What to Watch on Peacock: 6 Series and Movies to Add to Your Watchlist This Week

Peacock has an interesting line-up of movies and TV shows and we bring you a list including some of the best and recent releases on the streaming platform. From The Traitors to the Eddie Redmayne-led spy-thriller!

Shreya Patnaik
Written by Shreya Patnaik , Entertainment Journalist
Updated on Jan 30, 2025 | 06:34 PM IST | 130.2K
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Peacock has delivered an interesting lineup of movies and shows this year. In this article, we provide you with a quick yet efficient list of binge-worthy and thrilling shows and movies that you can stream on the platform. 

The list is carefully curated and includes genres like reality shows, spy thrillers, and retro dramas. Moreover, to keep it relevant, we have picked up all the latest releases on the streaming platform like the Emmy-winning show The Traitors. In case you are having a somber start to 2025, these shows and movies will certainly give you the much-needed adrenaline! Check out the complete list below: 


The Traitors 

This reality game show will force you to binge-watch the entire season! The psychological adventure competition where 20 players compete to win the ultimate prize money is focused on entertaining and captivating one person only — the audience. 

The twist here is that some of the members are not team players but are rather playing to eliminate their teammates. Moreover, the creators intend to keep the viewers on the edge of their seats with riveting twists, changing emotional dynamics, betrayals, and broken trust among the players. 

The show takes place in a Scottish castle and is hosted by Alan Cumming who brings charisma and elegance with his humor and high-end fashion. 


The Day of the Jackal

Oscar-winner Eddie Redmayne leads the thriller series as an elite spy named The Jackal who carries out hits for the highest fee. However, he meets his match in a tenacious British intelligence officer Bianca (Lashana Lynch) who tracks him down in a “thrilling cat-and-mouse chase across Europe.”

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Redmayne’s performance in the spy thriller earned him a Golden Globe nomination in the Best Actor in a TV Drama category at this year’s ceremony. So if watching gruesome murders with poetic justice is something you enjoy, this show is worth a watch. 


Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist

If you are looking to indulge in something retro, specifically from the 70s, this star-studded series would be the perfect call. The drama-miniseries is set in Atlanta in the 1970s and is based on the events leading up to an infamous robbery and its consequences. Kevin Hart leads the ensemble as a hustler named Chicken Man. 

Taraji P. Henson, Samuel L. Jackson, Terrence Howard, and Don Cheadle are other integral cast members. The show based on its eponymous iHeart true-crime podcast, highlights the rise of the Black community in the city while chaos breaks after the heist which coincided with boxer Muhammad Ali's historic comeback fight. 

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Twisters

Unless you live under a rock, you must have heard of the Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones starrer movie. This semi-sequel to the 1995 Twisters was a blockbuster and cemented Powell's status as a leading star. The film follows a retired tornado-chaser and meteorologist Kate Carter (Jones) as she teams up with a reckless social-media superstar Tyler Owens (Powell) to get close to the destructive tornados in Oklahoma. 

Apart from some charming performances, and palpable chemistry between Powell and Jones, the movie is known for its catchphrases. "If you feel it, chase it!" is one of the best ones. 


The Killer

Game of Thrones veteran Nathalie Emmanuel leads the stylish action-packed movie. The actress portrays a contract killer who refuses to follow the orders of her handler to kill a young blind woman and is hunted by her old colleagues.

Emmanuel's "assassin tries to make amends in an effort to restore the sight of a beautiful young singer," as per the official synopsis. The John Woo-helmed movie is the remake of his 1989 Hong Kong film, which starred Chow Yun-fat in the title role. 

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Speak No Evil

This psychological horror thriller is bound to keep you on the edge of your seat! The movie follows a family who travel to a countryside home for a weekend getaway. However, as time progresses, the dreamy staycation turns into a nightmare. "They realize that a dark side lies within the family who invited them," says the official synopsis. 

James McAvoy stars as Paddy, the host of the countryside home, whose behavior starts turning bizarre and creepy. The movie is a remake of a Danish-Dutch film of the same name.

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Shreya Patnaik
Shreya Patnaik
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Meet Shreya, a writer, and dancer with a deep affection for the arts, spanning music, movies, series...

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