Best TV shows to watch on Amazon Prime Video UK (May 2026)

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• Karl Urban, Jack Quaid and Antony Starr star in a brutal fantasy drama about superheroes who abuse their incredible powers rather than use them for good.

• Nicole Kidman headlines a crime thriller named after forensic pathologist Dr Kay Scarpetta, the crusading character immortalised on the pages of Patricia Cornwell’s series of books dating back to 1990. Written for television by Liz Sarnoff, Scarpetta allows the present and past to collide head-on by pursuing dual timelines from Scarpetta’s early years as a chief medical examiner in the late 1990s to a current murder investigation. Scarpetta (Kidman) believes that she can provide a voice to victims and uphold justice using modern forensic science and her gut instinct. She returns to her hometown to resume her former position as Chief Medical Examiner while investigating a grisly murder, 28 years after the career-making case that could also prove her undoing. As she follows the evidence, Kay navigates a tricky relationship with her sister Dorothy Farinelli (Jamie Lee Curtis), draws strength from her tech-savvy niece Lucy Farinelli Watson (Ariana DeBose) and seeks professional alliances with Detective Pete Marino (Bobby Cannavale) and FBI profiler Benton Wesley (Simon Baker).

• Washington DC homicide detective Alex Cross struggles to juggle personal and professional responsibilities. Crime thriller based on James Patterson’s books, starring Aldis Hodge, Isaiah Mustafa, Juanita Jennings and Alona Tal

• A young woman, who has grown up in an underground bunker designed to protect against a nuclear attack, ventures into the outside world in a post-apocalyptic drama based on the popular video game series. Lucy (Ella Purnell) emerges from her subterranean home to rescue her father from the wasteland of a devastated Los Angeles. Her odyssey through hostile terrain intersects with young soldier Maximus (Aaron Moten), who has risen through the ranks of the Brotherhood of Steel militaristic faction. Elsewhere, bounty hunter the Ghoul (Walton Goggins) seeks a fabled artifact with the potential to alter current power dynamics across this world. His selfish quest collides with Lucy and Maximus

• Some ghosts of the past refuse to be silenced in a six-part thriller based on an original story idea by the bestselling author Harlan Coben, who co-wrote the series with BAFTA-winner Danny Brocklehurst. Forensic psychologist Joel Lazarus (Sam Claflin) reluctantly returns home after his charismatic father, Dr Jonathan Lazarus (Bill Nighy), dies by suicide. The grieving son experiences strange visions that compel him to become entangled in a series of cold-case murders as he offers emotional support to his sister, Jenna (Alexandra Roach). Joe uncovers fresh evidence and revisits the circumstances surrounding his father’s passing and the murder of another sibling 25 years ago

• In this psychological thriller, Laura (Robin Wright) has it all: a glittering career, a loving husband, and her prized son, Daniel. But her perfect life unravels when Daniel brings home Cherry (Olivia Cooke), a girlfriend who changes everything. Laura’s convinced Cherry is hiding something. Is she a manipulative social climber, or is Laura just paranoid? The truth is a matter of perspective.

• David Jung, a mysterious former US intelligence operative living in hiding in South Korea, has his life blown to pieces when the consequences of an impossible decision from his past come back to haunt him, and he finds himself hunted by Rebecca, a deadly young assassin, and Caddis, the sinister spy organization she works for

• Two generations confront ghosts of the past in an action-packed six-part thriller written by brothers Harry and Jack Williams, creators of Angela Black and The Tourist. Journalist Edward Green (Freddie Highmore) has always believed that his estrange mother, Julie (Keeley Hawes), worked as a head hunter so he’s shocked to learn she is a retired hit woman with a lot of skeletons in her closet. Julie survives an attempt on her life with consummate ease and has to go on the run with Edward when other assassin materialise to claim the bounty on her head. Working together to survive, mother and son slowly rebuild bridges, except that Julie insists they will not talk about Edward’s biological father, whose identity is a mystery. Gina Gershon, Jack Davenport and Alan Dale also star

