Unmissable modern thrillers to watch in under 90 minutes

The emotions that a good thriller can arouse sometimes make the experience unpleasant, but many like to experience firsthand. However, not many have enough time to watch very long stories and for them these suspenseful movies can be fully watched in 90 minutes or less.

Let’s start the list of modern thrillers in under 90 minutes, since the duration of “Enemy” is 1 hour and 35 minutes. With this in mind, this title from Denis Villeneuve with Jake Gyllenhaal is about a teacher who, one tired day, decides to rent a film and discovers that the protagonist is identical to him, and decides to investigate.

A ghost story

With a mixture of romance and fantasy, David Lowery’s ‘A Ghost Story’ with Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara, we have a must-see thriller from A24 that runs 92 minutes. It is about the death of a musician, who returns home as a ghost who returns home only to comfort his wife, but time passes, and now she can only see life before his eyes. Available on HBOMax.

Do not breath

Fede Álvarez has configured one of best modern thrillers in just 1 hour and 28 minutes of duration with ‘Don’t Breathe’. Starring Stephen Lang, Jane Levy and Dylan Minnette, the story is about a group of robbers who discover a blind, elderly man living in a house with a large amount of cash, who becomes the perfect target. Available on Netflix, Claro and Amazon Prime Video.

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The Witch

With just two minutes over the list limit, we have “The Witch,” a Robert Eggers horror thriller starring Anya Taylor Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, and more. It is about a family that is banished to live in the forest where legend has it that an ancient demonic presence lives, which leads to believe that the eldest daughter is a practitioner of witchcraft. Available on Claro, Lionsgate+ and Amazon Prime Video.

Under the shade

With a duration of 84 minutes, we have ‘Under the Shadow’, a horror and suspense film directed by Babak Anvari in 2016. It is about a woman who, in the midst of the conflict between Iran and Iraq, takes care of her children while her husband goes to war A series of events begin to occur at home which convinces her that there are evil presences. Available on Netflix.

Saint Maud

And finally we have ‘Saint Maud’, a dramatic thriller from A24, directed by Rose Glass, and starring Morfydd Clark and Jennifer Ehle. It is about a young nurse who, after going through a traumatic moment, becomes a faithful believer of Christianity. At the same time, she becomes obsessed with saving the soul of a dying patient. Available on YouTube, Apple TV and Amazon Prime Video.