Our 2023 picks for best mystery and thriller shows and movies on Apple TV+ includes highly anticipated series such as Black Bird and fan favorites like Shantaram.
In the last few years, Apple, through its TV+ platform, has invested a lot in developing a distinctive original line up and the current portfolio of movies and shows don’t disappoint. Mystery lovers will be delighted with some of the well crafted stories such as Losing Alice.
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Black Bird
As Jimmy Keene begins a 10-year prison sentence, he gets an incredible offer: if he can elicit a confession from suspected killer Larry Hall, he will be freed; completing this mission becomes the challenge of a lifetime.
Home Before Dark
Young investigative journalist Hilde Lisko moves with her family to the small town her father left behind, only to unearth shocking secrets in her pursuit of the truth.
Shantaram
Fugitive Lin Ford looks to get lost in chaotic 1980s Bombay; alone in an unfamiliar city, Lin struggles to avoid trouble but falls for an enigmatic woman and must choose between freedom and love and the complications that come with it.
Harriet the Spy
Outspoken and perpetually curious. That’s 11-year-old Harriet in a nutshell. But if she’s going to be Harriet M. Welsch, future writer, she’ll need to know everything. And to know everything means she’ll need to spy…on everyone.
Ghost Writer
When a ghost haunts a neighborhood bookstore and starts releasing fictional characters into the real world, four kids must team up to solve an exciting mystery surrounding the ghost’s unfinished business.
Slow Horses
Following a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents — and their obnoxious boss, the notorious Jackson Lamb — as they navigate the espionage world’s smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces.
Defending Jacob
The limited drama series is a gripping, character-driven thriller based on the 2012 New York Times best selling novel of the same name by William Landay. An assistant DA’s world is shattered when his son is accused of murdering a fellow classmate in this dramatic legal thriller.
Truth Be Told
One of our favorite Apple TV+ Originals: The murder case that propelled a true-crime podcaster to nationwide fame comes back to haunt her when new evidence arises that suggests her original suspect may have been wrongfully convicted.
The After Party
When a high school reunion’s afterparty ends in a stunning death, everyone is a suspect. A detective grills the former classmates one by one, uncovering potential motives as each tells their version of the story – culminating in the shocking truth.
See
Far in a dystopian future, the human race has lost the sense of sight, and society has had to find new ways to interact, build, hunt, and to survive. All of that is challenged when a set of twins are born with sight.
Shining Girls
Newspaper archivist Kirby Mazrachi’s dreams of becoming a journalist are put on hold after she survives a brutal attack that leaves her in a constantly shifting reality.
Foundation
A complex saga of humans scattered on planets throughout the galaxy all living under the rule of the Galactic Empire. Dr Hari Seldon and his loyal followers attempt to preserve their culture as the galaxy collapses around them.
Invasion
“Invasion” is the new science fiction TV series created by Simon Kinberg and David Weil, starring Sam Neill, with audiences actually rooting for the ‘aliens’, now streaming on Apple TV+: In the story, an alien invasion is seen through different perspectives of various people on different continents across the world.
The Mosquito Coast
Follows the dangerous journey of a radical idealist and brilliant inventor, Allie Fox, who uproots his family for Mexico when they suddenly find themselves on the run from the US government.
Dr. Brain
“Dr. Brain” follows a brilliant brain scientist Sewon (LEE Sun-kyun) who suffers a horrific personal tragedy when his family falls victim to a mysterious accident. Desperate to uncover what happened to his family, he conducts “brain syncs” with the dead to access their memories for clues.
Servant
Another favorite series of ours on Apple TV+: A Philadelphia couple is in mourning after an unspeakable tragedy creates a rift in their marriage and opens the door for a mysterious force to enter their home.
Losing Alice
Forty-eight-year-old film director Alice becomes obsessed with a 24-year-old screenwriter femme fatale, Sophie, and eventually surrenders her moral integrity in order to achieve power, relevance and success.
Amazing Stories
In this anthology series, filmmakers, directors and writers tell stories firing viewers’ imaginations and transporting them to worlds of wonder.
Tehran
An Apple TV+ original. A Mossad agent goes undercover on her first mission in Iran’s capital, which also happens to be the place of her birth; the mission has implications not just for the Middle East, but for the rest of the world.
Greyhound
Several months after the U.S. entry into World War II, an inexperienced U.S. Navy commander must lead an Allied convoy being stalked by a German submarine wolf pack.
