Amazon has quietly put a lot of great movies on sale in its Instant Video Store, priced at just $5.99 each to own in SD—and many of them are priced the same in HD! This unannounced sale includes such films as (descriptions from IMDB):
Rio 2 (G, 4.5/5 stars, $5.99 to own in SD or HD)
Take a walk on the wild side with Anne Hathaway, Jesse Eisenberg, George Lopez and an incredible flock of all-star talent in this soaring sequel to the animated hit comedy Rio!
It’s a jungle out there for Blu, Jewel and their three kids after they’re hurtled from Rio de Janeiro to the wilds of the Amazon.
As Blu tries to fit in, he goes beak-to-beak with the vengeful Nigel, and meets the most fearsome adversary of all: his father-in-law.
– Written by TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX
Mrs. Doubtfire (PG-13, 4.5/5 stars, currently priced at $2.99 to rent in SD/ $3.99 in HD, $5.99 to own in SD or HD)
How far would an ordinary father go to spend more time with his children?
Daniel Hillard is no ordinary father, so when he learns his ex-wife needs a housekeeper, he applies for the job.
With the perfect wig, a little makeup and a dress for all occasions, he becomes Mrs. Doubtfire, a devoted British nanny who is hired on the spot.
Free to be the “woman” he never knew he could be, the disguised Daniel creates a whole new life with his entire family.
– Written by Robert Lynch
Cast Away (PG-13, 4.5/5 stars, currently priced at $2.99 to rent in SD/ $3.99 in HD, $5.99 to own in SD or HD)
Chuck, a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly, a Ph.D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage.
Then Chuck’s plane to Malaysia ditches at sea during a terrible storm. He’s the only survivor, and he washes up on a tiny island with nothing but some flotsam and jetsam from the aircraft’s cargo.
Can he survive in this tropical wasteland? Will he ever return to woman he loves?
– Written by Martin Lewison
12 Years A Slave (R, 4/5 stars, currently priced at $5.99 to own in SD or HD)
In 1841, the Afro-American violinist Solomon Northup is a free man, living with his wife and children in Saratoga Springs, New York.
He is hired by two men for a two-week tour in Washington with their theatrical company. However Solomon is kidnapped and sold as a slave in New Orleans with the nickname Platt.
Along twelve years, he works in the plantations and has abusive treatment of his masters, until the day he meets the Canadian abolitionist Bass that promises to send a letter to his family.
– Written by Claudio Carvalho
Kingdom of Heaven (R, 4.5/5 stars, currently priced at $2.99 to rent in SD / $3.99 in HD, $5.99 to own in SD or HD)
In 1184, French village blacksmith Balian just lost his wife trough suicide grief-stricken by their child’s death; the crusader lord Godfrey, baron of Ibelin, reveals himself as Balian’s father and offers him a crusader life… On the way, Balian is instructed the skills of war and chivalric honor code and dubbed a knight in Messina by his father…
After shipwreck on the Levantine coast, Balian soon proves himself a superior knight as fighter and noble idealist in the loyal service of leper king Baldwin…the ruthless knight Reynald de Chatillon and his traitorous master, candidate-heir to the throne Guy de Lusignan, must be stopped by all means before they plunge the crusader kingdom in a fatal war against the noble, militarily far superior Saracen king Saladin.
– Written by KGF Vissers
Note that Ridley Scott’s Director’s Cut of Kingdom of Heaven is also available and currently on sale at $5.99 to own as well.
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