The best thrillers to watch on Netflix in May
Greetings, Polygon readers! We’re in the dead middle of May, and you know what that means, right? Barbeques and ball games are right around the corner, and the weather is starting to heat up. And what better way to prepare for the season than watching some of the most intense action thrillers Netflix has to offer this month?
We’ve got a wealth of great thrillers to choose from in May. From Michael Mann’s 1995 classic Heat and Spike Lee’s Rashomon-like heist thriller Inside Man starring Denzel Washington and Clive Owen to contemporary breakouts like Ali Abbasi’s Holy Spider and more, this month is studded with stone-cold stunners. Let’s dive into the thick of it.
Year: 1995Run time: 2h 50mDirector: Michael MannCast: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer
You’ve (hopefully) already watched Den of Thieves, described by many, including our curation editor Pete Volk, as “dirtbag Heat.” But have you ever actually watched Heat, Michael Mann’s classic 1995 crime thriller starring Al Pacino and Robert De Niro? If you somehow haven’t, o-ho-ho-boy, are you in for a treat.
Described by Mann himself as “a highly structured, realistic, symphonic drama,” Heat centers on Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro), a career criminal and bank robber whose crew becomes the target of LAPD detective Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino), whose obsessive fixation on catching criminals strains his personal life. The film is well and truly epic, a pitch-perfect crime drama complete with an ensemble cast featuring the likes of Val Kilmer (Top Gun), Tom Sizemore (Saving Private Ryan), and Amy Brenneman (The Leftovers) delivering some of the best performances of their respective careers; a pulse-pounding score composed by Elliot Goldenthal (Demolition Man); and terrific
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