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10 Top Movies on Paramount+ Right Now (& Three of Them Star Tom Cruise)

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There's no streaming service quite like Paramount+ (formerly known as CBS All Access). Aside from offering a wealth of CBS programs and childhood classics, the streaming service also boasts original titles like Star Trek: Discovery and Yellowtone's popular spinoff, 1923. Even better, subscribers can enjoy their impressive line-up of popular films, which is why we're highlighting 10 of the top movies on Paramount+ right now (which also happen to be 10 of the best movies on Paramount+), according to the streaming service.

The streaming platform, which has plans as low as $6 a month after a one-week trial, is often sidelined compared to popular streaming giants like Netflix and Apple TV+. But guys, one look at their growing collection will make you think twice about dismissing the service. From The Thundermans Return to Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, keep scrolling for 10 of the most popular films on Paramount+ (in no particular order), plus our pick of the week.

Editor’s Pick of the Week: Jerry & Marge Go Large (2022)

  • Cast: Bryan Cranston, Annette Bening
  • Run Time: 97 minutes
  • Genre: Comedy Drama

Based on Jason Fagone's 2018 Huffington Post article, the film tells the fascinating true story of Jerry and Marge Selbee, a married couple who wins the lottery after finding a flaw in the system. Instead of using their winnings for personal gain, however, they decide to revive their small town, from reopening new businesses to creating new investment opportunities. Both Cranston and Bening deliver stellar performances in this feel-good film, which includes positive messages about giving to those in need.

1. Mean Girls (2004)

  • Cast: Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Lacey Chabert, Amanda Seyfried
  • Run Time: 97 minutes
  • Genre: Comedy

After moving from Africa to Illinois with her family, Cady starts to attend North Shore High—a place dominated by a clique known as the Plastics. With the help of her new outcast friends, she infiltrates the group and plots to take their leader, Regina, down. But things don't go according to plan. (So not fetch!)

Tina Fey's beloved classic is based on the 2002 book Queen Bees and Wannabes by Rosalind Wiseman. It garnered positive reviews and spawned multiple adaptations, including the 2024 remake (also available on Paramount+).

2. Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning Part 1 (2023)

  • Cast: Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg
  • Run Time: 163 minutes
  • Genre: Action

IMF agent Ethan Hunt and his team embark on yet another intense and deadly mission in the seventh installment of this spy action franchise. Only this time, they race to track down a lethal weapon before it falls into the wrong hands and ultimately destroys all of humanity.

In 2023, the Christopher McQuarrie film received Oscar nominations for Best Sound and Best Visual Effects, making this the first Mission: Impossible movie to be nominated for an Academy Award.

3. The Thundermans Return (2024)

  • Cast: Kira Kosarin, Jack Griffo, Addison Riecke, Diego Velazquez
  • Run Time: 70 minutes
  • Genre: Action

After a costly mistake strips them of their superpowers, twins Phoebe and Max are forced to leave their superhero lifestyle and return home to Hiddenville. As they try to regain their superhero status, their younger siblings, Billy and Nora, finally start high school.

The movie was directed by Trevor Kirschner and released as a follow-up reunion to Nickelodeon's popular series, The Thundermans.

4. Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)

  • Cast: Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders, Patrick Heusinger
  • Run Time: 118 minutes
  • Genre: Action

When Jack Reacher discovers that Major Susan Turner is being framed for treason and targeted by assassins, he rescues her and they both go on the run. Soon, they realize it's part of a major conspiracy that involves the military, and they must work together to take down a powerful organization. Fans can expect plenty of witty dialogue and, per usual, phenomenal action sequences.

5. Clueless (1995)

  • Cast: Alicia Silverstone Stacey Dash, Brittany Murphy, Paul Rudd
  • Run Time: 97 minutes
  • Genre: Comedy

Arguably the most quotable teen comedy of the '90s (“As if!”), Clueless follows Cher Horowitz, a popular high school student who takes it upon herself to give the "tragically unhip" new girl, Tai, a makeover. Her kind gesture backfires, however, when Tai’s transformation makes her the most popular girl in school. Watch for Cher's epic fashion looks and this rousing monologue.

6. Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

  • Cast: Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell
  • Run Time: 130 minutes
  • Genre: Action

With 30 years of experience as a naval aviator, Maverick is tasked with leading Top Gun's most promising young pilots on a high-stakes mission while confronting his complicated past. 

Top Gun: Maverick was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and won for Best Sound. It also grossed a whopping $1.5 billion worldwide, making it the second-highest-grossing film of 2022.

7. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)

  • Cast: Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback, Ron Perlman, Peter Dinklage
  • Run Time: 127 minutes
  • Genre: Action

In Rise of the Beasts, a powerful new faction of Transformers, known as the Maximals, team up with the Autobots to save mankind from a dangerous threat that could destroy the planet.

The film, which was directed by Steven Caple Jr., serves as a standalone sequel to Bumblebee and a prequel to the original Transformers film. The star-studded voice cast includes Peter Dinklage, Michelle Yeoh, Pete Davidson and Colman Domingo.

8. Finestkind (2023)

  • Cast: Ben Foster, Toby Wallace, Jenna Ortega, Tommy Lee Jones
  • Run Time: 126
  • Genre: Thriller

Finestkind follows a college grad named Charlie, who visits his fisherman half-brother, Tom, in New Bedford one summer. Their reunion, however, takes a dark turn when their growing debt forces them to strike a deal with a crime gang.

The gritty crime thriller features a surprising twist and tackles themes like family, loyalty and greed.

9. Scream VI (2023)

  • Cast: Melissa Barrera, Kyle Gallner, Mason Gooding, Jenna Ortega
  • Run Time: 122 minutes
  • Genre: Horror

Set 25 years after a string of murders occurred in Woodsboro, this sequel follows four survivors as they head to New York to get a fresh start. Unfortunately, the masked killer resurfaces and starts to hunt them down.

Fun fact, the movie became the first installment in the franchise to earn over $100 million at the U.S. box office since Scream 2. (With so many solid performances and genuine scares, this comes as no surprise.)

10. Bumblebee (2018)

  • Cast: Hailee Steinfeld, John Cena, Jorge Lendeborg Jr.
  • Run Time: 113 minures
  • Genre: Action

When 18-year-old Charlie Watson stumbles upon an old yellow Volkswagen Beetle, the last thing she expects is for the vehicle to transform into an Autobot. After naming him "Bumblebee," Charlie learns that the autobot must embark on a mission to save the planet from evil forces.

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