Thrillers on Netflix
Last updated September 09, 2025
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2009 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsBrad McCullum begins to have visions that make him believe he's living in a Sophocles play in this psychological thriller inspired by true events. The events he thinks he experiences lead him to commit a brutal, bloody crime with a sword.
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44 Inch Chest
2009 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsAfter his wife, Liz (Joanne Whalley), cheats on him, gangster Colin Diamond (Ray Winstone) gets his revenge by enlisting his underworld pals to kidnap her hunky French lover (Melvil Poupaud) in the feature debut of director Malcolm Venville. Top British actors, including Ian McShane, John Hurt and Tom Wilkinson, round out the cast of the crime thriller, penned by the screenwriters of another memorable Winstone vehicle, Sexy Beast.
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Surviving Crooked Lake
2008 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsYoung teen Steph and her three pals find themselves hopelessly lost deep in the wilderness when their guide perishes while leading them on a backcountry canoe trip. Now the four girls must survive the perils of the wild and find their way back.
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Freaky Faron
2006 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsAfter shooting and nearly killing a weatherman when she was 11 years old, Faron Hallowell (Courtney Halverson) claimed that alien beings ordered her to murder him. Now, fresh out of a five-year stay in a mental hospital, Faron finds herself beset by unexplained events. She'll have to use her supernatural powers to protect herself and those around her -- and to finally learn the truth about her identity -- in this sci-fi spine chiller.
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Stone
2010 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsEdward Norton plays a convicted arsonist who hopes to get out of prison early by putting to work the seductive talents of his beautiful wife, Lucetta. Robert De Niro plays the parole officer who's the target of the couple's cat-and-mouse scheming.
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Inspector Bellamy
2009 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsFrom renowned French director Claude Chabrol comes this intriguingly low-key police thriller in which vacationing detective Paul Bellamy (Gérard Depardieu) can't keep himself from getting involved when a mystery rears its head on holiday. Of course, his wife (Marie Bunel) is less than thrilled to share her vacation with criminals, and when Bellamy's brother pays an unexpected visit, the family tensions ratchet up as high as the professional ones.
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The American
2010 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsOn the heels of a rough assignment, assassin Jack declares that his next job will be his last. Dispatched to a small Italian town to await further orders, Jack embarks on a dangerous double life while falling for a lovely villager.
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The Fields
2011 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsBased on chilling real-life incidents that occurred in Pennsylvania in 1973, this gripping horror film tells the tale of a young boy and his family whose ancestral farm has been mysteriously possessed by an evil, unfathomable presence.
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Raavan
2010 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsWhen he's posted to a provincial town, policeman Dev goes after the local thugs, with dire consequences. Enraged by Dev's attacks, the head of the bandits kidnaps Dev's wife and takes her into the jungle, where their feelings for each other explode.
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Bear
2010 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsWhen their minivan breaks down in the middle of the woods, Nick (Brendan Michael Coughlin), Sam (Patrick Scott Lewis) and their lovely girlfriends soon find themselves trying to escape from an enraged grizzly bear, which will stop at nothing until each one of them is dead. Full of convincing action scenes, this gripping survival thriller features real-life bears instead of computer-generated effects.
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Shiva
2006 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsMumbai police recruit Shiva befriends a rebel journalist who is determined to expose the nexus between the police and the underworld. Both incur the wrath of their superiors as well as a former underworld don who is now an influential politician.
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Bad Girl Island
2007 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsAfter a gorgeous temptress mysteriously appears on an exotic island in the Bermuda triangle, a film producer dreams of her seducing him -- then wakes to a nightmare with his best friend murdered and himself the prime suspect in this sexy thriller.
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Greetings to the Devil
2011 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsAngel (Edgar Ramirez - Carlos), a former guerrilla rebel, is seeking a fresh start after turning in his arms and giving up his violent ways. But after a victim from his former life kidnaps his daughter, Angel is given 72 hours to track down and murder the members of his former guerilla unit.
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Rubberneck
2012 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsObsession is a dangerous emotion for a socially awkward scientist who's still craving his comely colleague months after their one-night stand. But his feelings only intensify when she starts seeing another co-worker.
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Stoker
2013 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsAn impressionable teenager grieving for her late father lives with her unstable mother and is bewitched by her enigmatic uncle, who has mysterious motives for his sudden appearance in her life.
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Cash
2007 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsWhen the prize is a priceless diamond, a good thief will do just about anything to come out on top. But what if a little murder is added into the equation? Two teams of sticky-fingered swindlers find themselves fighting each other for their lives.
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El Rey de la Montaña
2007 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsTraveling through a remote, mountainous region of Spain, motorists Quim (Leonardo Sbaraglia) and Bea (María Valverde) come under deadly fire from an unseen sniper hiding in the hills. Now on foot, wounded and with precious few places to hide, the pair frantically tries to outwit the shooter and discover the reason they've been targeted. Gonzalo López-Gallego directs this nail-biting thriller co-starring Thomas Riordan.
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The Limits of Control
2009 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsAn enigmatic stranger (Isaach de Bankolé), with no friends to speak of and no one to trust, journeys to Madrid on a shadowy criminal mission. His moves are always marked with the knowledge that the law is never far behind.
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13B
2009 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsManohar's dream condominium transforms into a house of horrors when a show on his brand-new television starts depicting his demise. A series of strange events plagues Manohar's family, with a remote control hell bent on being just that -- in control.
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Open House
2010 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsAttempting to sell her home after her marriage ends, Alice holds an open house -- but the event spirals into a nightmare when a serial-killing couple doesn't leave and Alice becomes a prisoner in her own basement crawl space.
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Black Heaven
2010 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsWhile searching for the owner of a missing mobile phone with his girlfriend, Marion (Pauline Etienne), Gaspard (Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet) falls for the mysterious Sam (Louise Bourgoin), who draws him into a dangerous virtual-reality video game, where she provokes unsuspecting victims into killing themselves. Directed by Gilles Marchand, this intense French drama alternates between real-life events and those within the simulated computer world.
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Twixt
2011 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsIn this gothic horror film from Francis Ford Coppola, a has-been writer becomes embroiled in a murder mystery during a stop on his book tour. The ghost of a girl appears in his dream and reveals some surprising and dark secrets.
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The Woman in the Fifth
2011 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsWhen Yankee scribe Tom Ricks moves to Paris to be closer to his daughter, he quickly finds the City of Lights to be a special and miserable place. Robbed and broke, Tom slowly climbs out of le gutter with the help of a beautiful and kind new friend.
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The Snowtown Murders
2011 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsThis grisly thriller is based on the true story of Australia's worst serial killer, John Bunting, and the people he convinced to help him. One of them is teenager Jamie, whose entire family eventually falls under Bunting's dark spell.
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Penumbra
2011 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsAfter overcoming her initial hesitation and renting an apartment to an enigmatic man in Buenos Aires, hard-driving businesswoman Marga discovers her new tenant has bizarre links to the solar eclipse that is currently taking place.
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