These Movies on Paramount+ Are Actually Worth the Subscription Fee
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You might know Paramount+ as the place to watch Criminal Minds: Evolution or the Yellowstone prequel 192, but the streaming service is home to much more than just addictive TV dramas. It also has a pretty impressive selection of movies, including everything from the best rom-coms and Oscar-winning dramas to long-lasting franchises like the Scream movies and Star Trek. The streamer is the perfect place to start your next movie night because it caters to everyone. In the mood for a horror classic? Feel like loling over a hilarious comedy movie? The best movies on Paramount+ have you covered. All you gotta do is subscribe.
Paramount+ currently offers two subscription plans. There's the Paramount+ Essential plan, which costs $5.99 per month and features ads, and then there's the Paramount+ with Showtime plan that costs $11.99 per month for ad-free viewing and gives you access to Showtime movies and shows (hello, Yellowjackets season 3). So go ahead and sign up because you've got some seriously good movies to watch below. .
Clueless
Ugh, as if you could make a list of the best movies on Paramount+ and not include Clueless! The '90s classic is not only one of the most quotable movies of all time, but it also has the most memorable closet ever to be featured on film.
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Arrival
Amy Adams gives an Oscar-worthy performance in Arrival, a movie examining how humans communicate with potential alien invaders and each other.
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Fences
Denzel Washington directed Viola Davis to an Oscar win in Fences, an adaptation of the play by August Wilson. Washington stars as Troy, a patriarch whose tense relationship with his teenage son exposes cracks in his marriage and family life, but the real draw of the movie is Davis, who delivers an unforgettable monologue.
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The Talented Mr. Ripley
You haven't lived until you've seen Matt Damon play Tom Ripley, a young man who cons his way into the life of Dickie Greenleaf (Jude Law), a young millionaire playboy. But as Tom's obsession with Dickie grows, so does his anger.
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Mean Girls
Get in, loser, we're watching Mean Girls again. Teenagers have never been as terrifying as they were in Mean Girls, the movie that defined millennial adolescence thanks to performances by Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, and Lizzy Caplan.
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The Wolf of Wall Street
You can't really talk about good American cinema without talking about Martin Scorsese, the director of classics like Taxi Driver, Mean Streets, and The Wolf of Wall Street, which painted an entertaining, but depressing, picture of one man's quest for riches.
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Selma
Ava DuVernay's Selma changed the way we talk about diversity in Hollywood, but beyond its social impact, the film, about the lead up to Martin Luther King Jr.'s march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965, is an incredible showcase for the entire cast, including David Oyelowo and Carmen Ejogo.
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The Truman Show
Warning: do not watch The Truman Show if you don't want a small part of you to always wonder if you're actually living a fake life as the subject of a reality show. The thought will haunt your dreams until the end of days.
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The Godfather Part II
What about The Godfather Part I, you ask? Well, Paramount+ has that one too (as well as Part III), but for the sake of variety, I've decided to place only Part II on this list, as it is pretty much widely accepted as the best film in Francis Ford Coppola's iconic trilogy.
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Scream
Almost the entire Scream franchise is available to stream on Paramount+, but no matter how good the sequels get, nothing will top the genius of the original film, which introduced us to the now iconic villain, Ghostface.
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There Will Be Blood
Heard the phrase "I drink your milkshake," but don't know where it's from? You really need to watch There Will Be Blood, a period film about Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis), a power-hungry oil man.
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To Catch a Thief
There aren't a lot of old Hollywood classics on Paramount+, but there is To Catch a Thief, Alfred Hitchcock's delightful romantic thriller starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly.
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Galaxy Quest
Galaxy Quest asks the age old question: what if aliens watched American television and thought Star Trek (also available on Paramount+) was real? The answer is a hilarious comedy in which, somehow, a team of professional actors help save the actual galaxy.
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How to Lose A Guy in 10 Days
How to Lose A Guy in 10 Days will forever be remembered as the movie that secured Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey places in the rom-com hall of fame. Their chemistry is truly *chef's kiss*.
