Best American thriller series

Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch thriller shows from United States, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!

  • Poster for Breaking Bad

    Breaking Bad 2008

    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 financial future at any cost as he enters the dangerous world of drugs and crime.

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  • Poster for The Walking Dead

    The Walking Dead 2010

    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.

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  • Poster for Homeland

    Homeland 2011

    CIA officer Carrie Mathison is tops in her field despite being bipolar, which makes her volatile and unpredictable. With the help of her long-time mentor Saul Berenson, Carrie fearlessly risks everything, including her personal well-being and even sanity, at every turn.

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  • Poster for Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

    Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 2013

    Agent Phil Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division) puts together a team of agents to investigate the new, the strange and the unknown around the globe, protecting the ordinary from the extraordinary.

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  • Poster for You

    You 2018

    A dangerously charming, intensely obsessive young man goes to extreme measures to insert himself into the lives of those he is transfixed by.

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  • Poster for 3 Body Problem

    3 Body Problem 2024

    Across continents and decades, five brilliant friends make earth-shattering discoveries as the laws of science unravel and an existential threat emerges.

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  • Poster for Killing Eve

    Killing Eve 2018

    A security consultant hunts for a ruthless assassin. Equally obsessed with each other, they go head to head in an epic game of cat-and-mouse.

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  • Poster for Revolution

    Revolution 2012

    One day, electricity just stopped working and the world was suddenly thrust back into the dark ages. Now, 15 years later, a young woman's life is dramatically changed when a local militia arrives and kills her father, who mysteriously—and unbeknownst to her—had something to do with the blackout. An unlikely group sets out off on a daring journey to find answers about the past in the hopes of reclaiming the future.

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  • Poster for The Strain

    The Strain 2014

    A high concept thriller that tells the story of Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, the head of the Center for Disease Control Canary Team in New York City. He and his team are called upon to investigate a mysterious viral outbreak with hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism. As the strain spreads, Eph, his team, and an assembly of everyday New Yorkers, wage war for the fate of humanity itself.

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  • Poster for Designated Survivor

    Designated Survivor 2016

    Tom Kirkman, a low-level cabinet member is suddenly appointed President of the United States after a catastrophic attack during the State of the Union kills everyone above him in the Presidential line of succession.

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  • Poster for Over the Garden Wall

    Over the Garden Wall 2014

    Two brothers, Wirt and Greg, find themselves lost in the Unknown; a strange forest adrift in time. With the help of a wise old Woodsman and a foul-tempered bluebird named Beatrice, Wirt and Greg must travel across this strange land, in hope of finding their way home. Join them as they encounter surprises and obstacles on their journey through the wood.

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  • Poster for Constantine

    Constantine 2014

    A man struggling with his faith is haunted by the sins of his past but is suddenly thrust into the role of defending humanity from the gathering forces of darkness.

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  • Poster for Stephen King's It

    Stephen King's It 1990

    In 1960, seven outcast kids known as "The Losers' Club" fight an evil demon who poses as a child-killing clown. Thirty years later, they reunite to stop the demon once and for all when it returns to their hometown.

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  • Poster for FlashForward

    FlashForward 2009

    When the entire world blacks out for two minutes and seventeen seconds, everyone sees a flash of their own future 6 months from the present. For some, the future is hopeful, while for others, it is unexpected. For a few, it doesn't seem to exist. Knowing their fate will alter each person's life, destinies will be changed.

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  • Poster for Alphas

    Alphas 2011

    Five ordinary people with superhuman physical and mental abilities are brought together to form one extraordinary team of Alphas. Operating within the U.S. Department of Defense, the team investigates cases that point to others with Alpha abilities.

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  • Poster for The 4400

    The 4400 2004

    4400 centers on the return of 4400 people who, previously presumed dead or reported missing, reappear on Earth. Though they have not aged physically, some of them seem to have deeper alterations ranging from superhuman strength to an unexplained healing touch. A government agency is formed to track the 4400 people after one of them commits a murder.

