Top 10 Most Thrilling Thrillers of 2025

Paul Thomas Anderson's political action epic in which Leonardo DiCaprio plays a former revolutionary whose daughter is targeted by an old enemy. Sean Penn as the obsessive Colonel Lockjaw delivers the best villainy in years. Nearly three hours of chaos, humor and breathtaking car chases.

Steven Soderbergh's spy thriller in which Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender shine as married intelligence agents. When she's suspected of treason, he has to choose between his marriage and his country. Tight, elegant and 94 minutes of pure craftsmanship.

Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys play parents racing through the night to help their daughter after she's involved in a fatal accident. The film unfolds almost entirely in real time inside their car. 80 minutes of nerve-racking tension in which Babak Anvari blends genres.

Sydney Sweeney plays a woman with a past who takes a job as a live-in maid for a wealthy couple. Amanda Seyfried's character becomes increasingly erratic, Brandon Sklenar stays charming, and the pressure rises. Paul Feig delivers a twisty adaptation of Freida McFadden's bestseller that's absurd, funny and frightening at once.

A weekend getaway derails when it turns out that one guest is an AI robot. Sophie Thatcher shines in this sci-fi survival thriller in which relationship tensions and violence merge into a claustrophobic nightmare.

Tom Hardy fights his way through basement bars and rooftop lofts to find a politician's missing son. Gareth Evans (The Raid) serves up bone-crunching fights in rainy alleys. Pure, raw action without detours.

Jason Statham plays former Royal Marine Levon Cade, who works construction to be a good father. When his boss's daughter goes missing, he dusts off his old skills. High-octane dad mode in full glory.

Taron Egerton plays an ex-con who picks up his young daughter from school and goes on the run from a white supremacist gang that has already murdered his ex-wife. The police are compromised and criminals are on their heels. Director Nick Rowland keeps the tension tight, with an impressive performance by young Ana Sophia Heger.

Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) investigates a seemingly impossible murder in a small-town church. Rian Johnson delivers a true whodunit you can really puzzle along with, with Josh O'Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin and Kerry Washington completing a great ensemble.

Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy man towers on opposite sides of a secret gorge full of bio-experiments. Their forbidden attraction escalates as fiercely as the monstrous danger below. Scott Derrickson's film became one of Apple TV+'s biggest launches.