3 Unmissable Peacock Movies to Stream This Weekend (May 2–3)
Peacock opens May at full throttle, dropping a fresh film lineup for every mood—from pulse-pounding thrillers to laugh-out-loud comedies—and Watch With Us has the can’t-miss picks to stream this weekend.
New month on Peacock means fresh movies to chew on. For the first weekend of May, the service drops a nice spread across genres. I sifted through the pile and pulled three worth your time right now: an Oscar- anointed musical, a 90s serial-killer thriller, and a recent tearjerker fronted by an actual Oscar winner.
- Chicago (2002) — razzle-dazzle, murder, and media spin, arriving as the original play turns 100 this year
- Kiss the Girls (1997) — Morgan Freeman’s first turn as Alex Cross, with Ashley Judd fighting back
- Ordinary Angels (2024) — Hilary Swank as a flawed do-gooder racing a life-or-death clock
Chicago (2002)
File this under perfect timing: the original play Chicago debuted 100 years ago, which led to the 1975 stage musical and, eventually, the Oscar-winning 2002 film adaptation that still goes down easy. Renee Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones star as Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly, strangers with two things in common: both are chasing vaudeville stardom, and both killed their lovers. They land in jail, they loathe each other, and the death penalty is suddenly not theoretical.
Roxie might have the escape route, thanks to her smooth, spotlight-loving attorney Billy Flynn (Richard Gere). Velma can out-sing anyone, but Roxie works the press like a pro. She will say whatever it takes to win the court of public opinion, and the lies only get bigger as the noose tightens. All the showstoppers in the world can’t stall fate forever. Chicago is streaming on Peacock.
Kiss the Girls (1997)
Before the character bounced around to other adaptations, this was the first film to put James Patterson’s detective Alex Cross on screen, with Morgan Freeman in the role. A series of abductions and murders is terrorizing Washington, D.C., and it hits home for Cross when his niece, Naomi (Gina Ravera), is among the victims. The killer is meticulous and hard to trace — until he snatches Kate McTiernan (Ashley Judd).
Kate is not a passive victim. She fights him, escapes a remote hideout, and becomes the only known survivor. That makes her Cross’s best shot at retracing the monster’s steps and, hopefully, finding Naomi. The catch: she has to partner with Cross and wade back into danger to do it. Kiss the Girls is streaming on Peacock.
Ordinary Angels (2024)
Hilary Swank leads this based-on-true-events drama as Sharon, a hairdresser whose drinking has wrecked her life. She hears about Michelle (Emily Mitchell), a teenage girl who will not make it without a liver transplant, and decides she is going to help — even though the family does not know her yet.
Michelle’s dad, Ed (Alan Ritchson ), is understandably wary of a stranger suddenly inserting herself into their crisis. Sharon is driven by genuine charity, but she is far from perfect, and the same flaws she is battling could push the family away right when they need support most. Ordinary Angels is streaming on Peacock.