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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)

Matsya Kaand

★ 8.5
7K 11 2021–2021
Small town · Indian TV

Dhootha

★ 7.7
7K 9 2023–present
Indian TV · Unsettling

Friendly Rivalry

★ 7.6
7K 16 2025–2025
K-drama · Serialized · Tense

50M²

★ 6.8
7K 8 2021–2021
Turkish drama · Secrets & lies

Radioactive Emergency

★ 7.6
7K 5 2026–2026
Real history · Tight limited run

The Ipcress File

★ 7.3
7K 6 2022–2022
Espionage · British TV

Red Queen

★ 6.8
7K 19 2024–2027
Detective mystery · Genius lead

Fake Profile

★ 5.7
7K 30 2023–2026
Secrets & lies · Soap & telenovela

Boiling Point

★ 7.7
7K 4 2023–present
Workplace · Tense · Food & cooking

The Last Night at Tremore Beach

★ 7.1
7K 8 2024–2024
Atmospheric · Secrets & lies

Hysteria!

★ 7.0
7K 8 2024–2024
Small town · Period piece

Van der Valk

★ 7.0
6K 12 2020–2024
Detective mystery · Procedural

Roadkill

★ 6.9
6K 4 2020–2020
Political intrigue · Morally gray

The Undeclared War

★ 7.0
6K 12 2022–2026
Political intrigue

Someone Has to Die

★ 6.3
6K 3 2020–2020
Period piece · Secrets & lies

Cold Courage

★ 5.9
6K 8 2020–2020
Nordic noir · Tight limited run

The Assassin

★ 6.3
6K 7 2025–present
Antihero lead · Tense · Dark tone

Khauf

★ 7.4
6K 8 2025–present
Female perspective

Fatal Attraction

★ 6.4
6K 8 2023–2023
Secrets & lies

Janaawar: The Beast Within

★ 6.7
6K 8 2025–2026
Criminal underworld · Indian TV

Mai

★ 7.0
6K 6 2022–present
Revenge · Strong female lead

The Rainmaker

★ 7.1
6K 20 2025–present
Legal · Class divide

Troppo

★ 7.5
6K 16 2022–present
Atmospheric · Detective mystery

Code of Silence

★ 7.1
6K 7 2025–present
British TV · Outsider lead
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