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  • Poster for The Diplomat

    The Diplomat 2023

    In the midst of an international crisis, a career diplomat lands in a high-profile job she’s unsuited for, with tectonic implications for her marriage and her political future.

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  • Poster for Paradise

    Paradise 2025

    The tranquility in a serene, wealthy community inhabited by some of the world's most prominent individuals explodes when a shocking murder occurs and a high stakes investigation unfolds.

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  • Poster for Lovecraft Country

    Lovecraft Country 2020

    The anthology horror series follows 25-year-old Atticus Freeman, who joins up with his friend Letitia and his Uncle George to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America to find his missing father. They must survive and overcome both the racist terrors of white America and the malevolent spirits that could be ripped from a Lovecraft paperback.

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  • Poster for The Society

    The Society 2019

    When everyone else mysteriously vanishes from their wealthy town, the teen residents of West Ham must forge their own society to survive.

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  • Poster for Intelligence

    Intelligence 2014

    A drama centered on a high-tech intelligence operative who is enhanced with a super-computer microchip in his brain, and the director of the elite government cyber-security agency who supports him.

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  • Poster for The Event

    The Event 2010

    The Event is an emotional, high-octane conspiracy thriller that follows Sean Walker, an everyman who investigates the mysterious disappearance of his would-be fiancée Leila, and unwittingly begins to expose the biggest cover-up in U.S. history.

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  • Poster for The Act

    The Act 2019

    A seasonal anthology series that tells startling, stranger-than-fiction true crime stories with the first season following Gypsy Blanchard, a girl trying to escape the toxic relationship she has with her overprotective mother.

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  • Poster for Cross

    Cross 2024

    Alex Cross is a brilliant but flawed homicide detective and full of contradictions. A doting father and family man, Cross is single-minded to the point of obsession when he hunts killers. He is desperate for love, but his wife’s murder has left him too damaged to receive it.

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  • Poster for 666 Park Avenue

    666 Park Avenue 2012

    What would you do to have everything you desire? Step inside 666 Park Avenue, New York's most seductive address. We all have some burning needs, desires and ambitions. For the residents of The Drake, the premier apartment building on Manhattan's Upper East Side, these will all be met – for a price – courtesy of the building's mysterious owner, Gavin Doran. But be careful what you wish for, because the price you have to pay is your soul.

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  • Poster for UNTAMED

    UNTAMED 2025

    In the vast expanse of Yosemite National Park, a woman's death draws a federal agent into lawless terrain — where nature obeys no rules but its own.

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  • Poster for Shining Girls

    Shining Girls 2022

    Years after a brutal attack left her in a constantly shifting reality, Kirby Mazrachi learns that a recent murder is linked to her assault. She teams with veteran reporter Dan Velazquez to understand her ever-changing present—and confront her past.

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  • Poster for The Madness

    The Madness 2024

    After a media pundit stumbles upon a dead body deep in the Poconos woods, he finds himself framed for the murder of a notorious white supremacist.

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  • Poster for El Chapo

    El Chapo 2017

    A look at the life of notorious drug kingpin, El Chapo, from his early days in the 1980s working for the Guadalajara Cartel, to his rise to power of during the '90s and his ultimate downfall in 2016.

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  • Poster for Bodkin

    Bodkin 2024

    A ragtag crew of podcasters sets out to investigate mysterious disappearances from decades earlier in a charming Irish town with dark, dreadful secrets.

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  • Poster for Death and Other Details

    Death and Other Details 2024

    How do you solve a murder in a post-fact world? Especially when sailing the Mediterranean on an ocean liner filled with the wealthy and powerful. Everyone on board is hiding something… but is one of them a killer? That’s what the world’s once greatest detective, Rufus Cotesworth, and his protégée, Imogene, aim to discover.

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  • Poster for The Better Sister

    The Better Sister 2025

    Chloe moves in New York's most elite circles with her lawyer husband Adam and teenage son Ethan by her side while her estranged sister Nicky tries to make ends meet and stay clean. When Adam is brutally murdered, the investigation sends shockwaves through the family and exposes long-buried secrets.

