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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 'Burbs

★ 6.4
9K 9 2026–present
Suburban underbelly

Extrapolations

★ 6.2
9K 8 2023–2023
Social commentary · Dystopia

The Essex Serpent

★ 6.3
9K 6 2022–2022
Period piece · Atmospheric

American Murder: Laci Peterson

★ 7.0
9K 3 2024–2024
True crime · Docuseries

The Investigation

★ 7.5
9K 6 2020–2020
Nordic noir · Tight limited run

Graveyard

★ 7.4
9K 20 2022–2026
Nordic noir · Detective mystery

The Chelsea Detective

★ 7.4
9K 15 2022–present
Detective mystery · Procedural

The Woman in the Wall

★ 7.2
8K 6 2023–2024
Secrets & lies · Mental health

Taqdeer

★ 8.6
8K 8 2020–present
Indian TV · Serialized · Tense

Surface

★ 6.5
8K 16 2022–present
Secrets & lies

Full Circle

★ 6.3
8K 6 2023–2023
Ensemble cast · Tight limited run

A Time Called You

★ 8.0
8K 12 2023–2023
Time travel · K-drama · Love story

Beyond Paradise

★ 7.4
8K 27 2023–present
Cozy · British TV · Small town

Three-Body

★ 7.6
8K 30 2023–present
Intellectual challenge

Ishq Mein Marjawan 2

★ 6.7
8K 313 2020–2021
Soap & telenovela · Indian TV

Celebrity

★ 7.4
8K 12 2023–2023
Elites & privilege · K-drama

Criminal Justice: Adhura Sach

★ 7.6
8K 2022–present
Legal · Indian TV · Secrets & lies

The Swarm

★ 5.9
8K 8 2023–2023
Nature & science

Amy Bradley Is Missing

★ 6.7
8K 3 2025–2025
True crime · Docuseries

Beyond Evil

★ 8.1
8K 16 2021–2021
K-drama · Detective mystery

Crime

★ 7.2
8K 12 2021–present
True crime · Detective mystery

Imperfect Women

★ 6.4
8K 8 2026–2026
Female perspective

Raakh

★ 7.6
8K 8 2026–present
Indian TV · Criminal underworld

Dalgliesh

★ 7.6
8K 18 2021–present
Detective mystery · British TV
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