Netflix has hundreds of riveting thrillers that will keep you glued to the screen. Whether you're in the mood for a thought-provoking psychological puzzle or a brutal murder-mystery, check out these 10 best Netflix thrillers you can stream on Netflix right now.
Universal Pictures
Spike Lee directs this nail-biting heist movie that pits Denzel Washington and Chiwetel Ejiofor’s detectives against criminal ringleader Clive Owen. Innovative and intelligent.
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Every thriller needs mystery, and few come more mysterious than this spiritual successor to 2008’s Cloverfield . It takes place entirely in a bunker, with two strangers sheltering from what is (or what isn’t) going on above.
Warner Bros.
The film that put Dune and Arrival director Denis Villeneuve on the map explores the toxicity of retribution as a vengeful Hugh Jackman quests to find his child’s kidnapper.
Warner Bros.
Robert Downey Jr, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Mark Ruffalo attempt to unravel the real-life San Francisco Bay Zodiac murders in this sprawling crime epic.
20th Century Studios
Steven Spielberg's slow-burn spycraft noir casts Tom Hanks as the lawyer brought in to defend Mark Rylance’s Soviet spy from a death sentence.
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Things just go from bad to worse for Naomi Watts and Bobby Cannavale, who star as the husband and wife threatened by an anonymous individual targeting their family.
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A hard-nosed thriller oozing with bleakness, Reptile features a magnetic performance from Benicio del Toro as the detective digging for truth when a real estate agent is murdered.
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Writer Russell Core (Jeffrey Wright) is called to investigate the disappearance of three small children in a fictional Alaskan town. Was it wolves, or something altogether more savage?
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In this Spanish-language sci-fi thriller, prisoners are trapped in a huge tower, and can only eat from a platform which travels down through it. The trouble? They can only eat what’s left over from the floor above.
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If you like your thrillers more on the steamy side, check out this dark financial drama that sees engaged hedge fund analysts Phoebe Dynevor and Alden Ehrenreich get a little carried away with workplace rivalry.
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