What’s new on Paramount Plus in July 2023

Zoe Saldana in Special Ops: Lioness
Zoe Saldana in Special Ops: Lioness (Image credit: Lynsey Addario/Paramount+)

Paramount Plus likes to say they have a mountain of TV shows and movies (get it?), so we're here to help you navigate through all of those choices. Find the full list of everything that is coming to Paramount Plus this July, from classic movies and TV shows to streaming replays of current broadcast TV shows, Paramount Plus originals and live sports. 

But first, here are What to Watch's picks for the best of the best of new content on Paramount Plus this month. 

Best movie on Paramount Plus in July: Risky Business (July 1) 

Tom Cruise in Risky Business

Tom Cruise in Risky Business (Image credit: TCD/Prod.DB/Alamy Stock Photo)

Tom Cruise remains one of the biggest movie stars in the world and has a brand new movie out on July 12, Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One. But before Cruise was jumping off cliffs and saving the world (and the movie theaters, per Steven Spielberg), Risky Business was one of his breakout roles. Cruise plays a teenager who has the house to himself when his parents are out of town, but things quickly get out of hand when he becomes entwined with a sex worker. Almost everyone will know Risky Business from the classic image of Cruise sliding across the floor in a button down, but now you can easily see the rest of the movie around that.

Jack Nicholson is also a big star of the month on Paramount Plus, with several of his best movies including Chinatown, Five Easy Pieces, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Reds and more available (some are only available for those with Paramount Plus with Showtime).

Best TV show on Paramount Plus in July:  Special Ops: Lioness (July 23)

Jill Wagner, Thad Luckinbill, Zoe Saldana, James Jordan, Jonah Wharton, Austin Hébert in Special Ops: Lioness

Jill Wagner, Thad Luckinbill, Zoe Saldana, James Jordan, Jonah Wharton, Austin Hébert in Special Ops: Lioness (Image credit: Greg Lewis/Paramount+)

Between 1883, 1923, Tulsa King and now Special Ops: Lioness, maybe we should rename Paramount Plus to Taylor Sheridan Plus. The latter is the most recent original series from the prolific TV writer. The series is based on a real CIA program known as Lioness and follows a new recruit and those that work with her and oversee her in the program and government. It stars Zoe Saldana, Nicole Kidman and Morgan Freeman and sure looks to be an explosive new series.

Some other shows you can watch this month include the Zoey 102 reboot and, exclusively for UK subscribers, NBC's Quantum Leap season 1, a reboot of the '80s TV series that premiered in fall 2022 and was quickly renewed for a second season.

Best live sports on Paramount Plus in June: NWSL games 

Katie Johnson and the Chicago Red Stars will play in the four-team Women's Cup in August.

Chicago Red Stars' Katie Johnson (Image credit: Amy Kontras/Getty Images)

The 2023 Women's World Cup is set to get underway on July 20. That is not on Paramount Plus, but if you want to get ready for the tournament you can watch the NWSL games that Paramount Plus will be streaming throughout the month, including marquee games featuring Julie Ertz, Megan Rapinoe, Rose Lavelle, Alex Morgan, Ashley Sanchez and Trinity Rodman.

Golf fans will also be able to live stream tournaments every weekend, including the Genesis Scottish Open ahead of the Open Championship.

What's new to Paramount Plus in June 2023

(Paramount Plus originals in bold. Titles only available on Paramount Plus with Showtime ID'd with *)

July 1

  • 1900
  • 1900 (extended)
  • 1-800-Hot-Nite*
  • 3:10 to Yuma
  • A Fish Called Wanda*
  • Aftersun*
  • American Beauty*
  • Arctic Tale*
  • The Aviator*
  • Best in Sex: 2023 AVN Awards*
  • Better Watch Out*
  • Big Top Pee-Wee
  • Black Rain
  • Black Rock*
  • Black Sunday
  • Case 39
  • Charlotte's Web (1973)
  • Charlotte's Web (2006)
  • Charlotte's Web 2
  • Chinatown
  • Coffy*
  • Collateral
  • The Contractor*
  • Cost of a Soul*
  • Death Wish (1974)
  • The Doors
  • Drop Zone*
  • The Duff*
  • Easy Rider*
  • Eyes Wide Shut
  • The Fighting Temptations
  • Finding Neverland (2004)*
  • The Firm
  • Five Easy Pieces*
  • Flags of Our Fathers
  • Foxy Brown*
  • Freedom Writers
  • The General's Daughter
  • G.I. Jane
  • The Godfather (remastered)
  • The Godfather Part II (remastered)
  • The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone (remastered)
  • The Guilt Trip
  • Harold and Maude*
  • Hondo
  • Hostage*
  • Hot Rod*
  • How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
  • The Idolmaker*
  • Imagine That
  • Interview With the Vampire
  • It Takes Two (1995)*
  • Jack Reacher
  • Jackass Number Two
  • Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back*
  • Jersey Girl*
  • Jimmy Hollywood*
  • John Grisham's The Rainmaker*
  • Kickboxer: Retaliation*
  • Kill Me Now*
  • The Last Boy Scout*
  • The Last Detail*
  • Last Vegas
  • Love, Rosie
  • Marathon Ma
  • Mean Machine*
  • Men of Honor
  • Mississippi Burning*
  • Mousehunt
  • New Jack City*
  • No Country for Old Men
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest*
  • Original Sin*
  • Overboard (1987)*
  • Pet Sematary (1989)
  • Pet Sematary II (1992)
  • Pumpkinhead*
  • Rain Man*
  • Red Eye
  • Red Tails
  • Reds*
  • Resistance: 1942*
  • Risky Business
  • Sands of Iwo Jima
  • Saturday Night Fever
  • Seabiscuit
  • Searching for Bobby Fischer*
  • Serpico
  • Sheba, Baby*
  • The Shining*
  • Soldiers of Fortune*
  • The Sons of Katie Elder
  • Stop-Loss*
  • The Switch
  • The Two Jakes
  • Trainspotting*
  • Triple Threat*
  • Vanilla Sky*
  • Walking Tall Part 2*
  • Walking Tall — The Final Chapter*
  • What They Had*
  • Whitney
  • Wolf*
  • World Trade Center
  • xXx
  • xXx: State of the Union
  • Yours, Mine & Ours (2005)

