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Mystery Movies and TV Shows

Whodunits, puzzles and investigations built around a question that needs an answer. TMDB uses the same mystery genre for films and series, so both appear here.

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Best-rated Mystery movies

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8.4 TMDB audience rating
Psycho

1960 · Horror, movie
8.4 TMDB audience rating
High and Low

1963 · Drama, movie
8.4 TMDB audience rating
Se7en

1995 · Crime, movie
8.4 TMDB audience rating
Remarkably Bright Creatures

2026 · Drama, movie
8.3 TMDB audience rating
Rear Window

1954 · Thriller, movie
8.2 TMDB audience rating
Oldboy

2003 · Thriller, movie
8.2 TMDB audience rating
Witness for the Prosecution

1957 · Drama, movie
8.2 TMDB audience rating
The Prestige

2006 · Drama, movie
8.2 TMDB audience rating
Shutter Island

2010 · Drama, movie
8.2 TMDB audience rating
Memento

2000 · Mystery, movie
8.1 TMDB audience rating
Vertigo

1958 · Mystery, movie
8.1 TMDB audience rating
Incendies

2010 · Drama, movie

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6.8 TMDB audience rating
Hope

2026 · Science Fiction, movie
6.9 TMDB audience rating
A Story of Derry

2026 · Drama, movie
7.0 TMDB audience rating
Verity

2026 · Mystery, movie
6.5 TMDB audience rating
Pinocchio: Unstrung

2026 · Horror, movie
6.8 TMDB audience rating
The Cycle

2026 · Horror, movie
7.0 TMDB audience rating
Backrooms

2026 · Horror, movie
7.1 TMDB audience rating
The End of Oak Street

2026 · Science Fiction, movie
7.7 TMDB audience rating
Zootopia 2

2025 · Animation, movie
7.3 TMDB audience rating
The Housemaid

2025 · Mystery, movie
7.7 TMDB audience rating
The Batman

2022 · Crime, movie
7.2 TMDB audience rating
The Maze Runner

2014 · Action, movie
7.5 TMDB audience rating
Contact

1997 · Drama, movie

Best-rated Mystery series

Highest TMDB audience rating among series with 300+ votes

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Series 8.7 TMDB audience rating
The Apothecary Diaries

2023 · Animation, TV series
Series 8.6 TMDB audience rating
Crystal Lake

2026 · Drama, TV series
Series 8.6 TMDB audience rating
Gravity Falls

2012 · Action & Adventure, TV series
Series 8.6 TMDB audience rating
Death Note

2006 · Animation, TV series
Series 8.6 TMDB audience rating
Alchemy of Souls

2022 · Drama, TV series
Series 8.6 TMDB audience rating
Lovely Runner

2024 · Drama, TV series
Series 8.6 TMDB audience rating
Batman: The Animated Series

1992 · Action & Adventure, TV series
Series 8.6 TMDB audience rating
The Originals

2013 · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, TV series
Series 8.6 TMDB audience rating
Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun

2020 · Animation, TV series
Series 8.6 TMDB audience rating
Over the Garden Wall

2014 · Mystery, TV series
Series 8.6 TMDB audience rating
Banana Fish

2018 · Animation, TV series
Series 8.6 TMDB audience rating
Dexter: Resurrection

2025 · Crime, TV series

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Series 8.4 TMDB audience rating
The Mentalist

2008 · Crime, TV series
Series 7.9 TMDB audience rating
Monk

2002 · Drama, TV series
Series 8.1 TMDB audience rating
Columbo

1971 · Crime, TV series
Series 8.0 TMDB audience rating
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999 · Crime, TV series
Series 8.0 TMDB audience rating
You

2018 · Mystery, TV series
Series 8.3 TMDB audience rating
True Detective

2014 · Drama, TV series
Series 8.3 TMDB audience rating
Criminal Minds

2005 · Crime, TV series
Series 8.3 TMDB audience rating
Supernatural

2005 · Drama, TV series
Series 7.6 TMDB audience rating
The Order

2019 · Drama, TV series
Series 8.0 TMDB audience rating
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace

2004 · Comedy, TV series
Series 7.8 TMDB audience rating
Luther

2010 · Crime, TV series
Series 7.5 TMDB audience rating
Medium

2005 · Crime, TV series