A Glean movie guide
The Best Thrillers on Netflix Right Now
Suspense at your fingertips.
From high-octane action to psychological mind-benders, these are the must-watch picks.
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The movie list
- 01
The Killer
David Fincher delivers a cold, methodical look at the life of a professional assassin.
After a fateful miss, an assassin battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn't personal.
- 02
Rebel Ridge
A masterclass in escalating tension as a former Marine takes on small-town corruption.
A former Marine confronts corruption in a small town when local law enforcement unjustly seizes the bag of cash he needs to post his cousin's bail.
- 03
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
A stylish and witty whodunit that keeps you guessing until the final layer is peeled.
World-famous detective Benoit Blanc heads to Greece to peel back the layers of a mystery surrounding a tech billionaire and his eclectic crew of friends.
- 04
Hit Man
Richard Linklater blends dark comedy with a clever crime story about a fake contract killer.
A mild-mannered professor moonlighting as a fake hit man in police stings ignites a chain reaction of trouble when he falls for a potential client.
- 05
Extraction
Relentless, high-octane action meets gritty stakes in this rescue mission gone wrong.
A hardened gun-for-hire's latest mission becomes a soul-searching race to survive when he's sent into Bangladesh to rescue a drug lord's kidnapped son.
- 06
Fair Play
A sharp, uncomfortable look at how power and ambition can dismantle a relationship.
An unexpected promotion at a cutthroat hedge fund pushes a young couple's relationship to the brink, threatening to unravel not only their recent engagement but their lives.
- 07
Society of the Snow
A harrowing and visceral survival story that tests the limits of the human spirit.
On October 13, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, chartered to take a rugby team to Chile, crashes into a glacier in the heart of the Andes.
- 08
Leave the World Behind
An atmospheric apocalyptic mystery that thrives on uncertainty and mounting dread.
A family's getaway to a luxurious rental home takes an ominous turn when a cyberattack knocks out their devices—and two strangers appear at their door.
- 09
Calibre
A hunting trip gone wrong spirals into a suffocating and morally complex nightmare.
Two lifelong friends head up to an isolated Scottish Highlands village for a weekend hunting trip that descends into a never-ending nightmare as they attempt to cover up a horrific hunting accident.
- 10
The Call
A high-concept South Korean thriller where a phone call connects two women across time.
In the fall of 1987, a group of small-town friends must survive the night in the home of a sinister couple after a tragic accident occurs. Needing only to make a single phone call, the request seems horribly ordinary until they realize that this call could change their life…or end it.
- 11
Hush
A lean, inventive home-invasion thriller that uses silence to amplify every moment of terror.
A deaf woman is stalked by a psychotic killer in her secluded home.
- 12
Emily the Criminal
Aubrey Plaza shines in this grounded, desperate dive into the world of credit card fraud.
Desperate for income, Emily takes a shady gig buying goods with stolen credit cards supplied by a charismatic middleman named Youcef. Seduced by the quick cash and illicit thrills, they hatch a plan to take their business to the next level.