Showtime no longer lives solely in those higher-tier cable packages. Nowadays, you can stream this premium movie channel online through its app, or add it as a channel to your Amazon Prime or Hulu accounts. With all these ways to stream Showtime, movie-lovers have a treasure trove of titles to check out. But what's worth watching? To assist you with your cinema-seeking adventures, we've provided a selection of the best movies currently on Showtime. Whether you're looking for a good scare, a classic comedy, or something newer, Showtime's streaming service has a great selection to choose from. And don't worry. We’ll continue to update this list as new movies are added and removed from their catalog.

For more recommendations, check out our list of the best movies on Netflix, Hulu, and Prime Video.

Editor's note: This article was updated August 2023 to include Nothing Compares, Pearl, and Aftersun.

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Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

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Run Time: 2 hr 20 min | Genre: Absurdist Comedy Drama | Director: Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert

Cast: Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, Jenny Slate

One of the best films of 2022, Everything Everywhere All at Once is a bold, hilarious, and heartfelt film about a Chinese-American immigrant named Evelyn (Michelle Yeoh), who owns a laundromat with her husband (Ke Huy Quan) and daughter (Stephanie Hsu). While being audited by the IRS, she discovers she can travel to parallel universes and goes on a bizarre journey filled with rocks and hot dog fingers to save the multiverse. This film tackles complex themes of nihilism and identity in a unique and sometimes silly way, making for an entertaining and powerful watch from start to finish. From the writing and directing to the performances and editing, this film is a true feat of filmmaking that will make you laugh and cry in equal measure. – Taylor Gates

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Nothing Compares (2022)

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Run Time: 1 hr 37 min | Director: Kathryn Ferguson

Cast: Sinéad OʼConnor, John Maybury, Peaches, Chuck D, Bob Dylan

Nothing Compares is a poignant documentary about the controversial musical icon Sinéad OʼConnor. Directed by Kathryn Ferguson, Nothing Compares features interviews with the late artist herself, as well as archive footage revealing the singer-songwriter’s extraordinary rise to global phenomenon before her legendary protest toppled her career. Allowing O’Connor to reclaim her story, Nothing Compares shares one woman’s bravery, inspired by her upbringing, to share her spotlight with causes and messages that mattered. Nothing Compares is a story of passion and determination, where an artist risks it all to do what is right. – Yael Tygiel

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Pearl (2022)

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Run Time: 1 hr 42 min | Director: Ti West

Cast: Mia Goth, David Corenswet, Tandi Wright, Matthew Sunderland

Star Mia Goth reprises her role from X in Pearl, a prequel horror film directed by Ti West, who co-wrote the script with Goth. Pearl is a vicious slasher flick with gruesome depictions and a heart-pumping story that builds a thoroughly terrifying villain origin story. Co-starring with Goth are Tandi Wright and Matthew Sunderland as the title character’s parents, along with an appearance by David Corenswet. Praised for Goth’s performance, as well as the intriguing backstory and gory visuals, Pearl seamlessly promises the expansion of a franchise that will result in a third film soon. – Yael Tygiel

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Aftersun (2022)

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Run Time: 1 hr 36 min | Director: Charlotte Wells

Cast: Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio, Celia Rowlson-Hall

Written and directed by Charlotte Wells in her feature directorial debut, Aftersun is a touching coming-of-age story about a young and newly single father (Paul Mescal) and his daughter (Frankie Corio). Wells cleverly shares her own experiences, with Aftersun being loosely autobiographical, particularly revolving around the emotional relationship between the adolescent daughter and her young father. Through unique cinematography, using what looks like found footage along with active scenes, Aftersun delves into the overwhelmingly gorgeous story of love, family, and growing up, highlighted by a serene Turkish resort backdrop. – Yael Tygiel

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Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon (2021)

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Run Time: 1 hr 46 min | Genre: Thriller Fantasy | Director: Ana Lily Amirpour

