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The Independent Thrillers category on Netflix is identified by the secret code 3269 . Below are 58 Independent Thrillers titles currently traceable on Netflix, sorted by rating. Top picks include Pulp Fiction (1994), Reservoir Dogs (1992), Nightcrawler (2014).
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Last updated: 28 Sep 2021. Independent reference, not affiliated with Netflix.
Pulp Fiction (1994) Quentin Tarantino's stylized crime caper weaves together stories featuring a burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner and a washed-up boxer.
Year: 1994880640 · IMDb
Reservoir Dogs (1992) In Quentin Tarantino's raw directorial debut, a botched robbery indicates a police informant, and pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse.
Year: 1992902003 · IMDb
Nightcrawler (2014) A young hustler gets sucked into the sordid but lucrative business of trolling the streets of Los Angeles to film fires, car crashes -- and murder.
Year: 201470295182 · IMDb
Victoria (2015) A Spanish girl in Berlin falls in with four young men. When her new friends run afoul of a gangster, she gets caught up in their problems.
Year: 201580043050 · IMDb
We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) When her 15-year-old son's cruel streak erupts into violence, his mother wonders how much blame she deserves for his actions.
Year: 201170189353 · IMDb
Pi (1998) This jarring black-and-white brain-bender is an examination of science, mathematics -- and one man's haunting numerical obsession.
Year: 19981193100 · IMDb
Bad Education (2004) A film director reunites with his childhood friend, who shares a short story he's written about being molested by their Catholic school teacher.
Year: 200470011205 · IMDb
Brick (2005) Teenage loner Brendan Fry navigates his high school's intense social network to discover a killer's identity after his secret crush is murdered.
Year: 200570024088 · IMDb
Layer Cake (2004) A seasoned British drug dealer longs to ditch his illegal trade. But he can't do that without wrapping up just one more job.
Year: 200470020730 · IMDb
Monster (2003) When emotionally scarred highway hooker Aileen Wuornos shoots a sadistic client, she begins a journey to become America's first female serial killer.
Year: 200360032559 · IMDb
Good Time (2017) After spearheading an ill-fated bank robbery, a man must get his mentally challenged younger brother out of jail while eluding his own capture.
Year: 201780191344 · IMDb
Croupier (1998) A would-be writer lands a job as a croupier to make ends meet. But when he becomes involved with a gambler, he is lured into taking part in a heist.
Year: 199860000960 · IMDb
Broken Embraces (2009) In this indie drama, an aging filmmaker recounts his life before the accident that left him blind, when he became entangled with an aspiring actress.
Year: 200970117230 · IMDb
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) A surgeon's carefully curated life edges toward disaster when a troubled teenage boy with mysterious motives begins to impose himself on his family.
Year: 201780187360 · IMDb
Lens (2015) Addicted to webcams and voyeurism, a married man gets more than he bargained for when an online stranger tries to force him to watch a suicide.
Year: 201580158920 · IMDb
Terribly Happy (2008) When a Copenhagen cop winds up in the remote town of Skarrild, life there is anything but peaceful as he is drawn into the odd local happenings.
Year: 200870120524 · IMDb
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017) A timid nursing assistant gets a new lease on life when she and a neighborhood loner track down the degenerates who broke into her house.
Year: 201780100937 · IMDb
The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015) Conducting a study on the psychology of incarceration, a Stanford professor assigns guard and prisoner roles to 24 male test subjects in a mock jail.
Year: 201580038159 · IMDb
The Babadook (2014) Sam's frequent tantrums turn sinister when a creepy children's book mysteriously appears in his room, and he asks his mother, 'Do you want to die?'
Year: 201470300205 · IMDb
Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016) A father-son team of small-town coroners performs an autopsy on an unidentified woman with mysterious injuries and a terrifying secret.
Year: 201680022613 · IMDb
The Guest (2014) A stranger claiming to be the close friend of a recently deceased soldier invites acceptance -- and doubt -- from the dead man's family.
Year: 201470300664 · IMDb
That Girl in Yellow Boots (2010) A British woman who travels to India in search of her father is compelled to take on work in a seedy massage parlor to fund her stay.
Year: 201070144560 · IMDb
Summer of 84 (2018) Convinced his neighbor is a serial killer, a suburban teen recruits three pals to help confirm his hunch, but their investigation soon gets dangerous.
Year: 201880238908 · IMDb
To and From New York (2006) While covering a story in New York City, a Seattle-based reporter uncovers a link between two missing women that changes her article entirely.
Year: 200670053412 · IMDb
Much Ado About Nothing (2016) Carefree college student Vicente ends up in a desperate fight for freedom when a well-connected friend falsely accuses him of a hit-and-run accident.
Year: 201680098709 · IMDb
Snakes and Earrings (2008) A bizarre love triangle forms when an unfulfilled woman meets two male friends who bring out her unexpected sexual attraction to pain.
Year: 200870122626 · IMDb
Nocturama (2016) After planting bombs in the streets of Paris, a group of disillusioned young people spends a tense night holed up in a high-end department store.
Year: 201680144455 · IMDb
Bad Day for the Cut (2017) A mild-mannered, middle-aged Irish farmer devoted to his mother embarks on a violent quest for revenge when she's murdered in a home invasion.
Year: 201780174219 · IMDb
Message from the King (2017) On a relentless quest to avenge his sister's murder, a man from Cape Town infiltrates a sprawling network of lowlifes and elites in Los Angeles.
