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Best Thriller TV Series of the 2020s

Top 500 most popular Thriller series that started in the 2020s

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500 series (top 500 shown)

Adolescence

★ 8.1
311K 4 2025–2025
Event miniseries

The Night Agent

★ 7.4
163K 31 2023–2026
Built to binge · Espionage

Slow Horses

★ 8.3
151K 43 2022–present
Espionage · Dry humor · British TV

The Terminal List

★ 7.9
129K 16 2022–present
Revenge · War & military

1899

★ 7.3
125K 8 2022–2022
Mystery box · Puzzle plot

Alien: Earth

★ 7.1
108K 10 2025–present
Monster horror · Space & sci-fi

The Diplomat

★ 8.0
99K 30 2023–present
Political intrigue

Behind Her Eyes

★ 7.2
95K 6 2021–2021
Secrets & lies

Hijack

★ 7.3
94K 15 2023–present
Tense · Cliffhanger-driven

Lioness

★ 7.8
89K 24 2023–present
Espionage · Adrenaline

American Primeval

★ 8.0
87K 6 2025–2025
Rural & frontier · Gritty

Your Honor

★ 7.6
80K 20 2020–2023
Morally gray · Secrets & lies

Task

★ 7.9
77K 8 2025–present
Working class

Dark Matter

★ 7.6
76K 19 2024–present
Philosophical · Puzzle plot

Nine Perfect Strangers

★ 6.9
75K 16 2021–present
Ensemble cast · Secrets & lies

The Beast in Me

★ 7.4
75K 8 2025–2025
Tight limited run · Tense

Mayor of Kingstown

★ 8.2
74K 48 2021–present
Gritty · Bleak · Cynical

Ripley

★ 8.1
69K 8 2024–2024
Stylized direction · Antihero lead

Tandav

★ 4.8
66K 9 2021–present
Political intrigue · Indian TV

Zero Day

★ 7.0
65K 6 2025–2025
Political intrigue

The Old Man

★ 7.5
63K 15 2022–2024
Espionage · Morally gray · Tense

Little Fires Everywhere

★ 7.6
62K 8 2020–2020
Suburban underbelly · Class divide

Tokyo Vice

★ 8.1
56K 18 2022–2024
Criminal underworld

Bad Sisters

★ 8.2
55K 18 2022–present
Dark comedy · Female perspective
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