Top 50 Mystery Movies and TV Shows
1. The Staircase (2022)
TV-MA | Biography, Crime, Drama
Tells the story of Michael Peterson, a crime novelist accused of killing his wife Kathleen after she is found dead at the bottom of a staircase in their home, and the 16-year judicial battle that followed.
Stars: Parker Posey, Colin Firth, Toni Collette, Michael Stuhlbarg
Votes: 2,789
2. Candy (2022)
TV-MA | Biography, Crime, Drama
Candy Montgomery is a 1980s housewife and mother who did everything right - but when the pressure of conformity builds within her, her actions scream for just a bit of freedom. Until someone tells her to shush. With deadly results.
Stars: Jessica Biel, Melanie Lynskey, Pablo Schreiber, Timothy Simons
Votes: 2,325
3. The Batman (2022)
PG-13 | 176 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When a sadistic serial killer begins murdering key political figures in Gotham, Batman is forced to investigate the city's hidden corruption and question his family's involvement.
Director: Matt Reeves | Stars: Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Jeffrey Wright, Colin Farrell
Votes: 468,062
4. Outer Range (2022– )
TV-MA | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A rancher fighting for his land and family discovers an unfathomable mystery at the edge of Wyoming's wilderness.
Stars: Josh Brolin, Imogen Poots, Lili Taylor, Tom Pelphrey
Votes: 13,849
5. The Wilds (2020– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
A group of teens must survive after a plane crash leaves them stranded on a deserted island. The girls tell their stories to investigators who slowly piece together what happened to them.
Stars: Rachel Griffiths, Sophia Ali, Shannon Berry, Jenna Clause
Votes: 16,932
6. Under the Banner of Heaven (2022)
TV-MA | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A devout detective's faith is tested as he investigates a brutal murder seemingly connected to an esteemed Utah family's spiral into LDS fundamentalism and their distrust in the government.
Stars: Andrew Garfield, Taylor St. Pierre, Sam Worthington, Daisy Edgar-Jones
Votes: 3,046
7. Severance (2022– )
TV-MA | 55 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Mark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives. When a mysterious colleague appears outside of work, it begins a journey to discover the truth about their jobs.
Stars: Adam Scott, Zach Cherry, Britt Lower, Tramell Tillman
Votes: 51,335
8. Stranger Things (2016– )
TV-14 | 51 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
When a young boy disappears, his mother, a police chief and his friends must confront terrifying supernatural forces in order to get him back.
Stars: Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Winona Ryder, David Harbour
Votes: 990,742
9. Clark (2022)
TV-MA | Action, Comedy, Crime
This is the incredible story behind Sweden's most notorious gangster, Clark Olofsson, whose infamous crimes gave rise to the term "Stockholm Syndrome".
Stars: Bill Skarsgård, Vilhelm Blomgren, Sandra Ilar, Hanna Björn
Votes: 3,414
10. The Flight Attendant (2020– )
TV-MA | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A reckless flight attendant with an alcoholism problem wakes up in the wrong hotel, in the wrong bed, with a dead man - and no idea what happened. Unable to piece the night together, she begins to wonder if she could be the killer.
Stars: Kaley Cuoco, Zosia Mamet, Griffin Matthews, Rosie Perez
Votes: 47,837
11. Death on the Nile (2022)
PG-13 | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While on vacation on the Nile, Hercule Poirot must investigate the murder of a young heiress.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Tom Bateman, Annette Bening, Kenneth Branagh, Russell Brand
Votes: 104,516
12. Westworld (2016– )
TV-MA | 62 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
At the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past, waits a world in which every human appetite can be indulged without consequence.
Stars: Evan Rachel Wood, Jeffrey Wright, Ed Harris, Thandiwe Newton
Votes: 475,212
13. The Lincoln Lawyer (2022– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An iconoclastic idealist runs his law practice out of the back of his Lincoln Town Car in this series based on Michael Connelly's bestselling novels.
Stars: Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Becki Newton, Neve Campbell, Christopher Gorham
Votes: 2,497
14. Shining Girls (2022– )
TV-MA | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Years after a brutal attack left her in a constantly shifting reality, Kirby Mazrachi learns that a recent murder is linked to her assault. She teams with a veteran reporter to understand her ever-changing present and confront her past.
Stars: Elisabeth Moss, Wagner Moura, Phillipa Soo, Chris Chalk
Votes: 2,241
15. Love, Death & Robots (2019– )
TV-MA | 15 min | Animation, Short, Action
A collection of animated short stories that span various genres including science fiction, fantasy, horror and comedy.
