The best thrillers to watch on Netflix this April
Greetings, Polygon readers!
April is finally upon us and spring is fully in swing, with a month full of exciting theatrical premieres on the horizon. This weekend, Civil War, the new dystopian drama from Ex Machina director Alex Garland starring Kirsten Dunst, opens in theaters, while recent releases such as The First Omen and Monkey Man continue to bring in audiences.
If you’re looking for excitement from the comfort of your own home, not to worry: We’ve once again combed through Netflix’s library to bring you the best thrillers available for you to watch this April. This month’s selections include an overlooked classic from Blow Out and Mission: Impossible director Brian De Palma, a dark revenge thriller starring Quantum of Solace’s Olga Kurylenko, and a bruising African spy thriller following a former hitman fighting to reclaim his life.
Director: Brian De Palma
Cast: Craig Wasson, Gregg Henry, Melanie Griffith
No name was more synonymous with thrillers in the ’80s than Brian De Palma. The director behind such acclaimed films as Blow Out and Dressed to Kill gained a reputation during the era for his penchant for graphic violence, evocative cinematography, and trenchant satire of Hollywood artifice, all of which is present in this 1984 film starring Craig Wasson and Melanie Griffith.
Body Double follows the story of Jake Sully (Wasson), a down-and-out actor struggling with claustrophobia who, after losing out on a job and splitting up with his girlfriend, is offered a job housesitting in the Hollywood Hills. Jake becomes fixated on Gloria Revelle (Deborah Shelton), a neighbor whose beauty inadvertently attracts the attention of another admirer with sinister intentions. Attempting to warn Gloria of this potential threat, Jake finds himself ensnared in a web of lies and deceit that only an unlikely ally in the form of a porn actress named Holly Body (Griffith) can hope to help him untangle.
Body Double is a lurid and thoroughly brilliant erotic thriller that
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