The Icon Film Channel will be launching as a brand-new streaming service on Amazon Prime in the UK from 18 March.
This fantastic new monthly subscription channel will initially showcase more than 150 of the long-standing distributor’s most exciting, unique and entertaining films all made with a fiercely independent spirit. Additional titles, both catalogue and new, will then be added to the service monthly.
Every film on The Icon Film Channel is handpicked to deliver a special cinematic experience. Often award-winning, frequently critically acclaimed, but always memorable, you will be taken on a journey of pure thrill and delight.
The channel will showcase titles including Academy Award Nominated Drive and triple Academy Award nominated features Apocalypto and The Passion of the Christ. Critically acclaimed additions include Buried, The Butterfly Effect Trilogy, House of Sand & Fog, La Vie En Rose, Looking For Eric, The Guest, Enigma and The Mummy. Remastered titles such Academy Award winner Gosford Park and double Academy Award nominated Malcolm X are also included, with many being ONLY available to stream in the UK through The Icon Film Channel.
From multi award-winning directors including Roman Polanski, Kenneth Branagh, Robert Altman, Spike Lee, Wolfgang Petersen, Mel Gibson, Stephen Fry, Lars Von Trier, Nicolas Winding Refn and Ken Loach, The Icon Film Channel will offer an unrivalled spectrum of visually and narratively stunning films.
Featuring multiple A-list favourites fit for any Cannes Film Festival premiere, you will have an array of on-screen legends to choose from including Dennis Hopper, Sigourney Weaver, Dame Maggie Smith, Dame Helen Mirren, Jeff Bridges, Renee Zellweger, Morgan Freeman, Paul Newman, Ryan Gosling, Ryan Reynolds, Russell Crowe, Ewan McGregor, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Jamie Bell, Nicole Kidman and many, many more.
You will save yourself hours of trawling through streaming services trying to find a good film to watch. With The Icon Film Channel, you are guaranteed new and classic films that stand the test of time, and these can now be yours at a touch of a button in the comfort of your own home or on the move.
The Icon Film Channel will be available via the existing Prime Video app to watch anytime, anywhere on smart TVs, iOS and Android mobile devices, Amazon Fire TV, Fire TV Stick, Fire tablets and games consoles and through the web at www.amazon.co.uk/channels.). Prime members will be able to access this on demand content with the convenience of a single account, login and user experience through Prime Video.
