The Legally Blonde prequel Elle brings pink to 1990s Seattle
Prime Video in July is all about the ladies. The month kicks off with one of the streamer’s biggest new releases of the year in Elle, a prequel to Reese Witherspoon’s Legally Blonde that follows a young Elle Woods as she breaks boundaries by wearing pink in a 1990s Seattle high school (and doing all the other things that help people not judge a book by its cover). There’s also the action buddy comedy Ride or Die, which stars Octavia Spencer as a woman who discovers her best friend (Hannah Waddingham) is a professional assassin. And if Prime Video seems a little more chatty in July, it’s because it’s bringing on all seven seasons of Gilmore Girls following the cult series’ departure from Netflix.
On July 1, Prime Video made the surprise announcement that the hit Project Hail Mary, starring Ryan Gosling, will hit the service on July 3. It was previously available to stream on the Amazon-owned streaming service MGM+.
Below, you’ll find our picks for the best shows and movies to watch with a Prime Video subscription in July, as well as everything coming to Prime Video this month.
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The best new shows and movies on Prime Video in July
Elle Season 1 (July 1)
The 2001 comedy Legally Blonde doesn’t seem like the kind of movie that was clamoring for a TV spin-off, but the demand for familiar IP and nostalgia for the 1990s means Prime Video is delivering Elle, a prequel series following the stereotype-shattering Elle Woods and her indomitable determination through her high school years. Whereas the movie Elle (played by Reese Witherspoon) fended off dumb blonde jokes from uppity Harvard Law School preppies, this Elle, played by newcomer Lexi Minetree, is defending her think pink mentality from grunge kids in 1990s Seattle, helping to maintain the franchise‘s fish-out-of-water theme. A similar formula worked for Netflix and Wednesday — just swap indefatigable optimism for morbid pessimism — which Witherspoon cites as an inspiration for Elle. [Trailer]
Gilmore Girls Seasons 1-7 (July 1)
There was a big brouhaha over Netflix’s decision to move on from hosting all seven seasons of Gilmore Girls after a 12-year partnership that included an original revival series, but fear not, parasocial citizens of Stars Hollow! The chatterbox mother-daughter duo of Lorelai and Rory Gilmore (Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel, respectively) are landing on Prime Video as soon as the series leaves Netflix. The cult comedy still has remarkable cachet these days, if my friend’s reaction to giving him a Gilmore Girls advent calendar last year is any indication. But you have to feel for Hulu, which is grumpily sitting in the corner while all this Netflix and Prime Video news comes out and screaming, “Helllllo!? We’ve been streaming Gilmore Girls since 2024!”
Ride or Die Season 1 (July 15)
In this action-comedy — one of Prime Video’s favorite genres — the all-too-familiar trope of someone learning their bestie is an assassin is on full display when Debbie (Octa discovers her gal pal Judith (Hannah Waddingham) kills people for a living, forcing the two to go on the run in Europe while being chased by bad guys. Laughter follows. Maybe. [Trailer]
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Everything coming to Prime Video in July
July TBD
The Devil’s Mouth (2026)
July 1
1984 (1985)
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
A Fistful Of Dollars (1967)
A Good Person (2023)
About My Father (2023)
Alive (1993)
Backdraft (1991)
Backdraft 2 (2019)
Bones And All (2022)
Bottoms (2023)
Capote (2006)
Couple’s Retreat (2009)
Dante’s Peak (1997)
Death Race (2008)
Dudley Do-Right (1999)
Elle (2026)
Everybody Hates Chris S1-4 (2005)
Fiddler On The Roof (1971)
For a Few Dollars More (1967)
Gilmore Girls S1-7 (2000)
Gladiator (2000)
Homefront (2013)
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)
How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
Ice Age (2002)
Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)
Jinn (2014)
Judgment At Nuremberg (1961)
Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (2022)
Landscape With Invisible Hand (2023)
Lars and the Real Girl (2007)
Leave It to Beaver (1997)
Leaving Las Vegas (1996)
Leviathan (1989)
Lions for Lambs (2007)
Maine (2018)
Man in the Moon (1991)
Miami Vice (2006)
Moonfall (2022)
Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
On The Count Of Three (2022)
Original Sin (2001)
Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters (2013)
Road House (1989)
Ronin (1998)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Showgirls (1995)
Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
Support Your Local Sheriff (1969)
Surrounded (2023)
The Adventures Of Priscilla Queen of the Desert (1994)
The Boy Next Door (2015)
The Flintstones (1994)
The Flintstones In Viva Rock Vegas (2000)
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1967)
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
The Magnificent Seven (2016)
The Martian (2015)
The Young Messiah (2016)
Three Amigos! (1986)
Three Thousand Years Of Longing (2022)
Till (2022)
To Live And Die In L.A. (1985)
Tropic Thunder (2008)
Uncharted (2022)
Unlovable (2018)
War Dogs (2016)
World War Z (2013)
July 3
Project Hail Mary (2026)
The Loyalty Game (2026)
July 7
The Ghost In The Shell (2026)
July 9
From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman S2 (2026)
July 15
Ride or Die (2026)
July 17
Do Not Enter (2026)
Jesy Nelson: Life Changing (2026)
The Amateur (2025)
Young Farts Trailer Parts (2026)
July 24
The Wild Robot (2024)
July 31
Batman: Caped Crusader S2 (2026)
Primate (2026)
