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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)

Duster

★ 7.2
9K 8 2025–2025
Criminal underworld · Period piece

The Woman in the Wall

★ 7.2
8K 6 2023–2024
Secrets & lies · Mental health

Taqdeer

★ 8.6
8K 8 2020–present
Indian TV · Serialized · Tense

A Spy Among Friends

★ 7.2
8K 6 2022–2022
Espionage · Secrets & lies

Surface

★ 6.5
8K 16 2022–present
Secrets & lies

Run

★ 6.2
8K 7 2020–2020
Central duo · Banter chemistry

The Freelancer

★ 8.1
8K 7 2023–present
Tense · Espionage · Indian TV

Celebrity

★ 7.4
8K 12 2023–2023
Elites & privilege · K-drama

Karma

★ 7.6
8K 6 2025–2025
Tight limited run · Revenge

The Days

★ 7.2
8K 8 2023–2023
Real history · Tight limited run

Bloodlands

★ 6.7
8K 10 2021–2022
Secrets & lies · Detective mystery

Beyond Evil

★ 8.1
8K 16 2021–2021
K-drama · Detective mystery

The Salisbury Poisonings

★ 7.2
8K 4 2020–2020
Tight limited run · Naturalistic

Imperfect Women

★ 6.4
8K 8 2026–2026
Female perspective

Unchosen

★ 6.2
8K 6 2026–present
Tight limited run · Tense

November Story

★ 7.6
7K 7 2021–present
Detective mystery · Indian TV

Lazarus

★ 6.3
7K 6 2025–2025
Anime · Near-future tech

The Irrational

★ 7.0
7K 29 2023–2025
Genius lead · Procedural

The Stolen Girl

★ 6.4
7K 5 2025–present
Tight limited run · Tense

Liaison

★ 6.5
7K 6 2023–2023
Espionage · Tight limited run

Taskaree: The Smuggler's Web

★ 7.1
7K 7 2026–present
Criminal underworld · Tense

Copenhagen Cowboy

★ 6.7
7K 6 2022–2023
Stylized direction

High

★ 8.2
7K 9 2020–present
Addiction & vice

The Gardener

★ 6.3
7K 6 2025–2025
Tight limited run · Mystery box
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