Year: 201780155475 · IMDb
Creep 2 (2017) A video artist finds the perfect character for a sensational piece, but the subject of her dreams soon reveals his insidious side.
Year: 201780168161 · IMDb
Simon Killer (2012) Young and heartbroken, a New Yorker travels to Paris to escape his romantic woes but is soon drawn into another all-consuming attraction.
Year: 201270227948 · IMDb
Mean Dreams (2016) Desperate to start a new life with his girlfriend, a teenage boy steals drug money from her father, who happens to be the town's corrupt lawman.
Year: 201680117079 · IMDb
Red State (2011) Three high school boys answer an online ad from a woman seeking wild sex and soon find themselves in the hands of some dangerous religious zealots.
Year: 201170170045 · IMDb
Comes a Bright Day (2012) Sam visits a posh jewelry store to ask sales assistant Mary on a date, but he becomes a hostage when thieves storm the place.
Year: 201270232188 · IMDb
Verónica (2017) A reclusive psychologist agrees to treat a patient -- whose therapist is missing -- at her remote cabin, where the women test each other's boundaries.
Year: 201780162246 · IMDb
Sweet Virginia (2017) In a remote Alaskan town reeling from a sudden triple murder, a former rodeo champ befriends a lone newcomer with a violent occupation.
Year: 201780191294 · IMDb
Buster's Mal Heart (2016) On the run from authorities, a troubled man recalls the mysterious events -- and the strange drifter -- that inspired his unusual transformation.
Year: 201680152442 · IMDb
The Boy (2016) A nanny is hired by a couple to look after their boy. She's shocked to learn that her charge is actually a doll that the couple treats like a human.
Year: 201680071346 · IMDb
Landmine Goes Click (2015) When tourist Chris is trapped on a landmine while hiking in the Georgian mountain with pals Alicia and Daniel, Alicia falls prey to a sadistic local.
Year: 201580080094 · IMDb
Cam (2018) After a look-alike takes over her account, a cam girl with a growing fan base sets out to identify the mysterious culprit and reclaim her own identity.
Year: 201880177400 · IMDb
In Darkness (2018) A blind pianist fears for her life after the suspicious death of her neighbor, the daughter of a businessman accused of war crimes.
Year: 201880211380 · IMDb
Open Water (2004) A vacationing couple on a scuba diving expedition accidentally gets left behind and is stranded for endless hours in shark-infested waters.
Year: 200470000099 · IMDb
The Boy (2015) Neglected by his heartbroken father and abandoned by his mother, a boy who is fascinated with death drifts toward becoming a future serial killer.
Year: 201580045946 · IMDb
In Fear (2013) A young couple gets lost driving through a maze of country roads to a music festival, and soon their pleasant road trip turns into a nightmare.
Year: 201370267710 · IMDb
Contracted (2013) After a one-night-stand, a young woman becomes alarmingly ill -- but what she thinks is a sexually transmitted disease turns out to be far worse.
Year: 201370296585 · IMDb
The Bad Batch (2016) Banished to a wasteland of undesirables, a young woman struggles to find her feet among a drug-soaked desert society and an enclave of cannibals.
Year: 201680099204 · IMDb
October Gale (2014) At her family's remote cabin, a widow grieving for her husband is confronted by a man with a gunshot wound -- whose assailant is still in pursuit.
Year: 201480017277 · IMDb
Contracted: Phase II (2015) Two years after the events of the original film, Riley tries to cure Samantha of the sexually-transmitted zombie virus before it destroys all of LA.
Year: 201580065596 · IMDb
Damascus Cover (2017) In the year 1989, a veteran spy is sent to Damascus, Syria, on a mission to smuggle a chemical weapons scientist and his family out of the country.
Year: 201780189708 · IMDb
Electric Slide (2014) Straight from 1980s police files, this drama follows Eddie Dodson and his notorious crime spree, earning him the name 'Gentleman Bank Robber.'
Year: 201470309252 · IMDb
Deadly Switch (2019) In this indie thriller, a foreign exchange student moves in with her roommate's family who grieves over the daughter they would do anything to get back.
Year: 201981050190 · IMDb
Edge of Fear (2018) During a wilderness getaway, a gang of sociopathic criminals kidnap a woman and assault her husband, who must summon all his strength to save her.
Year: 201880232501 · IMDb
The Girl on the Train (2013) A filmmaker's chance encounter with a weeping young woman on a train leads him into a world where the line between fantasy and reality is blurred.
Year: 201380003195 · IMDb
Garbage (2018) The lives of a fundamentalist online troll and a woman reeling from a sex tape gone viral become dangerously intertwined in this provocative thriller.
Year: 201880994130 · IMDb
Apartment 1303 (2012) After Janet moves into a 13th-floor apartment and falls out the window to her death, her sister aims to reveal the frightening truth about the place.
Year: 201270285788 · IMDb
Under the Skin (2013) A seductive alien prowls the streets in search of prey: unsuspecting men who fall under her spell, only to be consumed by a strange liquid pool.
Year: 201370293812 · IMDb
Colonia (2015) When her boyfriend is caught up in a Chilean coup, a young woman tries to free him from a prison camp posing as a commune by joining it voluntarily.
Year: 201580081277 · IMDb
Solo (2018) In a remote area of the Canary Islands, a surfer falls off a cliff. Fighting to survive, he reflects on his life and past romance. Based on true events.
Year: 201880245041 · IMDb
