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 platform also has a dense catalog of movies streaming on the service, from newer films like 80 for Brady and South Park: The Streaming Wars to classics like The Godfather and Mad Max.
Here are some of the best movies you can find playing on Paramount+ right now.
Updated: April 7.
Crime: The Godfather
Arguably the most famous film of all time, The Godfather is essentially the Citizen Kane of the crime genre, as well as the crown jewel of the influential New Hollywood era. A brilliant character study that touches upon family, ambition, and man’s inner hunger for power, it’s a movie that should be watched by everyone at least once in their lifetime.
Returning home from military service, former Marine Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) reluctantly enters his family’s crime syndicate after his gangster father (Marlon Brando) is targeted by a rival mob organization.
Like so many TV shows it later went on to influence – The Sopranos, Boardwalk Empire, Breaking Bad – The Godfather can be summed up as a character study, showing one man’s transformation from youthful idealism to a life of amoral crime. With stars like Pacino, Brando, James Caan, Robert Duvall, and Diane Keaton involved, the acting is perhaps the best you’ll find anywhere in American film, everyone masterfully playing their respective characters.
Horror: Killer Klowns from Outer Space
The horror genre is filled with movies of middling quality, some of them so bad they’re almost laughable. One exception to this phenomenon is Killer Klowns from Outer Space, a film that goes all on the explicit ridiculousness of its plot.
When a band of malicious aliens who resemble clowns land on Earth, the inhabitants of a small town band together to survive and drive the extraterrestrial invaders away.
Way more comedic than it actually sounds, Killer Klowns from Outer Space is a tongue-in-cheek parody of the sci-fi/horror B-movies that dominated the film industry in the 1950s. Deliberately kitschy and over-the-top, it's an excellent, darkly comic film that’s obtained a massive cult following in the years since its release.
Comedy: South Park: The Streaming Wars
It’s hard to know what to count South Park: The Streaming Wars as – a standalone movie or a television special similar to their earlier Post Covid special. Whatever your classification, you’d better believe The Streaming Wars is every bit as memorably hilarious as any of South Park’s individual episodes.
As a massive drought dries up the state’s water supply, the residents of South Park, CO begin to collect their water from the town’s farmers, who start selling it via subscription-based pay tiers.
Taking aim at such varying topics as streaming services, celebrities’ endorsements of cryptocurrency, and even Karens, The Streaming Wars is pure South Park comedy at its finest and most unfiltered. As any critic will tell you, the satirical, dark, and sometimes raunchy humor may not appeal to everyone, but hardcore South Park fans will be overjoyed by this timely comedy special.
Thriller: Fatal Attraction
Not to be confused with Paramount+’s new series starring Lizzy Caplan and Joshua Jackson (set to premiere at the end of this month), the original 1987 Fatal Attraction is a milestone in the psychological thriller genre, just as shocking today as it was upon its debut to theaters.
With his family out of town for the weekend, a Manhattan lawyer (Michael Douglas) has a brief extramarital affair with a publishing editor (Glenn Close). Wracked by guilt when his wife returns home, the lawyer tries to leave the affair behind him, only to discover the woman (Close) has no intention of letting him go so easily.
Douglas is predictably decent in his lead role as the unfaithful husband, but it’s Glenn Close who steals every scene she’s in within Fatal Attraction. Initially coming across as a shy, easily-enamored woman, she slowly reveals the extent of her insanity as the movie draws on – a transformative performance on par with Kathy Bates in Misery or Jack Nicholson in The Shining.
Sci-Fi: Mad Max
In a near future plagued by fuel shortages, civilization has officially broken down, with only a handful of officers in the Mobile Police Force able to enforce law and order across Australia’s plains.
Most people are sure to associate the Mad Max name with the post-apocalypse – a genre it helped pioneer and perfect with movies like The Road Warrior and Fury Road (easily the more popular entries in the Mad Max series).
