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Netflix, Paramount+, and Pluto TV remain among the top streamers for a reason: their movie libraries feature some of the best modern cinema masterpieces.
This March, Watch With Us takes a look at the best of the best — the five-star flicks with near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes scores and multiple Oscar nominations.
From beloved blockbusters like Titanic to auteur artworks like Licorice Pizza and The Irishman, to intelligent black comedies like Election, our list has something for everyone.
These are the five movie masterpieces we think should get your attention in March.
‘Zodiac’ (2007) — Paramount+
The search for the elusive Zodiac Killer who terrorized the San Francisco area during the 1960s and ’70s is chronicled in David Fincher’s gripping crime procedural starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr. and Mark Ruffalo. As the Zodiac continues to take more victims and taunt the police who are searching for him, detectives and reporters alike spiral into obsession and frustration as the killer’s identity seems only just out of reach.
Some might say it would be a bridge too far to dub Zodiac as Fincher’s magnum opus, but few would deny it’s a showcase for a craftsman at the top of his game; a towering work of pulpy mystery-thriller that features career-best work from its core cast. The dialogue-driven drama pulsates with tension from scene to scene, as Fincher captures the perfect paranoid mood for the time period while imbuing nuance into his tormented characters.
Zodiac is streaming on Paramount+.
‘Licorice Pizza’ (2021) — Netflix
In Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley in the 1970s, teenage hustler Gary Valentine (Cooper Hoffman) and wayward twenty-something Alana Kane (Alana Haim) converge at a specific and fateful point in their lives: Gary desperate to grow up, Alana struggling to be an adult. Together, they form an unlikely friendship as they cavort around their hometown, while Gary tries one harebrained scheme after another and Alana tags along for the ride. All the while, Gary falls deeper in love with a woman who is much too old for him, and Alana covets the attention she gets from a boy who doesn’t know better.
Paul Thomas Anderson‘s gorgeous coming-of-age comedy-drama is both funny, tender and lovingly rendered; a true love letter to youth, the complications of love and the city of Los Angeles, a story that could only be manifested from someone who was born and raised there. Led by two breakout performances from Hoffman and Haim, the terrific ensemble cast also includes Sean Penn, Bradley Cooper, Tom Waits and Skyler Gisondo.
Licorice Pizza is streaming on Netflix.
‘Election’ (1999)
Academic hotshot and type-A goody-two-shoes Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon) is resented by her government teacher, Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick), who believes that she engages in dubious tactics to get what she wants. When Tracy decides to run for student body president, Jim is convinced that her win will be both unearned and detrimental, so he convinces a dimwitted jock (Chris Klein) to run against her. But when Tracy discovers Jim’s hand in her opposition, all-out war ensues.
Alexander Payne‘s searing black comedy is intelligently written, terrifically nasty and totally hilarious, helmed by a true star-making turn from Witherspoon. When you get right down to it, Election is a not-so-subtle satire of the American Dream that alternates deftly between humor and tragedy. The tone is cynical but smart, the pace is fast and entertaining and the themes of power dynamics and moral hypocrisy are timeless.
Election is streaming on Paramount+.
‘Titanic’ (1997)
The greatest love story ever continues to be the greatest love story ever in 2026, as the artistry, romance and unforgettable spectacle of James Cameron‘s classic Titanic endure as the standard which all blockbusters should aspire to. Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a poor artist who wins his way onto the luxury Titanic ocean liner, where he meets the beautiful but betrothed Rose DeWitt Bukater (Kate Winslet). As Jack and Rose spend more time together, a secret love blossoms, but so does the hole at the bottom of the ship that threatens the lives of everyone on board.
Titanic truly has everything: romance, action, drama, comedy and even a raucous dance sequence that will make you want to do an Irish jig. While you might dismiss the potential power of Titanic due to its near-comical omnipresence in popular culture, you will almost certainly be blown away by the real thing once you give it a chance. Never has three hours felt so fast or a tragic romance burn so hot as it did in Titanic.
Titanic is streaming on Netflix and Pluto TV.
‘The Irishman’ (2019)
In the 1950s, an ordinary truck driver named Frank Sheehan (Robert De Niro) gets involved with powerful mobster Russell Bufalino (Joe Pesci) and his crime family. After Sheehan’s delivery company accuses Sheehan of stealing and he refuses to name his customers, he becomes acquainted with Bufalino and is ultimately hired as a hitman. This relationship leads to Sheehan’s association with Teamster Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino), who has ties to organized crime. But Sheehan’s dual relationships with Bufalino and Hoffa prove to be his downfall.
The longest film of Martin Scorsese’s career is also handily one of his best and most mature works, a meditation on family, regret, masculinity and the ephemeral nature of power. A true “meeting of the minds” acting powerhouse between veterans Pacino, De Niro and Pesci, The Irishman is more than just an epic gangster drama — it’s a devastating indictment of violent men and their collateral damage.
The Irishman is streaming on Netflix.
