Paramount Plus Adds 93 New Movies Today – Here Are the 10 Best

By Phillip Swann
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Paramount Plus today (December 1) has added 93 new movies to its streaming lineup. Here are the 10 best, in my humble opinion:

Boogie Nights (1997)
Director Paul Thomas Anderson’s inventive 1997 take on the 1970s adult cinema industry starring Mark Wahlberg as the cut out for the legendary John Holmes. However, PTA’s film is far more than a chronicle of the SoCal adult film world from decades ago. It’s a thrilling and sometimes tragic look at a collection of lost souls who yearn for acceptance and recognition. whether they are shedding clothes for cash or slinging stereos in the Valley.

No Country for Old Men (2007)
The Coen Brothers’ flawless neo-western stars Josh Brolin as a good old boy who stumbles upon a jackpot of money but is then pursued by a ruthless, coin-flipping killer, played deliciously by Javier Bardem. (And let’s not overlook the commanding performance of Tommy Lee Jones as the weather-beaten sheriff.) Joel and Ethan Coen have conspired to make cinema brilliance over the years with films such as Raising Arizona, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, and Miller’s Crossing. But there may be no better Coen Brothers film than No Country for Old Men. If you haven’t seen it, start streaming.

Malcolm X (1992)
Spike Lee’s evocative 1992 drama starring Denzel Washington as the 1960s civil rights leader is the director at the peak of his powers (Denzel, too.). The film chronicles the amazing life of Malcolm X from his days as a Detroit drug dealer to his transformation as a religious leader and civil rights icon. Beautiful film in more ways than one.

The Matrix (1999)
The Matrix, directed by the Wachowskis, is a groundbreaking sci-fi masterpiece. Keanu Reeves delivers a memorable performance as Neo, a computer hacker who discovers that the world he knows is a simulated reality controlled by sentient machines. The film’s thought-provoking exploration of the blurred lines between reality and illusion, combined with its iconic action sequences and philosophical undertones, make it a timeless classic in the science fiction genre. Often repeated but never superceded, The Matrix has become one of the most influential movies of the last 25 years.

Rosemary’s Baby (1968) 
The spooky 1968 drama from Polanski stars Mia Farrow as a pregnant young woman who suspects a mysterious group wants to kidnap her baby. Farrow is brilliant and haunting as the paranoid (or is she?) mother and film auteur John Cassavetes plays her loving (but possibly suspicious) hubbie to perfection. Made before the horrific Manson family murders, the film now takes on overtones of the massacre that took Polanski’s wife (Sharon Tate) in 1969, a parallel that has haunted the director throughout his life. The connection only makes the film more powerful and poignant in retrospect.

Hell Or High Water (2016)
Written by Taylor Sheridan (Yellowstone) and directed by David Mackenzie, this neo noir Western stars Chris Pine and Ben Foster as two bank robbing brothers in modern day Texas who are pursued by two Texas Rangers (Jeff Bridges and Gil Birmingham). The film is basically Michael Mann’s Heat set in the dusty plains of the New West and that’s a good thing. Hell or High Water offers a fascinating portrait of the meticulous methods of the good guys and bad and Pine and Bridges are fantastic in the Pacino/De Niro roles. A real hidden gem here.

The Exorcist (1973)
The horror film stars Linda Blair as a movie star’s daughter whose body is taken over by the Devil himself. (Or herself. Veteran actress Mercedes McCambridge did the voice of Satan). Directed by the recently departed William Friedkin, The Exorcist scared the bejesus out of moviegoers in the 70s and it still holds up today as a great film.

LA Confidential (1997)
The 1997 Curtis Hanson-directed neo-noir drama about corrupt cops in the City of Angels in the 1950s is the best of pulp fiction on screen. Rapier dialogue, over-the-top action, stylish cinematography and juicy performances from Russell Crowe, Guy Pierce, Kevin Spacey and Kim Basinger, among many, many others. It’s based on the James Ellroy novel. (Although Ellroy didn’t like the film; he’s wrong. It’s great.)

Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)
The film, which is based on a real-life story, stars LaKeith Stanfield as Bill O’Neal, an FBI informant who infiltrates the Black Panthers during the 1960s to get incriminatory evidence against its leaders. However, O’Neal soon regrets his mission when his work triggers a controversial homicide of the group’s leader, Fred Hampton, played exceptionally by Daniel Kaluuya.

Heaven Can Wait (1978)
Heaven Can Wait, the 1978 comedy tour de force from Warren Beatty who (co-directs with Buck Henry) and stars as a NFL quarterback who gets a second chance at life after mistakenly summoned to the after life.

Complete List of New Movies Added Today to Paramount Plus

• 45 Years
  A Christmas Carol
• A.I. Artificial Intelligence
• Annie*
• Arthur Christmas
• Bad Moms*
• Baywatch
• Bebe’s Kids
• Blade Runner 2049
• Boogie Nights
• Born on the Fourth of July
• Burn After Reading
• Charlotte’s Web
• Chicago
• Chocolate City*
• Christmas Cupid
• Cliffhanger
• Cocktail
• Coneheads
• Contagion
• Critical Condition
• Crocodile Dundee
• Crocodile Dundee II
• Cujo*
• Deck The Halls
• Detained
• Disturbia
• Down to Earth
• Edward Scissorhands
• Fear
• Fist Fight
• Free Willy
• Full Metal Jacket
• Get Rich or Die Tryin’
• Heaven Can Wait*
• Hell or High Water
• Her
• Hustle & Flow
• John Grisham’s The Rainmaker
• Judas and the Black Messiah
• Julie & Julia
• King Richard
• L.A. Confidential
• Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Life
• Love, Rosie
• Major League
• Malcolm X
• Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas To All!
• Miracle on 34th Street
• Mirror Mirror
• Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
• Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult*
• Nancy Drew
• No Country for Old Men
• Point Break
• Primal Fear
• Rings*
• Risky Business
• Rosemary’s Baby*
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles*
• The Back-up Plan
• The Cider House Rules
• The Exorcist
• The Good Liar
• The Iron Giant
• The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain
• The Lovely Bones
• The Matrix
• The Monster Squad*
• The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear*
• The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!*
• The Outsiders
• The Perfect Holiday
• The Queen
• The Secret Garden
• The Uninvited*
• Think Like a Man
• Think Like a Man Too
• This Is Where I Leave You
• Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale
• Tom and Jerry: Santa’s Little Helpers
• Trading Places
• Unaccompanied Minors
• Wayne’s World 2*
• What Men Want
• What Remains
• What Remains*
• Wild Things
• Winter’s Bone*
• World Trade Center
  Zodiac

* Denotes you need a Paramount with Showtime plan.

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