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Peacock Original Shows and Movies Ranked by Tomatometer

Updated January 3, 2022

Following an early launch for Xfinity subscribers, NBCUniversal’s Peacock streaming service launched across the U.S. in July 2020 with more than 20,000 hours of premium content from networks and studios including NBC, Bravo, USA Network, SYFY, Oxygen, E!, CNBC, MSNBC, NBCSN, Golf Channel, Universal Kids, A&E, ABC, CBS, The CW, FOX, HISTORY, Nickelodeon, Showtime, Universal Pictures, DreamWorks, Focus Features, Illumination, ViacomCBS, Paramount, Lionsgate, Warner Bros. and Blumhouse. (See a list of titles.)

The service offers free, ad-supported access to most content, but its premium-tier subscription includes Peacock Originals series and movies, big stars, and animated fun. The launch featured: Alden Ehrenreich (Solo: A Star Wars Story), Jessica Brown Findlay (Downton Abbey), and Harry Lloyd (Game of Thrones) in sci-fi series Brave New World, an adaptation of Aldous Huxley’s dystopian novel; Holliday Grainger and Callum Turner in the Certified Fresh first season of espionage thriller The Capture; a Psych reunion with James Roday Rodriguez and Dulé Hill in Psych 2: Lassie Come Home; and animated series Curious George, Where’s Waldo?, and Cleopatra In Space.

Since then, Peacock has added a slew of acquired and International programming, as well as more home-grown original series like the 100% Certified Fresh British import We Are Lady Parts, well-reviewed Tina Fey-produced comedy Girls5eva, the single-camera Saved By the Bell revival/reboot and the well-reviewed first season of sitcom Rutherford Falls. The latest Fresh hit? The Certified Fresh podcast adaptation, Dr. Death, starring Joshua Jackson, Alec Baldwin, and Christian Slater.

Which shows and movies have earned their spot among the best Peacock offerings so far? While the service is still in its early stages, there are plenty of original shows and movies available — they just don’t all have scores yet. We’ve ranked the ones that do have scores below.

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#26

Halloween Kills (2021)

38%

Critics Consensus: Halloween Kills should satisfy fans in search of brute slasher thrills, but in terms of advancing the franchise, it's a bit less than the sum of its bloody parts.

Synopsis: Minutes after Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis), her daughter Karen (Judy Greer) and granddaughter Allyson (Andi Matichak) left masked monster Michael Myers caged and burning... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Anthony Michael Hall, Andi Matichak

Directed By: David Gordon Green

#25

Intelligence

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82%

Synopsis: Somewhere between MI5, MI6 and the malfunctioning third-floor printer at the U.K.'s labyrinthine Government Communications Headquarters, an arrogant, maverick NSA liaison arrives from the U.S.... View Full Synopsis

Starring: David Schwimmer, Nick Mohammed, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Jane Stanness

#24

Brave New World

47%

77%

Synopsis: In an idyllic utopia whose peace and stability hinge upon control of monogamy, privacy, money, family and history itself, everyone belongs to everyone else. Conditioned... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Alden Ehrenreich, Jessica Brown Findlay, Harry Lloyd, Nicholle Hembra

#23

Intergalactic

56%

49%

Synopsis: On the outskirts of outer space 124 years into the future, Ash Harper, a fearless young cop and galactic pilot, has her sparkling career ripped... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Savannah Steyn, Natasha O'Keeffe, Thomas Turgoose, Parminder Nagra

#22

Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol

60%

49%

Synopsis: A young Harvard symbologist must solve a series of deadly puzzles to save his kidnapped mentor and thwart a chilling global conspiracy.

Starring: Ashley Zukerman, Suzy Eddie Izzard, Valorie Curry, Sumalee Montano

#21

Punky Brewster

57%

74%

Synopsis: Punky is a single mother of three trying to get her life back on track when she meets a young girl who reminds her a... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Soleil Moon Frye, Cherie Johnson, Quinn Copeland, Lauren Lindsey Donzis

#20

The Public (2018)

65%

Critics Consensus: Its intentions are sometimes easier to appreciate than its execution, but The Public remains an earnest and reasonably engaging social advocacy drama.

