Published Aug 14, 2026, 7:43 PM EDT
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Emmy winner Hannah Waddingham and Oscar winner Octavia Spencer have shot the new action-comedy series Ride or Die to streaming success. However, it isn’t the only show proving popular on the streamer, with the likes of Off Campus, based on a series of books by Elle Kennedy, the ***Legally Blonde ***prequel Elle, and the new eight-episode YA drama Sterling Point just three of the biggest hits. However, Prime Video’s most ass-kicking series is back in business this week, ready to storm to the streaming summit. So, with all 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.
There is no better recommendation across all streaming platforms this weekend than the long-awaited return of Reacher. After a brutal third season, Alan Ritchson’s titular skull-cracker is back for his most pulse-racing season yet. The upcoming fourth season will adapt Gone Tomorrow, the 13th novel in Child’s long-running series, which will include 30 fight sequences spread across its eight episodes.
Ritchson has truly turned Reacher into his own, turning a beloved literary character into one of the best on-screen action leads of the decade. Season 4 is already earning rave reviews, with Collider’s David Caballero writing, “Reacher Season 4 stays true to itself by delivering a fistful of rageful, determined justice that will have you cheering through gritted teeth.”
Your answers have pointed to one action hero above all others. This is the person built to have your back — for better or considerably, spectacularly worse.
Your partner doesn’t talk much, doesn’t need to, and will have assessed every threat in your immediate environment before you’ve finished your first sentence. John Rambo is not a man of plans or politics — he is a force of nature shaped by survival, loyalty, and a capacity for endurance that goes beyond anything training can produce. He will not leave you behind. He has never left anyone behind who deserved to come home. What you get with Rambo is the most capable, most quietly ferocious partner imaginable — one who has been through things that would have broken anyone else, and who chose to keep going anyway. You’ll never need to ask if he has your back. You’ll just know.
Your partner will arrive perfectly dressed, perfectly briefed, and with a cover story so convincing it’ll take you a moment to remember what’s actually true. James Bond is the most professionally dangerous person in any room he enters — and the most disarmingly charming, which is the point. He operates in a world of layers, where nothing is what it appears and every advantage is used without apology. You’ll never be bored. You’ll occasionally be furious. But when it matters — when the mission is genuinely on the line and the margin for error has collapsed to nothing — Bond is exactly the partner you want. He has survived things that have no business being survivable. He does it with style. That is not nothing.
Your partner will know the history, the language, the cultural context, and exactly why the thing everyone else is ignoring is actually the most important thing in the room. Indiana Jones is brilliant, reckless, and occasionally impossible — but he is also one of the most resourceful, most genuinely knowledgeable partners you could find yourself beside. He approaches every situation with a scholar’s eye and a brawler’s instinct, which is an unusual combination and a remarkably effective one. He hates snakes and gets personally attached to objects of historical significance, both of which will slow you down at least once. It doesn’t matter. What Indy brings is irreplaceable — and the adventures you’ll have together will be the kind people write books about. Assuming you survive them.
Your partner was not supposed to be here. He does not have the right equipment, the right information, or anything approaching the right odds. He has a sarcastic remark and an absolute refusal to accept that the situation is as bad as it looks. John McClane is the greatest accidental hero in the history of action cinema — a man whose superpower is stubbornness, whose contingency plan is improvisation, and whose capacity to absorb punishment and keep moving would be alarming if it weren’t so useful. He will complain the entire time. He will make it significantly more chaotic than it needed to be. And he will absolutely, unconditionally, without question come through when it counts. Yippee-ki-yay.
Your partner has already run seventeen scenarios by the time you’ve finished reading the briefing, and the plan he’s settled on involves at least two things that should be physically impossible. Ethan Hunt operates at the absolute edge of human capability — technically, physically, and intellectually — and he brings the same relentless precision to protecting his partners that he brings to dismantling organisations that shouldn’t exist. He is not easy to know and he will never fully tell you everything. But he will carry the weight of the mission so completely, so absolutely, that your job is simply to trust him — and the remarkable thing is that trusting him always turns out to be the right call. The mission will be impossible. He will complete it anyway.
If you’re part of the minority not tucking into the latest season of *Reacher *this weekend, then perhaps this decade-old hidden gem is worth your time? Starring Anna Camp, Genevieve Angelson, and Erin Darke as a group of researchers for a magazine called News of the Week, ***Good Girls Revolt ***dives into the personal and professional lives of the characters working in 1960s America.
Often likened to Mad Men, *Good Girls Revolt is a clever, compelling drama inspired by real-life events and Lynn Povich’s 2013 book. *Featuring a stellar cast and immersive costume and set design, *Good Girls Revolt was sadly cancelled at the end of its first season. However, this means that, with only 10 episodes available, Good Girls Revolt *is perfect for a full binge-watch this weekend.
Who doesn’t love a teen comedy? Overcompensating, created by and starring Benito Skinner, is one of the best examples of the genre in the past 12 months. The series follows a hugely popular high school football player who makes the transition to college and is forced to come to terms with his sexuality.
A hilarious, touching queer comedy during a boom in the genre, Overcompensating* *flies by with its laugh-a-minute scripts and superb lead performances. Boasting a near-perfect 93% score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, this critically acclaimed coming-of-age gem is a must-watch this weekend. With production for the second season officially wrapping in June, *Overcompensating *will likely return sometime in late 2026 or early 2027.
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