The 30 best Mystery TV series

Ranked by weighted audience rating: among 735 series with at least 60 votes on TMDb, the formula balances the score with the vote count, so a barely-rated title cannot leap past a classic. Stranger Things leads, rated 8.5 (2016). The average release year on the list is 2009. The list is recalculated weekly; each title links to its full page, including where to watch in Brazil.

Page updated on 09/20/2026.

1

Stranger Things (2016)

5 seasons · 8.6 21,813 votes
2

Gravity Falls (2012)

2 seasons · 8.6 3,603 votes
3

The Originals (2013)

5 seasons · 8.6 3,647 votes
4

Sherlock (2010)

4 seasons · 8.5 6,690 votes
5

FROM (2022)

4 seasons · 8.5 4,253 votes
6

Dark (2017)

3 seasons · 8.4 7,837 votes
7

Riverdale (2017)

7 seasons · 8.4 13,789 votes
8

Batman: The Animated Series (1992)

4 seasons · 8.6 1,893 votes
9

Over the Garden Wall (2014)

1 season · 8.6 1,816 votes
10

The Mentalist (2008)

7 seasons · 8.4 4,701 votes
11

Wednesday (2022)

3 seasons · 8.3 10,813 votes
12

The X-Files (1993)

11 seasons · 8.4 3,712 votes
13

Supernatural (2005)

15 seasons · 8.3 8,673 votes
14

Severance (2022)

3 seasons · 8.4 2,950 votes
15

Only Murders in the Building (2021)

6 seasons · 8.4 2,274 votes
16

Black Mirror (2011)

7 seasons · 8.3 6,501 votes
17

Criminal Minds (2005)

19 seasons · 8.3 4,167 votes
18

True Detective (2014)

4 seasons · 8.3 4,354 votes
19

Twin Peaks (1990)

3 seasons · 8.3 2,698 votes
20

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

7 seasons · 8.4 1,851 votes
21

Dexter (2006)

8 seasons · 8.2 5,839 votes
22

The Twilight Zone (1959)

5 seasons · 8.5 1,071 votes
23

Grimm (2011)

6 seasons · 8.3 3,631 votes
24

WandaVision (2021)

1 season · 8.2 12,903 votes
25

Girl from Nowhere (2018)

2 seasons · 8.5 962 votes
26

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018)

2 seasons · 8.2 3,811 votes
27

American Horror Story (2011)

13 seasons · 8.1 6,166 votes
28

IT: Welcome to Derry (2025)

2 seasons · 8.2 1,652 votes
29

Defending Jacob (2020)

1 season · 8.2 1,613 votes
30

Charmed (1998)

8 seasons · 8.2 2,580 votes

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Method: TMDb audience rating weighted by vote count, with a vote floor per list. No position is editorial opinion; it is the catalogue, ordered.