Want to Watch TV Shows - Detective / Mystery Solving
by mscnem | created - 14 Apr 2022 | updated - 1 month ago | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. The Afterparty (2022–2023)
TV-MA | 35 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
When a high school reunion's afterparty ends in a death, everyone is a suspect. A detective grills the former classmates one by one, uncovering potential motives as each tells their version of the story - culminating in the shocking truth.
Stars: Tiffany Haddish, Sam Richardson, Zoë Chao, John Cho
Votes: 21,569
Apple TV+
2. The Last Thing He Told Me (2023– )
TV-MA | 275 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A woman forms an unexpected relationship with her 16-year-old stepdaughter while searching for the truth about why her husband has mysteriously disappeared.
Stars: Jennifer Garner, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Angourie Rice, Aisha Tyler
Votes: 17,357
Apple TV+
3. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In Las Vegas, a squad of forensic investigators are trained to solve crimes by meticulously examining the evidence. They employ advanced technology and their rationality to detect the perpetrators.
Stars: William Petersen, Laurence Fishburne, Ted Danson, George Eads
Votes: 89,161
Hulu / Paramount+
4. Castle (2009–2016)
TV-14 | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
When a psychopath commits murders based on novelist Castle's books, Detective Beckett seeks his help to solve the case. He decides to work with her and uses his experiences as research for his novels.
Stars: Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Jon Huertas
Votes: 174,468
Hulu
5. Homeland (2011–2020)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A bipolar CIA operative becomes convinced a prisoner of war has been turned by al-Qaeda and is planning to carry out a terrorist attack on American soil.
Stars: Claire Danes, Mandy Patinkin, Damian Lewis, Rupert Friend
Votes: 361,070
Hulu
6. Manhunt (II) (2017–2020)
TV-14 | 817 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
An in-depth look at how an FBI profiler helped track down the terrorist Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber.
Stars: Gethin Anthony, Arliss Howard, Kelly Jenrette, Cameron Britton
Votes: 63,855
Hulu
7. Death and Other Details (2024)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Detective Rufus Cotesworth and his protégé, Imogene, dig for the truth on a Mediterranean ocean liner where everyone is hiding something.
Stars: Violett Beane, Lauren Patten, Angela Zhou, Hugo Diego Garcia
Votes: 11,463
Hulu
8. Mare of Easttown (2021)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A detective in a small Pennsylvania town investigates a local murder while trying to keep her life from falling apart.
Stars: Kate Winslet, Julianne Nicholson, Jean Smart, Angourie Rice
Votes: 188,000
HBO
9. Sharp Objects (2018)
TV-MA | 53 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After treating her mental illness, crime reporter Camille Preaker returns to her hometown to solve the murder of two young girls. However, she is forced to face and deal with her own demons too.
Stars: Amy Adams, Patricia Clarkson, Chris Messina, Eliza Scanlen
Votes: 118,948
HBO
10. 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: 200,771
HBO / Roku
11. The Alienist (2018–2020)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Newspaper illustrator John Moore meets with criminal psychologist (alienist) Dr. Laszlo Kreizler to investigate a serial killer in New York during the late 19th century.
Stars: Daniel Brühl, Dakota Fanning, Luke Evans, Robert Wisdom
Votes: 60,218
HBO
12. The Girl Before (2021)
TV-MA | 46 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A woman falls for an architect and gets an eerie premonition about his house, when she finds out that another woman died there.
Stars: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Oyelowo, Jessica Plummer, Ben Hardy
Votes: 5,642
HBO
13. True Detective (2014– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
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: 657,095
HBO
14. Search Party (2016–2022)
TV-MA | 24 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Search Party is a dark comedy about four self-absorbed twenty-somethings who become entangled in an ominous mystery when a former college acquaintance suddenly disappears.
Stars: Alia Shawkat, John Reynolds, John Early, Meredith Hagner
Votes: 13,575
HBO
15. Tin Star (2017–2020)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Ex undercover UK cop turned police chief of a small town in the Canadian Rockies does what he must to defend his family from those in power whether it's the oilmen, the preachers or the gangsters.
Stars: Tim Roth, Genevieve O'Reilly, Abigail Lawrie, Oliver Coopersmith
Votes: 15,994
Prime Video
16. House M.D. (2004–2012)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Mystery
Using a crack team of doctors and his wits, an antisocial maverick doctor specializing in diagnostic medicine does whatever it takes to solve puzzling cases that come his way.
