Tom's Guide's senior entertainment editor Rory Mellon names *Obsession* one of the three thriller movies to stream on Netflix this week, reporting that the film hits the service on November 16.

According to Tom's Guide, the film is *predominantly* a horror flick, but it earns its place in a thriller round-up because it blends horror, comedy and thriller elements into what the outlet calls a well-crafted mixture.

The site goes further than a routine recommendation: it calls *Obsession* one of 2026's biggest success stories, a box-office juggernaut, and says its position as a modern classic is already secured.

Mellon adds that with awards buzz growing, now is the time to watch or rewatch it as it heads to Netflix.

The economics are the reason film fans are talking. The outlet frames this as an upset over conventional release wisdom: a small, writer-director-driven genre piece outperforming franchise-scale product.

Tom's Guide also credits the film's commercial run with building genuine awards momentum, noting that the buzz is growing precisely as the film completes its theatrical-to-streaming journey.

For a film the outlet says is already labelled a modern classic, the Netflix arrival marks the point where the wider audience catches up with the box-office story.

According to Tom's Guide, *Obsession* was written and directed by Curry Barker, whom the outlet describes as now one of Hollywood's hottest talents.

The film centres on a timid music store worker named Bear, played by Michael Johnston, who is infatuated with his friend Nikki, played by Inde Navarrette.

Bear makes a wish for his feelings to be returned — and the wish actually comes true, then spirals totally out of control, per Tom's Guide's synopsis. The outlet singles out Navarrette's performance as the anchor, calling it incredible and key to why the film works across its genre blend.

That character-driven premise, rather than spectacle, is what Tom's Guide suggests powered both the box-office run and the critical admiration.

The *Obsession* landing sits inside a crowded streaming week that Tom's Guide says includes *Heartland*, a Netflix original mystery-thriller premiering November 13, starring Oscar-winner Jessica Chastain as a reclusive country star investigating her niece's disappearance in Nashville — a title the outlet predicts will rocket to No. 1 on the service's most-watched list.

On the theatrical side, Screen Daily reports that May el-Toukhy's Venice Golden Lion winner *Woman Unknown* is close to being sold out internationally after TrustNordisk closed deals across Asia, Eastern Europe, Australia and New Zealand, following this week's US sale to Cohen Media Group.