Best Drama Movies on Paramount Plus Essential in the US

1. 1
   The Godfather 1972

   Directed by Francis Ford Coppola · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   8.7

   8.7 · 24K votes
2. 2
   The Godfather Part II 1974

   Directed by Francis Ford Coppola · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   8.6

   8.6 · 15K votes
3. 3
   Interstellar 2014

   Directed by Christopher Nolan · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   8.5

   8.5 · 42K votes
4. 4
   Parasite 2019

   Directed by Bong Joon Ho · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   8.5

   8.5 · 22K votes
5. 5
   Forrest Gump 1994

   Directed by Robert Zemeckis · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   8.5

   8.5 · 31K votes
6. 6
   Life Is Beautiful 1997

   Directed by Roberto Benigni · Streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Paramount Plus Premium
   8.4

   8.4 · 14K votes
7. 7
   Saving Private Ryan 1998

   Directed by Steven Spielberg · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Peacock Premium
   8.2

   8.2 · 18K votes
8. 8
   Gladiator 2000

   Directed by Ridley Scott · Streaming on Netflix, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   8.2

   8.2 · 22K votes
9. 9
   Shutter Island 2010

   Directed by Martin Scorsese · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   8.2

   8.2 · 27K votes
10. 10
    Good Will Hunting 1997

    Directed by Gus Van Sant · Streaming on Apple TV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    8.2

    8.2 · 14K votes
11. 11
    Top Gun: Maverick 2022

    Directed by Joseph Kosinski · Streaming on Netflix, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    8.1

    8.2 · 12K votes
12. 12
    There Will Be Blood 2007

    Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+
    8.0

    8.1 · 7.8K votes
13. 13
    The Wolf of Wall Street 2013

    Directed by Martin Scorsese · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    8.0

    8.0 · 27K votes
14. 14
    Catch Me If You Can 2002

    Directed by Steven Spielberg · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Peacock Premium
    8.0

    8.0 · 18K votes
15. 15
    Million Dollar Baby 2004

    Directed by Clint Eastwood · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.9

    8.0 · 11K votes
16. 16
    Braveheart 1995

    Directed by Mel Gibson · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    7.9

    7.9 · 12K votes
17. 17
    Titanic 1997

    Directed by James Cameron · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    7.9

    7.9 · 28K votes
18. 18
    Rocky 1976

    Directed by John G. Avildsen · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.8

    7.8 · 9K votes
19. 19
    Rosemary's Baby 1968

    Directed by Roman Polanski · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.8

    7.8 · 4.6K votes
20. 20
    The Ten Commandments 1956

    Directed by Cecil B. DeMille · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    7.7

    7.8 · 1.9K votes
21. 21
    Arrival 2016

    Directed by Denis Villeneuve · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Peacock Premium
    7.6

    7.6 · 20K votes
22. 22
    Primal Fear 1996

    Directed by Gregory Hoblit · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.6

    7.7 · 4.2K votes
23. 23
    Blade Runner 2049 2017

    Directed by Denis Villeneuve · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium
    7.6

    7.6 · 16K votes
24. 24
    Better Man 2024

    Directed by Michael Gracey · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+
    7.5

    7.6 · 956 votes
25. 25
    Almost Famous 2000

    Directed by Cameron Crowe · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.5

    7.5 · 3.3K votes
26. 26
    Escape from Alcatraz 1979

    Directed by Don Siegel · Streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Paramount Plus Premium
    7.5

    7.5 · 3.3K votes
27. 27
    My Cousin Vinny 1992

    Directed by Jonathan Lynn · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.4

    7.5 · 2K votes
28. 28
    Tuner 2026

    Directed by Daniel Roher · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    7.4

    7.6 · 591 votes
29. 29
    Creed 2015

    Directed by Ryan Coogler · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Paramount Plus Premium
    7.4

    7.4 · 8.2K votes
30. 30
    A Quiet Place 2018

    Directed by John Krasinski · Streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Paramount Plus Premium
    7.4

    7.4 · 16K votes
31. 31
    The Terminal 2004

    Directed by Steven Spielberg · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.4

