20 Best Thriller TV Shows on Freevee 2026
Explore Freevee’s sharpest thrillers, from Reacher and Line of Duty to Sterling Point and Taboo, with 20 tense picks to stream now.
If you’re searching for tense, twisty streaming picks, this guide rounds up the best thriller TV shows on Freevee to add to your queue fast. The lineup mixes hard-hitting action, police corruption, conspiracy, and slow-burn mystery, with standout choices like Reacher, The Terminal List, Line of Duty, Taboo, and The Fall. You’ll also find newer buzz titles such as Sterling Point and Spider-Noir, plus smart, suspenseful staples like Continuum. With 20 shows on the page, there’s plenty here whether you want a gritty crime story or a moodier drama with sharp surprises. Use this list to find the kind of suspense that keeps you clicking “next episode.”
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Reacher
action · crime · drama · thriller
Jack Reacher, a veteran military police investigator, has just recently entered civilian life. Reacher is a drifter, carrying no phone and the barest of essentials as he travels the country and explores the nation he once served.
Directed by Sam Hill, Omar Madha, Gary Fleder, Carol Banker, Julian HolmesCast Alan Ritchson, Maria Sten, Malcolm Goodwin, Willa Fitzgerald, Serinda SwanAmazon Prime VideoFreevee -
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Sterling Point
drama · mystery & thriller
Annie along with her twin brother were raised in New York by their single dad before they find out that their estranged grandfather left them an island on a lake in his will.
Directed by Megan Park, Andrew Ahn, Aurora GuerreroCast Ella Rubin, Amélie Hoeferle, Jacob Whiteduck-Lavoie, Bo Bragason, Keen RuffaloAmazon Prime VideoFreevee -
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Line of Duty
crime · drama · mystery · thriller
A drama about the investigations of AC-12, a controversial police anticorruption unit.
Directed by John Strickland, Jennie Darnell, Douglas Mackinnon, Daniel Nettheim, Jed MercurioCast Martin Compston, Vicky McClure, Adrian Dunbar, Craig Parkinson, Gregory PiperAmazon Prime VideoPeacock PremiumFreevee -
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Spider-Noir
action · adventure · crime · drama · fantasy · mystery · sci-fi · thriller
Ben Reilly, an aging and down on his luck private investigator in 1930s New York, is forced to grapple with his past life as the city's one and only superhero.
Directed by Harry Bradbeer, Alethea Jones, Nzingha Stewart, Greg YaitanesCast Nicolas Cage, Lamorne Morris, Li Jun Li, Karen Rodriguez, Abraham PopoolaAmazon Prime VideoFreevee -
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Invincible
animation · action · adventure · drama · fantasy · sci-fi · thriller
Mark Grayson is a normal teenager except for the fact that his father is the most powerful superhero on the planet. Shortly after his seventeenth birthday, Mark begins to develop powers of his own and enters into his father’s tutelage.
Directed by Dan Duncan, Shaun O'Neil, Jeff Allen, Sol Choi, Ian AbandoCast Steven Yeun, Sandra Oh, J.K. Simmons, Gillian Jacobs, Grey DeLisleAmazon Prime VideoFreevee -
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Lazarus
mystery · thriller
Forensic psychiatrist Dr Joel 'Laz' Lazarus is forced to confront long-buried demons after his father Dr L dies in suspicious circumstances. At first assured his dad's death is a suicide, Laz is soon sucked into a world of murderous conspiracy, and a race to find the killer, by strange visions of people he knows to be dead.
Directed by Daniel O'Hara, Nicole Volavka, Wayne Che YipCast Sam Claflin, Bill Nighy, Eloise Little, Ewan Horrocks, David FynnAmazon Prime VideoFreevee -
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The Fall
crime · drama · thriller
When the Police Service of Northern Ireland are unable to close a case after 28 days, Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson of the Metropolitan Police Service is called in to review the case. Under her new leadership, the local detectives must track down and stop a serial killer who is terrorising the city of Belfast.
Directed by Allan Cubitt, Jakob VerbruggenCast Gillian Anderson, Jamie Dornan, John Lynch, Aisling Franciosi, Niamh McGradyAmazon Prime VideoPeacock PremiumAMC+Freevee -
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Patriot
comedy · drama · thriller
To prevent Iran from going nuclear, intelligence officer John Tavner must forgo all safety nets and assume a perilous "non-official cover" -- that of a mid-level employee at a Midwestern industrial piping firm.
Directed by Steve Conrad, Tucker Gates, Ted Griffin, Michael Trim, James WhitakerCast Michael Dorman, Kurtwood Smith, Michael Chernus, Kathleen Munroe, Aliette OpheimAmazon Prime VideoFreevee -
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Teen Wolf
action · drama · fantasy · romance · thriller
Scott McCall, a high school student living in the town of Beacon Hills has his life drastically changed when he's bitten by a werewolf, becoming one himself. He must henceforth learn to balance his problematic new identity with his day-to-day teenage life. The following characters are instrumental to his struggle: Stiles, his best friend; Allison, his love interest who comes from a family of werewolf hunters; and Derek, a mysterious werewolf with a dark past. Throughout the series, he strives to keep his loved ones safe while maintaining normal relationships with them.
Directed by Russell Mulcahy, Tim Andrew, Jennifer Lynch, Toby Wilkins, Christian TaylorCast Tyler Posey, Holland Roden, Dylan O'Brien, Linden Ashby, JR BourneNetflixAmazon Prime VideoFreevee -
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Death Note
animation · crime · drama · fantasy · mystery · thriller
Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But will Light succeed in his noble goal, or will the Death Note turn him into the very thing he fights against?
