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The Best Thriller Movies Streaming Right Now, Service by Service

By Matt Oakes · October 26, 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. So I pulled the four best picks from each of my thriller guides, service by service, so you can find something genuinely gripping on whatever you already pay for.

Each section links to that service’s full guide, where the rest of the lineup lives.

Jump to: Netflix · Prime Video · HBO Max · Paramount+ · Tubi · Kanopy

The Best Thriller Movies on Netflix

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

THE NORTHMAN (2022)

90%Critics 64%Audience 7.0IMDb

A cinematic wonder of Viking violence and old-school melodramatic barbarity, The Northman is an unrelenting and gruesome historic epic that showcases an absolutely berserk performance from Alexander Skarsgård and all the visual style and fascinating dialogue you’d expect from auteur Robert Eggers.▶ Streaming on Netflix · Read the full review

NIGHTCRAWLER (2014)

95%Critics 86%Audience 7.8IMDb

Jake Gyllenhaal plays Lou Bloom, a sociopath who discovers he can make money filming LA’s crimes and car wrecks for the local news. Dan Gilroy’s razor-sharp thriller is a scathing look at media ghouls, and Gyllenhaal is terrifying.▶ Streaming on Netflix · Read the full review

I CARE A LOT (2021)

79%Critics 35%Audience 6.4IMDb

Rosamund Pike leads a deliciously contemptible cast of characters in J Blakeson’s dark-satire-cum-crime-thriller I Care a Lot. Though the film suffers the sin of having its cake and eating it too (and doesn’t always succeed wrestling together conflicting tones), the biting script and devilish performances bury that shortcoming many times over.▶ Streaming on Netflix · Read the full review

THE IRISHMAN (2019)

95%Critics 86%Audience 7.8IMDb

Martin Scorsese’s passion project finally comes to life (through the magic of distracting de-aging technology) telling a long-winded but mostly gripping story of the intersection of crime, politics, and morality in the mob-controlled Chicago union scene. A freshly un-retired Joe Pesci swoops in to steal the show.▶ Streaming on Netflix · Read the full review

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The Best Thriller Movies on Prime Video

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

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The Best Thriller Movies on HBO Max

SICARIO (2015)

91%Critics 85%Audience 7.7IMDb

Emboldened by Roger Deakins ’s screamingly accomplished cinematography, Jóhann Jóhannsson ’s hypnotic score, Benicio Del Toro’s unforgettable performance and Denis Villeneuve ’s prudent, cold-blooded direction, Sicario commits cinematic terrorism against our desire for narrative order. It’s time to welcome Villeneuve to the Masters circle.▶ Streaming on HBO Max · Read the full review

JOKER (2019)

68%Critics 89%Audience 8.3IMDb

Todd Phillips’ deliriously provocative Joker is a risky endeavor that shirks the load-bearing staples of comic book movies past to focus on a richly-textured character study of a lost soul. Joaquin Phoenix is instantly iconic as the damaged king of the villains in this grounded story of how madness manifests itself.▶ Streaming on HBO Max · Read the full review

HELL OR HIGH WATER (2016)

97%Critics 89%Audience 7.6IMDb

A cops and robbers movie with real bite, David Mackenzie’s Hell or High Water offers genre thrills amidst a thoughtful examination of modern American idealism. Jeff Bridges, Chris Pine and Ben Foster each offer excellent performances as the “last of their kind” in a film plump with unforgettable character work and outstanding sequences.▶ Streaming on HBO Max · Read the full review

BALLERINA (2025)

75%Critics 92%Audience 6.8IMDb

Ana de Armas is a welcome new face (successor?) in the John Wick universe as a freshly minted female assassin on her own vengeance trail. The highs and lows should be familiar at this point, but so too should the consistency. These things just know how to get ’em to rip just right.▶ Streaming on HBO Max · Read the full review

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The Best Thriller Movies on Paramount+

TUNER (2026)

94%Critics 94%Audience 7.2IMDb

Daniel Roher’s Tuner is the rare crowd-pleasing crime thriller that works just as well as a thoughtful character study. Propelled by Leo Woodall’s breakout performance and a deeply immersive sonic perspective, this sharply tuned gem finds surprising emotional depth between its suspenseful set pieces.▶ Streaming on Paramount+ · Read the full review

PARASITE (2019)

99%Critics 90%Audience 8.5IMDb

Like a rival organism depleting its host, Parasite may lay waste to the mind but it nests in the soul, lingering with the viewer long after its conclusion. Bong Joon-ho’s masterful and indefinable parable is a creation of layer upon layer of storytelling skill matched to standout technical prowess across the board. An easy contender for best film of 2019.▶ Streaming on Paramount+ · Read the full review

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – FALLOUT (2018)

98%Critics 89%Audience 7.7IMDb

Mission Impossible: Fallout is action movie heroin. Impossibly entertaining, grittier and more artful than its forebearers while still maintaining its smarmy roguish charms, ’ Fallout’ is the result of mind-blowing technical merit underscored by well-earned emotional connection. Tom Cruise proves once and for all that he simply is not human.▶ Streaming on Paramount+ · Read the full review

BABY DRIVER (2017)

92%Critics 86%Audience 7.5IMDb

A splashy one-of-a-kind action musical, Edgar Wright’s Baby Driver is a rip-roaring hell of a time where the flash admittedly overshadows the familiar narrative but the style is so unique and so bold that you’ll be too busy tapping your toe to play that too much mind.▶ Streaming on Paramount+ · Read the full review

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The Best Thriller Movies on Tubi

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

ASSASSINATION (2015)

50%Audience 7.2IMDb

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

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The Best Thriller Movies on Kanopy

NO OTHER CHOICE (2025)

97%Critics 93%Audience 7.5IMDb

No Other Choice is an expertly constructed social satire from Park Chan-wook that harkens to its South Korean compatriot Parasite. Come for the bloody thrills, stay for the pertinent message about humanity and their employment crisis circa 2025.▶ Streaming on Kanopy · Read the full review

THE GIFT (2015)

92%Critics 75%Audience 7.0IMDb

For fans of classic psychological thrillers, a la Hitchcock, to clean, clear modern horror, there is something in The Gift for all lovers of edgy cinema that dares to make you think. Joel Edgerton writes, directs, and co-stars as an old acquaintance whose unwelcome gifts unearth a couple’s buried secrets, with Jason Bateman cast against type.▶ Streaming on Kanopy · 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 Kanopy · Read the full review

OUT OF THE FURNACE (2013)

54%Critics 52%Audience 6.7IMDb

Christian Bale’s steelworker goes after the backwoods crime boss responsible for his brother’s disappearance. Scott Cooper’s grim Rust Belt thriller is full of heavyweight performances, and Woody Harrelson makes a truly frightening villain.▶ Streaming on Kanopy · Read the full review