Did you know there’s a massive collection of sexually explicit movies on Peacock? That’s right, anyone with a Peacock subscription can open the app, dig through the ever-changing library of movies, and find some hot-and-heavy, down-and-dirty, and over-the-top tales of romance.
From intense psychological thrillers to sexy horror movies about love-struck witches to stuffy historical dramas, there’s a lot here. If you’ve ever wanted to see just how crazy things can get on Peacock, these 15 movies ought to do the trick.
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
The Director: Martin Scorsese
The Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie
Based On: The Wolf of Wall Street by Jordan Belfort
What It’s About: After losing his job at a Wall Street firm, a brash, ambitious, and morally bankrupt day stock trader becomes one of the most notorious figures in the financial sector, for better or worse.
What To Expect: The Wolf of Wall Street is a balls-to-the-wall biographical drama/comedy/cautionary tale that just keeps getting crazier as the story evolves. High crimes, higher criminals, and more excess than we know what to do with.
HIM (2025)
The Director: Justin Tipping
The Cast: Marlon Wayans, Tyriq Withers, Julia Fox
What It’s About: A talented quarterback, on the eve of entering the NFL Combine, embarks upon a physically and emotionally gruelling training program with his childhood idol.
What To Expect: HIM may not be your standard sports flick, but this 2025 thriller is intense from start to finish. It has flash, it has style, and it has an edge to it that makes it one of the most uncomfortable and unflinching experiences you’ll see on Peacock.
The Terminator (1984)
The Director: James Cameron
The Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn
What It’s About: After an emotionless and seemingly unstoppable cyborg is sent back in time to kill her, a young woman is rescued by a futuristic freedom fighter who tells her that her unborn child will one day save humanity.
What To Expect: One of the best sci-fi movies of all time, The Terminator has everything you’d want in an ‘80s thriller. It has action, it has style, and it has one of the most intimate sex scenes of the decade.
The American (2010)
The Director: Anton Corbijn
The Cast: George Clooney, Violante Placido, Thekla Reuten
Based On: A Very Private Gentleman by Martin Booth
What It’s About: Following a job gone wrong, a mysterious assassin is forced to hide out in a small Italian town where he encounters a woman who could prove to be more dangerous than he expects.
What To Expect: Though you won’t find a great deal of action or intensity in The American, this is a cool, sophisticated, and sexy thriller about a man trying to make the most of a bad situation while also getting into one that’s even deadlier.
Berlin, I Love You (2019)
The Director: Dianna Agron, Dani Levy, Til Schweiger, and more
The Cast: Keira Knightley, Mickey Rourke, Diego Luna
What It’s About: Ten stories with different casts and directors play out on the streets, in the apartments, and just about everywhere else in the German capital city.
What To Expect: Much like the Paris, I Love You and New York, I Love You anthology films, this star-studded collection of shorts captures the good, the bad, and the sexy of romance.
Intuition (2015)
The Director: McKinson Souverain
The Cast: Ladele Tojuola, Julian Hanlan, Ashley Jean-Pierre
What It’s About: A therapist takes on a new patient only to discover that the man is having an affair with his fiancée, leading to all types of complications in practically every aspect of his life.
What To Expect: Though Intuition doesn’t have the best production value, it does have a steamy and engaging story about relationships, trust issues, and the meaning behind the phrase “the road to Hell is paved with good intentions.”
Piranha (1978)
The Director: Joe Dante
The Cast: Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies, Kevin McCarthy
What It’s About: After a river becomes infested by genetically-engineered piranhas, a local town with its big summer resort becomes a feeding ground for the bloodthirsty fish.
What To Expect: This is very much one of the wildest creature features out there. And like any horror movie from the era, you can expect some nudity and light romance before those piranhas come and make a mess of things. When they show up, things do get messy…
Indignation (2016)
The Director: James Schamus
The Cast: Logan Lerman, Sarah Gadon, Tracy Letts
Based On: Indignation by Philip Roth
What It’s About: A young college student navigating life in 1950s America meets a beautiful French literature major who has no qualms about her sexuality, kicking off an eye-opening relationship.
