The 30 Best Movies on Paramount+
From must-see classics to fresh favorites, these are the films to settle in with for your next movie night.
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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+.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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+)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Lauren Hubbard is a freelance writer and Town & Country contributor who covers beauty, shopping, entertainment, travel, home decor, wine, and cocktails.
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