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Let your tension levels be as high as the temperature outside.
The 23 best thriller movies on Netflix right now
Let your tension levels be as high as the temperature outside.
By Ilana Gordon
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Ilana Gordon is an entertainment, culture, and comedy writer originally from Connecticut. She currently lives in Los Angeles.
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on July 2, 2026 7:51 a.m. ET
Alicia Vikander as Ava in 'Ex Machina'; Colman Domingo as Fred Temple in 'Dead Man's Wire'; Ethan Hawke as the Grabber in 'The Black Phone'. Credit:
The suspense is growing on Netflix, where the streamer is always refining its collection of blockbusters, indies, and foreign thrillers.
This month, the guide revisits *Fargo* (1996), the Coen brothers' dark comedy thriller about a contract kidnapping that goes awry. And we're traveling back to the 2010s via Netflix for two of our favorite novel-to-screen adaptations: *Gone Girl* (2014) and *The Girl on the Train* (2016).
Time to get your blood pumping — read on for **’s guide to the 23 best thrillers on the platform.
American Gangster (2007)
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Denzel Washington as Frank Lucas and Josh Brolin as Detective Trupo in 'American Gangster'.
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One of the most innovative gangsters of the 20th century, Frank Lucas earned the title of Harlem drug kingpin in the late-‘60s and early-‘70s by importing high-quality heroin from Southeast Asia and selling it under the street name Blue Magic. Ridley Scott adapted Lucas' story into a biographical crime drama starring Denzel Washington as Lucas and Russell Crowe as Richie Roberts, the detective determined to take him down.
*American Gangster* is Lucas’ story, but the film is a true two-hander, with Crowe’s obsessive performance as Roberts balancing out Denzel's Lucas, who moves through the criminal world quietly and with control. EW’s critic calls the film “meticulous and detailed, a drug-world epic that holds you from moment to moment, immersing you in the intricate and sleazy logistics of crime.” —*Ilana Gordon*
Where to watch *American Gangster*: Netflix through July 31
**EW grade:** B
**Director: **Ridley Scott
**Cast: **Russell Crowe, Denzel Washington, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cuba Gooding Jr., Josh Brolin
The Black Phone (2021)
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Ethan Hawke as the Grabber in 'The Black Phone'.
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The ‘70s were a heyday of serial killers, and the villain from *The Black Phone* would fit right in with the John Wayne Gacys and Ted Bundys of the world. Set in 1978, *The Black Phone* focuses on a Denver suburb that is being targeted by “the Grabber” (Ethan Hawke), a serial child abductor and murderer.
After 13-year-old Finney Blake is taken, his sister Gwen starts having psychic dreams about his location. Meanwhile, Finney is locked in a room with only a broken pay phone that keeps ringing with calls from the Grabber’s former victims. A horror film distinguished by its supernatural elements, *The Black Phone* is a terrifying return to horror for Hawke (following his tantalizing turns in 2012's *Sinister* and 2013's *The Purge*), made even more nightmarish by his masked face and frequent giggling. *—I.G. *
Where to watch *The Black Phone*: Netflix
**EW grade:** B
**Director: **Scott Derrickson
**Cast: **Ethan Hawke, Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies, James Ransone
Bugonia (2025)
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Emma Stone as Michelle Fuller in 'Bugonia'.
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Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone reunite for their fifth collaboration with *Bugonia*, a satirical sci-fi thriller. Stone plays Michelle Fuller, a high-powered pharmaceutical CEO, and Jesse Plemons stars opposite her as Teddy, a conspiracy theorist who kidnaps Michelle, believing her to be an alien. A loose remake of the 2003 South Korean film *Save the Green Planet!, Bugonia*’s outlook on Earth and humanity isn’t necessarily optimistic, but it is entertaining.
