Paramount+ is ending 2023 with Finestkind, a new drama co-starring Jenna Ortega, as well as a look back at the impact of Michael Jackson’s Thriller and more.
Have you ever gotten a gift that was so awful that you weren’t sure if it was meant as a joke? Paramount+ has something like that in December with its new original movie, Finestkind. It’s a crime drama with a top-notch cast including Ben Foster, Toby Wallace, Jenna Ortega, and Tommy Lee Jones. The film was also produced by Paramount+’s go-t0-guy, Taylor Sheridan (Yellowstone), and directed by L.A. Confidential screenwriter Brian Helgeland. However, Finestkind also has some truly awful reviews that gave it a dismal 25% score on Rotten Tomatoes. So we don’t have a lot of faith in that one.
A more promising new addition this month is Thriller 40, a documentary special about the impact of Michael Jackson’s most famous record, Thriller. Additionally, several films have been added to the lineup, but most of the A-list titles appear to have been reserved for the highest tier, Paramount+ with Showtime.
That’s why we try to make things easier for you in our roundup of everything new on Paramount+ for December. The shows and movies below marked with an asterisk (*) are only available on Paramount+ with Showtime. Titles marked with a double asterisk (**) can be live-streamed from CBS by Paramount+ with Showtime subscribers. Our picks for the month are in bold.
And if you subscribe to other streaming services, we also have helpful guides to the best movies on Netflix and best shows on Netflix, as well as the best movies streaming on Amazon and best TV shows streaming on Amazon, plus plenty of guides for Hulu, Disney+, and HBO Max.Everything new on Paramount+ in DecemberDecember 1
The World According to Football* premiere
SpongeBob Twas the Night Before SpongeMas Special
10 Cloverfield Lane
12 Dates of Christmas
40 Days and 40 Nights
A Very English Christmas
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
A Vineyard Christmas
A Walk on the Moon
Adult World*
Airplane II: The Sequel*
Airplane!*
American Hustle*
Angel Heart
Angela’s Ashes*
Barbarella
Bend It Like Beckham*
Body Cam
Braveheart
Caddyshack
Carriers
Cheech & Chong’s Still Smokin’
Christmas by Candlelight
Christmas Casanova
Christmas Cupid
Christmas in Scotland
Cloverfield
Coupled Up for Christmas
Crawl
Critical Condition*
Dead Presidents*
Deck the Halls
Dirty Dancing*
Eat, Love, London
Emma (1996)
Ernest Saves Christmas
Face/Off*
Finding Vivian Maier*
First Blood
Florence Foster Jenkins*
Grindhouse: Death Proof*
Grindhouse: Planet Terror*
Hondo
How Stella Got Her Groove Back*
I’ll Be Home for Christmas*
Imagine That*
Jack Reacher
Jackass Number Two
Jersey Girl
John Grisham’s The Rainmaker
Joyful Noise
Judas and the Black Messiah
Just Like a Christmas Movie
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Machine Gun Preacher*
Madea’s Big Happy Family
Megamind
Milk Money*
Mimic*
Mimic 2*
Mimic 3: Sentinel*
Mother!
Pretty Baby*
Rambo III
Rambo: First Blood Part II
RED
RED 2
Regarding Henry
Rise of the Guardians
Rosemary’s Baby
Rounders
Scrapper*
Set It Off*
She’s All That
Sirens
Snake Eyes: G.
