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Paramount+ remains one of our weirdest streaming services, largely just cycling through familiar properties in the Paramount catalogue as it fosters the Taylor Sheridan Empire alongside these beloved movies. Take this month: a collection of new options that includes an Oscar winner, a Spielberg masterpiece, a beloved family classic, and a few more movies you’ve probably seen but might want to again.
Year: 2001
Runtime: 2h 25m
Director: Steven Spielberg
The most famous director of all time picked up the final project of Stanley Kubrick and completed it, resulting in one of the most divisive films of the former’s career. Two decades later, it feels like most people have come around to recognize this as a masterpiece. Based on a 1969 short story, it’s about an android (Haley Joel Osment) and the journey he takes to find himself. It’s really about humanity, and it contains some of Spielberg’s most striking imagery ever. It’s a movie that gets better every time you see it. ➽ Streaming now.
Year: 2000
Runtime: 1h 30m
Director: Christopher Guest
Movies don’t get funnier than Christopher Guest’s brilliant mockumentary about people obsessed with their canine counterparts. Reuniting with most of his favorite colleagues and friends after the success of Waiting for Guffman, Guest and his ensemble dropped what is quite simply one of the best comedies ever made and the standout of his remarkable career. And it will now always be a reminder of Catherine O’Hara’s incredible talent, lost too soon. ➽ Streaming now.
Year: 2017
Runtime: 2h 44m
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Denis Villeneuve did the impossible in 2017: He took one of the most influential films of all time and a made a sequel/reboot that didn’t just feel like fan service. Released 35 years after Ridley Scott’s original, the film stars Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford in a story that really expands the world of Blade Runner more than just updating an ’80s film for a new generation. It’s a smart blockbuster. ➽ Streaming now.
Year: 2019
Runtime: 1h 27m
Director: Alexandre Aja
Alexandre Aja directed this razor-sharp 2019 film about a father and daughter trapped in a basement as floodwaters rise during a hurricane. Oh, and they just happen to be being hunted by alligators. A combination of disaster-flick and monster-flick tropes, Aja’s film is a delight from start to finish. There’s not an ounce of fat on this one. ➽ Streaming now.
Year: 2013
Runtime: 1h 30m
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Alfonso Cuarón’s Oscar winner has rarely been on streaming services, so take this chance to watch this sci-fi masterpiece while you can. Sandra Bullock gives arguably her best performance as an astronaut who gets stranded in space, forced to find her way back to Earth on her own. Yes, it plays best in theaters, but it’s a movie worth watching in whatever manner possible. ➽ Streaming now.
Year: 1993
Runtime: 1h 41m
Director: David Mickey Evans
This family flick made almost no impact when it was released but has since become a sports-movie favorite, earning a spot every time such a list is released. What is it about the story of L.A. kids playing ball in the summer of ’62 that has made it so timeless? We can all see ourselves in one of the kids in The Sandlot, and there’s a sense of revisiting our own childhood in this sweet, funny modern classic. ➽ Streaming now.
Year: 1996
Runtime: 1h 51m
Director: Wes Craven
Well, this is exciting: For what we believe is the first time, fans can watch the entire Scream saga from the 1996 masterful original through the less-than-masterful Scream 7 three decades later on a single streaming service. The first film remains the best, but there’s fun stuff through most of this entire franchise. It’s time for a Ghostface marathon. ➽ Streaming now.
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