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We’ve got you covered this winter if you’re searching for some compelling entertainment. Many of us go to the movies or watch at home to be moved emotionally. White-knuckler suspense and thriller are some of the most effective ways to cause the audience to tense up. Netflix has a vast collection of high-quality thrillers. We’ve put up a list of the greatest. We’ve got political thrillers, action flicks, and even horror-themed thrillers to choose from on this list.
If you’re feeling daring, this means putting on the greatest heart-stopping thrillers. Prepare your heart and lungs for an adrenaline rush. Any of the films on this list will keep you on the edge of your seat, from psychological thrillers to apocalyptic hellscapes. Do not, however, attempt to complete them in a continuous loop. We’ve compiled a list of Netflix’s greatest and most suspenseful thrillers for you to enjoy.
Bird Box:
Year: 2018
Director: Susan Bier
Stars: Sandra Bullock, Trevante Rhodes, John Malkovich, Sarah Paulson, Jacki Weaver, Rosa Salazar, Danielle Macdonald, Lil Rel Hower
IMDB: 6.6/10
Runtime: 2h4m
Storyline:
Malorie is a pregnant woman who is forced to become a survival expert when otherworldly forces destroy the world’s population. One glance at these creatres, whom we never see, causes your eyes to glaze over and become wet, and you lose your all senses, committing yourself to death by whatever means available. Malorie and her unborn child make it to a home where numerous strangers who have also escaped the breakout have taken sanctuary after surviving a chaotic early set piece of slaughter and devastation on a large scale. Bird Box shattered Netflix records and is still one of the streaming service’s top successes.
Shutter Island:
Year: 2010
Director: Martin Scorsese
Stars: Sandra Bullock, Trevante Rhodes, John Malkovich, Sarah Paulson, Jacki Weaver, Rosa Salazar, Danielle Macdonald, Lil Rel Hower
IMDB: 8.2/10
Runtime: 2h18m
Storyline:
Dennis Lehane’s 2003 psychological thriller Shutter Island analyses how a person’s emotional condition may alter their perception of reality. The prologue begins with a passage from Dr. Lester Sheehan’s journal from May 3rd, 1993. Sheehan is a retired psychiatrist from Shutter Island’s Ashecliffe Hospital. Still, he is plagued by the tragic deaths of four people: Edward “Teddy” Daniels, Rachel Solando, Dolores Chanal, and Andrew Laeddis. Now that Sheehan’s health is deteriorating, he feels obligated to tell the tale.
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Under the Shadow:
Year: 2016
Director: Babak Anvari
Stars: Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi, Bobby Naderi, Arash Marandi, Aram Ghasemy, Soussan Farrokhnia, Ray Haratian, Hamid Djavadan, Behi Djanati Atai
IMDB: 6.8/10
Runtime: 1h24m
Storyline:
Writer/director Babak Anvari’s feature debut, an artistically produced and deeply frightening thriller, blurs the boundary between otherworldly evil and the horrors of the real world like few films you’ll ever see. Set in 1980s Tehran during The War of the Cities–the background of Anvari’s fear-filled childhood. Shideh is a medical student who is prevented from continuing her education because of her engagement in revolutionary politics. Shideh is charged with safeguarding her husband’s small daughter Dorsa as the fighting and explosions grow around them. It doesn’t seem that things can get much worse until Shideh and Dorsa are tormented by an evil genie.
The performances are intense, and the videography is flawless, conjuring up images of a military conflict in Iran that are almost unbearable to behold. Anvari grew evolved in a culture when VHS and VCRs cassettes were forbidden, and his debut was created with an unmeasurable devotion to cinema. The paranormal horrors are effective, but they are never as terrible as Shideh’s reality, which seems to be Anvari’s purpose. This small-scale powerhouse was chosen as the finest film of 2016 by renowned British cinema reviewer Mark Kermode, and it is not to be missed.
Icarus:
Year: 2017
Director: Bryan Fogel
Stars: Bryan Fogel, Dave Zabriskie, Don Catlin
IMDB: 7.9/10
Runtime: 2h
Storyline:
Bryan Fogel discovers a worldwide doping scandal while researching and playing with the notion of illicit doping in sports and how simple it is to utilize performance-enhancing chemicals and avoid detection. The documentary follows Fogel on his amateur cycling career and the startling charges made by Grigory Rodchenkov, the director of Russia’s anti-doping laboratory. Rodchenkov began by assisting Fogel with his experiment before reporting suspected Olympic doping schemes and participating with them. Fogel won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Film for his work on the film.
