Top 50 Thriller Movies and TV Shows
1. The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)
R | 112 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
The Warrens investigate a murder that may be linked to a demonic possession.
Director: Michael Chaves | Stars: Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Ruairi O'Connor, Sarah Catherine Hook
Votes: 47,298
2. A Quiet Place Part II (2020)
PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats lurking beyond the sand path.
Director: John Krasinski | Stars: Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Cillian Murphy, John Krasinski
Votes: 36,456
3. The Handmaid's Tale (2017– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship.
Stars: Elisabeth Moss, Yvonne Strahovski, Joseph Fiennes, Ann Dowd
Votes: 188,084
4. Infinite (2021)
PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A man discovers that his hallucinations are actually visions from past lives.
Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sophie Cookson, Dylan O'Brien
Votes: 11,214
5. StartUp (2016–2018)
Not Rated | 44 min | Crime, Thriller
A desperate banker, a Haitian-American gang lord and a Cuban-American hacker are forced to work together to unwittingly create their version of the American dream - organized crime 2.0.
Stars: Adam Brody, Edi Gathegi, Otmara Marrero, Kristen Ariza
Votes: 18,837
6. Army of the Dead (2021)
R | 148 min | Action, Crime, Horror
Following a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of mercenaries take the ultimate gamble, venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted.
Director: Zack Snyder | Stars: Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, Ana de la Reguera, Omari Hardwick
Votes: 118,093
7. Awake (III) (2021)
TV-MA | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After a devastating global event wiped out all electronics and eliminated people's ability to sleep, a former soldier may have found a solution with her daughter.
Director: Mark Raso | Stars: Gina Rodriguez, Ariana Greenblatt, Lucius Hoyos, Shamier Anderson
Votes: 10,977
8. Wrath of Man (2021)
R | 119 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
The plot follows H, a cold and mysterious character working at a cash truck company responsible for moving hundreds of millions of dollars around Los Angeles each week.
Director: Guy Ritchie | Stars: Jason Statham, Holt McCallany, Josh Hartnett, Rocci Williams
Votes: 58,801
9. The Blacklist (2013– )
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A new FBI profiler, Elizabeth Keen, has her entire life uprooted when a mysterious criminal, Raymond Reddington, who has eluded capture for decades, turns himself in and insists on speaking only to her.
Stars: James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Ryan Eggold
Votes: 208,264
10. F9: The Fast Saga (2021)
PG-13 | 145 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Cipher enlists the help of Jakob, Dom's younger brother to take revenge on Dom and his team.
Director: Justin Lin | Stars: Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson
Votes: 9,978
11. The Walking Dead (2010–2022)
TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Sheriff Deputy Rick Grimes wakes up from a coma to learn the world is in ruins and must lead a group of survivors to stay alive.
Stars: Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride, Lauren Cohan
Votes: 875,346
12. Reminiscence (2021)
PG-13 | 148 min | Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi | Completed
A scientist discovers a way to relive your past and uses the technology to search for his long lost love.
Director: Lisa Joy | Stars: Rebecca Ferguson, Hugh Jackman, Natalie Martinez, Thandiwe Newton
13. Spiral (2021)
R | 93 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A criminal mastermind unleashes a twisted form of justice in Spiral, the terrifying new chapter from the book of Saw.
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman | Stars: Chris Rock, Samuel L. Jackson, Max Minghella, Marisol Nichols
Votes: 22,117
14. Breaking Bad (2008–2013)
TV-MA | 49 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A high school chemistry teacher diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer turns to manufacturing and selling methamphetamine in order to secure his family's future.
Stars: Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, Betsy Brandt
Votes: 1,528,692
15. Ragnarok (2020– )
TV-MA | 45 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
A small Norwegian town experiencing warm winters and violent downpours seems to be headed for another Ragnarok -- unless someone intervenes in time.
Stars: David Stakston, Jonas Strand Gravli, Herman Tømmeraas, Theresa Frostad Eggesbø
Votes: 28,461
16. Lisey's Story (2021)
TV-MA | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A widow becomes the object of a dangerous stalker, obsessed with her husband's work.
Stars: Julianne Moore, Clive Owen, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Dane DeHaan
Votes: 1,181
17. Invincible (2021– )
TV-MA | 364 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
An adult animated series based on the Skybound/Image comic about a teenager whose father is the most powerful superhero on the planet.
Stars: Steven Yeun, J.K. Simmons, Sandra Oh, Zazie Beetz
Votes: 65,927
18. Nobody (I) (2021)
R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A bystander who intervenes to help a woman being harassed by a group of men becomes the target of a vengeful drug lord.
