The Best Thrillers of 2025 (So Far)

Starring Woody Harrelson, Simu Liu, and Peaky Blinders’s Finn Cole, Last Breath dramatizes a real-life deep-sea rescue. In 2012, a diver named Chris Lemons lost his rope in the North Sea and fell 330 feet underwater with no light and limited air tanks. Last Breath is the story of the team that went in to rescue him.

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Steven Soderbergh’s indie thriller took a new approach to filmmaking, as the viewer follows a first-person “presence” that haunts a family in their suburban home. The film stars Lucy Liu and Callina Liang as the new homeowners who question the strange poltergeist moving about their lives.

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Christopher Abbot stars as the titular Wolf Man in this remake of the classic monster film. Though a bit of a slow burn, the Blumhouse-produced horror film directed by Insidious screenwriter Leigh Whannell is a welcome and unique take on the furry fiend.

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In Companion, Jack Quaid plays a psychotic boyfriend to his A.I. girlfriend (Sophie Thatcher), who is controlled via an app on his phone. The relationship goes haywire once his new A.I. partner gains control of her own intelligence and aggression levels. Then, it’s off to the races. When will learn our lesson about robots?!

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Christopher Abbott pops up on this list once again in Bring Them Down, co-starring Barry Keoghan. Abbott both wrote and directed this Irish thriller, which pits two farming families against one another in a bloody conflict.

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Soderbergh's second thriller on the list stars Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett as married spies who are forced to investigate one another for treason. The excellent espionage film also stars Regé-Jean Page, Naomie Harris, Pierce Brosnan, and Industry’s Maria Abela.

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Ayo Edebiri (The Bear) and John Malkovich co-star in the indie thriller, Opus, which follows a writer who travels to a legendary pop star’s remote compound to discover why they disappeared from their celebrity 30 years ago. Of course, her situation is far scarier than she could have ever imagined.

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If you enjoyed Adolescence, I’d recommend checking out a new Norwegian film by Ingmar Bergman’s grandson, Halfdan Ullman Tøndel. The tense film stars Renate Reinsve (The Worst Person in the World) as a mother called into her son’s school to discuss an alleged sexual assault involving another student.

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Directed by musician Flying Lotus, Ash stars Eiza Gonzalez as a paranoid astronaut on an abandoned space mission. When another astronaut played by Aaron Paul arrives to rescue her, she’s unsure if she can trust this new presence.

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Meghann Fahy (The Perfect Couple) star as a woman on a blind date who is tormented by Airdrop messages that are sent to her phone. Though she naturally accuses her date, played by Brandon Sklenar (1923), something far more sinister seems afoot.

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