The best thrillers to watch on Netflix for January 2023

What better occasion for a new beginning than the arrival of a new year. 2023 looks set to be a time to watch more movies than ever before and wait for the industry to respond with even better on-screen stories. But if you’re a fan of thrillers, you can’t see some of the best titles available on Netflix this January.

It’s not just one of best psychological thrillers you can find on Netflix, but also a thriller with a story that will leave you thinking for several weeks. M. Night Shyamalan’s “Split,” starring James McAvoy and Anya Taylor-Joy, is about a man with multiple identities, who kidnaps three girls, who must find a way to escape.

the crimes of the academy

Christian Bale is about to star in one of Netflix gothic thrillers most interesting that have been seen on the platform. ‘The Pale Blue Eyes’ opens January 6 and is about a detective trying to solve a murder with the help of a young Edgar Allan Poe, no doubt, a drama that has a lot of potential to be one of the best releases of the month .

12 monkeys

But going back to what is already available on Netflix, ’12 Monkeys’ is one of the best psychological thrillers of all time. Directed by Terry Gilliam and starring Bruce Willis alongside Brad Pitt, this sci-fi drama is set in the year 2025, when a group of inmates travel into the past to investigate the origin of a virus that ended the human race.

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dangerous company

Directed by Christian E. Christiansen and starring Leighton Meester and Minka Kelly, we have “Dangerous Company”, a horror thriller. The story follows Sara, a girl who, in her freshman year of college, suspects that her roommate, Rebecca, has developed a strange obsession with her. Available on Netflix.

Vanilla heaven

But if we talk about a thriller you will never forget, that is ‘Vanilla Sky’, a surreal romantic story starring Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz and Cameron Díaz, directed by Cameron Crowe. It’s about a man who has a perfect life, a good job, good looks and a beautiful wife. But after an accident, his face is terribly disfigured.

The four horsemen of the apocalypse

And finally, a psychological thriller rarely mentioned in these kind of lists, is “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse”. A thriller directed by Jonas Akerlund and starring Dennis Quaid alongside Zhang Ziy and Taylor Pucci. It is about a detective who has recently lost his wife and is now investigating a series of murders inspired by a prophecy.