The 5 best thrillers to watch on Netflix this July

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Happy July, Polygon readers.

The summer is in full swing, and it’s the perfect time to have an outdoor barbecue, go to the beach, or stay at home and watch the Tour de France. But in between all those fun activities, there are plenty of terrific options for you to watch great summer movies at home.

Each month, we pick five thrillers from Netflix’s catalog to highlight as particularly good viewing selections that month. Maybe they’re new releases, maybe they’re seasonally appropriate, maybe they’re in conversation with what’s going on in the world right now, or maybe they’re just plain good.

Here are our five selections for this month. Enjoy!

Year: 2023Run time: 2h 2mDirector: Sam HargraveCast: Chris Hemsworth, Golshifteh Farahani, Adam Bessa

Chris Hemsworth’s partnership with stuntman turned director Sam Hargrave has been fruitful for both collaborators and for Netflix. Extraction was one of the biggest successes in the streaming platform’s history of original productions, and Extraction 2 followed up by being a far superior movie.

Gone is the piss-yellow filter meant to signal the first movie took place in South Asia. Instead, Extraction 2 is an action-filled stunt spectacular, featuring Chris Hemsworth punching guys with his fists on fire, shooting a helicopter with a minigun while standing on top of a moving train, and so, so much more. It’s pretty much 122 minutes of nonstop action, including a breathtaking 21-minute one-take action sequence that was incredibly difficult to film.

Extraction 2 also gives a bigger role to breakout star Golshifteh Farahani, who plays one half of a dynamic sibling duo (along with Adam Bessa) that provides an additional dimension to this new group of action stars. It’s one of the standout