Following its London Film Festival premiere last year under the title of Good Boy [read our review here], Signature has announced that it is bringing director Jan Komasa’s acclaimed thriller to UK audiences this March under the title of The Good Boy, with Magnolia Pictures also releasing in the United States with the title Heel.
Starring Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough, Anson Boon, and Kit Rakusen, the film follows a tearaway youth who finds himself chained up in the basement of a seemingly respectable married couple looking to teach him family values. Check out the trailer below…
19-year-old hooligan Tommy (Anson Boon) revels in a life of drugs, parties, and violence. Until one night, he is abducted by an unknown figure (Stephen Graham). Though he is no stranger to violence, he is horrified when he wakes to find himself chained in the basement of the isolated suburban family home of Chris (Graham), and his near-spectral wife (Andrea Riseborough). 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 is set for release in the US on March 6th and in the UK on March 20th.
Originally published January 20, 2026. Updated January 29, 2026.
