We hope you like movies that keep you on the edge of your seat, because in 2025, there were many of them. A handful of exciting thriller movies arrived in theaters and on streaming services, from whodunits that keep you guessing until the end to espionage dramas to book-to-movie adaptations of popular mystery-thriller books. So chances are, whatever keeps your adrenaline high while at the multiplex or curling up on the couch, there's something for you.
Below, we're rounding up the best thrillers of 2025. (For more recommendations of movies to watch right now, check out our round-up of the best thrillers of 2024, as well as our round-ups of the best comedy, romance, horror, and drama movies of the year.)
