Paramount+ is the home of some great supernatural movies. These movies can turn almost anything into a threat. An unexplained sound can draw a creature out of hiding in A Quiet Place. An abandoned spacecraft can bring something back with it in Event Horizon. In The Faculty and Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the person standing next to you may no longer be human.
The movies on this list cross horror with science fiction, with stories about alien invasions, genetic experiments, unexplained creatures, zombies, and humans being replaced by something else. That includes the A Quiet Place trilogy, all three Mimic movies, Cloverfield, Overlord, World War Z, and more.
This is your guide to supernatural movies on Paramount+, with info on what each movie is about, why you should watch it, and how to watch it.
Key facts
- Movie count: 16
- Featured franchises: A Quiet Place and Mimic
- Alien and extraterrestrial threats: Cloverfield, Area 51, The Faculty, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), and Significant Other
- Creature-focused movies: A Quiet Place, A Quiet Place Part II, A Quiet Place: Day One, Cloverfield, Mimic, Mimic 2, Mimic 3: Sentinel, and The Relic
- Zombie and human-experiment stories: Overlord and World War Z
Your next supernatural watch
- A Quiet Place
- A Quiet Place Part II
- A Quiet Place: Day One
- Mimic
- Mimic 2
- Mimic 3: Sentinel
- Cloverfield
- Area 51
- The Faculty
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
- Event Horizon
- The Relic
- Overlord
- The Stepford Wives (2004)
- World War Z
- Significant Other
1. A Quiet Place
What it’s about: John Krasinski directs and stars alongside Emily Blunt in A Quiet Place. The Abbott family lives in near silence because invading creatures that hunt by sound have devastated much of the population. Their survival depends on sign language, sand-covered paths, and avoiding anything that could make noise.
Why you should watch it: A Quiet Place is the post-apocalyptic film that launched one of the biggest horror franchises of the 21st century. There’s no end to its suspense, and the tension escalates throughout, from a simple shopping trip to preparing for Evelyn Abbott to give birth without attracting the creatures.
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2. A Quiet Place Part II
What it’s about: A Quiet Place Part II follows Evelyn Abbott and her children after the events of the first movie. Emily Blunt returns as Evelyn, while Cillian Murphy joins the cast as Emmett, a survivor who has isolated himself from other people. Djimon Hounsou co-stars.
Why you should watch it: The sequel – directed, like its predecessor, by John Krasinski – moves beyond the Abbott farm and shows more of what happened after the creatures arrived. Regan Abbott, played by Millicent Simmonds, takes on a larger role as she investigates a radio signal and a possible way to use her cochlear implant against the creatures.
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3. A Quiet Place: Day One
What it’s about: A Quiet Place: Day One follows Samira, played by Oscar®-winner Lupita Nyong’o, during the first day of the creature invasion in New York City. Joseph Quinn (Stranger Things) plays Eric, a stranger who joins Samira as they make their way through Manhattan.
Why you should watch it: Offering a wildly different perspective from its two predecessors, this prequel depicts the beginning of the invasion from the middle of the busiest city in the world. Subway tunnels, crowded streets, and collapsing buildings make the franchise’s central requirement, staying quiet, much harder to follow.
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4. Cloverfield
What it’s about: Cloverfield follows a group of friends trying to escape New York City after a massive creature attacks. The story is presented through footage recorded by Hud, played by T.J. Miller, as the group crosses Manhattan to find their friend Beth.
Why you should watch it: It’s the movie that reignited the giant monster craze in America. Produced by J.J. Abrams, written by Drew Goddard (Project Hail Mary), and directed by Matt Reeves (The Batman), Cloverfield employs a handheld-camera, found-footage format that mines countless thrills from the people experiencing the attack at ground level.
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5. Event Horizon
What it’s about: Event Horizon follows a rescue crew sent to investigate a spacecraft that disappeared during an experimental mission and suddenly returned years later, along with a gateway to a hellish alternate dimension.
Why you should watch it: Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson, the cult classic Event Horizon may well be the scariest sci-fi film of the ‘90s. Anchored by lead performances from Laurence Fishburne and the late, great Sam Neill, the film offers gothic production design and nightmarish hallucinations in a haunted house story laced with cosmic dread.
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6. Area 51
What it’s about: Area 51 follows three friends who attempt to break into the famed secretive military facility in Nevada. Their plan takes them underground, where they discover evidence connected to the extraterrestrial stories surrounding the base.
Why you should watch it: Paranormal Activity creator Oren Peli helms this found-footage sci-fi horror thriller. The film’s approach puts the camera – and the viewer – inside the group’s attempted infiltration… and the resulting fallout.
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7. The Faculty
What it’s about: The Faculty takes place at an Ohio high school where students begin to suspect their teachers have been taken over by alien organisms, forcing them to figure out who is still human while determining how to stop the organisms’ spread.