    7.4 · 9.1K votes
32. 32
    When Harry Met Sally... 1989

    Directed by Rob Reiner · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.4

    7.4 · 4.8K votes
33. 33
    The Fighter 2010

    Directed by David O. Russell · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    7.4

    7.4 · 4.9K votes
34. 34
    Frida 2002

    Directed by Julie Taymor · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.3

    7.4 · 2.2K votes
35. 35
    Match Point 2005

    Directed by Woody Allen · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium
    7.3

    7.4 · 4.5K votes
36. 36
    Babylon 2022

    Directed by Damien Chazelle · Streaming on Hulu, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.3

    7.3 · 4K votes
37. 37
    Jacob's Ladder 1990

    Directed by Adrian Lyne · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.3

    7.4 · 2K votes
38. 38
    Gangs of New York 2002

    Directed by Martin Scorsese · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.3

    7.3 · 7.5K votes
39. 39
    Rocketman 2019

    Directed by Dexter Fletcher · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    7.3

    7.3 · 5.1K votes
40. 40
    True Grit 2010

    Directed by Ethan Coen · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.3

    7.3 · 6K votes
41. 41
    Gone Baby Gone 2007

    Directed by Ben Affleck · Streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Paramount Plus Premium
    7.3

    7.3 · 4.4K votes
42. 42
    Rocky II 1979

    Directed by Sylvester Stallone · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.3

    7.3 · 5K votes
43. 43
    Argo 2012

    Directed by Ben Affleck · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.3

    7.3 · 9.3K votes
44. 44
    Dead Man Walking 1995

    Directed by Tim Robbins · Streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.2

    7.3 · 1.6K votes
45. 45
    Collateral 2004

    Directed by Michael Mann · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+
    7.2

    7.2 · 6.6K votes
46. 46
    Mean Girls 2004

    Directed by Mark Waters · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.2

    7.2 · 9.8K votes
47. 47
    The Last Song 2010

    Directed by Julie Anne Robinson · Streaming on Disney Plus, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.2

    7.2 · 3.4K votes
48. 48
    Shane 1953

    Directed by George Stevens · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Essential, Kanopy
    7.2

    7.3 · 719 votes
49. 49
    The Aviator 2004

    Directed by Martin Scorsese · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.2

    7.2 · 6.1K votes
50. 50
    The Idea of You 2024

    Directed by Michael Showalter · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.2

    7.2 · 2.1K votes

Smart score = (votes × rating + 82 × 6.03) ÷ (votes + 82): the TMDB rating, pulled toward the catalog average as if every film had 82 extra average votes. Streaming data by JustWatch.

1. 1
   Marathon Man 1976

   Directed by John Schlesinger · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   7.1

   7.2 · 1.3K votes
2. 2
   A Simple Plan 1998

   Directed by Sam Raimi · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   7.1

   7.2 · 1.2K votes
3. 3
   Labor Day 2013

   Directed by Jason Reitman · Streaming on Paramount Plus Essential, Kanopy, Hoopla
   7.0

   7.1 · 1.4K votes
4. 4
   An Officer and a Gentleman 1982

   Directed by Taylor Hackford · Streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Paramount Plus Essential
   7.0

   7.0 · 1.2K votes
5. 5
   Steel Magnolias 1989

   Directed by Herbert Ross · Streaming on Netflix, Paramount Plus Essential, The Roku Channel
   7.1

   7.2 · 778 votes
6. 6
   Roofman 2025

   Directed by Derek Cianfrance · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+
   7.0

   7.1 · 1.1K votes
7. 7
   Terms of Endearment 1983

   Directed by James L. Brooks · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   7.0

   7.1 · 867 votes
8. 8
   Jerry & Marge Go Large 2022

   Directed by David Frankel · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
   7.2

   7.4 · 533 votes
9. 9
   Holes 2003

   Directed by Andrew Davis · Streaming on Disney Plus, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   6.9

   6.9 · 1.6K votes
10. 10
    Like Water for Chocolate 1992

    Directed by Alfonso Arau · Streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Paramount Plus Premium
    7.1

    7.3 · 573 votes