Top 10 Movies To Watch This Week on Paramount Plus | October 12-18, 2025

So you’re stuck in scrolling purgatory again, huh? Endlessly thumbing through Paramount Plus, hoping something jumps out. We’ve been there. That’s why we pulled together the Top 10 Movies you would actually want to watch this week—no fluff, no filler. Whether you’re into thrillers, rom-coms, or indie gems, there’s something worth hitting play on. Here’s your movie cheat sheet for October 12–18, 2025—because your time is too valuable for another “meh” movie night.

Vicious (2025)

This one’s for the people who love a slow-burn scare that turns into a full-blown nightmare.

Vicious dropped this week and instantly became the “don’t watch alone” movie everyone’s texting about. Dakota Fanning plays a woman who gets a strange box at her door and ends up fighting for her life until sunrise. Bryan Bertino—the guy behind The Strangers—directs it, so yeah, it’s dark, creepy, and feels way too real. You’ll probably end up watching it through your fingers. And that ending? No spoilers, but… yikes.

The Naked Gun (2025)

Liam Neeson doing slapstick comedy sounds like a fever dream—but it weirdly works.

The Naked Gun reboot from Akiva Schaffer (Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping) somehow nails the exact tone of the original while letting Neeson deadpan his way through the dumbest possible situations. Pamela Anderson, Paul Walter Hauser, and Kevin Durand all lean all the way into the chaos. It’s dumb in the smartest way—like Airplane! for a new generation. Put it on and prepare to laugh way harder than you planned.

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)

Before Neeson made it “respectable,” Leslie Nielsen made it legendary.

The OG Naked Gun is still the gold standard for parody. Every line, every background gag, every reaction shot—it’s all perfectly timed. Nielsen’s Frank Drebin is a walking disaster, and the movie just keeps topping itself. If you’ve only ever seen clips online, fix that immediately. It’s one of those rare comedies that’s just as funny now as it was in the ‘80s. They don’t make ‘em like this anymore, and that’s not nostalgia—it’s fact.

Ozzy: No Escape from Now (2025)

Ozzy Osbourne, unfiltered and fragile in a way we’ve never seen before.

This new Paramount+ doc peels back every layer of the “Prince of Darkness” persona and shows the man underneath—older, sicker, but still obsessed with getting back on stage. It’s part rock doc, part gut punch. You’ve got Sharon and the kids being brutally honest, a few wild stories from Tony Iommi and Zakk Wylde, and Ozzy himself talking about mortality in a way that hits harder than any ballad ever could. Heavy in every sense of the word.

Fight or Flight (2024)

Josh Hartnett fighting assassins on an airplane. You’re welcome.

This one flew under the radar (pun absolutely intended) but it’s straight-up solid. Hartnett plays a hitman hired to take out someone mid-flight—then realizes the plane’s full of other killers trying to do the same. It’s tense, sweaty, and surprisingly stylish for a movie set in a glorified metal tube. Katee Sackhoff and Marko Zaror kick a ton of ass too. File it next to Non-Stop and Plane on your “movies that make me clench my jaw for two hours” list.

Step Brothers (2008)

The stupidest, funniest movie you’ve seen a dozen times—and will still laugh at on the 13th.

Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly as two grown men forced to live together because their parents got married. That’s it. That’s the plot. And yet, somehow, it’s magic. Step Brothers is pure chaos, the kind of comedy that only happens when everyone’s improvising and no one’s saying no. The “Catalina Wine Mixer”? Iconic. The bunk bed scene? Perfect. If you haven’t revisited it lately, go ahead. It’s like comfort food for your brain.

Men in Black (1997)

The cool, funny, weird-as-hell sci-fi classic that made Will Smith a superstar.

There’s a reason Men in Black still hits almost 30 years later—it’s fast, funny, and has that ‘90s blockbuster energy studios keep trying to recreate. Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones are the perfect odd couple, and the aliens (thanks to makeup legend Rick Baker) still look fantastic. Also, let’s be honest—no one else could’ve made that theme song slap that hard. If you want pure summer-movie vibes, this is it.

Men in Black II (2002)

It’s not as tight as the first one, but it’s still a blast.

Smith and Jones come back to save the planet (again), this time from a shape-shifting alien femme fatale, and it’s every bit as goofy as that sounds. The plot doesn’t matter—the chemistry does. The worm guys are back, Frank the Pug gets more screen time, and Will Smith is clearly having the time of his life. Sometimes sequels just need to be fun, and MIB II gets that.

Smile (2022)

You know that feeling when a horror movie makes you uneasy even in daylight? Yeah, that’s this one.

Smile is less about jump scares and more about that slow, gnawing dread that just gets worse the longer you watch. Sosie Bacon plays a therapist who starts seeing creepy, smiling people after a patient’s violent death. The whole “you’re cursed if you see it” thing shouldn’t work—but it really, really does. Add in a killer sound design and one hell of a third act, and you’ve got one of the best horror surprises of the last few years.

Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

Tom Cruise saving cinema. Again.

When Top Gun: Maverick came out, it reminded everyone what big-screen filmmaking used to feel like—practical stunts, real jets, actual emotion. Cruise’s return as Pete “Maverick” Mitchell hits all the right nostalgic beats without leaning on them too hard. The flight scenes will make your jaw drop, and the dynamic with Miles Teller’s Rooster gives it real heart. It’s basically perfect. And yeah, it’s just as good the third or fourth time you watch it.

And That’s a Wrap

From cult comedies and plane fights to smiling nightmares and rock gods, Paramount Plus came to play this week. Want chills? Vicious and Smile will wreck you. Craving chaos? The Naked Gun or Step Brothers are guaranteed serotonin. Or you can just cue up Top Gun: Maverick, crank the volume, and remind yourself what movie magic feels like. Either way, close that endless scroll—you’ve officially got your weekend lineup.