
Best Movies on Peacock
Peacock offers a wide range of Hollywood hits, including some great films from the Universal vault. Whether you’re looking for popular comedies, heart-stopping thrillers, or tear-jerking dramas, Peacock offers something for everyone. Some films are available on the platform’s free tier, though premium subscribers get a wider selection.
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Gudfadern
March 14, 1972Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.
Often cited as one of the greatest movies ever made, “The Godfather” is endlessly rewatchable and endlessly quotable. Francis Ford Coppola created a masterpiece with an unforgettable cast: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, John Cazale, and Diane Keaton.
The film won Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actor (Brando), and Best Adapted Screenplay (for Mario Puzo and Coppola). From the first line (“I believe in America”) to the last image of a closing door, this movie is a phenomenon.
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Gudfadern del II
December 20, 1974In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood, and Cuba.
Like its predecessor, this movie is considered among the best films ever made. Its dueling timelines outline the rise and fall of the Corleone crime family, and the betrayals and bloodshed that shaped it. The cast is marvelous with Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro, Talia Shire, John Cazale, Lee Strasberg, and Michael Gazzo.
The film was nominated for 11 Academy Awards, winning for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (De Niro), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Art Direction, and Best Original Dramatic Score. It was the first sequel ever to win Best Picture.
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Casino
November 22, 1995Ingen håller sig på toppen för evigt. Detta gripande och verklighetsbaserade drama om maffians miljardprojekt inom kasinobranschen utspelar sig i Las Vegas 1973. De Oscarbelönade stjärnorna Robert De Niro och Joe Pesci spelar mot Sharon Stone i Martin Scorseses fängslande berättelse om hur ärelystnad, glödande passion och ren girighet kunde störta ett helt imperium.
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
March 19, 2004Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realizes that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.
This is one of Jim Carrey’s best films. He pulls back his manic energy to reveal a fragile soul, broken by an ill-fated love. Kate Winslet is fantastic as a free spirit who simultaneously excites and torments her boyfriend. If you’ve ever had a broken heart, this movie will speak to you on several different levels.
The supporting cast is also great, with Elijah Wood, Mark Ruffalo, David Cross, Kirsten Dunst, and Tom Wilkinson.
The movie comes from Michel Gondry and Charlie Kaufman, the team behind other mind-bending classics like “Being John Malkovich” and “Adaptation.”
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John Wick
October 22, 2014The legendary assassin John Wick (Keanu Reeves) is mourning the sudden death of his wife. When a cruel mobster (Alfie Allen) takes his car and kills his dog, it’s more than he can bear. Wick sets out to avenge the life he once loved.
The cast also includes Willem Dafoe, Adrianne Palicki, Bridget Moynahan, John Leguizamo, Ian McShane, and Lance Reddick.
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Scarface
December 9, 1983Redan i uppsamlingslägret i Miami lär sig den unge kubanen Tony Montana den brutala sanningen. Det är bara brott som lönar sig för en fattig flykting. Den blomstrande kokainsmugglingen blir hans språngbräda till framgång. Och Tony Montana är smartare, hänsynslösare och hungrigare än sina konkurrenter. Scarface är en 2 timmar och 50 min lång gastkramande skildring av ett modernt gangsterimperiums uppgång och fall.
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Deer Hunter
March 9, 1978A group of working-class friends decide to enlist in the Army during the Vietnam War and find it to be hellish chaos — not the noble venture they imagined. Before they left, Steven married his pregnant girlfriend — and Michael and Nick were in love with the same woman. But all three are different men upon their return.
This landmark of 70s cinema features an amazing cast with Robert De Niro, John Cazale, John Savage, Meryl Streep, and Christopher Walken. It begins with a lengthy wedding scene, drawing you into the world of these working-class Pennsylvanians. By the time the film shifts to Vietnam, it becomes a tense life-or-death struggle.
“The Deer Hunter” was nominated for 9 Academy Awards and won 5: Best Picture, Best Director (Michael Cimino), Best Supporting Actor (Christopher Walken), Best Sound, and Best Film Editing.
