Paramount Plus to Add 81 New Titles This Week – Here Are the 3 Best

By Phillip Swann
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Paramount Plus, the streaming service with plans starting at $7.99 a month, this week (January 26-February 1, 2025) plans to add 81 new TV shows and movies. Here are the three best new additions, in my humble opinion:

American Gigolo (1980)
The 1980 drama from director/writer Paul Schrader stars Richard Gere as a high-class male escort who gets entangled in a murder mystery while serving the wealthy women of Beverly Hills. The film, which features the lush synthesizer music of Giorgio Moroder, and a driving, balls to the wall opening tune from Blondie (Call Me), does more to announce the beginning of the hedonistic 80s than any other piece of art. American Gigolo also made Gere a star and showed the cinema world that Schrader was more than a writer of great films such as Taxi Driver. Debuts Saturday, February 1.

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
Let’s lighten things up a bit. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off has become the American cinema’s best coming-of-age comedy ever thanks to the perfect performance by Matthew Broderick as the wisecracking and charismatic Ferris. The film, which features Ferris playing hooky from school, serves up everything you want from a comedy and more. And let’s not forget the great supporting work from Alan Ruck as Ferris’ put-upon pal. Fun film! Debuts Saturday, February 1.

When Harry Met Sally (1989) 
Okay, director Rob Reiner may have cribbed a bit from Woody Allen’s Annie Hall, but When Harry Met Sally is still a funny and sweet comedy about the frailties and fickleness of falling in love. Billy Crystal (arguably his best role ever) and Meg Ryan are charming and comedic pitch perfect as the leads and Carrie Fisher and Bruno Kirby are a delight in support. Debuts Saturday, February 1.

Complete List of New Titles Coming to Paramount Plus This Week 

Sunday, January 26
Watson**
Who’s Your Caddy?*

Tuesday, January 28
Killshot*
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon*

Wednesday, January 29
The Land*

Friday, January 31
A Murder in the Park*
Good Kill*
Manglehorn*
The D Train*
The Seven Five*

Saturday, February 1
Ride
A Mighty Heart
A Walk on the Moon
Adore
Along Came A Spider

American Gigolo
Attack the Block
Babel
Bebe’s Kids
Birthday Girl

Boys And Girls
Brokeback Mountain
Chocolate City
Cinema Paradiso
Come Away

Critical Condition
Dangerous Beauty
Doubt
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Geostorm

Hooking Up
I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell *
In & Out
Into The Wild
Jersey Girl

Juice
Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.
Like Water for Chocolate
Losing Isaiah
Mansfield Park

Marvin’s Room
Men, Women & Children
Menace II Society
Muriel’s Wedding
My Best Friend’s Wedding

My Boss’s Daughter
O (Othello)
Old School
Pretty In Pink
Road to Perdition

Roman Holiday
Saturday Night Fever
Serendipity
Shakespeare in Love
Shall We Dance?

Shooter
Suffragette
Terms of Endearment
The Babysitter
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

The Color Purple
The Evening Star
The Firm
The Hunt for Red October
The Love Guru

The Love Letter
The Mask
The Pursuit of Happyness
The Smurfs
The Smurfs 2

The Stepford Wives
The To Do List
The Wood
Transformers
Vampire in Brooklyn

What Lies Beneath
What Women Want
When Harry Met Sally
Win A Date With Tad Hamilton!
World War Z
Wuthering Heights (2003)

* Requires a  Paramount Plus with Showtime plan.
** Available on live CBS feed on Paramount Plus with Showtime plan.

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