Collider recommends the 2017 crime thriller *Thoroughbreds* as an overlooked, tightly paced mystery featuring Anya Taylor-Joy and Olivia Cooke. The article argues that its portrayal of a dark teenage friendship and morally difficult female characters distinguishes it from more comedic films in a similar vein, while its short running time sustains the tension.

Set among affluent teenagers in suburban Connecticut, the 93-minute film follows Lily, a popular student, and Amanda, an emotionally detached outcast whom Lily tutors. Their friendship intensifies after Amanda proposes killing Lily’s abusive stepfather, Mark; when he sends Lily to a boarding school for behavioural issues, the pair face a deadline to act. It was Cory Finley’s directorial debut and co-stars Paul Sparks and the late Anton Yelchin.