14 Must-Watch Thrillers on Netflix Right Now (August 2025)

For his eighth film, writer and director Quentin Tarantino came up with a Western thriller he called The Hateful Eight. Kurt Russell plays John “the Hangman” Ruth, a man who’s hard to like, but few could argue with his reputation as a bounty hunter. His latest bounty, “Crazy” Daisy Domergue (Jennifer Jason Leigh), is chained to his arm as they travel by stagecoach. As a snowstorm builds, Ruth reluctantly allows a fellow bounty hunter, Major Marquis Warren (Samuel L. Jackson), and Chris Mannix (Walton Goggins) to join them.

When the group arrives at Minnie’s Haberdashery, Ruth can’t shake the feeling that something is off as he’s surrounded by strangers, including Joe Gage (Michael Madsen), Bob (Chris Mannix) and a Confederate general, Sanford “Sandy” Smithers (Bruce Dern). Ruth isn’t sure he can trust this group, or even the two men he rode into town with. But with the snowstorm in full roar, there’s nowhere else to go.

The Hateful Eight is streaming on Netflix.