Top 10 Movies To Watch This Week on Paramount Plus | August 3-9, 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 August 3-9, 2025—because your time is too valuable for another “meh” movie night.
1. Novocaine (2025)
Can’t feel pain. Still feels everything.
In Novocaine, Jack Quaid plays Nate, a regular guy with one very irregular condition—he literally can’t feel physical pain. Great for bar bets, less great when your crush gets kidnapped and you have to go full DIY action hero to get her back.
It’s a dark buddy comedy with a bruised heart, mixing brutal fight scenes, weird science, and some offbeat charm from Jacob Batalon and Ray Nicholson. Also, Amber Midthunder holds her own as the badass damsel who is definitely not waiting to be saved.
If Pineapple Express and Crank had a baby raised on anxiety and Red Bull, this would be it.
2. Man with No Past (2025)
Wakes up lost. Finds trouble instead.
Man with No Past drops you straight into the fog—our guy wakes up in a strange city with no name, no ID, and way too many people trying to kill him. Tim Fellingham stars as the walking question mark, pulling clues out of alley fights, sketchy flashbacks, and a city that doesn’t want to be helpful.
It’s gritty, fast, and filmed like someone duct-taped a GoPro to Jason Bourne. And once the plot finally clicks into place? Let’s just say you’ll want to rewind.
No memory. No mercy.
3. Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
He’s still got it—and he’s still flying like he stole it.
Top Gun: Maverick brings Tom Cruise back to the cockpit, still defying gravity, death, and whatever age he’s supposed to be. This time, he’s training a new squad of elite pilots (Miles Teller, Glen Powell, Monica Barbaro) for a borderline impossible mission that somehow involves both stealth flying and emotional closure.
It’s loud, nostalgic, ridiculously cool—and yes, the beach football scene lives rent-free in everyone’s brain.
This isn’t just a sequel—it’s a masterclass in how to do legacy right.
4. World War Z (2013)
Brad Pitt vs. the fastest zombies ever filmed.
When a pandemic turns people into sprinting rage-beasts, World War Z sends former UN investigator Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) on a globe-trotting race to find a cure. From rooftop escapes in Philly to zombie walls in Jerusalem, it’s tense, epic, and surprisingly grounded for a movie where people eat each other mid-conversation.
It’s got action, international intrigue, and enough end-of-days energy to make your knuckles white.
Bonus: the zombies move like bugs on Red Bull. You’ve been warned.
5. Mission: Impossible (1996)
This tape will self-destruct… and so will your nerves.
The one that started it all. Mission: Impossible introduced us to Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) before he was hanging off planes or fighting AI—back when a floppy disk could still ruin your life.
The setup? A botched mission, a mole in the CIA, and Hunt racing to clear his name while dodging exploding aquariums, double agents, and a very pissed-off Jon Voight.
It’s slick, twisty, and that ceiling-drop scene? Still untouchable.
If you somehow skipped this classic—it’s time to fix that.
6. September 5 (2024)
The world was watching. They just didn’t know what was coming.
September 5 throws you into the chaos of the 1972 Munich Olympics—not from the hostage-takers’ view, but from the scrambling American TV crew forced to cover it in real time. Peter Sarsgaard plays a producer suddenly calling the shots on a live broadcast that turns from sports to survival.
It’s tense, tight, and deeply human—less about what happened, more about how people react when they’re way out of their depth.
If Argo and The Newsroom had a baby during a crisis, this is what you’d get.
7. Scary Movie 2 (2001)
Ghosts, gags, and absolutely no chill.
In Scary Movie 2, the gang heads to a haunted mansion, and surprise: it’s cursed, gross, and full of things you absolutely cannot unsee. Anna Faris returns as the lovable scream queen, Regina Hall is hilarious as always, and Tim Curry shows up to deliver peak creepy-weird energy.
It’s dumb on purpose, raunchy by design, and packed with early-2000s parody chaos—like The Haunting meets Jackass.
Not high art. Not trying to be. Still wildly quotable.
8. South Park: Not Suitable for Children (2023)
OnlyFans, influencers, and Randy Marsh in way too deep.
When a teacher’s spicy side hustle goes public, South Park dives headfirst into the world of online clout, thirst traps, and digital drama. As usual, it’s unhinged, profane, and surprisingly smart under the filth.
Randy spirals. Cartman stirs the pot. And yes, the OnlyFans jokes go exactly as far as you’d expect—and then further.
It’s South Park at its most chaotic and weirdly insightful. Not for kids. Not even a little.
9. South Park: The End of Obesity (2024)
Big Pharma. Bigger Cartman meltdown.
In The End of Obesity, South Park takes aim at the wave of miracle weight-loss drugs—Ozempic, Wegovy, whatever’s trending—and shows how fast things can go off the rails. When Cartman gets denied access, he launches a full-scale revolt that’s as petty as it is personal.
Expect pharma conspiracies, body politics, and at least one moment where you’ll laugh and then immediately feel bad about it.
The episode hits hard, but never stops being stupid in all the right ways.
10. Mean Girls (2004)
Get in loser, we’re rewatching a classic.
Still iconic. Still endlessly quotable. Mean Girls follows Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) as she navigates the wild social jungle of high school, infiltrates The Plastics, and accidentally becomes one of them.
It’s sharp, hilarious, and surprisingly heartfelt. Rachel McAdams as Regina George? Untouchable. Tina Fey’s script? Timeless.
This isn’t just a teen comedy—it’s cultural currency.
And That’s a Wrap
Whether you’re here for screaming zombies, screaming teens, or Randy Marsh screaming about online sex work—Paramount+ has something for you this week.
Need a buddy comedy with a bruised heart? Novocaine delivers the pain-free chaos. In the mood for political thrillers and historical pressure cookers? Man with No Past and September 5 bring the edge. And if you’re just here for the comfort rewatches, Mean Girls, Mission: Impossible, and Scary Movie 2 still hit like it’s 2004.
Also—yes, Top Gun: Maverick is still amazing. No, it’s not too soon to watch it again.
So go ahead. Boot up Paramount+, get comfortable, and lose yourself in something loud, smart, stupid, scary—or all four at once.
You earned this scroll sesh.
