Netflix is ushering in the fall season with a number of big additions this October, including quite a few thrillers. Along with the highly anticipated sequel to Netflix's twisted thriller. The platformThe streamer also added quite a few older thrillers, including some greats from the 2000s and some that go back even further.
Every month, we select a few Netflix thrillers that fit the current season. Sometimes they pair well with an upcoming release. Other titles could be new additions to the platform.
While Netflix isn't exactly known for its selection of classic films, this month it includes some Alfred Hitchcock gems, including the birds and marniethat this time he didn't even make our recommendations. As for what's on our list, we've got a Michael Mann movie starring Tom Cruise as a hitman, Anthony Hopkins returning to the role of Hannibal Lecter, and of course we couldn't leave Hitchcock out completely.
Editor's Choice: Guarantee
Image: Warner Home Video
Director: michael mann
Cast: Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Mark Ruffalo
If you've ever wanted to see Tom Cruise transform into a hitman with surgical experience and a sadistic penchant for manipulation, go! Collateral the movie for you. Michael Mann's 2004 film is easily one of the best thrillers of the early aughts: a bleak, stylish neo-noir journey into a vision of Los Angeles that almost feels like a period piece these days.
When Max (Jamie Foxx), a disgruntled taxi driver, is offered $600 to act as personal chauffeur for a dashing man named Vincent (Cruise), he initially seizes the opportunity as a blessing. However, it isn't long before Max realizes what his passenger has in mind for that night. Collateral It is stimulating, propulsive and expertly crafted. In other words, it's an incredible journey. —Toussaint Egan
Image: Paramount Pictures
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles
Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film is commonly cited as not only one of the best horror thrillers of its time, but also one of the best films of all time. The reason for this is obvious to anyone who has sat down to watch it: it really is that very good. What begins ostensibly as a white-collar crime thriller involving a real estate secretary and $40,000 quickly veers into slasher territory before turning into a psychological thriller as tense and terrifying as a garrote.
Anthony Perkins gives the performance of a lifetime as Norman Bates, the meek and menacing owner of an unassuming motel that secretly harbors a host of horrors. So does Vera Miles, who plays a determined young woman searching for the whereabouts of her missing sister. The magnitude of PsychopathThe influence of on American horror films; It is nothing less than an inescapable “before and after” moment. It is indisputably Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece and, furthermore, an excellent thriller. If you haven't seen it, you should. And even if you've seen it, I guarantee you should watch it again by now. —TEA
Director: Brett Ratner
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes
red dragon is Anthony Hopkins' third appearance as the infamous fictional serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter and, as usual, the screen legend turns in a fantastic performance that would make this entry worth watching on its own.
a prequel to The silence of the lambs, red dragon It follows retired FBI agent and serial killer profiler Will Graham (Edward Norton), who is hired to help investigate the mysterious murders of two families. But to find out what this new killer (Ralph Fiennes) is all about, Will must work with Dr. Lecter, who nearly killed the profiler during Lecter's arrest several years earlier. Of course, this cooperation leads to an endless maze of mind games and only a few helpful hints as Will races to save whoever this killer's next victim is.
Although it could be said that it is a much smaller film than both. The silence of the lambs and Hannibal, red dragon It's still a wildly entertaining thriller, with enough of that Hopkins secret sauce to always keep things interesting and fantastic performances from Norton and Fiennes to keep the movie going between visits to Hannibal's surprisingly comfortable quarters. —Austen Goslin