There are days when laziness makes you high and what you need at that time are bed, food, and some content that keeps you awake for the night. The only content that is capable of doing so is some mind-twisting thrillers that may not go heavy on the blood and gore but still manages to rattle you to your core. We should appreciate OTT platforms, especially Netflix as it knows what you love, and has a plethora of mystery-driven movies that will entertain you for hours on end. The platform got some mind-blowing selection but they've also got a lot of other movies labeled under "thriller" that wouldn't be the best use of your time. To save your time and mood here are Top 10 best thrillers on Netflix that will twist your mind:
1. Shutter Island: The connection between Leonardo Dicaprio and mind games is still not understood. The story tells the story of two agents who go to an insane asylum on an abandoned island, trying to answer questions about a mysterious murderer who disappears.
2. The Da Vinci Code: This movie has to be on this list. Who doesn’t know the legacy of the movie? The film is a religious thriller in which Tom Hanks’ professor of religious symbology becomes the prime suspect in a murder, and in working to clear his name uncovers a massive conspiracy that goes back centuries.
3. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: The English adaption of the popular book the Girl with the Dragon, portrays the story of the titular tattooed girl, an adept hacker and sexual assault survivor named Lisbeth Salander who is enlisted to help a disgraced journalist (Daniel Craig) track down a killer of women.
4. Gerald Game: A career-high performance from the always-good Carla Gugino is front-and-center in Mike Flanagan’s Netflix original, a Stephen King adaptation about a woman who ends up handcuffed to a bed in the middle of nowhere when her husband drops dead.
5. Uncut Gems: The most horrific thrillers are the one that makes you feel that this can happen in reality with you. Adam Sandler is the star of Uncut Gems, playing Howard Ratner, a jeweler who makes a big bet that could either reset him financially or put his life on the line.
6. Nocturnal Animals: If the urge of watching something with a fantastic plot, cast, and unrealistic scenes, Nocturnal Animals is the movie for you. The story tells how the lead reads the novel written by her first husband, the events inside play out on the screen and you being to connect the dots between this supposedly fictional story and the gallery owner’s real-life – and the reason her marriage fractured in the first place.
7. The Pelican Brief: If you’re in the mood for a legal thriller, The Pelican Brief is one of the absolute best of the genre. Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington in a thriller together. Have mercy. The 1993 film is a prime moment for both performers. Roberts stars as a law student caught in the middle of a wild conspiracy theory that proves it could be less theory and more truth.
8. Training Day: This movie was a true masterpiece that’s is the reason Denzel Washington won his first Oscar. Training Day follows an LAPD officer named Jake on his first day as part of an evaluation by an esteemed narcotics officer named Alonzo but as the day goes on Jake discovers that not only is Alonzo corrupt, but the entire day is a set-up for which he could take the fall.
9. Night Crawler: A movie filled with dark aesthetics and mind-blowing twists. This thriller tells the story of a freelance photographer who goes to grotesque lengths to capture exclusive footage of grisly crime scenes in Los Angeles.
10. Bird Box: One of the finest outings of Netflix, Bird Box follows a group of survivors through the end of the world after a mysterious force starts causing people to kill themselves on sight.