Director: Ilya Naishuller | Stars: Bob Odenkirk, Aleksey Serebryakov, Connie Nielsen, Christopher Lloyd
Votes: 102,968
19. Panic (2021– )
TV-14 | Adventure, Crime, Drama
No one knows who invented Panic or when it first began. But in the forgotten rural town of Carp, Texas, the game is the only way out. Every summer the graduating seniors risk their lives competing in a series of challenges that force them to confront their deepest fears for the chance to win life-changing money. Anyone can play. Only one will win. Let the games begin.
Stars: Olivia Scott Welch, Mike Faist, Jessica Sula, Ray Nicholson
Votes: 3,888
20. The Conjuring (2013)
R | 112 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse.
Director: James Wan | Stars: Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Ron Livingston, Lili Taylor
Votes: 458,899 | Gross: $137.40M
21. Criminal Minds (2005–2020)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The cases of the F.B.I. Behavioral Analysis Unit (B.A.U.), an elite group of profilers who analyze the nation's most dangerous serial killers and individual heinous crimes in an effort to anticipate their next moves before they strike again.
Stars: Matthew Gray Gubler, Kirsten Vangsness, A.J. Cook, Joe Mantegna
Votes: 168,121
22. Manifest (2018–2021)
TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A commercial airliner suddenly reappears after being missing for five years. As those aboard reintegrate into society, they experience guiding voices and visions of events yet to occur, and soon a deeper mystery unfolds.
Stars: Melissa Roxburgh, Josh Dallas, Athena Karkanis, J.R. Ramirez
Votes: 26,294
23. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
This series follows the Special Victims Unit, a specially trained squad of detectives in the N.Y.P.D., who investigate sexually related crimes.
Stars: Mariska Hargitay, Christopher Meloni, Ice-T, Dann Florek
Votes: 86,044
24. Stranger Things (2016– )
TV-14 | 51 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
When a young boy disappears, his mother, a police chief and his friends must confront terrifying supernatural forces in order to get him back.
Stars: Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Winona Ryder, David Harbour
Votes: 865,583
25. No Sudden Move (2021)
R | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A group of criminals are brought together under mysterious circumstances and have to work together to uncover what's really going on when their simple job goes completely sideways.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Amy Seimetz, Brendan Fraser, Noah Jupe, Matt Damon
26. The Mosquito Coast (2021– )
TV-MA | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
An idealist uproots his family and moves them to Latin America.
Stars: Justin Theroux, Melissa George, Logan Polish, Gabriel Bateman
Votes: 5,373
27. Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021)
R | 100 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A teenage murder witness finds himself pursued by twin assassins in the Montana wilderness with a survival expert tasked with protecting him -- and a forest fire threatening to consume them all.
Director: Taylor Sheridan | Stars: Angelina Jolie, Nicholas Hoult, Finn Little, Jon Bernthal
Votes: 32,512
28. Supernatural (2005–2020)
TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Two brothers follow their father's footsteps as hunters, fighting evil supernatural beings of many kinds, including monsters, demons and gods that roam the earth.
Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Jim Beaver, Misha Collins
Votes: 400,216
29. Old (2021)
PG-13 | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Completed
A thriller about a family on a tropical holiday who discover that the secluded beach where they are relaxing for a few hours is somehow causing them to age rapidly reducing their entire lives into a single day.
Director: M. Night Shyamalan | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Vicky Krieps, Thomasin McKenzie, Abbey Lee
30. Xtreme (2021)
TV-MA | 111 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two years after the murder of his son and father, a retired hitman sets in motion a carefully crafted revenge plan against the killer: his own brother.
Director: Daniel Benmayor | Stars: Teo García, Óscar Jaenada, Óscar Casas, Andrea Duro
Votes: 2,366
31. NCIS (2003– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The cases of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service's Washington, D.C. Major Case Response Team, led by Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs.
Stars: Mark Harmon, David McCallum, Sean Murray, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 123,697
32. Line of Duty (2012– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Drama series following the investigations of AC-12, a controversial police anti-corruption unit.
Stars: Martin Compston, Vicky McClure, Adrian Dunbar, Craig Parkinson
Votes: 44,663
33. Fear the Walking Dead (2015– )
TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A Walking Dead spinoff set in Los Angeles, California. Follows two families who must band together to survive the undead apocalypse.
Stars: Kim Dickens, Frank Dillane, Cliff Curtis, Rubén Blades
Votes: 116,651
34. Cruel Summer (2021– )
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A small Texas town when a beautiful popular teen, Kate, is abducted and, seemingly unrelated, a girl, Jeanette, goes from being a sweet, awkward outlier to the most popular girl in town and, by '95, the most despised person in America.
