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The Mysterious Files

Whodunits and puzzles that keep you guessing.


These 40 films have been quietly catalogued into a collection the editors call, simply, “Mysterious.” They are not ranked by box office. They are not sorted by release. They are arranged by something harder to measure — a shared emotional frequency, a kinship of mood. What follows is the reading list. Begin where you like. Read until you find the one that looks back.

  1. 01.
    The Wire

    The Wire

    2002·Created by David Simon·9.3

    Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.

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  2. 02.
    Furuhata Ninzaburo

    Furuhata Ninzaburo

    1994·Created by Koki Mitani·9.0

    Furuhata Ninzaburō is a Japanese television series that ran periodically on Fuji Television from 1994 until its final episodes in 2006. It was written by Japanese playwright Kōki Mitani and is often referred to as the Japanese version of Columbo. The series is a police detective drama starring actor Masakazu Tamura as Furuhata Ninzaburo and Masahiko Nishimura as his stereotypically bumbling sidekick, Shintaro Imaizumi. The program aired weekly and featured a guest villain each time, usually a famous talent in Japan. Pop-stars like SMAP, television hosts like Sanma Akashiya and even sports figures like Ichiro Suzuki have been featured on this program. It was one of the most popular television dramas in the history of Japanese television, having spawned several seasons and TV specials.

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  3. 03.
    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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  4. 04.
    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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  5. 05.
    The Spirit of the Ruler

    The Spirit of the Ruler

    2017·9.0

    Captain Puri a skillful sniper with a very firm heart found himself wavering for the first time after meeting his first love again. Dr. Napaschon was working as a volunteer doctor in a village near the border between Burma and Thailand when she along with her best friend got kidnapped by a Burmese rebel troop. His mission is to return Dr. Napaschon back to Thailand. Although his heart always pined for herbut her recent status has changed Dr. Napaschon is now his friend's girlfriend. Nothing is more torturous and hurtful than giving your whole heart away to someone who has no heart left to love you at all. The biggest obstacle for captain Puri is having to be in close proximity to her again. He has been through many missions before but this mission had him thinking hard. How can he restrain his heart? Between love and friendship, what will he choose?

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  6. 06.
    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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  7. 07.
    The Invisibles

    The Invisibles

    2023·8.9

    Kan Yiu-yeung, Ku Ka-keung, Kiu Po-po and Kiu Tai-nam were once CTRU’s Formidable Quartet. An incorrect decision in an operation caused the breakup of their friendship. And the quartet went their separate ways. Fast-forward to the present and an indiscriminate homicide again brings the quartet together. But there are still certain unresolved issues between themselves. POTT is Counter Terrorism Intelligence Cadre’s other elite task force. Team leader Fong Kwok-hei admires Po-po and asks her to become her subordinate. Team member To Siu-jie fancies her partner Yiu-yeung and finds out Po-po is Yiu-yeung’s ex-lover, so she “starts a war”. Successive explosions happen in the city. While investigating, Po-po asks prisoner-cum-hard criminal Dr. Hong’s for help, and the process is surprisingly easy. Actually, Dr. Hong has some trick up his sleeve.

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  8. 08.
    The Other Me

    The Other Me

    2019·Created by Sotiris Tsafoulias·8.9

    A series of murders alarm the police authorities, as strange symbolisms are traced to every crime scene. The eccentric professor of criminology Dimitris Lainis is asked to shed some light on the mystery.

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  9. 09.
    Masterpiece Mystery

    Masterpiece Mystery

    1980·8.9

    Mystery! is an episodic television series that debuted in 1980 in the USA. It airs on PBS and is produced by WGBH. The show has brought a large number of detective series and television movies—most of them British productions from the BBC or the ITV companies and usually adapted from mystery fiction literary sources—to air on American television. In 2002, they added an American-produced series based on the novels of Tony Hillerman to their roster.

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  10. 10.
    Fargo

    Fargo

    2014·Created by Noah Hawley·8.8

    A close-knit anthology series dealing with stories involving malice, violence and murder based in and around Minnesota.

