The Best Movies/TV to Stream on Amazon Prime This July 4

Eating hot dogs on a roof, blasting some Carly Rae, and watching some fireworks is all well and good, but if you’re looking to strike a more subdued chord this independence day, or need a break in between all your perfectly-assembled burgers, there’s a lot of good shit to check out on Amazon Prime.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge might be the ultimate secret weapon for any TV show. There’s her sitcom Crashing (not the Pete Holmes HBO one) is fast and funny and her serial killer drama Killing Eve is subversive, disturbing, and also somehow funny. But Fleabag, a pitch-black comedy starring Waller-Bridge herself, remains her best work.

This weird-ass horror sci-fi show set in a remote Arctic Norway town has serious style, and packs more twists and turns into 22 episodes than most TV shows do during their entire run. And there’s still one more season yet to come.

See what all the fuss is about already!

Even in the wake of Phantom Thread, Paul Thomas Anderson’s best movie remains this dark, dark drama about an oil baron and his curse of wealth and legacy.

[Coach Taylor voice] Lemme tell you somethin’, Friday Night Lights is one of the great American TV dramas. Yes, even including that horrible murder subplot in Season Two.

Before Hunt for the Wilderpeople and Thor: Ragnarok, Taika Waititi burst onto the major movie scene with What We Do in the Shadows, a mockumentary about vampires that leaves no stone unturned in finding every last joke around its premise. Exhausting, but in a good way.

The breakfast scene alone should have earned The Florida Project an Oscar. This movie is one of the most sincere, beautiful, understated pieces of art from last year.

Steven Soderbergh turns his highly-attuned heist movie sensibilities to a more… makeshift group than Danny Ocean’s ever-inflating roster. Channing Tatum and Adam Driver make one hell of a comedy double-act, and Daniel Craig of all fucking people is a revelation.

This Prime original series created by Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan is a near-flawless study of adult relationships, parenthood, and aging. It’s also a good excuse to watch Carrie Fisher flex on everyone for a few hours.

The Americans was acclaimed throughout its six-season run, which means I obviously started watching it the moment it ended, and everyone was done talking about it. This show is good, guys. Did you hear?

This is a hyper-violent action-drama starring a humorless Vince Vaughn in a career-best role, but, listen to me, it’s also (deliberately, I think) low-key the funniest movie of last year. You’ll see what I mean.