Sometimes the best thrillers are the ones you start without expecting much and then end up watching till the final scene. From the disturbing mystery of Shaque: Trust No One and the tense investigation in Kartavya to the layered crime story of Kohrra Season 2, these recent suspense thrillers turned out to be surprisingly gripping watches.
10 Recent Underrated Suspense Thrillers on Netflix
1. Shaque: Trust No One
Nine years after her newborn daughter was taken from a hospital, a mother still has no idea what happened to her child. Her search suddenly gets new hope when photographs appear to show that the missing girl may be alive. But following this clue also makes her suspicious of the very people she has trusted for years.
2. Kartavya
Police officer Pawan is left carrying the guilt of a journalist being murdered despite being under his protection. Refusing to let the case end there, he follows a trail that leads towards political influence, corruption and people powerful enough to interfere with the investigation. The danger becomes even harder to ignore when his own family starts getting threatened.
3. Taskaree: The Smuggler’s Web
A Mumbai Customs officer heads a special team trying to break an international smuggling operation working through airports. As the officers move closer to the people controlling the network, the possibility of help coming from inside the system makes the case more complicated. Every operation becomes riskier when they can no longer be completely sure whom to trust.
4. Kohrra Season 2
A woman’s murder brings Amarpal Garundi and Dhanwant Kaur into an investigation where almost everyone around the victim seems to be carrying an old wound or secret. Conflicting versions of events keep changing the direction of the case, while the officers are also struggling with problems in their own lives. The mystery slowly shows how deeply broken relationships can complicate the search for a killer.
5. Reporting Live
Journalist Sandhya and veteran cameraman Vinod set out to uncover the criminals behind an illegal sand-mining racket. However, their investigation takes a dangerous turn when they discover that a powerful crime network is involved, putting their lives at risk. Starring Parineeti Chopra and Deven Bhojani, this crime thriller follows two determined reporters who refuse to back down despite growing threats.
6. His & Hers
A journalist returns to her hometown to look into a murder and soon clashes with the detective investigating the same crime. Both have different versions of what happened, making it increasingly difficult to know which account can be trusted. The suspense comes from one simple question: who is hiding the truth?
7. Glory
The unexplained death of a famous boxer brings two estranged brothers back to the town and sporting world they once left behind. Their attempt to understand the killing begins exposing rivalries, corruption and secrets inside the local boxing circuit. The mystery grows more personal when unresolved problems within their own family become connected to the case.
8. Run Away
A father searching desperately for his missing daughter begins discovering secrets he never knew existed. What starts as an attempt to bring her home pulls him towards a much darker and more dangerous mystery. Based on Harlan Coben’s novel, the eight-episode thriller keeps adding new questions as the search moves forward.
9. Officer on Duty (Prime Video)
A seemingly routine jewellery scam gives a low-ranking police officer a case that appears simple at first. Following the evidence, however, begins opening up a much larger criminal conspiracy than he expected to face. What looked like ordinary police work soon becomes a dangerous investigation with far bigger stakes.
10. Reporting Live
Journalist Sandhya and veteran cameraman Vinod set out to uncover the criminals behind an illegal sand-mining racket. However, their investigation takes a dangerous turn when they discover that a powerful crime network is involved, putting their lives at risk. Starring Parineeti Chopra and Deven Bhojani, this crime thriller follows two determined reporters who refuse to back down despite growing threats.
Bonus: Baby Do Die Do
Baby Karmakar appears to be an ordinary deaf woman who cannot speak, but she secretly works as a highly skilled contract killer in Mumbai. Her dangerous connection to the city’s real-estate crime world becomes harder to hide when DCP Anjum Khan starts chasing her and neighbour Siddhu gives Baby a reason to dream about leaving that life behind. Old trauma, love and her violent profession begin colliding as the pressure around her grows.
If you enjoy thrillers that slowly reveal bigger secrets behind seemingly simple crimes, these are the kind of unexpected watches that can keep you hooked till the end.