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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)

Dahaad

★ 7.6
16K 9 2023–present
Detective mystery

The Resort

★ 7.3
15K 8 2022–2022
Mystery box · Tight limited run

The One

★ 6.6
15K 8 2021–2021
Near-future tech · Secrets & lies

The Breakthrough

★ 7.1
15K 4 2025–2025
Detective mystery

Karen Pirie

★ 7.6
15K 6 2022–present
Detective mystery

Young Wallander

★ 6.9
15K 12 2020–2022
Detective mystery · Nordic noir

National Treasure: Edge of History

★ 5.8
15K 10 2022–2023
Action · Adventure · Mystery

Chapelwaite

★ 7.1
14K 10 2021–2021
Atmospheric · Supernatural

Unsolved Mysteries

★ 7.3
14K 30 2020–present
True crime · Docuseries

The Great Indian Murder

★ 6.7
14K 9 2022–present
Detective mystery · Indian TV

Murder Mindfully

★ 7.4
14K 17 2024–present
Dark comedy · Antihero lead

Home Before Dark

★ 7.4
13K 20 2020–2021
Child's perspective · Small town

Florida Man

★ 6.7
13K 7 2023–2023
Criminal underworld

Sherwood

★ 7.4
13K 12 2022–present
British TV · Class divide

The Beauty

★ 6.6
13K 11 2026–2026
Unsettling · Dark tone

Shekhar Home

★ 7.9
13K 6 2024–present
Detective mystery · Genius lead

Maestro

★ 8.1
13K 20 2022–2026
Criminal underworld · Morally gray

The Third Day

★ 6.4
13K 6 2020–2020
Unsettling · Atmospheric

Harlan Coben's Shelter

★ 6.6
13K 8 2023–2023
Young adult · Mystery box

Tell Me Your Secrets

★ 7.3
13K 10 2021–2021
Secrets & lies · Morally gray

Red Eye

★ 7.1
13K 12 2024–present
Serialized · Tense

Clarice

★ 6.6
13K 13 2021–2021
Detective mystery

Black Snow

★ 7.3
12K 18 2022–present
Secrets & lies · Small town

Kohrra

★ 7.5
12K 12 2023–present
Slow burn · Gritty · Atmospheric
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