Netflix can be both a source of solace and an energy boost, depending on your mood. The latter situation calls for a solid thriller that, while light on the gore, nonetheless manages to send shivers down your spine. The netflix mystery series service offers a good number of films that fit the bill, but they also have a lot of other movies that could be filed under the heading \u201cthriller\u201d but aren\u2019t as good of a use of your time. So we\u2019ve compiled an up-to-date list of the greatest Psychological thriller movies available on Netflix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We\u2019ve uncovered 17\u00a0films that will take you on a crazy ride if you\u2019re looking for a thriller that actually thrills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the post-apocalyptic thriller Bird Box, sight becomes a liability because the antagonist is invisible unless absolutely necessary. Malorie Hayes takes two kids down a river blindfolded to protect them from monsters that make people commit suicide..<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Captain Phillips, based on the 2009 hijacking of the Maersk Alabama by four Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean, features the expected tour de force performance from Tom Hanks, as well as the debut of an astonishing new face, and remains faithful to the story on which it is based. Hanks\u2019 portrayal of Captain Richard Phillips engages pirates solely through his Boston accent. Meanwhile, newcomer Barkhad Abdi\u2019s Oscar-nominated performance as the desperate pirate commanding the raid on Phillips\u2019 ship strikes a fine mix between violence and vulnerability. The performances and script in Captain Phillips are strong enough to carry the film over the worst seas, and the film manages to make its audience care about both the heroes and the baddies. \u2014 I.G.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The media and the public have criticized movies and TV series for romanticizing law enforcement at a time when police violence is a pressing issue. This problem does not exist in Dragged Across Concrete. The detectives, frustrated and short on cash, decide to rob a crook, only to learn that their target has a far higher pain tolerance than they do. Although not everyone will enjoy it, Dragged Across Concrete is a great choice if you\u2019re looking for a lurid B movie with strong grindhouse undertones. \u2014 I.G.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In other words, Albuquerque\u2019s top meth cook has returned. El Camino is a cinematic adaptation of the critical Breaking Bad, and it features the return of Breaking Bad\u2019s Walter White (Bryan Cranston) and Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), with an emphasis on Pinkman\u2019s role. El Camino, which features a plethora of appearances from the cast and crew of Breaking Bad across its five seasons, takes up directly where the latter left off and proceeds to freely jump around in time and flashback to events shown therein. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Emily is one of the many starving artists living in Los Angeles who are drowning in debt and student loans. When Emily\u2019s prior felony history prevents her from landing a job that pays well enough to keep her and her daughter afloat, she turns to a credit card fraud ring for meaning and fast cash. Emily\u2019s initial move into illegal activity is a survival strategy, but it quickly escalates as she further separates herself from the professional environment she has never been able to infiltrate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
After being married for nearly a decade, real-life couple Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz played opposite each other in the Spanish thriller Everybody Knows. When Laura (Cruz) and her kids go back to her native Spain for her sister\u2019s wedding, old family feuds and secrets come to the surface. More so, when Laura\u2019s daughter Irene, a teenager, goes missing, she calls on an old friend, Paco (Bardem), to assist find her. However, Paco quickly discovers that Laura has a greater expectation for his contribution than he had first thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Building on her role as a villain in Gone Girl, Rosamund Pike plays con artist Marla Grayson, who poses as a \u201clegal guardian\u201d to bilk the elderly out of their life savings. But then Marla meets Jennifer Peterson (Dianne Wiest), who appears to be sick at first but actually has connections to powerful, dangerous people (like Peter Dinklage) whom Marla would be wise to avoid. It\u2019s a lot of fun to watch Pike play the hypocrite, but it\u2019s just as satisfying to see Marla get what she deserves. A review by EW contributor Leah Greenblatt states, \u201cThere\u2019s good fun in I Care a Lot\u2019s setup, and in Marla\u2019s ruthless M.O.\u201d From: Gwen Ihnat<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We\u2019d watch Melanie Lynskey in anything after Yellowjackets, Togetherness, and Mrs. America, but even we missed Macon Blair\u2019s sleeper in 2017. Ruth, the character played by Lynskey, is a nurse\u2019s aide who has recently had her home broken into and has had it. She teams up with her eccentric neighbor Tony (Elijah Wood) to go on a mission to retrieve her belongings, and the two embark on an exciting and uplifting adventure together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Actress Allison Janney can not only deliver a line, but a punch as well, owing to her stunt training for her latest Netflix feature, Lou. The film\u2019s title character, played by Janney, is a misandrist landlord who rents to a single mother, Hannah (Jurnee Smollett), and her daughter, Vee (played by Jussie Smollett). After Vee is abducted, Lou agrees to work with Hannah to rescue her, but in order to do it, Lou must face her own complicated past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Both Smollett and Janney spent a good portion of the picture caked in mud, demonstrating how much the director, Anna Foerster, demanded of her performers. \u201cThe mud is a character in itself!