3 Spell-Binding Thrillers To Watch After Netflix’s Hit ‘Straw’
Tyler Perry's new thriller, Straw, is one of the best new movies. What should you watch once the credits roll?
Since arriving on Netflix earlier this month, Straw has quickly become one of the most talked-about recent arrivals to the hit streaming platform, maintaining audiences’ interest from its electric start up to its jaw-dropping conclusion.
Delivering a nonstop array of twists and turns throughout its hour and 40 minute runtime, Straw serves as one of the most impressive movies to debut this summer yet.
As more and more viewers hit play on Tyler Perry’s latest psychological crime drama, we thought we’d put together a list of similarly-veined thrillers to watch after Straw, from fast-paced crime films to claustrophobic heist films that have gone hopelessly awry.
Good Time (2017)
As most people who have seen Straw can attest, Netflix’s latest movie hinges on the idea of things slowly going from bad to worse. Adopting a similar premise for its own narrative structure, Good Time takes what should be an otherwise simple idea and turns it completely upside down. Led by Robert Pattinson’s mesmerizing performance as a desperate bank robber trying to save his recently incarcerated brother, Good Time is a palpable crime thriller you couldn’t forget even if you tried.
Panic Room (2002)
Quite possibly the most underrated film from director David Fincher to date, Panic Room pits a trio of unlikely burglars against a trapped mother and her young daughter. Between its limited cast of characters and even more limited settings, Panic Room emphasizes that, sometimes, less is more when it comes to crafting a worthwhile thriller, paving the way to a claustrophobic crime film that refuses to slow down, let up, or peter out over the course of its two-hour runtime.
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Over time, Straw somehow slowly morphs from a depressing character study into a tense heist film spiraling completely out of control. Through this, one can trace obvious parallels between 1975’s Dog Day Afternoon and Tyler Perry’s ambitious new Netflix film. In the case of the former, Dog Day Afternoon offers up a compelling dramatization of a real-life standoff between several reluctant criminals and an army of police waiting outside a New York City bank. Propelled by Al Pacino and John Cazale’s skillful performances, it’s one of the most influential films of its era, not to mention a timeless classic as entertaining today as it was in the fall of ‘75.
