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The best thrillers on Disney+ right now
Right now the best thrillers and thriller series on Disney+ in the United States are Gravity Falls (2012), The X-Files (1993) and American Horror Story (2011). This is the top 30 streaming there today, ranked by how well rated each one is, how many people have rated it, and what people are watching now.
Updated November 12, 2026 · streaming in the United States
1. Gravity Falls2012
Series · 2 seasonsAction & Adventure, Animation, Comedy★ 8.6
Twin brother and sister Dipper and Mabel Pines are in for an unexpected adventure when they spend the summer helping their great uncle Stan run a tourist trap in the mysterious town of Gravity Falls, Oregon.
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Disney+2. The X-Files1993
Series · 11 seasonsMystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Crime★ 8.4
The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena.
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Pluto TV (free)3. American Horror Story2011
Series · 13 seasonsDrama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy★ 8.1
An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum, a witch coven, a freak show, a hotel, a farmhouse in Roanoke, a cult, the apocalypse and a summer camp.
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fuboTV+14. WandaVision2021
Series · 1 seasonSci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Drama★ 8.2
Wanda Maximoff and Vision—two super-powered beings living idealized suburban lives—begin to suspect that everything is not as it seems.
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Hulu5. Only Murders in the Building2021
Series · 6 seasonsComedy, Mystery, Crime★ 8.4
Three strangers share an obsession with true crime and suddenly find themselves wrapped up in one.
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6. Zootopia 22025
Film · 1h 48mAnimation, Adventure, Comedy★ 7.7
After cracking the biggest case in Zootopia's history, rookie cops Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde find themselves on the twisting trail of a great mystery when Gary De'Snake arrives and turns the animal metropolis upside down.
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Disney+7. Moon Knight2022
Series · 1 seasonSci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Action & Adventure★ 7.6
When Steven Grant, a mild-mannered gift-shop employee, becomes plagued with blackouts and memories of another life, he discovers he has dissociative identity disorder and shares a body with mercenary Marc Spector.
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Disney+8. Scream Queens2015
Series · 2 seasonsMystery, Comedy★ 7.8
The super-charged comedy-horror series is a modern take on the classic whodunit with a killer cast.
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Hulu9. Agatha All Along2024
Series · 1 seasonSci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery★ 7.4
Agatha Harkness gathers a coven of witches and sets off down, down, down The Witches' Road.
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Disney+10. A Shop for Killers2024
Series · 2 seasonsDrama, Action & Adventure, Mystery★ 8.5
A niece who lost her parents and grew up in the hands of an uncle who runs a shopping mall faces a new truth after her uncle's sudden death.
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Hulu11. Moving2023
Series · 2 seasonsMystery, Drama, Action & Adventure★ 8.5
Children who live in hiding with superpowers, along with their parents who live with painful secrets of the past, face enormous dangers together.
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Hulu12. Big Mouth2022
Series · 1 seasonMystery, Drama, Crime★ 8.4
A lawyer with a ten-percent winning rate is caught up in a murder case and becomes the notorious and genius con artist, Big Mouse, overnight.
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Hulu13. Secrets of Sulphur Springs2021
Series · 3 seasonsFamily, Drama, Mystery★ 8.1
12-year-old Griffin Campbell and his family move to the small town of Sulphur Springs and take ownership of an abandoned hotel rumored to be haunted by the ghost of a girl who disappeared decades ago.
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Disney+14. Light Shop2024
Series · 1 seasonMystery, Drama★ 8.4
In a mysterious shop that sells lamps, the dead may return to the world of the living, while the living may not walk out alive.
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Hulu15. Good American Family2025
Series · 1 seasonDrama, Crime, Mystery★ 7.6
A Midwestern couple adopts who they believe to be a little girl with dwarfism, but gradually start to believe she may not be who she says she is.
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Hulu16. R.J. Decker2026
Series · 2 seasonsCrime, Mystery★ 7.5
Ex-con photographer RJ Decker becomes a PI in South Florida, solving strange cases with help from his journalist ex, her cop wife, and an enigmatic woman from his past who may help or destroy him.
