Last updated: August 30, 2026. Streaming availability changes frequently; we re-verify each title before publishing.

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Thrillers are scattered across six services right now, and the best ones aren't all on the platform you'd guess. This post covers nine current thriller series across Netflix, Max, Hulu, Apple TV+, Prime Video, and Peacock — every title verified for US streaming availability as of this month. Two standouts: Adolescence, the four-part limited series that swept the 2025 Emmys, and Task, Brad Ingelsby's follow-up to Mare of Easttown. Both are limited series that end cleanly. We note which shows are finished and which are ongoing, because that distinction matters when you're picking what to commit to.

Netflix

His & Hers

A six-episode limited series that premiered January 8, 2026, developed by William Oldroyd from Alice Feeney's novel. Tessa Thompson and Jon Bernthal play estranged spouses — one a detective, one a reporter — who each suspect the other in a murder. The structure puts two unreliable narrators on opposite sides of the same investigation, and the show earns its tension from that arrangement rather than from the crime itself. It was Netflix's most-watched series from January through June 2026, with 104 million views. Critics praised the lead performances while noting the mystery's questions land harder than its answers — a fair way of saying the atmosphere is the point. It ends cleanly after six episodes, which is the right length for a story built on ambiguity rather than resolution.

Adolescence

A four-part limited series premiered March 13, 2025, with each episode filmed in a single continuous shot. It won eight 2025 Emmys, including Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series. The story follows a 13-year-old accused of murdering a classmate, and the one-shot construction is not a gimmick — it builds tension by denying you the release of a cut, keeping you inside the family's perspective in real time. The technique is what separates it from every other crime drama released last year. The show's restraint is part of why it works: it never cuts away from the discomfort. It ends after four episodes, and it's the title on this list most likely to stay with you after the credits.

Run Away

A Harlan Coben adaptation that premiered January 1, 2026, starring James Nesbitt, Alfred Enoch, Ruth Jones, Minnie Driver, and Ellie de Lange. A father searching for his runaway daughter is pulled into a murder case. Coben's adaptations trade on twist mechanics and pacing — the engine is the plot turning over, not the prose — and this one follows that structure. The cast is stronger than the genre usually gets at this budget, which helps the twists land. If you've watched other Coben adaptations and wanted more, this is the next one. Limited series.

Max

Task

A seven-episode miniseries that ran from September 7 to October 19, 2025, from Brad Ingelsby, who wrote Mare of Easttown. Mark Ruffalo plays an FBI agent pursuing a robbery crew led by Tom Pelphrey. It holds 96% Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. The show is a procedural about labor and loyalty as much as it is about the crimes themselves — the same working-class texture that made Mare of Easttown work is here, applied to a different corner of Pennsylvania. It wraps in seven episodes, which is the right length for the story it's telling; it doesn't stretch the tension past its breaking point. Available on Max; you can also buy it on Amazon.

Hulu

The Testaments

Released April 8, 2026, a spin-off of The Handmaid's Tale based on Margaret Atwood's novel, with Chase Infiniti as Agnes MacKenzie. Season 2 has been confirmed. It extends the world of the original series rather than restarting it, so familiarity with The Handmaid's Tale helps — the show assumes you know the framework and moves forward from there. The thriller elements come from the surveillance state and the question of who inside it can be trusted. It's a darker register than most of the other shows on this list, closer to dystopian drama than crime procedural. Ongoing, with more confirmed.

Apple TV+

Cape Fear

Premiered June 5, 2026, with Amy Adams, Patrick Wilson, and Javier Bardem. It's based on John D. MacDonald's 1957 novel The Executioners and inspired by the 1991 Scorsese film. Apple TV+ has built its thriller bench on author-driven adaptations, and this is the most recent — a limited series that uses the source novel's cat-and-mouse structure rather than inventing a new one. The cast is the draw, and the source material gives them something to work with. The limited-series format means it doesn't have to stretch the tension past its breaking point. Limited series.

Slow Horses

All five seasons are streaming on Apple TV+, with Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb, the head of a dumping ground for MI5 misfits. The show blends dry comedy with espionage and has been one of Apple TV+'s most consistent performers across five seasons — it rarely has a weak episode. Season 6 is scheduled to premiere September 16, 2026, so as of this update five seasons are available and the sixth arrives next month. If you haven't started, you have time to catch up before the new season lands. Ongoing.

Prime Video

Scarpetta

Eight episodes, premiered March 11, 2026, with Nicole Kidman as Dr. Kay Scarpetta, alongside Jamie Lee Curtis, Bobby Cannavale, Simon Baker, and Ariana DeBose. The story moves across two timelines — her start as a chief medical examiner in the late '90s and the present — which lets the show build a long arc rather than a single case. Kidman plays the lead as guarded and precise, which fits a character whose job is to read the dead. A two-season order is in place, so it's not going to leave you hanging after one run. Ongoing.

Peacock

The Day of the Jackal

Premiered November 14, 2024, with Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch, based on the Frederick Forsyth novel and the 1973 film. The show updates the source material to a modern setting while keeping the cat-and-mouse spine — an assassin and the intelligence officer pursuing him, each smart enough that the tension holds. Redmayne plays the assassin as someone who calculates every exit, and Lynch's pursuer is written as his equal; the show works because neither is a step behind for long. Season 2 is in production for 2027. You can also buy it on Amazon.

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Related Reading

For shows that flew under the radar, see our list of underrated shows worth watching in 2026. If you want something colder and slower, our guide to where to watch Nordic noir covers the Scandinavian thrillers streaming now. And since availability shifts, the Leaving Soon page tracks what's departing across services this month.

Bottom Line

The thriller bench right now runs from limited series that end in a single sitting to ongoing dramas you'll follow for years. If you want a complete story this week, Adolescence and Task are the strongest picks. If you want something that's still going, Slow Horses and Scarpetta have more coming. Find all of them and track what's leaving at streamingbeam.com.