David Lynch brought his unique cinematic eye to the small screen when he co-created his cult classic series Twin Peaks , and he ended up making a TV show that’s better than any movie. The thriller genre is tough to pull off on television, because a good thriller has to keep the audience hanging in suspense — and the longer the runtime, the harder that is.

But there have been plenty of great thriller TV shows that hooked viewers from the beginning . It helps if the show has a gripping mystery or a supernatural hook, like Dark or Orphan Black , to engage audiences early on. One of TV’s best supernatural mystery thrillers, Twin Peaks , even managed to surpass the genre’s feature film output.

David Lynch's Twin Peaks Is Better Than Any Thriller Movie

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