The Best Movies on Paramount+ Right Now[The Best Movies on Paramount+ Right Now]
The Best Movies on Paramount+ Right Now[The Best Movies on Paramount+ Right Now]
Paramount+ offers its subscribers a plethora of quality content for just $4.99 a month. Its predecessors (ahem, Netflix) set high standards, but Paramount+ shines its own spotlight from the top of its star-studded mountain. From classic films to banger TV shows like 1883 and Star Trek: Discovery, there’s no shortage of entertainment to explore. Here, we give you our top list of the best movies on Paramount+.
The Lost City (2022)
Run Time: 112 minutes | Genre: Action-Adventure Comedy | Director: Aaron & Adam Nee
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Brad Pitt, Daniel Radcliffe
Loretta Sage (Sandra Bullock), an author of romantic adventure novels, finds herself in deep trouble when billionaire Abigail Fairfax (Daniel Radcliffe) kidnaps her with the hopes of finding one of the treasures in her books. Coming to her rescue are none other than her bumbling cover model, Alan Caprison (Channing Tatum), and a hired hunter, Jack Trainer (Brad Pitt).
Top Gun (1986)
Run Time: 110 minutes | Genre: Action | Director: Tony Scott
Cast: Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, Kelly McGillis
Lieutenant Pete Mitchell (Tom Cruise), callsign Maverick, attends TOPGUN and garners attention for his skill in flying. Complicating matters are his feelings for instructor Charlotte Blackwood (Kelly McGillis) and his competitive rivalry with fellow pilot Lieutenant Tom Kazansky (Val Kilmer).
Orphan (2009)
Run Time: 123 minutes | Genre: Psychological Horror | Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Cast: Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, Isabella Fuhrman
Grieving parents Kate (Vera Farmiga) and John (Peter Sarsgaard) Coleman look for a new start when adopting a young Russian girl, Esther (Isabella Fuhrman). Unfortunately, Esther is not who she appears to be, and her past is one to be reckoned with.
Scream (2022)
Run Time: 114 minutes | Genre: Slasher | Director: Matt Bettinelli-Opin, Tyler Gillett
Cast: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Melissa Barrera, David Arquette
Ghostface returns after twenty-five years to attack the next generation of Woodsboro children. Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox), and Dewey Riley (David Arquette) return for this fifth film in the franchise.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Run Time: 98 minutes | Genre: Teen Comedy | Director: John Hughes
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Mia Sara, Alan Ruck
Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) is a high school senior who gets his best friend, Cameron (Alan Ruck), and girlfriend, Sloane (Mia Sara), to join him in a day of playing hooky. The three explore Chicago while Bueller breaks the fourth wall to regularly address the audience.
Clerks (1994)
Run Time: 102 minutes | Genre: Buddy Comedy | Director: Kevin Smith
Cast: Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Marilyn Ghigliotti
Dante Hicks (Brian O'Halloran) and Randal Graves (Jeff Anderson) are two clerks at a Jersey Quick Stop grocery store. Clerks follows the two men as they encounter a variety of customers, bide time on the job, and experience misadventures in their personal lives.
Zoolander (2001)
Run Time: 89 minutes | Genre: Comedy | Director: Ben Stiller
Cast: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Will Ferrell
Derek Zoolander (Ben Stiller) is a male supermodel whose fame is fading. When supposed friends in the fashion realm attempt to trick him into joining a malevolent plot involving politics, he will team up with his once-rival Hansel (Owen Wilson) to prevent it.
Grease (1978)
Run Time: 110 minutes | Genre: Musical Romantic Comedy | Director: Randal Kleiser
Cast: John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John
Danny Zuko (John Travolta) and Sandy Olsson (Olivia Newton-John) fall in love in the summer of 1958, but they couldn't be more different. Zuko is a greaser, and Olsson is a preppy girl. Will their love survive their social differences?
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Run Time: 150 minutes | Genre: Black Comedy Biopic | Director: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Matthew McConaughey
Here lies the true story of stockbroker and felon Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio), whose memoir provided key material for the film. The film portrays Belfort’s cutthroat rise to wealth followed by his fraud-filled fall from glory. DiCaprio won a Golden Globe for his leading role.
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)
Run Time: 144 minutes | Genre: Action Thriller | Director: Michael Bay
Cast: John Krasinski, James Badge Dale, Pablo Schreiber, Max Martini
13 Hours features the true story of six CIA contractors who volunteered to rescue a U.S. Ambassador when no one else would. The gritty war drama turns the lens to 2012 Libya in the wake of political upheaval and the six men who braved the bloody streets of Benghazi to save a fellow countryman.
