Netflix has a wide variety of movies to watch, but only a few can be winners. Each month we pick five great thrillers to watch that feel great for that particular month. Maybe the movie is seasonal, maybe it’s leaving Netflix soon, maybe the people involved have come up with a new project, or maybe it just feels right — sometimes it’s just moods.
Our picks for you to enjoy at home this month include an Alfred Hitchcock classic, a rare hit modern Hitchcock impersonator, an exciting remake of a classic helmed by Denzel and much more for you to check out this month .
The capture of Pelham 123
Year: 2009
Duration: 1 hr 46 mins
Director: Tony Scott
Pour: Denzel Washington, John Travolta, John Turturro
One of my favorite runs for a filmmaker is Tony Scott from 2004 man on fire to his last film, 2010 Unstoppable. Scott welcomed the introduction of digital filmmaking tools and used them to enhance his work, bringing out the best in his action thrillers with fast editing and enhanced color tones.
During this era, Scott also repeatedly collaborated with Denzel Washington, and the two never missed it. In addition to man on fire And Unstoppablethe two collaborated on the sci-fi thriller Déjà-vu
Washington plays subway dispatcher Walter Garber, who finds himself the chief negotiator in an ongoing hostage situation aboard the title train. John Travolta is suitably off-kilter as the main kidnapper, and the film has a rambling cast that includes John Turturro (NYPD’s hostage negotiator, whom Travolta opposes in favor of Washington’s Garber), Luis Guzmán, and James Gandolfini.
The film features some great train action scenes, but the highlight is the interaction between Washington and Travolta, both of whom are at their best in this cat-and-mouse thriller. —pete people
I see you
Year: 2019
Duration: 1h 38m
Director: Adam Randall
Pour: Helen Hunt, Jon Tenney, Owen Teague
This 2019 psychological thriller follows the lives of the Harper family: Jackie (Helen Hunt), a successful psychologist; Greg (Jon Tenney), a police officer and Jackie’s husband; and Connor (Judah Lewis), the teenage son of Jackie and Greg. After Jackie’s infidelity with another man is exposed, the Harpers struggle to rebuild their life together. As this happens, Greg is tasked with investigating a series of mysterious and violent kidnappings linked to a series of similar incidents several years ago.
As Greg’s investigation progresses, the Harpers are threatened by a mysterious vandal who not only knows their deepest secrets and whereabouts, but also appears to have access to their home. Who is this masked attacker and what is his connection to this recent disappearance? Where I see you may suffer from occasionally wooden performances and admittedly sub-par pacing, it excels at distorting its relatively simple premise into increasingly macabre and surprising new forms. If you’re looking for a crime drama/cerebral home invasion thriller with disturbing elements of found footage à la Michael Haneke Hidden, I see you is the perfect choice. – Toussaint Egan
Psycho
Year: 1960
Duration: 1h 49m
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Pour: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, and John Gavin
What could be said about Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 psychological horror thriller that hasn’t already been said several times? Psycho is an undisputed masterpiece, the crown jewel in a filmography from a director who is not short of cinematic jewels, a film so iconic and widely quoted and parodied by countless other films and television series that the thought that anyone could leave, without recognizing him, anything but impossible.
The film stars Vera Miles and John Gavin as Lila Crane and Sam Loomis, the sister and lover of Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), a would-be embezzler on the run after stealing $40,000 from her job as a bank teller. Investigating her disappearance, Lila and Sam track Marion’s last known whereabouts at a motel run by Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) and his mother. To say more would spoil the plot. If somehow you’ve never seen or heard of it Psychostop what you are doing and make watching this movie your priority. -THE
Year: 2013
Duration: 1 hr 46 mins
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Pour: Rooney Mara, Jude Law, Channing Tatum
Now from a Hitchcock classic to a Hitchcock-inspired modern classic.
Before Steven Soderbergh made films with his iPhone and before he “retired” as a director, he made this gripping psychological thriller about the pharmaceutical industry, written by longtime collaborator Scott Z. Burns (infection).
In side effects, Emily (Rooney Mara), a wealthy woman whose husband (Channing Tatum) was recently released from prison after being offered insider trading. After attempting suicide, two psychiatrists (Jude Law and Catherine Zeta-Jones) put Emily on an experimental drug with shocking…side effects.
Soderbergh’s Hitchcock film (at least until To the), side effects is a clever thriller with great leads (especially Mara, who is fantastic as a great addition to the One Person is Having an Extremely Bad Time movie canon) and lots of twists and turns to keep the viewer guessing. It’s also the kind of film that rewards repeats – if you’ve already seen it, now is a good opportunity to revisit it. —PV
The guilty
Year: 2021
Duration: 1h 30m
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Pour: Jake Gyllenhaal, Riley Keough, and Peter Sarsgaard
If you’re looking for another crazy, nerve-wracking Jake Gyllenhaal performance similar to 2014’s Moth, Antoine Fuqua’s 2021 crime thriller is the movie for you. Written by Nic Pizzolatto from True detective Fame, this American remake of the 2018 Danish film of the same name stars Gyllenhaal in this one-man drama as Joe Baylor, an LAPD officer who works a probationary night shift at a 911 call center ahead of an undisclosed court hearing. When Joe receives an emergency call from a kidnapped woman, he works feverishly to track down the culprit in his personal quest for redemption. But all is not what it seems and Joe must not only face the truth of the situation but also himself if he has a chance to make things right. Powered by impeccable lead magnetic performance, The guilty is a solid and entertaining thriller that is well worth watching. -THE
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