Movies By highest critic rating on Paramount+

Meet John Doe (1941)

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Gone: RT: 91/83 IMDB: 7.6 Revenue: 2.0M chan: Paramount+
Directors: Frank Capra Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Stars: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward Arnold
Meet John Doe is a true classic and one of Gary Cooper's finest films. A man needing money agrees to impersonate a nonexistent person who said he'd be committing suicide as a protest, and a political movement begins.

Faults (2015)

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Gone: RT: 91/68 IMDB: 6.7 chan: Paramount+
Directors: Riley Stearns Genres: Thriller, Drama
Stars: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Leland Orser, Lance Reddick
The parents of a young girl hire an expert to help her escape the clutches of an evil and dangerous cult but soon find out their mystical powers maybe greater than anyone imagined.

The Comedy Of Terrors (1964)

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Gone: RT: 91/70 IMDB: 6.7 chan: Paramount+
Directors: Jacques Tourneur Genres: Comedy, Horror
Stars: Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff
Vincent Price stars as Waldo Trumbull, a lazy New England funeral parlor owner, who blackmails Peter Lorre into helping him increase business by killing people. Price meets resistance from his landlord, wife and senile old father-in-law.

Murder on the Orient Express (1974)

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Gone: RT: 90/78 IMDB: 7.3 Revenue: 35.7M Budget: 1.4M chan: Paramount+
Directors: Sidney Lumet Genres: Drama, Thriller, Mystery
Stars: Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam
Famous detective Hercule Poirot is on the Orient Express, but the train is caught in the snow. When one of the passengers is discovered murdered, Poirot immediately starts investigating.

Bumblebee (2018)

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Gone: RT: 90/74 IMDB: 6.7 Revenue: 468.0M Budget: 135.0M chan: Paramount+
Directors: Travis Knight Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Stars: Hailee Steinfeld, Jorge Lendeborg Jr.
Charlie, on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken. When Charlie revives him, she quickly learns this is no ordinary, yellow VW bug.

What Still Remains (2018)

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Gone: RT: 90/48 IMDB: 4.7 chan: Paramount+
Directors: Josh Mendoza Genres: Thriller, Drama
Stars: Lulu Antariksa, Colin O'Donoghue, Dohn Norwood
After the loss of her family, a young woman struggles to survive in a world long destroyed by disease.

Waiting for 'Superman' (2010)

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Gone: RT: 90/84 IMDB: 7.5 chan: Paramount+
Directors: Davis Guggenheim Genres: Documentary
Stars: Geoffrey Canada, Michelle Rhee, Bill Strickland
The lives of five Harlem and Bronx families in the high stakes lottery for access to New York City's best charter schools.

College (1927)

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Gone: RT: 90/72 IMDB: 7.0 chan: Paramount+
Directors: James W. Horne Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Stars: Buster Keaton, Anne Cornwall
To reconcile with his girlfriend, a bookish college student tries to become an athlete.

THE MARK OF ZORRO (1920)

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Gone: RT: 90/71 IMDB: 7.1 chan: Paramount+
Directors: Fred Niblo Genres: Western, Adventure, Drama, Action, Romance
Stars: Marguerite De La Motte, Robert McKim, Douglas Fairbanks
In old Spanish California, the oppressive colonial government is opposed by Zorro, masked champion of the people, who appears out of nowhere with flashing sword and an athletic sense of humor, scarring the faces of evildoers with his Mark.

The (1925) Phantom of the Opera (1925)

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Gone: RT: 90/84 IMDB: 7.6 chan: Paramount+
Directors: Rupert Julian Genres: Drama, Horror
Stars: Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry, Arthur Edmund Carewe
A mad, disfigured composer seeks love with a lovely young opera singer.

Pocket Money (1976)

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Gone: RT: 90/86 IMDB: 7.7 chan: Paramount+
Directors: Francois Truffaut Genres: Comedy, Drama
Stars:
In the town of Thiers, summer of 1976, teachers and parents give their children skills, love, and attention.

Inspector General, The (1949)

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Gone: RT: 90/80 IMDB: 6.8 chan: Paramount+
Directors: Henry Koster Genres: Comedy, Music, Romance
Stars: Danny Kaye, Walter Slezak, Barbara Bates
A down and out is mistaken for the Inspector General when they believe he is traveling incognito. They worry that he might stumble onto their petty crimes and they plan to get rid of him.

Crocodile Dundee (1986)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 89/59 IMDB: 6.6 Revenue: 328.2M Budget: 5.0M chan: Paramount+
Directors: Peter Faiman Genres: Adventure, Comedy
Stars: Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, John Meillon
Michael J. “Crocodile” Dundee is a free-spirited Australian who hunts crocodiles with his bare hands, stares down giant water buffaloes, and drinks mere mortals under the table.

Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)

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Gone: RT: 89/91 IMDB: 7.6 Revenue: 9.5M Budget: 2.5M chan: Paramount+
Directors: Blake Edwards Genres: Comedy, Romance
Stars: Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal
Holly is a deliciously eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. George Peppard plays her next-door neighbour, a writer who is “sponsored” by a wealthy Patricia Neal. Guessing who’s the right man for Holly is easy.

Black Bear (2020)

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Gone: RT: 89/59 IMDB: 6.6 chan: Paramount+
Directors: Lawrence Michael Levine Genres: Drama, Comedy, Thriller
Stars: Aubrey Plaza, Christopher Abbott, Sarah Gadon
At a lake house, a filmmaker plays a calculated game of desire and jealousy in the pursuit of a work of art that blurs the boundaries between autobiography and invention.

Clerks (1994)

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Gone: RT: 89/89 IMDB: 7.7 Revenue: 3.2M Budget: 0.0M chan: Paramount+
Directors: Smith,Kevin Genres: Comedy
Stars: Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Marilyn Ghigliotti
A 22-year-old clerk takes in a day's worth of customers at a convenience store in New Jersey.

True Grit (1969)

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Gone: RT: 89/84 IMDB: 7.4 Revenue: 31.1M chan: Paramount+
Directors: Henry Hathaway Genres: Western
Stars:
The cantankerous U.S. Marshall Rooster Cogburn is hired by a headstrong young girl to find the man who murdered her father and fled with the family savings.

Ordinary People (1980)

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Gone: RT: 89/88 IMDB: 7.7 Revenue: 54.8M Budget: 6.0M chan: Paramount+
Directors: Robert Redford Genres: Drama
Stars: Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch
The accidental death of an affluent family's older son deeply strains the relationships among the bitter mother, the good-natured father, and the guilt-ridden younger son.

Mean Creek (2004)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 89/82 IMDB: 7.2 Revenue: 0.6M Budget: 0.5M chan: Paramount+
Directors: Jacob Aaron Estes Genres: Crime, Drama
Stars: Rory Culkin, Ryan Kelley, Scott Mechlowicz
Sam can’t seem to forget the day he was beaten at school by the class bully, George. His teenage brother Rocky won’t let him forget, either. Together with his friends, Rocky plans a little harmless revenge and a lesson in humility.

Bring Your Own Brigade (2021)

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Gone: RT: 89/100 IMDB: 7.4 chan: Paramount+
Directors: Lucy Walker Genres: Documentary
Stars:
Oscar-nominated filmmaker Lucy Walker's documentary captures the horror and heroism of the deadliest week of wildfires in California history and explores the causes of a global crisis that is quite literally burning our world to the ground.

Maniac (1934)

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Gone: RT: 89/31 IMDB: 3.7 chan: Paramount+
Directors: Dwain Esper Genres: Horror
Stars:
A former vaudevillian gifted at impersonation assists a mad scientist in reanimating corpses and soon goes mad himself.

Last Cab to Darwin (2015)

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Gone: RT: 89/80 IMDB: 7.2 chan: Paramount+
Directors: Jeremy Sims Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Stars: Michael Caton, Ningali Lawford
Rex is a cab driver who has never left the mining town of Broken Hill in his life. When he discovers he doesn't have long to live, he decides to drive through the heart of the country to Darwin, where he's heard he will be able to die on his own terms.

Stella Maris (1918)

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Gone: RT: 89/81 IMDB: 6.8 Revenue: 2.4M chan: Paramount+
Directors: Marshall Neilan Genres: Drama
Stars: Mary Pickford, Ida Waterman
Stella Maris is a beautiful, crippled girl, who is cared for by a rich family. They shield her from the harsh realities of the world, so that she has no idea of the cruel things that some people do.

Park Row (1952)

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Gone: RT: 89/84 IMDB: 7.2 chan: Paramount+
Directors: Samuel Fuller Genres: Drama, Thriller
Stars:
Director Sam Fuller, who once worked in tabloid journalism, breathes real life into this drama about a man trying to start an opposition paper.

Annihilation (2018)

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Gone: RT: 88/66 IMDB: 6.8 Revenue: 43.1M Budget: 40.0M chan: Paramount+
Directors: Alex Garland Genres: Science Fiction, Horror
Stars: Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez
A biologist and former solider (Natalie Portman) must lead a mission into a mysterious quarantine zone known as The Shimmer, a beautiful but deadly world of mutated landscapes and creatures that threatens all life on Earth. Also starring Oscar Isaac.