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No Country for Old Men
Javier Bardem made bobs with side bangs the most terrifying haircut around in No Country for Old Men, the Coen brothers movie in which he starred as ruthless hitman Anton Chigurh.
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Interview with the Vampire
It's fitting that Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise both played ageless vampires in Interview with the Vampire, as they both look pretty much the same now as they did when the film was made in the early '90s. I guess the lesson here is that, if you want to look young forever, you better become an actor and star as mysterious, hot vampires.
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The Addams Family Values
Before Jenna Ortega's dance in Wednesday, there was Christina Ricci setting a fire during the Thanksgiving show in The Addams Family Values, the sequel to The Addams Family, a pitch-perfect adaptation that also featured Anjelica Huston as Morticia Addams. Both films are currently streaming on Paramount+.
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The Ring
There are horror movies, and then there's The Ring, a movie so terrifying it's given me two decades of nightmares. The entire premise revolves around a VHS tape that dooms anyone who watches it to death, making it a rare horror-educational film for Gen Z.
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Eyes Wide Shut
Erotic thrillers are sadly few and far between in Hollywood, which makes Eyes Wide Shut stand out as one of the most memorable. The film stars a then-married Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise as a married couple who become entangled in the underground world of a secretive NYC orgy.
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A Quiet Place
John Krasinski directed and starred in this supernatural thriller about a family trying to survive in a world overrun by monsters that hear all, but see nothing. The movie was such a hit, it inspired a sequel, A Quiet Place Part II, also streaming on Paramount+.
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Frida
Salma Hayek was nominated for an Oscar for her performance as renowned artist Frida Kahlo in this emotional biopic. The film features director Julie Taymor's signature style while honoring the works of Kahlo herself.
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10 Cloverfield Lane
This pseudo sequel to Cloverfield is less of a monster movie and more of a deeply unsettling thriller with a slight alien twist. The movie takes place almost entirely in a mysterious bunker, where Michelle (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), and Emmett (John Gallagher) are either being trapped or rescued by the bunker's architect, Howard (John Goodman).
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
Breakfast at Tiffany's deserves a spot on this list because of its status as a Hollywood classic and a career-defining performance from Audrey Hepburn. That said, the film also features a racist performance by Mickey Rooney, who wore yellowface to play Mr. Yunioshi, Holly's annoying upstairs neighbor. Luckily, he's only in a few scenes, but consider yourself warned.
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School of Rock
School of Rock is a true feel-good movie that'll have you dancing in your seat. The movie stars Jack Black as a struggling musician who takes a job as a substitute teacher at a prep school and turns his class of academics into a rock band.
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Annihilation
Natalie Portman stars in this science fiction film about a group of scientists who venture out to explore The Shimmer, a quarantined zone where something has been changing the biology of all living things.
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Clue The Movie
Never in a million years would I have predicted that a movie inspired by a board game would be so funny. Sure, the 1985 comedy is a little dated, but that doesn't stop it from being a must-see.
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Proof
Proof is a family drama anchored in a mystery about the one thing more interesting than Gwyneth Paltrow and Jake Gyllenhaal's on-screen chemistry: a mathematic proof.
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First Wives Club
Imagine dumping Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton, or Bette Midler. The audacity! Yet, that's exactly what happens in First Wives Club, leading these three women to band together to get revenge on their ex-husbands. This movie inspired one of Ariana Grande's performances of "thank u, next," so you know it's good.
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Interstellar
Christopher Nolan's space epic stars Anne Hathaway and Matthew McConaughey as two people in a team tasked with finding a suitable planet for humans to colonize. You know what they say, in space, no one can hear you say, "Alright, alright, alright."
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Babylon
Babylon, a love letter to old Hollywood, was the butt of a lot of jokes last year as the Oscar-bait movie that failed to connect with audiences, but that doesn't mean it's not worth watching. It does star Margot Robbie, after all.
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