The 10 best thrillers on Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, and more

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Everybody loves a good thriller. Sitting at the intersection of several subgenres, thrillers are defined by the feelings of suspense, anxiety, tension, and surprise they elicit in an audience. From classic thrillers like Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window, Charles Loughton’s The Night of the Hunter, and Carol Reed’s The Third Man to contemporary classics like Fatal Attraction, Zodiac, and more, the genre boasts as rich and expansive canon of classics made for every sort of audience you can think of.

Looking for something exciting and cerebral to watch this weekend? We’ve pulled together a list of 10 of our favorite thrillers available to stream on Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, Criterion Channel, and more that’ll keep your eyes glued to the screen and your palms thoroughly gripped to your seat.

The Coen brother’s 1984 directorial debut Blood Simple is a perfect primer for the brand of darkly comic, eccentrically plotted, and idiosyncratic body of work they go on to create. A hard-boiled neo noir crime thriller set in Texas, the film centers on a deadly love triangle between a bar owner, his wife, and one of his employees. When the attempted affair and elopement inevitably spills over into bloodshed, the would-be lovers find themselves implicated in a tangled plot of money and murder. Frances McDormand shines in her performance as Abby, the dissatisfied wife at the heart of the drama, as does M. Emmet Walsh as Loren Visser, the conniving hitman who throws the whole conflict into turmoil in his own selfish bid for a quick payday.—TE

Blood Simpleis available to stream on HBO Maxand Criterion Channel.

Michael Mann’s 2004 neo-noir action thriller Collateral is one of the director’s most successful films, grossing over $220 million