Novocaine (2025)
An everyman's inability to feel pain becomes his greatest weapon in a darkly comic, briskly-paced thriller.
When the girl of his dreams is kidnapped, everyman Nate turns his inability to feel pain into an unexpected strength in his fight to get her back.
How intense is Novocaine?
Novocaine is mildly scary, with light gore and strong violence. Emotionally it carries some weight. The pace is brisk, and it is a full-attention watch. The humor runs dark and absurdist. Rated R.
What Novocaine feels like
- Tone
- darkly comicpulpysuspenseful
- Pace
- Brisk
- Humor
- dark and satirical, absurdist
- Best for
- Full attention
Where to stream Novocaine
US availability via TMDB, last checked Sep 9, 2026. The app filters picks to the services you actually have.
Is Novocaine for you?
Is Novocaine scary?
Only a little. Novocaine has a few tense moments (scare level 1 of 3), nothing that follows you to bed.
Is Novocaine gory or violent?
Light gore (1 of 3) and strong violence (2 of 3).
Is Novocaine sad or heavy?
A little. There is some emotional weight (1 of 3), but it is not a heavy watch.
Is Novocaine OK for kids?
It is rated R, so it is made for adults. Intensity: scare 1, gore 1, violence 2, each out of 3.
How long is Novocaine?
Novocaine runs 1h 50m.
Where can I stream Novocaine?
Novocaine is streaming on Prime Video, Paramount+ and MGM+.
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