Top 20 Thriller movies on Netflix South Africa

Here there are the best thriller movies you can watch today in Netflix. Aimed to have a good suspense time.

1. Heat (1995)

Neil is an expert thief. His gang is formed by professional criminals that they can even impress Detective Vincent Hanna. When McCauley’s gang prepares the final blow, and Hanna’s team is ready to avoid it.

Genres: Action/Adventure, Cult, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Mystery

Filmaffinity Rating 7.5 /10 IMDB Rating 8.3 /10

2. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

"The Bride" was the deadliest assassin of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad. Her old "friends of hers" murder her and put her in a coma on her wedding day. After four years, the bride has woken up from a four-year suffocation.

Genres: Action/Adventure, Crime, Thriller

IMDB Rating 8.2 /10

3. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)

After awakening from a coma, Beatrix Kiddo continues her revenge against the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad, confronting Budd, Elle and Bill, uncovering her Pai Mei training and that her child survives, leading to a final showdown.

Genres: Action/Adventure, Crime, Thriller, Mystery

IMDB Rating 8.0 /10

4. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

After resurfacing, Jason Bourne is drawn back when reporter Simon Ross exposes Blackbriar, a CIA program. Ross’s reporting awakens memories, sending Bourne worldwide to uncover his identity while evading lethal agency operatives.

Genres: Action/Adventure, Thriller, Mystery, Drama

Filmaffinity Rating 7.2 /10 IMDB Rating 8.0 /10

5. The Revenant (2015)

The explorer Hugh Glass is critically injured in a bear attack and left to fend for himself by a treacherous member of his team. With willpower as her only weapon, Glass will have to face a hostile territory.

Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Biography, History

Filmaffinity Rating 7.2 /10 IMDB Rating 8.0 /10

6. Icarus (2017)

An American cyclist and a Russian scientist, Grigory Rodchenkov, uncovers a doping scandal in which the scientist is involved, whom Putin wants to silence. Research on sports doping uncovered an international scandal, and the documentary had the main consequence of the IOC's ban on Russia in South Korea Winter Olympics.

Genres: Documentary, Thriller, Sport

Filmaffinity Rating 7.0 /10 IMDB Rating 7.9 /10

7. The Irishman (2019)

Frank Sheeran was a World War II veteran, con man, and hit man who worked with some of the most prominent figures of the 20th century. 'The Irishman' chronicles one of the country's great unsolved mysteries: the disappearance of legendary trade unionist Jimmy Hoffa.

Genres: Drama, Crime, Biography, Mystery, Thriller, History

Filmaffinity Rating 7.2 /10 IMDB Rating 7.8 /10

8. The Bourne Identity (2002)

An amnesiac rescued from the Mediterranean follows a bank-account clue to Zurich, finds cash, a gun and multiple passports, uncovers lethal skills and a secret intelligence plot, and races across Europe to reclaim his identity.

Genres: Action/Adventure, Thriller, Mystery, Drama

Filmaffinity Rating 7.2 /10 IMDB Rating 7.8 /10

9. Get Out (2017)

Chris thinks that his girlfriend parents are nervous about their daughter's interracial relationship. But a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to discover an unimaginable truth.

Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Filmaffinity Rating 6.8 /10 IMDB Rating 7.8 /10

10. The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)

In 1969, one of the most popular trials in the history of the United States took place, in which seven people accused of conspiring against national security were tried. This event would bring with it a series of social conflicts that would go down in posterity at a time of great changes at all levels of American people.

Genres: Drama, History, Thriller, Mystery

Filmaffinity Rating 7.0 /10 IMDB Rating 7.7 /10

11. Man on Fire (2004)

Mexico DF. A government agent (Washington) disappointed with his life, reluctantly accepts a job that consists of protecting a girl (Dakota Fanning) whose parents have received kidnapping threats. The relationship with his protected will awaken unknown feelings. When the girl is kidnapped, her anger will unleash those responsible.

Genres: Action/Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Mystery

Filmaffinity Rating 7.1 /10 IMDB Rating 7.7 /10

12. The Bourne Supremacy (2004)

Jason Bourne, hiding his past with Marie, is forced to flee when a CIA operation collapses and he's framed. He must abandon anonymity, use lethal skills, and expose agency conspiracies to survive.

Genres: Action/Adventure, Thriller, Drama, Mystery

Filmaffinity Rating 7.1 /10 IMDB Rating 7.7 /10

13. American Psycho (2000)

Patrick Bateman is a superbly crafted specimen that meets all the requirements of Master of the Universe. The more anonymous he becomes, the less control he has over his terrible instincts and his thirst for blood. He is practically perfect, like almost everyone in his world and desperately tries to fit into it.

Genres: Crime, Cult, Drama, Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Filmaffinity Rating 6.6 /10 IMDB Rating 7.6 /10

14. A Time to Kill (1996)

Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Mystery

Filmaffinity Rating 6.6 /10 IMDB Rating 7.5 /10

15. Total Recall (1990)

In 2084, laborer Douglas Quaid seeks Rekall's Mars spy memory. The implant fails, suggesting his life may be fabricated and he is targeted. Fleeing to Mars, he joins rebels against tyrant Cohaagen and a mysterious woman while fighting to learn who he really is. Which reality can he trust?

Genres: Action/Adventure, Science fiction, Thriller, Mystery

Filmaffinity Rating 6.8 /10 IMDB Rating 7.5 /10

16. A Quiet Place (2018)

In this story, a family lives in a forest house and must remain completely silent to avoid being hunted. The consequences of making noise are explored through the family's experiences.

Genres: Drama, Horror, Thriller, Science fiction

Filmaffinity Rating 6.6 /10 IMDB Rating 7.5 /10

17. Uncut Gems (2019)

With debts piled up and thugs slinging his heels, a sluggish New York jeweler risks everything in the hope of staying afloat. And alive.

Genres: Crime, Thriller, Drama, Comedy, Mystery

Filmaffinity Rating 6.6 /10 IMDB Rating 7.4 /10

18. Forgotten (2017)

In 1997 Seoul, anxious student Jin-seok's admired brother Yoo-seok is kidnapped and returns 19 days later with no memory and a changed demeanor. Jin-seok's investigation uncovers strange events, dark secrets and shakes his grip on reality.

Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Drama

Filmaffinity Rating 6.6 /10 IMDB Rating 7.4 /10

19. Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025)

Detective Benoit Blanc returns in the third Knives Out film, joining a young priest to solve an impossible crime at a troubled small-town church.

Genres: Crime, Drama, Comedy, Thriller, Mystery

Filmaffinity Rating 6.6 /10 IMDB Rating 7.4 /10

20. The Negotiator (1998)

Danny Roman, a top Chicago negotiator framed for embezzlement and murder, seizes Internal Affairs and holds hostages to buy time. He insists negotiator Chris Sabian help expose the conspiracy before violence erupts.

Genres: Action/Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Filmaffinity Rating 6.6 /10 IMDB Rating 7.3 /10