We're getting to the point in October where it's perfectly reasonable to put the tombstones, skeletons, and giant spiders on the lawn in anticipation of Halloween.But if you're like me, you'll still want a couple of comedies on your pre-spooky season movie night list to keep things light before all the horror arrives.With that in mind, this week's list of Paramount+ movies for U.S.
subscribers is well-balanced—it's big on laughs but still has some spooky intrigue.It starts with an iconic teen booze run gone sideways, veers dark with a masked man plotting to blow up Parliament, and then finishes strong with my top pick, a workplace revolt comedy with the most famous red stapler in history.3 Superbad The raunchy teen comedy that gave us McLovin I really wish they made more R-rated comedies like .
Every generation needs one to claim as its own—they deliver the moments, the lines, and the over-the-top laughs that feed the inside jokes of friend groups everywhere.Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg's hit the Millennial nail hard on the head while still managing to crack everyone else up, too.The raunchy 2007 coming-of-age comedy follows best friends Seth (Jonah Hill) and Evan (Michael Cera)—obviously named after the two writers—who are about to graduate from high school and go their separate ways for college, when Seth's crush, Jules (Emma Stone in her first movie), invites him to her party.
To impress her, Seth shoulders the burden of somehow getting the booze, a task that then falls on the nerdy and incredibly inept Fogell (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) and his mind-bogglingly stupid fake ID that bears the single name "McLovin." A liquor store robbery splits the group of boys up, with Fogell embarking on the night of his life in a ride-along with a pair of the coolest cops ever (played by Rogen and Bill Hader), and Evan and Seth fighting all kinds of obstacles to deliver the beverages to the party.It's one of the best teen comedies ever, and it has an 88% on Rotten Tomatoes.Superbad R Comedy Release Date August 17, 2007 Where to watch Close WHERE TO WATCH Streaming RENT BUY Cast Michael Cera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Bill Hader, Seth Rogen, Martha MacIsaac, Emma Stone, Aviva Baumann, Joe Lo Truglio, Kevin Corrigan, Clement Blake, Erica Vittina Phillips, Joe Nuñez, Dave Franco, Marcella Lentz-Pope, Scott Gerbacia, Laura Seay, Roger Iwami, Clint Mabry, Stacy Edwards, Mark Rogen, Charlie Hartsock, Dona Hardy, Charley Rossman, Carla Gallo Runtime 113 minutes Director Greg Mottola Writers Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg Producers Judd Apatow, Shauna Robertson, Dara Weintraub Budget $20 million Studio(s) Sony Distributor(s) Sony Executive Producer(s) Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen Powered by Expand Collapse 2 V for Vendetta Hugo Weaving steals the show without showing his face The creepy, grinning Guy Fawkes mask worn by 's antihero became a real-world protest symbol that was adopted by the hacktivist group/movement Anonymous and Occupy Wall Street protesters—pretty powerful stuff.
Written by s Wachowskis and adapted from Alan Moore and David Lloyd's graphic novel, the dystopian sci-fi thriller is set in a near-future Britain that's ruled by a fascist regime.A vigilante known only as V (Hugo Weaving) rescues Evey Hammond (Natalie Portman), a working-class woman who's out past curfew, from the corrupt secret police.While the liberated Evey's mind is opened, V then blows up the Old Bailey and hijacks state TV (where Evey happens to work), urging citizens to rise up against the regime, and Evey gets swept into his revolution Meanwhile, Inspector Eric Finch (Stephen Rea) hunts V, uncovering how the man in power, High Chancellor Adam Sutler (John Hurt), really got there.
is a dark, gritty film with great performances from Portman and Weaving.It also has an excellent twist that you won't see coming.It holds a 73% Rotten Tomatoes score.
V For Vendetta R Action Thriller Sci-Fi Release Date February 23, 2006 Where to watch Close WHERE TO WATCH Streaming RENT BUY Cast Hugo Weaving, Natalie Portman, Stephen Rea, Stephen Fry, John Hurt, Tim Pigott-Smith, Rupert Graves, Roger Allam, Ben Miles, Sinéad Cusack, Natasha Wightman, John Standing, Eddie Marsan, Clive Ashborn, Emma Field-Rayner, Ian Burfield, Mark Phoenix, Alister Mazzotti, Billie Cook, Guy Henry, Cosima Shaw, Megan Gay, Roderic Culver, Tara Hacking, Andy Rashleigh Runtime 132 minutes Director James McTeigue Writers Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski Producers Grant Hill, Joel Silver, Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski, Lorne Orleans Main Genre Action Budget $54 million Studio(s) Warner Bros.Pictures Distributor(s) Warner Bros.Pictures Executive Producer(s) Ben Waisbren Powered by Expand Collapse 1 Office Space Yeeeah, I'm gonna go ahead and ask you to watch this If you've ever lived the cubicle life in an office of gray walls, infuriating printers perpetually blinking "PC Load Letter," and forced birthday celebrations where your coworkers drone out "Happy Birthday," then will fire on so many cylinders for you, in such a satisfying way.
Satire king Mike Judge () made his live-action directing debut with this cult-hit workplace comedy that follows disgruntled Initech programmer Peter Gibbons (Ron Livingston), whose insufferable day-to-day involves duplicate TPS reports and a smarmy boss named Bill Lumbergh (Gary Cole).Everything changes when Peter's hypnotherapist drops dead mid-session, leaving him in a state of euphoria and zero-effs at work—shows up late, takes down the walls of his cubicle, and somehow impresses the consultants hired to deliver mass layoffs.When Peter's two buddies, Samir (Ajay Naidu) and Michael Bolton (David Herman), are put on the chopping block, the three go in on a revenge scheme to skim "fractions of a penny" from Initech, which backfires into a very noticeable payday.
Jennifer Aniston co-stars as Joanna, Peter's equally disgruntled waitress girlfriend, and Stephen Root steals the show as the red-stapler-hoarding Milton.Office Space R Comedy Release Date February 19, 1999 Where to watch Close WHERE TO WATCH Streaming RENT BUY Cast Stephen Root, Ron Livingston, Gary Cole, John C.McGinley, Jennifer Aniston Runtime 89 minutes Director Mike Judge Writers Mike Judge Budget $10 million Studio(s) 20th Century Distributor(s) 20th Century Powered by Expand Collapse What else is there to watch? We cover all things streaming at How-To Geek, across all the major services—everything from the best thrillers on Paramount+ on Netflix to the best new shows on Hulu and much more.
Check out our streaming section regularly for the latest recommendations.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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