Before the franchise established the go-to blueprint for the post-apocalypse, though, director George Miller and star Mel Gibson teamed up for a dystopian thriller about the gradual erosion of society with the first Mad Max. Far from the neo-Western motifs of The Road Warrior, Mad Max thrives as a wonderfully bizarre film that bears a closer likeness to The Who’s Tommy or A Clockwork Orange than it does to Fury Road.
Sports: 80 for Brady
The Super Bowl season is most assuredly over, but certain sports comedies continue to thrive – none more so than the recently-released ensemble comedy, 80 for Brady, starring such indelible figures as Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno, and Sally Field.
With the New England Patriots qualifying for the Super Bowl, four elderly, diehard sports fans make it their mission to see their idol Tom Brady play in the game.
Complete with numerous cameos from prominent football players and comedians, 80 for Brady is abundant proof that, despite getting on in age, each of the four ladies that star in the movie are as funny now as they were in their prime. It may not be any of the actors’ individual best movie, but that doesn’t stop it from being a ripping good time.
Family: The Adventures of Tintin
Steven Spielberg is known for making movies palatable for the entire family, be it sci-fi classics like E.T. or more recent films like Ready Player One. That being said, it’s not often Spielberg invests himself in making an entirely animated film – the first and so far only instance being his 2011 movie, The Adventures of Tintin.
In 1940s Brussels, industrious reporter Tintin (Jamie Bell) launches a continent-spanning search for a fabled 17th century vessel with the help of Merchant Marine captain Archibald Haddock (Andy Serkis).
A meticulously-made adaptation of Hergé’s famed comic strip series of the same name, The Adventures of Tintin provided Spielberg infinitely rich source material for the basis of his film. Loaded with incredible visuals that pay homage to Hergé’s actual comic book style, it’s an extremely fun movie for everyone to watch, acting as a family-friendly version of Indiana Jones.
Biopic: Lincoln
Continuing off the above point, Steven Spielberg has also made an effort to tack on a number of historical movies to his filmography as well, including his brilliant 2012 biographical film, the award-winning Lincoln.
As the Civil War nears its conclusion, President Abraham Lincoln (Daniel Day-Lewis) tirelessly works to ensure the 13th Amendment passes Congress, permanently abolishing slavery in the United States.
There have been so many books, movies, and other informative media focused on the life and influence of America’s sixteenth president, but few are as endearing as Lincoln. Day-Lewis hands in perhaps the greatest performance of his career as well as the definitive portrayal of the Great Emancipator – burnt-out, exhausted, and hobbled by depression and personal tragedy, yet gleamingly hopeful for a future he’d never live to see.
Mystery: The Long Goodbye
Before the Coen brothers’ hilarious neo-noir romp with The Big Lebowski, there was The Long Goodbye, a highly inventive adaptation of legendary noir writer Raymond Chandler’s widely-read novel of the same name.
After his best friend (Jim Bouton) is accused of murdering his wife, Los Angeles private eye Philip Marlowe (Elliott Gould) takes the case, determined to prove his innocence.
Transporting the original setting of its narrative to swinging ‘70s L.A., The Long Goodbye acts almost as a postmodern interpretation of the noir genre, wonderfully directed by the iconic Robert Altman. The intriguing plot of Chandler’s novel is there, with just enough changes made to the story to tie into its then-contemporary setting, echoing the post-Watergate cynicism that affected so many Americans’ mindsets at the time.
Underrated: Hard Eight
Nowadays, it’s easy to see that Paul Thomas Anderson is one of the most exciting directors working today, each of his films going on to gross universal acclaim. Back in the mid ‘90s, though, Anderson was still struggling to eke out a name for himself in the business, starting down the path to success with Hard Eight.
Broke, homeless, and without any means of making a living, a young man (John C. Reilly) is swept under the wing of a professional gambler (Philip Baker Hall) who teaches him the tricks of his trade.
One of the most notable indie movies of the 1990s (a decade known for strong indie films), Hard Eight illustrated PTA’s immense artistic sensibilities as a filmmaker. Starkly minimalist and hauntingly engaging, it's a taut crime film that flies through its hour-forty runtime.
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