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With the sun shining and summer offering plenty of outdoor opportunities, it’s going to take some extremely enticing streaming content to keep you on the couch. Luckily for Prime Video subscribers, the platform currently boasts some of the very best, perfect for indulging in this month. Most notably, the streamer recently acquired one of 2026’s defining films in the form of Project Hail Mary, the Ryan Gosling-led space epic that stunned global audiences and earned just shy of $700 million during its theatrical run. But if you prefer your streaming episodic, fear not, as your weekend can be just as rewarding. With that in mind, here’s a look at three Prime Video shows you need to binge this weekend.
For more recommendations, check out our list of the best shows and movies on Prime Video.
Don’t worry, this isn’t the 2017 film starring Scarlett Johansson. This weekend, one of the most exciting new arrivals on any streaming platform is The Ghost in the Shell, based on the 1989 manga of the same name by Masamune Shirow. Set in 2029, the series follows the citizens of Niihama City, a hyper-technological society that has found a way to replace limbs with robotics.
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
In some of the most shocking streaming news of 2026, everyone’s favorite cozy, fast-talking series, ***Gilmore Girls, ***was dropped by Netflix. Thankfully, Netflix’s loss is Prime Video’s gain, with every indulgent moment from Stars Hollow now available to binge-watch on Prime Video. This weekend, there are few better options than to sit back, grab some snacks, and tuck into 153 episodes of this undeniable modern classic.
The lives of single mother Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren Graham) and her teenage daughter Rory (Alexis Bledel) are now the stuff of legend, as they navigate modern relationships, societal expectations, and the quirkiest of neighborhood characters through some of the most important years of their lives. Supported by an iconic ensemble that includes Sookie St. James (Melissa McCarthy), Luke Danes (Scott Patterson), and many more, *Gilmore Girls *is a must-watch.
Named after the **David Bowie **song of the same name that plays during the series’ inciting incident, this mid-2000s British crime drama is one of the very best of its kind to air this century. The premise is simple: Detective Sam Tyler (John Simm) is involved in a car accident in 2006, only to seemingly wake up trapped in the 1970s. As he tries to search for a way back, he learns to adapt to his new life.
Simply seeing Simm’s Sam Tyler shocked by the state of 1970s policing is entertaining enough, but Matthew Graham, Tony Jordan, and Ashley Pharoah’s *Life on Mars *also contains one of the most detailed, immersive sci-fi crime stories in modern TV. His constant bickering with new boss Gene Hunt (Philip Glenister) often makes for great comedy, and his will-they/won’t-they relationship with Liz White’s PC Annie Cartwright will have you on the edge of your seat.
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