Stone received her seventh Oscar nomination for her role as Michelle, and the film also received nods for Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Original Score. Released during a year of buzzy, standout films, *Bugonia* slid under the radar in 2025, but deserves your attention in 2026. —*I.G.*
Where to watch *Bugonia*: Netflix
**Director: **Yorgos Lanthimos
**Cast: **Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis, Stavros Halkias, Alicia Silverstone
Caught Stealing (2025)
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Matt Smith as Russ and Austin Butler as Hank in 'Caught Stealing'.
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No good deed goes unpunished in *Caught Stealing*, Darren Aronofsky’s black comedy crime thriller. The film, adapted from the first novel in Charlie Huston’s Henry Thompson series, follows Hank (Austin Butler), a former baseball player who makes ends meet by bartending in New York City. When Hank agrees to watch his British punk rock neighbor’s (Matt Smith) cat while he’s out of town, he finds himself plunged into a brutal world of criminality and violence.
*Caught Stealing* is a madcap throwback bolstered by Butler’s charismatic — and very physical — performance. Solid chemistry between Butler and his character’s girlfriend (played by Zoë Kravitz), plus a fun twist at the end, ensures that audiences never know what’s around the corner in this freewheeling thriller. —*I.G.*
Where to watch *Caught Stealing*: Netflix
**Director: **Darren Aronofsky
**Cast: **Austin Butler, Regina King, Zoë Kravitz, Matt Smith, Liev Schreiber
Creep (2014)
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Mark Duplass as Josef in 'Creep'. Desiree Akhavan
In this found-footage two-hander, a young videographer named Aaron (Patrick Brice) is hired by Josef (Mark Duplass) to record a day of his life. Josef explains that he has an inoperable brain tumor and wants to leave something behind for his soon-to-be-born son, but his eccentric behavior becomes increasingly concerning, and Aaron needs to decide whether to continue filming — assuming Josef will let him leave.
*Creep's* continued success depends on whether Josef can keep finding fresh ways to be unnerving, and he does. (Things get even creepier in *Creep 2*, which documents another video project gone terribly wrong.) —*Danny Horn*
Where to watch *Creep*: Netflix
**Director: **Patrick Brice
**Cast:** Mark Duplass, Patrick Brice
Dead Man's Wire (2025)
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Colman Domingo as Fred Temple in 'Dead Man's Wire'.
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A thriller based on true events, *Dead Man’s Wire *takes audiences back to Indianapolis in 1977, when Tony Kiritsis (Bill Skarsgård) took mortgage broker Richard Hall (Dacre Montgomery) hostage, used a piece of wire to attach him to the trigger of a sawed-off shotgun, and refused to release him until his list of demands was met. Journalists covered the 63-hour standoff, while also questioning the media ethics of potentially broadcasting Hall’s murder live on air.
Gus Van Sant’s stylish ‘70s thriller is tense, darkly funny, and relevant: The abduction took place almost 50 years ago, but Tony’s rants about capitalism — delivered with fervor in a top-notch performance by Skarsgård — remain timeless. —*I.G.*
Where to watch *Dead Man's Wire*: Netflix
**Director: **Gus Van Sant
**Cast: **Bill Skarsgård, Dacre Montgomery, Cary Elwes, Myha'la, Colman Domingo
Donnie Brasco (1997)
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Michael Madsen as Sonny Black and Johnny Depp as Joe Pistone in 'Donnie Brasco'.
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A decade after Johnny Depp went undercover to play a high schooler on Fox’s *21 Jump Street*, he once again donned the mantle of double agent — this time to infiltrate the Mob. Based on the true story of FBI agent Joe Pistone, *Donnie Brasco* offers a glimpse into the emotional turmoil that comes with living the cloak and dagger lifestyle.
Depp stars as Pistone, who meets Mob enforcer Lefty Ruggiero (Al Pacino) while posing as a jewel thief named Donnie Brasco. Ruggiero befriends and mentors Pistone (as Brasco), who discovers within himself a talent for impressing the Mob with his participation in their extracurricular activities. But the more enmeshed in the criminal underworld Pistone becomes, the more he struggles to maintain his family life — and divorce himself from his emotional attachment to his mentor. *—I.G.*
Where to watch *Donnie Brasco*: Netflix
**Director: **Mike Newell
**Cast: **Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, Michael Madsen, Bruno Kirby, James Russo
Everest (2015)
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Jason Clarke as Rob Hall in 'Everest'.
