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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)

Caught

★ 6.5
5K 6 2025–2025
Tight limited run · Tense

P.I. Meena

★ 6.0
5K 8 2023–present
Detective mystery · Indian TV

Kasargod Embassy

★ 4.5
5K 1 2026–2026
Crime · Thriller

Killer Soup

★ 6.3
5K 8 2024–present
Indian TV · Dark comedy

Before

★ 6.1
5K 10 2024–2024
Melancholic · Unsettling

Inhuman Resources

★ 7.2
5K 6 2020–2020
Tight limited run · Tense

The Marlow Murder Club

★ 7.2
5K 22 2024–present
Detective mystery · Cozy

Spy/Master

★ 7.5
5K 6 2023–2023
Espionage · Political intrigue

Who Were We Running From?

★ 5.8
5K 7 2023–2023
Indian TV · Mystery box

Saving the Tigers

★ 8.0
5K 21 2023–present
Queer stories · Love story

The Nest

★ 7.1
5K 5 2020–2020
Secrets & lies · Class divide

Protection

★ 6.8
5K 6 2024–2024
British TV · Tight limited run

The Marked Heart

★ 6.6
5K 24 2022–2023
Soap & telenovela · Love story

Boat Story

★ 7.2
5K 6 2023–2023
Dark comedy · Criminal underworld

Escaype Live

★ 7.5
5K 9 2022–present
Survival · Tense

Dude

★ 8.2
5K 10 2021–present
Drama · Mystery · Thriller

The Suspect

★ 6.9
5K 5 2022–2022
British TV · Tight limited run

Post Mortem: No One Dies in Skarnes

★ 7.0
5K 6 2021–2021
Small town · Dark comedy

Wolf

★ 6.8
5K 6 2023–2023
Dark tone · Disturbing

Naxalbari

★ 7.0
5K 9 2020–2020
Gritty · Political intrigue

The Clearing

★ 6.3
5K 8 2023–2023
Unsettling · Tense

First Copy

★ 5.9
5K 19 2025–present
Indian TV · Criminal underworld

The Crystal Cuckoo

★ 6.6
5K 6 2025–2025
Tight limited run · Secrets & lies

Karagar

★ 8.2
5K 14 2022–present
Mystery box · Secrets & lies
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