Stars: Hugh Laurie, Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard, Jesse Spencer
Votes: 514,174
Prime Video (+Peacock)
17. Monk (2002–2009)
TV-PG | 44 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The series follows Adrian Monk, a brilliant former San Francisco detective, who now consults the police as a private consultant whilst battling with an obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Stars: Tony Shalhoub, Jason Gray-Stanford, Ted Levine, Traylor Howard
Votes: 89,005
Prime Video (+Peacock)
18. Psych (2006–2014)
TV-PG | 44 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
When a novice sleuth convinces the police he has psychic powers, he and his reluctant best friend are hired on as consultants to help solve complicated cases.
Stars: James Roday Rodriguez, Dulé Hill, Timothy Omundson, Corbin Bernsen
Votes: 105,880
Prime Video (+Peacock)
19. The Boarding School: Las Cumbres (2021–2023)
Not Rated | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A school for problem children located next to an old monastery, in an inaccessible and isolated spot between the mountains.
Stars: Albert Salazar, Joel Bosqued, Mina El Hammani, Claudia Riera
Votes: 2,271
Prime Video
20. Whitechapel (2009–2013)
TV-14 | 817 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A fast-tracked inspector, a hardened detective sergeant, and an expert in historical homicides investigate modern crimes with connections to the past in the Whitechapel district of London.
Stars: Rupert Penry-Jones, Phil Davis, Steve Pemberton, Sam Stockman
Votes: 14,810
Prime Video / Hulu / BritBox
21. iZombie (2015–2019)
TV-14 | 42 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A medical resident finds that being a zombie has its perks, which she uses to assist the police.
Stars: Rose McIver, Malcolm Goodwin, Rahul Kohli, Robert Buckley
Votes: 74,614
Netflix
22. How to Get Away with Murder (2014–2020)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A group of ambitious law students and their brilliant criminal defense professor become involved in a twisted murder plot that promises to change the course of their lives.
Stars: Viola Davis, Billy Brown, Jack Falahee, Aja Naomi King
Votes: 166,796
Netflix
23. Bordertown (2016–2020)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Quirky police detective, in Finland, delves into his memory palace to solve despicable crimes all the while trying to keep his family together. If Sherlock was based in Finland this would be it.
Stars: Ville Virtanen, Matleena Kuusniemi, Anu Sinisalo, Lenita Susi
Votes: 12,412
Netflix
24. Marcella (2016–2021)
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Marcella Backland left the Metropolitan Police for the sake of her family, only to have her husband leave her. She returns to her job on the murder squad, investigating a case that seems disturbingly familiar to her.
Stars: Anna Friel, Ray Panthaki, Jack Doolan, Jamie Bamber
Votes: 37,296
Netflix / منوتو
25. The Sinner (2017–2021)
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Detective Ambrose employs some unusual tactics and a deep capacity for empathy to solve his cases. His boundless dedication is driven by his dark past, leading him into powerful and often dangerously intimate bonds with his suspects.
Stars: Bill Pullman, Jessica Hecht, Dohn Norwood, Adam LeFevre
Votes: 139,117
Netflix
26. White Lines (2020)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A woman tries to solve the mysterious death of her brother, a famous DJ who disappeared from Ibiza many years ago.
Stars: Laura Haddock, Nuno Lopes, Marta Milans, Daniel Mays
Votes: 18,532
Netflix
27. Twin Peaks (1990–1991)
TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks.
Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook
Votes: 215,594
Netflix / Hulu
28. Young Wallander (2020–2022)
TV-MA | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Follow recently graduated police officer Kurt Wallander as he investigates his first case.
Stars: Adam Pålsson, Leanne Best, Ellise Chappell, Sara Seyed
Votes: 13,397
Netflix
29. Giri/Haji (2019)
TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A detective from Tokyo scours London for his missing brother, who's been involved with the Yakuza and accused of murder.
Stars: Takehiro Hira, Kelly Macdonald, Yôsuke Kubozuka, Will Sharpe
Votes: 16,886
Netflix
30. Woman of the Dead (2022– )
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In a vengeful quest to find out who killed her husband, a woman ends up exposing her small community's deepest and ugliest secrets.
Stars: Anna Maria Mühe, Yousef 'Joe' Sweid, Felix Klare, Hans-Uwe Bauer
Votes: 6,382
Netflix
31. Triptych (2023– )
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
It follows Becca, a forensics expert who, when investigating a murder, realizes that the body of the victim looks exactly like her.
Stars: Maite Perroni, David Chocarro, Flavio Medina, Nuria Bages
Votes: 2,833
Netflix
32. The Snow Girl (2023–2024)
TV-MA | 273 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
During the Cavalcade of the Magi parade, the Martín family's daughter Amaya disappears. Journalist Miren takes on the case, determined to find her.
