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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)

Blood & Water

★ 6.7
5K 25 2020–present
Young adult · Secrets & lies

The Marked Heart

★ 6.6
5K 24 2022–2023
Soap & telenovela · Love story

The Luminaries

★ 6.4
5K 6 2020–2020
Period piece · Event miniseries

City of Shadows

★ 6.6
5K 6 2025–2025
Detective mystery

Dude

★ 8.2
5K 10 2021–present
Drama · Mystery · Thriller

Don't Come Home

★ 7.2
5K 6 2024–2024
Tight limited run · Unsettling

Bookish

★ 6.9
5K 9 2025–present
Detective mystery · British TV

The Suspect

★ 6.9
5K 5 2022–2022
British TV · Tight limited run

Two Graves

★ 6.4
5K 3 2025–2025
Tight limited run

Nine Puzzles

★ 7.6
5K 11 2025–2025
Detective mystery · Puzzle plot

The Clearing

★ 6.3
5K 8 2023–2023
Unsettling · Tense

Signora Volpe

★ 7.2
5K 9 2022–present
Detective mystery

Karagar

★ 8.2
5K 14 2022–present
Mystery box · Secrets & lies

Too Close

★ 6.9
5K 3 2021–2021
Unreliable narrator

Murder Is Easy

★ 5.8
5K 2 2023–2023
Tight limited run

Lynley

★ 7.0
5K 8 2025–present
Detective mystery · British TV

Entrapped

★ 7.0
5K 6 2022–present
Serialized · Tense

Churails

★ 8.1
5K 10 2020–present
Social commentary

Good Cop/Bad Cop

★ 7.1
5K 8 2025–2025
Banter chemistry · Witty banter

The Pact

★ 6.9
5K 12 2021–2022
Secrets & lies · Small town

Moonflower Murders

★ 7.4
4K 6 2024–2024
Detective mystery · Puzzle plot

East New York

★ 7.3
4K 21 2022–2023
Procedural

Night Has Come

★ 7.3
4K 12 2023–2023
Survival · K-drama · Tense

The Long Call

★ 6.5
4K 4 2021–2021
Detective mystery · British TV
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