In the discussion of modern scream queens and thriller movie stars, Australian actress Samara Weaving is in the running as one of modern pop culture’s best. Here are five recent Samara Weaving films that show her rise in the thriller/horror space.
Borderline (2025)
Borderline, written and directed by Jimmy Warden in his directorial debut, is a thriller comedy film. Set in the 1990s, the film focuses on Paul Duerson, a man obsessed with pop star Sofia Minor to the point of stalking her. With Paul being convinced they are going to get married, he breaks into Sofia’s house and manipulates her into following his delusion.
The film stars actors Samara Weaving as Sofia Minor, a pop star, Ray Nicholson as Paul Duerson, Sofia’s obsessive fan, Eric Dane as Bell, Sofia’s bodyguard, and Jimmie Fails as DeVante Rhodes, a professional basketball player. Alba Baptista plays Penny, one of Paul’s accomplices, and Patrick Cox plays J.H. Calhoun, another one of Paul’s accomplices.
Borderline can be watched for free on Pluto TV, Fandango, and PLEX. It can also be rented off of Google Play Movies and Apple TV.
Eenie Meanie (2025)
Eenie Meanie, written and directed by Shawn Simmons, is an action heist comedy thriller film. The film follows Edie Meaney, a struggling college student and bank attendant with a history of crime, including heists and robberies. After being pulled back into crime by her ex-boyfriend John, coincidentally right when she discovers she’s three months pregnant with his baby, the two must pull off a casino heist of three million dollars without getting caught.
The film stars Samara Weaving as Edie Meaney/Eenie Meanie, a young woman with a history of stealing and crime that she’s trying to get away from, Elle Graham as young Edie, Karl Glusman as John, Edie’s troublesome former boyfriend of a decade, Andy Garcia as Nico, a crime boss Edie used to work for, and Steve Zahn as Dad Meaney, Edie’s dad. Jermaine Fowler plays the Chaperone, who helps orchestrate a car heist Edie and John must work on, while Marshawn Lynch plays Perm Walters, a rival driver who also works for Nico.
Eenie Meanie can be streamed on Hulu or Disney+.
Carolina Caroline (2025)
Carolina Caroline, directed by Adam Carter Rehmeier, is a Southern Gothic romantic crime thriller film written by William Thomas Dean IV. The film follows Caroline Daniels, a young woman from Texas who has a run in with Oliver Anderson, a thief and pickpocket. Joining in on his crimes, the couple travel the South escalating from petty pickpocketing to bank robbing and more, heading to South Carolina to meet Caroline’s mother.
The film stars Samara Weaving as Caroline Daniels, a Texas girl looking to get away from home and find her mother in South Carolina, Kyle Gallner as Oliver Anderson, a thief who catches Caroline’s eye, Jon Gries as Hank Daniels, Caroline’s father, and Kyra Sedgwick as Deborah, Caroline’s estranged mother.
Carolina Caroline can be rented off of Fandango, Google Play Movies, Amazon Prime Video, YouTube, and Apple TV.
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (2026)
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, is a comedy horror film written by Guy Busick and R. Christopher Murphy. It is a sequel to 2019’s Ready or Not, a film by the same team which also featured Weaving in the lead role. Following the events of the first film, in which a bride-to-be is hunted in a game of hide-and-seek as a part of her in-laws taking a deal with the demon Mr. Le Bail, Grace MacCaullay is taken to the hospital where she reunites with her estranged sister Faith. Danger strikes once again when the sisters are kidnapped by the various heads of five elite families looking to take the power once held by the Le Domas’, which now resides in Grace’s hands as the technical last remaining member of the family. Grace must once again enter a game of hide-and-seek, this time to protect her sister.
The film stars Samara Weaving as Grace MacCaullay, the former daughter-in-law of the Le Domas family, Kathryn Newton as Faith MacCaullay, Grace’s estranged younger sister, Sarah Michelle Gellar as Ursula Danforth, the eldest daughter of the Danforth family, and Shawn Hatosy as Titus Danforth, Ursula’s twin brother. David Cronenberg plays Chester Danforth, the head of the Danforth family, Elijah Wood plays the Lawyer, a representative of Le Bail, Néstor Carbonell plays Ignacio El Caido, the head of the El Caido family, and Kevin Durand plays Bill Wilkinson, the head of the Wilkinson family. Olivia Cheng plays Wan Chen Xing, the head of the Wan family, Nadeem Umar-Khitab plays Viraj Rajan, the head of the Rajan family, Varun Saranga plays Madhu Rajan, Viraj’s brother, and Juan Pablo Romero plays Felipe El Caido, Ignacio’s son. Maia Jae plays Francesco El Caido, Ignacio’s daughter and Alex Le Domas’ ex-fiancee.
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come can be watched on Hulu and Disney+. It can also be rented off of Fandango, Google Play Movies, Amazon Prime Video, and Apple TV.
Over Your Dead Body (2026)
Over Your Dead Body, directed by Jorma Taccone, is an action comedy thriller film written by Nick Kocher and Brian McElhaney. It is a remake of the 2021 Norwegian film, The Trip. The film follows struggling married couple Dan and Lisa. After visiting Dan’s father Michael, the couple travel to their lakeside cabin to improve their marriage. What they soon learn is that they are both planning on killing each other, Dan over Lisa’s infidelity and Lisa over Dan’s money troubles. The situation is complicated further by the arrival of Dan’s ex-convict acquaintance Henry, who was going to assist in Lisa’s murder, as well as three squatters in the cabin attic who had recently broken out of a mental institution.
The film stars Jason Segal as Dan, a struggling film director forced to make pop-up ads, Samara Weaving as Lisa, an aspiring actress and Dan’s wife, Paul Guilfoyle as Michael, Dan’s father, and Keith Jardine as Todd, a fugitive staying in the couple’s cabin. Timothy Olyphant plays Pete, a fugitive staying in the couple’s cabin, Juliette Lewis plays Allegra, a fugitive staying in the couple’s cabin, and Jake Curran plays Henry, an ex-convict acquaintance of Dan’s.
Over Your Dead Body can be watched on AMC+, the Roku Channel, and Amazon Prime Video. It can also be rented off of Fandango, Google Play Movies, and Apple TV.
