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Best Thriller TV Series of the 2020s

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500 series (top 500 shown)

The Serpent

★ 7.6
55K 8 2021–2021
True crime · Period piece

The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live

★ 7.7
50K 6 2024–2024
Post-apocalyptic · Survival

Messiah

★ 7.6
50K 10 2020–2020
Faith & religion · Mystery box

All Her Fault

★ 7.5
49K 8 2025–2025
Secrets & lies

The Continental

★ 7.1
47K 3 2023–2023
Criminal underworld

Outer Range

★ 7.1
47K 15 2022–2024
Mystery box · Rural & frontier

The Glory

★ 8.2
46K 16 2022–2023
Revenge · K-drama

Special OPS

★ 8.5
44K 15 2020–2025
Espionage · Indian TV · Tense

Disclaimer

★ 7.5
44K 7 2024–2024
Secrets & lies

Eric

★ 6.9
42K 6 2024–2024
Gritty · Emotionally heavy

Citadel

★ 6.2
42K 13 2023–present
Espionage · Big-budget spectacle

Anatomy of a Scandal

★ 7.0
41K 6 2022–2022
Secrets & lies · Legal

Into the Night

★ 7.0
39K 12 2020–2021
Survival · Tense · Fast-paced

Rogue Heroes

★ 8.2
38K 13 2022–present
War & military

The Patient

★ 7.0
37K 10 2022–2022
Tense · Central duo

Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen

★ 6.8
35K 8 2026–2026
Mounting dread · Unsettling

Blue Lock

★ 8.1
34K 38 2022–present
Sports · Anime · Adrenaline

Them

★ 7.5
33K 18 2021–2024
Disturbing · Bleak · Unsettling

The Agency

★ 7.5
33K 20 2024–present
Espionage · Tense · Secrets & lies

A Murder at the End of the World

★ 7.0
33K 7 2023–2023
Tight limited run · Genius lead

Mumbai Diaries

★ 8.4
32K 16 2021–present
Medical · Tense · Fast-paced

Wayward

★ 5.9
31K 8 2025–2025
Secrets & lies · Unsettling

The Terminal List: Dark Wolf

★ 7.5
30K 7 2025–present
War & military · Adrenaline

The Railway Men: The Untold Story of Bhopal 1984

★ 8.4
29K 4 2023–2023
Real history · Emotionally heavy
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