Animals

Plot

When the son of an L.A. mayoral candidate is kidnapped, he and his wife have a few hours to come up with the ransom payment. With most of their money spent on his political campaign, they have to get their hands dirty and expose a side of their lives they never intended to see the light of day.

About Animals

Animals is a 2026 American crime thriller film directed by Ben Affleck and written by Affleck, Connor O. McIntyre and Billy Ray. It stars Affleck, Kerry Washington, Gillian Anderson, Adriana Paz, Ray Fisher, with Luis Gerardo Méndez, and Steven Yeun. It is about a wealthy mayoral candidate, Mark Kimball, and his wife Abigail, who find themselves unearthing dark secrets when they go to extreme measures to pay their kidnapped son's ransom. It was released on Netflix and in select theaters on October 9, 2026 and received generally negative reviews from critics.

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