Most Anticipated Mystery and Thriller Movies & TV Shows 2025

It’s like it’s still Christmas when what is considered one of the most anticipated shows of the year comes out so early. Everyone’s favorite Innie’s are back with new revelations, new mysteries, and new choices to be made in the same strange jobs.

Told with the same frustratingly claustrophobic style, season two promises to continue delivering its slow burn unraveling capped with a shocking finale—we hope.

The newest installment starts with an emotionally broken Sherlock Holmes (Les Best). It’s a darker story than most featuring the detective, but one that brings some humanity to the character.

For as brilliant as he is, there is one case he could never solve. And now, he must fight the nightmares that haunt him from his failure.

Eli’s life (Dylan Flashner) is no stranger to violence. His father (Dermot Mulroney) is on death row for murder, after all.

But when Eli begins experiencing a tendency towards the same brutal behavior as his father, he goes to extremes to make sure the cycle of violence ends with him.

Two farmers (Barry Keoghan and Christopher Abbott) in rural west Ireland have an on-going rivalry. But when it suddenly escalates, it sets off a series of events that become increasingly violent.

If they can’t stop the devastating consequences from falling on both families, they’ll all be irrevocably changed forever.

Filmed in and around Thailand, get ready for another murder-filled vacation at your favorite resort. As with the first two seasons, the cast is new, but that doesn’t mean they won’t be just as killer.

Leslie Bibb, Carrie Coon, Walton Goggins, Jason Isaacs, Parker Posey, and Patrick Schwarzenegger are our guests. But who will die and how will it all unfold? Well, that’s all part of the fun.

Former US President George Mullen (Robert De Niro) is brought out of retirement after a devastating cyberattack. But he uncovers a web of lies and conspiracies that stretch across the globe.

With Angela Basset, Jessie Plemons, Lizzy Caplan, Joan Allen, Connie Britton, and Matthew Modine also starring, this political thriller is almost guaranteed to keep viewers on the edge of their seats.

Nate Caine has a strange quirk—he can’t feel pain. It’s never been seen as a strength. But when the girl of his dreams (Amber Midthunder) is kidnapped, he realizes the absence of pain might just be the thing that turns him into a hero.

As long as he doesn’t die first.

Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender bring this captivating true story to live. It follows the legendary intelligence agents, George and Kathryn Woodhouse, through one of the most difficult times of their lives.

When Kathryn is accused of betraying her country, George has to choose who he stays loyal to: his wife or his nation.

It took two weeks after the premiere for HBO to renew The Last of Us. Now, it’s finally here.

Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsay are back in their roles as Joel Miller and Ellie.

Details haven’t been released, but we know that the season will be based on Part II of the video game and will take place five years after the first season.

Brilliant decoder Charlie Heller (Rami Malek) lives a quiet life. He’s working for the CIA out of the basement in Langley when his wife is killed in a terrorist attack. But when no one in the agency will pursue the attackers, he sets out across the globe to hunt them down himself.

He may only be a decoder, but his intelligence is the only weapon he has to avoid the agents chasing him from tracking him down and exact his revenge.

Widowed mother Violet (Meghann Fahy) is on her first date in years. When her date, Henry (Brandon Sklenar) turns out to be both charming and handsome, she’s relieved.

But as she starts receiving anonymous drops on her phone, the chemistry they started with goes flat. Because someone is telling Violet that she must do exactly what they tell her or her son and his babysitter will die.

And what they’re telling her to do is kill Henry.

All good things must come to an end, even our favorite psychopath Joe Goldberg.

It’s been four seasons, six years, and a lot of murder. Will we finally get answers?

The teaser brings us back to Mooney’s rare and used bookstore, where it all began. How it will end is anybody’s guess.

While the actual plot hasn’t been released yet, we know it will be based on the novel by bestselling author Frieda McFadden.

It’s set to release Christmas Day and with the blockbuster cast of Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Seyfried, Brandon Sklenar, and Michael Morrone, it promises to be just as captivating as the book.

Featured still from “The Amateur” via 20th Century Studios