The most-watched movie on Paramount+ right now is the new , which critics have taken a baseball bat to.It may have a 24% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, but folks keep pressing play on the spoof, and honestly, I'm here for it because movie lovers can't go by critics alone.Every Paramount+ movie below arrived on the service for U.S.
customers in early September.We've got everything from trailer park comedy and wars spanning history to a mind-bending supernatural flick, and my top pick, the best Star Trek send-up ever.While the Tomato meter scores swing wildly from one to the next, one person's stinker is another person's all-time favorite.
You decide.5 Joe Dirt A critical punching bag that cable turned into a cult hit David Spade's 2001 comedy was dead on arrival when it hit theaters, but two decades of basic cable reruns dropped it into viewers' laps and gave it renewed life.Spade stars as Dirt (pronounced "Deer-tay"), the unfailingly optimistic, mullet-wig-sporting janitor at an L.A.
radio station who gets dragged into the studio of shock jock Zander Kelly (Dennis Miller), who starts out wanting to tear Joe's dignity to shreds.But as Joe starts telling the tragic and hilarious story of how his parents abandoned him at the Grand Canyon as a kid, and how he's spent his whole life looking for them—including a romance with the gorgeous Brandy (Brittany Daniel), and a feud with a bully named Robby (Kid Rock) along the way—Joe's story on air has the whole city rooting for him.Joe Dirt PG-13 Comedy Adventure Drama Release Date April 10, 2001 Where to watch Close WHERE TO WATCH Streaming RENT BUY Cast David Spade, Dennis Miller, Brittany Daniel, Kid Rock, Adam Beach, Erik Per Sullivan, Jaime Pressly, Christopher Walken, Megan Taylor Harvey, Caroline Aaron, Fred Ward, John Farley, Bob Zany Runtime 91 Minutes Director Dennie Gordon Writers Fred Wolf, David Spade Main Genre Comedy Powered by Expand Collapse 4 300 This.
Is.Sparta! Once you get past star Gerard Butler's thick Scottish accent (a dialect not native to ancient Greece, I'm pretty sure), Zack Snyder's scorching box-office war epic is a thrilling watch.More than just that one memeable scene—you know, the one with the big kick and Butler's defiant line that started a war, "This is Sparta!"— is the story of the mighty Spartan King Leonidas (Butler), who leads his army of 300 loyal Spartan warriors against the enormous Persian army of the god-king Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro).
Meanwhile, at home, Leonidas's wife, Queen Gorgo (a pre- Lena Headey), fends off political scheming from Theron ('s Dominic West).The battle scenes are the stuff of cinematic legend, and full of beautiful slow-motion sequences and a gritty, contrast-heavy aesthetic that add depth and intensity to the film.300 R Action Adventure War Release Date March 7, 2007 Where to watch Close WHERE TO WATCH Streaming RENT BUY Cast Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Dominic West, David Wenham, Vincent Regan, Michael Fassbender, Tom Wisdom, Andrew Pleavin, Andrew Tiernan, Rodrigo Santoro, Giovani Cimmino, Stephen McHattie, Greg Kramer, Alex Ivanovici, Kelly Craig, Eli Snyder, Tyler Neitzel, Tim Connolly, Marie-Julie Rivest, Sebastian St.
Germain, Peter Mensah, Arthur Holden, Michael Sinelnikoff, John Dunn-Hill, Dennis St John Runtime 117 minutes Director Zack Synder Writers Kurt Johnstad Producers Bernie Goldmann, Frank Miller, Gianni Nunnari, Jeffrey Silver, Scott Mednick, William Fay, Ben Waisbren, Craig J.Flores, Deborah Snyder Sequel(s) 300: Rise of an Empire Franchise(s) 300 Main Genre Action Budget $65 million Studio(s) Warner Bros.Pictures Distributor(s) Warner Bros.
Pictures Powered by Expand Collapse 3 Dunkirk Another Nolan cinematic war masterpiece is pure dread Swinging the critical reception pendulum to the top end of the spectrum now, is a three-time Oscar-winning, 92%-rated gut-punch of a war movie by Christopher Nolan (yeah, the guy), who landed his first Best Director nomination for the film.brilliantly recreates the atmosphere and intensity of 1940 World War II, when 400,000 Allied troops were trapped on the beaches of Dunkirk, France, as the Germans pummeled them backwards towards the English Channel.Nolan focuses on three different stories—young Tommy (Fionn Whitehead), a British soldier on the beach; Mr.
Dawson (Mark Rylance), a civilian sailor who, along with countless other brave civilians, volunteered his boat to help rescue stranded soldiers on the beach; and Farrier (Tom Hardy), a Spitfire pilot who risks his life to deliver air support.The three stories converge in a nail-biting saga that Nolan is known for.Dunkirk PG-13 War Action Drama Release Date July 21, 2017 Where to watch Close WHERE TO WATCH Streaming RENT BUY Cast Fionn Whitehead, Tom Hardy, Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy, Barry Keoghan, Harry Styles, Aneurin Barnard, Damien Bonnard, Lee Armstrong, James Bloor, Tom Glynn-Carney, Jack Lowden, Luke Thompson, Michel Biel, Constantin Balsan, Billy Howle, Mikey Collins, Callum Blake, Dean Ridge, Bobby Lockwood, Will Attenborough, Tom Nolan, James D'Arcy, Matthew Marsh Runtime 106 minutes Director Christopher Nolan Writers Christopher Nolan Producers Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas Main Genre War Budget $82.5–150 million Studio(s) Warner Bros.