Stars: Milena Smit, Jose Coronado, Aixa Villagrán, Marco Cáceres
Votes: 8,136
Netflix
33. Echoes (2022)
TV-MA | 47 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Leni and Gina are identical twins who have secretly swapped their lives since they were children, culminating in a double life as adults, but one of the sisters goes missing and everything in their perfectly schemed world turns into chaos.
Stars: Michelle Monaghan, Matt Bomer, Karen Robinson, Ali Stroker
Votes: 15,692
Netflix
34. Black Spot (2017–2019)
TV-MA | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A police chief and an eccentric new prosecutor investigate a string of grisly crimes and eerie phenomena in an isolated town at the edge of a forest.
Stars: Suliane Brahim, Hubert Delattre, Laurent Capelluto, Samuel Jouy
Votes: 13,785
Netflix
35. Dear Child (2023)
TV-MA | 286 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A mysterious woman's escape from her harrowing captivity points investigators toward the dark truth behind an unsolved disappearance 13 years earlier.
Stars: Kim Riedle, Naila Schuberth, Sammy Schrein, Hans Löw
Votes: 25,666
Netflix
36. Burning Body (2023)
TV-MA | 394 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
When a police officer is murdered and set on fire, all eyes focus on two other agents; his girlfriend and her lover. Inspired by true events.
Stars: Úrsula Corberó, Quim Gutiérrez, José Manuel Poga, Isak Férriz
Votes: 5,817
Netflix
37. Maestro (2022– )
50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Orestes travels to a small island during the pandemic in order to set up a music festival from scratch. Confronted with the small society of the island, he will find himself involved in an extreme love story.
Stars: Christopher Papakaliatis, Klelia Andriolatou, Maria Kavoyianni, Fanis Mouratidis
Votes: 9,182
Netflix
38. Bodies (2023)
TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Drama, History
Four detectives, living in different eras -1890, 1941, 2023 and 2053 - find the body of the same murder victim in Whitechapel. They soon come to realize their investigations have them central to a conspiracy spanning over 150 years.
Stars: Amaka Okafor, Kyle Soller, Shira Haas, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd
Votes: 53,922
Netflix
39. Detective Forst (2024– )
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Tatra Mountains will become an arena of brutal murder. The investigation is carried out by a cynical but effective policeman, Wiktor Forst.
Stars: Borys Szyc, Andrzej Bienias, Zuzanna Saporznikow, Kamilla Baar
Votes: 3,103
Netflix
40. Fool Me Once (2024)
TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Widowed mum Maya is disturbed by an image of her late husband captured on her toddler's nanny cam.
Stars: Michelle Keegan, Adeel Akhtar, Richard Armitage, Emmett J Scanlan
Votes: 53,191
Netflix
41. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
This series focuses on the NYPD's Major Case Squad, a force of detectives who investigate high-profile cases, while also showing parts of the crime from the perpetrator's point of view.
Stars: Kathryn Erbe, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jamey Sheridan, Courtney B. Vance
Votes: 27,896
Peacock
42. Life on Mars (2006–2007)
TV-14 | 959 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After a near-fatal car accident, smart, savvy, sharp-suited detective Sam is mysteriously transported back to 1973. Confused by his new surroundings, Sam tries to return to the present, but the police force of long ago needs his help.
Stars: John Simm, Philip Glenister, Liz White, Dean Andrews
Votes: 32,450
BritBox
43. The City and the City (2018)
TV-14 | 235 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Inspector Tyador Borlú of the Extreme Crime Squad in the European city-state of Beszel, investigates the murder of a student from Beszel's twin-city of Ul Qoman - which occupies the same space but is perceived differently.
Stars: David Morrissey, Lara Pulver, Mandeep Dhillon, Ron Cook
Votes: 1,600
IMDb TV / BritBox
44. Leverage (2008–2012)
TV-PG | 42 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A crew of high-tech crooks attempt to steal from wealthy criminals and corrupt businessmen.
Stars: Timothy Hutton, Gina Bellman, Christian Kane, Beth Riesgraf
Votes: 54,225
IMDb TV / Sundance Now
45. Leverage: Redemption (2021– )
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
The Hitter, the Hacker, the Grifter and the Thief are back, this time with help from a new tech genius and corporate fixer, to take on a new kind of villain. When someone needs help, they provide...Leverage.
Stars: Gina Bellman, Christian Kane, Beth Riesgraf, Aleyse Shannon
Votes: 20,239
IMDb TV
46. Numb3rs (2005–2010)
TV-PG | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Working for the F.B.I., a mathematician uses equations to help solve various crimes.
Stars: Rob Morrow, David Krumholtz, Judd Hirsch, Alimi Ballard
Votes: 45,764
IMDb TV
47. Clarice (2021)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A look at the personal story of FBI agent Clarice Starling, as she returns to the field about a year after the events of The Silence of the Lambs (1991).
