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Best Mystery TV Shows

Clues laid across episodes, answers withheld until the end.


These mystery series are ranked by IMDb score — the ones that audiences worldwide have voted, re-watched, and recommended. Refine by era or cross-reference with another genre. The list begins with the best.
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  1. 01.
    Batman: The Animated Series

    Batman: The Animated Series

    1992·Created by Bruce Timm·9.0

    Vowing to avenge the murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne devotes his life to wiping out crime in Gotham City as the masked vigilante "Batman".

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  2. 02.
    Sherlock

    Sherlock

    2010·Created by Mark Gatiss·9.0

    A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.

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  3. 03.
    Dexter: Resurrection

    Dexter: Resurrection

    2025·Created by Clyde Phillips·9.0

    Dexter Morgan awakens from a coma to find Harrison gone without a trace. Realizing the weight of what he put his son through, Dexter sets out for New York City, determined to find him and make things right. But closure won't come easy. When Miami Metro's Angel Batista arrives with questions, Dexter realizes his past is catching up to him fast. As father and son navigate their own darkness in the city that never sleeps, they soon find themselves deeper than they ever imagined - and that the only way out is together.

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  4. 04.
    Death Note

    Death Note

    2006·8.9

    Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But will Light succeed in his noble goal, or will the Death Note turn him into the very thing he fights against?

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  5. 05.
    Gravity Falls

    Gravity Falls

    2012·Created by Alex Hirsch·8.9

    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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  6. 06.
    Persona

    Persona

    2018·Created by Hakan Günday·8.9

    After being diagnosed with Alzheimer's, a retired judicial officer decides to commit a murder that he had been planning for years.

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    Steins;Gate

    Steins;Gate

    2011·8.8

    A group of friends have customized their microwave so that it can send text messages to the past. As they perform different experiments, an organization named SERN who has been doing their own research on time travel tracks them down and now the characters have to find a way to avoid being captured by them.

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  8. 08.
    True Detective

    True Detective

    2014·Created by Nic Pizzolatto·8.8

    An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within or outside the law.

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  9. 09.
    Over the Garden Wall

    Over the Garden Wall

    2014·Created by Patrick McHale·8.7

    Two brothers, Wirt and Greg, find themselves lost in the Unknown; a strange forest adrift in time. With the help of a wise old Woodsman and a foul-tempered bluebird named Beatrice, Wirt and Greg must travel across this strange land, in hope of finding their way home. Join them as they encounter surprises and obstacles on their journey through the wood.

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  10. 10.
    Alchemy of Souls

    Alchemy of Souls

    2022·Created by Hong Jeong-eun·8.7

    A powerful sorceress in a blind woman's body encounters a man from a prestigious family, who wants her help to change his destiny.

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    Monster

    Monster

    2004·8.7

    Kenzou Tenma, a Japanese brain surgeon in Germany, finds his life in utter turmoil after getting involved with a psychopath that was once a former patient.

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    The Untamed

    The Untamed

    2019·Created by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu·8.7

    In a magical world of inter-clan rivalry, two soulmates face treacherous schemes and uncover a dark mystery linked to a tragic event in the past.

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    Dark

    Dark

    2017·Created by Baran bo Odar·8.7

    A missing child sets four families on a frantic hunt for answers as they unearth a mind-bending mystery that spans three generations.

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  14. 14.
    Star Trek: The Next Generation

    Star Trek: The Next Generation

    1987·Created by Gene Roddenberry·8.7

    Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.

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    Twin Peaks

    Twin Peaks

    1990·Created by Mark Frost·8.7

    The body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate her strange demise only to uncover a web of mystery that ultimately leads him deep into the heart of the surrounding woodland and his very own soul.

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    Black Mirror

    Black Mirror

    2011·Created by Charlie Brooker·8.7

    Twisted tales run wild in this mind-bending anthology series that reveals humanity's worst traits, greatest innovations and more.

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    Line of Duty

    Line of Duty

    2012·Created by Jed Mercurio·8.7

    A drama about the investigations of AC-12, a controversial police anticorruption unit.

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    Sherlock Holmes

    Sherlock Holmes

    1984·Created by John Hawkesworth·8.7

    Sherlock Holmes uses his abilities to take on cases by private clients and those that the Scotland Yard are unable to solve, along with his friend Dr. Watson.

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    Homicide: Life on the Street

    Homicide: Life on the Street

    1993·Created by Paul Attanasio·8.7

    An American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit.

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    Stranger Things

    Stranger Things

    2016·Created by Ross Duffer·8.6

    When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl.

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    The Apothecary Diaries

    The Apothecary Diaries

    2023·8.6

    Maomao lived a peaceful life with her apothecary father. Until one day, she's sold as a lowly servant to the emperor's palace. But she wasn't meant for a compliant life among royalty. So when imperial heirs fall ill, she decides to step in and find a cure! This catches the eye of Jinshi, a handsome palace official who promotes her. Now, she's making a name for herself solving medical mysteries!

