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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)

Coldwater

★ 6.2
4K 6 2025–2025
Tight limited run · Tense

Luna Nera

★ 5.9
4K 6 2020–2020
Female perspective · Period piece

Deutschland 89

★ 7.7
4K 8 2020–2020
Espionage · Period piece

Bulgasal

★ 7.4
4K 16 2021–2022
K-drama · Revenge · Supernatural

The Messiah

★ 8.0
4K 7 2023–2023
Faith & religion · Mystery box

The Chemistry of Death

★ 6.5
4K 6 2023–2023
Detective mystery · British TV

Saint X

★ 6.5
4K 8 2023–2023
Class divide · Mystery box

Ghosts of Beirut

★ 7.3
4K 4 2023–2023
Espionage · Political intrigue

Lucky

★ 6.6
4K 7 2026–2026
Crime · Drama · Thriller

The Accident

★ 5.8
4K 16 2024–present
Drama · Thriller

North Shore

★ 6.8
4K 6 2023–2023
Criminal underworld

Furia

★ 7.1
4K 14 2021–present
Criminal underworld · Tense

The Guest

★ 6.6
4K 4 2025–2025
Tight limited run · Tense

The Secrets She Keeps

★ 6.9
4K 12 2020–present
Secrets & lies

Coyote

★ 6.9
4K 6 2021–2021
Criminal underworld · Gritty

Barracuda Queens

★ 6.5
4K 13 2023–2026
Heists & cons · Elites & privilege

The Creep Tapes

★ 6.8
4K 13 2024–present
Unsettling · Villain's POV

Better

★ 6.5
4K 5 2023–2023
Criminal underworld · Morally gray

Vanished

★ 5.6
3K 4 2026–2026
Mystery · Thriller

The Sister

★ 5.9
3K 4 2020–2020
Secrets & lies · Unsettling

Saare Jahan Se Accha: The Silent Guardians

★ 7.2
3K 6 2025–present
Espionage · Indian TV · Tense

Hope Street

★ 6.7
3K 51 2020–present
Small town · British TV

Duranga

★ 7.4
3K 17 2022–2023
Crime · Drama · Thriller

Somebody

★ 6.2
3K 8 2022–2022
Crime · Drama · Thriller
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