In 1996, eight people died trying to summit Mount Everest; Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur's *Everest** *chronicles their ascent through treacherous conditions. The film combines never-before-heard audio tapes recorded between the climbers and the staff at base camp, and survivor accounts to recreate the story of what happened that fateful day atop the most dangerous place on Earth.
A man vs. nature thriller with an excellent ensemble cast, *Everest* uses its mountain backdrop —shot in Italy, Iceland, and Nepal — to its fullest effect. Dizzying cinematography makes the thriller a poor choice for those with acrophobia, but an excellent option for fans of disaster movies, survival stories, and films based on real events. *—I.G.*
Where to watch *Everest*: Netflix
**Director: **Baltasar Kormákur
**Cast: **Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, John Hawkes, Robin Wright, Emily Watson
Ex Machina (2015)
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Alicia Vikander as Ava in 'Ex Machina'.
A sci-fi indie thriller, *Ex Machina* stars Domhnall Gleeson as Caleb Smith, a tech programmer who is invited to his CEO's (Oscar Isaac) estate after winning a company-wide competition. There, the CEO reveals his secret lab and the subject of his research: a humanoid named Ava (Alicia Vikander). Caleb’s role is to stress-test Ava and determine whether she can bond with people.
All three leads are excellent, and writer-director Alex Garland keeps the premise and setting simple; the questions the film raises are complicated enough. As EW’s critic writes, Garland “specializes in stories where the future and the present collide head-on like trains speeding down the same track. The collision tends not to go well.” *—I.G.*
Where to watch *Ex Machina*: Netflix through July 31
**EW grade:** B
**Director:** Alex Garland
**Cast: **Oscar Isaac, Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander
Fall (2022)
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Grace Caroline Currey as Becky in 'Fall'.
Scared of heights? Maybe skip *Fall*. This survival thriller takes audiences to the top of a 2,000-foot tower in the desert and strands them there alongside the film’s two leads. One year ago, Becky (Grace Caroline Currey) watched her husband fall to his death while climbing a mountain. Their friend Shiloh (Virginia Gardner) invites Becky to join her in scaling a B-67 TV Tower as a means of overcoming her fear and grief, but once the women start climbing, the tower — and their plan — falls to pieces. Featuring strong performances from the movie’s stars and teetering camera work designed to trigger feelings of vertigo, *Fall *will keep you on the edge of your seat. Just don’t look down. *—I.G.*
Where to watch *Fall*: Netflix
**Director:** Scott Mann
**Cast: **Grace Caroline Currey, Virginia Gardner, Mason Gooding, Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Fargo (1996)
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Frances McDormand as Marge Gunderson in 'Fargo'.
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Minnesota nice meets murder in *Fargo, *the Coen brothers’ dark comedy thriller about Jerry Lundegaard (William H. Macy), a car salesman who hires two criminals to kidnap his wife so he can use the ransom money to repay his debts. Events do not unfold as planned, and the kidnappers (Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare) panic as the bodies pile up. Frances McDormand won her first Oscar for her performance as the stalwart police chief Marge Gunderson, a character EW’s critic describes as a “true Coen-style pioneer woman.”
A gory and loving tribute to Midwestern sensibilities — even in the face of utter catastrophe — *Fargo *represents the Coens at their most manically chaotic, with EW ranking it fourth on our list of the filmmakers’ best work. *—I.G.*
Where to watch *Fargo*: Netflix
**Director: **Joel Coen
**Cast: **Frances McDormand, William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi, Harve Presnell, Peter Stormare
The Girl on the Train (2016)
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Haley Bennett as Megan Hipwell in 'The Girl on the Train'. Barry Wetcher
Take a ride into addiction and voyeurism with *The Girl on the Train*. Based on the 2015 bestselling novel, the film adaptation stars Emily Blunt as Rachel, a woman in crisis. Newly divorced and unemployed, Rachel spends her days getting drunk as she rides the train around New York City, spying on her ex-husband Tom (Justin Theroux), his new wife Anna (Rebecca Ferguson), and their neighbors, Megan (Haley Bennett) and Scott (Luke Evans).
