Thriller Programmes on Netflix

A terminally ill chemistry teacher teams with a former student to manufacture crystal meth to secure his family's future.

Year: 2008
IMDb: 9.5
Netflix rating: 4.5/5
Netflix ID: 70143836 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A philanderer and renowned psychiatrist pursues his dangerous obsession with a dancer while keeping a lid on his dark past.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 9.5
Netflix ID: 80218063 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When a Japanese high schooler comes into possession of a mystical notebook, he finds he has the power to kill anybody whose name he enters in it.

Year: 2006
IMDb: 9
Netflix rating: 4.5/5
Netflix ID: 70204970 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A prosecutor without empathetic abilities, along with a bold female police detective, takes on a murder case involving rampant political corruption.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 9
Netflix ID: 80187302 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In a peaceful, rustic town, a retired officer and his family are mired in a murder mystery riddled with shocking, buried secrets.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 9
Netflix ID: 81026192 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Inspired by the classic Coen Brothers film of the same title, this new limited series embroils several quirky Minnesotans in a different 'true' crime.

Year: 2014
IMDb: 8.9
Netflix rating: 4.4/5
Netflix ID: 70285785 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Ruthless Congressman Frank Underwood will stop at nothing to conquer Washington D.C. in this Emmy winning political drama.

Year: 2013
IMDb: 8.8
Netflix rating: 4.5/5
Netflix ID: 70178217 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A mad scientist and his friends invent a microwave phone that sends text messages into the past and allows them to travel through time.

Year: 2011
IMDb: 8.8
Netflix rating: 4.5/5
Netflix ID: 80005874 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces and one strange little girl.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 8.8
Netflix rating: 4.2/5
Netflix ID: 80057281 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Communicating via a walkie-talkie that transcends time, a profiler from 2015 and a detective from 1989 join forces to tackle crimes and injustice.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 8.8
Netflix ID: 80987077 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

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.

Year: 2014
IMDb: 8.7
Netflix rating: 3/5
Netflix ID: 80079255 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A missing child sets four families on a frantic hunt for answers as they unearth a mind-bending mystery that spans three generations.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 8.7
Netflix ID: 80100172 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When three gifted kids learn that their isolated orphanage isn’t the haven they thought, they vow to lead the other children in a risky escape plan.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 8.7
Netflix ID: 81145640 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

DS Steve Arnott is transferred to a police anticorruption unit after he refuses to be part of a cover-up involving an accidental shooting.

Year: 2012
IMDb: 8.6
Netflix rating: 4/5
Netflix ID: 70263817 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When a body is found on the bridge between Denmark and Sweden, a Danish inspector and a Swedish detective must work together to find the killer.

Year: 2011
IMDb: 8.6
Netflix rating: 4.4/5
Netflix ID: 70254188 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Terrifying creatures, wicked surprises and dark comedy converge in this NSFW anthology of animated stories presented by Tim Miller and David Fincher.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 8.6
Netflix ID: 80174608 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A detective finds himself 30 years in the future and must solve a string of grisly crimes before he can return to the past.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 8.6
Netflix ID: 81142594 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A dedicated urban detective tries to keep a grip on his personal life while dealing with the psychological factors underlying the crimes he solves.

Year: 2010
IMDb: 8.5
Netflix rating: 4.3/5
Netflix ID: 70175633 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

This drama series focuses on the early years of the relationship between FBI criminal profiler Will Graham and homicidal cannibal Dr. Hannibal Lecter.

Year: 2013
IMDb: 8.5
Netflix rating: 4.3/5
Netflix ID: 70241956 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Satoru Fujinuma can travel back in time to save others' lives. When he wakes up 18 years in the past, he has a chance to save his murdered classmates.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 8.5
Netflix rating: 3.8/5
Netflix ID: 80114225 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A genetics professor experiments with a treatment for his comatose sister that blends medical and shamanic cures, but unlocks a shocking side effect.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 8.5
Netflix ID: 80158301 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Eight thieves take hostages and lock themselves in the Royal Mint of Spain as a criminal mastermind manipulates the police to carry out his plan.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 8.5
Netflix ID: 80192098 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Thirty years later, Ash Williams -- demon hunter par excellence -- is back to battle a new Deadite plague. He may have lost a hand, but not his touch.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 8.5
Netflix ID: 80049277 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

As Delhi reels in the aftermath of a gang rape, DCP Vartika Chaturvedi leads a painstaking search for the culprits. Based on the 2012 Nirbhaya case.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 8.5
Netflix ID: 81076756 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A cybersecurity engineer by day and a cyber vigilante by night, a man is recruited by a mysterious group of hackers to take down a global corporation.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 8.5
Netflix ID: 80045933 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Set during the Reagan presidency, this Cold War drama follows two married Soviet sleeper agents living discreetly near Washington, D.C.