This was the final movie of the great actor John Cazale, who fought terminal cancer to film his scenes.
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The Big Lebowski
March 6, 1998Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski är en slacker som helst går klädd i tofflor och bermudashorts, spelar bowling och dricker White Russian. En dag får han besök av två torpeder som kräver att hans fru ska betala vad hon är skyldig olika individer. The Dude förstår ingenting, han har varken pengar eller fru. Men torpederna låter sig inte övertygas utan pissar på hans matta och går. The Dude inser att han tagits för en annan och letar reda på rätt Lebowski för att kräva tillbaka mattan.
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Shrek
May 18, 2001Shrek handlar om sagomonstret Shrek som bor i ett träsk där han bara vill leva i lugn och ro. Han skrämmer lätt bort alla inkräktare och älskar att bada i leran. Men en dag invaderas hans hus och trädgård av en samling ytterst påfrestande sagofigurer. Plötsligt ligger det en stor, stygg varg i hans säng. Tre hemlösa grisar och tre blinda möss vill också bo i huset.
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Harry Potter och de vises sten
November 16, 2001Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle’s house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he’s a powerful wizard — with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he learns to harness his newfound powers with the help of the school’s kindly headmaster, Harry uncovers the truth about his parents’ deaths — and about the villain who’s to blame. This first chapter in J.K. Rowling’s wizard saga was a cultural phenomenon.
The first film in the Harry Potter saga set the tone for the entire series to come. The excellent casting cannot be under-praised. Radcliffe was the perfect Potter, Rupert Grint was a great Ron Weasley, and Emma Watson is a transcendent Hermione Granger. Director Chris Columbus leaned on his “Home Alone” experience to get incredible performances from his young cast.
Every supporting actor is excellent, too: Richard Harris as Albus Dumbledore, Maggie Smith as Professor McGonagall, Robbie Coltrane as Hagrid, John Hurt as Mr. Ollivander, Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy, and the brilliant Alan Rickman as Professor Snape.
John Williams brings his legendary magic to the music, as well.
This film is known as “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” in the United States.
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The 40 Year Old Virgin
August 11, 200540-årige Andy Stitzer har hunnit med en hel del i livet. Han har ett välbetalt jobb, en trevlig lägenhet med en imponerande samling av action-figurer och serietidningar, schyssta kompisar och en cool inställning till livet. Det är bara på ett område som Andy inte gjort det som de flesta i hans ålder har gjort. Andy har aldrig någonsin haft sex, inte ens lite grann av misstag. Hans kompisar har gjort det till sitt ansvar att hjälpa honom att bli av med svendomen. De delar med sig av sina bästa charmtips och raggningsrepliker, men knappast något tycks hjälpa för att råda bot på hans oflyt med det motsatta könet.
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Murderball
July 22, 2005Quadriplegics, who play full-contact rugby in wheelchairs, overcome unimaginable obstacles to compete in the Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece.
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Men in Black
July 2, 1997After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent Kay (Tommy Lee Jones) and new recruit Agent Jay (Will Smith) find themselves in the middle of a deadly plot by an intergalactic terrorist who has arrived on Earth to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies.
Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld with a driving Danny Elfman score, this sci-fi comedy will appeal to fans of Ghostbusters or Guardians of the Galaxy. Vincent D’Onofrio also deserves praise for his role as a human possessed by a giant bug.
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Brazil
February 20, 1985I ett framtida auktoritärt och teknokratiskt samhälle arbetar en ung man på en informationsbyrå. Han bryter mot alla bestämmelser för att rädda en ung flicka som han blivit förälskad i.
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Hoop Dreams
September 12, 1994Every school day, African-American teenagers William Gates and Arthur Agee travel 90 minutes each way from inner-city Chicago to St. Joseph High School in Westchester, Illinois, a predominately white suburban school well-known for the excellence of its basketball program. Gates and Agee dream of NBA stardom, and with the support of their close-knit families, they battle the social and physical obstacles that stand in their way. This acclaimed documentary was shot over the course of five years.