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  • Poster for Long Bright River

    Long Bright River 2025

    A police officer patrols a Philadelphia neighborhood hard-hit by the opioid crisis. When a series of murders begins in the neighborhood, Mickey realizes that her personal history might be related to the case.

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  • Poster for Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin

    Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin 2022

    Twenty years ago, a series of tragic events almost ripped the blue-collar town of Millwood apart. Now, in the present day, a group of disparate teen girls finds themselves tormented by an unknown Assailant and made to pay for the secret sin their parents committed two decades ago, as well as their own.

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  • Poster for Harlan Coben's Shelter

    Harlan Coben's Shelter 2023

    Follow the story of Mickey Bolitar after the death of his father leads him to start a new life in suburban New Jersey. When another new student disappears, Mickey finds himself tangled in a web of secrets. With the help of two new friends, Spoon and Ema, they reveal a dark underground that may hold the answers to decades of disappearances.

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  • Poster for The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone 1985

    This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original anthology series. Each episode tells a tale (sometimes two or three) rooted in horror or suspense, often with a surprising twist at the end. Episodes usually feature elements of drama and comedy.

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  • Poster for Orphan Black: Echoes

    Orphan Black: Echoes 2024

    In the near future, a group of women weave their way into each other's lives and embark on a thrilling journey, unravelling the mystery of their identity and uncovering a wrenching story of love and betrayal.

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  • Poster for Dead of Summer

    Dead of Summer 2016

    Set in the late 1980s, school is out for the summer, and a sun-drenched season of firsts beckons the counselors at Camp Clearwater, a seemingly idyllic Midwestern summer camp, including first loves, first kisses – and first kills. Clearwater’s dark, ancient mythology awakens, and what was supposed to be a summer of fun soon turns into one of unforgettable scares and evil at every turn.

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  • Poster for Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue

    Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue 2025

    Follow the tale of nine strangers who find themselves lost in a remote Mexican jungle after their small plane traveling from Guatemala to the U.S. crashes. One by one, the survivors are murdered, leaving the remaining passengers to solve the terrifying mystery before they too fall victim to the killer.

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  • Poster for Hysteria!

    Hysteria! 2024

    When a beloved varsity quarterback disappears during the "Satanic Panic" of the late 1980s, a struggling high school heavy metal band of outcasts realize they can capitalize on the town's sudden interest in the occult by building a reputation as a Satanic metal band, until a bizarre series of murders, kidnappings, and reported "supernatural activity" triggers a leather-studded witch hunt that leads directly back to them.

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  • Poster for Like a Dragon: Yakuza

    Like a Dragon: Yakuza 2024

    Set in the fictional town of Kamurocho, the story unfolds across two intersecting timelines—1995 and 2005. In 1995, four friends eager to escape their restrictive lives in an orphanage dive into the yakuza-controlled underworld of 1995 Kamurocho. Meanwhile, in 2005, their friendship is deteriorated, as tensions between the Tojo Clan and the Omi Alliance are at a boiling point.

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  • Poster for The Edge of Sleep

    The Edge of Sleep 2024

    When a night watchman finishes his shift at work, he is terrified to discover that everyone in the world who went to sleep the previous night has died. Now he and a band of survivors must stay awake and uncover the secret of this global epidemic, before they fall asleep.

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  • Poster for Hotel Cocaine

    Hotel Cocaine 2024

    The story of Roman Compte, a Cuban exile and general manager of The Mutiny Hotel, the glamorous epicenter of the Miami cocaine scene of late '70s and early '80s. The Mutiny Hotel was Casablanca on cocaine.

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  • Poster for Countdown

    Countdown 2025

    When an officer with the Department of Homeland Security is murdered in broad daylight, LAPD detective Mark Meachum is recruited to a secret task force, alongside undercover agents from all branches of law enforcement, to investigate. But the hunt for the killer soon uncovers a plot far more sinister than anyone could have imagined, kicking off a race against time to save a city of millions.

