Movies Like Obsession Also Streaming on Peacock
After you watch Obsession, Peacock has plenty more psychological thrillers and horror movies available to stream.
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Key Takeaways
- Obsession, now streaming on Peacock, follows a young man who uses a mystical wish box to make his friend fall in love with him, only to face sinister consequences tied to obsession and unrequited love.
- Recommended Peacock titles with similar horror, thriller, and psychological themes include Promising Young Woman, Final Girl, Borderline, Lizzie, Hush, and The Love Witch.
- Many of the featured films explore dark relationships, revenge, manipulation, trauma, and dangerous fixation through blends of horror, black comedy, and psychological suspense.
Focus Features’ Obsession, one of the most successful horror movies of 2026, is now streaming exclusively on Peacock.
The second feature film from 26-year-old filmmaker Curry Barker (Milk & Serial), Obsession centers on unassuming Bear (Michael Johnston), who has fallen in love with his friend, Nikki (Inde Navarrette). Too anxious to ask her out, Bear instead buys a “One Wish Willow" box hoping he can wish her to fall in love with him. He gets what he asked for, but discovers that some desires come at a dark, sinister price.
The intersection of horror, obsession, and unrequited love is an absorbing niche of cinema that is well-worth exploring. Peacock has a library full of films that are like Obsession, and we’ve curated the best to watch below.
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What should I watch after Obsession?
- Promising Young Woman
- The Love Witch
- Borderline
- Lizzie
- Final Girl
- Hush
Thrillers and horror movies like Obsession now streaming on Peacock
Promising Young Woman (2020)
Genre: Black comedy thriller
Director: Emerald Fennell
Release date: 2020
Streaming on Peacock here!
Stars: Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Clancy Brown, Chris Lowell, Jennifer Coolidge, Laverne Cox, Connie Britton
The 2020 feature directorial debut of Emerald Fennell (Killing Eve), Promising Young Woman is an incendiary film exploring the unchecked trauma and pervasive nature of sexual assault. Cassie (Carey Mulligan) is traumatized by a tragic event in her past, so she seeks out vengeance against those who crossed her path.
How it's like Obsession: Fennell’s film addresses the same topics of gender perception and entitlement, and the horrific impact on the victims.
The Love Witch (2016)
Genre: Comedy horror art
Director: Anna Biller
Release date: 2016
Streaming on Peacock here!
Stars: Samantha Robinson, Gian Keys, Laura Waddell Jeffrey Vincent Parise, Jared Sanford, Robert Seeley, Jennifer Ingrum
A modern cult horror gem, The Love Witch was written, edited, directed, produced, and scored by Anna Biller. It feels like a period piece that is actually quite modern in its themes, and centers on the gorgeous young witch Elaine (Samantha Robinson), who is armed with love potions that will turn any man into her slave. But she is driven to the brink of insanity upon meeting her dream partner.
How it's like Obsession: Biller’s film is a black comedy that also weaves magic into the every day happenings of the main characters. The “be careful what you wish for” theme is also front and center.
Borderline (2025)
Genre: Comedy thriller
Director: Jimmy Warden
Release date: 2025
Streaming on Peacock here!
Stars: Samara Weaving, Ray Nicholson, Jimmie Fails, Alba Baptista, Eric Dane
From Cocaine Bear writer Jimmy Warden in his directorial debut, Borderline features Samara Weaving as Sofia Minor, a pop star kidnapped by a "romantic" sociopath who escapes from a psychiatric institution and invades her home hoping to woo her.
How it's like Obsession: Warden’s black comedy explores the impact of an obsession seen through the eyes of a woman whose whole life is disrupted by unwanted affection.
Lizzie (2018)
Genre: Biographical thriller
Director: Craig William Macneill
Release date: 2018
Streaming on Peacock here!
Stars: Chloë Sevigny, Kristen Stewart, Jay Huguley, Jamey Sheridan, Fiona Shaw, Kim Dickens, Denis O'Hare, Jeff Perry
Chloë Sevigny and Kristen Stewart star in this chilling feature about the true story behind the legend of Lizzie Borden. In 1892 Massachusetts, Lizzie Borden's intimate relationship with housemaid Bridget Sullivan leads to an unthinkable act.
How it's like Obsession: This period piece explores the impact of gender power dynamics and what happens to women pushed to the brink.
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Final Girl (2015)
Genre: Action horror thriller
Director: Tyler Shields
Release date: 2015
Streaming on Peacock here!
Stars: Abigail Breslin, Alexander Ludwig, Wes Bentley, Cameron Bright, Francesca Eastwood
Abigail Breslin and Wes Bentley star in the unexpected horror/thriller, Final Girl. A group of sadistic boys who kill blonde women for fun lures a young girl to the woods, only to learn she's tougher than she looks.
How it's like Obsession: A satire of the horror genre trope of a young woman surviving a murderous character to the final credits, Final Girl inverts expectations when its young woman turns the tables on her predators.
Hush (2016)
Genre: Slasher horror thriller
Director: Mike Flanagan
Release date: 2016
Streaming on Peacock here!
Stars: John Gallagher Jr., Michael Trucco, Kate Siegel
Horror husband and wife duo Mike Flanagan and Kate Siegel (The Haunting of Hill House) co-wrote this horror/thriller about a writer (Siegel) with hearing loss who has an unexpected guest at her isolated cottage in the woods and must defend herself against the masked killer.
How it's like Obsession: Hush turns the vulnerable woman trope into an empowering, taut story of a resilient heroine outsmarting a male killer.
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