For the record, Amazon first announced in September 2023 that ads would be coming to Prime Video. Even if you don’t upgrade your Prime Video plan, any movies or TV shows that you purchase or rent on Prime Video will be ad-free. Amazon added commercials to Prime Video for the same reason most of the other big streamers did: It wants more revenue.

From a Tom Cruise action flick to a cult classic from the 1990s, these are five movies leaving Amazon Prime Video in January 2025 you have to watch.

The studio's full 2026 slate and select titles in 2025 will be available for streaming shortly after their theatrical window.

You can now watch a broad selection of PBS programming on Amazon Prime for free even if you don’t have a subscription. Though much of PBS ’ programming is already available to stream through through its own apps, now you can access it through Amazon Prime Video.

The channels are available whether or not customers are signed up for paid Prime Video subscriptions. Prime Video’s free programming options just got a major boost. The streamer already carries hundreds of free streaming channels which were formerly shunted to the now defunct Freevee service,