Best horror, biography, & crime shows on Peacock, ranked.
Your next watch, decided. Every show ranked by quality — not popularity. No more arguing about what to watch tonight — share a WatchList with your partner.
Sign in to triage shows — WatchList, SkipList, or rank what you've seen. Triaged shows are hidden.
- #199

Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974–1975 · Series · 1 seasonHorror · Mystery · Thriller
Carl Kolchak is a reporter for a Chicago newspaper. Through more accident than design he ends up investigating homicides, many of which involve supernatural forces. Ultimately, rather than reporting on the crimes, he solves them.
Peacock - #1686
Life
2007–2009 · Series · 2 seasonsCrime · Drama · Mystery
Detective Charlie Crews was framed, convicted and cleared for a crime he didn't commit. Twelve years of hard time have given him a unique philosophy on life and criminal investigation. Now he's readjusting to a world that's moved on.
PeacockPrime Video - #3381

Law & Order
1990– · Series · 25 seasonsCrime · Drama · Mystery
6 EmmysTwo Part drama which focuses on the New York criminal Justice System by showing a violent crime investigated by police detectives in the first half and then the trial of the accused in court by the prosecutors in the second half.
HuluNetflixPeacock - #3481
Alligator
1980 · Movie · 1h 31mHorror · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Thriller
A pet baby alligator is flushed down a toilet and survives in the city sewers. Twelve years later, it grows to an enormous size thanks to a diet of discarded laboratory dogs injected with growth hormones. Now, humans have entered ...
PeacockPrime Video - #3881
Girl You Know It's True
2023 · Movie · German · 2h 4mBiography · Drama
Dancers Rob Pilatus and Fab Morvan rise to fame in the late 80's as Milli Vanilli. The duo never sang a word in their songs nor their debut album and, when the truth was finally revealed, they started one of the biggest scandals i...
PeacockPrime Video - #4280
Rizzoli & Isles
2010–2016 · Series · 7 seasonsCrime · Drama · Mystery
Boston's assertive detective Jane Rizzoli and steady medical examiner Maura Isles are hailing from very different economic backgrounds, but the strong, competent women effectively work together to solve the city's most puzzling cr...
NetflixPeacock - #4380

Mr. Mercedes
2017–2019 · Series · 3 seasonsCrime · Drama · Mystery
A demented killer taunts a retired police detective with a series of lurid letters and emails, forcing the ex-cop to undertake a private, and potentially felonious, crusade to bring the killer to justice before he can strike again.
Peacock - #4580
Phantasm
1979 · Movie · 1h 29mHorror · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Newly orphaned teenager Mike Pearson, his older brother Jody, and their friends face off against a mysterious grave robber known as the Tall Man, who employs a lethal arsenal of unearthly weapons in their southern California town.
PeacockPrime Video - #5079

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001–2011 · Series · 10 seasonsCrime · Drama · Mystery
Follows the New York City Police Department's (NYPD) Major Case Squad (MCS), a unit of detectives who investigate high-profile cases, typically murder, while also presenting aspects of the crime from the perpetrator's perspective.
Peacock - #5478
Haven
2010–2015 · Series · 5 seasonsCrime · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Many in the coastal town of Haven, Maine have a dormant curse or "trouble" that could trigger at any time for any reason. FBI agent Audrey Parker, the sheriff and the town's black sheep must deal with the troubles' deadly effects.
PeacockPrime Video - #5578
Wiseguy
1987–1990 · Series · 4 seasonsCrime · Drama · Mystery
Vincent Terranova is an agent with the Organized Crime Bureau infiltrating dangerous criminal organizations, struggling to remain true to himself while becoming close to the criminal leaders he is sworn to bring down.
PeacockPrime Video - #5876
Hopeless
2023 · Movie · Korean · 2h 13mCrime · Drama
Yeon-gyu is a teenage boy who wants to escape his hometown where violence is commonly enacted among neighbors. He only hopes to have a peaceful life with his mother. However, the world never allows him to have a dream nor hope for life. When Yeon-gyu needs a hand from grown-ups, Chi-geon, a thug of the town, offers a favor. The simple favor leads Yeon-gyu to explore the world of Chi-geon. It ironically results Yeon-gyu gradually falling into Chi-geon's life. Grasping hope to run away from where he is, he struggles between the border. Can he escape from the town at the end?
PeacockPrime Video - #5976
13 Nights of Elvira
2014– · Series · 1 seasonHorror
Break out the crucifix, get some garlic, and say your prayers cause Elvira's coming for a visit. This October the Mistress of the Dark, herself, is digging up some awful-er-awesome movies for 13 Nights of Elvira! Elvira takes on s...
PeacockPrime Video - #6376

Kennedy
1983– · Series · 1 seasonBiography · Drama · History
Biography of the 1961-1963 Presidency of John F. Kennedy with Martin Sheen and Blair Brown. Covers the momentous presidential years and the lives, loves, and triumphs of one of the most controversial families of the twentieth-cent...
Peacock - #6675
The Murder in Angel Lane
2013 · Movie · 1h 55mCrime · Drama · Mystery
When Whicher offers to help a country lady find her niece, he's drawn into a disturbing case of murder which brings him up against wealthy and powerful figures and throws him into conflict with his former police colleagues.
PeacockPrime Video - #7872

Crossing Jordan
2001–2007 · Series · 6 seasonsCrime · Drama · Mystery
Brash, stubborn and resourceful ME Jordan Cavanaugh revives her career in Boston, occasionally breaking the rules and ticking off the cops or her co-workers. On the home front, she gets crime-solving help from her retired-cop dad.
PeacockPrime Video - #8072
The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
1993–1994 · Series · 2 seasonsCrime · Drama · Mystery
Drawing on her love of theatre and art, New Zealand author Ngaio Marsh created elegant crime-puzzlers full of quirky characters with hidden agendas, all brought meticulously to life in this BBC series.
PeacockPrime Video - #9968

False Identity
2018–2021 · Series · Spanish · 2 seasonsCrime · Drama · Romance
Diego is a hustler and is forced to leave the country and he goes to live in the US. Camila, a mother of two children vanishes with a new identity. Diego, Camila, and her kids are paired up as they cross the border as a family.
Peacock





