Cast: Kate Hudson, Jeon Jong-seo, Craig Robinson, Ed Skrein

Carefully crafted by the warped mind of visionary filmmaker Ana Lily Amirpour, who wrote and directed the stylish feature, Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon is a mind-bending science-fiction thriller starring Jeon Jong-seo as a woman with supernatural powers who escapes from a mental institution. Co-starring the hilarious Craig Robinson as a detective searching for the girl and Kate Hudson (Glass Onion) as a wild single mom who takes in the telekinetic stranger, Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon is a fantastical exploration of New Orleans’ nightlife expressed through a neon haze of the duo’s bizarre, hedonistic crime spree. – Yael Tygiel

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The Fabelmans (2022)

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Run Time: 2 hr 31 min | Genre: Drama | Director: Steven Spielberg

Cast: Michelle Williams, Gabriel LaBelle, Paul Dano

This semi-autobiographical feature about director and co-writer Steven Spielberg has all the heart, insight, and craft that one would expect from a Spielberg movie, with an additional layer of connection that shows how much of himself he put into the film. Spielberg described breaking down the first time he saw Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine) and Paul Dano (The Batman) as his parents, and when you see them in action on-screen, it makes sense — they’re amazing in their roles and anchor the film in real emotion from top to bottom. The Fabelmans is a coming-of-age drama about a young man who’s inspired by his family and friends to follow his creative passions. The film is as much about the things people sacrifice for their loved ones as it is about filmmaking while drawing a defined parallel between the two.

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Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)

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Run Time: 1 hr 34 min | Genre: Horror, Comedy | Director: Halina Reijn

Cast: Amandla Stenberg, Maria Bakalova, Myha'la Herrold, Lee Pace

Bodies Bodies Bodies is a dark comedy in which a hurricane party in a luxurious remote mansion turns into a twisted game of death. Amandla Stenberg (The Hate U Give) and Maria Bakalova (The Bubble) star as a couple from two very different tax brackets that join a group of wealthy twenty-somethings who go out of their way to make them feel as out of place as possible. The film is the English-language debut of Dutch director Halina Reijn, who pulled influences from Agatha Christie, The Heathers, and the works of John Cassavetes to create a witty satire of class privilege and the disconnection caused by internet culture.

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Men (2022)

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Run Time: 1 hr 40 min | Genre: Horror | Director: Alex Garland

Cast: Jessie Buckley, Rory Kinnear, Paapa Essiedu, Gayle Rankin

High-concept filmmaker Alex Garland (Ex Machina) wrote and directed Men, an intriguing and original approach to exploring themes of toxic masculinity. Although missing the mark on expressing a profound message, Men succeeds at capturing the magnetic performances of stars Jessie Buckley and Rory Kinnear. With a twisted story about a widow (Buckley) being tormented by the men in the village, all of whom are played by Kinnear, Men is an outstanding concept with intense and often gruesome visuals. Men is a gripping folk horror film that induces a visceral experience throughout as the riveting, feverish tale unfolds. – Yael Tygiel

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The Lighthouse (2019)

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Run Time: 1 hr 50 min | Genre: Horror Drama | Director: Robert Eggers

Cast: Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe, Valeriia Karaman

The Lighthouse is a dreary drama directed by Robert Eggers, who co-wrote the screenplay with his brother Max Eggers. Starring Robert Pattinson (The Batman) and Willem Dafoe, The Lighthouse follows a pair of lighthouse keepers through survival of a wild storm that leaves them stranded at a remote New England outpost. Shifting tonally throughout, The Lighthouse seamlessly transitions from supernatural horror to psychological thriller to dramatic character study. While the genre is undefined, Eggers’ clever decision to shoot in black and white focuses the story, spotlighting the performances by Pattinson and Dafoe. – Yael Tygiel

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Lady Bird (2017)

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Run Time: 1 hr 33 min | Genre: Drama Comedy | Director: Greta Gerwig

Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts, Lucas Hedges, Timothée Chalamet, Beanie Feldstein, Odeya Rush

