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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)

Black Doves

★ 7.2
76K 12 2024–present
Espionage · Secrets & lies

Nine Perfect Strangers

★ 6.9
75K 16 2021–present
Ensemble cast · Secrets & lies

The Beast in Me

★ 7.4
75K 8 2025–2025
Tight limited run · Tense

Untamed

★ 7.1
73K 12 2025–present
Detective mystery · Atmospheric

The Perfect Couple

★ 6.5
73K 7 2024–present
Elites & privilege

Asur: Welcome to Your Dark Side

★ 8.5
72K 16 2020–present
Dark tone · Indian TV

The Stranger

★ 7.2
70K 8 2020–2020
Secrets & lies · Mystery box

Fool Me Once

★ 6.8
70K 8 2024–2024
Secrets & lies · Detective mystery

Dexter: Original Sin

★ 8.1
69K 10 2024–2025
Antihero lead · Morally gray

Bodies

★ 7.3
69K 8 2023–2023
Time travel · Puzzle plot

The Chestnut Man

★ 7.6
69K 12 2021–present
Nordic noir · Detective mystery

Archive 81

★ 7.3
68K 8 2022–2022
Mystery box · Unsettling

Clickbait

★ 7.2
68K 8 2021–2021
Tight limited run · Mystery box

The Flight Attendant

★ 7.0
67K 16 2020–2022
Addiction & vice

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

★ 7.0
65K 8 2022–2022
Anthology · Unsettling

Little Fires Everywhere

★ 7.6
62K 8 2020–2020
Suburban underbelly · Class divide

Aashram

★ 6.6
59K 34 2020–present
Faith & religion · Indian TV

Devs

★ 7.6
58K 8 2020–2020
Philosophical · Existential dread

Hunters

★ 7.2
57K 18 2020–2023
Revenge · Stylized direction

I Will Find You

★ 7.1
50K 8 2026–2026
Mystery box · Serialized

Black Rabbit

★ 7.3
50K 8 2025–2025
Criminal underworld

Messiah

★ 7.6
50K 10 2020–2020
Faith & religion · Mystery box

All Her Fault

★ 7.5
49K 8 2025–2025
Secrets & lies

Outer Range

★ 7.1
47K 15 2022–2024
Mystery box · Rural & frontier
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