Woody Harrelson first rose to prominence with his portrayal of the affable bartender Woody Boyd on the acclaimed NBC sitcom Cheers (1985-1993), earning an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series from five nominations. Later, his dramatic versatility shone through with more Emmy-nominated performances in HBO’s Game Change (2012) and True Detective season 1 (2014).
On the big screen, Harrelson has been equally distinguished, earning three Academy Award nominations across various genres. He received a Best Actor nomination for his compelling performance in The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996), followed by two Best Supporting Actor nods for The Messenger (2009) and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017).
Harrelson’s expansive filmography includes both cult classics and mainstream successes, from White Men Can’t Jump (1992), Natural Born Killers (1994), The Thin Red Line (1998), No Country for Old Men (2007), Zombieland (2009), Seven Psychopaths (2012), Now You See Me (2013), The Edge of Seventeen (2016), War for the Planet of the Apes (2017), and Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021).
He has also brought memorable characters to life in blockbuster film franchises, including Haymitch Abernathy in The Hunger Games movies (2012-2015) and Tobias Beckett in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018). However, it’s Harrelson’s 2025 box office flop that has found new life as a streaming sensation.
Last Breath Becomes A Streaming Sensation
Last Breath has become a streaming sensation. Co-written and directed by Alex Parkinson as a remake of his 2019 documentary of the same тιтle, the 2025 survival thriller follows the true story of a team of deep-sea divers who must battle the raging elements and race against time to rescue their crewmate trapped hundreds of feet below the ocean’s surface.
In addition to Woody Harrelson as Duncan Allcock, the cast also includes MCU star Simu Liu as David Yuasa, Peaky Blinders star Finn Cole as Chris Lemons, the diver who becomes trapped hundreds of feet below the ocean’s surface. Cliff Curtis (Avatar: The Way of Water), Mark Bonnar, MyAnna Buring (Twilight), and Josef Altin (Game of Thrones) also star.
Following its theatrical release in February 2025, Last Breath ranks second on Amazon Prime’s Top 10 movies in the United States for today, September 2. It ranks below The Map That Leads to You and above The Pickup, Wrath of Man, Wolf Man (2025), Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Only the Brave, Wicked, and Thirteen Lives.
Our Take On Last Breath’s Streaming Success
Last Breath bombed at the box office, making just $24.4 million and barely recouping its $23.8 million budget. While it flopped in theaters, the survival thriller seems exactly like the kind of тιтle that tends to perform well on streaming, especially with Last Breath reviews praising its gripping suspense, exceptional precision, and consistently outstanding performance from Woody Harrelson.
Last Breath grips audiences with a thrilling underwater adventure, bringing to life an extraordinary true story of human endurance and solidarity, which, sadly, isn’t the type of movie that tends to perform well in theaters, but can become a sensation on streaming. Sometimes, a story’s true depth isn’t revealed until it finds an audience that truly appreciates it.
