The best thrillers to watch on Netflix this March

polygon.com:

March is upon us, and you know what that means: There’s a whole new slew of exciting new movies available to watch in theaters on streaming. Not feeling up to venturing out to watch a great new movie? That’s alright: We’ve pulled together our monthly selection of the best thrillers to watch on Netflix to offer you the very best films that’ll have you perched on the edge of your seats.

This month’s selections include a dystopian class drama from Kill List director Ben Wheatley, a suburban horror comedy from Gremlins director Joe Dante, and a kick-ass action thriller starring the ever-versatile Jason Statham. Here’s our list of the best thrillers to watch on Netflix in March.

Director: Ben Wheatley
Cast: Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller

If you’re looking for a dystopian thriller that doubles as a scathing satire of gentrification and the callous insularity of the pampered and wealthy, Ben Wheatley’s 2015 film starring Tom Hiddleston is a perfect recommendation.

Based on J. G. Ballard’s 1975 novel, High-Rise follows the story of Robert Laing (Hiddleston), a recently divorced doctor who moves into a modern apartment block on the outskirts of suburban London filled with every conceivable amenity you could possibly desire. It’s not long before Laing’s time in the high rise devolves into an endless bacchanal of drugs, alcohol, and debauchery, culminating in the tragic suicide of one of Laing’s neighbors. When no authorities arrive to investigate the death, and with the state of the high rise growing increasingly more dilapidated with each passing day, the denizens of the block revert to their most animalistic instincts, feuding with one another as the once immaculate tower transforms into a gilded cage of wanton indiscriminate violence and depravity.

Laurie Rose’s cinematography is hypnotic, capturing the brutalist interiors and awesome scale of the tower with the same scrupulous attention as he does with the character’s most intimate and harrowing moments.