Paramount Plus to Add 96 New Titles This Week – Here Are the 3 Most Interesting

By Phillip Swann
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Paramount Plus this week (December 1-7, 2024) plans to add 96 new TV shows and movies to its streaming lineup. Here are the three most interesting, in my humble opinion:

Smile 2 (2024)
The sequel to the 2022 horror hit, Smile, stars Naomi Scott as a pop star who falls victim to the ‘smile curse’ when she purchases a drug illegally. She’s soon overcome with death connotations and strange people wearing very weird smiles. I haven’t seen Smile 2 yet, but thought the first film, which starred Sosie Bacon, was terrific with plenty of jump scares and fun subplots. Rotten Tomatoes is giving Smile 2 a score of 86 so it looks like this is a winner, too. (And that makes me smile.) Debuts Tuesday, December 3.

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. Debuts Sunday, December 1.

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. Debuts Sunday, December 1

Complete List of New Titles Coming to Paramount Plus This Week

Sunday, December 1
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

Tuesday, December 3
Smile 2 (2024)

Wednesday, December 4
Peppa Pig: Winter Wonderland
Teen Mom Family Reunion (Season 3)

Friday, December 6
Extreme Movie*

* Denotes you need a Paramount with Showtime plan.

The TV Answer Man is veteran journalist Phillip Swann who has covered television for more than three decades. He will report on the latest news and answer your questions regarding new devices and services that are changing the way you watch television. See the bio for Phillip Swann here.