2 Ways to download Amazon Prime movies on Windows 11/10/8/7

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Emma
January 3, 2024

Amazon Prime Video allows users to easily download movies or whole seasons of TV series (like Season 4 of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) in advance for offline viewing, even if you are traveling to an area that doesn’t have a reliable Wi-Fi connection. To download movies and series, you’ll need the Prime Video app, which you can download for iOS, Android, Fire tablet, macOS Big Sur(11.4) or Higher or Windows 10/11. What if you only have a Windows 7 or 8? How to download movies and series from Amazon Prime Video on Windows 7/8?

Related: How to download Amazon Prime Video movies and TV shows on Mac?

Option 1. Download Amazon Prime Videos on Windows 10/11 with Official App

Amazon Prime Video is available for Windows 10/11. Once you’ve signed in through the Amazon Prime Video app, you can download any shows or movies available.

  • Streaming Video Quality – up to HD
  • Sound quality – Stereo
  • Closed Captions (Subtitles) – Yes
  • Audio Description – Yes
  • Live Streaming – Yes (when connected to the Internet)
  • Live ad support – Yes (when connected to the Internet)
  • Ad-supported channels – Yes (when connected to the Internet)
  • Profiles Supported – Yes, on selected models

Step 1. Install and Run Amazon Prime Video app on your Windows 10/11.

Search for ‘Amazon Prime Video’ on Microsoft Store and click the ‘Get’ button.

Amazon Prime Video for Windows

Step 2. Browse or search the movie or TV show you want to download.

Open the Prime Video app on your Windows, and find the title you want to download. 

Step 3. Click the video to open the detail page and then click Download button.

  • For movies: Select the option to download the title from the detail page.
  • For TV shows: There’s an option download the entire season. To download individual episodes, select the download icon on the list of episodes.

Step 4. After downloading, click Downloads on the left side to view all downloaded shows and movies.

To delete a downloaded video, click the ‘Edit’ button in the top-right corner, click the checkbox next to a video, and click the red ‘Delete’ button at the bottom of the screen. Similarly, if someone starts a download but wants to cancel it, click the three dots next to the downloading video and click ‘Cancel download.’

How to set download quality?

Click the gear icon on the bottom. Under Download quality, there are 4 options: Best, Better, Good and Data Saver.

Prime Video download quality Windows

Option 2. Download Amazon Prime Movies on Windows with Pazu Amazon Video Downloader

While it’s straightforward to download movies and TV shows from Amazon Prime on Windows 10/11, certain limitations exist. The catalog of titles available with a Prime subscription is continually evolving. New movies and TV shows are frequently added to Prime Video, while some titles may be removed. Accessibility to downloaded content may also be affected by content provider licensing restrictions or other factors. When a video is no longer available on Prime Video, the corresponding downloads become inaccessible as well. Furthermore, if you decide to cancel your Amazon Prime subscription, your Prime Video downloads will also no longer be accessible.

Besides, Prime Video app is not available on Windows 7/8, so you can’t download Prime Video titles on Windows 7/8.

Luckily, with Pazu Amazon Prime Video Downloader, you can bypass all above limits. Pazu Amazon Prime Video Downloader gives you the flexibility to download Amazon Prime Video movies and TV shows to MP4 in 1080p on any Windows 7/8/10/11 wihtout Amazon Prime Video app. After downloading you can move the downloaded Amazon video to any device you want, and the downloads never expire. 

Features of Pazu Amazon Prime Video Downloader:

  • Download all titles marked as “Included with Prime” to MP4/MKV.
  • Download rented or purchased titles including new release movies, popular TV shows, and more to MP4/MKV.
  • Download movies and TV shows in up to 1080p.
  • Offer multi-lingual subtitle & audio language selections.
  • Save subtitles as Embedded subtitles, Independent subtitles or Hardcoded subtitles.
  • Keep Audio Description and Audio surround sound.
  • Multilingual interface: English, Deutsch, Español, Français, 日本語, 简体中文.

Step 1. Run Pazu Amazon Prime Video Downloader on your Windows.

Download, install and launch Pazu Amazon Prime Video Downloader on your Windows. Enter your e-mail ID and password to login into the Amazon Prime Video account. 

Click the key icon and enter your registration code to unlock the full version if you have purchased a registration. If you haven’t, go ahead with the free trial version.

Amazon Prime Video Downloader

Step 2. Choose video format/quality

It is easy to select the output settings at this step using video formats, video codec, audio languages, or subtitle languages. Click icon to change 

  • Video format: MP4 or MKV
  • Video codec: H264 or H265 
  • The H.265 codec compresses information more efficiently than H.264, resulting in files of comparable video quality that are about half the size.
  • Audio language: English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Chinese
  • Keep Audio description and Audio surround sound or not
  • Subtitle language: English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Chinese
  • Subtitle type: Embeded subtitles, Independent subtitles, Hardcoded subtitles
  • Interface language: English, Deutsch, Español, Français, 日本語, 简体中文
Prime Video to MP4

Or you can copy-paste the link of the TV show or movie. Click the search icon to find the TV show or movie you’re looking for. 

Step 3. Add Prime Video movies/TV shows 

Start typing the name of the movie or the TV show.

Prime Video to MP4

Step 4. Click Download icon

Movies only have a single download button, while a TV series will generally have a separate download button for each episode.

If your selection is a movie, click  icon next to it and the downloading begins.

If your selection is a TV show, click  icon next to it to select episodes you want to download. 

Prime Video tv shows

Before downloading, you can also click to choose subtitles and audio tracks for each episode.

Prime Video audio tracks

Subtile.

Prime Video subtitles

Click History at the top of the screen to immediately see a list of all the downloaded movies and TV shows stored on your device.

Prime Video to MP4 converter