July 2

  • Tough as Nails season 5 

July 4

  • Around the World with 30 Kilos (UK)
  • Sugar (UK)

July 5

  • Face's Music Party season 1
  • Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out seasons 16-18
  • Teen Mom season 9

July 6

  • A Thin Line (UK)

July 7

  • Big Nate season 2 premiere
  • Brick Mansions*
  • Wife Like (UK)

July 8

  • Big Nate season 2 premiere (UK) 

July 10

  • Emily*

July 12

  • It Follows*
  • Out of Office
  • Wolverine: One Tough Mother
  • WWII Battles in Color season 1
  • WWII by Drone season 1

July 13

Caitlin Bassett as Addison, Raymond Lee as Dr. Ben Song in Quantum Leap

Caitlin Bassett and Raymond Lee in Quantum Leap (Image credit: Ron Batzdorff/NBC)
  • Quantum Leap season 1 (UK) 

July 14

  • Goliath*
  • PAW Patrol: Mission PAW

July 15

  • Disquiet 

July 18

  • I Wanna Rock: The '80s Metal Dream premiere 

July 19

  • The Casagrandes season 3
  • The Crown's Ancient Forest
  • Double Shot at Love With DJ Pauly D & Vinny season 3
  • Jersey Shore: Family Vacation season 5
  • Wynonna Judd: Between Hell and Hallelujah (UK)

July 23

  • Special Ops: Lioness premiere 

July 26

  • El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera season 1
  • MTV Cribs season 18

July 27

  • Ghosts of Beirut (UK)
  • Snag
  • Zoey 102 premiere

July 29

  • Heaven Can Wait (1978) 

July 31

Live sports on Paramount Plus in July

Rory McIlroy at the Open Championship

Rory McIlroy (Image credit: MB Media/Getty Images)

July 1

  • BIG3 Basketball
  • Campeonato Brasileirao Serie A: Sao Paulo vs Fluminense
  • Combate Global Competition
  • PGA Tour: Rocket Mortgage Classic third round

July 2

  • 100 Rodeos in 100 Days
  • NWSL: NJ/NY Gotham FC vs Angel City FC
  • PGA Tour: Rocket Mortgage Classic final round

July 8

  • Campeonato Brasileirao Serie A: Palmeiras vs Flamengo
  • Combate Global Competition
  • Now, on the Tee: Trailblazers in Women’s Golf
  • NWSL: San Diego Wave FC vs Washington Spirit
  • PGA Tour: John Deere Classic third round

July 9

  • Argentina Liga Profesional de Futbol: Sa Lorenzo vs River Plate
  • Beyond Limits: Power Players
  • BIG3 Basketball
  • Campeonato Brasileirao Serie A: Gremio vs Botafogo
  • PGA Tour: John Deere Classic final round

July 15

  • BIG3 Basketball
  • PGA Tour: Genesis Scottish Open third round

July 16

  • Argentina Liga Profesional de Futbol: River Plate vs Estudiantes
  • Campeonato Brasileirao Serie A: Fluminese vs Flamengo
  • Combate Global Competition
  • LPGA Tour: Dana Open final round
  • PGA Tour: Genesis Scottish Open final round

July 21

  • NWSL: Portland Thorns vs San Diego Wave FC

July 22

  • LPGA: Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational final round
  • Rolex United States Grand Prix Chicago
  • We Need to Talk

July 23

  • 2023 SBD World's Strongest Man Final
  • BIG3 Basketball
  • WNBA: Phoenix Mercury vs Washington Mystics

July 28

  • NWSL: Washington Spirit vs NJ/NY Gotham FC & OL Reign vs San Diego Wave FC 

July 29

  • Formula E 2023 Hankook London E-Prix
  • PGA Tour: 3M Open third round
  • Seattle Pickeball Open
  • July 30
  • BIG3 Basketball
  • PGA Tour: 3M Open final roud
  • Professional Bull Riding: PBR Team Series

Throughout July

  • Argentina Liga Profesional de Futbol
  • Campeonato Brasileirao Serie A
  • NWSL

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Michael Balderston

Michael Balderston is a DC-based entertainment and assistant managing editor for What to Watch, who has previously written about the TV and movies with TV Technology, Awards Circuit and regional publications. Spending most of his time watching new movies at the theater or classics on TCM, some of Michael's favorite movies include Casablanca, Moulin Rouge!, Silence of the Lambs, Children of Men, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest and Star Wars. On the TV side he enjoys Peaky Blinders, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Saturday Night Live, Only Murders in the Building and is always up for a Seinfeld rerun. Follow on Letterboxd.