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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 about The Walking Dead
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 the last two decades, he’s made a list of criminals and terrorists... more about The Blacklist
An anthology series in which police investigations unearth the personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within and outside the law. more about True Detective
NCIS (Naval Criminal Investigative Service) is more than just an action drama. With liberal doses of humor, it’s a show that focuses on the sometimes complex and always amusing dynamics of a team forced to work together in high-stress situations. From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen sub... more about NCIS (2003)
An F.B.I. agent is forced to work with an institutionalized scientist and his son in order to rationalize a brewing storm of unexplained phenomena.
more about Fringe
A mysterious tattooed woman with no recollection of her own past or her own identity is found naked inside a travel bag in Times Square by the FBI. They discover that her tattoos contain clues to crimes they will have to solve. more about Blindspot
Mafia activity in Naples is at the center of this series, which focuses on internal struggles that follow after the head of a family is imprisoned. more about Gomorrha
Delves into the dark side of the NYC underworld as the detectives investigate and prosecute various sexually oriented crimes, including rape, pedophilia, domestic violence, and the abuses of children, the disabled, and elderly victims of non-sexual crimes who require specialist handling, all while t... more about Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Chernobyl dramatizes the story of the 1986 nuclear accident — one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history — and the sacrifices made to save Europe from unimaginable disaster. more about Chernobyl
Starting over isn’t easy, especially for small-town guy John Nolan who, after a life-altering incident, is pursuing his dream of being a Los Angeles police officer. As the force’s oldest rookie, he’s met with skepticism from some higher-ups who see him as just a walking midlife crisis. If he can’t k... more about The Rookie
Set in New York's world of high stakes litigation, Damages follows the lives of Patty Hewes, the nation's most revered and most reviled litigator, and her bright, ambitious protege Ellen Parsons as they become embroiled in a class action lawsuit targeting Arthur Frobisher, one of the country's wealt... more about Damages
A drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement. Frank Reagan is the New York Police Commissioner and heads both the police force and the Reagan brood. He runs his department as diplomatically as he runs his family, even when dealing with the politics tha... more about Blue Bloods
Beneath the decadence of 1929 Berlin, lies an underworld city of sin. Police investigator Gareon Rath has been transferred from Cologne to the epicenter of political and social changes in the Golden Twenties. more about Babylon Berlin
Two years ago, a psychopathic killer drove a stolen Mercedes into a crowd, killing 16. The recently retired detective who headed the unsolved case suddenly begins receiving mysterious messages containing unreleased information and decides to start his own, unofficial investigation. more about Mr. Mercedes
About a man who, in his own words, is not Sherlock Holmes - but a scientist. German adaptation of the 2015 Flemish Belgian series. more about Professor T.
A well-meaning but struggling writer decides to lead a sort of double life by pretending to be a private detective using the methods he read about in old detective novels. more about Bored to Death
Explore the psychological underpinnings of love and murder in a small mountain resort town while following popular children’s book author and illustrator Olivia Lake, whose literary success makes her a local celebrity in the tight-knit community. more about Mosaic
Los Angeles S.W.A.T. Sergeant Daniel ‘Hondo’ Harrelson is assigned to lead a highly-skilled unit in the community where he grew up. Torn between loyalty to the streets where the cops are sometimes the enemy, and allegiance to his brothers in blue, he strategically straddles these two worlds. Hondo e... more about S.W.A.T.
Embraces the idea that the banal can be very interesting, as long as one looks more closely. The room is the same, but everything else changes: the tone, plot, characters, even time. more about Room 104
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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