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The Best Thriller Movies on Prime Video Right Now (October 2026)

By Matt Oakes · October 25, 2026

A good thriller is the easiest thing to put on and the hardest thing to find, because every service is stuffed with interchangeable airport-novel adaptations. These are the best thrillers on Prime Video that I’ve reviewed, from One Battle After Another and Saltburn to Small Town Crime. Horror lives in its own guide, so this one sticks to crime, suspense, and paranoia.

Every pick links to my full review, and the list gets refreshed as titles come and go.

Critics and Audience scores from Rotten Tomatoes; ratings from IMDb. Scores as of October 2026.

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (2025)

94%Critics 85%Audience 7.6IMDb

O ne Battle After Another is another masterwork from American auteur Paul Thomas Anderson, who turns his incisive storytelling toward contemporary America and uses it as a battle-bound backdrop for a story about fighting for what matters. Every single thing works.▶ Streaming on Prime Video · Read the full review

SALTBURN (2023)

72%Critics 79%Audience 7.0IMDb

Emerald Fennel’s venereal second feature is an explosive satire of inheritance and deception framed as a simmering psychosexual thriller. The entire cast is wonderful but Barry Keoghan proves himself as a truly one-of-a-kind talent.▶ Streaming on Prime Video · Read the full review

SMALL TOWN CRIME (2018)

82%Critics 70%Audience 6.6IMDb

A rural gumshoe caper with splashes of Tarantino and the Coen bros, Small Town Crime soars on the wings of star John Hawkes who leads an unforgettable cast as a washed up ex-detective back on the case. Strange, hilarious and immensely entertaining, Small Town Crime is the modern day dusty noir we didn’t know we needed.▶ Streaming on Prime Video · Read the full review

BLADE RUNNER 2049 (2017)

88%Critics 88%Audience 8.0IMDb

Beautiful and bold with an almost unbelievably satisfying story at its center, Blade Runner 2049 is that rare excellent sequel; a singular vision that expands on the mythology and ideology of its predecessor, crowded with first-class performances, stunning production elements and cautious, rousing direction from Denis Villeneuve.▶ Streaming on Prime Video · Read the full review

ASSASSINATION (2015)

Assassination is a must-see Korean action film with the intense fight scenes, socio-political drama, throw-back aesthetics and gunshot wounds to make for an edge-of-your-seat ride through its uniquely serpentine plot. Choi Dong-hoon’s period thriller follows Korean resistance fighters plotting to kill a Japanese commander in 1933 Seoul, and Jun Ji-hyun is a stone-cold standout.▶ Streaming on Prime Video · Read the full review

COP CAR (2015)

82%Critics 53%Audience 6.3IMDb

Cop Car is a refreshing thriller devoted entirely to suspense and dark humor, with effective performances from a slim cast and stark violence that make for a particularly memorable experience. Jon Watts’ lean thriller pits two runaway kids against a crooked sheriff played with menace and comic exasperation by Kevin Bacon.▶ Streaming on Prime Video · Read the full review

HERE BEFORE (2021)

Andrea Riseborough mic drops another outstanding performance in Stacey Gregg’s remarkably unnerving Here Before, an Irish domestic psychological thriller about a mother convinced that her deceased daughter has returned in the form of her wee new neighbor.▶ Streaming on Prime Video · Read the full review

BLACK BEAR (2020)

Black Bear commits fully to breaking rules of cinema, which may leave some bewildered or frustrated, but between its smart screenplay, saucy technical savvy, and all-around great performances, the odd-duck drama-thriller is absolutely deserving of your attempt to puzzle through it.▶ Streaming on Prime Video · Read the full review

YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE (2017)

Lynn Ramsey’s disturbing grindhouse thriller takes active interest in cycles of violence and the physical and emotional scars of trauma, showcasing a battering ram performance from Joaquin Phoenix and the director’s sublime eye for beauty amidst chaos.▶ Streaming on Prime Video · Read the full review

TRANSPECOS (2016)

