Foreign Thrillers on Netflix
Last updated March 09, 2025
Shinjuku Incident
2009 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsFleeing mainland China to search for his lost love, Xiu Xiu, an illegal immigrant known as Steelhead travels to Tokyo -- where he reluctantly becomes a yakuza hit man after discovering that Xiu Xiu has married into the mob.
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Vettai
2012 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsThis powerful Tamil action film follows the shared fate of two very different siblings: policeman Thiru and his roguish brother, Guru. When Thiru finds himself outmatched while fighting local gangsters, Guru comes to his aid.
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Darr
1993 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsThis story centers on a borderline psychotic young man named Rahul who's dangerously obsessed with a college student named Kiran. When Rahul realizes Kiran is engaged to a naval officer, he vows to stop the wedding and possess her once and for all.
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Outrage
2010 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsWriter, director and actor Takeshi "Beat" Kitano returns to his roots in this gripping gangster drama that details the intense rivalry between two powerful yakuza syndicates and the efforts of a small crew to prevent a full-brown war from erupting.
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Don
2006 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsDon, a ruthless crime boss and drug lord, is nabbed and held captive by the authorities, who send his naïve look-alike, Vijay, to infiltrate the man's gang. But Vijay soon realizes he's caught in a double cross.
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The Skin I Live In
2011 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsBrilliant plastic surgeon Robert Ledgard seeks to overcome the grief of his late wife's disfigurement in a fiery car crash by inventing skin that's impervious to injury. But his experiments on a living woman hasten his descent into madness.
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Race
2008 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsRanvir and Rajeev are competitors when it comes to horse racing and everything else, including love. The plot thickens when three women enter their lives and a murder is committed. Now, it's up to a sharp inspector to determine the killer's identity.
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Johnny Gaddaar
2007 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsA thug double-crosses his partners, planning to make off with a big score -- and the wife of another gang member. Preparing to start a new life abroad, he realizes he must not only outwit his partners, but at some point, he'll have to kill them, too.
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The Heineken Kidnapping
2011 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsIn 1983, wealthy brewer Alfred Heineken is kidnapped by a gang of young hoodlums in Amsterdam and held for ransom. When the ransom is paid and Heineken is released, he sets out to exact revenge on his captors in this thriller based on a true story.
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Drug War
2012 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsWhen an illegal-drug manufacturer gets arrested after a wild attempt to evade capture, police captain Zhang Lei senses an opportunity. But after convincing the man to betray his own cronies, Zhang wonders if he's not the one being played.
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Omar Killed Me
2011 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsWhen an elderly woman is found murdered in her basement, a message she allegedly scribbled on the wall identifies the killer as Omar, her longtime gardener. But a journalist covering the case sets out to prove that Omar was framed.
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The Big Picture
2010 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsSuccessful Paris attorney Paul Exben (Romain Duris) has everything going for him, including power, wealth and a picture-perfect family. But the mirror suddenly cracks when Paul discovers that his wife, Sarah, is carrying on an affair with a photographer. After a tragic error closes the door on all that he's achieved, Paul makes a fateful decision to escape, fleeing abroad to try and begin a new life as someone else altogether.
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Transfer
2010 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsA loving elderly couple (Hans-Michael Rehberg and Ingrid Andree) decides to undergo an astonishingly advanced but ethically dubious medical procedure to extend their lives in this thought-provoking sci-fi thriller about privilege, race and exploitation of the Third World. The two have their spirits transferred into the bodies of African refugees, but the young people acting as their hosts regain custody of their bodies for four hours every day.
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Backyard
2009 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsBased on a true story, this edgy Mexican thriller tells the tale of a string of horrific murders in Mexico's northern border city of Ciudad Juarez that prompt a complicated investigation as lawmakers struggle to uncover the serial killer. Penned by renowned writer Sabina Berman and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Carlos Carrera, the film features a stellar cast including Jimmy Smits, Joaquín Cosio and Ana de la Reguera.
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Requiem for a Killer
2011 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsA skilled assassin in search of a new life accepts a final hit job posing as a soprano for a Swiss opera company. Her mark: a handsome baritone whose business dealings threaten the interests of a powerful corporation. But things don't go as planned.
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A Balcony on the Sea
2010 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsWhen real estate agent Marc shows a beautiful client around a property, he realizes she's an old flame he left behind in Algeria years ago. Soon they're having a passionate affair -- until Marc discovers that nothing is what it seems.
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Grandmaster
2012 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsA dejected and withdrawn police chief is jolted into duty when a serial killer's grisly game turns personal. Anticipating the killer's next move, the chief realizes that the pattern makes his daughter and estranged wife the next likely victims.
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Rebellion
2011 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsFrench freedom fighters kill four and take 30 hostages on an island, instigating a political crisis. Special forces captain Philippe dives into negotiations as the French presidential election -- and lives -- are on the line.
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Viva Riva!
2010 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsHustler Riva hopes to make a fortune by smuggling large quantities of gasoline and selling it for high prices in fuel-starved Kinshasa, but his plan gets complicated when he falls for the girlfriend of a local crime kingpin.
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Force
2011 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsTo undermine the efforts of a determined narcotics force, a cunning gangster takes aim at the chief's most vulnerable spot: his heart. Now, the game is as much about defense as it is about offense while the cops and their loved ones are attacked.
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Night Watch
2004 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsThis first installment of the trilogy based on the sci-fi novels by Sergei Lukyanenko plays upon the tension between light and dark, pitting the superhuman Night Watch patrollers (known as the "Others") against the shadowed forces of the night.
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La Liste
2009 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsFormer cop Michael Lombardi is accused of murder, and only his brother, Roman, is convinced of his innocence. Now the suspicion is moving to Roman when his superiors make an important discovery.
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Monsieur Hire
1989 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsReclusive middle-aged bachelor Monsieur Hire spies on a woman through her undraped windows. She seems to welcome the attention until a 22-year-old woman's nude corpse turns up in the vicinity and suspicion quickly falls on the voyeuristic Hire.
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The Housemaid
2010 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsA wealthy family's new maid, Eun-yi (Do-yeon Jeon), attracts the attention of Hoon (Jung-Jae Lee), the man of the house, and a fiery affair develops between them. But although Hoon signs Eun-yi's checks, he's not the one controlling the relationship. One secret leads to another, until Eun-yi threatens to destroy the entire family. This update of the 1960 chiller was an Official Selection of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.
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The Bothersome Man
2006 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsMysteriously deposited in a perfectly serene but colorless city where every need is met, Andreas soon realizes that not even a new lover can change the sterile banality drowning him. Is this placid life a dream come true or an inescapable hell?
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