Pictures Distributor(s) Warner Bros.Pictures Executive Producer(s) Jake Myers Powered by Expand Collapse 2 The Dead Zone King, Cronenberg, and Walken make a chilling trio In the "bizarre and creepy supernatural thriller" category, it's hard to think of a better trio of geniuses you could bake together than Stephen King, David Cronenberg, and Christopher Walken.I wrote about this iconic 1983 gem in my roundup of Paramount+ thrillers last weekend, but it's so good that it warranted another inclusion.
—adapted from King's 1979 novel and directed by Cronenberg, hot off of —is peak Walken, who stars as Johnny Smith, a man who awakens from a five-year coma to discover that he's developed strange psychic powers that show him a person's past, present, and potential future just by touching them.It's a blessing and a curse, as Smith starts helping the local police and citizens, but also finds that he's the only one who can stop a potentially deadly future at the hands of a rising politician (Martin Sheen).Also worth checking out is the 2002 series starring Anthony Michael Hall, which is streaming on Prime Video.
The Dead Zone R Thriller Horror Science Fiction Release Date October 21, 1983 Where to watch Close WHERE TO WATCH Streaming RENT BUY Cast Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams, Tom Skerritt, Herbert Lom, Anthony Zerbe, Colleen Dewhurst, Martin Sheen, Nicholas Campbell, Sean Sullivan, Jackie Burroughs, Géza Kovács, Roberta Weiss, Simon Craig, Peter Dvorsky, Julie-Ann Heathwood, Barry Flatman, Raffi Tchalikian, Ken Pogue, Gordon Jocelyn, Bill Copeland, Jack Messinger, Chapelle Jaffe, Cindy Hinds, Helene Udy, Ramon Estevez Runtime 103 minutes Director David Cronenberg Writers Jeffrey Boam, Stephen King Producers Debra Hill Main Genre Thriller Budget $10 million Studio(s) Paramount Pictures Distributor(s) Paramount Pictures, De Laurentiis Entertainment Group Powered by Expand Collapse 1 Galaxy Quest A satirical loveletter to Trek that's a great anytime watch All the Star Trek you'll ever need is on Paramount+ (they own the lot, after all), but one of the best Trek-adjacent films ever made is now on the service, so you should take advantage and watch before it fires up its Quantum Flux Drive and takes off.One of my favorite movies of all time, the 1999 Trek satire is beloved by Trekkies across the board.It follows the washed-up, convention-circuit cast of the '80s sci-fi show —including Shatner-esque actor Jason Nesmith (Tim Allen), fed-up Gwen DeMarco (Sigourney Weaver), and a proper British thespian typecast by his latex-masked character, Alexander Dane (Alan Rickman)—who are literally beamed from Hollywood to space to play their characters in real life to help an alien race called the Thermians take on an evil warlord.
The Thermians, who mistook the show for real "historical documents," soon learn the truth about the actors, but they luckily get another chance to play their characters to perfection.is full of excellent Trek jabs, like Nesmith's shirtless captain, transporter mishaps, and perhaps best of all, the plight of Crewman #6, Guy (the amazing Sam Rockwell), a "Redshirt" who's convinced that he's going to be the first to die."By Grabthar's hammer, by the suns of Warvan, you shall be avenged!!" Galaxy Quest PG Comedy Science Fiction Adventure Release Date December 25, 1999 Where to watch Close WHERE TO WATCH Streaming RENT BUY Cast Sigourney Weaver, Tim Allen, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwell, Daryl Mitchell, Enrico Colantoni, Robin Sachs, Jed Rees, Justin Long, Missi Pyle, Patrick Breen, Jeremy Howard, Sam Lloyd, Rainn Wilson, J.P.
Manoux, Dian Bachar, Heidi Swedberg, Kevin McDonald, Kaitlin Cullum, Jonathan Feyer, Corbin Bleu, Isaac C.Singleton Jr., Joel McKinnon Miller, Todd Giebenhain Runtime 102 minutes Director Dean Parisot Writers David Howard, Robert Gordon Producers Charles Newirth, Mark Johnson Main Genre Sci-Fi Budget $45 million Studio(s) DreamWorks Distribution Distributor(s) DreamWorks Distribution Powered by Expand Collapse A never-ending selection of movies If you're a movie lover like me, you know that pretty much everything you want or need is streaming.If you like thrillers, there's plenty.
If documentaries are more your thing, there are tons to choose from, too.And if you just want to know what's new in movies, check back weekly.Paramount Plus Subscription with ads Yes, $8/month Simultaneous streams 3 Live TV Select live sports (NFL on CBS & UEFA Champions League) Price Starting at $8/month or $60/year Stream on Paramount+ Expand Collapse
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