Rachel develops a parasocial relationship with Megan and becomes irate when she catches her kissing another man. But after Megan disappears, Rachel finds herself involved in Megan's missing person case. *The Girl on the Train* is the rare film that proves itself to be as strong as the book upon which it's based. *—I.G.*
Where to watch *The Girl on the Train*: Netflix
**EW grade:** A–
**Director: **Tate Taylor
**Cast:** Emily Blunt, Justin Theroux, Rebecca Ferguson, Haley Bennett, Luke Evans
Gone Girl (2014)
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Ben Affleck as Nick and Rosamund Pike as Amy in 'Gone Girl'. Merrick Morton/20th Century Studios
In 2012, the one book nobody could put down was *Gone Girl*, authored by former EW writer Gillian Flynn. Two years later, the bestseller got a cinematic adaptation with Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike starring opposite each other as Nick and Amy Dunne, the married — and mind-game-wielding — couple whose relationship is called into question after Amy suddenly goes missing.
Set in Missouri in the years following the Great Recession, *Gone Girl* takes its protagonists and viewers on a journey of deception, betrayal, and retribution, while still finding time to fit in one of the most revealing and memorable character monologues of all time — Amy's "Cool Girl" diatribe, which is worthy of a watch all on its own. *—I.G.*
Where to watch *Gone Girl*: Netflix
**EW grade: **A
**Director: **David Fincher
**Cast: **Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry, Carrie Coon
The Good Nurse (2022)
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Eddie Redmayne as Charlie Cullen and Jessica Chastain as Amy Loughren in 'The Good Nurse'. Courtesy of TIFF
Nurses are angels with the power to do the work of demons. In the Netflix original psychological thriller *The Good Nurse*, Amy Loughren (Jessica Chastain) is a night nurse with a work husband: Charles Cullen (Eddie Redmayne). A single mom with a serious heart condition, Amy is shocked to learn that the recent death of one of their hospital's patients is thought to have occurred intentionally, and that Charles might be involved. And the more Amy digs, the more she realizes the co-worker she trusts is actually someone far more nefarious.
Based on the true story of how the real-life Amy Loughren helped authorities take down serial killer Charles Cullen, *The Good Nurse *is good old-fashioned, ripped-from-the-headlines cinema with a story made all the more terrifying because so little of it is exaggerated. Trust us — you've never seen Eddie Redmayne like this before. *—I.G.*
Where to watch *The Good Nurse*: Netflix
**EW grade: **B+
**Director: **Tobias Lindholm
**Cast: **Jessica Chastain, Eddie Redmayne
Green Room (2015)
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Patrick Stewart as Darcy Banker in 'Green Room'. Scott Green/A24
Punk musicians square off against neo-Nazis in *Green Room*, a horror thriller about a murder that turns into a bloodbath. The punk band the Ain’t Rights are at the tail end of their tour of the Pacific Northwest when they find themselves booked at a skinhead bar. After the band witnesses the aftermath of a murder, the Nazis take them hostage; with only one way out of the green room, it’s up to the band to fight for their right to survive.
*Green Room*’s premise is terrifying enough, but the film’s fear factor is taken up a notch thanks to Patrick Stewart’s performance as the primary villain. EW’s critic writes, “Stewart is way scarier when he’s neither barking nor biting but just purring controlled threats.” *—I.G.*
Where to watch *Green Room*: Netflix
**EW grade:** A–
**Director: **Jeremy Saulnier
**Cast: **Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Alia Shawkat, Joe Cole, Callum Turner**
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Influencer (2022)
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Emily Tennant as Madison and Cassandra Naud as CW in 'Influencer'.
