Best Thriller Anime

The best finished thriller anime released between 2000 and 2026, ranked by community score and popularity. Every title below has completed airing, so you can binge the full series without waiting for a next episode. If you enjoy thriller anime, you'll also find recommendations for similar genres in our archive and Best rankings. For upcoming thriller titles that haven't finished yet, see the Upcoming & Announced tracker; for currently-airing shows with a known end date, check Ending Soon.

Showing 85 titles across27 year archives.

Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 4

90/100•19 eps

Steins;Gate

89/100•24 eps

Monster

88/100•74 eps

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2

87/100•25 eps

ODDTAXI

85/100•13 eps

Death Note

84/100•37 eps

BANANA FISH

84/100•24 eps

The Promised Neverland

84/100•12 eps

PLUTO

84/100•8 eps

Puella Magi Madoka Magica

83/100•12 eps

Summer Time Rendering

83/100•25 eps

Kaiji - Ultimate Survivor

82/100•26 eps

Rainbow

82/100•26 eps

Kaiji - Against All Rules

82/100•26 eps

Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-

82/100•13 eps

Moriarty the Patriot Part 2

82/100•13 eps

PSYCHO-PASS

81/100•22 eps

ERASED

81/100•12 eps

Great Pretender

81/100•23 eps

Tengoku Daimakyo

81/100•13 eps

Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage

80/100•12 eps

When They Cry Kai

80/100•24 eps

Death Parade

80/100•12 eps

The Summer Hikaru Died

80/100•12 eps

Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo

79/100•24 eps

Terror in Resonance

78/100•11 eps

Akagi

77/100•26 eps

Kubikiri Cycle: The Blue Savant and the Nonsense User

77/100•8 eps

ID: INVADED

77/100•13 eps

The Fable

77/100•25 eps

GNOSIA

77/100•21 eps

Paranoia Agent

76/100•13 eps

Ga-Rei-Zero

76/100•12 eps

Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine

76/100•13 eps

Tomodachi Game

76/100•12 eps

When They Cry

75/100•26 eps

Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom

75/100•26 eps

Shiki

75/100•22 eps

Akudama Drive

75/100•12 eps

Eden of the East

74/100•11 eps

WONDER EGG PRIORITY

74/100•12 eps

Dead Mount Death Play Part 2

74/100•12 eps

Blue Literature Series

73/100•12 eps

Akame ga Kill!

73/100•24 eps

Re:CREATORS

73/100•22 eps

Golgo 13 (TV)

72/100•50 eps

Shion no Ou: The Flowers of Hard Blood

71/100•22 eps

Shigofumi

71/100•12 eps

Another

71/100•12 eps

selector spread WIXOSS

71/100•12 eps

Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School - Despair Arc

71/100•11 eps

Super Crooks

71/100•13 eps

SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table

71/100•11 eps

Darwin's Game

70/100•11 eps

Talentless Nana

70/100•13 eps

Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story Season 2 -The Eve of Awakening-

70/100•8 eps

TERMINATOR ZERO

70/100•8 eps

LAZARUS

70/100•13 eps

The Future Diary

69/100•26 eps

selector infected WIXOSS

69/100•12 eps

The Perfect Insider

69/100•11 eps

B: The Beginning

69/100•12 eps

Higurashi: When They Cry - GOU

69/100•24 eps

The Darwin Incident

69/100•13 eps

Mouryou no Hako

68/100•13 eps

My Home Hero

68/100•12 eps

[C] - CONTROL - The Money and Soul of Possibility

67/100•11 eps

Angels of Death

67/100•12 eps

Magical Girl Raising Project

66/100•12 eps

Joker Game

66/100•12 eps

KOKKOKU

66/100•12 eps

Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre

66/100•12 eps

The Grimm Variations

66/100•6 eps

Occultic;Nine

65/100•12 eps

KADO: The Right Answer

64/100•13 eps

BABYLON

64/100•12 eps

Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange

64/100•23 eps

JUNI TAISEN：ZODIAC WAR

62/100•12 eps

B: The Beginning: Succession

61/100•6 eps

HERO MASK

59/100•15 eps

KAGEWANI

58/100•13 eps

Dorei-ku The Animation

54/100•12 eps

AFTERLOST

48/100•12 eps

Tasuketsu -Fate of the Majority-

47/100•24 eps

Tesla Note

40/100•13 eps