Prime Video Request Content: What You Can Ask For and How to Get It

When you Prime Video request content, a feature that lets users suggest movies or TV shows for inclusion in Amazon’s streaming library. Also known as content suggestions, it’s not a guarantee—but it’s the only official way to tell Amazon what you want to watch. Most people assume submitting a request means the title will show up soon. That’s not how it works. Prime Video doesn’t publicly confirm which requests lead to licensing deals. But your request does add to a larger data signal that helps them decide what to buy next.

Behind the scenes, Amazon tracks millions of these suggestions. They combine them with watch history, regional popularity, and even search trends. If enough people in your country ask for My Brilliant Friend or The Leftovers, it increases the odds Amazon will secure the rights. It’s not magic—it’s math. And your request is one data point in a massive pattern. You can’t force a title in, but you can tip the scale.

Some titles appear on Prime Video because of fan pressure. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds didn’t launch there by accident—it followed years of fans asking for more Trek. Same with The Marvels after its theatrical run. But you won’t find requests for Barbie or Oppenheimer on Prime Video because those are Warner Bros. or Universal titles locked elsewhere. The system only works for content Amazon has the power to license.

There’s also a difference between requesting a show and requesting a new season. If you ask for The Boys Season 5, Amazon already knows it’s coming—they’re likely already negotiating it. But if you ask for Firefly or Deadwood, you’re asking them to dig up old rights from studios that may not even want to sell them anymore. That’s where requests hit a wall.

Don’t expect a confirmation email. Don’t expect a timeline. But do keep asking. Amazon’s content team doesn’t watch every suggestion, but they do monitor volume. If 50,000 people in Germany request My Brilliant Friend, it becomes a priority. If only 200 do, it gets buried. Your request matters more than you think—if enough people agree.

What you’ll find below are real, practical guides on how to navigate Prime Video’s ecosystem. You’ll learn how to spot when a show you requested might be coming, how to use regional libraries to find content not available in your country, and what to do when your favorite title disappears. You’ll also see how other streaming services handle requests—and why Prime Video’s system is both the most open and the most opaque.