Do you have a go at it what you involve to get through this year ’s Election Day ? An escape to the picture show ! But you do n’t have to go out to see a great movie . Amazon Prime Video has an astonishing batting order right at your fingertips .

There ’s truly something for everyone on Prime Video , but we want to make thing easy for you . So we ’ve pop off beforehand and shared our picks for the five neat Amazon Prime Video movies to stream this Election Day .

We also have guide to thebest picture show on Netflix , thebest film on Hulu , thebest movies on Amazon Prime Video , thebest flick on Max , andthebest moving-picture show on Disney+ .

The Patriot (2000)

Mel Gibson is patriotic to an almost ridiculous degree inThe Patriot , but he does n’t start out that way . Benjamin Martin ( Mel Gibson ) tried to stay out of the American Revolution , and he even provided aesculapian aid to both sides after a battle near his home . However , his son Gabriel Edward Martin ( Heath Ledger ) , refused to follow his father ’s example and conjoin the Johnny . When a sadistic British colonel named William Tavington ( Jason Isaacs ) toss off Benjamin ’s youngest Logos while arresting Gabriel , it sends the father into a rage .

Benjamin turns out to be just the humankind the revolution take to plow the lunar time period against Tavington and the British . However , Tavington ’s tactic become even more brute in response , and not even the Martin family can turn tail from his reaching during the height of the war .

WatchThe PatriotonPrime Video .

Escape From New York (1981)

Kurt Russellbuilt his caption as an action at law star in John Carpenter’sEscape From New York . Convicted stealer Snake Plissken ( Russell ) gets the fortune to walk costless if he agrees to rescue President John Harker ( Donald Pleasence ) from The Duke ( Isaac Hayes ) , the crime lord who controls most of what used to be New York City .

To ensure Snake ’s cooperation , the politics puts a twist in his body that will kill him if he does n’t free the president in time . It ’s a daring mission , and not everyone who serve Snake is survive to get what they merit . So he ’ll just have to provide his own brand of Department of Justice .

WatchEscape From New YorkonPrime Video .

V for Vendetta (2006)

Alan Moore has been very outspoken about his hatred of every adaptation of his comic books . But if he ever sawV for Vendetta — the adaptation of his comic that was co - created by hisWatchmenartist David Lloyd — then Moore would credibly still detest it . Trust us though , it ’s really true to the rootage material , although some variety have been made .

In the near future , Britain has fallen to an oppressive regime and its citizens are terrorized . V ( Hugo Weaving ) is a exemption fighter who keeps the hope for his nation alive while hiding his face behind a Guy Fawkes mask . After saving a youthful woman named Evey Hammond ( The Lady in the Lake‘s Natalie Portman ) , fin try out to root on her to rise up as well . And while Evey does n’t share V ’s agendum , he has a way of being very convincing even as he ship on a very personal military mission of retaliation .

WatchV for VendettaonPrime Video .

Jackie Brown (1997)

For his third film , Jackie Brown , Quentin Tarantinoadapted Elmore Leonard’sRum Punchand gave ’ 70 blaxploitation icon named Pam Grier a comeback persona for the ages as the form of address character . Tarantino also show to be a good fit for Leonard ’s work , as he put Jackie at the center of a conflict between a local crime boss , Ordell Robbie ( Samuel L. Jackson ) , and the FBI who want to arrest Ordell .

Rather than simply take to government activity blackmail or let Ordell stamp out her , Jackie convinces both sides that she ’s fast to them . But even Jackie ca n’t overstretch off a con this bountiful by herself , and Ordell ’s bond bondsman , Max Cherry ( Robert Forster ) , may be the only one that she can trust .

WatchJackie BrownonPrime Video .

Elvis (2022)

Welcome to the life and sentence of Elvis Presley , as seen by writer and director   Baz Luhrmann . Elvisputs Austin Butler ( The Bikeriders ) in the title role as “ the B. B. King , ” and he delivered an Oscar - propose carrying out . Tom Hanks carbon monoxide - stars as Colonel Tom Parker , the man who point Elvis ’ career for decades . But Butler is the one performing artist you that ca n’t take your heart off of . He looks , sings , and dancing like Elvis in a very convincing manner .

Although the moving-picture show catches Elvis at his height , it ’s also there to take in him fall . Almost everyone knows how Elvis ’ report ends , but the movie still feels like a triumph for bringing him back to living on the heavy screen .

WatchElvisonPrime Video .