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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)

Weak Hero Class 1

★ 8.4
29K 16 2022–present
School & campus · K-drama

Industry

★ 7.5
28K 33 2020–2027
Workplace · Class divide

9-1-1: Lone Star

★ 7.3
28K 72 2020–2025
Procedural · Adrenaline

Illegal - Justice, Out of Order

★ 6.8
27K 26 2020–2024
Legal · Social commentary

Sankalp

★ 6.6
27K 10 2026–present
Indian TV

Treason

★ 6.4
26K 5 2022–2022
Espionage · Secrets & lies · Tense

The Girlfriend

★ 7.1
25K 6 2025–2025
Female perspective · Tense

Caliphate

★ 8.2
25K 8 2020–2020
Tense · Dark tone

Rabbit Hole

★ 7.4
24K 8 2023–2023
Serialized · Tense

The Last Thing He Told Me

★ 6.5
24K 15 2023–present
Secrets & lies

IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack

★ 5.8
24K 6 2024–2024
Tense · Indian TV · Real history

Blue Lights

★ 8.2
23K 19 2023–present
Gritty · Criminal underworld

Leverage: Redemption

★ 8.1
23K 39 2021–2025
Heists & cons · Found family

Sweetpea

★ 7.2
22K 7 2024–present
Revenge · Antihero lead

The Fame Game

★ 6.6
22K 8 2022–2022
Secrets & lies

Cruel Summer

★ 7.4
22K 21 2021–present
Puzzle plot · Mystery box

Constellation

★ 6.7
22K 8 2024–2024
Puzzle plot · Unsettling

True Story

★ 7.4
22K 7 2021–2021
Tense · Secrets & lies · Dark tone

The Better Sister

★ 7.0
22K 8 2025–2025
Secrets & lies · Tight limited run

Bicchoo Ka Khel

★ 7.0
20K 9 2020–present
Revenge · Indian TV · Serialized

Breathe: Into the Shadows

★ 7.6
20K 20 2020–present
Indian TV · Tense · Dark tone

Brave New World

★ 7.0
19K 9 2020–2020
Dystopia · Social commentary

The Hunting Wives

★ 6.8
19K 17 2025–present
Secrets & lies

Dr. Death

★ 7.6
19K 16 2021–2023
Medical · True crime · Disturbing
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