Looking for a new TV series to get stuck into? The sort of gripping TV that makes your heart pound, palms sweat and sends chills down your spine? The sort of TV series that keeps you up all night long because you want to, have to, need to watch just one more episode. Well, it’s a good thing that Netflix has so many thrillers to get stuck into, including new releases to enjoy and timeless classics to watch all over again. And just in time for cosy pumpkin spice latte season.

So, look no further. We’ve rounded up some of the absolute best thriller dramas on Netflix to dive into and get your heart racing. Just don’t blame us for all the sleepless nights ahead…

A Harlan Coben adaptation, the show revolves around Maya Stern, who is trying to come to terms with the brutal murder of her husband, Joe. Meanwhile, Maya’s niece and nephew, Abby and Daniel, are trying to find the truth about their mother’s murder, which took place several months earlier. Are the two cases connected?

Set in 1960s China, the story follows a young woman who makes a fateful decision that reverberates across space and time into the present day. Split across several timelines and with many characters to keep on top of, it’s astrophysicist Ye Wenjie who soon proves herself to be a key player in the plot.

The series – which is set in 1970s America – follows FBI Agent Ford (Jonathan Groff) and his colleague (Holt McCallany), both of whom specialise in understanding the minds of murderers.

As a pioneer in this disturbing field, Ford interviews psychopaths in a bid to get inside their heads and predict their next moves. His approach appears to be full of humility: a unique method at a time when the term ‘serial killer’ is just being coined.

Amid an international crisis, a career diplomat juggles her new high-profile job as ambassador to the UK and her turbulent marriage to a political star. And the best news? The second season is due to land on our screens later this year.

In the series, Tom Ripley (Andrew Scott), a grifter scraping by in early 1960s New York, is hired by a wealthy man to travel to Italy to try to convince his vagabond son Dickie Greenleaf (Johnny Flynn) to return home. Tom’s acceptance of the job is the first step into a complex life of deceit, fraud and murder.

The streaming giant’s first African Original series, Queen Sono tells the story of a hard-partying spy who uses her lethal skills to keep the continent safe from terror. Go in expecting twisty thrills, soapy drama and a lot of high-octane action sequences, and you won’t be disappointed.

One of the platform’s darkest and grittiest crime dramas, Ozark sees a financial advisor drag his family from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks, where he must launder money to appease a drug boss. 

Behind Her Eyes is the sort of psychological thriller that segues into horror as it spins its mindboggling yarn about a woman who begins an affair with her boss, all while befriending his mysterious wife behind his back. But who’s manipulating who, really?

As a teenager, Assane Diop’s life was turned upside down when his father died after being accused of a crime he didn’t commit. Now, some 25 years later, Assane plans to use “Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Burglar” as his inspiration to seek vengeance.

In this Harlan Coben adaptation, Adam Price is a happily married father-of-two, until a stranger dumps a huge secret on him about his wife. Cue him doing his best to entangle a web of lies in a desperate quest to discover the truth about the people closest to him.

After witnessing the suicide of a girl who looks just like her, Sarah assumes her identity. But she soon discovers a compelling conspiracy that changes her life forever. 

All about a criminal mastermind’s plan to pull off the biggest heist in recorded history – and his eventual showdown with the police, there’s a reason this Emmy award-winning series boasts a 93% ‘fresh’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

When two children go missing in a small German town, its sinful past is exposed along with the double lives and fractured relationships that exist among four families as they search for the kids.  

Based on Caroline Kepnes’s bestselling tale of mania, obsession, stalking and fear, You sees Joe help Guinevere Beck, an aspiring writer, buy a book from his shop. Later, he saves her when she stumbles on the subway. And then… well, then it turns out he’s willing to do absolutely anything to make her his. Anything.

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