Curated playlist

Paramount Pictures films

Psycho (1960 film)Paramount refused to fund Hitchcock's Psycho, so he financed the 1960 film himself. He used his television crew.
Scream 7Scream 7, the 2026 slasher film directed by Kevin Williamson, begins in Woodsboro with a rumor. Two fans of the in-story Stab movies, Scott and Madison, visit Stu Macher's house after hearing he may have survived having a television…
Vertigo (film)The spiral titles of Hitchcock's film Vertigo were made with a World War II anti-aircraft computer.
Mission: Impossible – The Final ReckoningAt the New York premiere of Mission: Impossible , The Final Reckoning in May 2025, Tom Cruise left no room for doubt about the title. "It's the final! It's not called 'final' for nothing," he said, confirming that this would be his last…
Transformers: Dark of the MoonMichael Bay bet $25,000 that two robots would not appear in Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
Thor (film)Chris Hemsworth gained 20 lb for Thor and then outgrew his costume.
XXX: Return of Xander CageXXX: Return of Xander Cage began its public life with a nickname. On the 23rd of August 2015, Vin Diesel told his Instagram followers, "While I was filming xXx, guys on set called me Air Diesel." He added that the time to return had come,…
Interstellar (film)Interstellar, the 2014 science fiction epic directed by Christopher Nolan, was filmed under a decoy name: Flora's Letter. Flora is one of Nolan's four children with producer Emma Thomas. Nolan is famous for guarding his productions, and…
Street Fighter (2026 film)The 2026 Street Fighter film has Jason Momoa as Blanka and 50 Cent as Balrog. Roman Reigns plays Akuma.
Titanic (1997 film)Rather than cut Titanic, James Cameron gave up his $8 million director's salary.
The GodfatherMarlon Brando stuffed cotton balls in his cheeks to audition for The Godfather. Paramount resisted casting him.
Top Gun: MaverickTop Gun: Maverick contains a shot that nearly took the roof off a building. For a low-pass scene with the actor Ed Harris, a Blue Angels jet skimmed a test range at China Lake at under 50 feet and around 450 knots. On the 20th and last…
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among ThievesA sports bar chat got two directors the Dungeons & Dragons movie job. They had just left directing The Flash.
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (film)Universal expected the 1978 Sgt. Pepper film to be this generation's Gone with the Wind.
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film)Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street, released in 2013, asks its audience to laugh along with a man who defrauded investors. The film is adapted from the memoir of the stockbroker Jordan Belfort. Leonardo DiCaprio plays Belfort, in…
Harold and MaudeHarold and Maude opens with a young man hanging himself, but he is faking it. The 1971 comedy became a cult favorite.
Ordinary PeopleMichael J. Fox auditioned for Ordinary People and lost the role to Timothy Hutton. Hutton won an Oscar for it at age 20.