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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+ - #5487
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+ - #8185
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+ - #8984

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+ - #10683

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+ - #10783

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+ - #11382

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+ - #12081
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+ - #12881

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+ - #13381

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+ - #13880

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+ - #14580
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+ - #16079
We Need to Talk About Cosby
2022– · Series · 1 seasonDocumentary · Biography · Crime
Writer/director W. Kamau Bell's exploration of Bill Cosby's descent from "America's Dad" to convicted sexual predator. Comedians, journalists and survivors have a candid, first of its kind conversation about the man, his career an...
Paramount+ - #16679
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+ - #17678
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+ - #19777
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
2024 · Movie · 1h 50mAction · Comedy
Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before. With their abilities outmatched, Team Sonic must seek out an unlikely alliance.
Paramount+Prime Video - #20177
Team America: World Police
2004 · Movie · 1h 38mAction · Comedy
Popular Broadway actor Gary Johnston is recruited by the elite counter-terrorism organization Team America: World Police. As the world begins to crumble around him, he must battle with terrorists, celebrities and falling in love.
Paramount+ - #22176

Nickelodeon GUTS
1992–1995 · Series · 1 seasonAction · Family
Three kids dawning the different colors blue, red, and purple compete in relatively cool-looking olympic-style games to achieve as many points as they can. At the end of every episode, they climb a big fake mountain, braving tumbl...
Paramount+ - #22576

Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner
2006 · Movie · 1h 30mComedy
It's William Shatner's turn to step in to the celebrity hot seat for the latest installment of The Comedy Central Roast. A parade of Shatner's friends have gotten together to boldly go where no one has gone before: on William Shat...
Paramount+ - #22775
I Used to Go Here
2020 · Movie · 1h 20mComedy · Drama · Romance
Following the launch of her new novel, 35-year-old writer Kate's former professor invites her to speak at her alma mater. After accepting the invitation, Kate finds herself deeply enmeshed in the lives of a group of college students.
Paramount+Prime Video - #23175
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2025 · Movie · 2h 49mAction · Thriller
Hunt and the IMF pursue a dangerous AI called the Entity that's infiltrated global intelligence. With governments and a figure from his past in pursuit, Hunt races to stop it from forever changing the world.
Paramount+Prime Video - #23375

CSI: NY
2004–2013 · Series · 9 seasonsAction · Crime · Drama
Second CSI spin off which follows the Crime Scene Investigator's (CSI's) of the New York Police Department (NYPD) as they use advanced forensic science to reveal the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths in New York C...
HuluParamount+ - #24075
The Neighborhood
2018–2026 · Series · 8 seasonsComedy
A friendly Midwest family moves to LA where their new neighbor is skeptical of how they'll fit in. The dad's optimism and negotiation skills are tested as he tries to connect with his neighbor and make their diverse community like...
HuluParamount+ - #24374
Hannibal Buress: Animal Furnace
2012 · Movie · 1h 5mComedy
Hannibal's a Chicago native, currently living in New York City where he regularly performs and lives alone with no pets. His credits include writing for 30 Rock, SNL and performing in several basements of bars in NYC and Chicago.
Paramount+ - #24974

Charlotte's Web
2006 · Movie · 1h 37mAction · Comedy · Family
Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen.
Paramount+ - #25574
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
2009 · Movie · 1h 52mAction · Drama · Romance
When the initial Cylon attack against the Twelve Colonies fails to achieve complete extermination of human life as planned, twin Number Ones (Cavils) embedded on Galactica and Caprica must improvise to destroy the human survivors.
Paramount+ - #26373
Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan
2019 · Movie · 1h 58mAction · Drama · War
In August 1966, in a Vietnamese rubber plantation called Long Tan, 108 young and inexperienced Australian and New Zealand soldiers are fighting for their lives against 2500 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong soldiers.
Paramount+ - #26773
The Return
2024 · Movie · 1h 56mAction · Drama · History
After 20 years Odysseus finally returns to Ithaca, where he finds his wife held prisoner by suitors vying to be king and his son facing death at their hands. To win back his family and all he has lost, Odysseus must rediscover his...
Paramount+ - #27073

Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump
2011 · Movie · 1h 5mComedy
Billionaire Donald Trump is roasted on Comedy Central by Jeffrey Ross, Seth MacFarlane, Gilbert Gottfried, Whitney Cummings, Snoop Dogg, Larry King, Marlee Matlin, Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino, Lisa Lampanelli and Anthony Jeselnic
Paramount+ - #27373
Sid & Judy
2019 · Movie · 1h 35mDocumentary · Biography · History
Revealing new look at Judy Garland fifty years after her tragic, untimely death. Fusing the unpublished recollections of producer, manager and third husband, Sid Luft, with film clips, rare concert footage and Judy's own inimitabl...
Paramount+ - #28173
Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored Story of '80s Hair Metal
2024– · Series · 1 seasonDocumentary
Follow the wild, excessive '80s hard rock scene's insanity and ambition that enthralled generations. Uncensored behind-the-scenes look at an iconic musical era's influence on culture through candid insights from renowned rock jour...
Paramount+ - #28673

NCIS: New Orleans
2014–2021 · Series · 7 seasonsAction · Comedy
Follows a team of Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) Special Agents who investigate criminal cases involving military personnel in New Orleans, Louisiana aka The Big Easy, a city known for its music, entertainment, and de...
Paramount+ - #29272

Forbidden City Cop
1996 · Movie · Cantonese · 1h 29mAction · Comedy · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
An imperial agent gets ridiculed for his various inventions, until his supportive wife encourages him to attend a conference, which's actually a trap to kill all the doctors serving the emperor, where his crazy inventions come in ...
Paramount+ - #29372
Kyle Kinane: Whiskey Icarus
2012 · Movie · 1hDocumentary · Comedy
In his first hour-long Comedy Central special, Kyle Kinane contemplates the existence of God, and the true meaning of being delivered an unsliced pizza. This special is extended and uncensored with all sorts of extra Kyle.
Paramount+ - #29572
Inside the Factory
2015– · Series · 10 seasonsDocumentary · History
How our favorite foods and products are made? Cherry Healey and Gregg Wallace go into the factories to figure out, while Ruth Goodman tell us about the historical development of the manufacturing process of these products.
Paramount+ - #29872
The Day Kennedy Died
2013 · Movie · 1h 32mDocumentary · History
Captures the frantic rush to the local hospital, the public chaos that ensued, the quickly mobilized manhunt by law enforcement looking for a suspect after witnesses identified the source of the gunshots as the Texas Book Deposito...
Paramount+ - #30172
The Spymasters: CIA in the Crosshairs
2015 · Movie · 2hDocumentary · Drama · War
Documentary revealing the inner workings of the world's most powerful intelligence organization, with unprecedented access to America's spy network, all 12 living CIA directors and top agency operatives, who talk candidly about to...
Paramount+ - #30472
Joe Rogan: Rocky Mountain High
2014 · Movie · 1h 3mComedy
Perched high above it all in Denver, Joe Rogan¹s brand-new one-hour stand-up special, "Rocky Mountain High," has a clear perspective. Tune in to find out the real meaning of infinity, why Joe will lie to you on stage and why Kim K...
Paramount+ - #30572
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996–2003 · Series · 7 seasonsAction · Comedy
Sabrina is a normal teenager, except for one thing - she's a witch. Guided by her aunts, who come from a long line of witches, and Salem, a mischievous warlock doing penance as a cat, Sabrina continually struggles to harness her p...
HuluParamount+ - #31171
Lynching Postcards: Token of a Great Day
2021 · Movie · 15mDocumentary
During 1880-1968 over 4,000 African Americans were lynched at the hands of white mobs. These lynchings were commemorated through souvenir postcards that would ultimately be subverted by Black activists to expose racist violence in...
Paramount+ - #33570
The Last Expedition
2024 · Movie · Polish · 1h 20mDocumentary
The true story of Wanda Rutkiewicz, the first woman in the world and the first person from Poland to climb the highest peaks on earth - told by herself. Wanda entered the men's world of high-mountain expeditions without an invitat...
Paramount+ - #33770

