This October, whether or not you’re on the lookout for thrills or chills, Peacock has received you coated both approach.
For the thriller division particularly, the streamer has loads of crime, thriller and suspense to maintain you on the sting of your seat, together with some brand-new choices.
This month, Watch With Us has picked just a few of the very best Peacock thriller highlights, together with the brand new crime comedy caper Honey Don’t! starring Margaret Qualley and the FBI motion thriller traditional, Sicario.
Learn on to see the remainder of our checklist.
‘Honey Don’t!’ (2025)
Honey O’Donahue (Qualley) is a small-town non-public eye who investigates a sequence of weird deaths that each one appear to be linked to a suspicious church. When Honey known as to the scene of a automotive accident, she realizes that the sufferer was a potential shopper who had referred to as her that very same day. Honey discovers that the sufferer, Mia, was a member of the 4-Manner Temple led by the charismatic Reverend Drew Devlin (Chris Evans), and her continued investigation leads her down a darkish and harmful path involving drug offers and lifeless our bodies.
This neo-noir black comedy comes from one half of the Coen brothers directing duo, Ethan Coen, and leans closely into the brothers’ identified wheelhouse of mixing gripping crime narratives with wacky, even slapstick humor. Honey Don’t! obtained reward from critics for its performances and world-building, discovering that its constant gags and silliness usually made up for its lackadaisical narrative. Nonetheless, Qualley’s efficiency was famous as a standout and properly well worth the watch.
Honey Don’t! is streaming on Peacock.
‘Sicario’ (2015)
Moralistic FBI agent Kate Mercer (Emily Blunt) rises by means of the ranks of her stereotypically patriarchal occupation and receives an necessary project. She is assigned by a mysterious authorities official (Josh Brolin) to affix a job power to convey down a ruthless and highly effective Mexican drug cartel. Working alongside the enigmatic Alejandro (Benicio del Toro), Kate’s beliefs are examined, and the traces between good and evil are blurred as she descends into the crime and chaos of the US-Mexican drug commerce.
Masterful course from Denis Villeneuve (Dune) and breathtaking cinematography from Roger Deakins come collectively to create an unflinching portrait of the grey space of human morality and the conflict on medicine. Along with being a splendidly directed and stylized movie, Sicario’s narrative is taut and utterly engrossing, additional elevated by very good performances from the complete forged. On the 88th Academy Awards, the movie obtained nominations for Finest Cinematography, Finest Unique Rating and Finest Sound Enhancing.
Sicario is streaming on Peacock.
‘Abigail’ (2025)
A plot to kidnap the daughter of a strong underworld determine turns awry on this hilarious mashup of thriller, horror and comedy. When the ragtag group of criminals takes the 12-year-old lady to a secluded mansion, they study that there’s extra to her household than they initially realized — and the little lady carries a terrifying secret.
Abigail options an eclectic ensemble forged together with Dan Stevens, Melissa Barrera, Kathryn Newton and Giancarlo Esposito. Trendy, humorous and stuffed with twists you gained’t see coming, Abigail is bound to fulfill your wants for some thrilling leisure. It obtained constructive opinions, with critics praising it for its environment, forged chemistry and humorousness.
Abigail is streaming on Peacock.
‘Borderline’ (2025)
Sofia Minor (Samara Weaving) is a pop star with a serious drawback — she has an obsessed fan, Paul Duerson (Ray Nicholson), who thinks they’re in love. After an preliminary try to determine contact lands him in jail, Paul escapes and, with the assistance of fellow inmate Penny (Alba Baptiste), breaks into Sofia’s mansion to profess his love for her. However Paul’s best-laid plans come undone as Sofia is prepared with a safety guard (Eric Dane) anticipating revenge and her personal resolve to cease Paul’s stalking as soon as and for all.
Whereas Borderline’s plot is a regular psycho stalker story that Deadly Attraction perfected practically 4 many years in the past, what elevates the film is the performances of the 2 leads. As Sofia, Weaving provides one more formidable feminine to her scream queen resume, whereas Nicholson reveals a expertise for lunacy that he will need to have inherited from his well-known father, Jack. He has a present for taking part in males with insanity that isn’t too far off from The Shining’s Jack Torrance.
Borderline is streaming on Peacock.
‘Drop’ (2025)
Getting again into the courting scene is a nightmare for Violet Gates (Meghann Fahy) in Drop. After years of being a single widowed mom, Violet’s younger son, Toby (Jacob Robinson), and Violet’s sister, Jen (Violett Beane), encourage her to go on a date with Henry Campbell (Brandon Sklenar), a person she met by means of a courting website.
Though Violet’s date with Henry begins properly, she is harassed by unusual and alarming messages on her telephone that in the end threaten the lifetime of her son. And if Violet doesn’t cooperate with Toby’s captor and act towards Henry, then she might by no means see her son alive once more.
Drop is now streaming on Peacock.
‘The Outfit’ (2022)
The Outfit takes place nearly solely within the tailor store of Leonard Burling (Mark Rylance) in 1956. Leonard’s main clientele is the Irish mob, as led by Roy Boyle (Simon Russell Beale) and his son, Richie (Dylan O’Brien). Regardless of his misgivings, Leonard even lets Richie’s girlfriend, Mable Shaun (Zoey Deutch), work on the store.
Issues begin to unravel when Richie reveals up on the store badly wounded alongside his high enforcer, Francis (Johnny Flynn). The Boyle household is satisfied that they’ve a rat within the group, and the proof is ready within the store. As Leonard quickly discovers, that intel can also be value killing over.
The Outfit is streaming on Peacock.
‘Memento’ (2000)
Earlier than Christopher Nolan made his title directing the Darkish Knight trilogy, his calling card in Hollywood was Memento. For his first trick, Nolan reveals audiences the ending of Memento earlier than they notice what it means. Then he lets the story unfold in two parallel narratives earlier than catching up with the conclusion.
The movie revolves round Leonard Shelby (Man Pearce), a person who misplaced his spouse and his capacity to make new long-term recollections resulting from a brutal assault. Now, Leonard’s recollections reset practically each ten minutes, and he’s undecided if he can belief the individuals round him, together with Natalie (Carrie-Anne Moss) and Teddy (Joe Pantoliano). Everybody appears to benefit from Leonard’s situation, together with Leonard himself.
Memento is streaming on Peacock.
