20 Best Mystery TV Shows on AMC+ 2026
Find AMC+'s strongest mystery, crime, and thriller series, from Sherlock and Dark Winds to The Crow Girl, plus more great suspenseful picks.
If you’re hunting for smart, suspenseful TV with sharp plotting and strong characters, AMC+ has plenty to keep you hooked. This roundup brings together crime, drama, mystery, thriller, and action picks like Sherlock (2010), Dark Winds (2022), Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016), The North Water (2021), The Last Anniversary (2025), The Killing (2011), Preacher (2016), and The Crow Girl (2025). The mix runs from classic whodunits and tense investigations to darker, stranger stories that keep you guessing. Since the page includes 20 titles, it’s easy to find something that fits your mood, whether you want a grounded case, a moody limited series, or a twist-heavy binge. If you’re searching for the best mystery TV shows on AMC+, this list gives you a great place to start.
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Sherlock
crime · drama · mystery · thriller
A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.
Directed by Paul McGuigan, Jeremy Lovering, Nick Hurran, Coky Giedroyc, Euros LynCast Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Una Stubbs, Rupert Graves, Louise BrealeyHuluAMC+ -
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Dark Winds
crime · drama · mystery · thriller
This psychological thriller follows two Navajo police officers, Leaphorn and Chee, in the 1970s Southwest as their search for clues in a grisly double murder case forces them to challenge their own spiritual beliefs and come to terms with the trauma of their pasts.
Directed by Chris Eyre, Michael Nankin, Sanford Bookstaver, Billy Luther, Steven Paul JuddCast Zahn McClarnon, Kiowa Gordon, Jessica Matten, Deanna Allison, A MartinezNetflixAmazon Prime VideoAMC+ -
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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
action · adventure · comedy · fantasy · mystery · sci-fi
A comedic thriller that follows the bizarre adventures of eccentric “holistic” detective Dirk Gently and his reluctant assistant Todd. An adaptation of Douglas Adams’ wildly successful comic novels.
Directed by Michael Patrick Jann, Paco Cabezas, Tamra Davis, Dean Parisot, Richard LaxtonCast Samuel Barnett, Elijah Wood, Hannah Marks, Jade Eshete, Mpho KoahoAmazon Prime VideoAMC+ -
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The North Water
adventure · drama · mystery
Henry Drax is a harpooner and brutish killer whose amorality has been shaped to fit the harshness of his world, who will set sail on a whaling expedition to the Arctic with Patrick Sumner, a disgraced ex-army surgeon who signs up as the ship’s doctor. Hoping to escape the horrors of his past, Sumner finds himself on an ill-fated journey with a murderous psychopath. In search of redemption, his story becomes a harsh struggle for survival in the Arctic wasteland.
Directed by Andrew HaighCast Jack O'Connell, Colin Farrell, Sam Spruell, Roland Møller, Gary LamontAMC+ -
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The Killing
crime · drama · mystery · thriller
The Killing is an American crime drama television series based upon the Danish television series Forbrydelsen. Set in Seattle, Washington, the series follows the various murder investigations by homicide detectives Sarah Linden and Stephen Holder.
Directed by Ed Bianchi, Nicole Kassell, Phil Abraham, Daniel Attias, Keith GordonCast Mireille Enos, Joel Kinnaman, Billy Campbell, Liam James, Michelle ForbesHuluAMC+ -
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Creepshow
fantasy · horror · mystery · thriller
A young boy's horror comic book comes to life in this anthology series of terrifying tales.
Directed by Greg Nicotero, John Harrison, Joe Lynch, Roxanne Benjamin, David BrucknerCast Carey Jones, Hannah Fierman, Kara Kimmer, David Alexander Kaplan, Fayna SanchezAmazon Prime VideoAMC+ -
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The Crow Girl
crime · drama · mystery · thriller
DCI Jeanette Kilburn and eminent psychotherapist Dr. Sophia Craven join forces to hunt the killer of young men. The investigation takes Jeanette and Sophia into a dangerous world of historic abuse and murder.
Directed by Charles Martin, Rebecca RycroftCast Eve Myles, Katherine Kelly, Clara Rugaard, Victoria Hamilton, Elliot EdusahAMC+ -
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The Last Anniversary
drama · mystery
A mystery that touches on family matters, motherhood and those women whose legacy defines the generations that blossom after them.
Directed by John PolsonCast Teresa Palmer, Miranda Richardson, Danielle Macdonald, Claude Scott-Mitchell, Helen ThomsonAmazon Prime VideoAMC+ -
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Luther
crime · drama · mystery · thriller
A dark psychological crime drama starring Idris Elba as Luther, a man struggling with his own terrible demons, who might be as dangerous as the depraved murderers he hunts.