I’m so glad Lady Bird exists and that it functions as an announcement that Greta Gerwig is not only a major talent but also a talent that can go beyond herself. My fear going into Lady Bird was that the movie would be too autobiographical and Gerwig would have unintentionally created a parody of her mumblecore roles. Instead, she provided a film that was personal and specific. It’s a movie that relishes its lived-in relationships while never being exclusionary. On my first viewing, I found the movie to be a very good example of a coming-of-age dramedy. Upon a repeat viewing, I see it as one of the best examples the genre has to offer. Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf are both amazing as they relish both the highs and lows of their mother-daughter relationship, and watching Lady Bird’s rocky senior year of high school, complete with all the honest missteps a teenager makes turns Gerwig’s debut into an unforgettable feature. – Matt Goldberg

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The Bling Ring (2013)

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Run Time: 1 hr 30 min | Genre: Satire Crime | Director: Sofia Coppola

Cast: Emma Watson, Israel Broussard, Katie Chang, Claire Julien

Combining the coming-of-age drama in her 1998 short film Lick the Star with the opulence of her 2006 film Marie Antoinette, director Sofia Coppola’s The Bling Ring brings to life the story first told in journalist Nancy Jo SalesVanity Fair article “The Suspect Wore Louboutins.” The Bling Ring dramatizes the events of the actual “Bling Ring” robberies, which saw a group of Los Angeles teens commit a series of burglaries from 2008 to 2009, with targets including Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, and Audrina Patridge. Even though Coppola’s story changes names and other small details about what actually went down, the director once again masterfully tells a story of vulnerable, starry-eyed young adults dipping their toe into adulthood to mixed results.

There are a million and one things I love about The Bling Ring. It manages to perfectly capture the spirit of the late ‘00s, with references to once-fashionable L.A. store Kitson and iced mochas and grainy Macbook Photobooth video feeds popping up at random times. There is also Emma Watson, leading the fictional version of the Bling Ring in one of her first non-Harry Potter roles. Watson is not just the biggest draw for audiences, but she’s truly the star of The Bling Ring. Channeling IRL Bling Ring member Alexis Neiers’ energy to the letter (for comparison, you must, must watch this infamous scene from Neiers’ short-lived reality series Pretty Wild), Watson shoots to instant icon status when she intones, with perfect Californian vocal fry, “I wanna rob.” There are also some deeply delightful scenes which are meant to take place inside Hilton’s home in the Hollywood Hills (recreations in lieu of the real thing), where we’re meant to watch the Bling Ring ooh and aah over all of Hilton’s swag as they take whatever they want like it’s their own personal mall. It’s deliciously over-the-top, a perfect encapsulation of The Bling Ring’s exploration of the way we regular folk aspire to a level of celebrity we may never see and how that desire can infect our lives and affect our reality in unusual ways. -- Allie Gemmill

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The Florida Project (2017)

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Run Time: 1 hr 51 min | Genre: Drama | Director: Sean Baker

Cast: Brooklynn Prince, Bria Vinaite, Willem Dafoe, and Caleb Landry Jones

The Florida Project is brilliant and human and it will absolutely break your heart. The film follows a six-year-old girl named Moonee (Brooklynn Prince) who lives in a motel in Kissimmee, Florida, just around the corner from DisneyWorld. In Moonee’s eyes, her days are filled with adventure as she makes the best out of living week-to-week in a motel with her single mother. But through the eyes of Bobby (Willem Dafoe), the motel’s manager, we see the abject poverty surrounding its tenants, and the loops they continue getting stuck in without any promise of upward mobility. Like Boyhood this story feels at once individualistic and universal, and Sean Baker’s docudrama-like filmmaking makes the events feel all too real. This is an essential watch. – Adam Chitwood

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The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)

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Run Time: 2 hr 1 min | Genre: Thriller Horror | Director: Yorgos Lanthimos

Cast: Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Barry Keoghan, and Bill Camp

If psychological thrillers are more up your alley, prioritize The Killing of a Sacred Deer. The movie hails from The Lobster and The Favourite filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and stars Colin Farrell as a cardiac surgeon who secretly befriends a young man (Barry Keoghan), who then subsequently warns him that his entire family will slowly die. The film boats Lanthimos' signature dialogue that only amps up the creepy factor, and and the performances all around are sterling. This isn't your average thriller, so I would only suggest this one if you're into thrillers that are a bit left of center. - Adam Chitwood

