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Paramount+Battlestar Galactica
2004–2009 · Series · 4 seasonsAction · Drama
3 EmmysWhen an old enemy, the Cylons, resurface and obliterate the 12 colonies, the crew of the aged Galactica protect a small civilian fleet - the last of humanity - as they journey toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth.
Paramount+ - #993#993Paramount+
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987–1994 · Series · 7 seasonsAction · Drama
18 EmmysSet almost 100 years after Captain Kirk's five-year mission, a new generation of Starfleet officers sets off in the U.S.S. Enterprise-D on its own mission to go where no one has gone before.
Paramount+ - #1193#1193Paramount+
Attica
2021 · Movie · 1h 56mDocumentary · History
This unnervingly vivid dive into the 1971 uprising from Emmy® winning director Stanley Nelson sheds new light on the enduring violence and racism of the prison system and highlights the urgent, ongoing need for reform 50 years later.
Paramount+ - #1992#1992Paramount+
The Andy Griffith Show
1960–1968 · Series · 8 seasonsComedy · Family
6 EmmysWidower Sheriff Andy Taylor and his son Opie live with Andy's Aunt Bee in Mayberry, North Carolina. With virtually no crimes to solve, most of Andy's time is spent philosophizing and calming down his friend and deputy, Barney Fife.
Paramount+ - #3490#3490
Paramount+Battlestar Galactica
2003– · Series · 1 seasonAction · Drama
Following the destruction of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol by the Cylons, a rag-tag fugitive fleet of the last remnants of mankind flees the pursuing Cylons while simultaneously searching for their true home: Earth.
Paramount+ - #5987#5987Paramount+
Ghosts
2021– · Series · 5 seasonsComedy · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
A young couple, Sam and Jay, inherit a haunted mansion and, unaware of their invisible housemates, plan to turn it into a B&B. Their lives become much more complicated after a fall causes Sam to see the ghosts. Based on the UK ser...
Paramount+ - #7385#7385Paramount+Prime Video
Yes, Madam!
1985 · Movie · Cantonese · 1h 33mAction · Comedy · Crime
Two unlucky thieves break into a just murdered man's hotel room and steal his passport with a hidden microfilm wanted by a triad boss. Two hard kicking women cops from HK and UK get the case.
Paramount+Prime Video - #7585#7585
NetflixParamount+John Mulaney: New in Town
2012 · Movie · 1hComedy
Comedian John Mulaney talks about his milk toast boyish looks, his childhood, his Jewish girlfriend, his gayish charm, his favorite TV shows, Ice-T, a homeless person he met in N.Y., and a prostate exam with Batman.
NetflixParamount+ - #7985#7985
Paramount+Into the Wild
2007 · Movie · 2h 28mAction · Biography · Drama
After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness.
Paramount+ - #8085#8085Paramount+
Belushi
2020 · Movie · 1h 48mDocumentary · Biography
Using previously unheard audiotapes recorded shortly after John Belushi's death, director R.J. Cutler's documentary examines the too-short life of once-in-a-generation talent who captured the hearts and funny bones of devoted audi...
Paramount+ - #8185#8185
Paramount+Life Is Beautiful
1997 · Movie · Italian · 1h 56mComedy · Drama · Romance
3 OscarsWhen an open-minded Jewish waiter and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.
Paramount+ - #8885#8885Paramount+
Star Trek: Voyager
1995–2001 · Series · 7 seasonsAction · Drama
7 EmmysPulled to the far side of the galaxy, where the Federation is seventy-five years away at maximum warp speed, the crew of the Starfleet star-ship Voyager must forge a truce with a group of Maquis rebels in order to find a way home.
Paramount+ - #9484#9484Paramount+
Sheryl
2022 · Movie · 1h 34mDocumentary
An intimate story of song and sacrifice—musically gifted superstar Sheryl Crow navigates an iconic yet arduous musical career battling sexism, ageism, depression, cancer, and the price of fame, before harnessing the power of her gift.
Paramount+ - #9684#9684
Paramount+Galaxy Quest
1999 · Movie · 1h 42mAction · Comedy · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The alumni cast of a space opera television series have to play their roles as the real thing when an alien race needs their help. However, they also have to defend both Earth and the alien race from a reptilian warlord.
Paramount+ - #10384#10384
HuluParamount+PeacockEverybody Hates Chris
2005–2009 · Series · 4 seasonsComedy · Drama
Comedy following an awkward young African-American teenager (based on a young version of comedian Chris Rock) as he attempts to survive with his family and his all-white school in 1980's Brooklyn, New York.
HuluParamount+Peacock - #10484#10484
Paramount+Star Trek Into Darkness
2013 · Movie · 2h 12mAction · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
After the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one-man weapon of mass destruction.
Paramount+ - #11483#11483
Paramount+Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough
2015–2016 · Series · 1 seasonDocumentary
David Attenborough revisits the Great Barrier Reef after nearly 60 years. His visit takes him from the most exposed part of the reef as well as down to 300m below the surface discovering corals never seen before.
Paramount+ - #11583#11583
Paramount+Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1986 · Movie · 1h 43mComedy
A brash, cocky high school senior, tired of skipping school to spend a boring day at home, is determined to enjoy an epic day roaring around his favorite Chicago sites, enlisting his best friend and girlfriend to join him on the a...
Paramount+ - #12182#12182
Paramount+Real Husbands of Hollywood
2013– · Series · 5 seasonsComedy
Kevin Hart and other celebrities play a comic fictionalized version of themselves in this parody of similarly named reality shows. Episodes often feature Kevin Hart's attempts to gain celebrity and his jealousy of his friends.
