This winter, settle in with seven compelling thrillers from Netflix and Prime Video. This list features a wide array of suspense, from star-studded spy games and apocalyptic horror to dark psychological studies of human nature.
Netflix’s Bird Box remains a must-watch, starring Sandra Bullock in a desperate fight for survival. In a world where unseen entities cause suicide on sight, she must guide two children on a perilous, blindfolded journey to a rumored sanctuary.
Prime Video offers the claustrophobic chills of 10 Cloverfield Lane. When Michelle (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) wakes up in a bunker, Howard (John Goodman) tells her the world outside is uninhabitable. The film masterfully builds suspense as she tries to figure out if he’s her savior or her captor.
For spy drama, Prime Video’s Black Bag stars Michael Fassbender as an MI6 agent whose investigation into traitors hits too close to home when his wife (Cate Blanchett) becomes a suspect.
Tom Hardy headlines Havoc on Netflix, playing a detective who must navigate the criminal underworld to find a politician’s missing son. His own past complicates the high-stakes search.
Netflix also features Interceptor, an action thriller where an Army Captain (Elsa Pataky) must single-handedly defend a missile base from terrorists aiming to launch stolen nuclear weapons.
Saltburn on Prime Video is a unique and unsettling psychological drama. Barry Keoghan plays an Oxford student whose fixation on a wealthy classmate leads to a summer of manipulation and obsession at a lavish family estate.
Finally, The Occupant on Netflix is a terrifying psychological thriller about a man who, after losing his wealth, stalks the new family living in his old home, leading to dangerous and horrifying consequences.