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The Best Thriller Movies on Tubi 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 Tubi that I’ve reviewed, from Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and Only God Forgives to Sanctuary. 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.

ONLY GOD FORGIVES (2013)

41%Critics 37%Audience 5.7IMDb

Ryan Gosling’s Bangkok drug smuggler is pushed to avenge his brother by his monstrous mother, played by Kristin Scott Thomas. Nicolas Winding Refn’s neon-soaked nightmare is violent and divisive, but every frame is hypnotic.▶ Streaming on Tubi · Read the full review

SANCTUARY (2023)

88%Critics 82%Audience 6.2IMDb

Sanctuary, a kinky dark romantic comedy, transcends its overtly sexually-charged trappings to become a provocative exploration of power, control, and trust. With an unforgettable performance from Margaret Qualley, it’s a wildly unpredictable ride that’ll leaves an indelible mark on the more risqué viewer’s psyche.▶ Streaming on Tubi · 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 Tubi · 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 Tubi · Read the full review

ENEMY (2014)

74%Critics 64%Audience 6.8IMDb

Jake Gyllenhaal plays a history professor who spots his exact double in a movie and becomes obsessed with meeting him. Denis Villeneuve’s queasy, sepia-toned puzzle box is seductive and deeply strange, and its final shot is one of the great WTF endings.▶ Streaming on Tubi · Read the full review

COLD IN JULY (2014)

84%Critics 67%Audience 6.7IMDb

A Texas man shoots an intruder in his home in 1989, and the dead man’s father comes looking for him. Jim Mickle’s pulpy noir keeps swerving into stranger territory, and Michael C. Hall, Sam Shepard, and Don Johnson make a terrific trio.▶ Streaming on Tubi · 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 Tubi · 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 Tubi · Read the full review

RIDERS OF JUSTICE (2020)

Darkly humorous, deadly serious, and led by yet another commanding turn from the great Mads Mikkelsen, Riders of Justice is an absurd and violent saga of vengeance with a surprisingly soft emotional core. Mads Mikkelsen leads a misfit crew of number-crunching nerds in Anders Thomas Jensen’s darkly funny, surprisingly moving revenge comedy.▶ Streaming on Tubi · Read the full review

LUCE (2019)

Julius Onah has crafted a strong social thriller that features considerable performances from Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, Octavia Spencer and Kelvin Harrison Jr. and, like its titular character, doesn’t easily conform to the expectations we might have for it.▶ Streaming on Tubi · 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 Tubi · Read the full review

FOXCATCHER (2014)

Olympic wrestler Mark Schultz is taken under the wing of eccentric millionaire John du Pont, with tragic results. Bennett Miller’s cold, unsettling true story is built on three superb performances, especially a nearly unrecognizable Steve Carell.▶ Streaming on Tubi · Read the full review

LIMBO (2021)

Sardonic and soulful, Limbo is a slow-moving and darkly funny drama about the ennui of immigration and the guilt of leaving behind a life unfulfilled that crescendoes to a thunderous, lyrical peak. Ben Sharrock’s deadpan drama follows a Syrian musician waiting on asylum on a remote Scottish island, and its dry humor makes the heartbreak hit harder.▶ Streaming on Tubi · Read the full review

AMERICAN ULTRA (2015)

Jesse Eisenberg plays a stoner convenience-store clerk who turns out to be a sleeper agent the CIA wants dead. It’s a scrappy, bloody action comedy, and Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart make an endearingly frazzled pair. Max Landis’ script keeps the violence cartoonish and the romance surprisingly sweet.▶ Streaming on Tubi · Read the full review

THE SURVIVALIST (2015)

This grimy, low-pitched post-apocalyptic dramatic-thriller possesses audiences with its disquieting portrayal of a world made desolate and humanity ugly even though its restraint may wear on audience members aching for quick thrills.▶ Streaming on Tubi · Read the full review