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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 Glory

★ 8.2
46K 16 2022–2023
Revenge · K-drama

The Innocent

★ 7.8
44K 8 2021–2021
Secrets & lies · Puzzle plot

Disclaimer

★ 7.5
44K 7 2024–2024
Secrets & lies

Under the Banner of Heaven

★ 7.5
43K 7 2022–2022
Faith & religion

Inside Man

★ 6.7
43K 4 2022–2022
Morally gray · British TV

Murder in Mahim

★ 7.3
42K 8 2024–present
Detective mystery · Indian TV

The Midnight Club

★ 6.5
41K 10 2022–2022
Young adult · Existential dread

Anatomy of a Scandal

★ 7.0
41K 6 2022–2022
Secrets & lies · Legal

The Patient

★ 7.0
37K 10 2022–2022
Tense · Central duo

Pieces of Her

★ 6.3
36K 8 2022–2022
Secrets & lies · Tight limited run

Dear Child

★ 7.3
35K 6 2023–2023
Tense · Puzzle plot · Mystery box

Dark Winds

★ 7.7
35K 36 2022–present
Atmospheric · Detective mystery

Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer

★ 7.5
34K 4 2021–2021
True crime · Docuseries

The Tourist

★ 7.1
34K 12 2022–2024
Mystery box · Unreliable narrator

The Devil's Hour

★ 7.6
34K 16 2022–present
Unsettling · Mystery box

A Murder at the End of the World

★ 7.0
33K 7 2023–2023
Tight limited run · Genius lead

The Frog

★ 8.1
32K 15 2020–2021
Secrets & lies · Slow burn

Wayward

★ 5.9
31K 8 2025–2025
Secrets & lies · Unsettling

Vigil

★ 7.4
31K 18 2021–present
Detective mystery · British TV

First Kill

★ 6.5
31K 8 2022–2022
Queer stories · Young adult

American Horror Stories

★ 6.3
30K 24 2021–2024
Anthology · Monster horror

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

★ 6.8
28K 16 2024–present
Young adult · Detective mystery

Big Sky

★ 6.8
28K 47 2020–2023
Detective mystery

The Wilds

★ 7.3
28K 18 2020–2022
Young adult · Survival
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