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Two useless cops go undercover in high school and discover they were not cool the first time either. Loud, dumb, and very funny. On Netflix and Paramount+.

They go to college this time, and the movie knows it is a sequel. Same pair, bigger budget, same joke, still works.

A getaway driver with tinnitus and a perfect playlist. Edgar Wright cuts the chases to the music. On Paramount+.

A cab driver in Los Angeles picks up a fare who is killing people between stops. Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, night photography. On Paramount+.

Apollo's son asks Rocky to train him, and both of them have something to prove. The boxing is real. The feeling is too. On Prime and Paramount+.

Adonis faces a friend from his past, and Michael B. Jordan directs the fight like a personal letter. On Prime and Paramount+.

Tom Cruise dies, wakes up, and has to fight the same invasion until he gets it right. Emily Blunt is the reason it works. On Paramount+.

Ethan Hunt's first impossible assignment, hanging from a ceiling over a computer. Tom Cruise, 1996, on Paramount+.

A plutonium mistake, a helicopter, and Cruise doing the stunts himself. The 2018 one is the peak. On Paramount+.

A man who cannot feel pain gets pulled into a bank robbery. Jack Quaid, on Prime and Paramount+, an action comedy that uses the gimmick well.

A club fighter in Philadelphia gets a shot at the champion and decides to go the distance. 1976, on Prime and Paramount+. The training montage is the national anthem of effort.

A machine is sent to protect the boy who will matter later, and his mother already knows how this ends. Arnold, Linda Hamilton, on Prime and Paramount+.

Glen Powell runs for his life on a televised manhunt. Edgar Wright's 2025 film, on Prime and Paramount+. A chase with a studio audience.

Fighter school, ego, and volleyball. Tom Cruise, 1986, on Paramount+. The sequels are better. This one invented the sunglasses.

Maverick is still flying, and he has to teach a generation that thinks he is a relic. The 2022 film, on Netflix and Paramount+. The flights are the reason.

A war movie shoot goes wrong and the actors think the explosions are still special effects. Robert Downey Jr., Ben Stiller, on Paramount+. Rated R and aware of it.