Did you know there’s an ever-changing collection of sexually explicit movies on Peacock? That’s right, anyone with a Peacock subscription can open the app, dig through the massive 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 14 movies ought to do the trick.
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2011)
The Director: David Fincher
The Cast: Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer
Based On: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
What It’s About: An investigative journalist and a hacker team up to uncover the mystery of a girl who went missing 40 years earlier, only to uncover a deeper and darker scheme.
What To Expect: Like the original Swedish film (and book on which it was based), the American version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is full of twists, turns, and some heated yet unlikely romance along the way. You’ll be guessing at every juncture…
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.” Yeah, it’s a lot!
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.
Love Actually (2003)
The Director: Richard Curtis
The Cast: Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Laura Linney
What It's About: Six loosely interconnected stories of love, loss, and lust play out over the weeks leading to Christmas.
What To Expect: Between a story about the U.K. Prime Minister falling for an assistant to a Brit obsessed with American girls to two body doubles in Hollywood productions finding love in awkward positions, this beloved Christmas comedy goes in all kinds of directions..
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.
Monkey Man (2024)
The Director: Dev Patel
The Cast: Dev Patel, Sharlto Copley, Pitobash
What It’s About: Years after a group of criminals took everything from him, an underground fighter finally decides to lash out against them and get some old-fashioned revenge.
What To Expect: Dev Patel’s directorial debut, Monkey Man, has one outrageous action sequence after another, including some bone-crushing moments in a brothel.
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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