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  11. 11.
    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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  12. 12.
    Forensic Files

    Forensic Files

    1996·8.8

    Real crimes, disease outbreaks and accidents around the world are solved by experts using scientific laboratory analysis which helps them find previously undetectable evidence. Brilliant scientific work helps convict the guilty and free the innocent.

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  13. 13.
    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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  14. 14.
    Behzat Ç.: An Ankara Policeman

    Behzat Ç.: An Ankara Policeman

    2010·8.8

    Centered around a personally troubled, officially discredited police chief and his inharmonious police team in Ankara Police Force. Even though the show usually focuses on murders and other crimes that happens on a weekly basis, the undertone of the story leads to an eventual duel between Behzat Ç. and the rotten department officials and bureaucrats.

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  15. 15.
    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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  16. 16.
    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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  17. 17.
    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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  18. 18.
    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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  19. 19.
    The Bureau

    The Bureau

    2015·Created by Éric Rochant·8.7

    Within the DGSE (General Directorate for External Security), a department called the Office Of Legends (BDL) forms and remote pilot the most important agents of the French intelligence services: Clandestine. Immersion in hostile country, their mission is to identify individuals who may be recruited as sources of information. Operating "under caption", that is to say in a fabricated identity from scratch, they live for many years in a permanent duplicity. Our hero just returned from a clandestine mission six years in Damascus. But contrary to what is required by safety rules, he does not abandon his legend and the identity under which he lived in Syria, thus putting in danger the whole system.

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  20. 20.
    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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  21. 21.
    The Shield

    The Shield

    2002·Created by Shawn Ryan·8.7

    The story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren't above breaking the rules or working against their associates to both keep the streets safe and their self-interests intact.

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  22. 22.
    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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  23. 23.
    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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  24. 24.
    MINDHUNTER

    MINDHUNTER

    2017·Created by Joe Penhall·8.6

    An agent in the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit develops profiling techniques as he pursues notorious serial killers and rapists.

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  25. 25.
    Dopesick

    Dopesick

    2021·Created by Danny Strong·8.6

    The story of how one company triggered the worst drug epidemic in American history. Look into the epicenter of America's struggle with opioid addiction, from a distressed Virginia mining community, to the hallways of the DEA, and to the opulence of "one percenter" Big Pharma Manhattan.

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  26. 26.
    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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  27. 27.
    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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  28. 28.
    The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst

    The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst

    2015·Created by Andrew Jarecki·8.6

    Robert Durst, scion of NY's billionaire real-estate family, has been accused of three murders but has evaded justice for over 30 years. Durst speaks in this true crime series, revealing secrets of a case that has baffled authorities.

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  29. 29.
    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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  30. 30.
    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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  31. 31.
    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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  32. 32.
    Marvel's Daredevil

    Marvel's Daredevil

    2015·Created by Drew Goddard·8.6

    Lawyer-by-day Matt Murdock uses his heightened senses from being blinded as a young boy to fight crime at night on the streets of Hell’s Kitchen as Daredevil.

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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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    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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  35. 35.
    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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  36. 36.
    Happy Valley

    Happy Valley

    2014·Created by Sally Wainwright·8.5

    Happy Valley is a dark, funny, multi-layered thriller revolving around the personal and professional life of Catherine, a dedicated, experienced, hard-working copper. She is also a bereaved mother who looks after her orphaned grandchild.

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  37. 37.
    Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

    Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

    2002·8.5

    In the future when technological enhancements and robotics are a way of life, Major Motoko Kusanagi and Section 9 take care of the jobs that are too difficult for the police. Section 9 employs hackers, sharpshooters, detectives and cyborgs all in an effort to thwart cyber criminals and their plans to attack the innocent.

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  38. 38.
    Mr. Robot

    Mr. Robot

    2015·Created by Sam Esmail·8.5

    A young programmer, Elliot, suffers from a debilitating anti-social disorder and decides that he can only connect to people by hacking them. He wields his skills as a weapon to protect the people that he cares about. Elliot finds himself in the intersection between a cybersecurity firm he works for and the underworld organizations that are recruiting him to bring down corporate America.

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  39. 39.
    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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  40. 40.
    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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