Why you should watch it: Maverick director Robert Rodriguez followed up his From Dusk till Dawn with this underrated sleeper-hit chiller, starring a who’s who of hot young ‘90s talent, including Jordana Brewster, Clea DuVall, Josh Hartnett, and Elijah Wood, along with Robert Patrick and The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart.
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8. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
What it’s about: The original horror classic stars Kevin McCarthy as Dr. Miles Bennell, a small-town physician who returns to Santa Mira, California and finds patients convinced that their loved ones have been replaced by identical impostors. Miles eventually discovers alien pods capable of producing emotionless duplicates of human beings.
Why you should watch it: Though it’s been remade three times (and counting), nothing compares to director Don Siegel’s original Invasion of the Body Snatchers, a Cold War-era sci-fi classic that proves nothing is scarier than the quiet loss of one’s own identity.
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9. Mimic
What it’s about: Mimic stars Mira Sorvino as entomologist Susan Tyler, who creates a genetically engineered insect to stop a disease being spread by cockroaches. The insects were designed to die out, but years later they survive and evolve into creatures capable of imitating humans.
Why you should watch it: Mimic is Oscar®-winning director Guillermo del Toro’s first English-language film, starring fellow Oscar® winner Mira Sorvino at the height of her fame. With much of the story playing out beneath New York City, where Susan investigates what became of the Judas Breed she created, the film has enough eerie atmosphere to burn and more of the creepiest screen critters of the ‘90s.
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10. Mimic 2
What it’s about: Mimic 2 returns to the genetically engineered giant Judas Breed insects introduced in Mimic. The story follows the original film’s Remy, a teacher and entomologist played by Alix Koromzay, as a series of deaths points to another evolved creature able to imitate human beings.
Why you should watch it: A creepy, human-stalking monster, a strong character arc for Remy, and fast-paced action add up to a fun, supernatural B-movie.
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11. Mimic 3: Sentinel
What it’s about: Mimic 3: Sentinel follows Marvin, played by Karl Geary, who spends much of his time photographing his neighbors from his apartment window. His observations lead him to evidence that the genetically engineered Judas Breed is still active.
Why you should watch it: With its tight focus on Marvin’s apartment and the people he watches through his camera, Mimic 3: Sentinel offers a different experience from its two predecessors – a voyeuristic thriller in the tradition of Hitchcock’s Rear Window.
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12. Overlord
What it’s about: Overlord follows American paratroopers sent behind enemy lines shortly before D-Day. After reaching a French village, their mission changes when they discover a laboratory beneath the village church and learn what Nazi forces have been doing to prisoners there.
Why you should watch it: In Overlord, mega producer J.J. Abrams creates an insanely twisted thrill ride with mind-blowing mayhem that serves as both a World War II drama and a Nazi-zombie sci-fi horror extravaganza. Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell, and Mathilde Ollivier lead the cast.
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13. The Relic
What it’s about: The Relic follows a series of killings at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History. Penelope Ann Miller plays evolutionary biologist Dr. Margo Green, while Tom Sizemore plays Lt. Vincent D’Agosta, the detective investigating the killings. When a major exhibition opens, guests are trapped inside the museum with the creature responsible for the deaths.
Why you should watch it: Fans of both police procedurals and monster movies will find something to love in The Relic. Plus, legendary effects artist Stan Winston (The Terminator, Aliens) designed the film’s creature.
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14. The Stepford Wives (2004)
What it’s about: Oscar® winner Nicole Kidman stars in The Stepford Wives as television executive Joanna Eberhart, who moves with her husband, Walter, to Stepford, Connecticut. Joanna soon notices that many of the town’s wives behave with the same unnerving devotion to their husbands and domestic routines.
Why you should watch it: Co-starring Bette Midler, Matthew Broderick, Christopher Walken, Glenn Close, and Faith Hill, The Stepford Wives is bursting with star power. It’s directed by Frank Oz (Little Shop of Horrors) and written by Paul Rudnick (Addams Family Values), two talents who know how to fuse horror with comedy.
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15. World War Z
What it’s about: World War Z stars Oscar® winner Brad Pitt as Gerry Lane, a former United Nations investigator pulled into a global effort to stop a rapidly spreading zombie outbreak. His search for answers takes him from the United States to South Korea, Israel, and Wales.
Why you should watch it: Based on the acclaimed bestseller by Max Brooks, World War Z is a rarity in that it’s an engrossing zombie epic. It’s also anchored by a strong performance from the always reliable Brad Pitt.
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16. Significant Other
What it’s about: Significant Other stars Maika Monroe and Jake Lacy as Ruth and Harry, a couple taking a backpacking trip through the Pacific Northwest. Their trip changes after a marriage proposal and an encounter in the wilderness. Ruth eventually realizes they are not alone in the forest, changing both the trip and her understanding of Harry.
Why you should watch it: With It Follows, The Guest and Longlegs on her resume, Monroe is a 21st-century horror heroine without peer. And, as he demonstrated in The White Lotus and All Her Fault, no one can play morally dubious husbands like Lacy.
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How to watch the movies on this list
