The top streaming offers for October Prime Day at a glance:
BEST Overall
Starz yearly subscription
$11.99/year for your inaugural year (save $58)
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Best for film aficionados
The Criterion Channel yearly subscription
$79.99/year for your inaugural year (save $20)
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Best Prime Video add-on offer
AMC+ and MGM+ ad-free bundle
$5.99/month for the first two months (save $12)
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Amazon’s Prime Day occasions are no longer solely about snagging discounts on TVs and laptops. In July, Amazon introduced numerous streaming deals. Now, as we approach October Prime Day — officially named Prime Big Deal Days — we’re witnessing enticing discounts on streaming platforms once more. It’s clear that Prime events are now an opportune moment to expand your streaming repertoire.
However, there’s some fine print to note regarding Prime Day streaming promotions. Generally, the majority of offers available during these sale events are in the form of Prime Video add-ons. In other words, you must be a Prime member or a Prime Video subscriber to make the most of them. (Not a member? Join here.) Add-ons still grant you complete access to the streaming service you select; they just reside within the Prime Video app, consolidating all your content in one place.
Fortunately, other streaming services outside the Prime Video ecosystem have also joined the mix for October Prime Day, officially taking place on Oct. 7 and 8. While we’re not anticipating Black Friday-level streaming bargains, we’ll certainly be vigilant for anything that emerges in the upcoming week.
Below, we’ve compiled the finest options available thus far, but stay tuned as we approach the official shopping event.
Best early October Prime Day streaming offer
Starz yearly subscription
$11.99/year for your inaugural year (save $58)
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Why we like it
Although it may not be the most favored streaming service, Starz is filled with outstanding content, featuring originals like the female serial killer narrative Sweetpea, the historical drama Outlander, and the adaptation of Lisa Taddeo’s book Three Women. It’s also the place to find Lionsgate movies such as From the World of John Wick: Ballerina and Americana directly from the theatre. For a limited time, you can sign up for a full year of the service for just $1 per month. That’s an astonishing 83% in savings — unquestionably the best streaming offer this season. For what it’s worth, that’s less than a single month of ad-free streaming on Netflix, Hulu, Peacock, or HBO Max.
Best streaming offer for film aficionados
The Criterion Channel yearly subscription
$79.99/year for your inaugural year (save $20)
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Why we like it
The ultimate streaming subscription for film lovers, a Criterion Channel yearly plan grants you access to the films in the Criterion Collection and Janus Films’ library of over 1,500 titles. Rather than a static library with algorithmic programming, it features continuously rotating thematic programming that spans from mainstream to niche independent films. Subscribers can also relish over 500 shorts and 5,000 supplementary features, such as trailers, introductions, behind-the-scenes documentaries, interviews, commentary, and rare archival footage. It’s a dream come true for cinephiles, and typically costs just $100 for a full year. However, through Oct. 5, you can enroll for your first year for only $79.99, saving you 20%.
Best Prime Video add-on streaming offer
MGM+ and AMC+ ad-free bundle (Prime Video add-on)
$5.99/month for the first 2 months (save $12)
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Why we like it
Two streaming platforms for less than the cost of one? That’s unprecedented in the streaming arena, but that’s precisely what Amazon is providing with this Prime Video add-on offer. For a limited duration (likely through the end of Prime Big Deal Days), you can subscribe to two months of ad-free MGM+ and AMC+ for just $5.99 each month. That amounts to a total of $11.98 for two months of streaming on two distinct platforms. In fact, since AMC+ includes the Shudder library, it’s technically three streaming services.
MGM+ features a wealth of films we adore, like Challengers, Better Man, Blink Twice, and Nickel Boys, along with original series, such as Godfather of Harlem, From, and Hotel Cocaine. On the other hand, AMC+ houses The Walking Dead universe, as well as Mad Men, Killing Eve, and Portlandia. It also grants full access to the entire Shudder, Sundance Now, and IFC Films catalogs, making it essential for horror enthusiasts this fall.
More streaming offers
A&E Crime Central (Prime Video add-on)