☰
Genres
DramaComedyAnimationActionCrimeAdventureRomanceReality-TV More genres →
Decades
2020s2010s2000s1990s1980s1970s1960s1950s1940s1930s1920s1900s
Tags Search Sign in

Best Mystery TV Series of the 2020s

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

All Mystery series All series from the 2020s
Filter & sort
Genres

Genres as assigned by IMDb. Selecting several means a show must match all of them.

Decades

By first-air year. Several selections widen the range; a specific year narrows within its decade.

Specific year
Tags

Rating patterns, computed from IMDb episode-rating trajectories. Deliberately strict: only shows with an unmistakable pattern carry one, so expect small numbers.

Rating patterns

Taste tags, judged by our AI taste model. They cover the 5,000 most-rated shows.

Tone & mood
Pacing & structure
Humor style
Themes & subject matter
Characters & perspective
Emotional payoff
Craft & style
Format & audience
Viewing-culture clusters
Intensity & content character
500 series (top 500 shown)

Agatha Christie's Seven Dials

★ 6.2
27K 3 2026–2026
Detective mystery · Period piece

Run Away

★ 6.9
27K 8 2026–2026
Tense · Secrets & lies

Missing You

★ 6.1
25K 5 2025–2025
Detective mystery

Sunflower

★ 7.4
25K 16 2021–present
Indian TV · Dark comedy

The Afterparty

★ 7.3
25K 18 2022–2023
Detective mystery · Puzzle plot

American Nightmare

★ 7.5
25K 3 2024–2024
True crime · Docuseries

Detective Hole

★ 7.6
25K 9 2026–present
Nordic noir · Detective mystery

Shining Girls

★ 7.4
24K 8 2022–2022
Unreliable narrator · Puzzle plot

The Last Thing He Told Me

★ 6.5
24K 15 2023–present
Secrets & lies

Bodkin

★ 6.9
23K 7 2024–present
Small town · Secrets & lies

Leverage: Redemption

★ 8.1
23K 39 2021–2025
Heists & cons · Found family

La Brea

★ 5.8
23K 30 2021–2024
Survival · Mystery box

Boy Swallows Universe

★ 7.9
23K 7 2024–2024
Child's perspective

The Fame Game

★ 6.6
22K 8 2022–2022
Secrets & lies

Cruel Summer

★ 7.4
22K 21 2021–present
Puzzle plot · Mystery box

Brand New Cherry Flavor

★ 7.1
22K 8 2021–2021
Disturbing · Unsettling

The 8 Show

★ 7.2
22K 8 2024–2024
Class divide · Social commentary

Devil in Ohio

★ 5.9
22K 8 2022–2022
Unsettling · Secrets & lies

The Better Sister

★ 7.0
22K 8 2025–2025
Secrets & lies · Tight limited run

Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

★ 6.0
22K 4 2021–2021
True crime · Docuseries

DTF St. Louis

★ 7.3
21K 7 2026–2026
Comedy · Drama · Mystery

Palm Royale

★ 6.8
21K 20 2024–2026
Elites & privilege · Campy

The Madness

★ 6.4
21K 8 2024–2024
Serialized · Tense

No Good Deed

★ 6.9
20K 8 2024–2024
Secrets & lies · Dark comedy
Browse by decade
1900s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
Browse by year
2026202520242023202220212020
Browse by genre
Action Adult Adventure Animation Biography Comedy Crime Documentary Drama Family Fantasy Game-Show History Horror Music Musical Mystery News Reality-TV Romance Sci-Fi Short Sport Talk-Show Thriller War Western