The 19 best movies on Peacock (November 2025)

The Bad Guys (2022)

Based on the graphic novel series of the same name, The Bad Guys is essentially a melding of Zootopia and Ocean’s Eleven. The dazzling heist comedy tells the story of a group of animal criminals that are finally caught and given the chance to reform themselves. While most of the gang is only pretending to go the straight and narrow, their leader, Mr. Wolf (voiced by Sam Rockwell), finds himself genuinely inspired to become better. The DreamWorks film features a stunning blend of 2-D and 3-D animation in the style of 2018’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, giving it that kinetic comic-book feel. —Kevin Jacobsen

Where to watch The Bad Guys: Peacock

Director: Pierre Perifel

Cast: Sam Rockwell, Marc Maron, Awkwafina, Craig Robinson, Anthony Ramos, Richard Ayoade, Zazie Beetz, Alex Borstein, Lilly Singh

Black Christmas (1974)

This slasher classic still holds up as one of the most chilling horror films of all time. A group of sorority sisters’ good tidings of comfort and joy are interrupted by repeated profane phone calls, leading to one of them being murdered in the attic. This kicks off a horrifying series of events as they try in vain to get the police to determine the source of the call while they are picked off one by one. There have been two attempts at remaking Black Christmas in the 21st century, but neither has approached the level of paranoia and dread of the ’70s original. —K.J.

Where to watch Black Christmas: Peacock

Director: Bob Clark

Cast: Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, John Saxon

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025)

Bridget Jones is back for one last hurrah, with this decidedly more poignant, Emmy-nominated final installment in the franchise. Renée Zellweger reprises her role as the titular plucky TV producer, who is now the mother of two children and mourning the unexpected death of her husband, Mark Darcy (Colin Firth). Finally ready to start dating again, she enters into a romance with a younger man (Leo Woodall) while also finding herself drawn to one of her son’s teachers (Chiwetel Ejiofor). Mad About the Boy is much more mature compared to its predecessors, though it retains much of the series’ cheeky humor and Zellweger’s performance remains a highlight. —K.J.

Where to watch Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy: Peacock

Director: Michael Morris

Cast: Renée Zellweger, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Leo Woodall, Jim Broadbent, Isla Fisher, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant

Drag Me to Hell (2009)

After a five-year stint helming the original Spider-Man trilogy, Sam Raimi returned to his horror roots with this devilishly fun supernatural thriller. Alison Lohman stars as Christine, an ambitious bank loan officer who denies an extension on a mortgage requested by an elderly woman, who then puts a curse on her. As Christine comes to find out, the curse involves three days of torment before being dragged to Hell — literally. After trying to find solutions, she comes to realize the kind of sacrifice she must make to lift the curse.

EW’s critic called Drag Me to Hell „a deftly unified freak show that keeps intensifying as its wormy-devil images keep spewing.“ While the film wasn’t as big of a box office performer as some were expecting, critics were effusive in their praise. „Going back to his roots,“ writes EW’s critic, „Raimi has made the most crazy, fun, and terrifying horror movie in years.“ —K.J.

Where to watch Drag Me to Hell: Peacock

EW grade: A

Director: Sam Raimi

Cast: Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Lorna Raver, Dileep Rao, David Paymer, Adriana Barraza

Dunkirk (2017)

While most war films center on traditional battles and heart-wrenching, character-driven moments, Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk is focused on showing the brutal impact of war on the many rather than the few. The film follows the titular evacuation during World War II, deftly split up into one week of action by land, one day by sea, and one hour by air. As we bounce between the three perspectives, we get a visceral picture of the horrors and uncertainties that these men (boys, really) faced at this pivotal point in European — and world — history. The film earned Nolan some of the best reviews of his career, with EW’s critic praising it as „a full-body sensory experience that sweeps you up in its thrall and places you directly into the fog of war.“ —K.J.

Where to watch Dunkirk: Peacock

EW grade: A

Director: Christopher Nolan

Cast: Fionn Whitehead, Tom Glynn-Carney, Jack Lowden, Harry Styles, Aneurin Barnard, James D’Arcy, Barry Keoghan, Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy, Mark Rylance, Tom Hardy

Emma. (2020)

Jane Austen’s Regency era social commentaries continue to find new life centuries later through movie and television adaptations. While some filmmakers remain as faithful as possible to her text, others adopt a more modern approach, utilizing the conventions of contemporary trends. Autumn de Wilde falls into the latter camp, giving her version of the tale of clever matchmaker Emma Woodhouse (Anya Taylor-Joy) a self-aware irony. EW’s critic praises de Wilde’s „sweet alchemy of bringing together something old and something new — as serenely breezy to the end as her beloved heroine.“ —K.J.

Where to watch Emma.: Peacock

EW grade: B+

Director: Autumn de Wilde

Cast: Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, Josh O’Connor, Callum Turner, Mia Goth, Miranda Hart, Bill Nighy

Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)

Michael Moore, known for his award-winning documentaries Roger & Me (1989) and Bowling for Columbine (2002), delivered another cinematic juggernaut with this audacious and controversial documentary. Fahrenheit 9/11 — crowned with the Palme d’Or and holding the title of America’s highest-grossing documentary — fearlessly scrutinizes the Bush administration’s exploitation of post-9/11 paranoia to advance unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq instead of seeking the terrorist attack’s true perpetrators.

