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Best Thriller TV Series of the 2010s

Top 500 most popular Thriller series that started in the 2010s

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500 series (top 500 shown)

The Wrong Mans

★ 7.7
8K 10 2013–2014
Fast-paced · British TV

Pine Gap

★ 7.2
8K 6 2018–2018
Espionage · Political intrigue

Deep State

★ 7.1
8K 16 2018–2019
Espionage · Political intrigue

Darkness: Those Who Kill

★ 7.5
8K 32 2019–present
Nordic noir · Detective mystery

The Enemy Within

★ 7.1
8K 13 2019–2019
Espionage · Tense

Traces

★ 7.0
8K 12 2019–2022
Detective mystery · British TV

City Hunter

★ 8.0
7K 20 2011–2011
Revenge · K-drama · Adrenaline

The Twelve

★ 7.4
7K 26 2019–2026
Legal · Morally gray

Nobel

★ 8.0
7K 8 2016–2016
War & military

Dare Me

★ 6.7
7K 10 2019–2020
Female perspective

Informer

★ 7.8
7K 6 2018–2018
Social commentary · Gritty

Real Humans

★ 7.8
7K 20 2012–2014
Near-future tech

Jett

★ 7.4
7K 9 2019–2019
Criminal underworld

The Break

★ 7.6
7K 20 2016–2018
Detective mystery · Small town

The Red Road

★ 7.3
7K 12 2014–2015
Secrets & lies · Small town

The Mire

★ 7.1
7K 18 2018–2024
Atmospheric · Detective mystery

Keeping Faith

★ 7.1
7K 20 2017–2021
Strong female lead · British TV

Bad Banks

★ 7.8
7K 12 2018–2020
Cynical · Workplace · Morally gray

Apple Tree Yard

★ 7.2
7K 4 2017–2017
Secrets & lies

American Odyssey

★ 7.3
6K 14 2015–2015
Serialized · War & military

South Wind

★ 8.0
6K 18 2019–present
Criminal underworld

Crash

★ 7.3
6K 24 2018–2019
Serialized · Cliffhanger-driven

The Cry

★ 7.3
6K 4 2018–2018
Emotionally heavy

State of Affairs

★ 6.3
6K 13 2014–2015
Espionage · Political intrigue
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