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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)

Freud

★ 6.5
14K 8 2020–2020
Unsettling · Atmospheric

The Great Indian Murder

★ 6.7
14K 9 2022–present
Detective mystery · Indian TV

Miss Scarlet

★ 7.7
14K 42 2020–2027
Detective mystery · Period piece

A Gentleman in Moscow

★ 7.5
14K 8 2024–2024
Period piece · Bittersweet

Cat

★ 8.1
14K 8 2022–present
Tight limited run · Tense

Prime Target

★ 6.3
14K 8 2025–2025
Genius lead · Tense · Espionage

Worst Roommate Ever

★ 7.1
13K 10 2022–2024
True crime · Docuseries

Teacup

★ 6.3
13K 8 2024–2024
Unsettling · Tense

Echo 3

★ 6.5
13K 10 2022–2023
War & military · Serialized

The Testaments

★ 8.3
13K 11 2026–present
Dystopia · Female perspective

The Plot Against America

★ 7.3
13K 6 2020–2020
Real history · Social commentary

Biohackers

★ 6.8
13K 12 2020–2021
Near-future tech

Control Z

★ 6.8
13K 24 2020–2022
Young adult · School & campus

Wilderness

★ 6.3
13K 6 2023–2023
Revenge · Secrets & lies

Red Eye

★ 7.1
13K 12 2024–present
Serialized · Tense

Long Bright River

★ 6.8
12K 8 2025–2025
Addiction & vice · Gritty

Kaala Paani

★ 7.9
12K 8 2023–2023
Survival · Ensemble cast

Cyber Vaar

★ 7.6
12K 13 2022–present
Indian TV · Procedural

Ponies

★ 7.1
12K 8 2026–2026
Dark comedy · Female perspective

Flesh

★ 5.1
12K 9 2020–2020
Crime · Thriller

Cape Fear

★ 6.8
12K 10 2026–present
Revenge · Tense · Dark tone

Human

★ 7.5
11K 10 2022–present
K-drama · Political intrigue

The Institute

★ 6.7
11K 16 2025–present
Child's perspective · Unsettling

Ray

★ 7.1
11K 4 2021–2021
Anthology · Indian TV
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