This September, Prime Video is bringing you a lot of entertainment with a royal drama series titled A Very Royal Scandal and a brilliant coming-of-age film Snack Shack. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Prime Video this month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the 5 best films that are coming to Prime Video in September 2024 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.
Drag Me to Hell (September 1)
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 92%
Drag Me to Hell is a supernatural horror film directed by Sam Raimi from a screenplay co-written by Sam and Ivan Raimi. The 2009 film follows the story of Christine Brown, a loan officer who rejects an elderly woman’s loan application due to pressure from her boss. In retaliation, the elderly woman puts a curse on her in which she will suffer in extreme agony for three after which she will pulled down to the depths of hell. Drag Me to Hell stars Alison Lohman in the lead role with Bonnie Aarons, Justin Long, Lorna Raver, Bojana Novakovic, and Dileep Rao starring in supporting roles.
Galaxy Quest (September 1)
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 90%
Galaxy Quest is a sci-fi comedy film directed by Dean Parisot from a screenplay co-written by David Howard and Robert Gordon. The 1999 film has often been described as a parody of Star Trek and its fandom and it follows the story of Jason Nesmith, the star of a Star Trek-like television series as he and his co-stars are called upon by aliens to protect them from an alien warlord. Galaxy Quest stars Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, and Alan Rickman in the lead roles with Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwell, Justin Long, Rainn Wilson, Enrico Colantoni, and Missi Pyle starring in supporting roles.
In the Name of the Father (September 1)
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 94%
In the Name of the Father is a biographical crime drama film directed by Jim Sheridan from a screenplay co-written by Terry George and Jim Sheridan. Based on the 1990 autobiography book titled Proved Innocent: The Story of Gerry Conlon of the Guildford Four by Gerry Conlon, the 1993 film follows Gerry Conlon, a young Irish man in London as he is wrongly sentenced to prison with his father after the IRA bombing of 1974. He does everything he can for the next 15 years to prove his innocence. In the Name of the Father stars Daniel Day-Lewis in the lead role with Emma Thompson, Pete Postlethwaite, John Lynch, Anthony Brophy, Corin Redgrave, and Tom Wilkinson starring in supporting roles.
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (September 12)
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 95%
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish is an animated fantasy action adventure comedy film directed by Joel Crawford and Januel Mercado from a screenplay co-written by Paul Fisher and Tommy Swerdlow. The 2022 sequel film continues the story of Puss in Boots as he is on his last life after wasting nine lives. To get his nine lives back he must go on a fantastical adventure to find the mythical Last Wish star. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish voice cast includes Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Harvey Guillen, Florence Pugh, Olivia Colman, John Maloney, Wagner Moura, Samson Kayo, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Anthony Mendez, Chris Miller, and Ray Winstone.
Paddington 2 (September 26)
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 99%
Paddington 2 is a live-action animated family comedy film directed by Paul King from a screenplay co-written by Paul King and Simon Farnaby. The 2017 sequel film continues the story of talking bear Paddington as he continues to live with the Brown family and takes up a job to gather enough money to buy the perfect gift for her aunt’s 100th birthday, but his plan goes wrong and through a terrible chain of events he lands up in prison. Paddington 2 stars Hugh Grant, Hugh Bonneville, Ben Whishaw, Brendan Gleeson, Sally Hawkins, Jim Broadbent, Simon Farnaby, Madeleine Harris, and Samuel Joslin.