What To Expect: Indignation, while not the most explicit movie on Peacock, does go places you wouldn’t expect. That said, the movie is full of twists and turns along the way as this delicate and passionate relationship unfolds.
The Boondock Saints (1999)
The Director: Troy Duffy
The Cast: Norman Reedus, Sean Patrick Flanery, Willem Dafoe
What It's About: Twin brothers and devout Catholics embark upon a two-man mission to stomp out the city's criminal underworld. However, this proves to be no easy task.
What To Expect: Epic gunfights, Catholic prayers, exotic dancers, and a cross-dressing FBI agent made The Boondocks Saints a staple of dorm rooms in the early 2000s.
Candy (2006)
The Director: Neil Armfield
The Cast: Heath Ledger, Abbie Cornish, Geoffrey Rush
Based On: Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction by Luke Davies
What It's About: Two heroin addicts become madly in love with one another, only for the relationship to have a detrimental effect on their personal lives.
What To Expect: Though not as intense or messed up as something like Requiem for a Dream, Candy does provide an intimate portrait of two artists battling addiction to drugs and each other.
Honey Don’t! (2025)
The Director: Ethan Coen
The Cast: Margaret Qualley, Aubrey Plaza, Chris Evans
What It’s About: Following a series of strange deaths tied to a Bakersfield, California church, a private investigator attempts to get to the bottom of a confounding mystery.
What To Expect: Like many of the movies he made along with his brother over the years, Ethan Coen’s Honey Don’t! is a sick, twisted, bloody, and sexy-as-all-hell dark comedy.
Wolf (2021)
The Director: Nathalie Bianchen
The Cast: Lily-Rose Depp, George MacKay, Paddy Considine
What It’s About: A young man convinced he’s a wolf trapped in a human’s body is sent to a unique mental asylum following an attack. While at the facility, he falls in love with a young woman who believes she’s a wildcat, starting an unlikely and unconventional relationship.
What To Expect: Nathalie Biancheri’s Wolf isn’t your standard werewolf movie, and it's not your typical romantic drama either. Basically, this movie is wild!
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
The Director: Darren Aronofsky
The Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans
Based On: Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.
What It’s About: Four addicts attempt to make a better life for themselves, only to fall deeper and deeper into a seemingly never-ending downward spiral.
What To Expect: Requiem for a Dream is a drug-fueled, depressing, and intense exploration of addiction. If you haven’t seen it already, this hard-hitting drama has it all: drug use, depravity, nudity, and some of the most harrowing cinematic moments of all time. You’ll want eye bleach after this one.
Bros (2023)
The Director: Nicholas Stoller
The Cast: Billy Eichner, Luke Macfarlane, Guy Branum
What It’s About: Not wanting to call in a relationship, and doing everything they can to avoid the label, two New York men find it harder and harder to deny what’s happening.
What To Expect: If you want a fun, engaging, and all-around great LGBTQ+ romantic comedy about two lovers who don’t know how much they need each other, Bros gets it done.
Tangerine (2015)
The Director: Sean Baker
The Cast: Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Mya Taylor, James Ransone
What It’s About: After getting out of jail and discovering that her boyfriend is cheating on her, a transgender sex worker spends Christmas Eve tracking down the man and his new fling.
What To Expect: With a quick pace, a story taking place over the course of a single day, and some intense interactions around every corner, Sean Baker’s Tangerine is an exhilarating exploration of revenge, passion, and self-discovery.
The Love Witch (2016)
The Cast: Samantha Robinson, Gian Keys, Jennifer Ingrum
What It’s About: A young and beautiful witch seduces a series of men in hopes of finding true love, but things get out of hand when her lovers start dying.
What To Expect: Anna Biller’s The Love Witch, which looks like it was released in 1966 instead of 2016, is a wild, fantastical, and highly sexually explicit female-led horror movie about love, lust, death, and rebirth.
With titles coming and going all the time, make sure to check in to see what has changed. Until then, get busy Peacocking!
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