High-profile movies don’t just feature big names. They also create mass audience appeal with their often unique, highly marketable premises and significant industry backing in the form of big budgets, renowned directors, and A-list talent.

Right now, Amazon Prime Video is home to several recent high-profile movies, and our top pick to watch this week is a newly released comedy featuring one major star and an up-and-comer at the helm.

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Sarah’s Oil

The story of the richest Black girl in America

Rocking a solid 86% critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes, Sarah’s Oil is a new, high-ranking entry on FlixPatrol’s global top 10 movies list. The 2025 drama is based on the true story of one of America’s first Black millionaires.

In the early 1900s, young Sarah Rector (A Thousand and One‘s Naya Desir-Johnson) has a feeling that oil lies beneath the barren land she’s been allotted in Native American territory. When she’s right, and greedy sharks start circling, she turns to family, friends, and some Texan wildcatters to maintain control of her oil-rich property. Eventually, she becomes one of the first female African American millionaires, nicknamed “the richest [Black] girl in the world,” following a 1913 oil strike on her Oklahoma land.

As one of 2025’s most inspiring films, Sarah’s Oil has become a high-profile streaming choice, thanks to its strong script, standout performances by Shazam!’s Zachary Levi and Desir-Johnson, and its resilience-filled ending. It’s one that’ll leave you smiling.

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Vengeance

Punisher meets Batman

While it breaks no molds, the 2025 Mexican thriller Vengeance is a new, trending action-packed thriller that quickly broke into the top 10 in multiple regions, including the United States, after its premiere on April 17. The movie unleashes a new vigilante on a relentless quest for revenge.

The narrative follows a decorated special forces hero who is left with nothing but vengeance after his wife is brutally murdered. After an unexpected twist of fate makes him a millionaire, Carlos (Omar Chaparro) turns his fortune into an arsenal that would make John Wick salivate. Then, with his most trusted soldiers in tow, he launches an unyielding hunt for those responsible.

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If revenge thrillers excite you, you’re going to want to watch this English-dubbed movie, which looks to be Prime Video’s most ambitious action-thriller project, at least in Latin America. It’s a major crowd-pleaser that epitomizes pure entertainment with its brutal action, stylish sequences, bloody payback, and well-shot scenes. Plus, its savagely efficient narrative crescendos to a dazzling climax that’ll leave you full of adrenaline, craving more.

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The Running Man

A dystopian reality show competition

Actor Glen Powell (Twisters) has been on fire lately, and it doesn’t look like he’s cooling off anytime soon. If you missed seeing him in the second Stephen King adaptation of the sci-fi adventure hit The Running Man, which is based on the 1982 novel of the same name, now is your chance to correct that.

In the near future, the top-rated show on television is a deadly competition where contestants must survive 30 days of being hunted by professional assassins. When its ruthless producer convinces Ben Richards (Powell) to enter the game, the desperate father accepts, hoping to win the money needed to save his sick daughter. Ben is no typical contestant, though. He’s gritty and defiant, and when his instincts turn him into an unexpected fan favorite, ratings skyrocket, threatening the entire system.

While 2025’s The Running Man is considered a remake of the 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger film, it’s not a direct remake but instead is a more faithful, grounded, darker adaptation of King’s hit novel. Shaun of the Dead’s Edgar Wright directs and, alongside Powell, Michael Cera, Lee Pace, Colman Domingo, and Josh Brolin, also star.

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What We Hide

Buried secrets create stronger bonds

A riveting, 2025 independent dramatic thriller, What We Hide centers on two sisters who go to extreme lengths to avoid being separated by the foster care system in the wake of their mother’s death. This one hits you out of nowhere, so buckle up.

After their mother suffers a fatal overdose, sisters Spider (Ghostbusters: Afterlife’s Mckenna Grace) and Jessie (Where the Crawdads Sing’s Jojo Regina) hide her body by burying it, hoping to ward off the strained foster care system. With their mother’s dealer lurking around and rising pressure to keep their secret buried at all costs, the sisters fight to remain together as law enforcement grows suspicious.

The movie’s intense subject matter and powerhouse performance of its lead actress have garnered widespread attention and praise, making it a high-profile watch that doubles as a tense, emotional look at the impact of the opioid crisis on children. Way Off Broadway’s Dan Kay directs.

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Balls Up

A marketing snafu gone hilariously wrong

A brand-spanking-new action-comedy flick from director Peter Farrelly (Dumb & Dumber) is currently dominating the streaming charts, and after watching it, I suspect it’ll stay there for quite a minute.

Balls Up follows two marketing executives as they navigate an extremely brazen pitch. Brad (Mark Wahlberg) and Elijah (Paul Walter Hauser) spark a giant scandal after pitching a full-coverage sponsorship for the World Cup, but their actions during the event make them the biggest villains in Brazilian history. After they inadvertently block a crucial scoring goal, chaos erupts, and the two must outrun enraged fans, cartels, and poachers.

The movie’s engaging comedic chemistry, gross-out raunchy humor, domino chain effect of chaotic gags and action, A-list talent, and high-stakes production make it an excellent high-profile buddy comedy perfect for the streaming platform. It also features cameos from notable actors such as Sasha Baron Cohen, Molly Shannon, and Benjamin Bratt.

As we breeze through this last week of April and wander right on into May—and my birthday, I might add—be sure you’re up-to-date on this month’s new releases before a whole new batch drops just in time for summer.

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