Paramount+’s top 10 movies everyone’s talking about
These are the most popular movies on Paramount+ right now. Here’s what everyone’s watching and which ones are actually worth your time.
#1 Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
- Release Date: July 8, 2023
- Rating: 7.5/10
- Genres: Action, Adventure, Thriller
- Starring: Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames
Ethan Hunt and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the world’s fate at stake and dark forces from Ethan’s past closing in, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan must consider that nothing can matter more than his mission—not even the lives of those he cares about most.
Why it’s popular: Strong ratings of 7.5/10 reflect positive audience reception. Action fans are drawn to its thrilling sequences and high-energy entertainment.
#2 Novocaine
- Release Date: March 12, 2025
- Rating: 6.9/10
- Genres: Action, Comedy, Thriller
- Starring: Jack Quaid, Amber Midthunder, Ray Nicholson
When the girl of his dreams is kidnapped, everyman Nate turns his inability to feel pain into an unexpected strength in his fight to get her back.
Why it’s popular: Action fans are drawn to its thrilling sequences and high-energy entertainment. Positive feedback from hundreds of viewers confirms its entertainment value.
#3 Gladiator II
- Release Date: November 13, 2024
- Rating: 6.7/10
- Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama
- Starring: Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal
Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conquered by the tyrannical Emperors who now lead Rome with an iron fist. With rage in his heart and the future of the Empire at stake, Lucius must look to his past to find strength and honor to return the glory of Rome to its people.
Why it’s popular: Based on thousands of viewer ratings, it has proven its broad appeal.
#4 Top Gun: Maverick
- Release Date: May 21, 2022
- Rating: 8.2/10
- Genres: Action, Drama
- Starring: Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, Miles Teller
After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell finds himself training a detachment of TOP GUN graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen.
Why it’s popular: Action fans are drawn to its thrilling sequences and high-energy entertainment.
#5 Smile 2
- Release Date: October 16, 2024
- Rating: 6.6/10
- Genres: Horror, Mystery
- Starring: Naomi Scott, Rosemarie DeWitt, Lukas Gage
About to embark on a new world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to face her dark past to regain control of her life before it spirals out of control.
Why it’s popular: Strong viewer engagement and positive word-of-mouth have propelled this movie into the top tier.
#6 Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
- Release Date: June 6, 2023
- Rating: 7.2/10
- Genres: Science Fiction, Adventure, Action
- Starring: Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback, Peter Cullen
When a new threat capable of destroying the entire planet emerges, Optimus Prime and the Autobots must team up with a powerful faction known as the Maximals. With the fate of humanity hanging in the balance, humans Noah and Elena will do whatever it takes to help the Transformers as they engage in the ultimate battle to save Earth.
Why it’s popular: Strong viewer engagement and positive word-of-mouth have propelled this movie into the top tier. Based on thousands of viewer ratings, it has proven its broad appeal.
#7 A Quiet Place: Day One
- Release Date: June 26, 2024
- Rating: 6.7/10
- Genres: Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Starring: Lupita Nyong’o, Joseph Quinn, Alex Wolff
As New York City is invaded by alien creatures who hunt by sound, a woman named Sam fights to survive with her cat.
Why it’s popular: Horror enthusiasts can’t get enough of its spine-chilling moments and suspenseful atmosphere.
#8 Smile
- Release Date: September 23, 2022
- Rating: 6.7/10
- Genres: Horror, Mystery
- Starring: Sosie Bacon, Kyle Gallner, Jessie T. Usher
After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can’t explain.
Why it’s popular: Based on thousands of viewer ratings, it has proven its broad appeal.
#9 Babylon
- Release Date: December 22, 2022
- Rating: 7.4/10
- Genres: Drama, Comedy
- Starring: Diego Calva, Margot Robbie, Brad Pitt
A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, tracing the rise and fall of multiple characters in an era of unbridled decadence and depravity during Hollywood’s transition from silent films to sound films in the late 1920s.
Why it’s popular: Strong ratings of 7.4/10 reflect positive audience reception.
#10 Better Man
- Release Date: December 6, 2024
- Rating: 7.8/10
- Genres: Music, Drama
- Starring: Robbie Williams, Jonno Davies, Steve Pemberton
Follow Robbie Williams’ journey from childhood, to being the youngest member of chart-topping boyband Take That, through to his unparalleled achievements as a record-breaking solo artist – all the while confronting the challenges that stratospheric fame and success can bring.
Why it’s popular: Strong ratings of 7.8/10 reflect positive audience reception.
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