Freaks:
Year: 2018
Director: Zach Lipovsky, Adam B. Stein
Stars: Emile Hirsch, Bruce Dern, Grace Park
IMDB: 6.7/10
Runtime: 1h45m
Storyline:
When Chloe (Lexy Kolker) decides to imagine a world outside her outer walls, the girl’s expectations are more than fulfilled when she discovers she has extraordinary talents. She is one of the thousands of exceptional people known as Abnormals, a large community of so-called freaks being hunted by the authorities. After discovering that her presumed-dead mother is Abnormal herself and that she is being kept hostage in an underground jail, Chloe must use her extrasensory powers to save her family and outwit the hunters who want her dead. Freaks, a film is seen through the eyes of its main character, the amazed Chloe, combines thriller, horror, and sci-fi elements for a strange yet captivating mash-up of old and new themes.
The Call:
Year: 2020
Director: Lee Chung-hyun
Stars: Park Shin-hye, Jeon Jong-seo, Kim Sung-ryung
IMDB: 7.1/10
Runtime: 1h52m
Storyline:
In Chung-Hyun Lee’s The Call, we see two different times, but a phone call connects them. Seo-Yeon lives in the present, while Young-Sook lurks in the past. One of them is a serial killer, and the other is the person who was killed. The Call is a strange mix of sci-fi and psychological thriller. It has a nail-biting storey, a moody tone, dedicated actors, and originality.
Take the train: Seo-Yeon, 28, will visit her mom in the hospital in South Korea. Her mom finds a phone after she lost hers on the train. When she was 28 years old, she found a hidden basement and Young-20-year-old sook’s diary from November 1999. Her shaman stepmom thinks her stepdaughter will become a serial killer if she is let out. She is very mean to her. Two women are both 28, but they have been apart for 20 years. They start talking on the same phone in the same house. Seo-father, yeon’s who died then, can be saved. History can be changed. It should.
Synchronic:
Year: 2019
Director: Aaron Moorhead, Justin Benson
Stars: Anthony Mackie, Jamie Dornan, Katie Aselton, Ally Ioannides, Ramiz Monsef, Bill Oberst Jr., Betsy Holt
IMDB: 6.2/10
Runtime: 1h42m
Storyline:
Steve and Dennis have been close friends for their whole lives and work as paramedics in New Orleans. When the duo is called in to investigate a string of tragic events, they figure it will be normal as usual. That is, until Dennis’ daughter goes missing, leading both men to examine the actual qualities of a lethal medication identified in all of the accident victims. Is the medicine capable of bending time in any way? Or are Steve and Dennis going insane as a result of all the stress at work? Synchronic, a mind-bender with sci-fi-like bread crumbs along the way, will make you more sympathetic to the life and sufferings of first-responders, particularly those afflicted by dimension-breaking substances.
Gravity:
Year: 2013
Director: Alfonso Cuaron
Stars: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris, Orto Ignatiussen, Phaldut Sharma, Amy Warren, Basher Savage
IMDB: 7.7/10
Runtime: 1h31m
Storyline:
The plot of Gravity is based on Dr. Ryan Stone, a bright medical engineer on her maiden shuttle trip, with experienced astronaut Matt Kowalsky-George Clooney commanding his last voyage before retiring.
However, calamity occurs during a routine spacewalk. The shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky alone, tethered to nothing but each other and hurtling out into the void. The deafening quiet informs them they’ve lost contact with Earth and all hope of rescue. Every gasp of breath takes away what little oxygen is available as dread leads to terror. However, the only way home may be to go deeper into the terrible vastness of space.
Extraction:
Year: 2020
Director: Sam Hargrave
Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Bryon Lerum, Ryder Lerum, Rudhraksh Jaiswal, Shivam Vichare, Piyush Khati, Sara Rumao, Randeep Hooda
IMDB: 6.7/10
Runtime: 1h56m
Storyline:
Extraction portrays Thor alum, Chris Hemsworth, as Tyler Rake, a crafty Australian soldier, without his superhero cape in favor of brutal militant threads. Tyler’s slide into hostile territory proves to be more than the black officer originally bargained for once he is hired to rescue the abducted son of a Mumbai crime lord. Extraction is a hectic venture into the familiar mixture of the action-meets-thriller sub-genre, packed with electrifying action moments and a solid performance from Hemsworth.