Stars: Chiara Aurelia, Olivia Holt, Froy Gutierrez, Harley Quinn Smith
Votes: 3,792
35. The Conjuring 2 (2016)
R | 134 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Ed and Lorraine Warren travel to North London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by a supernatural spirit.
Director: James Wan | Stars: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Madison Wolfe, Frances O'Connor
Votes: 238,063 | Gross: $102.47M
36. Money Heist (2017–2021)
TV-MA | 70 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
An unusual group of robbers attempt to carry out the most perfect robbery in Spanish history - stealing 2.4 billion euros from the Royal Mint of Spain.
Stars: Úrsula Corberó, Álvaro Morte, Itziar Ituño, Pedro Alonso
Votes: 332,372
37. Flashback (2020)
R | 97 min | Drama, Thriller
After a chance encounter with a man forgotten from his youth, Fred literally and metaphorically journeys into his past.
Director: Christopher MacBride | Stars: Liisa Repo-Martell, Dylan O'Brien, Hannah Gross, Donald Burda
Votes: 2,313
38. The Nevers (2021– )
TV-MA | 58 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
An epic tale following a gang of Victorian women who find themselves with unusual abilities, relentless enemies, and a mission that might change the world.
Stars: Laura Donnelly, Ann Skelly, Olivia Williams, James Norton
Votes: 13,667
39. Dexter (2006–2021)
TV-MA | 53 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
By day, mild-mannered Dexter is a blood-spatter analyst for the Miami police. But at night, he is a serial killer who only targets other murderers.
Stars: Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, David Zayas, James Remar
Votes: 658,882
40. Tenet (2020)
PG-13 | 150 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Armed with only one word, Tenet, and fighting for the survival of the entire world, a Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Juhan Ulfsak
Votes: 370,535 | Gross: $58.46M
41. The Woman in the Window (2021)
R | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An agoraphobic woman living alone in New York begins spying on her new neighbors, only to witness a disturbing act of violence.
Director: Joe Wright | Stars: Amy Adams, Gary Oldman, Anthony Mackie, Fred Hechinger
Votes: 49,926
42. The Misfits (2021)
R | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
After being recruited by a group of unconventional thieves, renowned criminal Richard Pace finds himself caught up in an elaborate gold heist that promises to have far-reaching implications on his life and the lives of countless others.
Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Tim Roth, Nick Cannon, Rami Jaber
Votes: 1,514
43. The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021)
R | 99 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
The bodyguard Michael Bryce continues his friendship with assassin Darius Kincaid as they try to save Darius' wife Sonia.
Director: Patrick Hughes | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Salma Hayek, Antonio Banderas
Votes: 3,141
44. Fargo (2014– )
TV-MA | 53 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Various chronicles of deception, intrigue and murder in and around frozen Minnesota. Yet all of these tales mysteriously lead back one way or another to Fargo, North Dakota.
Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Martin Freeman, Allison Tolman, Colin Hanks
Votes: 337,793
45. Promising Young Woman (2020)
R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her past, seeks out vengeance against those who crossed her path.
Director: Emerald Fennell | Stars: Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Clancy Brown
Votes: 105,893
46. Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
PG-13 | 113 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The epic next chapter in the cinematic Monsterverse pits two of the greatest icons in motion picture history against one another - the fearsome Godzilla and the mighty Kong - with humanity caught in the balance.
Director: Adam Wingard | Stars: Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry
Votes: 142,476
47. Queen of the South (2016–2021)
TV-MA | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Teresa flees Mexico after her drug-runner boyfriend is murdered. Settling in Dallas she looks to become the country's reigning drug smuggler and to avenge her lover's murder.
Stars: Alice Braga, Hemky Madera, Peter Gadiot, Veronica Falcón
Votes: 22,229
48. American Horror Story (2011– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
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 circus, a haunted hotel, a possessed farmhouse, a cult, the apocalypse, and a slasher summer camp.
Stars: Lady Gaga, Kathy Bates, Angela Bassett, Sarah Paulson
Votes: 282,717
49. Black Mirror (2011– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
An anthology series exploring a twisted, high-tech multiverse where humanity's greatest innovations and darkest instincts collide.
Stars: Daniel Lapaine, Hannah John-Kamen, Michaela Coel, Beatrice Robertson-Jones
Votes: 463,071
50. Mortal Kombat (2021)
R | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
MMA fighter Cole Young seeks out Earth's greatest champions in order to stand against the enemies of Outworld in a high stakes battle for the universe.
Director: Simon McQuoid | Stars: Lewis Tan, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Joe Taslim
Votes: 114,848