Paramount+ added 147 new movies and shows on April 1, and three of them make a strong case for your April 24-26 weekend watch list. The new lineup ranges from a documentary about a comedy duo that split in the 1980s to a Facebook origin story and an Oscar-winning alien-communication drama.
The freshest title is Cheech & Chong's Last Movie, a documentary that sends Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong on a road trip to a place called The Joint. The pair split up in the 1980s, so the film carries the weight of a reunion as much as a retrospective, and it gives Paramount+ a new conversation starter just as the April slate settles in.
The Social Network is the easiest recommendation if you want something with lasting bite. It revisits the founding of Facebook by Harvard University students Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin, with Jesse Eisenberg playing Zuckerberg and Andrew Garfield as Saverin. The film also folds in the legal fights from Saverin and the Winklevoss twins over ownership of Facebook, with Armie Hammer playing both twins, which still makes it one of the best movies of the 2010s and a natural fit for a weekend rewatch.
That mix of fame, ambition and betrayal is part of why the movie still lands years later. It is also the kind of title that reminds viewers why Paramount+ keeps loading up on recognizable films at the start of each month, and why the service's April 1 drop of 147 new movies and shows mattered beyond the headline number. If you are mapping out more streaming options, Tyler Perry’s Zatima returns May 12 with final season on Paramount+ and All Stars 11 Cast: 18 queens set for bracket showdown on Paramount+ are among the next arrivals to watch for.
The third pick is the unnamed alien-communication film centered on linguist Louise Banks, who is tasked with establishing communication with an extraterrestrial species. It won one of its eight Oscar nominations for Sound Editing, and it is described as one of the best movies of the 2010s. That gives the weekend lineup a different kind of pull: a serious, acclaimed film that balances out the nostalgia of Cheech & Chong and the corporate drama of The Social Network. For viewers tracking Paramount+ releases ahead of bigger franchise moves, Avatar Aang Last Airbender Movie leak sparks fresh questions before Paramount+ debut is another title drawing attention.
What makes the trio work is that each one offers something different without feeling random. Cheech & Chong's Last Movie leans on memory, The Social Network leans on conflict and the alien-communication film leans on craft. For April 24-26, Paramount+ has given viewers a clean answer to the usual weekend question: there is enough here to stay in, and enough range to make the choice easy.
