It's been a fantastic year for new thriller movies, and I'm picking out the best ones I've seen in 2025, including "Relay," "Black Bag" and more.

Celebrate New Year's Day in 2026 with these Netflix and Prime Video thrillers starring Austin Butler, Robert Downey Jr. and more

To be sure, the film landscape in 2025 has no resemblance to that of 1999 — just as that storied year had little in common with the way we watched movies in 1975 or 1960. Throughout the 125 years or so of American moviegoing, the methods and means of finding great movies have changed; the appetite for them, however, hasn’t decreased.

Everyone loves a good thriller, but not everyone can define what a thriller is. There's a lot of overlap with action and horror movies, since thrillers often feature threats and/or acts of violence and murder,

If you're looking for an exciting thrill, look no further than these four titles now available to stream on Netflix.