Independent Thrillers on Netflix
Last updated April 19, 2024
Abandoned
2010 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsMary Walsh finds her sanity in question when her boyfriend Kevin mysteriously vanishes from a hospital where he was taken for outpatient surgery. Now, Mary must not only prove her sanity but locate Kevin before his captor kills him.
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House Hunting
2013 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsUpon entering a deserted farmhouse, two families discover that every attempt to leave takes them right back in. Stuck in purgatory, they are haunted by the home's former owner, who declares only one clan will be able to call the house their home.
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Assassination of a High School President
2008 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsWhile investigating the theft of his Catholic high school's SAT exams, geeky sophomore reporter Bobby Funke uncovers a complex conspiracy. But will anyone believe him when he points the finger at the school president?
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In the House
2012 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsMoved by mesmerizing prose, a teacher pushes a student with extraordinary gifts to keep on writing -- even though he knows the young author's research methods involve a serious invasion of privacy.
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The Bothersome Man
2006 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsMysteriously deposited in a perfectly serene but colorless city where every need is met, Andreas soon realizes that not even a new lover can change the sterile banality drowning him. Is this placid life a dream come true or an inescapable hell?
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Duress
2009 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsGrieving after his wife's recent suicide, Richard Barnett (Martin Donovan) witnesses a brutal killing by the charismatic Abner Solvie (Sakis Rouvas). The widower's troubles multiply when Abner forces him to become his criminal protege by threatening to execute Richard's daughter (Ariel Winter). In order to keep her alive, Richard must behave like his psychotic captor in this tautly suspenseful thriller.
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New Town Killers
2008 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsWhen two arrogant investment bankers (Alastair Mackenzie and Dougray Scott) offer scrappy orphan Sean Macdonald (James Anthony Pearson) a huge sum of cash to hide in the streets of Edinburgh overnight, Sean accepts -- only to discover that he has now become the prey in a twisted and lethal urban safari. Now Sean must slip undetected through the city's back alleyways while the pair hunt him down. Richard Jobson directs this thriller.
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Megan Is Missing
2011 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsEmploying a mix of storytelling techniques (including webcam footage, video chats and dramatized news reports), this chillingly realistic thriller charts the disappearance of two teens who vanish three weeks apart under mysterious circumstances.
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Diamond Men
2000 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsAbout to be put out to pasture after suffering a heart attack, a traveling diamond salesman reluctantly concedes to train his replacement, who's a brash novice. Though the two men get off to a rocky start, they soon develop an unexpected bond.
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The Reef
2010 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsWhen their yacht capsizes in the shark-infested waters of the Great Barrier Reef, five friends grow increasingly wary of the fact that their ship is sinking. But swimming to safety with a great white among them could be even more treacherous.
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Man of Her Dreams
1997 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsSuspecting her hubby is unfaithful, Faith has a one-night stand with the handsome Walter in revenge. But casual sex turns terrifying when Walter becomes fixated with Faith, and it isn't long before his obsession grows deadly.
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Cat City
2008 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsThis stylish murder yarn focuses on a mysterious stranger named Jonas who brings an ill wind into the prosperous lives of Nick and Victoria Compton. When Victoria's law partner is later found murdered, Nick ends up being arrested for the crime.
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Daniel & Ana
2009 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsWhile shopping in Mexico City, brother and sister Daniel (Dario Yazbek Bernal) and Ana (Marimar Vega) Torres are held up at gunpoint, dragged off by kidnappers and forced into positions they never imagined. But in the aftermath, both must deal with the trauma on their own terms. Writer-director Michel Franco helms this powerful tale of survival and sacrifice that delivers an unexpectedly shocking ending.
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On the Ice
2011 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsIn the barren beauty of Alaska, two Iñupiaq teens come apart at the seams when they try to cover up their role in their friend's accidental death. As the townsfolk piece together the truth, guilt weighs heavily on the kids, causing them to lash out.
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Nobel Son
2008 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsAbout to receive the Nobel Prize in chemistry, Prof. Eli Michaelson learns that kidnappers have snatched his son, a promising grad student. But when the captors demand a ransom -- the $2 million Nobel Prize money -- Eli refuses to cough up the cash.
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Leave
2011 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsWhile traveling, a novelist plagued by haunting dreams encounters a strangely familiar drifter who confronts him with information that threatens to turn his perfect life into a never-ending nightmare.
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Medium Raw
2010 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsWhen a power failure shuts down the safeguards at a maximum-security sanitarium, the restless inmates -- led by a criminally insane serial killer known as "the Wolf" -- spring into action and terrorize the civilians inside.
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Good Neighbors
2010 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsIn an apartment complex nestled in Montreal's Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighborhood, everyone is nervous with a serial killer on the loose. Meanwhile, waitress Louise (Emily Hampshire) and widower Spencer (Scott Speedman) bond with new resident Victor (Jay Baruchel), which could prove dangerous. Staying alive may well mean figuring out who to trust. Jacob Tierney (The Trotsky) writes and directs this mystery thriller.
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Elevator
2011 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsNine people are stuck on an elevator; one has a ticking bomb, and the other eight -- all sophisticated Wall Street partygoers -- must think of a way to survive. Soon enough, facades crumble and the unthinkable becomes the only reasonable solution.
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The Odds
2011 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsA group of high school pals spend their time betting on school sports and gambling in underground casinos. But when one of his friends winds up dead, a senior investigates -- and enters a deadly world he never knew existed.
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Essex Boys
2000 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsJust released from prison, mobster Jason Locke (Sean Bean) returns home to try to regain control of the Essex underworld he left behind. To show that he's back in town and ready for business, Locke makes a lucrative deal with prominent drug runner John Dyke (Tom Wilkinson). Their pact soon sets off a chain of events that may put Locke back on top -- or six feet under -- in this gritty crime thriller.
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The Stepdaughter
2000 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsAfter a childhood spent going from one abusive foster home to the next, Susan seeks revenge on the mother who abandoned her. Susan's search leads her to a ranch where her long-lost sister begins to suspect the beautiful drifter isn't who she claims.
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Kill Me Again
1989 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsJoanne Whalley-Kilmer at her vampiest is Fay Forrester, who tries to break free from her mob connections by faking her own death. Her pawn in this plan is private eye Jack Andrews (then-husband Val Kilmer), who has little idea how he's about to get "played." The Nevada desert is the setting for this steamy film noir that marks the feature debut of director John Dahl (Red Rock West, The Last Seduction).
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Captured
1998 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsWhen real estate developer Holden Downs gets into an altercation with thief Robert Breed, the latter steals Downs's Porsche as revenge. Unfortunately for Breed, the car has a defense system that turns it into a virtual prison and torture chamber.
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Amber Lake
2011 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsAfter their father is found floating in a lake, three half-sisters give police varying accounts of the hours leading up to the body's discovery. But the cops also learn that each girl was about to meet the dead man for the first time.
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