The 10 Best Movies to Watch on Peacock Right Now (November 2024)

Peacock may not be as big as other streaming services like Netflix or Max, but because it's attached to Universal Pictures, it has a movie library that competes with the big guys. Peacock is the place to find most of Universal's movies, especially the new releases, which Universal has more of than any other studio. Said new releases include summer blockbuster Twisters, which just started streaming; likable indie dramedy Didi, which introduces some talented new faces; and Despicable Me 4, the latest entry in Illumination's world-conquering animated comedy franchise. 

While Peacock's library includes a lot of movies, it can be a bit tough to sort through the service to find the best movies you can watch right now. We've focused on movies released somewhat recently, as well as some Peacock exclusives that you can't stream anywhere else.

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Last updated Nov. 22, 2024; newer additions are at the top

Twisters 

This semi-sequel to the 1995 blockbuster Twister has twice the action, twice the danger, and twice the Twisters. Daisy Edgar-Jones and Glen Powell star as storm chasers in Oklahoma trying to get as close to the tornados as possible, because "if you feel it, chase it!" It's probably the best movie catchphrase of 2024. The cast of rising stars also includes Anthony Ramos, Brandon Perea, Katy O'Brian, and David Corenswet. If you're looking for a fun movie, give it a whirl. -Liam Mathews [Trailer]

Didi 

This coming-of-age dramedy from first-time director Sean Wang captures what it was like to be a teenager in the 2000s with uncanny accuracy. Izaac Wang stars as 13-year-old Chris, who lives in a Bay Area suburb with his mother, Taiwanese immigrant Chungsing (Joan Chen, in her best American role in years). He skateboards, makes goofy YouTube videos with his friends, fights with his sister, makes fumbling attempts to flirt with girls, and struggles with the weight of family expectations. It's a sweet slice-of-life movie like Sundance used to make (and this did, in fact, premiere at the Sundance Film Festival). -Liam Mathews[Trailer]

Despicable Me 4

When all else fails, there's always the Minions. The little yellow guys with a net worth of $5 billion are back for their latest adventure that your kids will watch 5 billion times. To be fair, the Minions aren't the main characters here — that would be Gru (Steve Carell), the reformed supervillain-turned-family man, who has to save his family from his old nemesis, a French bad guy named Maxime Le Mal (Will Ferrell). But you and I both know it's all about the Minions. It's always about the Minions. It's only about the Minions. All hail our Minion overlords. -Liam Mathews [Trailer]

The Fall Guy

Ryan Gosling is a Hollywood stuntman, and a man that's he's doubled for has gone missing. Now his ex, a film director played by Emily Blunt, recruits him to find out what happened. And so begins this Kiss Kiss Bang Bang-esque noir action comedy that's got as many plot twists as it has dope action sequences. Even better: Peacock has an extended cut that's 20 minutes longer than the theatrical version. -Phil Owen [Trailer]

The Bikeriders

In the 1960s, Kathy (Jodie Comer) is a young woman who falls for a biker (Austin Butler) and gets caught up in the strange and dramatic world of the biker gang that he runs with — a gang that's got a very intense-as-always Tom Hardy at its head. The Bikeriders is a surprisingly sprawling epic from Loving director Jeff Nichols, and like Nichols' previous films, The Bikeriders has an impeccable vibe that makes it a breezy watch despite some rather intense subject matter. -Phil Owen [Trailer]

Abigail

This horror film uses the tried-and-true storyline of "bad guys get stuck in a tight space with something even badder" to good effect, creating a tense thriller that knows how to have fun. The plot — a crew of crooks who don't know each other try to kidnap a young ballerina under orders of an unseen boss — is secondary, and the big reveal that happens fairly early on has likely already been spoiled for you, but that doesn't matter, because the joy of watching Abigail is in seeing how violently everyone will be killed off one by one. The cast is led by Melissa Barrera, Kathryn Newton, and Kevin Durand, with a star-making turn for young Alisha Weir, and it's another notch on Dan Stevens' belt of maniacal performances. Abigail is solid even if it isn't memorable. -Tim Surette 

Promising Young Woman

Director and writer Emerald Fennell won an Oscar for Best Screenplay for Promising Young Woman, a dark comedy starring Carey Mulligan as a woman who exacts revenge on predatory men following a life-altering experience when she was a medical student. Mulligan is fantastic, and the supporting cast — which includes Sam Richardson, Bo Burnham, Molly Shannon, and many others — shines, but it's Fennell's ability to slide from comedy to thriller that made this a favorite of 2020. It's a daring film that takes big risks, most of which land. -Tim Surette

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Nobody

It's impossible for Bob Odenkirk to be in anything bad, because one of Hollywood's best-known rules is, "If it has Bob Odenkirk in it, it can't suck." The Better Call Saul star carries this action-thriller about a seemingly regular guy (Odenkirk) whose past as an assassin for hire is unearthed as he battles a crime lord and his countless goons. You aren't used to seeing Odenkirk destroy baddies in hyper-violent fashion, but after watching his performance in Nobody, you'll at least believe he's capable of it. -Tim Surette

Freaky

There are plenty of body-swap movies out there, but usually it's a child changing places with their parent, or a kid exchanging basketball skills with Kevin Durant, or Kevin Spacey becoming a cat. How many find a teenage girl trading meatsuits with a serial killer? Kathryn Newton and Vince Vaughn get to have a blast in this incredibly self-aware horror-comedy from director Christopher Landon, who throws in plenty of high school drama for a genre-blender that actually works. -Tim Surette

Marry Me

There's no help for people who don't see the joy in Marry Me. It's a classic Jennifer Lopez rom-com, with J. Lo essentially playing herself — uh, sorry, playing Kat Valdez, a famous pop star who gets stood up by her fiancé (played by Maluma) on the night of their livestreamed hybrid concert/wedding (normal!) and picks a random regular Brooklyn dad (Owen Wilson) out of the audience to marry instead. And wouldn't you know it, they fall in love for real. But they live in two different worlds! Listen, I didn't say it broke the mold, I just said I had a good time watching it. -Allison Picurro [Trailer]