Best Thriller Movies: Gripping, Tense, Until the Very End

Great thriller movies don't let you go. This page shows films that build real tension through clever plots and unexpected twists – not through noise or violence. From psychological chamber pieces to high-end spy thrillers. Filter by streaming service to start immediately.





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Boy Kills World

2024
110 Min
MOVIE
CrimeThrillerAction
When his family is murdered, a deaf-mute named Boy escapes to the jungle and is trained by a mysterious shaman to repress his childish imagination and become an instrument of death.
Available on: HBO Max

Monkey Man

2024
122 Min
MOVIE
ActionThriller
Kid is an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers …
Available on: Prime Video

Silent Night

2023
104 Min
MOVIE
ActionThrillerCrime
A tormented father witnesses his young son die when caught in a gang's crossfire on Christmas Eve. While recovering from a wound that costs him his voice, he makes vengeance his life's mission and embarks on a punishing training regimen in…

John Wick: Chapter 4

2023
170 Min
MOVIE
ActionThrillerCrime
With the price on his head ever increasing, John Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and forces that turn old…

Cocaine Bear

2023
95 Min
MOVIE
ThrillerComedyCrime
Inspired by a true story, an oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converge in a Georgia forest where a 500-pound black bear goes on a murderous rampage after unintentionally ingesting cocaine.

Bullet Train

2022
126 Min
MOVIE
ActionComedyThriller
Unlucky assassin Ladybug is determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs gone off the rails. Fate, however, may have other plans, as Ladybug's latest mission puts him on a collision course with lethal adversaries from around…
Available on: Netflix Sky

Wrath of Man

2021
119 Min
MOVIE
ThrillerCrimeDrama
A cold and mysterious new security guard for a Los Angeles cash truck company surprises his co-workers when he unleashes precision skills during a heist. The crew is left wondering who he is and where he came from. Soon, the marksman's ult…

Nobody

2021
91 Min
MOVIE
ActionThriller
Hutch Mansell, a suburban dad, overlooked husband, nothing neighbor — a "nobody." When two thieves break into his home one night, Hutch's unknown long-simmering rage is ignited and propels him on a brutal path that will uncover dark secret…

Willy's Wonderland

2021
89 Min
MOVIE
HorrorThriller
When his car breaks down, a quiet loner agrees to clean an abandoned family fun center in exchange for repairs. He soon finds himself waging war against possessed animatronic mascots while trapped inside Willy's Wonderland.
Available on: Prime Video

Tenet

2020
150 Min
MOVIE
ActionThrillerScience Fiction
Armed with only one word - Tenet - and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time.

The Hunt

2020
90 Min
MOVIE
ActionThrillerHorror
Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don't know where they are—or how they got there. In the shadow of a dark internet conspiracy theory, ruthless elitists gather at a remote location to hunt humans for sport. But their master plan…

Guns Akimbo

2020
98 Min
MOVIE
ActionComedyCrimeThriller
An ordinary guy suddenly finds himself forced to fight a gladiator-like battle for a dark website that streams the violence for viewers. In order to survive and rescue his kidnapped ex-girlfriend, he must battle Nix, a heavily armed and mu…

The Informer

2019
109 Min
MOVIE
DramaCrimeThriller
In New York, former convict Pete Koslow, related to the Polish mafia, must deal with both Klimek the General, his ruthless boss, and the twisted ambitions of two federal agents, as he tries to survive and protect the lives of his loved one…

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019
162 Min
MOVIE
ComedyDramaThriller
Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a constantly changing movie industry. Dalton is the neighbor of the young and promising actre…
Available on: Magenta TV

I Am Mother

2019
114 Min
MOVIE
Science FictionThriller
A teenage girl is raised underground by a robot "Mother", designed to repopulate the earth following an extinction event. But their unique bond is threatened when an inexplicable stranger arrives with alarming news.

기생충

2019
133 Min
MOVIE
ComedyThrillerDrama
All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

2019
131 Min
MOVIE
ActionThrillerCrime
Super-assassin John Wick returns with a $14 million price tag on his head and an army of bounty-hunting killers on his trail. After killing a member of the shadowy international assassin’s guild, the High Table, John Wick is excommunicado,…

Peppermint

2018
102 Min
MOVIE
ActionThriller
A grieving mother transforms herself into a vigilante following the murders of her husband and daughter, eluding the authorities to deliver her own personal brand of justice.

Upgrade

2018
100 Min
MOVIE
ActionThrillerScience Fiction
A brutal mugging leaves Grey Trace paralyzed in the hospital and his beloved wife dead. A billionaire inventor soon offers Trace a cure — an artificial intelligence implant called STEM that will enhance his body. Now able to walk, Grey fin…

Anon

2018
100 Min
MOVIE
Science FictionCrimeMysteryThriller
Set in a near-future world where there is no privacy, ignorance or anonymity, our private memories are recorded and crime almost ceases to exist. In trying to solve a series of unsolved murders, Sal Frieland stumbles onto a young woman who…

Die Vierhändige

2017
87 Min
MOVIE
ThrillerDrama
After Sophie and Jessica had witnessed a brutal crime when they were kids, Jessica promised her younger sister Sophie: "I will always protect you!" Growing older, this promise became an obsession. Now, Jessica (28) is suffering from parano…

It

2017
135 Min
MOVIE
HorrorThriller
In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.
Available on: Sky HBO Max

What Happened to Monday

2017
123 Min
MOVIE
Science FictionThrillerMysteryAction
In a world where families are limited to one child due to overpopulation, a set of identical septuplets must avoid being put to a long sleep by the government and dangerous infighting while investigating the disappearance of one of their o…
Available on: Prime Video

Get Out

2017
104 Min
MOVIE
MysteryThrillerHorror
Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend …
Available on: Netflix Prime Video

John Wick: Chapter 2

2017
122 Min
MOVIE
ActionThrillerCrime
John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him, Wick travels to Rome and does battle against some of the world’s most dange…

Split

2017
117 Min
MOVIE
HorrorThriller
Though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher, there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, obs…

Nocturnal Animals

2016
116 Min
MOVIE
DramaThriller
Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose famil…

ARQ

2016
88 Min
MOVIE
Science FictionThriller
Two old friends living in a dystopic future become trapped in a mysterious time loop — one that may have something to do with an ongoing battle between an omnipotent corporation and a ragtag band of rebels.
Available on: Netflix

아가씨

2016
145 Min
MOVIE
ThrillerDramaRomance
1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sookee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle Kouzuki. But the maid has a s…

The Invitation

2016
100 Min
MOVIE
ThrillerHorror
Will and his new girlfriend Kira are invited to a dinner with old friends at the house of Will’s ex Eden and her new partner David. Although the evening appears to be relaxed, Will soon gets a creeping suspicion that their charming host Da…

Sicario

2015
122 Min
MOVIE
ActionCrimeThriller
An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.

Synchronicity

2015
101 Min
MOVIE
MysteryScience FictionThriller
A daring physicist travels into the past to stop a mysterious woman from stealing his invention. But once there, he uncovers a surprising truth about the machine, the woman, and his own fractured reality.

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How are these Thriller picks selected?

Each pick on this page is curated based on community ratings, professional reception and lasting relevance. We focus on films that hold up over time rather than chasing every new release.

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