Best movies — thriller on Netflix : our Top 20

2012 · James McTeigue

A respected banker convicted in the 1940s of killing his wife and her lover is sent to Shawshank Prison, where he puts his financial expertise at the service of a corrupt warden. Over many years behind bars, his moral steadiness and relentless optimism earn him the respect and friendship of his fellow inmates, particularly an older man named Red.

With John Cusack, Luke Evans, Alice Eve, Brendan Gleeson, Kevin McNally, Oliver Jackson-Cohen and Jimmy Yuill

2006 · Paul Verhoeven

A fast-food-obsessed hitman, his contemplative accomplice, a narcotics-addled mobster’s companion and a once-promising prizefighter collide in a wide-ranging, darkly comic crime romp. Their intertwined misadventures play out across three interlocking episodes that slyly leap backward and forward through time.

With Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, Halina Reijn, Waldemar Kobus, Matthias Schoenaerts and Theo Maassen

1991 · Jonathan Demme

A promising trainee at the FBI Academy, Clarice Starling is chosen by her superior, Jack Crawford, to question the incarcerated Dr. Hannibal Lecter — a brilliant psychiatrist infamous for his violent psychopathy and serving life for multiple murders and acts of cannibalism. Crawford believes Lecter may possess crucial leads on an active investigation, and he suspects that Clarice’s youth and composure might be exactly what it takes to penetrate the doctor’s guarded mind. Tasked with drawing out the reluctant genius, she must navigate a dangerous psychological game to extract the information needed.

With Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine, Anthony Heald, Brooke Smith and Diane Baker

1999 · Atom Egoyan

Pregnant at seventeen, Felicia crosses the Channel to find her boyfriend but instead falls into the care of Joseph Ambrose Hilditch, a genial catering manager whose outward kindness masks a chilling secret.

With Bob Hoskins, Elaine Cassidy, Arsinée Khanjian, Peter McDonald, Gerard McSorley, Brid Brennan and Sheila Reid

2025 · Dan Allen

À la suite d’un accident de voiture, une mère et son fils deviennent les proies de Bambi, un cerf mutant pris dans une frénésie meurtrière, déterminé à venger la mort de sa mère.

With Roxanne McKee, Tom Mulheron, Adrian Relph, Nicola Wright, Alex Cooke, Ewan Borthwick and Big Tobz

2019 · Bong Joon-ho

All unemployed, Ki-taek’s family becomes obsessed with the affluent, glamorous Park household as their best chance at survival — until an unexpected incident draws them into a perilous entanglement.

With Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam, Lee Jung-eun and Jang Hye-jin

2023 · Alexander Witt

After her grandmother’s murder, Sayen embarks on a relentless quest to find those responsible. Relying on her survival training and deep knowledge of the land, she outmaneuvers her enemies and uncovers a corporate plot to seize her people’s ancestral territory.

With Rallén Montenegro, Arón Piper, Enrique Arce, Roberto García Ruiz, Loreto Aravena, Alejandro Trejo and Eduardo Paxeco

2019 · Todd Phillips

In 1980s Gotham City, a struggling stand-up comedian crushed by rejection and isolation spirals into madness, shedding his former life to become a calculating, unhinged criminal whose theatrical violence and anarchic schemes plunge the city into fear.

With Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Brett Cullen, Shea Whigham and Bill Camp

2003 · Quentin Tarantino

Wounded by her merciless boss Bill and betrayed by their tight-knit circle of killers, a seasoned hitwoman survives and quietly begins to orchestrate a ruthless plan for revenge.

With Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Daryl Hannah, David Carradine, Michael Madsen and Julie Dreyfus

2004 · Cassandra Nicolaou

When two squeegee kids accost Sarah’s luxury sedan, a tense game of cat and mouse ignites, and the distinction between captor and captive quickly becomes blurred. Forced to continue to a remote cottage, she finds herself trapped with a volatile trio who circle one another, provoking, manipulating and tempting in a dangerous bid for answers. As secrets surface and loyalties unravel, their reckless hunt for the truth threatens to consume them all.