\u201d Smollett exclaims to EW. Janney, for her part, is crossing her fingers that this part will give her a chance to show off her impressive athletic prowess and maybe even get her a part in the next John Wick film. \u2014 I.G.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As the end of World War II approached and news of the Holocaust spread around the world, Hitler and his closest lieutenants committed suicide rather than face justice for their misdeeds. Hitler\u2019s most trusted aide, Adolf Eichmann (Ben Kingsley), and the man who devised the \u201cfinal solution\u201d managed to escape to Argentina with his family and live to tell the tale. Fifteen years after the conclusion of World War II, Mossad agent Peter Malkin (Oscar Isaac) is tasked with infiltrating Argentina in order to remove Eichmann and hand him over to the Israeli government for prosecution in Operation Finale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In his sophomore film, Tom Ford presents a meta-plot within a meta-plot. Susan (Amy Adams) is a wealthy woman who is locked in a miserable marriage until she receives the manuscript of a novel written by her first husband, Edward (Jake Gyllenhaal). Also, that plot, also titled Nocturnal Animals, follows Tony (Gyllenhaal again) and his family as they embark on a disastrous vacation. Tony\u2019s wife is played by Isla Fisher, who looks very like Amy Adams. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are some surprising connections between Tony\u2019s situation and what transpired in Susan and Edward\u2019s relationship, thus, which are seen in flashbacks. This grim noir features a number of impressive performances (most notably Michael Shannon\u2019s as the small-town cop who assists Tony) and provides plenty of thought-provoking material that will be difficult to put out of your mind. When describing Nocturnal Animals, Leah Greenblatt of EW describes it as \u201ca fantastic beast of a film, intoxicating and strange.\u201d \u2014 G.I.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prisoners is a contemporary thriller whose frighteningly familiar concept stems from its examination of parenting, morality, justice, and retribution through the lens of prisons. Keller Dover, a father from Pennsylvania, has his 6-year-old daughter and another kid from the neighborhood go missing. Hugh Jackman plays Dover. After the appointed detective, Loki (Jake Gyllenhaal), is forced to release the suspect (Paul Dano) by the legal system, the girls\u2019 trail becomes cold. Additionally, Dover, unwilling to give up hope for his daughter, kidnaps the suspect and promises to discover the kids himself, only to end up in a new type of prison in his search for answers and vengeance. Jackman captures brilliantly the parent racing against time, shouting against a faulty legal system, and debating whether his desperation or moral compass should take precedence. \u2014 I.G.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When it premiered in 1960, Alfred Hitchcock\u2019s Psycho shocked moviegoers and society alike. Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), an embezzler and Phoenix secretary, checks into a motel owned by Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), an eccentric entrepreneur with a weird relationship with his mother, in what is widely regarded as the first slasher film. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a Los Angeles caf\u00e9, eight thugs are at odds over the proper way to leave a tip. Reservoir Dogs, Quentin Tarantino\u2019s first feature film, opens with this quote, and it immediately becomes one of the greatest indie movies<\/a> of all time and a favorite among cinema students. In this suspenseful tale, eight criminals attempt to steal diamonds, but their plan quickly goes awry. The remaining thieves must figure out if they were set up and who among them betrayed them after some members of the team have gone missing or been killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Savages, Oliver Stone\u2019s criminal drama, is a violent film that still has a compelling story. Chon (Taylor Kitsch) and Ben (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) are two weed farmers in Laguna Beach with a worldwide reputation for producing high-quality weed. Chon and Ben are cornered when the cartel, lead by Salma Hayek, calls and demands participation. And things don\u2019t get better when the cartel abducts Ophelia (Blake Lively), the girl they\u2019re both dating at the same time. A reviewer for Entertainment Weekly calls Savages \u201ca jacked-up Miami Vice told from the point of view of the criminals.\u201d The violence in Savages is intense enough to warrant a trigger warning for those with weak stomachs, but if you can manage that sort of thing, you\u2019ll appreciate what Stone has in store. \u2014 I.G.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Taking place in two tiny towns in Southern Ohio between the conclusion of World War II and the mid-1960s. The Devil All the Time is a Netflix original historical drama that follows multiple interwoven groups of individuals. Again, the ensemble, which features a slew of up-and-coming Hollywood stars, makes the most of the story\u2019s melodrama and dark subject matter, which includes religious preaching, war, fraud, self-harm, abandonment, and multiple murders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n#15. Savages\u00a0(2012)<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
#16. The Devil All The Time\u00a0(2020)<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
#17. The Good Nurse\u00a0(2022)<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n