Since its debut in 2021, Paramount+ has quickly risen to become one of the greatest subscription-based streaming platforms you can currently find online. Combining a range of properties from CBS, Paramount, Nickelodeon, and Comedy Central, it boasts a rich library of beloved movies, TV series, and documentaries.
Like all the most noteworthy streaming platforms, Paramount+ also has a ton of exclusive content at its disposal, such as Star Trek: Picard, 1883, and The Good Fight.
Along with those exclusive titles,the plat also has a dense catalog of movies streaming on the service, from newer films like C’mon C’mon to classics like The Blue Brothers and Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
Here are some of the best movies you can find playing on Paramount+ right now.
Updated: November 17.
Drama: C’mon C’mon
Johnny (Joaquin Phoenix) is a radio DJ babysitting his nephew Jesse (Woody Norman). The more time he spends with Jesse, the more he experiences the highs and lows of surrogate parenthood.
Joaquin Phoenix can do no wrong. Even if the movie he’s featured in is a dud, there’s a 99% chance Phoenix’s performance will make the film worth seeing.
Give him a good script and a great supporting cast, though, and you’ll find him at his best — C’mon C’mon being a fantastic example of this. Opposite the young Norman, Phoenix hands in a delightfully underrated performance, portraying the joys, headaches, and heartaches of caring for children while on the road.
Crime: Beverly Hills Cop
By the time he left SNL, Eddie Murphy was the new face of comedy for his generation. Like Chevy Chase and Bill Murray before him, Murphy successfully parlayed his SNL momentum into a feature film career, starring in 1984’s comedy crime film, Beverly Hills Cop.
Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) is an ace Detroit detective whose investigation leads him to Beverly Hills, uncovering a widespread drug ring taking the city by storm.
There’s a reason Beverly Hills Cop’s Axel is among Murphy’s best-known roles. Playing to Murphy’s strengths as a performer, he’s a sarcastic, quick-witted, super slick, rebellious young hero — just as Murphy himself was known as at that particular point in his career.
Comedy: The Birdcage
Two words: Robin Williams. Need more? Okay: Nathan Lane. Need even more? Gene Hackman. Seriously, I could go on and on and on just listing The Birdcage’s impressive cast list alone.
Armand (Williams) is the owner of a popular gay nightclub in Miami. When his son begins dating the daughter of a conservative politician (Hackman), Armand and his life partner (Lane) pose as a straight husband and wife to impress the politician and his wife.
The ultimate feel-good movie, the humor of The Birdcage lies in Williams and Lane’s magnetic onscreen chemistry. One part Laurel and Hardy, one part Martin and Short, their inspired performances are a peak example of physical and verbal comedy.
Music: The Blues Brothers
Having passed away in his prime at the young age of 33, John Belushi wasn’t featured in a ton of movies in his lifetime. Still, the handful of movies he did appear in illustrate his clear gifts as a comedian — none more so than The Blues Brothers.
Trying to find the money to save their childhood orphanage, jazz musicians/petty convicts Jake (John Belushi) and Elwood Blues (Dan Aykroyd) embark on a journey to reunite their old band.
The first SNL movie ever made, the success of The Blues Brothers is single-handedly responsible for every SNL-related movie that followed — from Coneheads to Wayne’s World. But even more than that, it demonstrates the incredible partnership between Aykroyd and Belushi — the original breakout duo on Saturday Night Live.
Romance: Breakfast at Tiffany’s
There aren’t many characters in American cinema more famous than Audrey Hepburn’s Holly Golightly. A successor of sorts to the tough-talking, proto-feminist heroines of the 1940s played by Katharine Hepburn and Ingrid Bergman, Golightly is possibly the most layered fictional woman of the 1960s — as well as the finest creation of author Truman Capote.
Paul Varjak (George Peppard) is an aspiring writer who moves into a New York City apartment building. Settling into his new home, he becomes fascinated with his neighbor Holly (Hepburn), an outgoing socialite who is far more than she seems.
