made him paranoid who watches his conspiracy theories unfold before his eyes.
In the series, a hacker known as Mr. Robot has a plan to change and overthrow society in which Elliott Alderson could play a key role.
Good omens
We close our review of the best Amazon Prime series with a apocalyptic comedy with the birth of the Antichrist as a backdrop. The two protagonists, played by David Tennant and David Tennant, attempt to prevent Armageddon as the forces of Heaven and Hell fight for control of humanity and its future.
It is a interesting reflection on religion, good and evil, treated with the acid humor of Terry Pratchett and the fine pen of Neil Gaiman. A second season of the series was signed, which should be falling.