As EW’s critic notes, „Fahrenheit 9/11 offers a catharsis for the audience. Dazzlingly assembled, at once reckless and insightful, the movie filters the actions of the Bush administration through a nose-thumbing outrage that might have been irresponsible if Moore’s own words weren’t girded by images that spoke 1,000 more.“ —James Mercadante

Where to watch Fahrenheit 9/11: Peacock

EW grade: B+

Director: Michael Moore

Jurassic Park (1993)

Few movies have ever rivaled the level of wonder and magic evoked when Laura Dern’s Ellie Sattler witnesses a dinosaur as John Williams’ majestic score swells in Jurassic Park. Steven Spielberg’s iconic blockbuster about a trio of scientists who investigate an island on which a business magnate has created a theme park of cloned dinosaurs will simply never be topped — no matter how many sequels Hollywood tries to spawn. After all, as Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) quips in the film, „Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.“ The 1993 original is thrilling, fear-inducing, and altogether entertaining thanks in part to the then-innovative visual effects that still hold up today. —K.J.

Where to watch Jurassic Park: Peacock

Director: Steven Spielberg

Cast: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough

M3GAN (2022)

This campy sci-fi spooker doesn’t take itself too seriously, even if the titular doll is a serious threat to those who cross her owner. After robotics expert Gemma (Allison Williams) develops an artificial intelligence-powered doll named M3GAN for her grieving niece, Cady (Violet McGraw), the dangerously smart humanoid starts to exhibit possessive qualities. And God forbid anyone who poses even a minor threat to Cady. EW’s critic calls M3GAN „a scampering Blumhouse caper that turns out to be blithely self-aware, negligibly jump-scary, and mostly very fun,“ and audiences seemed to agree — the film grossed nearly $100 million at the U.S. box office. —K.J.

Where to watch M3GAN: Peacock

EW grade: B+

Director: Gerard Johnstone

Cast: Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, Ronny Chieng, Jenna Davis, Amie Donald

Memento (2001)

Memento was Christopher Nolan’s first mainstream foray into noodling with notions of time. Guy Pearce plays Leonard Shelby, a man who suffers from amnesia following the murder of his wife. Seeking justice, Leonard tries to make sense of his life while his failing short-term memory prompts him to tattoo important information on his body and take photographs with a Polaroid camera.

The film cleverly uses both chronological and non-linear editing interchangeably, putting the viewer in the protagonist’s mind as we try to put together an elaborate puzzle. „Memento has a spooky repetitive urgency that takes on the clarity of a dream,“ writes EW’s critic. „It’s like an Oliver Sacks case study played as malevolent film noir.“ —K.J.

Where to watch Memento: Peacock

EW grade: A

Director: Christopher Nolan

Cast: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022)

Comedies aimed at older audiences can sometimes feel cheap and condescending these days. Not so with this unabashedly sweet dramedy about a London cleaner named Ada Harris (Lesley Manville). A widow, she receives a pension that gives her the means to travel to Paris in the hope of purchasing a Dior dress, though she struggles to fit in with the snobbish world of haute couture upon her arrival. Manville gives a lovely, multifaceted performance (which earned her a Golden Globe nomination) as a woman pursuing her desires, even with the odds stacked against her. —K.J.

Where to watch Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris: Peacock

Director: Anthony Fabian

Cast: Lesley Manville, Isabelle Huppert, Lambert Wilson, Alba Baptista, Lucas Bravo, Ellen Thomas, Rose Williams, Jason Isaacs

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

With a budget just over $100,000, George Romero’s indie horror masterpiece transformed the zombie genre, reshaping these once-subjugated creatures into autonomous, flesh-craving fiends while forever etching them into pop culture (and paving the way for future undead favorites like The Walking Dead). Revolving around a group of unlikely survivors holed up in an abandoned farmhouse, this film unravels as they fend off an onslaught of ravenous ghouls storming the area. Night of the Living Dead didn’t just make cinematic history; it gnawed its way into the collective consciousness, birthing a thriving franchise with five sequels from 1978 to 2009, which all carry Romero’s iconic directorial touch. —J.M.

Where to watch Night of the Living Dead: Peacock

Director: George Romero

Cast: Duane Jones, Judith O’Dea, Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman, Judith Ridley, Keith Wayne, Kyra Schon

Nope (2022)

Jordan Peele’s brand of sharp, socially minded horror is filtered through a sci-fi lens in his gripping third feature. Nope follows the Haywood siblings — O.J. (Daniel Kaluuya) and Emerald (Keke Palmer) — who own a ranch in Hollywood that is one day visited by a mysterious entity from the sky. A series of twists and turns unfold from there, but suffice it to say, Peele’s mind for both spectacle and substance is on full display. As EW’s critic observes, „it’s clear he’s absorbed a lifetime of Close Encounters lore, and much darker visitations too.“ —K.J.

