10 Best Psychological Thrillers On Netflix

10. Tau

Gary Oldman as a robot? Sold.

In the future a young woman, Julia, is abducted and forced to take part in an experiment by Alex, a psychotic inventor. Escape seems easy at first, until she comes face to face with his AI housemate, Tau.

Tau just as much a character drama as it is a psychological thriller. Seeing the friendship between Julia and Tau grow as she teaches him about the outside world functions as a much needed bit of levity. The necessity for this levity comes from the film's strongest aspect, its villain.

Alex, played by a scary good Ed Skrein, is, to put it bluntly, evil. Everything terrible he does, and he does a lot of terrible things, comes from no other desire but the pursuit of his materialistic goals. With Alex, the cruelty seems to be the point. He even goes so far as to program Tau to feel pain as a way of keeping him under control. Once again, the man is evil.

The strength of Tau's antagonist raises the stakes, creating a thriller that, while relatively straightforward, feels constantly intense. If you like your thrillers with a sci-fi twist, this might just be the one for you.