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1. Sherlock
(9/10 stars)Sherlock Holmes and his partner Dr. John Watson solve crimes in 21st century London. more
Top 20 Thriller TV Shows on Disney+ 2026
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(9/10 stars)2. The Walking Dead
(8/10 stars)The world we knew is gone. An epidemic of apocalyptic proportions has swept the globe causing the dead to rise and feed on the living. In a matter of months society has crumbled. In a world ruled by the dead, we are forced to finally start living. more
3. Prison Break
(8/10 stars)Due to a political conspiracy, an innocent man is sent to death row and his only hope is his brother, who makes it his mission to deliberately get himself sent to the same prison to break them both out from the inside. more
4. Lost (2004)
(7/10 stars)After their plane, Oceanic Air flight 815, tore apart whilst thousands of miles off course, the survivors find themselves on a mysterious deserted island where they soon find out they are not alone. more
5. Homeland
(8/10 stars)A bipolar CIA operative becomes convinced a prisoner of war has been turned by al-Qaeda and is planning to carry out a terrorist attack on American soil. more
6. Sons of Anarchy
(8/10 stars)Single father Jax Teller finds his loyalty to his outlaw motorcycle club tested by his growing unease concerning the group's lawlessness. While the club protects and patrols the town of Charming, Calif., keeping drug dealers away, its activities also include a thriving -- and lucrative -- illegal ar... more
7. Revenge
(8/10 stars)Emily Thorne rents a house in the Hamptons for the summer, seemingly intent on nothing more than enjoying a break in the popular resort. But it soon becomes clear that there's more to her visit. Her real name is Amanda Clarke and her father was framed for a crime he didn't commit and sent to prison ... more
8. Criminal Minds
(7/10 stars)Special Agents Jason Gideon and Aaron Hotchner head up the FBI's most elite profiling team, the Behavioral Analysis Unit, the experts in analyzing criminal psychology. With each mind-blowing case, they put their lives on the line as they travel the country, matching wits with the most ruthless crimi... more
9. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
(8/10 stars)Now that the existence of super heroes and aliens has become public knowledge, the world is trying to come to grips with this new reality. Agent Phil Coulson is back in action and now has his eye on a mysterious group called The Rising Tide. In order to track this unknown enemy, he has assembled a s... more
10. 24 (2001)
(7/10 stars)"24" is a TV thriller presented in "real time" with each minute of airtime that corresponds to a minute in the lives of the characters. "24" employs fast-paced and complex stories, and often contains unexpected plot twists. Though each day's events typically revolve aro... more
11. Daredevil
(7/10 stars)Blinded as a young boy, Matt Murdock fights injustice by day as a lawyer and by night as the Super Hero Daredevil in Hell's Kitchen, New York City. more
12. Lie to Me
(8/10 stars)A cynical researcher who's made a profession of interpreting facial expressions and body language to determine whether someone is telling the truth heads up a consulting firm that includes a perceptive, optimistic female clinical psychologist on whom he harbors a secret crush, a former TSA screener ... more
13. American Horror Story
(8/10 stars)An anthology series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an insane asylum, a witch coven, a freak show, a haunted hotel, a possessed farmhouse, a cult, the apocalypse and a slasher camp. more
14. Marvels Jessica Jones
(7/10 stars)When a tragedy puts an end to her short-lived career as a superhero, Jessica settles in New York City and opens her own detective agency, called Alias Investigations, which seems to get involved in cases involving people who have special abilities. Suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome, Jess... more
15. Akte X (The X-Files)
(8/10 stars)`The truth is out there,' and FBI agents Scully and Mulder seek it in this sci-fi phenomenon about their quest to explain the seemingly unexplainable. Their strange cases include UFO sightings, alien abductions and just about anything else paranormal. more
16. Quantico
(8/10 stars)This drama from executive producers Josh Safran and Mark Gordon explores the lives of young FBI recruits who have come to the Quantico base in Virginia for 21 weeks of training to become special agents. The recruits have been thoroughly vetted and are considered the best and the brightest -- but eac... more
17. Scandal
(7/10 stars)A former media relations consultant to the President, Olivia Pope dedicates her life to protecting and defending the public images of our nation's elite. After leaving the White House, the power consultant opened her own firm, hoping to start a new chapter -- both professionally and personally -- bu... more
18. Burn Notice
(7/10 stars)Covert intelligence operative Michael Westen has been punched, kicked, choked and shot. And now he's received a "burn notice", blacklisting him from the intelligence community and compromising his very identity. He must track down a faceless nemesis without getting himself killed while dou... more
19. Perception
(7/10 stars)This fascinating series features one of the most unique crime solvers on television, an eccentric neuroscience professor who is recruited by the FBI to help solve complex cases. Eric McCormack stars as Dr. Daniel Pierce, who possesses an intimate knowledge of human behavior and a masterful unders... more
20. The Strain
(7/10 stars)A mysterious viral outbreak with hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism ravages the city of New York. more
Why these charts are worth it
Thriller TV shows live on a very specific quality: the feeling that something can go wrong – at any moment. The best examples in the genre maintain that tension not through constant action sequences but through information imbalance: the viewer sometimes knows more than the characters, sometimes less – and that relationship generates the real pressure. Once a thriller series loses that mechanism, it loses its effect.
The spectrum is broader than often assumed: political thrillers where institutions and individuals work against each other; psychological thrillers where it stays unclear what is real and what is not; paranoia series where the main character cannot tell who to trust; legal thrillers where the system itself becomes the threat. What scores well in this ranking are series that earn their resolutions through consistent internal logic – not through cheap twists in the finale. Use the status filter to find completed thriller series specifically.
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Fans of thriller TV shows frequently also watch crime and mystery series, as all three genres rely on suspense, secrets and high-pressure situations.
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