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    Mouse

    Mouse

    2021·8.6

    A psychopath's ruthless serial murders have left the entire nation gripped with fear and chaos. A honest and justice-seeking rookie police officer and a veteran detective with tragic past, face against the killer. After the encounter with the psychopath, their lives totally change.

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    The X-Files

    The X-Files

    1993·Created by Chris Carter·8.6

    The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.

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    Severance

    Severance

    2022·Created by Dan Erickson·8.6

    Mark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives. When a mysterious colleague appears outside of work, it begins a journey to discover the truth about their jobs.

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    Agatha Christie's Poirot

    Agatha Christie's Poirot

    1989·8.6

    From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.

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    Dexter

    Dexter

    2006·Created by James Manos Jr.·8.6

    Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police also leads a secret life as a serial killer, hunting down criminals who have slipped through the cracks of justice.

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    Endeavour

    Endeavour

    2013·Created by Russell Lewis·8.6

    The early days of a young Endeavour Morse, whose experiences as a detective constable with the Oxford City Police will ultimately shape his future.

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    The Bridge

    The Bridge

    2011·Created by Hans Rosenfeldt·8.6

    When a body is found on the bridge between Denmark and Sweden, right on the border, Danish inspector Martin Rohde and Swedish Saga Norén have to share jurisdiction and work together to find the killer.

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    Foyle's War

    Foyle's War

    2002·Created by Anthony Horowitz·8.6

    As WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates crimes on the south coast of England. Foyle's War opens in southern England in the year 1940. Later series sees the retired detective working as an MI5 agent operating in the aftermath of the war.

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    Lovely Runner

    Lovely Runner

    2024·Created by Kim Bbang·8.5

    Right after Ryu Sun-jae, a top star, ends his life, Im Sol, his top fan, somehow ends up at a time when they were in high school and tries to protect him. A fantasy romance unfolds where people who missed each other in time finally meet.

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    Lord of Mysteries

    Lord of Mysteries

    2025·Created by Cuttlefish That Loves Diving·8.5

    In a Victorian world of steam, dreadnoughts, and occult horrors, Zhou Mingrui awakens as Klein Moretti. He walks a razor’s edge between light and darkness, entangled with warring Churches. This is the legend of unlimited potential…and unspeakable danger.

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    Not Me

    Not Me

    2021·Created by Thanutnun Vitsivakun·8.5

    White returns to Thailand after years abroad to find his twin Black in a coma. Disguising himself as Black, he seeks to uncover the truth behind the betrayal.

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    Flower of Evil

    Flower of Evil

    2020·Created by Yoo Jung-hee·8.5

    Hiding a twisted past, a man maintains his facade as the perfect husband to his detective wife — until she begins investigating a series of murders.

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    Special Ops

    Special Ops

    2020·Created by Neeraj Pandey·8.5

    The series follows Himmat Singh of Research and Analysis Wing who draws similar patterns in terrorist attacks and is convinced a single person is behind all the attacks. His task force team of five agents living in various parts of the world aim to catch the mastermind. The story is based on an inspiration taken from nineteen years worth of national significant events.

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  35. 35.
    The Expanse

    The Expanse

    2015·Created by Mark Fergus·8.5

    A thriller set two hundred years in the future following the case of a missing young woman who brings a hardened detective and a rogue ship's captain together in a race across the solar system to expose the greatest conspiracy in human history.

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    Inside No. 9

    Inside No. 9

    2014·Created by Reece Shearsmith·8.5

    An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.

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    The Haunting of Hill House

    The Haunting of Hill House

    2018·Created by Mike Flanagan·8.5

    Flashing between past and present, a fractured family confronts haunting memories of their old home and the terrifying events that drove them from it.

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    Garth Marenghi's Darkplace

    Garth Marenghi's Darkplace

    2004·Created by Richard Ayoade·8.5

    When the Hellmouth opens beneath Darkplace Hospital in downtown Romford, kiddy doctor, Vietnam veteran and ex-warlock Dr. Rick Dagless M.D. is the only man who can close it. Joined by best buddy Dr. Lucien Sanchez, fiery hospital boss Thornton Reed, and woman Liz Asher, Dagless must fight the forces of Darkness while dealing with the burden of day-to-day admin. From the chilling pen of best-selling horror writer Garth Marenghi comes this lost masterpiece of televisual terror. Dare you enter Garth's Darkplace?

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    Detective Conan

    Detective Conan

    1996·8.5

    The son of a world famous mystery writer, Jimmy Kudo, has achieved his own notoriety by assisting the local police as a student detective. He has always been able to solve the most difficult of criminal cases using his wits and power of reason.

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