Stars: Scott Whyte, Nolan North, Steven Pacey, Emily O'Brien
Votes: 135,966
16. The Blacklist (2013– )
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A new FBI profiler, Elizabeth Keen, has her entire life uprooted when a mysterious criminal, Raymond Reddington, who has eluded capture for decades, turns himself in and insists on speaking only to her.
Stars: James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Ryan Eggold
Votes: 238,501
17. NCIS (2003– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The cases of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service's Washington, D.C. Major Case Response Team, led by Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs.
Stars: Mark Harmon, David McCallum, Sean Murray, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 141,211
18. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
This series follows the Special Victims Unit, a specially trained squad of detectives in the N.Y.P.D., who investigate sexually related crimes.
Stars: Mariska Hargitay, Christopher Meloni, Ice-T, Dann Florek
Votes: 100,483
19. Supernatural (2005–2020)
TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Two brothers follow their father's footsteps as hunters, fighting evil supernatural beings of many kinds, including monsters, demons and gods that roam the earth.
Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Jim Beaver, Misha Collins
Votes: 428,962
20. Russian Doll (2019– )
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A cynical young woman in New York City keeps dying and returning to the party that's being thrown in her honor on that same evening. She tries to find a way out of this strange time loop.
Stars: Natasha Lyonne, Charlie Barnett, Greta Lee, Elizabeth Ashley
Votes: 89,663
21. Criminal Minds (2005–2020)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The cases of the F.B.I. Behavioral Analysis Unit (B.A.U.), an elite group of profilers who analyze the nation's most dangerous serial killers and individual heinous crimes in an effort to anticipate their next moves before they strike again.
Stars: Matthew Gray Gubler, Kirsten Vangsness, A.J. Cook, Joe Mantegna
Votes: 189,364
22. Death in Paradise (2011– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A UK police DI is transferred to St-Marie to investigate murders on the island, but he hates the sun, sea, and sand. Later series see other English and Irish detectives take over the role.
Stars: Elizabeth Bourgine, Don Warrington, Danny John-Jules, Tobi Bakare
Votes: 19,945
23. Grace (2021– )
90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Brighton-based Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, a hard-working police officer who has given his life to the job.
Stars: John Simm, Rakie Ayola, Richie Campbell, Laura Elphinstone
Votes: 3,074
24. The Outfit (2022)
R | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An expert cutter must outwit a dangerous group of mobsters in order to survive a fateful night.
Director: Graham Moore | Stars: Zoey Deutch, Dylan O'Brien, Johnny Flynn, Mark Rylance
Votes: 18,579
25. Law & Order (1990– )
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Follows a crime (usually a murder), usually adapted from current headlines, from two separate vantage points, the police investigation and the prosecution in court.
Stars: Jerry Orbach, Jesse L. Martin, Dennis Farina, S. Epatha Merkerson
Votes: 37,356
26. The Mentalist (2008–2015)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A famous "psychic" outs himself as a fake, and starts working as a consultant for the California Bureau of Investigation so he can find "Red John", the madman who killed his wife and daughter.
Stars: Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman
Votes: 179,742
27. Big Sky (2020– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A private detective teams up with an ex-cop to solve a kidnapping case in Montana.
Stars: Katheryn Winnick, Kylie Bunbury, Dedee Pfeiffer, Brian Geraghty
Votes: 16,841
28. Black Mirror (2011–2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
An anthology series exploring a twisted, high-tech multiverse where humanity's greatest innovations and darkest instincts collide.
Stars: YourPritam, Daniel Lapaine, Hannah John-Kamen, Michaela Coel
Votes: 516,163
29. Blue Bloods (2010– )
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Revolves around a family of New York cops.
Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, Bridget Moynahan, Will Estes, Len Cariou
Votes: 38,679
30. Old (2021)
PG-13 | 108 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A vacationing family discovers that the secluded beach where they're relaxing for a few hours is somehow causing them to age rapidly, reducing their entire lives into a single day.
Director: M. Night Shyamalan | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Vicky Krieps, Rufus Sewell, Alex Wolff
Votes: 97,444
31. Midsomer Murders (1997– )
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A veteran Detective Chief Inspector and his young Sergeant investigate murders around the regional community of Midsomer County.
Stars: John Nettles, Jane Wymark, Barry Jackson, Neil Dudgeon
Votes: 31,817
32. Castle (2009–2016)
TV-14 | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes.
Stars: Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Jon Huertas
Votes: 158,804
33. Scream (I) (2022)
R | 114 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
25 years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, Calif., a new killer dons the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town's deadly past.
Directors: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett | Stars: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Melissa Barrera
Votes: 88,756
34. True Detective (2014–2019)
TV-MA | 55 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Seasonal anthology series in which police investigations unearth the personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within and outside the law.
