This January, Paramount+ is bringing you a ton of entertainment with the highly anticipated new film in the Star Trek universe alongside a great new series based on Sherlock by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Paramount+ this month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the 8 best films coming to Paramount+ in January 2025 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.
Arrival (January 1)
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 94%
Arrival is a sci-fi drama film directed by Denis Villeneuve from a screenplay by Eric Heisserer. Based on the 1998 short story titled Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang, the 2016 film follows Louise Banks, a linguistic expert tasked with interpreting the language of aliens who have come to Earth in a giant spaceship. Arrival stars Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whittaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Tzi Ma.
Chinatown (January 1)
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 98%
Chinatown is a neo-noir mystery film directed by Roman Polanski from a screenplay by Robert Towne. The 1974 film is set in the late 1930s, and it follows private detective Jake, who is hired by a woman to spy on her husband, Mr Mulwray, the builder of the city’s water system. Jake soon finds himself embroiled in a high-stakes conspiracy when Mr. Mulwray dies. Chinatown stars Jake Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Hillerman, Perry Lopez, Burt Young, and John Huston.
Face/Off (January 1)
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 93%
Face/Off is a sci-fi action film directed by John Woo from a screenplay co-written by Mike Werb and Michael Colleary. The 1997 film follows an FBI agent who uses plastic surgery to look like a terrorist to find the bomb he planted, but his plan goes awry when the terrorist wakes up. Face/Off stars John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen, Gina Gershon, and Alessandro Nivola.
Almost Famous (January 1)
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 91%
Almost Famous is a comedy-drama film written and directed by Cameron Crowe. The 2000 film is set in the early 1970s, and it follows William Miller, a teenage journalist for Rolling Stone magazine, as he goes on a tour with the fictional rock band Stillwater to write his first cover story about them. Almost Famous stars Patrick Fugit, Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson, Jason Lee, Anna Paquin, Fairuza Balk, Noah Taylor, and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Rosemary’s Baby (January 1)
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 97%
Rosemary’s Baby is a psychological horror drama film written and directed by Roman Polanski. Based on the 1967 novel of the same name by Ira Levin, the 1968 film follows Rosemary Woodhouse, a newlywed young woman who moves into an apartment building with her husband. She soon gets pregnant and begins to experience creepy things. She realizes that her neighbors have sinister intentions for her child. Rosemary’s Baby stars Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer, Maurice Evans, and Ralph Bellamy.
The Truman Show (January 1)
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 94%
The Truman Show is a psychological drama film directed by Peter Weir from a screenplay by Andrew Niccol. The 1998 film follows Truman Burbank, a young man who is leading a simple life, but what he doesn’t know is that his whole life is a carefully constructed television show. The Truman Show stars Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, Natasha McElhone, Holland Taylor, and Ed Harris.
There Will Be Blood (January 1)
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 91%
There Will Be Blood is a period dark drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Based on the 1927 novel Oil! by Upton Sinclair, the 2007 film follows Daniel Plainview, a ruthless oil prospector who aspires to become the most powerful oil tycoon by any means necessary, including manipulating his adopted son. There Will Be Blood stars Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Kevin J. O’Connor, Ciarán Hinds, and Dillon Freasier.
Zodiac (January 1)
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 90%
Zodiac is a mystery thriller drama film directed by David Fincher from a screenplay by James Vanderbilt. Based on the non-fiction books Zodiac and Zodiac Unmasked by Robert Graysmith, the 2007 film is set during the late 1960s and early 1970s in the San Francisco Bay Area, and it follows Robert Graysmith, a cartoonist by profession who finds himself obsessed with the real identity of the zodiac killer. Zodiac stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Edwards, Brian Cox, Elias Koteas, Donal Logue, John Carroll Lynch, and Dermot Mulroney.