Synopsis: An act of civil disobedience turns into a standoff with police when homeless people in Cincinnati take over the public library to seek shelter from... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Alec Baldwin, Emilio Estevez, Jena Malone, Taylor Schilling

Directed By: Emilio Estevez

#19

Noughts + Crosses

76%

36%

Synopsis: Sephy Hadley and Callum McGregor are star-crossed lovers at the intersection of the Black ruling class and the white underclass in a dystopian society divided... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Masali Baduza, Jack Rowan, Helen Baxendale, Paterson Joseph

#18

Hitmen

80%

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Synopsis: Best friends and misfits Fran and Jamie are making their way in the world with only each other to rely on; they also just happen... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Mel Giedroyc, Sue Perkins, Asim Chaudhry, Tonya Cornelisse

#17

Departure

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33%

Synopsis: When Flight 716 disappears over the Atlantic Ocean, Kendra Malley of the TSIB is selected to lead the team investigating the crash. Still devastated by... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Archie Panjabi, Christopher Plummer, Kris Holden-Ried, Claire Forlani

#16

Code 404

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Synopsis: Detective Inspectors Major and Carver are the top crime-fighting duo at the Met Police's Special Investigation Unit until Major is gunned down on the job;... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Daniel Mays, Stephen Graham, Anna Maxwell Martin, Richard Gadd

#15

Black Boys (2020)

86%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: Marking 400 years since enslaved Africans arrived in Jamestown, "Black Boys" illuminates the full spectrum of Black male humanity in America through an intimate, intergenerational... View Full Synopsis

Directed By: Sonia Lowman

#14

There's ... Johnny!

83%

75%

Synopsis: It's 1972 and "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" is in the midst of its three-decade run sitting atop the late-night TV world. When 19-year-old... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Ian Nelson, Jane Levy, Roger Bart, Tony Danza

#13

Psych 2: Lassie Come Home (2020)

85%

Critics Consensus: Satisfyingly self-contained while refreshingly opening up new directions for the Psych team, Lassie Come Home delivers the crowd-pleasing goods with the skill of a mind reader.

Synopsis: After Santa Barbara Police Chief Carlton "Lassie" Lassiter is ambushed on the job and left for dead, he begins to see impossible happenings around his... View Full Synopsis

Starring: James Roday Rodriguez, Dulé Hill, Maggie Lawson, Kirsten Nelson

Directed By: Steve Franks

#12

BoJack Horseman: Season 4

97%

98%

Critics Consensus: BoJack Horseman's fourth season finds the show continuing to fearlessly traverse the emotional gamut - with results that are heartbreaking as often as they are hilarious.

Starring: Will Arnett, Amy Sedaris, Alison Brie, Aaron Paul

#11

60 Minutes: Season 48

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Starring: Steve Kroft, Lesley Stahl, Lara Logan, Scott Pelley

#10

Dr. Death

86%

85%

Synopsis: Based on the podcast of the same name, "Dr. Death" follows the real-life stories of medical "professionals" who took advantage of their situations and allowed... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Edgar Ramírez, Mandy Moore, Luke Kirby, Ashley Madekwe

The Capture

96%

72%

Synopsis: When soldier Shaun Emery's conviction for a murder in Afghanistan is overturned due to flawed video evidence, he returns to life as a free man... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Holliday Grainger, Ben Miles, Cavan Clerkin, Ginny Holder

Rutherford Falls

96%

61%

Synopsis: Two lifelong best friends, Nathan Rutherford and Reagan Wells, find themselves at a crossroads -- quite literally -- when their sleepy town gets an unexpected... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Ed Helms, Jana Schmieding, Michael Greyeyes, Jesse Leigh

Girls5eva: Season 1

98%

80%

Critics Consensus: Smart, funny, and just nostalgic enough, Girls5eva's intelligent insights are brought to brilliant life by its talented quartet, whose individual gifts come together to make sweet comedic harmony.

Starring: Busy Philipps, Paula Pell, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Sara Bareilles

Crowded: Season 1

32%

65%

Critics Consensus: A talented cast is left with no room to flourish in Crowded, a misfire whose dated feel is compounded by a pronounced lack of laughs.

Starring: Patrick Warburton, Carrie Preston, Stacy Keach, Carlease Burke

The Amber Ruffin Show

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38%

Synopsis: A signature smart-and-silly take on the week.

Starring: Amber Ruffin

Anthony (2020)

100%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: In July 2005, Black teenager Anthony Walker is murdered at just 18 years of age by two white men in an unprovoked racist attack in... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Toheeb Jimoh, Rakie Ayola, Julia Brown, Robinah Kironde

Directed By: Terry McDonough

A Most Beautiful Thing (2020)

100%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: Filmmaker Mary Mazzio chronicles the first African American high-school rowing team from the West Side of Chicago.

Starring: Common

Directed By: Mary Mazzio

Save Me

100%

84%

Synopsis: The disappearance of his estranged daughter Jody leads Nelson "Nelly" Rowe, a London womanizer, down a dangerous path; along the way he becomes an unlikely... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Lennie James, Suranne Jones, Stephen Graham, Daniel Adegboyega

We Are Lady Parts

97%

75%

Synopsis: Geeky biochemical engineering Ph.D. student Amina Hussein becomes the unlikely lead guitarist of Lady Parts, an all-female Muslim punk band on a mission to get... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Anjana Vasan, Sarah Kameela Impey, Faith Omole, Juliette Motamed