CSI: Miami
2002–2012 · Series · 10 seasonsAction · Crime · Drama
2 EmmysCSI spin-off, following an elite group of Crime Scene Investigators (CSIs) from the Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD), who use advanced forensic science and methods to solve complex crimes in cross-cultural Miami, Florida.
HuluParamount+ - #34869
The Mountain Lion and Me
2018 · Movie · 51mDocumentary
On the outskirts of Yellowstone National Park is Paradise Valley, Montana, home to bears, wolves, elk, and an animal so secretive, few ever get to see it: the mountain lion. Wildlife filmmaker Casey Anderson became one of those lu...
Paramount+ - #34969
Chris Hardwick: Funcomfortable
2016 · Movie · 1h 14mComedy
Chris Hardwick is as charming as ever in this hour-long special. The @midnight host recalls how he found out where babies come from, shares his first old-man moment, talks about how terrible music was in the 90s and explains how i...
Paramount+ - #35369
Mystery in Yellowstone
2015 · Movie · 46mDocumentary
Yellowstone National Park is home to a vast array of landscapes and a huge diversity of animals, united in a fascinating ecosystem, one that is currently in severe trouble. The area once contained over 19,000 elk, but its numbers ...
Paramount+ - #35569
Americans Underground: Secret City of WWI
2017 · Movie · 44mDocumentary
An amazing discovery has been made beneath a farm field in Northern France: a vast underground city where World War I soldiers, on both sides of the conflict, took refuge a century ago. Even more remarkable, it is one of hundreds ...
Paramount+ - #35769
Madagascar: Africa's Galapagos
2019 · Movie · 50mDocumentary
It's the 10th of May 1836, Charles Darwin leans on the beaten wooden gunwale of The Beagle. He's yet to start writing his "Origin of the Species", but he's already forming his theories about evolution. Locations like the Galapagos...
Paramount+ - #36369
Miles To Go Before I Sleep
2016 · Movie · 35mDocumentary
35 minute documentary about musicians and the relationships they have with their roadies. Features Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Chris Shiflett (Foo Fighters) and Jim James (My Morning Jacket), who talk about their time on t...
Paramount+ - #36969
Jeff Ross Roasts the Border
2017 · Movie · 1h 3mComedy
Roastmaster Jeff Ross explores the world surrounding the U.S.-Mexico border, speaking to immigrants, DREAMers, detainees, border patrolers, human traffickers and Trump supporters. Then he puts on a show next to the border wall to ...
Paramount+ - #37069
Unbelievable Flying Objects
2007 · Movie · 52mDocumentary
In the history of aviation, there were some ideas that didn't quite...fly. From the bizarre vertical "Pogo" plane to the disastrous Goblin, nicknamed the "Flying Egg," we take an in-depth probe of some magnificent men and their no...
Paramount+ - #37169
Angola Do You Hear Us? Voices from a Plantation Prison
2021 · Movie · 27mDocumentary
Angola Do You Hear Us? Voices from a Plantation Prison gives us a window into playwright Liza Jessie Peterson's performance in 2020 of her acclaimed play The Peculiar Patriot performed at Angola, the Louisiana State Penitentiary, ...
Paramount+ - #37769
Sonic the Hedgehog
2020 · Movie · 1h 39mAction · Comedy
Taking refuge on Earth, when Sonic uses his incredible speed and accidentally knock out the power in part of the United States, he catches the attention of Dr. Robotnik and must stop him from using his unique power for world domin...
Paramount+ - #37969

Out of the Rubble
2016 · Movie · 17mDocumentary
This is a fine short film neatly pulling together post-war archive to tell a story of the modernisation of Britain through architectural change, town planning, immigration and attitudes towards all this. All done in less than 20 minutes. There's such a good flow to the editing that it probably won't even feel its running length. There's a few contemporary additions including interviews with some of the subjects from the archive, which help to pull of the social commentaries together, but none detract from the flow or style of this piece of documentary cinema. All in all it's a good use of the BFI's archive so hopefully there'll be more similar efforts like this in the future.
Paramount+ - #38069
Hunting the Hammerhead
2016 · Movie · 46mDocumentary
The tropical waters of Bimini in the Bahamas are the hunting grounds for a large, yet elusive predator - the Great Hammerhead Shark. After 7 years research into the hunting senses of the Great White Shark, sensory biologist Dr. Cr...
Paramount+ - #38569
Ari Shaffir: Paid Regular
2015 · Movie · 1h 13mDocumentary · Comedy
Stand-up comic Ari Shaffir discusses inappropriate subjects like taking shrooms while camping, unusual new racial stereotypes, morning blowjobs, oddities of some of the ten commandments, and his profound hatred towards TSA.
Paramount+ - #38669
China's Emperor of Evil
2016 · Movie · 46mDocumentary
In China's Valley of the Kings, there stands a tall, carved stone. It honors the resting place of a woman named Wu Zetian, who rose from concubine to become China's only female emperor. For more than a millennia, history claimed s...
Paramount+ - #39269
Battle of Little Bighorn
2020 · Movie · 45mDocumentary · Action · Biography
The U.S. expands westward after the Civil War displacing the last of the free-roaming Native Americans onto Reservations. This show focuses special attention on General George A. Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn and Buf...
Paramount+ - #39969
Denis Leary and Friends Present: Douchebags and Donuts
2011 · Movie · 1h 39mComedy
Live from New York's Town Hall, this film features an amazing night of comedy and music with stand-up from Denis Leary, Lenny Clarke, Whitney Cummings and Adam Ferrara, and musical performances by The Enablers featuring The Rehab ...
Paramount+ - #40169
Artie Lange: The Stench of Failure
2014 · Movie · 1hComedy
From "MAD TV" to "The Howard Stern Show," best-selling author, actor and comedian Artie Lange is back with the world premiere of his new one-hour stand-up special on Comedy Central, "Artie Lange: The Stench of Failure." Artie retu...
Paramount+ - #40468
The Soul Man
2012–2016 · Series · 5 seasonsComedy
"The Soul Man" revolves around R&B superstar-turned-minister Reverend Boyce "The Voice" Ballentine, who was living the high life in Las Vegas at the top of the music charts when he got the calling to go from soul singer to soul sa...
Paramount+ - #42368