Year: 2013
IMDb: 8.4
Netflix rating: 4.2/5
Netflix ID: 70269397 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

After a young boy is murdered in the small seaside town of Broadchurch, local detectives Ellie Miller and Alec Hardy are assigned the mysterious case.

Year: 2013
IMDb: 8.4
Netflix rating: 4.4/5
Netflix ID: 70302484 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A Soviet freight train's hijacking leads a haunted cop and a poor typist to uncover a political conspiracy amid the vice and glamour of 1929 Berlin.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 8.4
Netflix ID: 80136321 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A teenager battles an onslaught of parasites from space with help from Migi, a docile parasitic creature that's taken over his right hand.

Year: 2014
IMDb: 8.4
Netflix ID: 80191008 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Eccentric Rintaro falls into a depression after failing to save Kurisu, but then a neuroscientist offers him the chance to interact with an AI copy.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 8.4
Netflix ID: 80991654 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

After surrendering to Bogotá police, an ex-guerrilla avoids prison by working undercover to investigate a ruthless enforcer of government corruption.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 8.4
Netflix ID: 80230435 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Witness the birth of the Mexican drug war in the 1980s as a gritty new 'Narcos' saga chronicles the true story of the Guadalajara cartel's ascent.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 8.4
Netflix ID: 80997085 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Strangers Diego and Isabel flee their home in Mexico and pretend to be a married couple to escape his drug-dealing enemies and her abusive husband.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 8.4
Netflix ID: 81034775 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Defining moments in Andrew Cunanan's life, starting in childhood, lead up to a 1997 murder spree that kills five, including fashion icon Gianni Versace.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 8.4
Netflix ID: 81091015 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

While chasing a serial murderer, a detective ends up 30 years in the future, where he tries to solve the case alongside new partners.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 8.4
Netflix ID: 81167047 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When Sarah witnesses the suicide of a woman who looks just like her, she assumes the deceased's identity, her boyfriend and her bank account.

Year: 2013
IMDb: 8.3
Netflix rating: 4.3/5
Netflix ID: 70276033 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Each season of this action thriller follows 24 hours in the life of Jack Bauer, a special agent who works to thwart terrorist attacks.

Year: 2001
IMDb: 8.3
Netflix rating: 3.8/5
Netflix ID: 70136102 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When a prisoner of war returns home after years in captivity, a CIA agent suspects the Marine of having been turned into an Al Qaeda terrorist.

Year: 2011
IMDb: 8.3
Netflix rating: 4.4/5
Netflix ID: 70180387 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Young Macarena must learn to navigate a harsh new world when she's sent to prison for embezzlement and tax evasion.

Year: 2015
IMDb: 8.3
Netflix rating: 3.1/5
Netflix ID: 80059465 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

While investigating a kidnapping, an ex-cop sent to infiltrate a prison finds himself surrounded by dangerous felons who can't know his real identity.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 8.3
Netflix rating: 3.4/5
Netflix ID: 80115297 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A top Israeli agent comes out of retirement to hunt for a Palestinian militant he thought he'd killed, setting a chaotic chain of events into motion.

Year: 2015
IMDb: 8.3
Netflix rating: 3.6/5
Netflix ID: 80113612 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Eccentric amateur sleuth Dirk and his grudging assistant Todd make their way haphazardly through a peculiarly tangled, dangerous supernatural mystery.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 8.3
Netflix rating: 4.1/5
Netflix ID: 80119426 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In a world where humans and aliens live segregated from each other, a border agent falls in love with an alien, putting his life and family at risk.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 8.3
Netflix ID: 81297471 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

With his back against the wall, desperate gambler Kaiji accepts an offer that could wipe away his debt in a single night — if he can survive the odds.

Year: 2011
IMDb: 8.3
Netflix ID: 81409812 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When the Belfast police are stalled in their investigation of a spate of murders, Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson is drafted to investigate.

Year: 2013
IMDb: 8.2
Netflix rating: 4.2/5
Netflix ID: 70272726 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

After being sentenced to six weeks of community service, five ne'er-do-well teens discover that a freak storm has given them superpowers.

Year: 2009
IMDb: 8.2
Netflix rating: 4.1/5
Netflix ID: 70223362 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In the year 2113, people are given brain scans to determine how likely they are to commit a crime. Those who fail are apprehended, or even killed.

Year: 2012
IMDb: 8.2
Netflix rating: 4.3/5
Netflix ID: 80006146 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When a couple's five-year-old son disappears while on family vacation, the father's desperate search for the truth becomes a years-long obsession.