Hondo (1953)

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Gone: RT: 88/74 IMDB: 7.1 chan: Paramount+
Directors: John Farrow Genres: Western
Stars: John Wayne, Geraldine Page, Ward Bond
An army scout must defend a widow and her son on their isolated homestead when the Apache Nation goes to war when their treaty is broken by the US Government.

Roxanne (1987)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 88/63 IMDB: 6.6 Revenue: 40.1M Budget: 12.0M chan: Paramount+
Directors: Fred Schepisi Genres: Comedy, Romance
Stars: Steve Martin, Daryl Hannah, Shelley Duvall
Inspired by Cyrano de Bergerac, the comic story of a man with the heart of a great lover, the soul of a poet, and the nose for trouble.

The War of the Worlds (1953)

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Gone: RT: 88/71 IMDB: 7.1 Budget: 2.0M chan: Paramount+
Directors: Byron Haskin Genres: Science Fiction, Action
Stars: Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne
Gene Barry and Ann Robinson are among the humans intrigued when a meteor-like object crashes to Earth … but its occupants are definitely not friendly.

Three Days of the Condor (1975)

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Gone: RT: 88/83 IMDB: 7.4 Revenue: 41.5M Budget: 7.8M chan: Paramount+
Directors: Sydney Pollack Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Adventure
Stars: Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson
An innocent researcher for a branch of the CIA finds himself marked for death by killers employed by CIA agents.

The Naked Gun: From the Files (1988)

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Gone: RT: 88/84 IMDB: 7.6 Revenue: 78.8M Budget: 12.0M chan: Paramount+
Directors: David Zucker Genres: Comedy, Crime
Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, O.J. Simpson
Leslie Nielsen stars as Police Squad's own granite-jawed, rockbrained cop Frank Drebin, who bumbles across a mind control scheme to assassinate Queen Elizabeth.

Internal Affairs (1990)

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Gone: RT: 88/59 IMDB: 6.5 Revenue: 27.7M Budget: 15.0M chan: Paramount+
Directors: Mike Figgis Genres: Crime, Drama
Stars: Richard Gere, Andy Garcia
LAPD Officer Dennis Peck is a divisive figure, with a slew of loyal followers despite his disreputable behavior. Suspicious of his actions, Internal Affairs officers Raymond Avila and Amy Wallace begin to investigate a possible web of corruption.

Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)

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Gone: RT: 88/68 IMDB: 6.8 Revenue: 48.9M Budget: 29.0M chan: Paramount+
Directors: Stephen Frears Genres: Comedy, Drama
Stars: Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant
Meryl Streep delivers a "hilarious and touching" performance as a New York socialite who dreams of becoming a great opera singer. While the voice she hears in her head is beautiful, to everyone else it's awful.

The Little Princess (1939)

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Gone: RT: 88/80 IMDB: 7.2 chan: Paramount+
Directors: Walter Lang Genres: Drama, Comedy, Family
Stars: Richard Green, Shirley Temple
Shirley Temple plays Sara Crewe, the privileged daughter of Captain Reginald Crewe. When the Captain leaves to fight in Africa, Sara is enrolled into an all-girls school in London. All is well until he is reported dead, but Sara thinks he's still alive.

Mommy (2014)

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Gone: RT: 88/89 IMDB: 8.1 Revenue: 3.5M Budget: 4.9M chan: Paramount+
Directors: Xavier Dolan Genres: Drama
Stars: Viviane Pascal, Anne Dorval, Antoine Olivier Pilon
A film of suffocating power and surprising warmth" (TIME) about a widow who is overwhelmed with raising her ADHD son, until she meets a neighbor who gives her renewed hope.

Eames: The Architect and The Painter (2011)

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Gone: RT: 88/81 IMDB: 7.2 chan: Paramount+
Directors: Jason Cohn, Bill Jersey Genres: Documentary
Stars: Charles Eames, Ray Eames, James Franco
The husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames are regarded as America's most important designers. Perhaps best remembered for their mid-century plywood and fiberglass furniture, their influence on events in American life has been less understood.

Soldier's Girl (2002)

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Gone: RT: 88/87 IMDB: 7.8 chan: Paramount+
Directors: Frank Pierson Genres: TV Movie, Drama, Romance, Crime
Stars: Troy Garity, Lee Pace
When Barry Winchell is assigned to the Airborne Infantry in Kentucky, he's thrown into a world of aggression and macho ethics. Then he falls in love with a local trans-gendered performer inciting anger and violence among his bigoted fellow recruits.

D.O.A. (1950)

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Gone: RT: 88/75 IMDB: 7.3 chan: Paramount+
Directors: Rudolph Maté Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Pamela Britton
A man is told he has only a week to live after doctors found he is suffering from a deadly luminous toxin with no antidote. Thus begins his quest to find who poisoned him.

