Eric Bana’s Untamed Confirms Season 2, While His Darker Thriller The Dry Quietly Cracks Hulu’s Top 10
Eric Bana is having a moment — and it’s one crime drama fans won’t want to miss.
One of Netflix’s most exciting new arrivals, the breakaway series Untamed, has been dominating the streamer’s charts since it landed. Led by Bana as Special Agent Kyle Turner, the show has been hailed as “absolutely gripping,” climbing near the top of Netflix rankings with a strong 82% Rotten Tomatoes score. Viewers can’t get enough — so much so that the series has now been officially renewed for a second season.
But while Untamed is stealing the headlines, another of Bana’s darkest and most underrated projects is quietly shocking U.S. audiences on a rival platform. His 2021 mystery thriller The Dry has suddenly surged into Hulu’s Top 10 most-streamed movies, currently holding the #10 spot as of August 11, 2025.
From Small-Town Secrets to Global Spotlight
Directed by Robert Connolly (The Bank), The Dry adapts Jane Harper’s global bestseller with a screenplay by Connolly and Harry Cripps. Bana stars as Aaron Falk, a federal agent whose return to his drought-ravaged hometown forces him to confront a brutal murder-suicide that may not be what it seems.
“Based on the global bestseller, a federal agent’s homecoming leads to a deeply personal murder investigation that reopens old wounds and threatens to unravel the tight-knit small town,” reads the official synopsis — but in truth, The Dry is far more haunting than that. With its barren landscapes and suffocating secrets, the film turns a simple murder mystery into a suffocating meditation on grief, guilt, and survival.
Critical Success — Darker Than Untamed
Unlike many slow-burn thrillers, The Dry arrived to near-universal praise. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film boasts a certified fresh 90% critics’ score, with audiences nearly matching it at 89% — both higher than Untamed. One critic called Bana’s performance “a gripping, tough, and psychologically intense turn,” while another praised its ability to stay “taut, tough and tense, matching wide-open spaces with uncomfortably close drama.”
In fact, many reviewers noted that Bana delivers one of his most restrained yet powerful performances — less explosive than Turner in Untamed, but far more unsettling in its quiet intensity.
Charting on Hulu
Now, The Dry finds itself in the company of heavyweights on Hulu’s most-streamed list: Adam Sandler’s Click at #9, horror flick Locked at #8, Julia Roberts’ Pretty Woman at #7, and The Devil Wears Prada at #3. The top spot is currently held by Oz Perkins’ horror hit The Monkey. Yet The Dry feels like the most unexpected addition, slipping into the charts with its cold, unflinching gaze — a hidden killer disguised as a small-town mystery.
The Verdict
If Untamed is Eric Bana’s broad-appeal, edge-of-your-seat crime drama, The Dry is its darker, more suffocating sibling — the one that lingers long after the credits roll. With Netflix fans waiting for Untamed Season 2, Hulu audiences are discovering what may be Bana’s most haunting role yet.
Eric Bana is no longer just having a comeback — he’s quietly becoming one of the defining faces of modern crime thrillers.
The Dry is now streaming on Hulu. Untamed Season 1 is available on Netflix, with Season 2 officially on the way.
