Best Thriller TV shows
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Best Thriller TV shows
TOP TV Shows: The Killing (2011), Dexter (2006), Fargo (2014), The Fall (2013), The Undoing (2020), Breaking Bad (2008), Criminal Minds (2005), Mindhunter (2017), Defending Jacob (2020), Sharp Objects (2018), Hannibal (2013), How to Get Away with Murder (2014), Bates Motel (2013), 11.22.63 (2016), The Bridge (2011), The Walking Dead (2010), The Chestnut Man (2021), Person of Interest (2011), Lie to Me (2009), True Detective (2014).
List of Best TV Shows
115K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
The Killing is an American crime drama television series based upon the Danish television series Forbrydelsen. Set in Seattle, Washington, the series follows the various murder investigations by homicide detectives Sarah Linden and Stephen Holder.
Style:
psychological, serious, gloomy, tense, neo noir ...
Plot:
murder investigation, police detective, strong female lead, multiple suspects, murder mystery, murder, police investigation, female protagonist, crime investigation, female detective, policewoman, strong female character ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
seattle, usa, washington d.c.
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733K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story:
Dexter is an American television drama series. The series centers on Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter pattern analyst for 'Miami Metro Police Department' who also leads a secret life as a serial killer, hunting down criminals who have ...
Style:
captivating, clever, serious, stylized, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, right and wrong, hidden identity, double life, loner, crime investigation, police station, dark humor, dark secret, corpse, vigilantism, forensics ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
miami, canada, usa, florida
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379K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story:
A close-knit anthology series dealing with stories involving malice, violence and murder based in and around Minnesota.
Style:
atmospheric, neo noir, captivating, clever, witty ...
Plot:
dark humor, psychopath, small town, policewoman, law enforcement, police officer, police investigation, killings, small town life, killer, scheme, dishonesty ...
Time:
year 1979, future, 2020s, 20th century, year 2006 ...
Place:
minnesota, usa, north dakota
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109K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
When the Police Service of Northern Ireland are unable to close a case after 28 days, Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson of the Metropolitan Police Service is called in to review the case. Under her new leadership, the local detectives must ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, female detective, police detective, policewoman, police investigation, law enforcement, victim, forensics, evidence, police, violence against women, coworker ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
ireland, europe, northern ireland, united kingdom, belfast
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 337 min.
TV show
Story:
Grace and Jonathan Fraser are living the only lives they ever wanted. Overnight a chasm opens in their lives: a violent death and a chain of terrible revelations. Left behind in the wake of a spreading and very public disaster, Grace must dismantle ...
Style:
disturbing, surprise ending, captivating, psychological, visually appealing ...
Plot:
adultery, murder, life turned upside down, murder investigation, lie, mysterious disappearance, suspense, affair, lawyer, family relations, murder mystery, extramarital affair ...
Time:
year 2019
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
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1.9M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
Story:
When Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live, he becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's ...
Style:
serious, captivating, tense, psychological, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
criminal, life turned upside down, family problems, peril, drug dealing, meth lab, drug lord, unlikely partners, master criminal, cancer, life is a bitch, ambition ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new mexico, albuquerque new mexico, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The Behavioral Analysis Unit's most experienced agent is David Rossi, a founding member of the BAU ...
Style:
psychological, exciting, serious, rough, dramatic ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
fbi, investigation, serial killer, law enforcement, special agents, team, murder, forensics, profiler, investigator, intelligence, crime investigation ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, virginia, seattle, new york, arizona
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298K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
An agent in the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit develops profiling techniques as he pursues notorious serial killers and rapists.
Style:
thought provoking, psychological, disturbing, sitcom, spiritual ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, psychology, fbi, police, murderer, killings, police investigation, murder, criminal psychologist, fbi agent, serial murder ...
Time:
70s
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 402 min.
TV show
Story:
A family’s lives are irreparably disrupted when the 14-year-old son is accused of murdering a fellow classmate.