With Michelle Nolden, Katharine Isabelle, Kett Turton, Gabriel Hogan and Allegra Fulton

2004 · Quentin Tarantino

Determined and relentless, the Bride continues her brutal quest for vengeance against the squad of killers who tried to end her life and her unborn child. She hunts down each former ally in turn, striking the five names from her revenge list until only one target remains: Bill.

With Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen, Gordon Liu Chia-hui, Michael Parks and Perla Haney-Jardine

1975 · Steven Spielberg

A seaside town is terrorized by a massive great white shark, forcing the police chief, an ambitious young marine biologist, and a weathered shark hunter to join forces in a desperate, time‑pressed hunt to kill the predator before it can strike again.

With Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Murray Hamilton, Lorraine Gary, Jay Mello and Jeffrey Kramer

2002 · Doug Liman

Severely wounded and bereft of memory after being pulled from the sea, Jason Bourne is cared for by a humble fisherman. With only a cryptic Swiss bank account number as a clue, he begins to piece together his past, only to discover that a web of assassins and covert operatives want him eliminated. As instinctive combat abilities and razor-sharp tactical thinking surface, he realizes he was more than an ordinary man — but the central mystery remains: who did he work for?

With Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper, Clive Owen, Brian Cox, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and Gabriel Mann

1987 · Brian De Palma

Relentless Prohibition agent Elliot Ness puts together a handpicked, incorruptible team to dismantle Al Capone’s criminal operation, a group that soon earns the nickname "The Untouchables."

With Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Charles Martin Smith, Andy García, Robert De Niro, Richard Bradford and Jack Kehoe

2011 · John Michael McDonagh

In 1956 Pennsylvania, Irish-American war veteran Frank Sheeran ekes out a living as a truck driver until a chance encounter brings him into contact with mobster Russell Bufalino. Elevated to Bufalino’s most trusted enforcer, Frank is sent to Chicago to assist Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful union boss entangled with organized crime; what begins as a mission soon evolves into a deep, decades-long friendship that lasts almost twenty years.

With Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Liam Cunningham, Mark Strong, Katarina Čas, David Wilmot and Rory Keenan

1964 · Guy Hamilton

A relentless showdown pits agent 007 against a notorious arch‑foe, forcing him to rely on cunning, combat skills and quick thinking to stop a ruthless industrial magnate from executing an elaborate plan to breach Fort Knox and trigger a cataclysmic collapse of the global economy.

With Sean Connery, Gert Fröbe, Honor Blackman, Shirley Eaton, Tania Mallet, Harold Sakata and Bernard Lee

2016 · Paul Greengrass

A CIA sting to buy classified Russian files is thwarted by a rival operative who then turns up in the tranquil coastal village where Bourne and Marie have been hiding. Forced to flee, Bourne—who vowed he would strike back if anyone from his old life showed up—must once again rely on his lethal training to protect them and survive.

With Matt Damon, Tommy Lee Jones, Alicia Vikander, Vincent Cassel, Julia Stiles, Riz Ahmed and Joe Kennard

2004 · Paul Greengrass

When a CIA sting to buy secret Russian files is compromised by a rival operative, that agent surfaces in the quiet coastal town where Bourne and Marie have been hiding. The couple must flee for their lives, and with his vow to strike back if anyone from his old world reappeared, Bourne is forced to resume the lethal tradecraft of his past to keep them alive.

With Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Brian Cox, Julia Stiles, Karl Urban, Gabriel Mann and Joan Allen

2012 · Sam Mendes

After a mission collapses disastrously, covert officers worldwide have their covers blown and MI6 itself is assaulted. With M’s command challenged by Gareth Mallory, the newly appointed chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee, Bond — left with only field agent Eve as backup — must pursue the elusive architect responsible for the attack.

With Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Naomie Harris, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw and Albert Finney

2023 · Kitty Green

Two backpackers find themselves stranded in a tiny, remote Australian town when their travel funds dry up and they accept short-term work at the Royal Hotel to get by. What seems like a pragmatic arrangement soon sours as the prevailing attitudes and behavior of the local men escalate, eroding the women’s sense of safety and autonomy. Cut off by isolation and fading options, they become enmeshed in a tense, increasingly volatile situation that spirals beyond their control.

With Julia Garner, Jessica Henwick, Hugo Weaving, Daniel Henshall, Ursula Yovich, Toby Wallace and James Frecheville