5 legitimately-good movies on Peacock to watch this week (November 24

If you’re a Peacock subscriber and are a little tired of scrolling through the same movie titles every night, I’m here to do the heavy lifting for you. Peacock’s library is full of movies spanning genres from cozy watch classics to epic animation to newer films that you may have missed in theaters.

If you’re like me and like to watch a few movies to unwind after work, then I’ve picked out five that I think you’ll like – all chosen because I’ve seen them, they’re legitimately good, and also because they all have a review score above 90% on Rotten Tomatoes. Let’s go.

How to train your dragon

If movie nights at your house include kids, like mine, then the Dreamworks classic How to train your dragon is a must-see, especially if you haven’t seen the live-action 2025 version yet (watch it first!). The Viking island of Berk has survived for centuries, largely due to the hunting and slaying of dragons. Their leader, Stoick (Gerard Butler, 300), is one of the fiercest dragon slayers of all time, but his scrawny son, Hiccup (Jay Baruchel, It’s the end), this is certainly not the case. After secretly healing and befriending a deadly Night Fury dragon, Hiccup discovers that dragons may not be the enemies they thought they were all these years. However, convincing his tribe to stop killing them might just be the epic task Hiccup needs to earn his father’s respect and save his people as well. A critical and box office success, How to train your dragon is funny, beautifully animated and unique.

Memento

Before PrincipleBefore Interstellarand before CreationChristopher Nolan made everyone think with the 2000s Memento. The Oscar-nominated psychological mystery thriller is delightfully bonkers as it follows the frenetic activities of Leonard (Guy Pearce), a man who is desperately trying to find his wife’s killer. Leonard has a big problem though: his short-term memory loss means everything resets after about 10 minutes, and suddenly, creating some crazy and deadly situations. To combat this, Leonard relies on a complex series of notes he leaves himself, as well as tattoos all over his body, for the important things. Things get even trickier when bartender Natalie (Carrie-Anne Moss, The matrix) and his shady associate Teddy (Joe Pantoliano, The Sopranos) start to help Leonard, but are they really? Memento is one of Nolan’s best puzzle boxes, and you may need to watch it a few times. But Pearce is dazzling, as is the supporting cast, so watching him twice won’t be a chore.

Memento

Release date

May 25, 2001

Runtime

113 minutes

Director

Christopher Nolan

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 II

If you’ve never seen any of the Harry Potter films, first of all, where the hell have you been for the last 25 years? Second, if you’ve seen them, then you know that the only one that really matters is Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II. I’m kidding (sort of), but even though all the Potter movies are on Peacock for you to choose from, it’s this last episode that I find myself watching over and over again when I need a Potter fix. In the darkest chapter of all, Harry (Daniel Radcliffe, Swiss army man), Hermione (Emma Watson, Beauty and the Beast), and Ron (Rupert Grint, Servant) race to destroy all the Horcruxes before they make their final stand against Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes, Schindler’s List). I always liked the Deathly Hallows installments because the stakes are higher, things get more serious (characters die!) and magic gets way cooler than the younger years of Hogwarts. It’s moodier, more emotional, and features epic war scenes at Hogwarts through the ages.

M3GAN

The one where it all began, M3GAN was box office gold for Universal, raking in over $180 million on a budget of just $12 million, and spawning a scary franchise, to boot. A smooth, fast-paced, darkly funny horror with an impressive 93% Rotten Tomatoes rating, MEGANE is all about AI gone wrong. When Gemma (Allison Williams, To go out), a robotics developer at a toy company, smuggles a lifelike android doll she was working on to help her grieving niece Cady (Violet McGraw, The Haunting of Hill House) getting over your deceased parents, what could go wrong? While M3GAN (played by Gourmand(Amie Donald from Amie Donald, with the voice of Jenna Davis) the directive is to “protect Cady at all costs”, the doll takes things quickly path too far, in a deliciously horrible way. From its now-iconic hallway dance scene (those swinging arms!) to the doll’s creepy and often funny dialogue, M3GAN is a fun and easy watch.

M3GAN

Release date

January 6, 2023

Runtime

102 minutes

Director

Gerard Johnstone

Sicarius

Let those names sink in for a second: Del Toro, Blunt, Brolin. Oh, and let’s not forget the man behind the camera, Villeneuve, and a script by Sheridan. Their last names alone should be enough to motivate you to check out the 2015 Oscar-nominated film. Sicariusbut just in case, let’s count the paths. One of the benchmark drug crime action thrillers of the last decade, Sicarius is a brutal, slow-moving film that immerses you in the dusty world of the US-Mexico drug war in the early and mid-2010s. I’m not used to playing action badasses from Edge of tomorrow the year before, Emily Blunt played FBI agent Kate Macer, who joins a secret government task force led by Matt Graver (Josh Brolin), focused on taking down a deadly drug cartel. Mercer soon learns that the team’s enigmatic “consultant,” Alejandro (Benicio Del Toro), doesn’t play by the same rules, blurring the lines of morality. The action in Sicarius is intense, depicting the brutality of the cartels and those who track them. Enter Denis Villeneuve (Blade Runner 2049, Dune) and Taylor Sheridan (Landman, Yellowstone, Mayor of Kingstown– the list is long), Sicarius is an adult thriller with something to say.

Sicarius

Release date

September 17, 2015

Runtime

122 minutes

Director

Denis Villeneuve

Whether you’re looking for a TV series to binge or a quick, no-commitment movie to screen during the work week, Peacock might actually surprise you with its solid selection.

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