The Top 10 Best Movies on Peacock Right Now Who wants a new streaming service? With the launch of Peacock in 2020, NBCUniversal jumped...
The Top 10 Best Movies on Peacock Right Now
Who wants a new streaming service? With the launch of Peacock in 2020, NBCUniversal jumped into a pool that was already full. Peacock is a place where you can watch everything from classic monster movies to episodes of 30 Rock to original shows.
But like all of these services, it can be hard to know where to start. How do you find the best of the hundreds of movies in the Peacock library?
The truth is that Peacock's film library is a little thin and weird (there are a lot of B-movies like Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus), but it does have some of the weight of the Universal brand and all of its history, including classic franchises and recent hits (and the service will likely have more when licensing deals expire with other streaming platforms). But until the selection grows, you can't go wrong with any of the following.
1. Apocalypto
Year: 2006
Runtime: 2h 17m
Director: Mel Gibson
Mel Gibson, who is known for making violent historical blockbusters, took a real chance when he directed this story about the Yucatan in Mexico in the year 1502. Apocalypto is the story of Jaguar Paw, a young hunter whose tribe is attacked by people from outside. The whole story is told in the Mayan language. The movie made a lot of money at the box office and has a strong fan base.
2. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Year: 2009
Runtime: 2h 2m
Director: Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog was an unexpected choice to direct the sequel to Abel Ferrara's Bad Lieutenant, which came out in 1992, but this isn't a typical sequel. In fact, it has nothing to do with the first movie except that it also has a corrupt cop as its main character. This is one of Nicolas Cage's most crazy and impressive performances, which is saying a lot.
3. Beast
Year: 2022
Runtime: 1h 32m
Director: Baltasar Kormakur
Who doesn't want to see Idris Elba hit a lion? Beast takes a little too long to get to the good parts, but it's the kind of B-movie you don't see much of anymore. Right now, shortly after it came out in theaters, it's only on Peacock. Peacock has been steadily using recent movie hits to try to get more subscribers, so take advantage of the latest box office hit while you can.
4. Bernie
Year: 2011
Runtime: 1h 44m
Director: Richard Linklater
This dark comedy was directed by Richard Linklater. It was based on the true story of Bernie Tiede, played by Jack Black, who became friends with an old Texas woman named Marjorie Nugent (Shirley MacLaine) and then killed her. It's a weird little movie in which Jack Black gives one of his best performances and Matthew McConaughey gives a great supporting performance.
5, The Beyond
Year: 1981
Runtime: 1h 27m
Director: Lucio Fulci
Giallo fans pay the most attention to Dario Argento, but you should also give Lucio Fulci a chance to enchant you. The Beyond, a supernatural horror movie from 1981 about a woman who inherits a motel in Louisiana and finds out the hard way that it might be a door to Hell, is one of his most popular movies. You don't like it when that happens, do you?
6. Black Christmas
Year: 1974
Runtime: 1h 38m
Director: Bob Clark
Most people who like A Christmas Story probably don't know that the same director, Bob Clark, also made a very different holiday classic. This is one of the most influential slasher movies of all time. It's about a group of sorority sisters who are killed one by one over the holidays. It was made again in 2019 with an interesting twist, but Peacock is showing the original 1974 version.
7. Croupier
Year: 1998
Runtime: 1h 34m
Director: Mike Hodges
People started saying that Clive Owen should be the next James Bond after his 1998 noir, in which he played a character so coolly that people thought he should be the next 007. Owen plays a writer who gets a job as a croupier, which is a fancy word for a casino dealer, but ends up in the wrong scene. It's one of the most underrated movies of the late 1990s. It's smart and exciting, and it's a great way to show off Owen's charm.
8. Driveways
Year: 2019
Runtime: 1h 25m
Director: Andrew Ahn
Andrew Ahn did everyone a favor by writing a great character for Bill Dennehy to play in one of his last roles. He plays a kind man who makes friends with his new neighbors, especially a young man named Lucas Jaye, who is played by another actor. Driveways is a soft and sweet movie about friendships that happen out of the blue.
9. Gilbert
Year: 2017
Runtime: 1h 36m
Director: Neil Berkeley
When Gilbert Gottfried died in early 2022, everyone was shocked. If all you know about Gottfried is his larger-than-life screen persona, you should watch Neil Berkeley's 2017 documentary about him. It will help you understand who Gilbert was behind the scenes and how much the comedy world missed him when he died.
10. Highlander
Year: 1986
Runtime: 1h 50m
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Who would have thought that the fantasy movie with Christopher Lambert from 1986 would be the first in a series? Since this silly action movie about an immortal warrior came out, there have been four more movies, two live-action series, comics, toys, novels, and so much more. Find out where it all started here. It can only be one!