10 Best Suspense Movies on Netflix This Week
Nothing compares to curling up with your closest friends for a movie night in your coziest pajamas and popcorn. And let’s be honest the best suspense movies on Netflix are the best kind of movies, right?
They give you a little of everything—comedies, suspense, and occasionally even romance. You’re in luck because Netflix has the ideal selection of thrillers, including classics like Bird Box and more modern releases like The Pale Blue Eye.
Do you feel like reading a psychological thriller? See The Stepfather or Circle. How about a criminal thriller? You’ll get chills from The Good Nurse or The Devil All the Time.
Best Suspense Movies on Netflix for You
We’ve put together a list of the best suspense movies on Netflix below so you and your friends can watch them together and raise everyone’s pulse without getting off the couch.
1. Synchronic
Another unsettling brain twist from The Endless by directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead is Synchronic, starring Jamie Dornan from Fifty Shades of Grey and Anthony Mackie from Marvel.
In it, the actors portray two paramedics named Dennis and Steve, who discover a link between a psychedelic designer drug and a string of gruesome, enigmatic deaths.
The couples’ personal and professional lives are completely upended as they delve deeper into the substance, experiencing otherworldly effects that cause the boundaries between reality and fiction to blur and Dennis’s daughter to vanish.
2. I Came By
One of the few British originals available on Netflix, I Came By is among the best new thrillers to debut on the service. The film centers on two graffiti artists who tag affluent people’s homes with the phrase “I Came By” on their walls.
But when Toby (George MacKay) starts acting strangely toward his most recent target, things start to go wrong. Hugh Bonneville’s character, High Court Judge Sir Hector Blake, is harboring a horrifying secret, which Toby soon discovers he must discover.
Besides McKay and Bonneville, Kelly Macdonald from Line of Duty and Percelle Ascott from Doctor Who also star in the film.
3. The Gray Man
The Gray Man, which is based on Mark Greaney’s best-selling book series, stars Ryan Gosling as the extremely proficient CIA black ops mercenary Sierra Six.
Agent Lloyd Hanson, a former colleague with psychopathic tendencies, places a bounty on Six’s head and begins a global manhunt led by international assassins after Six discovers some sinister secrets about Hanson.
Many viewers have praised the film, which gained attention for being Netflix’s most expensive movie to date and dubbed the “best action-packed film of the year.”
4. Spiderhead
In this Netflix original film, Chris Hemsworth plays Steve Abnesti, a bright scientist who transports prisoner prisoners to the island known as Spiderhead and conducts experiments on them using potent mind-altering substances.
The film, which stars Miles Teller and Jurnee Smollett, is based on the New Yorker short story “Escape from Spiderhead” by George Saunders. Deadpool and Zombieland writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernicke wrote the script.
5. The Guilty
In this movie, Jake Gyllenhaal plays LAPD officer Joe Baylor, who works at a 911 call center. After receiving a call from a kidnapped woman, he has to figure out what’s happening and who’s in danger.
Joe also has a hearing scheduled for something he did while on the job several months ago. For the film, directed by Southpaw Gyllenhaal, Nic Pizzolatto of True Detective wrote the script.
Paul Dano, Ethan Hawke, and Peter Sarsgaard are among the voice cast members. The movie is a reimagining of the 2018 Danish movie of the same name.
6. Army of Thieves
Despite being a prequel to Army of the Dead, you can watch this heist film without having seen the zombie movie first.
The main character of the movie is Dieter, played by Matthias Schweighöfer. He is an expert safecracker who gets recruited by a gang of international criminals to break into some intricate, enigmatic, and nearly impenetrable safes.
Zack Snyder produces, and Nathalie Emmanuel of Game of Thrones co-stars as the group’s leader Gwen.
7. I Am Mother
In a bunker that is sealed off from the outside world, a robot named Mother (Rose Byrne) nurtures a human embryo into a child named Daughter (Clara Rugaard) in this post-apocalyptic movie.
Everything changes when a hurt woman (Hilary Swank) discovers the bunker; as Daughter learns more from the woman, the truth about what’s inside – and Mother – is called into question. This clever, twisty thriller promises big revelations and outstanding acting.
8. Stowaway
The film Stowaway centers on a crew traveling to Mars, and it ends tragically when the title character is discovered on board after launch, having broken a device that is required to extract carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
The crew will suffocate before they reach Mars if a solution is not found, and the situation is dire. Starring are Daniel Dae Kim, Toni Collette, Shamier Anderson, and Anna Kendrick.
9. I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore
Everybody has had the thought, “I wouldn’t let that happen to me,” when they hear about someone else’s bad luck. That’s exactly what motivates Ruth to take action in this unique and darkly humorous thriller.
In the lead role, Melanie Lynskey plays a nursing assistant whose life is turned upside down when her house is broken into.
She intervenes to solve the issue on her own, with the assistance of her eccentric neighbor Tony (Elijah Wood), since she is not happy with the way the police handle her case.
10. I’m Thinking of Ending Things
The work of Charlie Kaufman frequently explores the more unusual and obscure facets of human existence. His debut Netflix Original, I’m Thinking of Ending Things, carries on that pattern.
Much of the plot of the film is carried over from Ian Reid’s critically acclaimed novel. As implied by the title, Jessie Buckley portrays a young lady who, although her interest in her partner Jake is waning, grudgingly consents to a visit to meet his parents.
This, as one might anticipate from Kaufman, isn’t at all like Meet the Parents. This 130-minute mind-blowing experience is a head trip that defies all semblance of normalcy. It has to be seen to be believed.