Peacock Adds Six Military War Movies Before Veterans Day

The streaming service added American Sniper, Hacksaw Ridge and four other military films on November 1, ahead of the November 11 holiday.

Updated on Nov. 5, 2026 in Military

Flat-color illustration of a stylized star-and-chevron insignia in olive drab and cream, evoking the military theme of new Veterans Day streaming titles. — Peacock added six military war films, including American Sniper and Hacksaw Ridge, to its streaming library on November 1 ahead of Veterans Day. AI Illustration. Upload story photo >

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Peacock added six military war movies to its streaming service on November 1, 2026, including American Sniper, Hacksaw Ridge, Lone Survivor, 12 Strong, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi and Unbroken. The titles arrive four days before Veterans Day.

Why it matters

The additions give U.S. viewers a set of films about American service members ahead of the November 11 holiday. The titles span conflicts from World War II through Iraq, Afghanistan and Benghazi.

The six films were added in one batch on November 1, 2026. Doss's Medal of Honor citation credits him with saving 75 men, and Zamperini drifted at sea for 47 days before Japanese capture, but the extraction does not state the licensing terms or subscription tier for the titles.

The players

Peacock

Peacock is the streaming service operated by NBCUniversal that offers a library of films and television series to subscribers.

Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood is an Academy Award-winning actor and director who directed American Sniper, released in 2014.

Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson is an actor and director who won the Academy Award for Best Director for Braveheart and directed Hacksaw Ridge.

The details

Peacock added American Sniper, Hacksaw Ridge, Lone Survivor, 12 Strong, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi and Unbroken to its streaming library. The films include Clint Eastwood's 2014 account of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, Mel Gibson's 2016 World War II drama about Army medic Desmond Doss, and Angelina Jolie's 2014 film about Louis Zamperini.

September 2012: Benghazi attacks occur, the events depicted in 13 Hours.
November 1, 2026: Peacock adds the six military films to its service.
November 11, 2026: Veterans Day holiday.

Big Picture

The additions are timed to precede the November 11 Veterans Day observance, a recurring annual occasion that prompts streaming services to program military-themed films. The six titles span World War II, Iraq, Afghanistan and Benghazi, covering conflicts from the 1940s through the 2010s.

Subscribers to Peacock can stream the six films beginning November 1, 2026. The extraction does not state whether the titles require a premium subscription tier.

The takeaway

Military war films remain a steady part of streaming programming, and the Veterans Day timing shows how platforms schedule them around the holiday. Viewers looking for these titles can find them in Peacock's library starting November 1.