A Quiet Place (2018)
Run Time: 90 minutes | Genre: Post-Apocalyptic Horror | Director: John Krasinski
Cast: John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds
Lee (John Krasinski) and Evelyn Abbott (Emily Blunt) struggle to survive and keep their children safe as they live in a world of silence. Aliens, who hunt and massacre by their sense of sound, prowl what’s left of Earth.
Infinite (2021)
Run Time: 106 minutes | Genre: Sci-Fi Action | Director: Antoine Fuqua
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Chiwetel Ejoifor
Evan McCauley’s (Mark Wahlberg) life is forever changed when he learns that his hallucinations aren’t a result of schizophrenia but are snippets of past lives. He is an Infinite, someone who has died and been reborn countless times, and this revelation sends him on a journey of discovery as he must remember who he was before.
World War Z (2013)
Run Time: 116 minutes | Genre: Action Horror | Director: Marc Forster
Cast: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Matthew Fox, James Badge Dale
A retired UN investigator, Gerry Lane (Pitt), finds himself thrown into the midst of a cannibalistic apocalypse when people turn into zombies. With time as his enemy and his family to save, Lane teams up with other survivors to avoid infection and find a cure.
Jack Reacher (2012)
Run Time: 130 minutes | Genre: Action Thriller | Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Cast: Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins
Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise), an ex-military and renowned investigator, takes on the case of a U.S. Army sniper who supposedly gunned down five civilians. Reacher challenges all evidence, putting a target on his back, when he claims the sniper was framed and seeks to prove it.
The Saint (1997)
Run Time: 116 minutes | Genre: Thriller | Director: Phillip Noyce
Cast: Val Kilmer, Elisabeth Shue, Rade Šerbedžija
The ingenious for-hire thief, Simon Templar (Kilmer), takes on what he sees as just another job when the Russian mafia hires him to steal American intel. What he doesn't expect is to fall in love with his target, Dr. Emma Russell (Elisabeth Shue).
Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013)
Run Time: 132 minutes | Genre: Science Fiction | Director: J. J. Abrams
Cast: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Benedict Cumberbatch
A young Captain Kirk (Chris Pine) risks the U.S.S. Enterprise and its entire crew to save the Federation from a formidable, dangerous threat named Khan (Benedict Cumberbatch). J. J. Abrams directs this film of the Star Trek franchise where Kirk faces the ultimate challenge as a leader, protector, and fighter.
Interstellar (2014)
Run Time: 169 minutes | Genre: Science Fiction | Director: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain
Joseph Cooper (Matthew McConaughey), an ex-NASA pilot, is recruited to explore new worlds when Earth starts becoming uninhabitable for humans. His dive into space isn’t without its consequences, as he leaves his young daughter behind. Interstellar received an Academy Award and BAFTA for Best Visual Effects.
Through Black Spruce (2018)
Run Time: 111 minutes | Genre: Drama | Director: Don McKellar
Cast: Tanaya Beatty, Brandon Oakes, Tantoo Cardinal, Graham Greene
Tanaya Beatty stars as both Susanna, a missing Cree model, and her twin sister, Annie. Annie investigates her sister’s disappearance while taking the societal place her sister left behind.
Bumblebee (2018)
Run Time: 114 minutes | Genre: Sci-Fi Action | Director: Travis Knight
Cast: Hailee Steinfeld, John Cena, Jorge Lendeborg Jr.
Charlie (Hailee Steinfeld) is a teenage girl who discovers B-127 after he lands on Earth having fled the war on his home planet. Charlie must help B-127, better known as Bumblebee, destroy the evil Decepticons who have come after him while averting capture from U.S. government forces.
The Back-up Plan (2010)
Run Time: 106 minutes | Genre: Rom-Com | Director: Alan Poul
Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Alex O'Loughlin, Michaela Watkins, Melissa McCarthy
Tired of waiting for Mr. Right to begin a family, Zoe (Jennifer Lopez) opts for artificial insemination. What she doesn’t expect is to begin dating the love of her life, Stan (Alex O'Loughlin), shortly after the procedure. They soon discover she is pregnant, and they have a decision to make as a fresh couple.
Instant Family (2018)
Run Time: 119 minutes | Genre: Family Comedy | Director: Sean Anders
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Rose Byrne, Isabela Merced
Pete (Wahlberg) and Ellie Wagner (Rose Byrne) are a childless couple until they’re hit with the sudden urge to foster after browsing a foster care website. They take in not one but three children, and as a family, the five learn just how complicated family-ing can be.
The Duchess (2008)
Run Time: 110 minutes | Genre: Historical Drama | Director: Saul Dibb
Cast: Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Dominic Cooper
Witness the romanticized story of the real-life Duchess of Devonshire (Keira Knightley), who ruffled feathers with her ambition in politics and scandalous love affair. Both of these qualities, of this woman ahead of her time, earn her devastating consequences in conservative 18th century England. The Duchess won an Academy Award and BAFTA for Best Costume Design.
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