Directed by Tetsurō Araki, Kei Tsunematsu, Mitsuyuki Masuhara, Tomohiko Itô, Hiroyuki TsuchiyaCast Mamoru Miyano, Brad Swaile, Vincent Tong, Ryô Naitô, Trevor DevallNetflixAmazon Prime VideoHuluFreevee -
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Taboo
drama · mystery · thriller
Adventurer James Keziah Delaney returns to London from Africa in 1814 along with fourteen stolen diamonds to seek vengeance after the death of his father.
Directed by Anders Engström, Kristoffer NyholmCast Tom Hardy, David Hayman, Jonathan Pryce, Oona Chaplin, Richard DixonPeacock PremiumFreevee -
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Scarpetta
crime · drama · mystery · thriller
A brilliant forensic pathologist uses forensic technology to solve crimes.
Directed by Charlotte Brändström, David Gordon Green, John Polson, Ellen KurasCast Nicole Kidman, Jamie Lee Curtis, Bobby Cannavale, Simon Baker, Rosy McEwenAmazon Prime VideoFreevee -
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Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
action · crime · drama · thriller
When CIA analyst Jack Ryan stumbles upon a suspicious series of bank transfers his search for answers pulls him from the safety of his desk job and catapults him into a deadly game of cat and mouse throughout Europe and the Middle East, with a rising terrorist figurehead preparing for a massive attack against the US and her allies.
Directed by Jann Turner, Patricia Riggen, Daniel Sackheim, Andrew Bernstein, Dennie GordonCast John Krasinski, Wendell Pierce, Michael Kelly, Abbie Cornish, Betty GabrielAmazon Prime VideoFreevee -
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56 Days
crime · drama · mystery · romance · thriller
After meeting randomly in a supermarket, Oliver and Ciara fall for each other fast, and dangerously hard. Fifty-six days later, homicide investigators arrive at Oliver's apartment to find an unidentified body—brutally murdered and intentionally decomposed.
Directed by Alethea Jones, Shana Stein, Lauren Wolkstein, Jessica YuCast Avan Jogia, Dove Cameron, Karla Souza, Dorian Missick, Megan Peta HillAmazon Prime VideoFreevee -
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Cross
action · crime · drama · mystery · thriller
TV series based on James Paterson's Alex Cross novels. Alex Cross uses forensic psychology to analyze killers' minds, delving into victims' psyches to identify murderers and bring them to justice
Directed by Stacey Muhammad, Craig Siebels, Nzingha Stewart, R.T. Thorne, Director XCast Alona Tal, Aldis Hodge, Isaiah Mustafa, Juanita Jennings, Samantha WalkesAmazon Prime VideoParamount PlusFreevee -
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Citadel
action · drama · thriller
What if you lost your memory? What if a spy didn’t know they were a spy? Years ago, the top agents of Citadel, Mason Kane and Nadia Sinh, had their minds wiped. But, they’re called back to action as sinister forces emerge from the past. With the help of spymaster Bernard Orlick, these former lovers must remember the past to save the future.
Directed by Newton Thomas Sigel, Joe Russo, Jessica Yu, Greg Yaitanes, David WeilCast Richard Madden, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Ashleigh Cummings, Stanley Tucci, Lesley ManvilleAmazon Prime VideoFreevee -
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The Terminal List
action · drama · thriller
Navy SEAL Commander James Reece turns to vengeance as he investigates the mysterious forces behind the murder of his entire platoon. Free from the military’s command structure, Reece applies the lessons he’s learned from nearly two decades of warfare to hunt down the people responsible.
Directed by Frederick E.O. Toye, Sylvain White, Paul Cameron, MJ Bassett, Antoine FuquaCast Chris Pratt, Constance Wu, Taylor Kitsch, Riley Keough, Arlo MertzAmazon Prime VideoFreevee -
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Des
biography · crime · drama · history · thriller
The story of one of the most infamous cases in UK criminal history, that of serial killer Dennis Nilsen. Told through the prism of three men, the series explores the personal and professional consequences of coming into contact with a man like Nilsen.
Directed by Lewis ArnoldCast David Tennant, Daniel Mays, Jason Watkins, Ron Cook, Barry WardAmazon Prime VideoAMC+Freevee -
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Masters of Horror
crime · drama · horror · mystery & thriller · science-fiction
An anthology series written and directed by the most famous names in horror.
Directed by Stuart Gordon, Dario Argento, John Carpenter, Joe Dante, Mick GarrisCast Karen Elizabeth Austin, J. Winston Carroll, Miho Ninagawa, Anthony Harrison, Diego Martinez-TauAmazon Prime VideoFreevee -
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The Island
drama · sci-fi · thriller
A deadly virus hits a small community living on an island in the North Sea.
Directed by Christian Alvart, Adolfo J. KolmererCast Emily Kusche, Aaron Hilmer, Adrian Grünewald, Maximilian Brauer, Phileas HeyblomAmazon Prime VideoFreevee
Wrapping Up
From relentless manhunts to layered investigations, this list gives you a strong mix of suspense-driven TV across action, crime, drama, and mystery. Whether you came for Reacher, The Terminal List, or a deeper cut like Continuum, you should have plenty of options for your next watch. Bookmark this page and come back whenever you want a fresh pick, since it’s updated regularly with new additions and shifting availability. That way, you’ll always have an easy place to find a thriller worth starting.
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Last updated: September 11, 2026