A Madea Family Funeral and more to watch on Amazon Prime Video this weekend, Feb. 1-2
By Mads Lennon
A Madea Family Funeral, Escape at Dannemora and more premiere on Amazon this weekend. Find out everything arriving between Feb. 1 and 2.
This weekend on Amazon, don’t miss out on tons of new movies like Bridget Jones’s Diary, Magic Mike, and more. Plus, Showtime drama Escape at Dannemora and Starz thriller Counterpart will also be added to the Amazon Prime streaming library, meaning you won’t need the channel add-ons to watch them!
It may be Super Bowl weekend but those of you who aren’t big sports fans will have plenty of options to choose from on Amazon. The following list is all of the movies Amazon is uploading on the first of February, as is customary of most streaming services to do at the beginning of a new month. Our favorites are in bold.
- Beat the Devil (1953)
- Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001)
- Buffalo ’66 (1998)
- Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter (1974)
- Cheech & Chong’s Still Smokin’ (1983)
- Crashing Through Danger (2016)
- Dick Tracy (1990)
- Earth Girls Are Easy (1989)
- Emergency Landing (2018)
- Father Steps Out (1941)
- Ghost (1990)
- Guess What We Learned In School Today? (1970)
- High Voltage (2018)
- Judgment Day (1999)
- Little Tough Guy (1938)
- Lord of War (2005)
- Magic Mike (2012)
- National Lampoon’s Dirty Movie (2011)
- National Lampoon’s Dorm Daze 2 (2006)
- North of The Border (2009)
- People Are Funny (1946)
- Posledniy Bogatyr (2017)
- Precious (2009)
- Southie (1999)
- Taken Heart (2016)
- The Big Lift (1950)
- The Fabulous Dorseys (1947)
- The Last Stand (2013)
- The Little Princess (1995)
- The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959)
- The Spy Next Door (2010)
- Touched with Fire (2016)
A Madea Family Funeral (2019)
- Director: Tyler Perry
- Starring: Tyler Perry, Cassi Davis, and Patrice Lovely
- Release Date: Feb. 2
If you’re a Tyler Perry fan, then you won’t want to miss out on the latest entry into the popular Madea saga. A family reunion turns sour when Madea and the family get together for what they believe is an anniversary party, only to discover that it is, in fact, an elaborate funeral set-up. As is typical of the Madea movies, plenty of hijinks ensue.
Counterpart
- Starring: J. K. Simmons, Olivia Williams, Harry Lloyd, Nazanin Boniadi, Sara Serraiocco, Ulrich Thomsen, Betty Gabriel, and James Cromwell
This short-lived Starz thriller will be available to watch with Amazon Prime beginning this weekend. The series follows Howard Silk, an agent based at the United Nations spy agency in Berlin.
He discovers that a version of himself exists in an alternate universe and learns of a secretive gateway between his world and the parallel dimension. Howard soon learns that only person he can count on his an identical version of himself, Prime.
What to look forward to:
- Cabin in the Woods (2012) – Feb. 3
- Jallikattu (2019) – Feb. 4
- Warrior (2011) – Feb. 5
What are you planning on watching this weekend? Is there anything you hope comes to Prime Video soon? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!
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