Horse Girl

Horse Girl is currently streaming in Australia on Netflix, and in the US on Netflix, and it rewards the patience it asks of you. The runtime earns every minute, with nothing here that feels like padding. 604 people have weighed in on TMDB, and the verdict leans heavily positive. Alison Brie sets the tone, and the rest of the cast matches it scene for scene. Available now on Netflix — press play and find out why people keep recommending it.

There is a reason Horse Girl keeps coming up in conversation. Horse Girl takes its time building the world its characters inhabit, and the patience pays off. A socially awkward woman with a fondness for arts and crafts, horses, and supernatural crime shows finds her increasingly lucid dreams trickling into her waking life. Alison Brie and Debby Ryan lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was released in 2020. What elevates Horse Girl is a refusal to let any character off the hook too easily. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

Drama fans who appreciate slow-burn storytelling will feel right at home with Horse Girl. It has built its own audience without needing a direct comparison. A contained runtime means every scene is doing real work. Alison Brie is the centre of it, and it is one of their strongest performances on record. The patience it asks of you early on is paid back with interest.