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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)

No Man's Land

★ 7.8
5K 16 2020–present
War & military · Serialized

Murder Is Easy

★ 5.8
5K 2 2023–2023
Tight limited run

Undercover High School

★ 7.7
5K 12 2025–2025
School & campus · Outsider lead

Towards Zero

★ 6.3
5K 3 2025–2025
Detective mystery · British TV

Tip Toe

★ 8.2
5K 5 2026–2026
Tight limited run · Serialized

Churails

★ 8.1
5K 10 2020–present
Social commentary

Respect

★ 7.5
5K 16 2020–2021
Tense

The Pact

★ 6.9
5K 12 2021–2022
Secrets & lies · Small town

Virkar

★ 6.0
4K 8 2021–present
Indian TV · Detective mystery

Rafuchakkar

★ 6.6
4K 9 2023–present
Heists & cons · Indian TV

Parish

★ 6.3
4K 6 2024–2024
Criminal underworld

Class

★ 6.2
4K 8 2023–2023
Class divide · School & campus

The Informant

★ 8.1
4K 8 2022–present
Secrets & lies · Tense

Girl Taken

★ 6.4
4K 6 2026–present
Tense · Tight limited run

The Girl from Oslo

★ 6.3
4K 10 2021–2021
Political intrigue · Tense

Reasonable Doubt

★ 6.7
4K 32 2022–present
Legal · Strong female lead

As You Stood By

★ 7.5
4K 8 2025–2025
K-drama · Tight limited run

Beartown

★ 7.1
4K 5 2020–2020
Small town · Sports

Constable Kanakam

★ 6.6
4K 10 2025–present
Indian TV · Detective mystery

The Therapy

★ 7.0
4K 6 2023–present
Tense · Secrets & lies

Kaiser

★ 8.2
4K 9 2022–present
Criminal underworld · Tense

Duty After School

★ 6.9
4K 10 2023–2023
War & military · Survival · Tense

Doon Kaand

★ 6.8
4K 2 2022–2022
Indian TV · Criminal underworld

Great Kills

★ 8.5
4K 17 2023–present
Criminal underworld · Dark comedy
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