Stars: Vince Vaughn, Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams, Taylor Kitsch
Votes: 546,896
35. FBI (2018– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Procedural drama about the inner workings of the New York office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Stars: Missy Peregrym, Zeeko Zaki, Jeremy Sisto, Alana De La Garza
Votes: 16,290
36. Lost (2004–2010)
TV-14 | 44 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
The survivors of a plane crash are forced to work together in order to survive on a seemingly deserted tropical island.
Stars: Jorge Garcia, Josh Holloway, Yunjin Kim, Evangeline Lilly
Votes: 536,842
37. Spy x Family (2022– )
TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
A spy on an undercover mission gets married and adopts a child as part of his cover. His wife and daughter have secrets of their own, and all three must strive to keep together.
Stars: Takuya Eguchi, Atsumi Tanezaki, Saori Hayami, Hana Sato
Votes: 6,681
38. Legacies (2018–2022)
TV-14 | 45 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Hope Mikaelson, a tribrid daughter of a Vampire/Werewolf hybrid, makes her way in the world.
Stars: Danielle Rose Russell, Quincy Fouse, Matthew Davis, Aria Shahghasemi
Votes: 28,982
39. House (2004–2012)
TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Mystery
An antisocial maverick doctor who specializes in diagnostic medicine does whatever it takes to solve puzzling cases that come his way using his crack team of doctors and his wits.
Stars: Hugh Laurie, Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard, Jesse Spencer
Votes: 448,731
40. The Witcher (2019– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Geralt of Rivia, a solitary monster hunter, struggles to find his place in a world where people often prove more wicked than beasts.
Stars: Henry Cavill, Freya Allan, Anya Chalotra, Mimi Ndiweni
Votes: 466,367
41. The Vampire Diaries (2009–2017)
TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
The lives, loves, dangers and disasters in the town, Mystic Falls, Virginia. Creatures of unspeakable horror lurk beneath this town as a teenage girl is suddenly torn between two vampire brothers.
Stars: Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder, Kat Graham
Votes: 310,986
42. Deep Water (2022)
R | 115 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A well-to-do husband who allows his wife to have affairs in order to avoid a divorce becomes a prime suspect in the disappearance of her lovers.
Director: Adrian Lyne | Stars: Ben Affleck, Ana de Armas, Tracy Letts, Grace Jenkins
Votes: 35,020
43. The X-Files (1993–2018)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two F.B.I. Agents, Fox Mulder the believer and Dana Scully the skeptic, investigate the strange and unexplained, while hidden forces work to impede their efforts.
Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, William B. Davis
Votes: 217,722
44. Riverdale (2017– )
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While navigating the troubled waters of romance, school and family, Archie and his gang become entangled in dark Riverdale mysteries.
Stars: Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, Cole Sprouse, K.J. Apa
Votes: 139,298
45. Bones (2005–2017)
TV-14 | 40 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan and cocky F.B.I. Special Agent Seeley Booth build a team to investigate murders. Quite often, there isn't more to examine than rotten flesh or mere bones.
Stars: Emily Deschanel, David Boreanaz, Michaela Conlin, T.J. Thyne
Votes: 154,132
46. Yellowjackets (2021– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A wildly talented high school girl soccer team becomes the (un)lucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the Canadian wilderness.
Stars: Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Ella Purnell, Sophie Nélisse
Votes: 37,742
47. Love and Death (2022– )
Biography, Crime, Drama | Post-production
Two church going couples, enjoying small town family life in Texas, until somebody picks up an axe.
Stars: Elizabeth Olsen, Patrick Fugit, Jesse Plemons, Fabiola Andújar
48. The Witch (2015)
R | 92 min | Drama, Fantasy, History
A family in 1630s New England is torn apart by the forces of witchcraft, black magic, and possession.
Director: Robert Eggers | Stars: Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Julian Richings
Votes: 244,562 | Gross: $25.14M
49. London Fields (2018)
R | 118 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Clairvoyant femme fatale Nicola Six has been living with a dark premonition of her impending death by murder. She begins a tangled love affair with three uniquely different men: one of whom she knows will be her murderer.
Director: Mathew Cullen | Stars: Amber Heard, Theo James, Jason Isaacs, Gemma Chan
Votes: 9,944 | Gross: $0.25M
50. The Expanse (2015–2022)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
In the 24th century, a group of humans untangle a vast plot which threatens the Solar System's fragile state of detente.
Stars: Steven Strait, Dominique Tipper, Wes Chatham, Shohreh Aghdashloo
Votes: 146,867