Greg Kwedar’s debut film Transpecos is a potent border fiction that matches high tension thrills with significant characters, played to perfection by Johnny Simmons, Clifton Collins Jr. and Gabriel Luna. Gritty and grim, Kwedar’s first makes a bold statement and showcases a filmmaker well on his way to breaking out big time.▶ Streaming on Prime Video · Read the full review

THE HANDMAIDEN (2016)

96%Critics 91%Audience 8.1IMDb

Chan-wook Park’s The Handmaiden smartly blends a historical thriller with a sultry lesbian romance, making for a film that’s as difficult to categorize as it is utterly entrancing. Devious, dark and artful, it may not be as viscerally abducting or ultraviolent as Oldboy but, like any great erotic thriller, it is sure to engage both the cortex and crevices.▶ Streaming on Prime Video · Read the full review

NO ESCAPE (2015)

Balls-to-the-walls action thriller No Escape will have you on the edge of your seat for its entire run-time. Though its trailers look genuinely awful, it’s one hell of a ride. Owen Wilson, Lake Bell, and Pierce Brosnan star in John Erick Dowdle’s tense survival thriller about a family trapped in a violent coup.▶ Streaming on Prime Video · Read the full review

SEW TORN (2025)

A crafty midnight movie about the choices we make inevitably leading to doom, Sew Torn is a ripping calling card for director Freddy Macdonald and his future storytelling prowess. Freddy Macdonald’s Swiss-set debut is a darkly comic choose-your-path thriller about a seamstress who stumbles onto a deadly deal, told with precise, playful craft.▶ Streaming on Prime Video · Read the full review

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING (2025)

80%Critics 88%Audience 7.1IMDb

A fitting sendoff, ’ Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ represents everything the mega-franchise has come to represent in its nearly thirty-year run. The over-the-top plotting and loose editorial prowess keeps its from scraping the best that the series had to offer but the towering practical stunts and genuine team camaraderie make this a mission well worth accepting.▶ Streaming on Prime Video · Read the full review

JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4 (2023)

94%Critics 93%Audience 7.6IMDb

John Wick: Chapter 4 is almost three hours of next-level gunfu insanity. Director Chad Stahelski has raised the bar on the action once more while continuing to deliver the insanely entertaining dumb guy essence of a John Wick movie. This is Mozart for morons and I love it.▶ Streaming on Prime Video · Read the full review

THIRTEEN LIVES (2022)

Ron Howard’s penitently faithful adaptation of the true story of 13 youths trapped in a Thai cave makes for a workmanlike and harrowing film. Cutting against the grain of exploitative Hollywood translations, Howard humbly steps out of the way to let the power of the story speak for itself, while injecting just enough tension to keep it a white-knuckle affair.▶ Streaming on Prime Video · Read the full review

ATOMIC BLONDE (2017)

79%Critics 64%Audience 6.7IMDb

Charlize Theron plays an MI6 agent tearing through Cold War Berlin in search of a stolen list of spies. The plot is a tangle, but David Leitch’s action is bruising and gorgeous, and a single-take stairwell brawl is worth the price of admission alone.▶ Streaming on Prime Video · Read the full review

IS GOD IS (2026)

Is God Is is a flawed but compelling debut, anchored by two magnetic lead performances and Harris’s sharp ear for dialogue. The translation from stage to screen doesn’t always land, but there’s enough grit and ambition here to mark Harris as a filmmaker worth watching.▶ Streaming on Prime Video · Read the full review

WRATH OF MAN (2021)

As its title suggests, Wrath of Man is a hyper-violent, hyper-masculine Guy Ritchie crime caper that follows the fallout of a heist gone wrong. With engaging action, crack editing, and a merry male band of bad-doers, the action-thriller delivers pulpy violence and rousingly calculated, if at times circuitous, plotting.▶ Streaming on Prime Video · Read the full review

BLOOD ON HER NAME (2020)

Matthew Pope’s grimy backcountry thriller has splashes of Saulnier, Mickles, and the Coen Bros but is ripe with its own potential as well, spinning a damning web of deceit and truths for its protagonist who sees her bad decisions spiral quickly into a blood-soaked standoff.▶ Streaming on Prime Video · Read the full review