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Midsommar (2019)

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Run Time: 2 hr 28 min | Genre: Horror | Director: Ari Aster

Cast: Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, Vilhelm Blomgren, William Jackson Harper, Will Poulter

Aren’t retreats supposed to be peaceful? Written and directed by Ari Aster, the mystifying horror-thriller Midsommar tells the story of Dani Ardor (Florence Pugh), a woman in a struggling relationship while also recovering after her sister killed herself and their parents deliberately through carbon monoxide poisoning. To help her escape the madness in her personal life, her boyfriend Christian (Jack Reynor) reluctantly invites her along on a trip with his friends to Sweden for the special midsummer festival that only occurs every 90 years. Upon arrival, Dani is in awe of the beautiful landscape, but quickly grows suspicious of the community’s traditions and intentions. In typical Aster fashion, this film takes a lot of turns you wouldn’t expect. So, expect the unexpected and be prepared to never look at flowers the same way again. —Emily Bernard

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It Comes At Night (2017)

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Run Time: 1 hr 31 min | Genre: Horror Mystery | Director: Trey Edward Shults

Cast: Joel Edgerton, Christopher Abbott, Carmen Ejogo, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Riley Keough

It Comes at Night boasts a miserable D CinemaScore, the tracking device the industry uses to measure “movie appeal among theatre audiences.” To an extent, I can understand why a movie audience might find this film unappealing, especially given that its title and trailer promise an elevated creature feature where a family must fight against some kind of monsters. That is, decidedly, not what is on filmmaker Trey Edward Shults’ (Waves) mind in It Comes at Night. Yes, there is technically “something” that comes at night for the family of Joel Edgerton, Carmen Ejogo, and Kelvin Harrison Jr., but it’s a sensitive, nuanced amalgam of disease, paranoia, delusions, human intruders (Christopher Abbott and Riley Keough), and only maybe actual creatures. As such, the real monsters at the center of It Comes at Night prove to be the humans inhabiting the frame. Shults’ film is an agonizing psychological chamber drama in a visceral horror film’s clothes. It’s bitter, heartbreaking, nerve-wrenching, and morally complicated -- it features one of the most downbeat “choices” I’ve ever seen made in a modern genre film. If you can check your expectations at the door and get yourself on Shults’ particular wavelength, It Comes at Night will wreck you in the best way possible, CinemaScore be damned. — Greg Smith

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A Ghost Story (2017)

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Run Time: 1 hr 32 min | Genre: Romance Fantasy | Director: David Lowery

Cast: Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara

Right off the bat we’ll say that A Ghost Story is not for everyone, but if you’re into the idea of an indie about the existentialism of life as told via ghost story, this might be for you. This 2017 drama finds Casey Affleck playing a man who dies but then comes back to haunt his wife (Rooney Mara) and her house. There are no big special effects, it’s simply Affleck wearing a white sheet and moping around. But the construction of the film, and the incredible score, drive home the largess of existence and the sorrow of loss. This one’s certainly unique. – Adam Chitwood

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Free Fire (2017)

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Run Time: 1 hr 30 min | Genre: Black Comedy Action | Director: Ben Wheatley

Cast: Armie Hammer, Sharlto Copley, Brie Larson

What if an entire movie took place during a Mexican Standoff? That’s essentially the premise of Ben Wheatley’s Free Fire, which is a violent, R-rated good time. Set in the 1970s, the film begins with a meet-up between IRA members and an arms dealer, but complications ensue, backs are stabbed, and weapons are unloaded. There’s an undercurrent of dark humor to the entire proceeding that makes the film far more fun than you may be expecting, and performers like Armie Hammer and Brie Larson are more than up to the challenge of letting their comedic sensibilities shine. If you’re looking for an action movie that’s a little offbeat, a little different, give this one a shot. – Adam Chitwood

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