The 1. 1 Best Amazon Original Series You Can Stream Right Now. Netflix may be winning the streaming war in terms of sheer volume, but Amazon has been smart and increasingly ambitious when it comes to its stable of original content. Some four years after Amazon debuted its first original shows the comedies Betas and Alpha House, along with a mess of kids shows, we sifted through the Prime catalog to find the best Amazon original series. Youve almost certainly heard of shows like Transparent or The Man in the High Castle, but the Prime catalog also contains quite a few smaller gems that might have escaped your notice. From the coming of age comedy of Red Oaks to Tig Notaros laugh while youre crying One Mississippi, there are plenty of Amazon originals to keep you binging. Netflix had a serious head start in the original content department, but Transparent was the first show that established Amazon as a serious player on the streaming landscape. Three seasons in, Amazons flagship comedydrama has taken home multiple Emmys and Golden Globes, including back to back wins for lead Jeffrey Tambor. He plays Maura Pfefferman, a transgender woman whose late in life transition catches her family by surprise. Watch The Stepfather Streaming' title='Watch The Stepfather Streaming' />As Maura embraces her true self, her family including Judith Light, Amy Landecker, Jay Duplass, and Gaby Hoffman as Mauras ex wife and kids, respectively struggles with the new reality and their own turbulent lives. Transparent will return for season 4 in late 2. Screengrab via Amazon VideoYou. Tube. This AmazonChannel 4 co production is a critical darling that still feels like a hidden secret among American viewers. Starring Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan as a couple whose one night stand turns into a pregnancy, and eventually, a marriage and family, Catastrophe is often painfully awkward and remarkably sweet within the same episode. It also features the guest star of all guest stars, the late, great Carrie Fisher, playing Robs mother Mia. Season 3 of Catastrophe just landed on Amazon Prime. Chris Ostendorf. Photo via Amazon. READ MORE Definitely more under the radar than many items on this list, Amazons Sneaky Pete is a little gem just waiting to be discovered in your Amazon Prime queue currently 1. Rotten Tomatoes. Giovanni Ribisi stars as a convict who takes on the identity of his former cellmate in order to ditch his old life and avoid some very bad people. Chief among the bad people is Vince Lonigan, a nasty gangster with a penchant for grudges, played by Bryan Cranston. That Rotten Tomatoes rating shouldnt be too surprising considering Sneaky Petes pedigree It was created by Cranston Breaking Bad and David Shore House, and the first season showrunner was Graham Yost Justified. McGinnis opens up to PEOPLE about her harrowing years after allegedly being abducted by her stepfather. Amazon has already renewed the show for a second season but hasnt announced a premiere date yet. Screengrab via Amazon VideoYou. Tube. One of the best things about the streaming originals is how willing Amazon, Netflix, and the rest are to greenlight projects well outside the norm. Mozart in the Jungle most definitely fits that description. After testifying against the Mafia, exgangster Frank Tagliano enters witness protection and asks to be sent to Norway. Watch trailers learn more. Created by Paul Weitz About a Boy, Roman Coppola The Darjeeling Limited, and Jason Schwartzman Rushmore, Mozart in the Jungle is set behind the scenes of a major symphony. Lola Kirke stars as Hailey, a young oboist, alongside Gael Garcia Bernal as Rodrigo, a passionate conductor based on the real life Gustavo Dudamel. While the show hasnt generated the same level of buzz as Transparent, Mozart took home a pair of Golden Globes in 2. Best Comedy and a Best Actor trophy for Bernal. Season 4 will debut on Dec. Screengrab via Amazon VideoYou. Tube. Comedian Tig Notaro became a legend during a July 2. Largo in Los Angeles. Only a few days after receiving her breast cancer diagnosis, Notaro took the stage for a raw, heartbreaking, and hilarious set where she openly discussed the diagnosis, her fears, and her mothers recent death. Notaro worked with Diablo Cody Juno to mine those events again to co create the pseudo autobiographical One Mississippi. Tig plays a Los Angeles radio host battling cancer who returns to her small town Mississippi home to attend to her dying mother. Moving in with her stepfather and brother, Tig reconnects with her roots and learns things about her mother that she never suspected. Like Tigs Largo set, One Mississippi will leave you in tears, but you wont know if its from the laughter or the sadness. The show just released its second season, its essential comedy. Screengrab via Amazon VideoYou. Tube. Netflix conquered the world last summer with their surprise hit Stranger Things, but Amazon has an addictive 8. David Myers might not have to worry about dimension hopping monsters, but he does have to deal with condescending rich people, and thats almost as bad. In the summer of 1. David takes a summer gig as a tennis pro at an exclusive Jersey country club. While navigating a microcosm of the entitled, the envious, and the bored, David tries to figure out just what the hell he wants to do with his lifebecause it isnt this. Red Oaks was created by Joe Gangemi and Gregory Jacobs, and its got a dynamite supporting cast, including Paul Reiser, Jennifer Grey, and Richard King. The show has been renewed for a third and final season. Screengrab via AmazonYou. Tube. HBO has been getting heat for its recently announced show Confederate, which imagines a modern America where the South won the Civil War and slavery is still an institution. Amazons The Man in the High Castle has been playing what if to great effect for a couple of seasons now, based on the classic novel by Philip K. Dick. What if the Axis powers had won WWII, dividing the United States between them, half for Germany and half for Japan What would that world look like, several decades after the initial shock has worn off and life has settled into a routinehowever terrible And what if some of the rebellious minds of that world began to suspect that this is not how its supposed to be Screengrab via Amazon StudiosYou. Tube. READ MORE In Amazons Tin Star, Tim Roth plays a British detective whos relocated his family to a quiet Canadian town in search of a simpler life. Instead, he finds tragedy, brutality, and a slow spiral back into the alcoholism hed hoped to escape. Tin Star unfolds as both a revenge thriller and a chronicle of a family struggling to hold itself together as grief and guilt pull from all sides. Cop shows are usually a dime a dozenand theyll still owe you changebut Tin Star stands out thanks to a bang up lead performance and some unforgettable, intense sequences. Screengrab via Jo. Blow TV Show TrailersYou. Tube. 9.  Bosch3 seasonsBosch isnt groundbreaking television by any means, but it does what it does very, very well. Titus Welliver stars as Harry Heironymous Bosch, a taciturn L. A. police detective with a dark past. Based on Michael Connellys best selling novels, each season of Bosch adapts or pulls in elements from several of those books. The result is twisty, complex storytelling wherein classic detective story traditionseemingly unrelated narratives snake around each other, eventually colliding in various clever ways. Welliver is reserved but charismatic in the lead, the sort of guy youd want having your back during a descent into the neon streaked darkness of L. A. s underbelly. Screengrab via Amazon OriginalsYou. Tube. If you love fast cars, scenic vistas, and crackling British banter, The Grand Tour is for you. Reuniting Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James Maythe former hosts of the long running U. K. motoring show Top GearThe Grand Tour mixes car news, hair raising stunts, and live audience segments recorded in locations around the world. Its not precisely Top Gear with the serial numbers filed off, but if you loved that show, theres a really good chance youre gonna dig the hell out of The Grand Tour. Big Brother Australia Season 1 Watch Online.