Thriller

Kathryn Bigelow's 2025 film, on Netflix. A missile is in the air and the people who have to answer do not have enough minutes.

A family lives in silence because the slightest sound gets you killed. It is tense, and it is also about parents trying to keep their kids alive.

Berlin, 1989, a spy, a bruise, and a staircase fight you will rewind. Charlize Theron, on Prime and Max.

Something outside makes you look, and looking is the end. Sandra Bullock steers a boat blindfolded. It is a thriller wearing a horror coat.

A replicant cop finds a secret that could break the wall between people and machines. Denis Villeneuve, Ryan Gosling, long and beautiful. On Prime and Paramount+.

A cab driver in Los Angeles picks up a fare who is killing people between stops. Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, night photography. On Paramount+.

A weekend with friends gets ugly when one of them is not what she seems. Sharp, nasty, and newly on Hulu and Max.

A woman on a first date starts getting messages that tell her to hurt the man across the table. On Prime and Peacock.

A programmer is invited to test whether a robot can pass for a person, and the test is the trap. Alicia Vikander, Domhnall Gleeson, on Tubi.

A wife disappears and the husband becomes the story everybody wants. David Fincher, on Paramount+. Do not let anyone tell you the turn.

Two astronauts are cut loose from their shuttle and have to get home with what is left of the air. Sandra Bullock, Alfonso Cuarón, on Paramount+.

A punk band takes a gig at the wrong club and then cannot leave. Patrick Stewart is not here to be kind. On Netflix and Tubi.

Two brothers rob the banks that are about to take the family ranch. Texas, Jeff Bridges, and a plan with a deadline. On Max.

A mild professor pretends to be a hitman for the police and gets too good at the role. Glen Powell and Richard Linklater, on Netflix.

A curse walks toward you at a steady pace, and you can pass it on or keep running. Simple, and hard to shake.

A beach town will not close the water, and the shark does not care about the holiday weekend. Spielberg's original, on Netflix.

A young FBI agent hunts a killer who seems to get into houses without opening the door. Maika Monroe, Nicolas Cage, and a very bad feeling. On Hulu.

Assassins in the present kill targets sent from the future, until one of them is sent himself. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, on Netflix.

A man who cannot make new memories hunts his wife's killer using notes, photos, and tattoos. Christopher Nolan, and it is on almost every service we checked.

A New York cop and his wife get pulled into a death on a rich man's yacht. Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston, on Netflix.

A man with a camera starts filming crime scenes and then starts arranging them. Jake Gyllenhaal, on Peacock. Ambition as a horror story.

A hunter finds drug money in the desert, and a man with a cattle gun comes to collect it. The Coen brothers, on Paramount+.

Danny Ocean gets out of prison and assembles ten friends to rob three casinos at once. George Clooney, 2001, on Max. Smooth on purpose.

A poor family folds itself into a rich household, and the house has a secret of its own. Bong Joon Ho, on Paramount+. Funny until the stairs.

A motel, a shower, and Anthony Perkins being polite in a way that curdles. Hitchcock, 1960, on Netflix. You know the scene. The movie around it is better.

A wedding night game of hide and seek, except the in-laws are armed. Gory, funny, and on Netflix.

A man comes to a small town to post bail and the police take his money. Jeremy Saulnier's 2024 film is a thriller that becomes a fight. On Netflix.

A detective investigating a murder starts to notice his own department in the frame. Benicio del Toro, on Netflix.

Two detectives follow a killer who is staging the seven deadly sins. Rain, boxes, and a film you should not spoil. On Paramount+.

Two marshals arrive at an asylum on an island to find an escaped patient. Leonardo DiCaprio, and the weather is part of the plot. On Paramount+.

An FBI agent joins a task force at the border and realizes she is not there to do police work. Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro, on Max. Tight and grim.

A younger Bruce Wayne treats Gotham like a case file. Robert Pattinson, rain, and a riddle. On Max. It is a detective story that happens to wear a cape.

A quiet man in a hardware store helps a girl and then takes apart the people who own her. Denzel Washington, on Netflix.

A couple's new home comes with an old classmate who will not stop bringing presents. The 2000 Sam Raimi film, on Paramount+.

A girl volunteers for a televised fight so her sister does not have to. Jennifer Lawrence, on Hulu. The action matters. The politics matter more.

She leaves an abusive partner, and then something unseen starts rearranging her life. Elisabeth Moss, and the scare is the gaslighting. On Prime.

A exclusive dinner on an island where the chef has planned more than courses. Satire with a knife. On Netflix.

Jude Law's FBI agent tracks a white supremacist group in the Pacific Northwest. The 2024 film, on Hulu. Based on a real case.

A prison is a vertical shaft, and the food only goes down. People at the top eat. People at the bottom wait. On Netflix.

Two magicians ruin each other trying to own one trick. Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Nolan. On Netflix. Watch it twice if you can stand them.

Glen Powell runs for his life on a televised manhunt. Edgar Wright's 2025 film, on Prime and Paramount+. A chase with a studio audience.

A family meets their doubles on a beach vacation, and the doubles did not come to talk. Jordan Peele, on Max.

Benoit Blanc walks into a church with a dead priest and a congregation full of motives. The 2025 Knives Out film, on Netflix.

A cartoonist and a reporter try to name the Zodiac killer, and the case eats the years. David Fincher, on Paramount+. Patient, and frightening because of that.

Christmas Eve at an airport, a suitcase, and a voice in an earpiece that will not let a TSA agent off the hook. Taron Egerton and Jason Bateman. PG-13, tense, on Netflix. This is the one for when the cocoa movies are too quiet.