Paramount+ - #12382#12382Paramount+
Console Wars
2020 · Movie · 1h 32mDocumentary
It was 1990: Sega, startup gaming co. assembled a team to take on Nintendo, world's greatest video game company. A make or break conflict pit brother against brother, Sonic against Mario and, American capitalism against Japanese t...
Paramount+ - #12881#12881Paramount+
Star Trek: Enterprise
2001–2005 · Series · 4 seasonsAction · Drama
4 EmmysA century before Captain Kirk's five-year mission, Jonathan Archer captains the United Earth ship Enterprise during the early years of Starfleet, leading up to the Earth-Romulan War and the formation of the Federation.
Paramount+ - #13081#13081
Paramount+MacGyver
1985–1992 · Series · 7 seasonsAction · Crime
Follows the adventures of Angus MacGyver, a secret agent for a national security agency, who solves complicated missions with his resourcefulness and knowledge of applied sciences (oh and his ever-present Swiss Army knife).
Paramount+ - #13181#13181
Paramount+Happy Days
1974–1984 · Series · 11 seasonsComedy · Family
1 EmmyIn Milwaukee Wisconsin, hardware store owner Howard Cunningham, his wife Marion, and their children Richard and Joanie live through the 1950s with help and guidance from lovable and almost superhuman greaser Fonzie.
Paramount+ - #13381#13381
Paramount+End of Sentence
2019 · Movie · 1h 36mAction · Drama
After being widowed, Frank Fogle reluctantly embarks on a journey to honor his wife's last wish of spreading her ashes in a remote lake in her native Ireland and a promise of taking his estranged son, Sean, along for the trip. As ...
Paramount+ - #13681#13681
Paramount+Hot in Cleveland
2010–2015 · Series · 6 seasonsComedy
1 EmmyThree middle-aged best friends from Los Angeles are flying to Paris when their plane makes an emergency landing in Cleveland. Realizing that all the norms from Los Angeles don't apply anymore, they decide to celebrate a city that ...
Paramount+ - #14181#14181
Paramount+Aerial America
2010– · Series · 8 seasonsDocumentary
Helicopter flights above the USA give breathtaking views of the nation's historic landmarks and natural wonders all presented in stunning HD aerial cinematography while narration provides background information and historical cont...
Paramount+ - #14680#14680
Paramount+I Love You, Man
2009 · Movie · 1h 45mComedy · Romance
Friendless Peter Klaven goes on a series of man-dates to find a Best Man for his wedding. But, when his insta-bond with his new B.F.F. puts a strain on his relationship with his fiancée, can the trio learn to live happily ever after?
Paramount+ - #14880#14880
Paramount+Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
1986 · Movie · 1h 59mAction · Comedy · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
To save Earth from an alien probe, Admiral James T. Kirk and his fugitive crew go back in time to San Francisco in 1986 to retrieve the only beings who can communicate with it: humpback whales.
Paramount+ - #15280#15280
Paramount+Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
1991 · Movie · 1h 50mAction · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
On the eve of retirement, Kirk and McCoy are charged with assassinating the Klingon High Chancellor and imprisoned. The Enterprise crew must help them escape to thwart a conspiracy aimed at sabotaging the last best hope for peace.
Paramount+ - #16879#16879Paramount+
We Need to Talk About Cosby
2022– · Series · 1 seasonDocumentary · Biography · Crime
During his nearly 50 years in show business, Bill Cosby became one of America's most recognizable black celebrities: his career was a model of excellence for millions of Americans, until the painful testimonies of dozens of women uncovered the sinister grimace behind the smile of the so-called America's dad.
Paramount+ - #17479#17479Paramount+
Top Secret!
1984 · Movie · 1h 30mComedy · Crime
Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music festival. When he loses his heart to the gorgeous Hillary Flammond, he finds himself caught up in an underground resistance movement. Rivers joins forces with Agent Cedric and Flammond to attempt the rescue of her father, Dr. Paul, from the Germans, who have captured the scientist in hopes of coercing him into building a new naval mine.
Paramount+ - #17579#17579Paramount+
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015–2025 · Series · 10 seasonsComedy
2 EmmysStephen Colbert took over as host, executive producer and writer of THE LATE SHOW on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015. The comedy-variety-talk show is broadcast four nights a week from the Ed Sullivan theatre in New York.
Paramount+ - #18079#18079Paramount+
The End of the Storm
2020 · Movie · 1h 39mDocumentary · Sport
Inside story of the 2019/20 Premier League winning season. In a year when all sports came to a standstill, fans of Liverpool F.C. finally saw their team lift the trophy that had eluded them for 30 long years.
Paramount+ - #18179#18179Paramount+
Anthony Jeselnik: Caligula
2013 · Movie · 42mComedy
Anthony Jeselnik brings his signature dark and twisted point of view to this extended and uncensored special. He holds nothing back, routinely saying things most wouldn't ever dare. Anthony is not for the easily offended or humorl...
Paramount+ - #18578#18578Paramount+
CSI: Vegas
2021–2024 · Series · 3 seasonsAction · Crime
Facing an existential threat that could bring down the Crime Lab, a brilliant team of forensic investigators must welcome back old friends and deploy new techniques to preserve and serve justice in Sin City (aka Las Vegas, Nevada).
Paramount+ - #18878#18878Paramount+
Demetri Martin. Person.
2007 · Movie · 42mDocumentary · Comedy
A unique talent, Demetri Martin is one of the hottest stand-up comics working today. His new special, Demetri Martin. Person. Inventive and insightful, this top-rated program brings the funny in ways you've never seen.
Paramount+ - #19078#19078Paramount+
Honor Society
2022 · Movie · 1h 38mComedy · Romance
Honor's sole focus is getting into Harvard. Willing to do whatever it takes, Honor concocts a plan to take down her top three competitors, until things take a turn when she unexpectedly falls for her biggest competition.
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