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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)

Redemption

★ 7.2
6K 6 2022–2022
Detective mystery · Secrets & lies

Vilangu

★ 8.0
6K 7 2022–2022
Indian TV · Detective mystery

The Art of Sarah

★ 7.3
6K 8 2026–2026
Tight limited run · Secrets & lies

Hold Tight

★ 6.2
6K 6 2022–2022
Secrets & lies · Mystery box

Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue

★ 6.3
5K 6 2025–2025
Detective mystery

Whitstable Pearl

★ 7.1
5K 19 2021–2024
Cozy · Small town

The Trunk

★ 7.0
5K 8 2024–2024
K-drama · Secrets & lies

DI Ray

★ 7.0
5K 10 2022–2024
Strong female lead

Murder on Middle Beach

★ 7.4
5K 4 2020–2020
True crime · Docuseries

The Children of Evil

★ 8.2
5K 10 2023–2023
Criminal underworld · Serialized

Ares

★ 5.7
5K 8 2020–2020
Class divide · Unsettling

The Price of Confession

★ 7.6
5K 12 2025–2025
Secrets & lies · Detective mystery

Kindred

★ 7.4
5K 9 2022–2022
Time travel · Real history

Sherlock & Daughter

★ 7.0
5K 8 2025–present
Detective mystery · Period piece

The Madame Blanc Mysteries

★ 7.1
5K 28 2021–present
Cozy · Easy watching · Small town

Murder in Provence

★ 7.2
5K 3 2022–present
Detective mystery · Cozy

Shardlake

★ 6.7
5K 4 2024–2024
Period piece · Real history

The Backrooms

★ 8.0
5K 25 2022–2025
Unsettling · Atmospheric

The Marlow Murder Club

★ 7.2
5K 22 2024–present
Detective mystery · Cozy

The Crow Girl

★ 6.8
5K 12 2025–present
Nordic noir · Dark tone

Bloodride

★ 6.4
5K 6 2020–2020
Anthology · Unsettling

Ellis

★ 7.4
5K 7 2024–present
Detective mystery

Black Widows

★ 6.8
5K 12 2020–present
Female perspective

Chloe

★ 6.7
5K 6 2022–2022
Unreliable narrator
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