This January, Peacock is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the intense biographical thriller series Lockerbie: A Search For Truth to the return of the hit British reality series The Traitors. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Peacock this month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the seven best films that are coming to Peacock in January 2025 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.
Alien (January 1)
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 93%
Alien is a sci-fi horror thriller film directed by Ridley Scott from a screenplay by Dan O’Bannon. The 1979 film follows the crew of a spacecraft that intercepts a distress signal from a planet. They soon set out to investigate, but they are attacked by an alien entity that invades their ship. Alien stars Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, and Yaphet Kotto.
Attack the Block (January 1)
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 91%
Attack the Block is a sci-fi action horror comedy film written and directed by Joe Cornish. The 2011 film follows a teenage street gang who fight against predatory aliens on a council estate in South London on Guy Fawkes Night. Attack the Block stars John Boyega, Jodie Whittaker, Alex Esmail, Franz Drameh, Leeon Jones, Simon Howard, Luke Treadaway, Jumayn Hunter, and Nick Frost.
Children of Men (January 1)
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 92%
Children of Men is a dystopian action thriller film directed by Alfonso Cuarón, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus, and Hawk Ostby. Based on the 1992 novel The Children of Men by P.D. James, the 2006 film is set in a dystopian near-future as society is on the brink of collapse because of two decades of human infertility. It follows a federal agent tasked with protecting a pregnant woman as she holds the key to human survival. Children of Men stars Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Charlie Hunnam.
Fargo (January 1)
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 95%
Fargo is a dark comedy crime drama film directed by Joel Coen, who also co-wrote the film with Ethan Coen. The 1996 film follows Marge Gunderson, a pregnant small-town police chief, as she investigates a triple homicide that happened because of a desperate car salesman who hires two idiotic criminals to kidnap his wife in order to get a ransom from her wealthy father. Fargo stars Frances McDormand, William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi, Harve Presnell, and Peter Stormare.
Knocked Up (January 1)
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 90%
Knocked Up is a romantic comedy film written and directed by Judd Apatow. The 2007 film follows Allison Scott, a recently promoted media personality and Ben Stone, a slacker, who spend one drunken night together. When the night results in an unintended pregnancy, they try to make their improbable relationship work despite their wildly different personalities. Knocked Up stars Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Jay Baruchel, Jonah Hill, Jason Segel, and Martin Starr.
Men in Black (January 1)
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 91%
Men in Black is a sci-fi action comedy film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld from a screenplay by Ed Solomon. Based on the Marvel comic book series The Men in Black by Lowell Cunningham, the 1997 film follows James, an NYC cop who is brought into a secret government agency that monitors alien life on Earth by Agent K. They soon team up to find an important item that has fallen in the hands of the intergalactic villain. Men in Black stars Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D’Onofrio, and Rip Torn.
Source Code (January 1)
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 92%
Source Code is a sci-fi action thriller film directed by Duncan Jones from a screenplay by Ben Ripley. The 2011 film follows U.S. Army Captain Colter Stevens, who is sent into an eight-minute virtual re-creation of a real-life train explosion to determine the identity of the bomber. Source Code stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, and Jeffrey Wright.