The Best Netflix Original Thriller Movies

Updated March 24, 2022 3k votes 534 voters 36.8k views

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Here are the best Netflix original thriller movies currently streaming right now. Featuring sci-fi thrillers, psychological horror, and gritty crime movies, this list of Netflix thriller originals is updated with new and popular movies. What is the best Netflix original thriller movie?

The latest and newest Netflix original thriller movies feature Hollywood's biggest stars, like Bella Thorne, Nat Wolff, Carla Gugino, and Robbie Amell. Must-watch Netflix original thrillers include Gerald's Game, Shimmer Lake, ARQ, and Clinical.

Vote up the best original thriller films on Netflix, and add your favorites if they're missing from the list. Then, check out the best suspense movies on Netflix.

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What Happened to Monday
Noomi Rapace, Willem Dafoe, Glenn Close
126 votes
- Released: 2017
- Directed by: Tommy Wirkola
In a world where families are allowed only one child due to overpopulation, resourceful identical septuplets must avoid governmental execution and dangerous infighting while investigating the ...more
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Bird Box
Sandra Bullock, Trevante Rhodes, Jacki Weaver
178 votes
- Released: 2018
- Directed by: Susanne Bier
When a mysterious force decimates the population, only one thing is certain -- if you see it, you die. The survivors must now avoid coming face to face with an entity that takes the form of their ...more
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Fractured
Sam Worthington, Lily Rabe, Stephen Tobolowsky
47 votes
- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Brad Anderson
After his wife and injured daughter disappear from the emergency room, a man becomes convinced the hospital is hiding something.
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The Ritual
Rafe Spall, Rob James-Collier, Arsher Ali
83 votes
- Released: 2017
- Directed by: David Bruckner
Reuniting after the tragic death of their friend, four college pals set out to hike through the Scandinavian wilderness. A wrong turn leads them into the mysterious forests of Norse legend, where an ...more
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Extraction
Chris Hemsworth, Patrick Newall, Rayna Campbell
33 votes
- Released: 2020
- Directed by: Sam Hargrave
A black-market mercenary who has nothing to lose is hired to rescue the kidnapped son of an imprisoned international crime lord. But in the murky underworld of weapons dealers and drug traffickers, ...more
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The Babysitter
Bella Thorne, Judah Lewis, Hana Mae Lee
55 votes
- Released: 2017
- Directed by: McG
When Cole stays up past his bedtime, he discovers that his hot baby sitter belongs to a satanic cult that will stop at nothing to keep him quiet.
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