Where to watch Nope: Peacock

EW grade: B+

Director: Jordan Peele

Cast: Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Steven Yeun, Michael Wincott, Brandon Perea, Keith David

The Northman (2022)

After undergoing months of brutal training set to ’80s Italo music, Alexander Skarsgård sculpted himself into a colossal and wrathful Viking warrior prince in Robert Eggers’ adaptation of the Norse legend that inspired Shakespeare’s Hamlet (and, much later, The Lion King). In a less Disney-esque twist, Prince Almeth receives a sobering message from a Seeress — played by Icelandic pop icon Björk in her return to acting after a two-decade hiatus — who urges him to fulfill his oath of vengeance against his uncle, the culprit behind his father’s death and his mother’s abduction.

A visually dazzling spectacle, The Northman is described by EW’s critic as „Eggers’ biggest film in both scope and budget,“ and „a sprawling summit-of-the-gods epic shot through with rich, hallucinatory set pieces, and movie stars in wild Pagan wiggery.“ —J.M.

Where to watch The Northman: Peacock

EW grade: B

Director: Robert Eggers

Cast: Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ethan Hawke, Björk, Willem Dafoe

The Phoenician Scheme (2025)

Wes Anderson’s playful new comedy, The Phoenician Scheme, centers on a business magnate (Benicio Del Toro) who hopes to bequeath his estate to his nun daughter (Mia Threapleton). But first, he hopes to cement his legacy with a world-spanning scheme, while trying to assuage angry investors and dodge assassination attempts. Like many of Anderson’s films, The Phoenician Scheme features an all-star cast including Del Toro, Michael Cera, Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Bryan Cranston. But the main attraction is Anderson himself, whose unique visual palette, intentionally stilted dialogue, and wry comic wit are on full display here. —K.J.

Where to watch The Phoenician Scheme: Peacock

Director: Wes Anderson

Cast: Benicio Del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera

Point Break (1991)

Point Break is an early-’90s film through and through, a cops and robbers crime drama with some of the hottest actors of the era that’s also a lot about surfing. Keanu Reeves stars as the brilliantly named Johnny Utah, a detective tasked with going undercover to bust a group of surf-loving bank robbers. But, as Johnny immerses himself in that particular subculture, he finds himself curiously drawn to it, particularly because of the group’s charismatic leader, Bodhi (Patrick Swayze).

Critics were mixed at the time (EW’s own gave it a C+), but, as time has passed, we’ve come to appreciate its earnest sensibilities and director Kathryn Bigelow’s thoughtful examination of male friendships, while still delivering as traditional popcorn entertainment. —K.J.

Where to watch Point Break: Peacock

Director: Kathryn Bigelow

Cast: Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves, Gary Busey, Lori Petty

Shrek (2001)

Once upon a time, in a swamp far, far away, Mike Myers graced us by voicing DreamWorks’ misanthropic ogre. He was living the dream, basking in the solitude of his boggy sanctuary, until a horde of storybook creatures — a talking donkey, three little pigs, seven dwarves, and more — decide to crash the party after being ousted from the kingdom by Lord Farquaad (John Lithgow). To reclaim his peace and quiet, Shrek must rescue a certain red-haired princess, all for the sake of Farquaad’s romantic fantasies. A fairy tale that brims with unexpected friendships, laugh-out-loud moments, and enough layers to rival an onion, Shrek is an animated delight you just can’t ogre-look. —J.M.

Where to watch Shrek: Peacock

EW grade: A–

Directors: Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson

Cast: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, John Lithgow, Vincent Cassel, Conrad Vernon

The Sting (1973)

In this charming, old-fashioned caper, Paul Newman and Robert Redford, who previously worked together on 1969’s Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, play grifters who try to get one over on a crime boss who killed one of their partners. A complex long con is set in motion as they assemble a savvy group of men to help pull off the scheme — each with their own motives.

The film ultimately received 10 Oscar nominations, winning seven, including Best Picture. Redford recalled to EW in 2018, „[Director] George Roy Hill loved reading the funny papers. He loved the idea of telling a story in four or five panels, so he was able to take the somewhat flawed script, shift a few things around, and turn it into something damn near perfect.“ —K.J.

Where to watch The Sting: Peacock

Director: George Roy Hill

Cast: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw

Tár (2022)

Tár is a psychological drama so well written that it convinced some viewers its protagonist was real. The spellbinding film centers on Lydia Tár (Cate Blanchett), a celebrated conductor and instructor whose life unravels after damning allegations come out regarding her misbehavior with students. Writer-director Todd Field skillfully explores complex themes, from power dynamics to cancel culture and the generational divide, without ever feeling heavy-handed. The film earned widespread acclaim from critics (including EW’s own), and received six Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Best Actress for Blanchett’s towering performance. —K.J.

Where to watch Tár: Peacock

EW grade: A

Director: Todd Field

Cast: Cate Blanchett, Noémie Merlant, Nina Hoss, Mark Strong