The female equivalent of Jay Gatsby, the genius behind Holly Golightly is her vast web of contradictions. She’s a bursting extrovert who’s painfully shy; a self-professed materialist who lives in perpetual financial hardship; extravagant and confident yet plagued by feelings of insecurity and self-consciousness. She’s a warm and realistic character, made all the more complicated by Hepburn’s marvelous performance.
Crime: Catch Me If You Can
Catch Me If You Can won’t ever be known as Steven Spielberg’s best film — not when you compare it to the significance of Jaws, Schindler’s List, or Close Encounters of the Third Kind, anyway. But like nearly all of Spielberg’s films, it’s an entirely enjoyable film in its own right — if only for Leonardo DiCaprio’s lead performance
In the early 1960s, professional con artist Frank Abagnale (DiCaprio) becomes a sought-after target for the FBI, making millions while pretending to be a pilot, a doctor, and a lawyer.
No disrespect to Tom Hanks of course, but Catch Me If You Can is 100% Leo’s movie. Every scene he’s featured in, he steals the show, making a lying, cheating conman somehow one of the most likable and cheered-for protagonists in Spielberg’s filmography.
Documentary: Belushi
When the world lost John Belushi in 1982, it lost a comedic genius on par with the best of them. Relying on slapstick humor with a more sarcastic verbal style, he was a riotously funny individual whom we were all robbed of far too soon.
In Belushi, the documentary filmmakers shed light on Belushi’s complicated life and his lasting impact on and off the SNL set. Particular emphasis includes Belushi’s rise to fame and his gradual descent into excess and addiction that eventually cost him his life.
In this intimate and lovingly-made film, viewers see Belushi as a man, witnessing how his onscreen persona slowly consumed who he was in his private life. It’s a fascinating documentary about a fascinating man, making for a fitting double feature with The Blues Brothers.
Family: The Dark Crystal
The Muppets weren’t Jim Henson’s only contribution to the world of pop culture. In 1982, he put his puppeteering expertise to good use, creating the fantasy-based cult favorite, The Dark Crystal.
Set on an alien planet one thousand years ago, an evil race of bird-like creatures known as the Skeksis have taken over the world. To free themselves from their oppressive rulers, two Gelflings (Stephen Garlick and Lisa Maxwell) set out to find the mythical Dark Crystal.
From a narrative standpoint, it’s understandable if The Dark Crystal isn’t your fantasy film of choice. But from a technical perspective, there’s no refuting Henson’s ability to create elaborate worlds as expansive and three-dimensional as Middle-Earth or Narnia. If you’re looking for a better overall storyline, too, we suggest watching this and then checking out Netflix’s miniseries continuation.
Thriller: Dressed to Kill
Director Brian De Palma has practically made a career as a more hard-boiled successor to Alfred Hitchcock. In his homage-filled Dressed to Kill, De Palma fully embraces the Master of Suspense’s influence on his filmmaking style, creating a first-rate thriller that old Hitch would have approved of.
After witnessing the murder of a psychiatric patient (Angie Dickinson), a prostitute (Nancy Allen) is targeted by the patient’s unhinged killer.
With numerous nods made to Hitchcok’s seminal Psycho, Dressed to Kill is a spellbinding suspense film that builds a strong central mystery. Complete with some stellar performances from Allen, Dickinson, and Michael Caine, it’s a great introduction to De Palma’s body of work (which includes similarly Hitchcockian movies like Sisters and Blow Out).
Underrated: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Does Kingdom of the Crystal Skull match the quality of the original Raiders of the Lost Ark or even The Last Crusade? Mm, no, not even close. But in many ways, this movie isn’t nearly as bad as everyone claims it is — its only problem being several goofy moments and a failure to live up to everyone’s absurdly high expectations.
In the 1950s, an older Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) races against a Soviet Union research team to locate a mysterious skull of possibly extraterrestrial origins.
To be fair, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull has its weaknesses, but to call it the worst or most disappointing of all time seems like a drastic exaggeration. And with Indiana Jones 5 around the corner, hopefully viewers can soften their criticism enough to enjoy this 2008 oddity (after all, we were willing to forgive Lucas for the prequels).
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