Style:
serious, captivating, social, intellectual, art house ...
Plot:
murder investigation, police investigation, suspense, husband wife relationship, false accusation of murder, death, parents and children, murder, investigation, father son relationship, family relations, assistant district attorney ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
massachusetts
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105K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 421 min.
TV show
Story:
Reporter Camille Preaker confronts the psychological demons from her past when she returns to her hometown to investigate the murders of two young girls.
Style:
psychological, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, dark ...
Plot:
murder investigation, murder, suspense, small town, self mutilation, haunted by the past, mother daughter relationship, hometown, journalist, reporter, self harm, serial killer ...
Place:
usa, missouri
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260K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Both a gift and a curse, Graham has the extraordinary ability to think like his prey—he sees what they see, feels what they feel. But while Graham is pursuing an especially troubling, cannibalistic murderer, Special Agent Jack Crawford teams him ...
Style:
psychological, scary, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, cannibal, death, mind game, cannibalism, murder, graphic violence, psychiatrist, killer, manipulation, mental patient ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
A sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant, mysterious criminal defense professor. They become entangled in a murder plot and will shake the entire university and change the course of their ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, spooky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
murder mystery, legal, defense attorney, hotshot lawyer, lawyer, law student, murder, court case, college, courtroom, lgbt, teachers and students ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, philadelphia
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110K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A "contemporary prequel" to the 1960 film Psycho, depicting the life of Norman Bates and his mother Norma prior to the events portrayed in Hitchcock's film, albeit in a different fictional town and in a modern setting. The series ...
Style:
atmospheric, suspenseful, tense, psychological, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, mental disorder, obsession, motel, hotel, dysfunctional family, family problems, insanity, murder, small town, half brother, incestuous desire ...
Time:
20th century, 2010s
Place:
oregon, usa
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90K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
An English teacher travels back in time to prevent the Kennedy assassination, but discovers he is attached to the life he has made in a bygone era.
Style:
exciting, stylized, thought provoking, light, tense ...
Plot:
time travel, assassination, time traveler, time, kennedy assassination, changing the past or future, altering history, murder, surveillance, conspiracy theory, conspiracy, love ...
Time:
60s, future, 20th century, year 1963, 2010s ...
Place:
usa, dallas texas
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Norway
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
When a body is found on the bridge between Denmark and Sweden, right on the border, Danish inspector Martin Rohde and Swedish Saga Norén have to share jurisdiction and work together to find the killer.
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, tense, suspenseful, gloomy ...
Plot:
serial killer, police investigation, multiple suspects, murder, police detective, murder investigation, twists and turns, partners against crime, mind game, videotaping, riddles and clues, forensics ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
sweden, denmark, scandinavia, copenhagen, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating zombies. He sets out to find his family and encounters many other survivors along the way.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, scary, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
zombie, survival, apocalypse, post apocalypse, pandemic, supernatural, virus, zombie apocalypse, graphic violence, peril, fear, plague ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, america, atlanta, georgia
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
A young woman is found brutally murdered in a Copenhagen playground. Above her hangs a small doll made of chestnuts. Adapted from the acclaimed novel.
Style:
enigmatic, brutal, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, serial killer, murderer, murder investigation, investigation, serial murder, forest, murder mystery, police, missing person, crime solving, female detective ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Person of Interest follows former CIA paramilitary operative, John Reese, who is presumed dead and teams up with reclusive billionaire Finch to prevent violent crimes in New York City by initiating their own type of justice. With the special ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, serious, clever, heroic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
artificial intelligence, surveillance, computer system, hi-tech, partners against crime, mysterious character, privacy invasion, hacker, characters in danger, fighting crime, computer genius, secret ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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122K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
The world's leading deception researcher, Dr. Cal Lightman, studies facial expression, body language and tone of voice to determine when a person is lying and why, which helps law enforcement and government agencies uncover the truth. But his ...