Year: 2014
IMDb: 8.2
Netflix rating: 4.2/5
Netflix ID: 80028426 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

After helping thwart a terrorist attack, a war veteran is assigned to protect a politician who was a main proponent of the very conflict he fought in.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 8.2
Netflix ID: 80235864 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A news anchor at the apex of her hard-earned career contends with a younger rival after her job and a murder case that tests the limits of her marriage.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 8.2
Netflix ID: 81029905 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Charged with killing his wife and daughter, Prosecutor Park Jeong-u seeks to recoup his memory and build a case unlike any other to prove he’s innocent.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 8.2
Netflix ID: 80999070 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A police detective who loses everything to a criminal organization seeks payback when he gains special abilities through biotechnology.

Year: 2020
IMDb: 8.2
Netflix ID: 81243994 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Amidst 19th century England's stifling inequality, William James Moriarty plans to overturn the repressive class system and create a more just society.

Year: 2020
IMDb: 8.2
Netflix ID: 81335206 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

After a serial killer murders his family, Patrick Jane gives up his life as a phony psychic and uses his powers of observation to aid law enforcement.

Year: 2008
IMDb: 8.1
Netflix rating: 4.1/5
Netflix ID: 70155590 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

The body of a murder victim turns up in a small Icelandic village just as a major snowstorm cuts the region off from the rest of the world.

Year: 2015
IMDb: 8.1
Netflix rating: 3/5
Netflix ID: 80118158 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez and his team face storms, corruption, cold cases and more as they investigate murders on the remote Shetland Islands.

Year: 2014
IMDb: 8.1
Netflix rating: 3/5
Netflix ID: 80133848 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A series of incidents in Afghanistan set complicated political and personal events in motion for a returning Norwegian Special Forces officer.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 8.1
Netflix rating: 2.9/5
Netflix ID: 80131415 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

This docuseries examines the decades-old murder of Sister Catherine Cesnik and its suspected link to a priest accused of abuse.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 8.1
Netflix ID: 80122179 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When a young woman with amnesia becomes a key figure in a missing persons case, she must reconstruct her memories to clear her name.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 8.1
Netflix ID: 80206360 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Unpleasant events disturb the life of an aspiring crime fiction writer when he becomes a resident of an apartment building teeming with shady neighbors.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 8.1
Netflix ID: 81267632 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

After turning himself in, a brilliant fugitive offers to help the FBI bag other baddies, but only if rookie profiler Elizabeth Keen is his partner.

Year: 2013
IMDb: 8
Netflix rating: 4.5/5
Netflix ID: 70281312 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

On his way home from the convenience store, teenager Subaru Natsuki is transported to another world, where he gains the power to reverse time by dying.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 8
Netflix rating: 3/5
Netflix ID: 80131659 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

New to rural Hinamizawa, Keiichi discovers a series of murders in its past. But his new friends refuse to speak of them and seem to be monitoring him.

Year: 2006
IMDb: 8
Netflix rating: 3.3/5
Netflix ID: 70308793 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When a young mother inexplicably stabs a stranger to death, a sympathetic detective struggles to unlock the mystery buried in her missing memories.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 8
Netflix ID: 80175802 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A group of strangers in a bar -- with no memory of who they are or how they got there -- learn that they must win a competition in order to leave.

Year: 2015
IMDb: 8
Netflix ID: 80209635 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Accident or murder? After the mysterious death of his wife, author Michael Peterson watches his life go under the microscope.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 8
Netflix ID: 80233441 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Sexism in the financial sector is exposed in a series about investment banker Jana, whose dream employer might be as morally corrupt as the last one.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 8
Netflix ID: 80994411 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When a terrorist attack ravages Tokyo, a mysterious clue to the perpetrators' identity confounds the police, and paranoia spreads like wildfire.

Year: 2014
IMDb: 7.9
Netflix rating: 4.5/5
Netflix ID: 80020759 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When a modern-day killer mimics the murders of Jack the Ripper, a team of detectives and a tour guide join forces to bring the copycat to justice.

Year: 2009
IMDb: 7.9
Netflix rating: 4.1/5
Netflix ID: 70209174 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In a picturesque and once-peaceful province of Sweden, disillusioned police inspector Kurt Wallander probes a shocking spate of baffling murders.

Year: 2008
IMDb: 7.9
Netflix rating: 3.9/5
Netflix ID: 70148125 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A young man looking for excitement moves to Ikebukuro, a district in Tokyo, where he finds a world of mystery in which the past and present mesh.

Year: 2010
IMDb: 7.9
Netflix rating: 3.1/5
Netflix ID: 80040119 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Tatsumi sets out on a journey to help his poor village. When he's rescued by a band of assassins, he joins their fight against the corrupt government.

Year: 2014
IMDb: 7.9
Netflix rating: 3/5
Netflix ID: 80052714 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Two friends' lives are changed forever when they are recruited by a top-secret organization tasked with protecting the country from foreign threats.

Year: 2009
IMDb: 7.9
Netflix rating: 3.1/5
Netflix ID: 80081705 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

The law-abiding owner of a crime scene cleaning service is forced into business with a powerful mob boss thanks to his irresponsible older brother.

