The end of the year brings a new wave of movies to Paramount Plus in December 2023. One of the main attractions of the streaming service is the huge movie section it draws from the catalog of America's second oldest movie studio.

Dozens of new releases are available each month, many of which deserve to be added to the list of best Paramount Plus movies. But scrolling through them all takes time. And on holidays, no one has that kind of time.

We're going to help by narrowing the choices down to films that score 90% or higher on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. That's practically an A grade, so you can be sure that these new additions to Paramount Plus are great films.

Whether or not you saw 2008's "Cloverfield," the second film in the franchise is neither a sequel nor a prequel. It features a stand-alone storyline that is loosely connected to the world of the original and immediately dives into the story of Michelle (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) after she survives a car accident. She wakes up in a bunker with two men. Howard (John Goodman) and his assistant Emmett (John Gallagher Jr.) tell her that a massive chemical attack has contaminated the air outside. Michelle, however, suspects that they may not be telling the truth and seeks her own answers as to what is going on.

Genre Science Fiction Horror Rotten Tomatoes Score: 90 Streaming on Paramount Plus

Some movies are boring, others are pure fun. American Hustle is the latter. David O. Russell has assembled a dream team of actors to create a thoroughly entertaining con story. Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, and Jennifer Lawrence were Oscar nominees, but none won. In fact, "American Hustle" has the unfortunate distinction of being the second most nominated film to fail to win a single Academy Award.

But when one is enjoying the show, the awards seem meaningless. When con artist lovers Irving (Bale) and Sydney (Adams) are caught by an FBI agent (Cooper), he recruits them to take down a corrupt mayor (Jeremy Renner). However, their identities may be exposed by Irving's jealous wife (Lawrence).

Genre Crime Drama/Comedy Rotten Tomatoes Score: 92 Streaming on Paramount Plus with Showtime

Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones face off in a heated game. Dr. Richard Kimble (Ford), framed for the murder of his wife, escapes custody when his prison bus crashes. He sets out to track down the real killer and clear his name, but he is pursued by U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard (Jones). As Gerard pursues Kimball, who remains on the run, the cunning cop and the clever surgeon are evenly matched.

Genre Action/Thriller Rotten Tomatoes: 96 Streaming on Paramount Plus

This beautifully drawn, scripted, and acted story was underrated at the time (it was well received by critics but bombed at the box office). Directed by Brad Bird, who later won Oscars for "The Incredibles" and "Ratatouille," the film is set in 1957 and focuses on the friendship that develops between a nine-year-old boy, Hogarth Hughes, and a giant alien robot that crash-lands near the small town of Rockwell, Maine The film is set in a small town in Maine. When paranoid government agents arrive to destroy the robot, Hogarth and a local beatnik artist team up to save the misunderstood robot.

Genre Science fiction animation Rotten Tomatoes: 96 Streaming on Paramount Plus

"Rosemary's Baby" is one of the most famous psycho-horror films of all time, and although it is a slow film with a running time of over two hours, it builds to a stomach-churning finale. Starring Mia Farrow as Rosemary, a young wife who has recently moved into a new apartment with her unsuccessful actor husband Guy. There they become acquainted with the elderly couple next door, and Rosemary becomes pregnant. And oddly enough, the neighbors seem to take a special interest in her pregnancy. - RM

Genre: Horror Rotten Tomatoes: 96 Streaming on Paramount Plus

At the top of the daddy movie heap is this gory confinement drama based on the novel by Stephen King. Banker Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) comes to Shawshank State Penitentiary after being sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his wife and her lover. There he meets contraband smuggler Ellis "Red" Redding (Morgan Freeman). Over the next 20 years, Andy is assaulted, mentors other prisoners, and becomes involved in a money laundering scheme by Warden Samuel Norton (Bob Gunton). Through all his hardships, Andy dreams of living in a peaceful beach town in Mexico. All he has left is hope.

Genre Drama Rotten Tomatoes: 91 Streaming on Paramount Plus

A British sensation, Trainspotting made Ewan McGregor a star, gave Danny Boyle a Hollywood calling card, and gave Robert Carlyle's psychotic Begbie, the most terrifying ever It created a character. It is also outrageously funny and unbearably sad. It does all of this while adapting a Scottish novel about a group of heroin addicts that was thought to be unfilmable. The film is iconic from beginning to end and the soundtrack is one of the best ever. It is simply a magnificent piece of cinema. - MM

Genre Comedy/Drama Rotten Tomatoes: 90 Streaming on Paramount Plus

Sensitive coming-of-age drama directed by Lasse Hallström. DiCaprio plays the mentally disabled Ernie, while his brother Gilbert (Depp) cares for Ernie and their morbidly obese mother. Gilbert meets and befriends a young woman named Becky (Lewis), but their romance is derailed by his sense of duty. When Ernie lashes out, Gilbert snaps, bringing discord to the family.

Genre Comedy/Drama Rotten Tomatoes: 90 Streaming on Paramount Plus