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Best Mystery TV Series of the 2020s

Top 500 most popular Mystery series that started in the 2020s

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500 series (top 500 shown)

The Savage

★ 8.7
8K 20 2025–present
Serialized · Criminal underworld

The Boss

★ 8.0
8K 32 2022–present
Comedy · Drama · Mystery

American Gigolo

★ 6.9
8K 8 2022–2022
Dark tone · Stylized direction

Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed

★ 7.4
7K 10 2026–present
Comedy · Drama · Mystery

The Pale Horse

★ 6.1
7K 2 2020–2020
Unsettling · Atmospheric

Good Morning, Verônica

★ 7.4
7K 17 2020–2024
Gritty · Female perspective

November Story

★ 7.6
7K 7 2021–present
Detective mystery · Indian TV

Lazarus

★ 6.3
7K 6 2025–2025
Anime · Near-future tech

Murder in a Small Town

★ 6.8
7K 28 2024–present
Detective mystery · Small town

The Stolen Girl

★ 6.4
7K 5 2025–present
Tight limited run · Tense

Light Shop

★ 7.8
7K 8 2024–2024
K-drama · Melancholic

Dispatches from Elsewhere

★ 6.8
7K 10 2020–2020
Whimsical · Found family

Accused

★ 7.0
7K 23 2023–present
Anthology · Character study

The Gardener

★ 6.3
7K 6 2025–2025
Tight limited run · Mystery box

Watson

★ 5.7
7K 33 2024–2026
Medical · Procedural

Q: Into the Storm

★ 7.5
7K 6 2021–2021
Docuseries · Mystery box

Olympo

★ 6.1
7K 8 2025–2025
Sports · Young adult

Friendly Rivalry

★ 7.6
7K 16 2025–2025
K-drama · Serialized · Tense

Samantar

★ 8.2
7K 19 2020–present
Indian TV · Detective mystery

Mandala Murders

★ 6.5
7K 8 2025–present
Detective mystery · Indian TV

Tomodachi Game

★ 7.6
7K 12 2022–2022
Anime · Morally gray · Tense

Black Butterflies

★ 7.5
7K 6 2022–2022
Secrets & lies · Morally gray

Bet

★ 6.5
7K 20 2025–present
Criminal underworld · Mystery box

Famagusta

★ 4.5
7K 24 2024–2024
Turkish drama · Real history
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