Year: 2015
IMDb: 7.9
Netflix rating: 3.1/5
Netflix ID: 80080727 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Reinstated to eradicate the worst crimes in the city, a detective requests the release of three convicts to enlist their help in catching the felons.

Year: 2014
IMDb: 7.9
Netflix ID: 80178427 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Shocking secrets begin to unravel when the aftermath of a car crash leaves four best friends questioning the truth of their relationships.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 7.9
Netflix ID: 81049578 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Undercover agents infiltrate a drug kingpin's operation by posing as a couple at the campground where he spends his weekends. Inspired by real events.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 7.9
Netflix ID: 80225312 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In this remake of the Korean thriller, an esteemed detective and a talented cop join forces to nail the killer who took the lives of their loved ones.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 7.9
Netflix ID: 81142595 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Four young men come to the rescue of a former classmate whose family has been sucked into the clutches of a religious cult and its charismatic leader.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 7.9
Netflix ID: 81167101 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A teenaged gang leader in New York City faces his abuser and rival gangs alongside a photojournalist from Japan as they investigate a deadly new drug.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 7.9
Netflix ID: 81218604 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

After getting arrested, a charismatic man gets pressured to work for a pair of murky police officers as an informant in order to protect his family.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 7.9
Netflix ID: 81388421 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In Victorian London, 12-year-old business magnate Ciel Phantomhive thwarts dangers to the queen as he's watched over by his demon butler, Sebastian.

Year: 2008
IMDb: 7.8
Netflix rating: 4.1/5
Netflix ID: 70204955 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

This spinoff of 'Crownies' follows the senior crown prosecutor on the case of a high-ranking police officer who assisted in his wife's suicide.

Year: 2014
IMDb: 7.8
Netflix rating: 4.4/5
Netflix ID: 80025280 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

After a teenage girl's perplexing suicide, a classmate receives a series of tapes that unravel the mystery of her tragic choice.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 7.8
Netflix rating: 4.5/5
Netflix ID: 80117470 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

This drama series chronicles the true story of the rise, capture and escape of notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 7.8
Netflix ID: 80133042 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A private investigator with a tragic past is tasked with finding a missing person, only to end up being framed for his murder.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 7.8
Netflix ID: 80193893 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A deft detective whose wife is killed by a serial murderer teams up with a rookie cop, a gifted voice profiler dealing with her own father’s murder.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 7.8
Netflix ID: 80987095 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

While looking for the cryptic creator of an innovative augmented-reality game, an investment firm executive meets a woman who runs a hostel in Spain.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 7.8
Netflix ID: 81004280 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Obsessed with an aspiring writer, a charming bookstore manager goes to extreme measures to insert himself into her life.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 7.8
Netflix ID: 80211991 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A young man who survived a childhood kidnapping that left his mother dead becomes the prime suspect in a recent string of gruesome femicides.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 7.8
Netflix ID: 81367819 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In the near future, Russia initiates a 'silk glove' invasion of Norway to restart oil production, but soon uncertainty, chaos and danger erupt.

Year: 2015
IMDb: 7.7
Netflix rating: 3/5
Netflix ID: 80092654 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When she suspects her husband is cheating on her, Dr. Gemma Foster starts an investigation that leads her down a dark path of obsession.

Year: 2015
IMDb: 7.7
Netflix rating: 3/5
Netflix ID: 80097034 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A police detective mourning a painful loss moves back to his peaceful hometown, only to be drawn into a murder case that dredges up dark secrets.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 7.7
Netflix rating: 3/5
Netflix ID: 80142550 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Polar-opposite strangers Lola and Chelsea become partners on the run when they witness a murder involving dirty cops and are framed for the crime.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 7.7
Netflix ID: 80195522 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

While trying to protect a loved one, a white-collar worker is drawn into an intricate murder plot that tests the limits of his will to survive.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 7.7
Netflix ID: 80220817 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In 1896 New York City, psychologist Laszlo Kreizler is enlisted by Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt to catch a killer preying on homeless boys.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 7.7
Netflix ID: 80149395 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In the interview room, detectives go head-to-head with suspects and try to get to the truth -- even if it means breaking the rules and risking it all.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 7.7
Netflix ID: 81020518 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When his nephew dies in a plane crash, stunt man Cha Dal-geon resolves to find out what happened, with the help of covert operative Go Hae-ri.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 7.7
Netflix ID: 81095101 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A wary CIA officer investigates a charismatic man who sparks a spiritual movement and stirs political unrest. A fictional story not based on true events.

Year: 2020
IMDb: 7.7
Netflix ID: 80117557 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In 1980s San Francisco, a homeless teen is recruited to a storied private school where kids from crime families learn to master "the deadly arts."

Year: 2019
IMDb: 7.7
Netflix ID: 81071829 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb