If the ideal weekend for you is to feel your adrenaline pumping and your heart rate soaring, you have no choice but to watch a mysterious and tense thriller TV series. Last year we enjoyed some brilliant series full of suspense and ‘angst’ like ‘The Woman In The Wall’ and the second season of ‘Vigil’.

2024 looks just as promising, with a whole slate of major thrillers set to release this year. From Vicky McClure’s ‘Insomnia’ to ‘Peaky Blinders’ creator Steven Knight’s new drama, these are some of the best thriller series to look forward to in 2024.

  • Ripley

In one of the most anticipated thrillers of the year, o Andrew Scott will star as Tom Ripley, the handsome, murderous psychopath of Patricia Highsmith’s most famous work, The Talented Mr. Ripley.

In the series, Tom Ripley, a con artist making ends meet in 1960s New York, is hired by a wealthy man to travel to Italy and try to convince his vagabond son Dickie Greenleaf (Johnny Flynn) to return home. of. Tom’s acceptance of the job is the first step in a life of fraud and murder. Dakota Fanning plays Marge Sherwood, an American living in Italy who suspects dark motives are at play.

*Coming soon to Netflix

  • The Gathering

The Gathering centers on a violent attack on a teenage girl during a rave party on a tidal island. Set in Merseyside, this thriller series focuses on a group of teenagers from different backgrounds, each of whom could have committed the crime, along with their parents – who are just as suspicious.

*Coming soon on Channel 4

  • Constellation

When a fatal accident occurs on the International Space Station, a lone astronaut (played by Noomi Rapace) makes the journey back to Earth, only to discover that key parts of her life have changed…

“The action-packed space adventure is an exploration of the dark edges of human psychology,” reads the official synopsis, “and one woman’s desperate quest to uncover the truth about the hidden history of space travel and reclaim all she’s lost.”

*Weekly episodes every Wednesday via Apple TV+

  • Manhunt

Based on the best-selling non-fiction book Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase For Lincoln’s Killer by James L Swanson, it’s a thriller series about one of the most famous but least understood crimes in history: finding John Wilkes Booth after his assassination Abraham Lincoln.

*Playable on Apple TV+

  • Protection

Exploring first-hand the experiences of a long-time witness protection officer, Protection focuses on what happens when a system that is supposed to protect people fails.

Inspector Liz Nyles (Siobhan Finneran) is a police officer who finds herself in trouble after putting herself at personal risk due to her relationship with a colleague. However, she is motivated to fight back and discover the truth about the corruption within her unit.

*Coming soon to ITVX