The Best Movies on Paramount+ for Your Weekend Watch List
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The modern glut of streaming services can leave you feeling spoiled for choice. Of course it's great to have a nearly endless catalog of some of the greatest movies of all time at your fingertips any time you choose, but with practically endless options can also come decision overload. Narrowing your movie night down to a single streaming service can make your life feel a little more manageable, while still leaving you plenty of flicks to choose from. One service that's developed a particular following among film lovers is Paramount+, whose back stock of films includes tons of modern classics and old favorites, as well as fresh new picks that you might have missed in theaters.
Here, to make your next watch session even easier, we've rounded up some of the very best movies on Paramount+.
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Mean Girls
This immensely quotable 2004 favorite is always good for a laugh, whether you'e watching it for the first time or the fortieth. It tells the story of Cady (Lindsay Lohan) the award new kid in school who gets taken in by a group of catty popular girls, only to progressively set about taking them down.
Note: Paramount+ also carries the 2024 adaptation of the story as well.
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Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning
Paramount+ is home to all of the Mission Impossible films (not to mention the classic 1960s TV show that started it all) including the latest entry into the Tom Cruise-led espionage adventure franchise. Pop a big bowl of popcorn and settle in for a serious binge watch.
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Clueless
This Alicia Silverstone-helmed tale about a self-absorbed but well-meaning Beverly Hills teen (itself a riff on Jane Austen's Emma) helped define a generation. The fashion! The slang! Not to mention perhaps the most influential closet in film history... this is one that definitely deserves a spot on your rewatch list.
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The Big Short
It's hard to make financial drama into stunning cinema, but that's just what this quirky 2015 drama did, telling the stories of three men who made their fortune betting on the economic collapse of the late 2000s with an all-star cast including Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Christian Bale, and Brad Pitt.
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
This iconic Audrey Hepburn-starrer hardly needs an introduction. Based on the story by Truman Capote, it follows the eccentric Holly Golightly on her esoteric adventures in New York, enjoying glamorous parties, mysterious liaisons, and accidentally falling in love.
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Titanic
More than 25 years on, this swooning period romance remains one of the most successful films of all time. A dash of history, a dose of action, and of course, plenty of romance, have made the star-crossed love story of Jack and Rose an all-time classic.
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The Godfather
Widely considered one of the greatest movies of all time, this triple-Oscar-winning entry into Francis Ford Coppola's epic about the mafia, starring Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, and Diane Keaton remains an essential addition to anyone's watch list.
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How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
The early 2000s were a heyday for rom-coms. In this one, an advice columnist (Kate Hudson) in search of a juicy story tries everything in the book to drive off a hunky suitor—playboy ad man Ben (Matthew McConaughey), who needs to stay coupled up with her in order to win a bet.
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Gladiator
Are you not entertained? Get a dose of action in this ancient Roman drama about an acclaimed general who is sold into slavery as a gladiator by an upstart emperor, starring Russell Crowe, Joachim Phoenix, and Connie Nielsen, and directed by Ridley Scott.
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The First Wives Club
Need a feel-good movie to watch with the gals? This hilarious romp stars Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn, and Diane Keaton as three erstwhile friends who come back together in the wake of a death to get revenge on their cheating former husbands.
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Top Gun: Maverick
In case there was any doubt that Tom Cruise still has action movie chops, this 2022 follow up to the 1986 classic Top Gun (also on Paramount+) picks up as an older Maverick leads a group of young pilots, including the son of his late partner, on a desperate mission that could be their last.
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Paramount+ has no shortage of Western shows, thanks to Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan, but if you're looking for a classic Western film, the streamer has you covered as well. Starring Jimmy Stewart and John Wayne, it tells a flashback tale of how a senator gained fame for taking down a dangerous gunman—only, of course, there's more to the story.
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Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
The film that kicked off a franchise, the first Indiana Jones movie is still an all-time favorite for many, bringing Harrison Ford's roguish, whip-snapping archeologist to life. (Paramount+ also has all of the subsequent Indiana Jones films, except for the newest 2023 entry, which is exclusive to Disney+)
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A Quiet Place
John Krasinski may not have seemed like an obvious creator for an innovative horror franchise, but that's exactly what he created with this 2018 thriller (starring himself and his wife Emily Blunt) about a family trying to survive in a world overrun by creatures that hunt by sound.
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Forrest Gump
Tom Hanks's performance as the earnestly charming titular character won him an Oscar (the film took home five more Academy Awards as well) but it's as much the era-spanning tale of American history from 1950s through the 70s that has kept audiences captivated for years.
