Here Are the Best Movies to Stream this Weekend on Paramount+, Including ‘Personal Shopper’

Paramount+ has lined up a mix of fresh arrivals and essential favorites that make weekend picking pleasantly tough. To help you lock in a plan, here’s a hand-picked set of films that just landed recently alongside a few standouts now available to stream, spanning thrillers, sci-fi, crime dramas, and comfort-watch comedies.

This list prioritizes the most recent additions first, followed by notable originals and modern classics with enduring appeal. Each entry includes a quick sense of the story and the people who made it—cast, directors, and key creatives—so you can jump straight to what fits your mood.

‘Drive-Away Dolls’ (2024)

Two friends impulsively take a drive-away car for a road trip and discover a mysterious briefcase in the trunk that puts them on the radar of dangerous pursuers. The story tracks their sprint across state lines as mishaps, mistaken identities, and criminal entanglements pile up around the runaway vehicle.

Ethan Coen directs and co-writes with Tricia Cooke, who also produces. The cast includes Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan as the traveling duo, with Beanie Feldstein, Colman Domingo, Bill Camp, and appearances by Pedro Pascal and Matt Damon rounding out the ensemble.

‘Personal Shopper’ (2016)

A grieving American working as a personal shopper in Paris begins receiving unsettling messages that suggest contact from her deceased twin brother. The plot moves through late-night errands, anonymous texts, and encounters in empty apartments as she tries to parse whether the presence shadowing her is human or something else.

Olivier Assayas writes and directs. Kristen Stewart leads the cast, joined by Lars Eidinger, Sigrid Bouaziz, and Anders Danielsen Lie, with cinematography by Yorick Le Saux and editing by Marion Monnier shaping the film’s restrained, uncanny atmosphere.

‘The Wedding Banquet’ (1993)

A Taiwanese immigrant in New York arranges a marriage of convenience to satisfy his parents, only for the plan to spiral when his family insists on an all-out celebration. The charade draws friends, relatives, and expectations into a single banquet where secrets, loyalties, and cultural pressures collide.

Ang Lee directs and co-writes with Neil Peng and James Schamus. The ensemble features Winston Chao, May Chin, and Mitchell Lichtenstein, with Gua Ah-leh and Sihung Lung as the protagonist’s parents, and a bilingual production that moves between Mandarin and English.

‘Arrival’ (2016)

After twelve extraterrestrial craft appear around the world, a linguist is recruited to decode the visitors’ language before rising tensions trigger a catastrophic response. The narrative centers on translation, time, and cooperation as governments, scientists, and the public respond to the unprecedented contact.

Denis Villeneuve directs from a screenplay by Eric Heisserer, adapted from Ted Chiang’s short story “Story of Your Life.” Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner star, with Forest Whitaker in a key supporting role, and a technical team highlighted by editor Joe Walker and composer Jóhann Jóhannsson.

‘Road to Perdition’ (2002)

When a mob hitman’s family is targeted, he goes on the run with his young son, seeking both protection and payback within a rigid criminal hierarchy. The story follows their flight across the Midwest, the shifting loyalties in the crime syndicate, and the father-son bond forged under threat.

Sam Mendes directs from David Self’s adaptation of the graphic novel by Max Allan Collins and Richard Piers Rayner. Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law, and Daniel Craig lead the cast, with cinematography by Conrad L. Hall and production design by Dennis Gassner defining the period setting.

‘Witness’ (1985)

A young Amish boy becomes the sole witness to a murder, drawing a Philadelphia detective into hiding within the boy’s community to keep him safe. The plot turns on the detective’s attempts to shield the child while uncovering police corruption that reaches beyond the initial crime.

Peter Weir directs from a screenplay by Earl W. Wallace and William Kelley. Harrison Ford and Kelly McGillis star alongside Lukas Haas, with supporting roles by Danny Glover and Josef Sommer. Maurice Jarre provides the score, and John Seale handles cinematography emphasizing rural craft and quiet routines.

‘Galaxy Quest’ (1999)

The cast of a once-popular space-adventure series is mistaken for real interstellar heroes by an alien species in crisis, pushing the actors to fly a functioning replica of their TV starship. As they attempt a rescue mission, the group relearns crew roles, tactics, and teamwork under the pressure of an authentic threat.

Dean Parisot directs from a screenplay by David Howard and Robert Gordon. The ensemble includes Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwell, and Enrico Colantoni, with production design, makeup, and visual effects built to echo and spoof space-opera iconography.

‘Face/Off’ (1997)

An FBI agent undergoes an experimental surgery to assume the face of a terrorist in order to locate a hidden weapon, only for the criminal to awaken and claim the agent’s identity. The setup unleashes mirrored pursuits, family complications, and a chain of escalating confrontations.

John Woo directs, with John Travolta and Nicolas Cage trading roles across the story’s dual identities. The supporting cast features Joan Allen, Alessandro Nivola, and Gina Gershon, and the production showcases Woo’s stylized staging, practical effects, and choreographed gunfights.

‘The Addams Family’ (1991)

A man claiming to be the family’s long-lost Uncle Fester returns to the Addams mansion, where his arrival coincides with a plot to access the clan’s fortune. The story moves through contraptions, séances, and elaborate household rituals as the family tests whether the visitor is who he says he is.

Barry Sonnenfeld directs from a screenplay by Caroline Thompson and Larry Wilson, inspired by Charles Addams’ cartoons. Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, and Christina Ricci lead the cast, with costumes by Ruth Myers and production design by Richard Macdonald establishing the macabre domestic world.

‘Gattaca’ (1997)

In a society organized around genetic profiling, an ambitious man adopts another’s identity to enter a space program that would otherwise exclude him. The plot follows his daily evasions of biometric checks, a security investigation, and the fragile pact that enables his deception.

Andrew Niccol writes and directs. Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, and Jude Law star, supported by Alan Arkin and Loren Dean, with music by Michael Nyman and production design by Jan Roelfs shaping the film’s minimalist, retro-futurist look.

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