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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)

Death in Paradise

★ 7.8
33K 125 2011–present
Cozy · Procedural

C.B. Strike

★ 7.9
33K 20 2017–present
Detective mystery · British TV

The Missing

★ 8.1
33K 16 2014–2016
Slow burn · Bleak

Shetland

★ 8.3
32K 62 2013–present
Atmospheric · Detective mystery

Helix

★ 6.7
31K 26 2014–2015
Tense · Survival · Unsettling

The Mist

★ 5.4
31K 10 2017–2017
Monster horror · Survival · Bleak

River

★ 7.9
30K 6 2015–2015
Character study · Mental health

Homecoming

★ 7.4
30K 17 2018–2020
Unreliable narrator

Quicksand

★ 7.4
29K 6 2019–2019
Emotionally heavy · Gut punch

The Keepers

★ 8.0
28K 7 2017–2017
True crime · Docuseries

Devious Maids

★ 7.8
28K 49 2013–2016
Soap & telenovela · Class divide

Prodigal Son

★ 7.6
27K 33 2019–2021
Dark tone · Genius lead

The Event

★ 7.0
27K 22 2010–2011
Cliffhanger-driven · Mystery box

Trapped

★ 8.0
27K 28 2015–2021
Nordic noir · Atmospheric

Absentia

★ 7.1
27K 30 2017–2020
Tense · Secrets & lies

Mildred Pierce

★ 7.6
26K 5 2011–2011
Character study

The Gift

★ 6.9
26K 24 2019–2021
Mystery box · Serialized

What's Wrong with Secretary Kim

★ 8.0
26K 16 2018–2018
K-drama · Love story

Death Parade

★ 7.8
25K 12 2015–2015
Anime · Distinctive score

Fortitude

★ 7.3
25K 26 2015–2018
Atmospheric · Unsettling

Vera

★ 8.2
25K 56 2011–2025
Detective mystery · Procedural

Ripper Street

★ 8.1
24K 37 2012–2016
Period piece · Gritty

Collateral

★ 6.8
24K 4 2018–2018
Social commentary

Perception

★ 7.5
24K 39 2012–2015
Genius lead · Procedural
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