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True Grit
Based on the 1969 John Wayne film of the same name, this Coen brothers adaptation stars Jeff Bridges as the booze-soaked lawman Rooster Cogburn, who is hired by the spunky but determined young farmgirl Mattie (Hailee Steinfeld) to avenge the murder of her father.
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Runaway Bride
This 1999 rom-com reunites Pretty Woman stars Julia Roberts and Richard Gere as a woman who has repeatedly run away from her weddings to multiple would-be husbands, and a journalist determined to make a story out of her upcoming nuptials.
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The Talented Mr Ripley
Based on the Patricia Highsmith thriller, this 1999 film (starring Matt Damon, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Cate Blanchett) marries the atmospheric luxury of The Great Gatsby with the simmering threat of Alfred Hitchcock. In it, young nobody Tom Ripley gets the chance of a lifetime when he's sent abroad to bring home the playboy son of a wealthy magnate, but once he's had a taste of la dolce vita, what he's willing to do to keep it is sinister.
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Fatal Attraction
The film that gave us the infamous boiled bunny scene, this 1987 film pits Dan (Michael Douglas), an adulterous attorney, against Alex (Glenn Close), the woman he has a fling with. But while Dan tries to move on, Alex refuses to let go, going to heart-pounding lengths to force Dan to pay attention to her.
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To Catch a Thief
Whether you're in it for the romance, the star-power, or the aesthetic, this 1955 Alfred Hitchcock classic starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly has it all. In it, Grant plays a retired cat burglar who is pulled back into a life of intrigue when he tries to uncover the real culprit in a string of thefts modeled after his own style, falling in with a charming American heiress with secrets of her own along the way.
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Almost Famous
Director/Writer Cameron Crowe made a huge splash in 2000 with this poignant and personal film about a teenaged boy in the 1970s who follows a popular band on the road, getting caught up in all of the highs, lows, and complicated interpersonal dramas that come with the band and their hangers-on.
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The Untouchables
While it's no documentary, this 1987 action flick—inspired by the 1959 series of the same name—puts a twist on the tale of how real life agents worked to bring down the infamous Al Capone. Starring Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Andy Garcia, and Robert De Niro, it's guaranteed to make prohibition entertaining.
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Chocolat
Indulge in a little treat with this sweet romance about a wandering chocolatier who arrives in a sleepy French town to shake things up during Lent—only to find her own life taking some unexpected turns as well.
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American Gigolo
Richard Gere got his big breakout role in this sultry 1980 neo-noir about a high-end escort whose luxurious life is upended when one of his clients winds up dead, leaving his as the prime suspect.
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Catch Me If You Can
Frank Abagnale Jr. became one of the most famous con artists in American history, using his natural charm and a flair for forgery to impersonate doctors, lawyers, pilots, and more throughout the 1960s. In this 2002 film, Leonardo DiCaprio plays Frank as he develops his skills, and stays on the run from FBI agent Hanratty (Tom Hanks).
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off
There are so many classic moments in this 1986 John Hughes romp that it's no wonder it has become iconic. Starring Matthew Broderick as the titular truant, it follows the endlessly charming teen, his anxious best friend, and girlfriend as they try to have one truly spectacular day off of school—without getting caught by his parents or the obsessed principal who has it out for him.
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The Truman Show
The Truman Show captured attention in 1998 for its mind-bending concept—a man unknowingly spends his entire life as the subject of a television show, constantly surrounded by actors who are in on the secret—as well as its poignant performances by the likes of Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, and Ed Harris.
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Dreamgirls
Get your musical fix with this toe-tapping film inspired by the history of Motown. Starring the likes of Beyonce, Jennifer Hudson, Jamie Foxx, and Eddie Murphy, it's filled with irresistible tunes and heart-wrenching drama as it tells the story of a girl group trio in the 1960s who are torn apart by romance and the demands of fame.
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The Great Gatsby
This 1974 adaptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel has icon status all its own with Robert Redford and Mia Farrow heading up a dreamily beautiful cast ow character who float through their wealthy New York lives. Whether you see it as a romance, a tragedy, a scathing social commentary, or all of the above, it's undeniably classic.
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Zodiac
The Zodiac killer case is one of the most enigmatic true crime stories of modern history. In this 2007 thriller by David Fincher, a group of investigators and journalists (including Mark Ruffalo, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Robert Downey Jr.) apply themselves to deciphering the cryptic messages and ominous clues left in the killer's wake as he claims victims throughout the 1960s and '70s San Francisco.
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