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YouTube TV+117. The Abyss1989
Film · 2h 20mAdventure, Thriller, Science Fiction★ 7.4
A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a…
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BBC America18. Coven Academy2026
Series · 1 seasonMystery, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy★ 7.6
A coven protects their magic school from a dark fate.
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fuboTV19. Girl in the Basement2021
Film · 1h 28mThriller, Crime, TV Movie★ 7.6
Sara is a teen girl who is looking forward to her 18th birthday to move away from her controlling father Don. But before she could even blow out the candles, Don imprisons her in the basement of their home.
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A&E Crime Central+320. Goosebumps: The Vanishing2025
Series · 1 seasonAction & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery★ 7.0
When twins Devin and Cece are sent to spend a summer in Gravesend, Brooklyn with their divorced dad, scientist Anthony Brewer, they must band together with new friends to save the neighborhood from a long-dormant threat.
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Disney+21. Goosebumps2023
Series · 1 seasonSci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Mystery★ 7.1
A group of five high schoolers embark on a shadowy and twisted journey to investigate the tragic passing three decades earlier of a teen named Harold Biddle – while also unearthing dark secrets from their parents' past.
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Disney+22. In Your Radiant Season2026
Series · 1 seasonMystery, Drama★ 8.1
Chan lives every day like it is summer vacation. Haran is trapped in a lonely winter. When their forgotten past reunites them, Chan is determined to gift her another spring.
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Hulu23. The Great Mouse Detective1986
Film · 1h 14mAnimation, Family, Mystery★ 7.0
When the diabolical Professor Ratigan kidnaps London's master toymaker, the brilliant master of disguise Basil of Baker Street and his trusted sidekick Dawson try to elude the ultimate trap and foil the perfect crime.
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Disney+24. Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers2022
Film · 1h 39mAnimation, Family, Comedy★ 7.0
Decades since their successful television series was canceled, Chip has succumbed to a life of suburban domesticity as an insurance salesman.
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Disney+25. Nine Puzzles2025
Series · 1 seasonCrime, Mystery★ 7.9
Ten years after discovering her murdered uncle, Ena and Detective Hansaem must cooperate to stop a series of similar murders - each linked by strange puzzle pieces.
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Hulu26. Strange Days1995
Film · 2h 25mScience Fiction, Thriller★ 7.0
In the last days of 1999, ex-cop turned street hustler Lenny Nero receives a disc which contains the memories of the murder of a prostitute.
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Hulu27. The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story2023
Film · 1h 28mThriller, Drama, Crime★ 7.1
Based on a true story. 15-year-old Kara Robinson was kidnapped, assaulted and held captive for 18 hours. With her survival instincts kicking in, she plots a daring escape from the serial killer and leads police to his apartment.
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Lifetime Movie Club+228. Mexican Psycho2026
Film · 1h 39mThriller, Horror★ 7.2
Follows an "ultra-violent and intelligent" psychopath who challenges the police by leaving a white paper rabbit at each crime scene, connecting them all.
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Hulu29. Kraven the Hunter2024
Film · 2h 7mAction, Adventure, Thriller★ 6.4
Kraven Kravinoff's complex relationship with his ruthless gangster father, Nikolai, starts him down a path of vengeance with brutal consequences, motivating him to become not only the greatest hunter in the world, but also one of its most…
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fuboTV30. The Great Muppet Caper1981
Film · 1h 37mComedy, Crime, Family★ 6.9
Kermit and Fozzie are newspaper reporters sent to London to interview Lady Holiday, a wealthy fashion designer whose priceless diamond necklace is stolen. Kermit meets and falls in love with her secretary, Miss Piggy.
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Questions
- What are the best thrillers and thriller series on Disney+ right now?
- In the United States, as of November 12, 2026: Gravity Falls (2012), rated 8.6 out of 10 on TMDB, then The X-Files and American Horror Story.
- How is this list made?
- Watchwalla asks TMDB for everything of this kind that streams in your country today, ranks it by rating (pulled toward the middle until enough people have rated a title), with a nudge for what's new and what people are watching now, and refreshes the list every day. Streaming availability comes from JustWatch, through TMDB.
- Can it pick something for me?
- Yes. The picker at watchwalla.com/tonight asks who's watching, how much time you have and what you're in the mood for, and gives three picks streaming where you are. Sign in and every title also gets a match score for your own taste.
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