What's available

Amazon Prime Video in the US offers one of the strongest streaming libraries available. You get access to Amazon Originals like The Boys, Reacher, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Fallout, Rings of Power, and Jack Ryan. On the film side, the US library includes titles like Air, Road House, Saltburn, and a solid rotating catalog of licensed Hollywood movies. Sports fans get Thursday Night Football through Prime Video as well, which is exclusive to the US market.

What you're missing

Even as a US subscriber, there are gaps. Several British productions available in the UK library don't cross over, including certain BBC co-productions and regional crime dramas. Anime titles available in Japan's Prime library are often missing or delayed in the US. Some classic film collections and international cinema available in European regions also don't appear in the US catalog. Titles like Ghoul and certain Bollywood productions visible in India's library are limited or absent. Licensing restrictions mean your access depends entirely on where Amazon holds regional rights.

How to access other regions

A VPN lets you change your apparent location so Amazon Prime Video serves you content from a different country's library. Here's how to do it:

  • Subscribe to a reliable VPN service — we recommend NordVPN as the top choice for streaming
  • Install the NordVPN app on your device
  • Connect to a server in your target region — use a UK server for British content, a Japan server for anime, or an India server for Bollywood titles
  • Open Amazon Prime Video and browse the regional library as normal

NordVPN works reliably with Prime Video across multiple regions and offers fast speeds that handle HD and 4K streaming without buffering.

Pricing

Amazon Prime Video in the US costs $8.99/month as a standalone subscription. If you're already an Amazon Prime member at $14.99/month, Prime Video is included. An ad-free upgrade costs an additional $2.99/month on top of the base plan.

Our recommendation

The US Amazon Prime Video library is genuinely excellent, but pairing it with NordVPN unlocks content you're currently locked out of for no good reason. If you watch international drama, anime, or British series, connecting to a UK or Japan server through NordVPN regularly expands what's available to you. For the price of a VPN subscription, you effectively multiply the value of what you're already paying for.