27 Hidden Gems On Amazon Prime Video You Should Already Be Watching

What it's about: "It's 1783 and Ross Poldark returns from the American War of Independence to his beloved Cornwall to find his world in ruins: his father dead, the family mine long since closed, his house wrecked, and his sweetheart pledged to marry his cousin. But Ross finds that hope and love can be found when you are least expecting it."

Seasons available: 2 included with Prime; 1 available for purchase

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What it's about: "Blending dramatic scenes, animation, archive, and narration, Lore reveals how our horror legends — such as vampires, werewolves, and body snatchers — are rooted in truth."

Seasons available: 1

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What it's about: "Based on Philip K. Dick's award-winning novel, The Man in the High Castle explores what it would be like if the Allied Powers had lost WWII, and Japan and Germany ruled the United States."

Seasons available: 2

—Ashley Bloodworth, Facebook

What it's about: "Fleabag is a hilarious and poignant window into the mind of a dry-witted, sexual, angry, grief-riddled woman, as she hurls herself at modern living in London. Award-winning playwright Phoebe Waller-Bridge writes and stars as Fleabag, an unfiltered woman trying to heal, while rejecting anyone who tries to help her and keeping up her bravado all along."

Seasons available: 1

—maddyw2

What it's about: "One Mississippi is a dark comedy inspired by comedian Tig Notaro's life. Tig returns to her hometown in Mississippi, where she contends with the death of her mother and her own mortality as she embarks on a painful yet hilarious journey that unearths uncomfortable truths about her family and her self."

Seasons available: 2

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What it's about: "Z: The Beginning of Everything tells the story of Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, the brilliant, beautiful Southern Belle who became the original flapper and icon of the wild, flamboyant Jazz Age."

Seasons available: 1

—christinahroland

What it's about: "Orphan Black is a sci-fi thriller starring Tatiana Maslany in the lead role of Sarah, an outsider and orphan whose life changes dramatically after witnessing the suicide of a woman who looks just like her. Sarah hopes that cleaning out the dead woman's bank account will solve all of her problems. Instead, her problems multiply — and so does she."

Seasons available: 4

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What it's about: "This ambitious drama presents the early years of one of history's greatest monarchs."

Seasons available: 1

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What it's about: "A gripping family drama and entrepreneurial fable, set in a post-war Paris fashion house. It exposes the grit behind the glamour of a rising business, spearheaded by two clashing brothers. The atelier staff survived one war, but others loom; rivalries and romances pitting family against family, protégés against mentors, the past against the future."

Seasons available: 1

—vaishnavireddy1809

What it's about: "Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan write and star in this R-rated comedy about a one-week stand between a Boston ad exec and a London schoolteacher that leads to an accidental pregnancy. When Rob moves to the UK to help figure things out, cultures clash and hormones flare as these two realize they don't know the first thing about each other."

Seasons available: 3

—kerriek3

What it's about: "From the producers of Band of Brothers comes this epic 10-part miniseries that tells the true stories of three Marines battling in the Pacific theater during WWII." (HBO)

Seasons available: 1

—quietisviolent

What it's about: "A con man on the run from a vicious gangster takes cover from his past by assuming the identity of his prison cellmate, Pete, 'reuniting' with Pete's estranged family, a colorful, dysfunctional group that threatens to drag him into a world just as dangerous as the one he's trying to escape — and, just maybe, give him a taste of the loving family he's never had."

Seasons available: 1

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What it's about: "Fortitude is the most northerly town in the world, and the most peaceful — until a prominent member of the community is found eviscerated in his own home, and suddenly the town's sheriff has his first ever murder to investigate."

Seasons available: 2

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What it's about: "To prevent Iran from going nuclear, intelligence officer John Tavner must forgo all safety nets and assume a perilous 'non-official cover' — that of a mid-level employee at a Midwestern industrial piping firm."

Seasons available: 1

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What it's about: "Sony Pictures Television and Amazon Studios present The Last Tycoon, a drama series based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's unfinished final novel."

