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56 Days

56 Days is a Prime Video erotic crime thriller (2026), eight episodes adapted from Catherine Ryan Howard's 2021 Dublin lockdown novel, starring Dove Cameron and Avan Jogia, set in Boston, filmed in Montreal.

A Friend of the Family

A Friend of the Family is a 2022 Peacock true-crime limited series, created by Nick Antosca, dramatizing the 1970s double kidnapping of Jan Broberg by family friend Robert Berchtold; Jan and Mary Ann Broberg produced.

Baby Reindeer

Baby Reindeer is a 2024 Netflix seven-episode limited series created by and starring Richard Gadd, adapted from his Edinburgh Fringe play about being stalked. It won six Emmys, two Golden Globes, and a Peabody, and prompted a $170 million defamation suit by Fiona Harvey.

Below (miniseries)

Below is a 2026 six-episode Netflix limited series created by Jesse McKeown, starring Josh Hartnett as Newfoundland fisherman Calvin Penney facing a giant prehistoric squid; distinct from other shows titled Below.

Billionaires' Bunker

Billionaires' Bunker (El refugio atómico) is a Spanish Netflix thriller by Money Heist creators Álex Pina and Esther Martínez Lobato: billionaires in a luxury bunker, 8 episodes, premiered September 19, 2025, canceled December 2025 after one season.

Bloodline (TV series)

Bloodline is a Netflix drama thriller (2015-2017) by Todd A. Kessler, Glenn Kessler, and Daniel Zelman of Damages, about the Rayburn family of the Florida Keys, 3 seasons, 33 episodes, Emmy winner Ben Mendelsohn.

Cape Fear (TV series)

Cape Fear (Apple TV, 2026) is a 10-episode limited series by Nick Antosca, the third adaptation of John D. MacDonald's The Executioners, starring Javier Bardem as Max Cady opposite Amy Adams and Patrick Wilson, with Scorsese and Spielberg as executive producers.

Careless (TV series)

Careless is an upcoming four-part Australian-British psychological thriller, a Stan Original with Channel 4, created by Helen Fitzgerald and Louise Fox, starring Solly McLeod, Richard Roxburgh and Robyn Malcolm, filmed in Sydney and Glasgow.

Chance (TV series)

Chance is a Hulu psychological thriller series (2016–2017) starring Hugh Laurie as San Francisco forensic neuropsychiatrist Eldon Chance, adapted from Kem Nunn's novel; two ten-episode seasons, canceled January 2018.

Coldwater (TV series)

Coldwater is a 2025 six-part British psychological thriller created by David Ireland, starring Andrew Lincoln as John, a London dad who moves to a fictional Scottish village and falls under the influence of Ewen Bremner's sinister neighbor Tommy; it aired on ITV1/ITVX and streamed on Paramount+ from January 2026.

Cry Wolf (American TV series)

Cry Wolf is an upcoming FX American limited series (8 episodes), created and showrun by Sarah Treem, remaking the Danish 2020 series Ulven kommer. Olivia Colman plays social worker Kath opposite Brie Larson's April; filmed in Toronto, February to May 2026.

Dexter: New Blood

Dexter: New Blood, the 2021 Showtime limited series (also called the Dexter revival), continues Dexter Morgan's story ten years later in Iron Lake, New York, under the alias Jim Lindsay, ending with Harrison shooting his father.

Disclaimer (2024 TV series)

Disclaimer is a 2024 seven-episode Apple TV+ psychological thriller limited series written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón, adapted from Renée Knight's 2015 novel, starring Cate Blanchett as journalist Catherine Ravenscroft and Kevin Kline, released October 11 to November 8, 2024.

Doctor Foster (TV series)

Doctor Foster is a BBC One psychological drama by Mike Bartlett starring Suranne Jones as GP Gemma Foster, who uncovers her husband's affair. Two five-part series aired 2015 and 2017; a final series is due in 2027, with remakes in South Korea, France, India, and elsewhere.

Eden

Eden is a 2021 Australian mystery drama miniseries for the streaming service Stan, set in Byron Bay and starring Sophie Wilde, BeBe Bettencourt, Keiynan Lonsdale, and Cody Fern.

