Have a Prime Video account but don’t know what to watch? Here’s our guide to the shows and films coming to the platform in Australia this month.
1 Oct
The Offering
Oliver Park’s 2022 film follows a family dealing with loss … and also with an ancient demon trying to end them from the inside.
3 Oct
Make Me Scream – Halloween Special
A one-hour special featuring three celebrity teams playing a game where they have to face ‘terrifying’ scare zones while trying not to scream.
5 Oct
The Fabelmans
Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-bothering film based loosely on his early life and growth as an emerging filmmaker. As Anthony Morris wrote for ScreenHub:
A few blunt speeches aside, for a story partly about a disintegrating marriage told from a teenager’s point of view The Fabelmans is remarkably mature (and fault-free) about matters of the heart and human nature. It’s an often-rueful look at a crumbling family, even as it celebrates the joy of making movies; one wouldn’t work half as well without the other.
Technical trickery can delight an audience for a moment, but putting emotions up on screen? That’s the real magic.
The Fabelmans review: Steven Spielberg’s movies are dreams
6 Oct
Twin Flames
A series purporting to tell the true story of two women who are seduced by an online couple who profess that we all have a soulmate called a ‘Twin Flame’ – and that we should stop at nothing to be with our destined other half.
Desperately Seeking Soulmate: Escaping Twin Flames Universe
This documentary dives headlong into the Twin Flames Universe, a virtual group led from suburban Michigan by YouTube influencers Jeff and Shaleia Divine.
9 Oct
One Shot: Overtime Elite – Season 1
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Miniseries following the ups and downs of seven top US basketball players as they take on challenges and training in search of a professional career.
10 Oct
Mr Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe
A new documentary that takes a close look at the iconic television show from Canada that had an impact on multiple generations across its 39-year TV run.
11 Oct
Awareness
A 2023 film in which things get complicated for a teenager who has the ability to foist visual illusions on his chosen victims.
12 Oct
Mud, Sweat and Tears: Premiership Rugby – Season 1
A documentary with unprecedented access to the behind-the-scenes going-ons of premiership rugby.
In My Mother’s Skin
In this 2023 film, a young girl stranded in the World War II Philippines wants to care for her dying mother … but places her trust in a flesh-eating fairy.
13 Oct
Everybody Loves Diamonds – Season 1
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A band of small-time Italian thieves manage to hoodwink top-level security to steal millions of dollars’ worth of diamonds from the Antwerp Diamond Centre.
15 Oct
Pantheon – Seasons 1 & 2
A young woman receives messages from an unknown number, claiming to be from her dead dad. IN investigating this, falls into a bigger conspiracy involving the singularity
Paddington
The 2014 outing by director Paul King that put everyone’s favourite Peruvian marmalade addict back on the map … assuming he ever left … which he didn’t … not really.
Paddington 2
The 2017 sequel to Paddington (2014) sees the marmalade muncher return for a new, entertaining adventure.
20 Oct
Upload – Season 3
A man gets the chance to customise his afterlife when his consciousness is uploaded to a virtual world.
Bosch: Legacy – Season 2
Bosch is back in this police procedural.
24 Oct
Of An Age
A Serbian ballroom dancer experiences an unexpected and intense 24-hour romance with a friend’s older brother in this Melbourne-set film by Goran Stolevski. As Silvi Van-Wall wrote for ScreenHub:
It’s funny, it’s heartbreaking, and most of all it’s relatable to anyone who’s experienced first love – the kind that knocks you off your feet and turns your small, dull suburban world into something big, exciting and colourful.
Of An Age film is a tender and romantic Melburnian treat
Hot Potato: The Story of the Wiggles
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A new documentary by Sally Aitkin about the beloved Australian children’s performers often described as The Beatles for kids.
26 Oct
Fitzek’s The Therapy – Season 1
The 12-year-old daughter of psychiatrist Viktor Larenz disappears under mysterious circumstances. Sebastian Fitzec’s novel gets the small-screen treatment.
27 Oct
Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose
28 Oct
The Pope’s Exorcist
A demonic exorcism movie starring Russell Crowe as the exorcist in question. As Anthony Morris wrote for ScreenHub:
There are truly so many exorcism and demonic possession movies that it is impossible to keep count. Catholic horror remains a genre that shows no signs of slowing down, and as more of the church’s real-world horrors come to light there is a genuine space to be something more.
The Pope’s Exorcist does not take any of those chances. While it broaches some interesting Catholic taboos – particularly in regards to the Zovatto character whose sinful confessions hint at emotional depths the script has no interest in following through with – Avery is more interested in being a fun night out at the movies instead.
The Pope’s Exorcist review: God only knows
More streaming guides:
- ABC iview: new shows streaming in October 2023
- Stan: new shows and films streaming in October 2023
- Shudder: new shows and films streaming in October 2023
- BritBox: new shows and films streaming in October 2023
- SBS On Demand: new shows streaming in October 2023
- Apple TV+: new shows and films streaming in October 2023
- DocPlay: new documentaries streaming in October 2023
- Disney+: new shows and films streaming in October 2023
- Binge: new shows and films streaming in October 2023
- Netflix: new shows and films streaming in October 2023
- Paramount+: new shows and films streaming in October 2023
