3 Best Movies to Watch From Paramount Television Studios

Adapted from Caleb Carr's blockbuster crime novel, The Alienist follows a team of amateur investigators in 1896 New York: Daniel Brühl as Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, the formidable titular “alienist” who studies the psychology of those alienated from society; Luke Evans as John Moore, a newspaper illustrator; and Dakota Fanning as Sara Howard, the first female employee of the New York Police Department. The show’s trio of amateur yet brilliant detectives need to solve crime mysteries involving haunting and gruesome murders, while the dynamic among them is key to the success of their detective work. Compelling characters, dark aesthetics, and an interesting and unconventional plot are some of the characteristics that make The Alienist a fascinating must-watch for crime lovers.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Actor: Brian Geraghty, Dakota Fanning, Daniel Brühl, Douglas Smith, Luke Evans, Matt Lintz, Matthew Shear, Q'orianka Kilcher, Robert Wisdom

Director: Jakob Verbruggen

Rating: TV-MA

Unlike other adaptations of young adult novels that get caught up in overly romanticized teenage angst, the eight-episode Hulu version of John Green's Looking for Alaska is far more self-aware about its own precocious characters. Because no matter how much earnest faux-wisdom they spout, all their intelligence still hits a brick wall when faced with unanswerable questions of grief, guilt, and what it means to truly love another person. It's as funny as it is devastating, with genuinely moving emotional payoffs that are more than worth the wait, thanks to a uniformly brilliant cast that includes Charlie Plummer, Kristine Froseth, and Denny Love.

Genre: Drama, Romance

Actor: Abbie Gayle, Andrea Andrade, Charlie Plummer, Deneen Tyler, Henry Zaga, Jared Bankens, Jay Lee, Joe Chrest, Kristine Froseth, Landry Bender, Lucy Faust, Maureen Brennan, Megan Elizabeth Wright, Rachel Matthews, Ron Cephas Jones, Sofia Vassilieva, Timothy Simons, Uriah Shelton

These days, pandemic stories can go either of two ways: horribly or profoundly. The realism may be too much to bear, causing so-called pandemic fatigue, or it can compel you to move in the world in kinder, more self-aware ways.

Thankfully, HBO’s overlooked Station Eleven falls under the latter category. Epic, poignant, and lighthearted, the ten-episode miniseries (adapted from the bestselling novel of the same name) is one of the few pandemic-set, post-apocalyptic shows that takes a closer look at the kind and creative ways humans approach survival.

Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Science Fiction

Actor: Daniel Zovatto, David Wilmot, Himesh Patel, Lori Petty, Mackenzie Davis, Matilda Lawler, Nabhaan Rizwan, Philippine Velge

Rating: TV-MA