Style:
clever, psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
investigation, psychology, talented, expert, deception, crime investigation, riddles and clues, outsmarting, human nature, sign language, lie, uncover truth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within or outside the law.
Style:
neo noir, serious, atmospheric, gloomy, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, police investigation, murder mystery, police detective, murder investigation, murder, murderer, drinking problem, partners, partners against crime, graphic violence ...
Time:
20th century, 2010s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
louisiana, california, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
An adrenalized drama with darkly comedic undertones that explores a notorious outlaw motorcycle club’s (MC) desire to protect its livelihood while ensuring that their simple, sheltered town of Charming, California remains exactly that, charming. ...
Style:
tense, exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
biker, motorcycle, motorcycle gang, prison, criminal, gang, power struggle, group of criminals, young man, organized crime, arms dealing, friends ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california, northern california
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231K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, atmospheric, mind bending, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, teens
Plot:
supernatural, ufo, investigation, conspiracy, fbi, paranormal investigation, top secret, alien abduction, alien contact, alien, partners, paranormal activity ...
Time:
jurassic, future, 90s, 2010s, 20th century ...
Place:
usa, arizona, phoenix arizona, washington d.c.
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141K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A dark psychological crime drama starring Idris Elba as Luther, a man struggling with his own terrible demons, who might be as dangerous as the depraved murderers he hunts.
Style:
atmospheric, serious, tense, rough, dramatic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
uncover truth, murder, partners, talented, police investigation, police detective, law enforcement, cruelty, psychopath, police, forensics, tough law enforcer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england, united kingdom, europe
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
American Horror Story is an anthology horror drama series.
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, scary, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, witch, haunted house, vampire, evil force, death, insanity, serial killer, mental institution, witchcraft, coven ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 2013, year 1964, year 1952 ...
Place:
new orleans, los angeles, usa, massachusetts, florida ...
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75K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Everyone has secrets and Olivia Pope has dedicated her life to protecting and defending the public images of the elite by keeping those secrets under wraps. Pope and her team are at the top of their game when it comes to getting the job done for ...
Style:
serious, clever, political, realistic, bleak ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
relationship vs career, lawyer, workplace situations, politician, white house, politics, senator, president, teamwork, ambition, coworker, media ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa
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778K
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 330 min.
TV show
Story:
A dramatization of the true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history, the catastrophic nuclear accident at Chernobyl. A tale of the brave men and women who sacrificed to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.
Style:
dark, thought provoking, atmospheric, realistic, harsh ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
nuclear power plant, radiation, radiation poisoning, nuclear reactor, nuclear holocaust, save the day, scientist, nuclear explosion, salvation, nuclear threat, disaster, abandoned city ...
Time:
80s, year 1986, 20th century
Place:
chernobyl, ussr, ukraine, moscow russia, europe ...
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255K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He claims that he and the FBI have the same interests: bringing down dangerous criminals and terrorists. In ...
Style:
exciting, tense, serious, captivating, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
fbi, investigation, unlikely partners, master criminal, law enforcement, intrigue, partners, special agents, secret, mind game, killings, twists and turns ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
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941K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 88 min.
TV show
Story:
A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.
Style:
clever, witty, captivating, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
sherlock holmes, investigation, murder mystery, mastermind, private detective, friendship, british, partners, mind game, riddles and clues, murder, talented ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
london, england, scotland yard, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
The son of a notorious serial killer becomes an acclaimed criminal psychologist who uses his unique insight into how killers think to help the NYPD.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, exciting, thrilling, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
serial killer, haunted by the past, expert, murder investigation, psychological trauma, police, forensics, criminal psychologist, profiler, maniac, repressed memory, childhood trauma ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
new york
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453K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, serious, rough, gothic horror ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
supernatural, monster, vampire, ghost, paranormal, demon, supernatural ability, supernatural power, demon hunter, mission, peril, paranormal phenomena ...
Time:
year 1958, 90s, 80s, 70s, year 1997 ...
Place:
usa, arizona
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