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13 Movies Under 90 Minutes to Stream on Peacock
Need a movie that won’t take all night to watch? Check out these short-and-sweet picks under 90 minutes, streaming now on Peacock.
Time is money. Time is precious. Life is short and maybe you don’t have the patience for the latest three-and-a-half-hour superhero epic tonight. Maybe you’re busy. Maybe your attention span just isn’t what it used to be. That’s OK — we’re not here to judge, and though your local multiplex may be chock full of superlong, multiple-bathroom-break-length flicks, we have you covered at Peacock with our extensive library of quality films in all shapes and sizes. Including small sizes.
Make the most efficient use of your movie time with these concise-yet-satisfying films with runtimes clocking in under 90 minutes, all streaming now on Peacock.
1. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Runtime: 83 minutes
This all-time horror classic packs plenty of carnage into its 83-minute runtime, all while introducing the world to chainsaw-wielding cannibal Leatherface and blazing a bloody trail for the decades of slasher cinema it helped to inspire.
Stream The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
2. The Gunfighter (1950)
Runtime: 84 minutes
Clocking in at a galloping 84 minutes, this timeless Western starring Gregory Peck as the “fastest gun in the West” is also one of the fastest streams on your screen.
3. Sick (2022)
Runtime: 83 minutes
Featuring highly suspenseful horror action as well as early pandemic throwback scenes (remember wiping down your groceries with Clorox wipes?), this Peacock Original film makes excellent use of slasher tropes to channel the unique anxieties and fears of its 2020 setting.
4. The Price We Pay (2023)
Runtime: 85 minutes
Streaming exclusively on Peacock, this 85-minute horror-thriller stars Emile Hirsh and Stephen Dorff as two criminals on the run who end up ensnared in a dangerous predicament while hiding out in a farmhouse.
5. Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010)
Runtime: 82 minutes
It’s always time for Christmas with this Finnish horror-comedy that kicks off when members of a scientific research team accidentally release a malevolent Santa Claus from his Arctic prison.
Stream Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale.
6. Wendy and Lucy (2008)
Runtime: 80 minutes
This heart-wrenching indie from director Kelly Reichardt stars Michelle Williams as Wendy, a down-on-her-luck woman traveling cross-country who becomes separated from her dog and sole companion, Lucy (played by Reichardt’s late dog named Lucy). It’s only 80 minutes long, but full of deep feeling and subtle emotion.
7. Meet Cute (2022)
Runtime: 89 minutes
Kaley Cuoco and Pete Davidson star in this genre-bending Peacock Original rom-com where Sheila (Cuoco) struggles to escape an endless loop of first date do-overs after discovering a time machine in a nail salon tanning bed.
8. I Am Big Bird: The Carol Spinney Story (2015)
Runtime: 86 minutes
Beloved by generations of audiences as the performer behind (or rather, inside) Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street, legendary puppeteer Carol Spinney gets the star treatment he deserves in this fascinating 86-minute documentary chronicling his life. Think being Big Bird is easy? Try roller skating backward with one arm in the air while doing a funny voice, all with only a small video monitor to navigate your surroundings.
Stream I Am Big Bird: The Carol Spinney Story.
9. Meet the Patels (2015)
Runtime: 87 minutes
In this warm and humorous documentary, Indian American actor Ravi V. Patel decides to finally try out the traditional Indian matchmaking system as his parents (whose arranged marriage 35 years prior resulted in a happy union) have always expected of him. His yearlong journey to find love becomes a “real-life romantic comedy,” asking big questions about tradition and romance in the modern world.
10. Mel Brooks: Make a Noise (2014)
Runtime: 84 minutes
The life and more than 60-year (-and- counting) career of EGOT-winning actor, writer, director, and producer Mel Brooks is rendered in hilarious and moving detail in this PBS American Masters documentary.
Stream Mel Brooks: Make a Noise.
11. Wild Style (1983)
Runtime: 81 minutes
The early days of hip-hop culture are captured in this groundbreaking music film with pioneers of the genre playing themselves in early ‘80s New York, featuring appearances by Grandmaster Flash, Fab Five Freddy, and more.
12. Saints and Soldiers (2003)
Runtime: 90 minutes
A Mormon sniper and an atheist medic clash as their platoon struggles to survive behind Nazi lines after escaping the Malmedy massacre during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II in this 90-minute historical war drama.
13. Murderball (2005)
Runtime: 85 minutes
Go inside the hard-hitting world of wheelchair rugby, where the rivalry between US and Canadian 2004 Paralympic teams sets the stage for a documentary that is both groundbreaking for representation of athletes who are physically disabled and one of the best sports documentaries of all time.
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