The 13 Best Movies to Watch on Peacock Right Now (August 2026)

Peacock is the place to go to watch family movies right now. The latest additions to our list of the best movies to watch on Peacock right now are a pair of popular animated comedies, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie and Dog Man. They join much less family-friendly but still very good movies like Obsession and Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair.

We've focused on movies released somewhat recently, as well as some Peacock exclusives that you can't stream anywhere else.

ALSO READ: The best TV shows on Peacock

Last updated Aug. 7, 2026; newer additions are at the top

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

Mario (Chris Pratt) and Luigi (Charlie Day) are back in this sequel to the animated megahit The Super Mario Bros. Movie (which is also streaming on Peacock). This time, they're joined by Yoshi, the beloved green dinosaur from the games, who is voiced by Donald Glover, which was a surprise to everyone when the movie came out. They go up against Bowser (Jack Black) and Bowser Jr. (Benny Safdie), traveling to outer space in an effort to save Princess Rosalina (Brie Larson). -Liam Mathews [Trailer]

Dog Man

This Captain Underpants spinoff from DreamWorks is low-key a very funny family comedy. It follows Dog Man, a half-man, half-dog police officer as he battles against Petey, "the World's Most Evilest Cat," voiced by Pete Davidson. It's a very silly, gag-driven movie that runs wild with the "what if a dog was a policeman?" premise in a crowd-pleasing way. -Liam Mathews [Trailer]

Obsession

The little horror movie that could. 26-year-old director Curry Barker's chilling tale follows a young man (Michael Johnston) who makes a wish that his crush (Inde Navarrette, in a star-making performance) falls in love with him. But it's dangerous to play with matters of the heart, and his wish has terrifying consequences. Made for $750,000 and grossing over $300 million, Obsession is already one of the most profitable movies of all time, and is ushering in a generational cinematic shift as Gen Z starts making movies for itself. If you missed out on the theatrical phenomenon, now you can find out what all the fuss is about in the safety of your own home. -Liam Mathews [Trailer]

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

Quentin Tarantino always intended for Kill Bill to be one epic movie, but market forces required him to split it in two when it was initially released. 20 years later, he finally released the single four-hour-plus version that combines both Kill Bills into one, and it's arguably even better. Uma Thurman stars as The Bride, an assassin out for revenge against the people who betrayed her. Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair is part of a Tarantino collection on Peacock that includes all of his movies except Once Upon a Time...In Hollywood. -Liam Mathews [Trailer]

Wicked

Even musical theater skeptics end up loving Wicked, an adaptation of an equally beloved Broadway musical that tells the origin story of The Wizard of Oz's Wicked Witch of the West, who actually isn't evil at all. They love Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande's performances as Elphaba and Glinda, respectively; they love its immersive production design and elaborate costumes, both of which the film won Academy Awards for; and most of all, they love "Defying Gravity," the musical's signature song. Wicked: For Good, the second half of the story, is also streaming on Peacock.  -Liam Mathews [Trailer]

Nosferatu

Visionary filmmaker Robert Eggers reimagines the 1922 silent film Nosferatu as a sumptuous gothic horror fantasy in this Oscar-nominated feature. Lily-Rose Depp stars as Ellen Hutter, a young woman who invites a malevolent presence into her life: Count Orlok (Bill Skarsgård, who is unrecognizable behind layers of prosthetic makeup, a big mustache, and a booming Romanian accent), a vampire who wants her for himself. Ellen's husband Thomas (Nicholas Hoult) tries to save her, but will his love be enough to overcome the vampire's sinisterly seductive power? This one's for fans of production design and cinematography. -Liam Mathews [Trailer]

More streaming recommendations:

• The best movies on HBO Max
• The best movies on Netflix
• The best movies on Prime Video
• The best movies on Hulu

Black Bag

Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett star in this sexy and cerebral spy thriller from director Steven Soderbergh. Fassie plays George, an MI6 agent tasked with rooting out a leaker in the agency's midst. One of the suspects is his wife, Kathryn (Blanchett), who's also a spy. So he invites the other suspects over for a dinner party, and the psychological spy games get crackling. The cast also includes Marisa Abela, Tom Burke, Naomie Harris, and Regé-Jean Page. -Liam Mathews [Trailer]

Last Breath 

If you're looking for a competent thriller with an admirably tight 90-minute runtime, click play on Last Breath. Woody Harrelson stars as the leader of a three-man dive team sent to fix an oil pipe in the ice-cold, pitch-black waters of the North Sea. The repair mission turns into a rescue mission when a member of the crew (Finn Cole) gets cut off from the rest of the team with no comms and a limited supply of oxygen. It's based on a true story, and Woody is having a great time. -Liam Mathews [Trailer]

Asteroid City

Every time Wes Anderson directs a film, at least one critic inevitably calls it "the most Wes Anderson movie Wes Anderson has ever made." That might actually be true of Asteroid City, his latest. Anderson's quirky, dollhouse style is at an all-time high in this story that depicts the fateful events of a teen astronomy convention in a retrofuturistic version of 1955. The sprawling cast features perfectly droll performances from Jason Schwartzman, Tom Hanks, Margot Robbie, Steve Carell, and more, while the meta narrative (Asteroid City is also the name of a televised play within the movie) adds zany texture. It often plays like a live-action cartoon, as Anderson's best movies tend to. -Allison Picurro [Trailer]      

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

M3GAN

At first glance, M3GAN seems like a shlock horror film exploiting everyone's fear of creepy dolls, but the Blumhouse-produced movie is actually a smart, satirical look at artificial intelligence and commercialism, and it's funny, to boot. When the experimental android M3GAN becomes a companion to Cady (Violet McGraw), an orphaned 8-year-old girl, its artificial intelligence develops maternal behaviors to protect Cady at all costs. All costs! The result is an extremely enjoyable, campy horror/sci-fi film. -Tim Surette

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

Renee Zellweger returns to her iconic romantic comedy role for the fourth time, and first time since 2016, in this straight-to-Peacock original. This time, Bridget is widowed. She's still grieving the death of her husband four years earlier, but she's starting to get back out there. But Bridget doesn't do anything the easy way, and she starts dating a much younger man, Roxster (Leo Woodall), which is exciting but stressful. It's a rom-com, but there's a lot of sadness in it, so be prepared to have your tears jerked. -Liam Mathews [Trailer]

The Killer

Game of Thrones veteran Nathalie Emmanuel gets her action star on in this surprisingly good straight-to-streaming thriller. The special thing about the film is that it's directed by John Woo, one of the greatest action filmmakers of all time, and is in fact a remake of his 1989 Hong Kong film, which starred Chow Yun-fat in the title role. Emmanuel plays a professional assassin in Paris who gets caught up in a job that turns personal. Omar Sy and Sam Worthington co-star. -Liam Mathews [Trailer]