Classics and New Breakout Films to Watch This February

Catch up on newly streaming films or revisit your favorite movies this winter. From an endearing romance to a crime epic to a timely thriller, here’s what to watch this February on Peacock.

In the mood for a searing family drama? | Anemone

In his debut feature, Anemone, Ronan Day-Lewis cast his own father, Daniel Day-Lewis in a taut psychological drama that the filmmaker co-wrote with his dad. Set in Northern England, the film follows a middle-aged man (Sean Bean) who reconnects with his estranged brother (Day-Lewis) who lives a hermit-like existence in the woods. Over their days together, the two slowly begin to confront the unspeakable secrets that have kept them apart for years. “A powerful story about father and sons, told by a father and son,” writes Empire. “At once a showcase for a monumental talent, and the arrival of an exciting new one.”

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In the mood for a chilling sci-fi satire? | Bugonia

Nominated for three Academy Awards®, including Best Picture, Yorgos Lanthimos’s Bugonia is a thrilling ride that will surprise you to the very end. Emma Stone plays Michelle Fuller, the CEO of a major pharmaceutical company, kidnapped by Teddy (Jesse Plemons) and his cousin Don (Aidan Delbis), who believe she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth. As the battle of wits and dominance ensues, strange and unpredictable secrets begin to emerge. The Independent writes, “Bugonia is one of the best films in recent memory to capture what it feels like to be alive right now.”

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In the mood for a remarkable true story? | Talk To Me

In Talk to Me, director Kasi Lemmons celebrates one of the Civil Rights era’s most unlikely heroes. Ralph “Petey” Greene (Don Cheadle) was an ex-con who used his street-wise attitude to become one of Washington D.C.’s most outrageous and successful radio personalities in the ’60s and ’70s. The night that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated, however, Greene showed a different side by bringing calm to a city ready to explode. Talk to Me “perfectly captures the vibe of a person, a place, a time and a way of being, and even gets, indirectly and without a whiff of sanctimoniousness, to the heart of what being an American ought to mean,” writes Salon.

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In the mood for an epic crime story? | The Place Beyond the Pines

At the start of Derek Cianfrance’s crime epic, The Place Beyond the Pines, Ryan Gosling is a motorcycle stuntman robbing banks and Bradley Cooper is the young police officer who wants to make a name for himself by stopping him. From the collision of these two men on opposite sides of the law, an epic story of family, inheritance, and fate unfolds. The film’s remarkable supporting cast includes Eva Mendes, Ray Liotta, Rose Byrne, Mahershala Ali, Dane DeHaan, and Emory Cohen. The Playlist writes, “A brilliant, towering picture, The Place Beyond the Pines is a cinematic accomplishment of extraordinary grace and insight.”

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In the mood for an intimate and innovative romance? | One Day

Adapted from David Nicholls’ international bestseller, Lone Scherfig’s One Day tells its love story by checking in on two main characters, Emma (Anne Hathaway) and Dexter (Jim Sturgess), on the same day for over 20 years. As the two transition from friends to enemies, to confidants, and finally to something more, the film captures snapshots of their successes, failures, hopes, and dreams. The San Francisco Chronicle writes that One Day is “one of the rare romantic films in which we know why the central characters are or should be in love.”

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