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  • Poster for Sherlock & Daughter

    Sherlock & Daughter 2025

    Sherlock Holmes faces a sinister case risking friends' lives. American Amelia joins, seeking her father after her mother's murder. Despite differences, they solve a conspiracy and her mother's case.

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  • Poster for Smoke

    Smoke 2025

    When an arson investigator begrudgingly teams up with a police detective, their race to stop two arsonists ignites a twisted game of secrets and suspicions.

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  • Poster for Profit

    Profit 1996

    Jim Profit is a newly promoted junior executive at a multinational conglomerate, who uses ruthless methods to climb the corporate ladder. He is not above using blackmail, bribery, extortion, or worse to take down one rival after another.

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  • Poster for The Institute

    The Institute 2025

    When 14 year old genius Luke Ellis is kidnapped, he awakens at The Institute, a facility full of children who all got there the same way he did, and who are all possessed of unusual abilities. In a nearby town, haunted former police officer Tim Jamieson has come looking to start a new life, but the peace and quiet won’t last, as his story and Luke’s are destined to collide.

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  • Poster for The Big Cigar

    The Big Cigar 2024

    Black Panther Party co-founder Huey P. Newton enlists an unlikely ally—Hollywood producer Bert Schneider—to elude an FBI manhunt and escape to Cuba.

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  • Perfume 2018

    A modern day adaptation of Patrick Suskind's novel. When a singer is found murdered, with her scent glands excised from her body, detectives probe a group of friends who attended boarding school with her. [duplicate series. correct version:352150]

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  • Poster for The Kollective

    The Kollective 2025

    After a sudden tragedy, a group of intrepid young citizen journalists find themselves sucked into a web of government lies and corruption.

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  • Neebs Gaming: 7 Days to Die 2017

    The Neebs crew takes on a new challenge ... with zombies!!

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  • Alan Wake 0

    The best-selling thriller novelist Alan Wake and his wife Alice leave for a vacation in the small town of Bright Falls, but Alan will soon realize that a Dark Presence stalks the town, which will push him to the brink of sanity in his fight to uncover the mistery behind his wife's sudden disappearance, all while experiencing events from the plot of his latest novel, which he cannot remember writing, coming to life.

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  • Above everything 0

    The TV Series provides a complex image of love,the amount of sacrifices and courage it takes to obtain it

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  • Alien: 40th Anniversary Shorts 2019

    To celebrate Alien's 40th anniversary and in partnership with Tongal, 20th Century Fox is releasing new Alien-universe fan-made short films leading up to Alien Day on April 26th.

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  • That Chapter 2017

    About reporting on some of the craziest cases out there, with maybe a joke or two stuffed in between.

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  • BTK: A Killer Among Us 2019

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  • Poster for The Secret Life of Amy Bensen

    The Secret Life of Amy Bensen 2022

    After losing her entire family, Amy has spent several years on the run from unknown danger. When she meets Liam on a flight she has no idea her life is about to change, for his part Liam plans to help her whether she likes it or not.

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  • GTAV Story Mode 2003

    Every Story Mode Cutscene/Mission/Episode for the hit game Grand Theft Auto V!

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  • The Dark Pictures 2019

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  • The Rain 2018

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  • Poster for La Querida del Centauro

    La Querida del Centauro 2016

    Yolanda Acosta is a woman capable of altering law and order out of love for her daughter. She serves as a hook to catch the Centauro, one of the most dangerous drug traffickers in Mexico.

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  • Poster for Inspector Rojas:  At The End Of The World

    Inspector Rojas: At The End Of The World 2024

    The mysterious disappearance of a young man breaks the calm in a quiet city in southern Chile. Rojas will have to solve the case facing a powerful institution that will respond with death and violence. Inspired by real events.

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  • Bright 2017

    Set in a world where mystical creatures live side by side with humans. A human cop is forced to work with an Orc to find a weapon everyone is prepared to kill for.

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  • hiimmarymary 2016

    i don't know why this is happening to me

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  • Count Cuckula's Cringe Theater 2019

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