Stars: Rebecca Breeds, Michael Cudlitz, Jayne Atkinson, Lucca De Oliveira
Votes: 11,204
IMDb TV
48. Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
During an experiment into time travel, a scientist finds himself trapped in the past, "leaping" into the lives of different people, sorting out their problems and changing history in hopes of getting back to his own life in the present.
Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Deborah Pratt, Dennis Wolfberg
Votes: 36,498
Roku / NBC
49. Quantum Leap (2022–2024)
TV-PG | 42 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Set 30 years after Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished, follows a new team that must restart the project hoping to understand the mysteries behind the machine and its creator.
Stars: Raymond Lee, Caitlin Bassett, Mason Alexander Park, Nanrisa Lee
Votes: 12,050
Peacock / NBC
50. Hightown (2020–2024)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Set in the world of beautiful but bleak Cape Cod, one woman's journey to sobriety is overshadowed by a murder investigation dragging her into its fold.
Stars: Monica Raymund, Riley Voelkel, Atkins Estimond, Amaury Nolasco
Votes: 6,961
Starz
51. Dublin Murders (2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In the Dublin Murder Squad, Garda detectives Rob Reilly and Cassie Maddox investigate murder cases that tap into Ireland's past and also touch on their own personal lives.
Stars: Sarah Greene, Killian Scott, Michael D'Arcy, Eugene O'Hare
Votes: 12,021
Starz
52. Dispatches from Elsewhere (2020)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Mystery
Feeling as though there's something missing in their lives, four ordinary people stumble across a puzzle hiding just beyond the veil of everyday life, and their eyes are opened to a world of possibility and magic.
Stars: Jason Segel, André 3000, Eve Lindley, Richard E. Grant
Votes: 5,404
AMC+
53. Miss Scarlet & the Duke (2020– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
When Eliza Scarlet's father dies, he leaves her penniless, but she resolves to continue his detective agency. To operate in a male-dominated world, though, she needs a partner - step forward a detective known as the Duke.
Stars: Kate Phillips, Stuart Martin, Cathy Belton, Simon Ludders
Votes: 11,019
PBS / منوتو
54. The Bridge (2011–2018)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
When a body is found on the bridge between Denmark and Sweden, right on the border, Danish inspector Martin Rohde and Swedish Saga Norén have to share jurisdiction and work together to find the killer.
Stars: Sofia Helin, Rafael Pettersson, Sarah Boberg, Candice van Litsenborgh
Votes: 76,866
Topic
55. Salamander (2012–2018)
40 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A police inspector investigates the robbery of 66 safe deposit boxes at a private bank in Brussels.
Stars: Filip Peeters, Arianna Fox, Violet Braeckman, Tine Reymer
Votes: 2,437
Topic / Roku (only s1) / جم
56. The Five (2016)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A mystery series created by author Harlan Coben. Jesse, a five-year-old boy, goes missing. Twenty years later, his DNA shows up at a crime scene.
Stars: O-T Fagbenle, Tom Cullen, Hannah Arterton, Sarah Solemani
Votes: 12,145
منوتو
57. Kommissar Rex (1994–2004)
45 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
A recently divorced cop adopts a police dog who lost his former companion; together they solve crimes in and around Vienna.
Stars: Gerhard Zemann, Heinz Weixelbraun, Wolf Bachofner, Martin Weinek
Votes: 6,221
جم
58. Hudson & Rex (2019– )
TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Detective Charlie Hudson teams up with what he calls his "highly trained law enforcement animal" German Shepherd dog named Rex who he prefers to team up with because he doesn't talk his ear off.
Stars: John Reardon, Mayko Nguyen, Kevin Hanchard, Justin Kelly
Votes: 3,573
UP Faith & Family (only s1 & s2)
59. The Boarding School (2007–2010)
75 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
After losing their parents at sea, two siblings enter an exclusive boarding school. The students soon realize that the school is full of mysteries and secrets.
Stars: Marta Torné, Martiño Rivas, Raúl Fernández de Pablo, Yon González
Votes: 5,749
جم
60. Ripper Street (2012–2016)
TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The streets of Whitechapel are the haunt of Detective Inspector Edmund Reid and his team of officers, who aim to maintain law and order in a place once terrorized by Jack the Ripper.
Stars: Matthew Macfadyen, Adam Rothenberg, MyAnna Buring, Jerome Flynn
Votes: 22,516
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61. Poirot (1989–2013)
TV-14 | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Hercule Poirot, a famous Belgian detective, who has an impeccable knack for getting embroiled in a mystery, solves crimes along with Captain Hastings and Scotland Yard Chief Inspector James Japp.
Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran
Votes: 52,149
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