11 must-watch thrillers on Netflix now (May 2025)

For his eighth film, writer and director Quentin Tarantino Came with a western thriller he called The hated eight. Kurt Russell plays John “The Hangman” Ruth, a man who is difficult to like, but only a few could argue with his reputation as a bounty hunter. His latest bounty, “crazy” Daisy Domergue (Jennifer Jason Leigh), is chained to his arm while traveling with StagoCoach. As a snowstorm, Ruth reluctantly builds a bounty hunter, Major Marquis Warren (Samuel L. Jackson) and Chris Mannix (Walton Goggins) to join them.

When the group arrives in Minnies, Ruth cannot shake the feeling that something is not surrounded by strangers, including Joe Gage (Michael Madsen), Bob (Chris Mannix) and a general of the confederated, Sanford “Sandy” Smithers (Bruce Dern). Ruth is not sure whether he can trust this group or even the two men with whom he drove into the city. But with the snowstorm in full turning there is nowhere else.

The hated eight Streaming on Netflix.