The Hummingbird Project

Skip the prestige-TV noise — The Hummingbird Project, in Australia on Amazon Prime Video, and in the US on Amazon Prime Video, is quietly one of the better ones. A tight runtime that never overstays its welcome. With 412 viewer ratings on TMDB, this is not a title flying under the radar. Watch it for Jesse Eisenberg — one of the stronger performances out there right now. Put it on tonight on Amazon Prime Video and see for yourself.

The Hummingbird Project arrived without much fanfare and built its audience the hard way — through word of mouth. Character-driven storytelling at its most effective — The Hummingbird Project earns every emotional beat it goes for. A pair of high-frequency traders go up against their old boss in an effort to make millions in a fiber-optic cable deal. The performances from Jesse Eisenberg and Alexander Skarsgård give it more weight than the premise alone would suggest. The Hummingbird Project came out in 2019. What elevates The Hummingbird Project is a refusal to let any character off the hook too easily. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

Viewers drawn to character-driven storytelling will find plenty to sit with in The Hummingbird Project. It does not lean on comparisons to make its case. Best experienced as a single, sustained watch from start to finish. Jesse Eisenberg's work here is the kind that gets referenced in career retrospectives. It makes everything else feel thin by comparison.

The Hummingbird Project was released in 2019, directed by Kim Nguyen. The full 111-minute film is available to watch now. Find exactly where it's streaming below, and TV Butler Pro makes it effortless to track your progress as you go. Just search the name, and Butler finds it instantly, tells you which service has it, and remembers exactly where you left off.