Defiance
2008 · Movie · 2h 17mAction · Drama · History
Jewish brothers in German-occupied Eastern Europe escape into a Belorussian forest, where they join Russian resistance fighters, and endeavor to build a village, in order to protect themselves and about one thousand Jewish non-com...
Paramount+ - #43467

Gabrielle Union: My Journey to 50
2023– · Series · 1 seasonDocumentary
Celebrated actress Gabrielle Union is turning 50, and she's embarking on an adventure through four countries in Africa with her closest loved ones. On this journey she will experience the birthday bash of a lifetime.
Paramount+ - #43967
68 Whiskey
2020– · Series · 1 seasonComedy · Drama · War
Follows a multiethnic mix of men and women deployed as Army medics to a forward operating base in Afghanistan, where they endure a dangerous world that leads to self-destructive appetites, outrageous behavior and intense camaraderie.
Paramount+ - #44867
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
2022 · Movie · 2h 2mAction · Comedy
When Dr. Robotnik returns with a new partner, Knuckles, in search of an emerald that has the power to destroy civilizations, Sonic teams up with his own sidekick, Tails, on a journey across the world to find the emerald first.
NetflixParamount+ - #45367
NCIS: Sydney
2023– · Series · 3 seasonsAction · Crime
Follows a joint team of American Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) agents and Australian Federal Police (AFP) officers who work together to investigate crimes involving the Navy in and around the Indo-Pacific Ocean in Au...
Paramount+ - #45566
Blue Eyed Girl
2025 · MovieComedy · Drama · Romance
A stalled actress mired in the monotony of family life heads back to her hometown to care for her ailing father, only to be drawn back into a dysfunctional relationship with her sisters, and tempted by the first love that got away.
Paramount+Prime Video - #46166
Bixler High Private Eye
2019 · Movie · 1h 6mAction · Comedy · Family
Xander is looking for his dad, who went missing 3 months ago. His mom sends him to stay with ex private dick grandpa in Bixler, where the next lead is. He teams up and investigates with his new high school's star reporter, Kenzie.
Paramount+ - #48463
Shooter
2007 · Movie · 2h 4mAction · Drama · Thriller
An expert marksman living in exile, is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president. Now on the run after being double crossed for the assassination attempt he was trying to prevent, he sets out for the r...
Paramount+ - #48563
The Running Man
1987 · Movie · 1h 41mAction · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Thriller
In a future dystopian America, a wrongfully accused and convicted policeman gets his shot at freedom when he's forced to participate in a TV game show where convicts called Runners must battle killers for their freedom.
Paramount+ - #48762
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
1966 · Movie · 1h 31mComedy · Musical
Rick Richards is a helicopter pilot who wants to set up a charter flying service in Hawaii -- along the way he makes some friends, including a young Hawaiian girl and her father, romances Judy Hudson, and sings a few songs.
Paramount+Prime Video - #48962
Monster High 2
2023 · Movie · 1h 33mAction · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
As they enter sophomore year at Monster High, Clawdeen Wolf, Draculaura and Frankie Stein face new students, new powers, and an even bigger threat that could not only tear their friendship apart, but could change the world forever.
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