Best Mystery Movies & TV Shows
Mystery withholds information deliberately and makes the withholding the point. It is closer to a structure than a subject, which is why mystery titles are almost always also crime, thriller or drama.
Whodunnits, detective series and slow-burn puzzle-box shows all land here.
Popular Mystery Movies
Ranked by current audience demand, limited to titles with at least 150 recorded ratings.
Backrooms
2026★ 7.1
The End of Oak Street
2026★ 6.4
Zootopia 2
2025★ 7.7
The Sheep Detectives
2026★ 7.9
Desire
2026★ 6.8
Lee Cronin's The Mummy
2026★ 7.9
The Wrecking Crew
2026★ 7.1
The Batman
2022★ 7.7
The Housemaid
2025★ 7.3
Se7en
1995★ 8.4
The Maze Runner
2014★ 7.2
Scream 7
2026★ 6.2
Gone Girl
2014★ 7.9
Weapons
2025★ 7.3
Final Destination Bloodlines
2025★ 7.0
Knives Out
2019★ 7.8
The Bourne Identity
2002★ 7.5
Shutter Island
2010★ 8.2
Arrival
2016★ 7.6
Hereditary
2018★ 7.3
Popular Mystery Series
Series carrying the same genre tag, ordered by current demand.
The Mentalist
2008★ 8.4
Lanterns
2026★ 8.3
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999★ 8.0
Supernatural
2005★ 8.3
Criminal Minds
2005★ 8.3
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000★ 7.6
Outer Banks
2020★ 8.2
Midsomer Murders
1997★ 7.5
FROM
2022★ 8.5
Dexter
2006★ 8.2
The Blacklist
2013★ 7.6
Stranger Things
2016★ 8.6
Desperate Housewives
2004★ 7.9
CSI: Miami
2002★ 7.7
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-
2016★ 8.1
American Horror Story
2011★ 8.1
Charmed
1998★ 8.2
The X-Files
1993★ 8.4
The Apothecary Diaries
2023★ 8.6
Lost
2004★ 8.0