End of Summer

End of Summer (Slutet på sommaren) is a six-part Swedish psychological thriller series in which a therapist reopens the case of her brother's 1984 disappearance after a patient recalls matching memories.

Eric (2024 TV series)

Eric is a 2024 Netflix limited drama series by Abi Morgan, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as puppeteer Vincent Anderson searching 1980s New York for his missing son Edgar; six episodes, released May 30, 2024.

Fake

Fake is a 2024 Australian Paramount+ drama series, eight 40-minute episodes adapted by Anya Beyersdorf from Stephanie Wood's memoir, starring Asher Keddie as writer Birdie Bell and David Wenham as romance scammer Joe Burt.

Fear (2025 TV series)

Fear (2025 TV series): three-part British psychological thriller on Prime Video UK/Ireland, 4 March 2025, starring Martin Compston, Anjli Mohindra, Solly McLeod; adapted from Dirk Kurbjuweit's novel, set in Glasgow, directed by Justin Chadwick.

Fifteen-Love

Fifteen-Love is a 2023 British psychological sports drama on Amazon Prime Video, created by Hania Elkington, starring Ella Lily Hyland and Aidan Turner in six episodes.

Full Circle

Full Circle (2023) is a six-episode Max crime thriller limited series directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Ed Solomon, inspired by Kurosawa's High and Low, about a botched New York kidnapping; distinct from the 2023 documentary and the 2013–2016 anthology series.

Gone (2026 TV series)

Gone (2026) is a six-part ITV psychological crime drama written by George Kay, directed by Richard Laxton, starring David Morrissey and Eve Myles. Set in Bristol, it follows headmaster Michael Polly, prime suspect in his wife's disappearance; distinct from other series titled Gone.

Gone for Good

Gone for Good (Disparu à jamais) is a 2021 French Netflix miniseries adapting Harlan Coben's 2002 novel, directed by Juan Carlos Medina, starring Finnegan Oldfield; five episodes set in Nice, released August 13, 2021.

Grand Hotel (TV series)

Gran Hotel (Grand Hotel) is a Spanish Antena 3 period mystery drama (2011–2013, 3 seasons, 39 episodes) set in 1905 at a hotel in fictional Cantaloa, starring Yon González and Amaia Salamanca, remade in Mexico, the US, Italy, and France.

Guilty Party

Guilty Party (2021 Paramount+ series): dark comedy created by Rebecca Addelman, starring Kate Beckinsale as discredited journalist Beth Burgess investigating Toni Plimpton's murder conviction; 10 episodes, canceled, removed from Paramount+ in 2023. Distinct from the 2017 YouTube series, the StudioCanal company, and the party game.

Gypsy (TV series)

Gypsy is a 2017 Netflix psychological thriller created by Lisa Rubin, starring Naomi Watts as therapist Jean Holloway, who uses an alias to enter patients' lives; 10 episodes, canceled after one season.

Helsinki Syndrome (TV series)

Helsinki Syndrome (Helsinki-syndrooma) is a Finnish thriller series (2022–2024) by Bordertown creator Miikko Oikkonen, in which Elias Karo (Peter Franzén) takes four Helsingin Sanomat journalists hostage over 1990s banking-crisis injustices; two seasons on Yle, co-produced with Arte and NDR.

Hold Tight (miniseries)

Hold Tight (Polish: Zachowaj spokój) is a 2022 Polish Netflix crime miniseries adapted from Harlan Coben's 2008 novel, in which a teenager's disappearance shakes a Warsaw suburb.

Holy Family

Holy Family (Sagrada familia) is a Spanish-language Netflix drama thriller created and directed by Manolo Caro, starring Najwa Nimri as Gloria, a mother hiding a secret in 1990s Madrid; two seasons, 16 episodes, 2022-2023.

I Dol I (아이돌 아이)

I Dol I (아이돌아이, also Idol I, Liar Lawyer) is a 2025-2026 ENA/Genie TV Korean legal mystery romantic comedy of 12 episodes starring Choi Soo-young as lawyer-fan Maeng Se-na defending accused idol Do Ra-ik, played by Kim Jae-young.