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There are movies that use social media as a device, and then there’s *Influencer*. This twisty horror thriller is set in Thailand, where Madison (Emily Tennant), a social media personality, is posting her way through a solo vacation because her boyfriend didn’t come along. She befriends a free spirit named CW (Cassandra Naud), who escorts her through the country’s hidden gems — until Madison’s passport is stolen, and her trip takes a bleak turn.
To complicate matters, another influencer named Jessica (Sara Canning) enters the picture, and Madison’s absent boyfriend and social media manager, Ryan (Rory J. Saper), makes an appearance. If social media is a highlight reel, *Influencer* reminds us that life behind the photo dumps is often much darker. *—I.G.*
Where to watch *Influencer*: Netflix
**Director: **Kurtis David Harder
**Cast: **Emily Tennant, Cassandra Naud, Rory J. Saper, Sara Canning
Inside Man (2006)
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Jodie Foster as Madeleine White and Denzel Washington as Det. Keith Frazier in 'Inside Man'.
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If you were to ask *Inside Man’s* lead character, Dalton Russell (Clive Owen), if he committed the perfect bank robbery, he would say yes. Dalton and his crew attempt to prove that thesis as they take a Manhattan bank hostage and toy with the NYPD detective assigned to negotiate with them (Denzel Washington).
Also keeping abreast of the robbery’s developments is bank founder Arthur Case (Christopher Plummer), whose most secret possession is stored in the bank’s vault, and who dispatches professional fixer Madeleine White (Jodie Foster) to ensure its safety. *Inside Man* was Spike Lee's first big-budget project, and the crime thriller earned him props for his plot twists and character development. *—I.G.*
Where to watch *Inside Man*: Netflix
**Director: **Spike Lee
**Cast:** Clive Owen, Denzel Washington, Christopher Plummer, Jodie Foster, Willem Dafoe
Memento (2001)
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Guy Pearce as Leonard Shelby in 'Memento'.
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*Memento*, Christopher Nolan’s acclaimed sophomore feature, is a non-linear thriller about grief and memory. Guy Pearce stars as Leonard Shelby, a man who began suffering from short-term amnesia after a brutal attack, an affliction which complicates his goal of avenging his wife’s death. Reliant on tattoos, Polaroid pictures, and hastily scribbled notes in place of memories, Leonard attempts to hunt down his wife’s killer, while struggling to discern who he can trust.
Nolan is meticulous with his plot, structuring the film’s chronology to mimic the fractures in Leonard’s memory. EW’s critic gave the film an A, writing, “*Memento* has the uniquely disorienting quality of a puzzle that reveals its design the fewer pieces there are in place. It’s the rare mystery in which every moment lives.” *—I.G.*
Where to watch *Memento*: Netflix beginning July 5
**EW grade:** A
**Director: **Christopher Nolan
**Cast: **Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano
Oxygen (2021)
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Mélanie Laurent as Elizabeth 'Liz' Hansen in 'Oxygen'. Netflix
A nightmare come to life for claustrophobics everywhere, *Oxygen *is a French-language sci-fi film that thinks outside the box in terms of action. At the genesis, an unidentified woman (Mélanie Laurent) awakens in an airtight medical unit, unsure of who or where she is. Interactions with the system's AI — dubbed M.I.L.O. (Medical Interface Liaison Officer) — provide some clarity as to her identity, but no matter what she tries, she cannot escape her prison.
As she seeks to understand who placed her in the box and why, truths about her personal life and the current state of the world come into focus — but her search for context is actually a race to outwit the slowly depleting oxygen levels. Laurent is excellent, and despite being forced to perform on her back, she manages to imbue the film with a strong sense of determination and humanity. *—I.G.*
Where to watch *Oxygen*: Netflix
**EW grade: **B
**Director: **Alexandre Aja
**Cast: **Mélanie Laurent, Mathieu Amalric, Malik Zidi
Rebel Ridge (2024)
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Aaron Pierre as Terry Richmond in 'Rebel Ridge'.
