Best Amazon Prime Video TV Shows for family friendliness

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Young Sherlock, Season 1

4.5 feature score

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Sterling Point

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#1 Young Sherlock, Season 1
4.5

Reviewers describe the series as comparatively clean and suitable for a broad family audience, with restrained violence and mild suggestive material.

Pros: pilot episode quality, emotional impact

Cons: continuity, modern political framing

#2 Every Year After, Season 1
4.5

The show plays as a relatively gentle YA romance option. Its less-raunchy approach may suit viewers who want summer longing without a harsher edge.

Pros: directing quality, cinematography

Cons: character consistency, writing quality

#3 It's Not Like That, Chapter 1
4.5

Most viewers value the wholesome tone, limited profanity, restrained sexual content, and focus on family. Mature themes and a few moral objections mean it is not universally suitable for children.

Pros: season finale quality, screenplay quality

Cons: character consistency, continuity

#4 What It Feels Like For A Girl, Season 1
1.8

This is not family-friendly viewing. The material is explicitly adult, and one critic says directly that it is definitely not for family viewing.

Pros: genre satisfaction, main cast performance

Cons: family friendliness, violence level

#5 Steal, Season 1
1.5

This is not a relaxing family watch: reviewers flag frightening hostage scenes, bloody beatings, distress, and R-rated language.

Pros: pilot episode quality, main cast performance

Cons: family friendliness, dialogue quality

#6 Spider-Noir, Season 1
1.3

Family friendliness is low. Reviews that focus on content warn that the show betrays expectations set by animated Spider-Verse appearances, with bloody violence, language, and sexual material pushing it away...

Pros: plot twists, cliffhanger effectiveness

Cons: family friendliness, age appropriateness

#7 Sterling Point
1.0

Reviewers focused on family suitability say the profanity, sex, alcohol, weed, and smoking outweigh the show’s sweeter family themes for younger audiences.

Pros: episode structure, season finale quality

Cons: family friendliness, age appropriateness