Hold on tight! The Good Boy is Stephen Graham's “unsettling” new thriller to watch tonight

Stephen Graham fans, rejoice! The Adolescence star, who scooped three Emmys last year for his impeccable part in the Netflix drama has an unsettling new thriller to enjoy - and it's another masterpiece! The Good Boy sees Stephen star alongside MobLand’s Anson Boon as an altruistic man who captures and chains up a teenager in a bid to rehabilitate him - and it's as chilling as it sounds, so hold on tight!

The film, which was released in cinemas earlier this year, follows young hooligan Tommy (Anson Boon) whose life consists of drugs, parties... and violence. One night, he’s captured off the street and wakes up chained to the wall in the basement of the suburban family home of Chris (Stephen Graham). The family want to help Tommy, they say, but is this really the way to do it? We think not...

With The Good Boy available to stream now, here’s everything you need to know about it, including the cast, plot and how to watch it.

What is The Good Boy about?

The psychological thriller follows Tommy, a 19-year-old drug-fuelled delinquent (played by Anson Boon) who’s abducted off the streets one night. He wakes up in the basement of Chris (Stephen Graham) and - alarmingly, to say the least - there’s a chain around his neck. Chris and his wife Kathryn (Andrea Riseborough) say their plan is to rehabilitate him, but Tommy is understandably unconvinced.

The official synopsis continues: “Though [Tommy] is no stranger to inflicting violence, he is enraged and horrified when he wakes to find himself chained in the basement of the isolated suburban family home of Chris, his near-spectral wife Kathryn, and their young son Jonathan (Kit Rakusen). The family sets out to reform Tommy's unruly behaviour, forcing him to comply with their relentless mind games or seek escape at any cost.”

The Good Boy comes from Oscar-nominated Polish director Jan Komasa, and the screenplay was originally written in Polish and set in Warsaw - but it’s been adapted into English and set in Yorkshire. Jan told Variety that he was immediately drawn to the off-kilter story about a young boy’s “detoxication from trash culture.” He added that there was something familiar and typically “Central and Eastern European” in its “bitter, dark sense of humour dwelling in moral grey [areas].” “I was thrilled. I was shaking. I loved it,” he said about reading the script for the first time.

Who’s in the cast of The Good Boy?

The cast of The Good Boy includes:

• Stephen Graham (Boiling Point) as Chris
• Andrea Riseborough (Lee) as Kathryn
• Anson Boon (MobLand) as Tommy
• Kit Rakusen (The Phoenician Scheme)
• Savannah Steyn (House of the Dragon)
• Austin Haynes (Unforgivable)
• Monika Frajczyk

Is there a trailer for The Good Boy?

Yes, you can watch the trailer for The Good Boy below.

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How can I watch The Good Boy?

The Good Boy is available to watch now on Prime Video. You can also watch it on Apple TV.

What other Stephen Graham dramas can I watch now?

Firstly, we'd recommend Netflix's Adolescence, which you can watch on the streamer here, then try Disney+'s A Thousand Blows. We'd also highly recommend Help, which is available to watch on Channel 4. The one-off drama is set in a fictional Liverpool care home and features Jodie Comer as one of the carers who works there. She bonds with a patient suffering from early onset dementia (played by Graham) and when COVID-19 hits, they’re faced with horrific circumstances.