The Hateful Eight:
Year: 2015
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins, Demián Bichir, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen
IMDB: 7.8/10
Runtime: 2h48m
Storyline:
While racing toward the settlement of Red Rock in post-Civil War Wyoming, hunter John “The Hangman” Ruth and his escaped prisoner come with another bounty hunter and a man claiming to be a sheriff. The group heads to a coach stopover placed on a mountain range in the hopes of finding refuge from a storm. The eight tourists are greeted by four strangers and quickly realize that they may not make it to their goal.
Creep:
Year: 2014
Director: Patrick Brice
Stars: Mark Duplass, Patrick Brice, Katie Aselton
IMDB: 6.4/10
Runtime: 1h17m
Storyline:
When cheap filmmaker Aaron accepts a lucrative job from an unknown new customer, his visit to the man’s isolated mountain house quickly devolves into a weird nightmare, as Josef, the landlord, claims to be recording a movie for his pregnant kid before dying from a brain tumour. That is, at least, what Josef intends Aaron to think. The reality, as the audience will learn, is considerably more evil. Creep is a tiny film that takes the found footage subgenre to exciting new heights. It’s full of tension and misdirections as Josef’s intentions grow hazier.
The Vault:
Year: 2021
Director: Jaume Balagueró
Stars: Freddie Highmore, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Sam Riley, Liam Cunningham, Jose Coronado, Luis Tosar
IMDB: 6.4/10
Runtime: 1h58m
Storyline:
Engineer Thom, played by Freddie Highmore, stumbles into some enticing information in The Vault. Because of the World Cup Final in Spain, Thom and his accomplices devise a scheme to get into The Bank of Spain and steal the secret wealth while the rest of the nation is preoccupied. The Vault is a heist thriller that strikes all the right notes, thanks to its dynamic cast and distinctive settings.
I Care a Lot:
Year: 2020
Director: J Blakeson
Stars: Rosamund Pike, Peter Dinklage, Eiza González, Dianne Wiest Chris Messina, Isiah Whitlock Jr.
IMDB: 6.3/10
Runtime: 1h58m
Storyline:
Marla Grayson, a Massachusetts con artist, is a fearless and ruthless criminal. Marla preys on the elderly because she is cruel in a manner that most of us would never be. What is her way of doing business?? She and her girlfriend Fran, a court-appointed judicial ward, earn a career by legally funnelling the assets of their elderly customers. Up until Jennifer Peterson, a rich senior without surviving relatives who is the ideal target for Marla and Fran comes across their path. Jennifer’s links to the mafia aren’t exactly amicable. As the gang closes down on Marla’s daring deeds, a violent game of sharks vs. sharks unfolds. I Care a Lot strives to be audacious and succeeds well, thanks to an outstanding performance from Pike and a gripping storey.
The Gift :
Year: 2015
Director: Joel Edgerton
Stars: Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall, Joel Edgerton, Allison Tolman, Tim Griffin, Busy Philipps, Adam Lazarre-White
IMDB: 7.1/10
Runtime: 1h48m
Storyline:
As a result of Simon’s recent promotion, the pair has just relocated to Los Angeles. Simon bumps upon Gordon, a former classmate he hadn’t seen in 20 years. Gordon begins to show up at the couple’s home and delivers their presents soon after. They want him to stop coming, but Robyn feels that something occurred between them in their school days, so she begins to look into it.
The Foreigner:
Year: 2017
Director: Martin Campbell
Stars: Katie Leung, Jackie Chan, Rufus Jones, Mark Tandy, John Cronin, Caolan Byrne, Donna Bernard, Aaron Monaghan
IMDB: 7.0/10
Runtime: 1h53m
Storyline:
After his daughter died in a terrorist attack, Chinese restaurant owner Quan wants vengeance. Quan looks to Northern Ireland deputy First Minister Liam Hennessy for answers since the gang behind the incident refers to themselves as the “Authentic IRA.” In the past, Hennessy had been a member of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), but today he claims to know nothing about the new IRA. As a result of Quan’s scepticism, a game of cat and mouse begins.
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