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The best October Prime Day streaming deals at a glance:
Amazon’s Prime Day events are no longer just a time to score TVs and laptops at a discount. Back in July, Amazon also dropped a ton of streaming deals. Now, ahead of October Prime Day — formally dubbed Prime Big Deal Days — we’re seeing some sweet discounts on streaming services once again. So it’s safe to say that Prime events are now a good time to diversify your streaming lineup.
There’s a bit of fine print, however, when it comes to Prime Day streaming deals. Typically, most of the deals you’ll find during these shopping events are in the form of Prime Video add-ons. In other words, you need to be a Prime member or a Prime Video subscriber to take advantage of them. (Not a member? Sign up here.) Add-ons still give you full access to the streaming service you choose; they just happen to live inside the Prime Video app, keeping all of your content under one roof.
Lucky for us, some other streaming services outside of the Prime Video umbrella have also tossed their hats in the ring for October Prime Day, which officially runs Oct. 7 and 8. While we’re not expecting Black Friday-level streaming deals, we’ll certainly be keeping our eyes peeled for anything that pops up in the coming week.
Below, we’ve rounded up all the best options so far, but stay tuned as we get closer to the official shopping event.
Best early October Prime Day streaming deal
Why we like it
While it may not be the most popular streaming service, Starz is still stacked with some excellent content, including originals like the female serial killer story Sweetpea, the historical drama Outlander, and the Lisa Taddeo book adaptation Three Women. It’s also where you’ll find Lionsgate films like From the World of John Wick: Ballerina and Americana right out of the theater. For an unspecified limited time, you can sign up for an entire year of the streamer for $1 per month. That’s an outrageous 83% in savings — easily the best streaming deal this season. FWIW, that’s less than a single month of ad-free streaming on Netflix, Hulu, Peacock, or HBO Max.
Best streaming deal for movie lovers
Why we like it
The best streaming subscription for movie buffs, a Criterion Channel annual plan gives you access to the films in the Criterion Collection and Janus Films’ library of more than 1,500 films. Instead of a fixed library with algorithmic programming, it hosts constantly rotating thematic programming, which ranges from mass-market to niche indie films. Subscribers can also enjoy over 500 shorts and 5,000 supplementary features, like trailers, introductions, behind-the-scenes documentaries, interviews, commentary, and rare archival footage. It’s a cinephile’s paradise, and it’s typically just $100 for a full year. Through Oct. 5, however, you can sign up for your first year for just $79.99, saving you 20%.
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Best Prime Video add-on streaming deal
Why we like it
Two streaming services for less than the price of one? That’s unheard of in the streaming world, but that’s exactly what Amazon is offering with this Prime Video add-on deal. For a limited time (likely through the end of Prime Big Deal Days), you can sign up for two months of ad-free MGM+ and AMC+ for just $5.99 per month. That’s a grand total of $11.98 for two months of streaming on two different platforms. Actually, since AMC+ includes the Shudder library, it’s technically three streaming services.
MGM+ is home to lots of movies we love, like Challengers, Better Man, Blink Twice, and Nickel Boys, as well as its own original series, like Godfather of Harlem, From, and Hotel Cocaine. Meanwhile, AMC+ is home to The Walking Dead universe, as well as Mad Men, Killing Eve, and Portlandia. It also includes full access to the entire Shudder, Sundance Now, and IFC Films catalogs as well, making it a must-have for horror fanatics this fall.
