Best Thriller Movies on Paramount Plus Essential in the US

1. 1
   Parasite 2019

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

   8.5 · 22K votes
2. 2
   Pulp Fiction 1994

   Directed by Quentin Tarantino · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium
   8.5

   8.5 · 31K votes
3. 3
   Se7en 1995

   Directed by David Fincher · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   8.4

   8.4 · 24K votes
4. 4
   Shutter Island 2010

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

   8.2 · 27K votes
5. 5
   Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991

   Directed by James Cameron · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium
   8.2

   8.2 · 15K votes
6. 6
   No Country for Old Men 2007

   Directed by Joel Coen · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   7.9

   8.0 · 14K votes
7. 7
   V for Vendetta 2006

   Directed by James McTeigue · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   7.9

   7.9 · 16K votes
8. 8
   Rosemary's Baby 1968

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

   7.8 · 4.6K votes
9. 9
   The Untouchables 1987

   Directed by Brian De Palma · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   7.7

   7.8 · 6.4K votes
10. 10
    Primal Fear 1996

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

    7.7 · 4.2K votes
11. 11
    Zodiac 2007

    Directed by David Fincher · Streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Paramount Plus Premium
    7.5

    7.5 · 12K votes
12. 12
    Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One 2023

    Directed by Christopher McQuarrie · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    7.5

    7.5 · 5.5K votes
13. 13
    The Crow 1994

    Directed by Alex Proyas · Streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Paramount Plus Premium
    7.5

    7.5 · 4.7K votes
14. 14
    Escape from Alcatraz 1979

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

    7.5 · 3.3K votes
15. 15
    Tuner 2026

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

    7.6 · 591 votes
16. 16
    A Quiet Place Part II 2021

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

    7.4 · 7.7K votes
17. 17
    Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956

    Directed by Don Siegel · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    7.4

    7.5 · 1.3K votes
18. 18
    Minority Report 2002

    Directed by Steven Spielberg · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.3

    7.4 · 10K votes
19. 19
    Match Point 2005

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

    7.4 · 4.5K votes
20. 20
    Argo 2012

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

    7.3 · 9.3K votes
21. 21
    Star Trek: First Contact 1996

    Directed by Jonathan Frakes · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.3

    7.3 · 2.1K votes
22. 22
    Collateral 2004

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

    7.2 · 6.6K votes
23. 23
    Ghost 1990

    Directed by Jerry Zucker · Streaming on MGM+, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.2

    7.2 · 6.3K votes
24. 24
    Sleepy Hollow 1999

    Directed by Tim Burton · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.2

    7.2 · 7.7K votes
25. 25
    The Talented Mr. Ripley 1999

    Directed by Anthony Minghella · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Philo
    7.2

    7.2 · 4.4K votes
26. 26
    Gravity 2013

    Directed by Alfonso Cuarón · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.2

    7.2 · 17K votes
27. 27
    A Simple Plan 1998

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

    7.2 · 1.2K votes
28. 28
    Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning 2025

    Directed by Christopher McQuarrie · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+
    7.1

    7.2 · 3.3K votes
29. 29
    Marathon Man 1976

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

    7.2 · 1.3K votes
30. 30
    Shooter 2007

    Directed by Antoine Fuqua · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    7.1

    7.1 · 5.7K votes
31. 31
    Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol 2011

    Directed by Brad Bird · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    7.1

    7.1 · 11K votes
32. 32
    Anthropoid 2016

    Directed by Sean Ellis · Streaming on Netflix, JustWatch TV Free, JustWatch TV Plus
    7.1

    7.1 · 1.2K votes
33. 33
    Equilibrium 2002

    Directed by Kurt Wimmer · Streaming on Paramount Plus Essential, Kanopy, Hoopla
    7.0

    7.1 · 5.3K votes
34. 34
    Juice 1992

    Directed by Ernest R. Dickerson · Streaming on Paramount Plus Essential, Hoopla, YouTube Free
    7.0

    7.2 · 487 votes
35. 35
    Labor Day 2013

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

    7.1 · 1.4K votes
36. 36
    Mission: Impossible 1996

    Directed by Brian De Palma · Streaming on HBO Max, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.0

    7.0 · 10K votes
37. 37
    Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 1991

    Directed by Nicholas Meyer · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.0

    7.0 · 1.5K votes
38. 38
    Zero Dark Thirty 2012

    Directed by Kathryn Bigelow · Streaming on Netflix, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.0

    7.0 · 5.1K votes
39. 39
    The Dead Zone 1983

    Directed by David Cronenberg · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Philo
    7.0

    7.0 · 1.9K votes
40. 40
    Basic Instinct 1992

    Directed by Paul Verhoeven · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    6.9

    7.0 · 4.6K votes
41. 41
    Breakdown 1997

    Directed by Jonathan Mostow · Streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Paramount Plus Essential
    6.9

    7.0 · 1.2K votes
42. 42
    Wardriver 2026

    Directed by Rebecca Thomas · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    6.9

    7.4 · 133 votes
43. 43
    Scream VI 2023

    Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin · Streaming on Netflix, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    6.9

    6.9 · 3.4K votes
44. 44
    Sleeping Dogs 2024

    Directed by Adam Cooper · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    6.9

    7.0 · 674 votes
45. 45
    September 5 2024

    Directed by Tim Fehlbaum · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+
    6.9

    7.0 · 620 votes
46. 46
    The Ghost and the Darkness 1996

    Directed by Stephen Hopkins · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    6.8

    6.9 · 1.2K votes
47. 47
    Fatal Attraction 1987

    Directed by Adrian Lyne · Streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Paramount Plus Premium
    6.8

    6.8 · 1.8K votes
48. 48
    Allied 2016

    Directed by Robert Zemeckis · Streaming on Paramount Plus Essential, Kanopy, Hoopla
    6.8

    6.8 · 4.9K votes
49. 49
    The Equalizer 2 2018

    Directed by Antoine Fuqua · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    6.8

    6.8 · 6.2K votes
50. 50
    Cop Land 1997

    Directed by James Mangold · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    6.8

    6.8 · 1.9K 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
   The Words 2012

   Directed by Brian Klugman · Streaming on Paramount Plus Essential
   6.7

   6.7 · 1.3K votes
2. 2
   Machine Gun Preacher 2011

   Directed by Marc Forster · Streaming on Netflix, Paramount Plus Essential, Kanopy
   6.7

   6.7 · 1.2K votes
3. 3
   Double Jeopardy 1999

   Directed by Bruce Beresford · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   6.6

   6.6 · 1.6K votes
4. 4
   Star Trek III: The Search for Spock 1984

   Directed by Leonard Nimoy · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   6.6

   6.6 · 1.6K votes
5. 5
   A Perfect Murder 1998

   Directed by Andrew Davis · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   6.5

   6.6 · 1.6K votes
6. 6
   Star Trek: Generations 1994

   Directed by David Carson · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   6.5

   6.5 · 1.6K votes
7. 7
   Blindness 2008

   Directed by Fernando Meirelles · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   6.5

   6.5 · 1.4K votes
8. 8
   The Gift 2000

   Directed by Sam Raimi · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   6.5

   6.5 · 1.5K votes
9. 9
   Finestkind 2023

   Directed by Brian Helgeland · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   6.7

   6.8 · 363 votes
10. 10
    Star Trek: Insurrection 1998

    Directed by Jonathan Frakes · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    6.4

    6.5 · 1.4K votes