• The prequel to the 2022 TV series The Terminal List starring Chris Pratt and Tayor Kitsch, based on Jack Carr’s novel, traces the origin story of CIA Special Operations asset Ben Edwards. Ben (Kitsch) serves proudly in the Navy SEALs with his best friend, James Reece (Pratt) but their platoon is ambushed on a covert mission. Memories about what really happened their fateful are foggy as Ben experiences the darker side of warfare as a clandestine operative for the CIA. Bonds of brotherhood remain strong but there is a terrible human cost to Ben’s work and loyalties are not always as strong as they appear

• Seventeen-year-old rich girl Cady Sinclair Eastman pieces together the truth about the summer she lost her memory after a terrible accident on a private island. Psychological thriller based on the novel by E Lockhart, starring Emily Alyn Lind

• Ten top UK comedians face off in Jimmy Carr’s challenge: make others laugh while keeping a straight face. They’ll try everything to crack their opponents, but must never break themselves.

• Nine stressed city dwellers arrive at a boutique health-and-wellness resort in a drama starring Nicole Kidman, based on the best-selling novel by Liane Moriarty.

• Released five months after director Philip Martin’s behind-the-scenes drama Scoop about The Duke of York’s exclusive one-on-one interview with BBC Newsnight journalist Emily Maitlis, this three-part series recounts events through a different lens

• In 2033, handsome Los Angeles party boy Nathan is involved in a terrible crash in his self-driving car. As Nathan teeters on the brink of death, his high-maintenance girlfriend uploads him permanently into a luxurious virtual reality environment overseen by Brooklyn-born customer service agent Nora. Her virtual alter ego works closely with Nathan to acclimatise him to the digital realm.

• Fantasy series chronicling events from the Second Age of Middle-earth’s history, thousands of years before the devastating events chronicled in The Hobbit and The Lord Of The Rings.

• The Mantle twins, identical from head to toe, are on a mission to change the way women give birth.

• Thriller based on the Lee Child books about a wandering troubleshooter. Starring Alan Ritchson, Maria Sten and Malcolm Goodwin

• Teen tennis prodigy Justine Pearce’s French Open success is shattered by a devastating tragedy. Drama, starring Ella Lily Hyland and Aidan Turner

• A young mother learns that she has a talent for stand-up comedy. Comedy, starring Rachel Brosnahan, Alex Borstein, Michael Zegen and Marin Hinkle

• Andrew Garfield and Daisy Edgar-Jones headline a gripping seven-part dramatisation of Jon Krakauer’s non-fiction novel, which has been adapted for the screen by Dustin Lance Black for director David Mackenzie. Detective Jeb Pyre (Garfield), a devout Mormon, and Detective Bill Taba (Gil Birmingham) investigate the brutal 1984 murders of Brenda Wright Lafferty (Edgar-Jones) and her baby daughter in a quiet suburb in the Salt Lake Valley, Utah. Brenda was a member of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) and police enquiries unearth shocking secrets about the Lafferty family and their unyielding faith. Pyre is compelled to question his own devotion to the Lord as he exposes violence and retribution in the name of religion.

• From the world of The Boys comes Gen V, a new series set at America’s only college for superheroes. These gifted students put their moral boundaries to the test, competing for the university’s top ranking, and a chance to join The Seven, Vought International’s elite superhero team. When the school’s dark secrets come to light, they must decide what kind of heroes they want to become.

• TV show based on the 2005 movie starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, here created by Francesca Sloane and Donald Glover. One asset (Glover) of a global spy agency is offered the perfect cover story for his high-risk missions: a new identity, John Smith, an arranged marriage to fellow spy Jane Smith (Maya Erskine) and a luxurious home in Manhattan to maintain the illusion of wedded bliss. John and Jane immerse themselves in the lie and publicly mark relationship milestones while they conduct espionage around the world. When they begin to experience genuine feelings for each other, the sharp-shooting operatives question their commitment to the killing game.

• One obsessive fan of a global popstar, whose adoring followers are known as The Swarm, resorts to extreme measures to get close to her idol.

• The lives of five young villagers change forever when a strange and powerful woman arrives, claiming one of them is the child of an ancient prophecy with the power to tip the balance between Light and Dark forever.