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Best Mystery TV Series of the 2010s

Top 500 most popular Mystery series that started in the 2010s

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500 series (top 500 shown)

Sherlock

★ 9.0
1.1M 15 2010–2017
Genius lead · Detective mystery

True Detective

★ 8.8
763K 31 2014–present
Anthology · Atmospheric

Black Mirror

★ 8.7
744K 34 2011–present
Near-future tech · Anthology

Westworld

★ 8.4
560K 36 2016–2022
Big-budget spectacle · Puzzle plot

Dark

★ 8.7
555K 26 2017–2020
Time travel · Puzzle plot

Mindhunter

★ 8.6
402K 19 2017–2019
Slow burn · Unsettling · Dark tone

Homeland

★ 8.3
387K 96 2011–2020
Espionage · Serialized · Tense

13 Reasons Why

★ 7.4
342K 49 2017–2020
Mental health · Emotionally heavy

The Haunting of Hill House

★ 8.5
333K 10 2018–2018
Psychological horror · Unsettling

The 100

★ 7.5
306K 100 2014–2020
Post-apocalyptic · Survival

The Blacklist

★ 7.9
302K 218 2013–2023
Antihero lead · Mystery box

Big Little Lies

★ 8.4
247K 15 2017–2026
Female perspective

The Night Of

★ 8.4
198K 8 2016–2016
Legal · Bleak · Gritty

The Expanse

★ 8.5
194K 62 2015–2022
Space & sci-fi

Pretty Little Liars

★ 7.3
190K 160 2010–2017
Mystery box · Secrets & lies

How to Get Away with Murder

★ 8.1
180K 90 2014–2020
Cliffhanger-driven · Mystery box

Sense8

★ 8.2
172K 24 2015–2018
Queer stories · Found family

Bodyguard

★ 8.0
172K 6 2018–2018
Tense · Political intrigue

Riverdale

★ 6.4
167K 137 2017–2023
Soap & telenovela · Young adult

Luther

★ 8.4
164K 20 2010–2019
Detective mystery · Tense

Taboo

★ 8.3
164K 8 2017–2017
Antihero lead · Atmospheric

The Sinner

★ 7.8
153K 32 2017–2021
Anthology · Detective mystery

Watchmen

★ 8.2
147K 9 2019–2019
Social commentary

Broadchurch

★ 8.3
143K 24 2013–2017
Small town · Detective mystery
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