The first few months of every year are a great time to catch up on Oscar-nominated films before the Academy Awards. But while youre scrambling to see all the new movies, why not make some time for past winners, too? While there have certainly been some bad Oscar winners in the past, the Academy is fairly consistent with awarding the best movies.

If youre a Peacock subscriber, you dont have access to as many Oscar winners as some other platforms, but there are still options (and some 2025 Oscar hopefuls). To help you zero in on something worth your time, weve highlighted five great Oscar-winning movies to stream on Peacock to watch now.

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　　 Beetlejuice (1988)

71% pg-13 92m Genre Fantasy, Comedy Stars Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Winona Ryder Directed by Tim Burton Watch on Peacock Winner of the 1989 Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hair Styling,Beetlejuice got a sequel 35 years later in 2024. While Beetlejuice Beetlejuice might not earn much Oscar love, the original is well worth a watch, especially given how similar the cast is, even more than three decades later.

Sure, the special effects dont stand up nearly as well, but its impressive how well the new movie paid homage to its predecessor and the seamless return that Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, and Catherine OHara make into their now older characters. In the original, a newly dead couple calls in the demon exorcist Beetlejuice to scare off a family that wants to buy their home, only to find the decision has disastrous consequences.

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　　 Promising Young Woman (2020)

72% r 113m Genre Thriller, Crime, Drama Stars Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie Directed by Emerald Fennell Watch on Peacock Saltburns Emerald Fennell won Best Original Screenplay, and Carey Mulligan earned a Best Actress nomination for Promising Young Woman, a dark examination of potential derailed. Everybody said Cassie (Mulligan) was such a promising young woman until one mysterious night, she seemed directionless and unmotivated.

Nonetheless, shes still bright, cunning, and leading a vindictive secret double life by night. But when she finally gets the chance to right the wrongs of the past, thanks to an unexpected encounter, she gets to work on a plan.

　　 Men in Black (1997)

72% pg-13 98m Genre Action, Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction Stars Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld Watch on Peacock Yes, believe it or not,Men in Black is an Oscar-winning film. Another Best Makeup winner,MIB was also nominated for Best Art Direction and Best Music, but it was probably the massive box office return that turned it into a franchise with four blockbusters spanning more than 20 years. In the original (and by far best) movie, K (Tommy Lee Jones) is a veteran of Men in Black, an agency so secretive that almost nobody in the government knows it exists.

After the departure of his partner, K recruits an unconventional New York cop, J (Will Smith), to the agency, choosing him as his partner over Green Berets, Army Rangers, and Navy SEALs. Now, the odd couple must learn how to work together to stop an alien conspiracy to wreak havoc on the Earth.

　　 Shrek (2001)

84% pg 90m Genre Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Family Stars Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz Directed by Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson Watch on Peacock A runaway Best Animated Feature winner,Shrek has grown into one of DreamWorks Animations biggest franchises. The first movie is a true classic. In the Kingdom of Far Far Away, Lord Farquaad (John Lithgow) seeks to rid his domain of fairy tale creatures, banishing them to a swamp. Unfortunately, the swamps already occupied by an ogre called Shrek (Mike Myers).

To get the creatures off his land, Shrek cuts a deal with Farquaad: If he can retrieve the lovely Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz) from the clutches of a fire-breathing dragon to be Farquaads wife, Farquaad will move the creatures. With the help of a talking donkey (Eddie Murphy), Shrek gets to work.

　　 The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

75% r 180m Genre Crime, Drama, Comedy Stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie Directed by Martin Scorsese Watch on Peacock Finally, were bending the rules just a bit for the last entry because it was quite surprising that The Wolf of Wall Streetdidnt earn a win in any of the five categories in which it was nominated. Leonardo DiCaprio delivers possibly his best performance ever as Jordan Belfort, a New York stockbroker who got rich on penny stocks and made a fortune defrauding investors.

Belfort did this while partying beyond the limits of imagination and refusing to cooperate with a securities fraud investigation into Wall Street. Martin Scorsese let all the actors in this one, from DiCaprio and Jonah Hill to a debuting Margot Robbie, just go completely bonkers, and it shows in the movie. Its not unreasonable to suggest that DiCaprio finally got his Best Actor Oscar in 2016 for The Revenant because he was so egregiously snubbed for Wolf.

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