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The police illegally seize money from the wrong man in *Rebel Ridge*, an action thriller that pits a Black former Marine veteran and graduate of the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program against a group of racist and corrupt small-town cops. Terry Richmond (Aaron Pierre) rolls into town on his bike, hoping to buy a new truck and post bail for his cousin. When the police confiscate his money through civil asset forfeiture, he tries to get it back — and the more reluctant the cops are to accommodate him, the more physically insistent Terry becomes. One of Netflix’s best-received recent original thrillers, *Rebel Ridge* is well-deserving of the Primetime Emmy it won for Outstanding Television Movie. *—I.G.*
Where to watch *Rebel Ridge*: Netflix
**Director: **Jeremy Saulnier
**Cast: **Aaron Pierre, Don Johnson, AnnaSophia Robb, David Denman, Emory Cohen
They Cloned Tyrone (2023)
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John Boyega as Fontaine, Teyonah Parris as Yo-Yo, and Jamie Foxx as Slick Charles in 'They Cloned Tyrone'.
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A single genre isn't enough to contain one of Netflix's 2023 releases, *They Cloned Tyrone**. *A sci-fi comedy that combines '70s Blaxploitation with mystery and social satire, the film has similar vibes to movies like *Get Out* (2017) or *Sorry to Bother You* (2018) while employing a far more absurd premise. Fontaine (John Boyega) is a drug dealer living in an impoverished area called the Glen. While trying to collect funds owed to him by a local pimp named Slick Charles (Jamie Foxx), Fontaine is shot and killed — but that doesn't stop him from showing up on Slick's doorstep the next day to collect his money.
Joined by a sex worker named YoYo (Teyonah Parris), the trio attempts to get to the bottom of what appears to be a massive government conspiracy aimed at exploiting their disenfranchised community as medical subjects. A satirical romp that has as much to say about class and racial injustices as it does about mystery movie tropes, *They Cloned Tyrone *is smart, silly, and uniformly well-acted. *—I.G.*
Where to watch *They Cloned Tyrone*: Netflix
**Director: **Juel Taylor
**Cast: **John Boyega, Teyonah Parris, Jamie Foxx
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025)
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Josh Brolin as Monsignor Jefferson Wicks in 'Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery'.
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In the third installment of the *Knives Out* franchise, Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) travels to upstate New York to solve a murder disguised as a miracle. After the controversial leader of an ill-attended parish is killed during services, Detective Blanc is brought in to determine which of Monsignor Jefferson Wicks’ co-workers and loyal followers orchestrated his demise.
Writer-director Rian Johnson works his misdirection magic, and *Wake Up Dead Man* is just as satisfying as *Knives Out* (2019) and *Glass Onion* (2022). Josh O’Connor joins the cast as a young priest who is transferred to the church after punching a former parishioner, and Glenn Close is a lovely addition in her role as Martha, a longtime congregant and Wicks’ chief confidant. *—I.G.*
Where to watch *Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery*: Netflix
**Director: **Rian Johnson
**Cast: **Daniel Craig, Josh O'Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis
Woman of the Hour (2023)
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Tony Hale as Ed and Anna Kendrick as Sheryl in 'Woman of the Hour'.
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Rodney Alcala was a serial killer on the loose in California when he took a break from his multi-year murder spree to appear on *The Dating Show*. Anna Kendrick makes her directorial debut with *Woman of the Hour*, a lean thriller based on Alcala’s TV appearance — but this isn’t his story. Instead, Kendrick shifts the focus to his female victims, highlighting some of Alcala’s fatal interactions with women between 1971 and 1979.
Kendrick also stars as Sheryl Bradshaw, a struggling Los Angeles actress who accepts a job as a contestant on *The Dating Show*, and meets Alcala (played by Daniel Zovatto) during his episode taping. *Woman of the Hour* is tense and evocative, but thoughtful enough to portray sexual violence without resorting to brutal imagery. *—I.G. *
Where to watch *Woman of the Hour*: Netflix
**Director:** Anna Kendrick
**Cast: **Anna Kendrick, Daniel Zovatto, Nicolette Robinson, Tony Hale
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