Newly Single (2018)

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Gone: RT: 88/84 IMDB: 5.1 chan: Paramount+
Directors: Adam Christian Clark Genres: Comedy, Drama
Stars: Adam Christian Clark, Jennifer Kim, Molly C. Quinn
Astor William Stevenson is on the verge of a big step in his career, but when his girlfriend leaves him, insecurities boil to the surface and he transforms into a wrecking ball on a stream of darkly comedic dates and misguided romantic pursuits.

X: The Man with X-Ray Eyes (1963)

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Gone: RT: 88/66 IMDB: 6.6 Budget: 0.2M chan: Paramount+
Directors: Roger Corman Genres: Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
Stars:
Involved in research seeking to increase the power of the human eye, a scientist decides to test a new serum on his own eyes which would allow him to see with X-ray vision. He lives to regret it...

Orphans of the Storm (1921)

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Gone: RT: 88/71 IMDB: 7.3 chan: Paramount+
Directors: D.W. Griffith Genres: Drama, History, Romance
Stars: Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish
Two orphaned sisters are caught up in the turmoil of the French Revolution, encountering misery and love along the way.

Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936)

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Gone: RT: 88/74 IMDB: 7.3 chan: Paramount+
Directors: John Cromwell Genres: Drama, Family
Stars:
An American boy turns out to be the long-lost heir of a British fortune. He is sent to live with the cold and unsentimental lord who oversees the trust.

Off and Running (2009)

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Gone: RT: 88/73 IMDB: 6.2 chan: Paramount+
Directors: Nicole Opper Genres: Documentary
Stars: Travis Cloud, Tova Klein, Avery Klein-Cloud
With white Jewish lesbians for parents and two adopted brothers, Brooklyn teen Avery grew up in a unique household. But Avery's curiosity about her roots compels her to contact her birth mother, thrusting her into an exploration of race and identity.

The Shootist (1976)

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Gone: RT: 87/88 IMDB: 7.6 Revenue: 8.1M chan: Paramount+
Directors: Don Siegel Genres: Western, Drama
Stars: Hugh O'Brian, Harry Morgan, John Wayne
A seasoned outlaw with only a few months to live sets out to settle old scores but instead along the way meets a feisty widow and her son who idolizes the dying gunslinger.

The Warriors (1979)

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Gone: RT: 87/88 IMDB: 7.6 Revenue: 22.5M Budget: 4.0M chan: Paramount+
Directors: Walter Hill Genres: Action, Thriller
Stars:
A street gang is blamed unfairly for a rival gang leader's death and must fight its way home to Coney Island from the Bronx.

A Birder's Guide To Everything (2013)

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Gone: RT: 87/67 IMDB: 6.3 chan: Paramount+
Directors: Rob Meyer Genres: Comedy
Stars: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Ben Kingsley
A fifteen-year-old birding fanatic, thinks that he's made the discovery of a lifetime, when he escapes on an epic road trip with his best friends to solidify their place in birding history.

The Shout (1978)

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Gone: RT: 87/68 IMDB: 6.7 chan: Paramount+
Directors: Jerzy Skolimowski Genres: Horror, Drama
Stars: Alan Bates, Tim Curry
A strange, and possibly crazy man, who claims he can kill by shouting like the old Aborigines, enters the life of a young married couple.

The Front Page (1931)

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Gone: RT: 87/62 IMDB: 6.7 chan: Paramount+
Directors: Lewis Milestone Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Stars: Adolphe Menjou, Pat O'Brien, Mary Brian
Hildy Johnson, newspaper reporter, is engaged to Peggy Grant and planning to move to New York for a higher paying advertising job. The court press room is full of lame reporters who invent stories as much as write them.

Low Low (2019)

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Gone: RT: 86 IMDB: 4.8 chan: Paramount+
Directors: Nick Richey Genres: Drama
Stars: Ali Richey, Alexis Raich, Kacie Rogers
On their last day of summer, four high-school girls confront sex, violence and their uncertain future as they struggle to reconcile a rebellious youth with impending adulthood.

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

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Gone: RT: 86/90 IMDB: 7.7 Revenue: 96.8M Budget: 12.0M chan: Paramount+
Directors: Nicholas Meyer Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley
Admiral James T. Kirk is still in charge of a space fleet, but from behind a desk. Dr. McCoy and Mr. Spock convince him to take on a mission with the mysterious Khan.

Caught Inside (2010)

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Gone: RT: 86/36 IMDB: 5.3 chan: Paramount+
Directors: Adam Blaiklock Genres: Thriller
Stars: Ben Oxenbould, Daisy Betts, Sam Lyndon
Tensions build when a group of surfers set sail for a remote spot off the Australian coast and eventually erupt into terror when one member attacks the crew and takes control of the boat.