Seasons available: 1

—ann5kc

What it's about: "In 1969, while a cultural revolution swept through the free world, there was still one place that refused to change with the times: newsrooms. Good Girls Revolt follows a group of young female researchers at News of the Week, who ask to be treated fairly. Their revolutionary request sparks convulsive changes and upends marriages, careers, sex lives, love lives, and friendships."

Seasons available: 1

—tinferg

What it's about: "Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street follows Gortimer and his two best friends, Ranger and Mel, on magical exploits triggered by their thirst for adventure. The trio sets out to end a jinx while helping the unluckiest kid on Normal Street, solve a mystery before a spooky spirit turns them into ghost stories, find a fabled lost treasure, and outsmart fate after some advice from a fortune teller."

Seasons available: 2

—captainatl

What it's about: "Grimm is a drama series inspired by the classic Grimm's Fairy Tales. ortland homicide Detective Nick Burkhardt discovers he is descended from an elite line of criminal profilers known as 'Grimms,' charged with keeping balance between humanity and the mythological creatures of the world. As he tries to hide the dangers of his new found calling from his fiancé, Juliette Silverton, and his partner, Hank Griffin, he becomes ever more entrenched in the ancient rivalries and alliances of the Grimm world."

Seasons available: 5 included with Prime; 1 available for purchase

—wittikitty

What it's about: "Once a powerful lawyer, Billy McBride is now burned out and washed up, spending more time in a bar than a courtroom. When he reluctantly agrees to pursue a wrongful death lawsuit against the biggest client of the massive law firm he helped create, Billy and his ragtag team uncover a vast and deadly conspiracy, pitting them all in a life or death trial against the ultimate Goliath."

Seasons available: 1

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What it's about: "In this star-studded adaptation of a literary classic, acclaimed writer Andrew Davies turns his talents to one of Charles Dickens' most brilliant novels — arguably the greatest-ever depiction of Victorian London. Fresh and imaginative, yet faithful to the original, this thrilling fast-paced adaptation is shot with a contemporary edge."

Seasons available: 1

—cbaten

What it's about: "When Ivy Moxham escapes the cellar that's been her prison since she was abducted, it's just the start of her story. Her captor is on the run and, as cracks appear in Ivy's account of her ordeal, the police begin to doubt her motives. What happened to Ivy in that cellar? How has it changed her? And can she really be trusted?"

Seasons available: 1

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What it's about: "Vikings transports us to the brutal and mysterious world of Ragnar Lothbrok, a Viking warrior and farmer who yearns to explore — and raid — the distant shores across the ocean. His ambition puts him at odds with local chieftain Earl Haraldson, who insists on sending his raiders to the impoverished east rather than the uncharted west. When Ragnar teams up with his boat builder friend Floki to craft a new generation of intrepid ships capable of conquering the rough northern seas, the stage is set for conflict." (History)

Seasons available: 4

—cmorley2112

What it's about: "The Dressmaker tells the story of the beautiful and talented Tilly Dunnage. After years working as a dressmaker in exclusive Parisian fashion houses, Tilly returns home to a town in the Australian outback to reconcile with her eccentric mother Molly. She also falls in love with the pure-hearted Teddy; armed with her sewing machine and haute couture style, Tilly transforms the women of the town, exacting sweet revenge on those who did her wrong."

—mallorya3

What it's about: "Escape into the enchanted world of chivalry and romance in Stardust, an epic tale starring Claire Danes with Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert De Niro."

—carriel4d8e7dddf

What it's about: "Viago, Deacon, and Vladislav are vampires who are finding that modern life has them struggling with the mundane — like paying rent, keeping up with the chore wheel, trying to get into nightclubs, and overcoming flatmate conflicts."

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What it's about: "In this film adaptation of Agatha Christie's best selling novel, eight strangers are invited to a desolate island of the south west coast of England where it becomes evident that they have been summoned to atone for their past sins."

—sweetpeajojo84

What it's about: "This is the story of the top-secret Nazi meeting to debate the merits of Hitler's Final Solution, the extermination of the entire Jewish population of Europe."

—Emma Bovary, Facebook