Directed by Sam Miller, Jamie Payne, Brian Kirk, Stefan Schwartz, Farren BlackburnCast Idris Elba, Dermot Crowley, Michael Smiley, Warren Brown, Ruth WilsonHuluAMC+ -
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The Red Road
crime · drama · mystery · thriller
Lines will be crossed when tragedy forces two men, a mesmerizing ex-con and an embattled local cop, to face the secrets of their past. As these two men find themselves increasingly compromised by one another, the lives of both quickly unravel.
Directed by Noah PopejoyAmazon Prime VideoAMC+ -
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The Bridge
crime · drama · mystery · thriller
A murdered body on a bridge between El Paso and Juarez bring together El Paso detective Sonya Cross and Chihuahua State Police detective Marco Ruiz.
Directed by John Dahl, Alex Zakrzewski, Keith Gordon, Gwyneth Horder-Payton, Colin BuckseyCast Diane Kruger, Demián Bichir, Thomas M. Wright, Ted Levine, Matthew LillardAmazon Prime VideoAMC+Freevee -
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Preacher
adventure · comedy · fantasy · mystery
A preacher sets out on a mission to make the almighty himself confess his sin of abandoning the world. With his best friend Cassidy, an alcoholic Irish vampire, his love Tulip, a red blooded gun towing Texan, and the power of genesis, an unholy child born from an angel and a devil, Jesse gives up everything to set the world straight with its creator.
Directed by Michael Slovis, Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen, Wayne Che Yip, Sam CatlinCast Dominic Cooper, Joe Gilgun, Ruth Negga, Ian Colletti, Graham McTavishAMC+ -
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Lodge 49
comedy · drama · mystery
Dud is a deadbeat but charming ex-surfer who joins a fraternal order hoping to reclaim the simple, happy lifestyle he lost when his father died. Through the Lodge and his newfound connection with the other members, Dud will come to find the missing sense of purpose in his life and confront his deepest fears and greatest hopes.
Directed by Jake Schreier, Michael Trim, Randall Einhorn, Tricia Brock, Alethea JonesCast Wyatt Russell, Brent Jennings, Sonya Cassidy, Linda Emond, David PasquesiAMC+ -
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Channel Zero
drama · fantasy · horror · mystery · thriller
A horror anthology series inspired by “Creepypasta” online tales.
Directed by Craig William Macneill, Steven Piet, E.L. Katz, Arkasha StevensonCast Brandon Scott, Marina Stephenson Kerr, Abigail Pniowsky, Diana Bentley, Keenan LehmannAMC+ -
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Dispatches from Elsewhere
drama · mystery
A group of ordinary people who stumble onto a puzzle hiding just behind the veil of everyday life come to find that the mystery winds far deeper than they ever imagined.
Directed by Michael Trim, Marta Cunningham, Keith Gordon, Alethea Jones, Ariel KleimanCast Jason Segel, André 3000, Eve Lindley, Richard E. Grant, Sally FieldAMC+ -
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Black Snow
crime · drama · mystery
Unsolved murders, missing people, cold cases. How do you cope with not knowing what happened? Detective James Cormack (Travis Fimmel) is focused on solving cold-case mysteries. At the same time, he’s haunted by his personal quest to find his younger brother, who vanished when they were children.
Directed by Sian Davies, Matthew Saville, Helena Brooks, Travis Fimmel, Christiaan Van VuurenCast Travis Fimmel, Renee Lim, George Mason, Jemmason Power, Rose RileyAMC+ -
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NOS4A2
drama · fantasy · horror · mystery · thriller
A young Victoria "Vic" McQueen discovers she has the power to unlock portals that help her find lost objects. As she delves further into this hidden universe, she encounters many other "inscape travelers" - some benevolent, and some who have been corrupted by their power. When Vic encounters Charlie Manx, an immortal who stays that way by feeding off of the souls of children, she makes a sworn enemy of Manx.
Directed by John Shiban, Hanelle M. Culpepper, Kari Skogland, Tim Southam, Jeremy WebbCast Ashleigh Cummings, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Jahkara Smith, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Virginia KullAMC+ -
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Hemlock Grove
drama · fantasy · horror · mystery · sci-fi · thriller
One cannot quench his all-consuming thirst. The other cannot tame the beast clawing its way out. In the sleepy Pennsylvania village of Hemlock Grove, two young men struggle to accept painful truths: about family, themselves, the mystery of the White Tower - and a terrifying new threat so powerful it will turn them from predators into prey.
Directed by David Straiton, Deran Sarafian, Russell Lee Fine, T.J. Scott, David SemelCast Famke Janssen, Bill Skarsgård, Landon Liboiron, Joel de la Fuente, Kaniehtiio HornPeacock PremiumAMC+ -
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The Midwich Cuckoos
drama · horror · mystery · sci-fi
A small village in England is completely subdued by an alien presence for an entire day. Upon waking, it is discovered that numerous women in the town are pregnant.
Directed by Jennifer Perrott, Börkur Sigþórsson, Alice TroughtonCast Ukweli Roach, Keeley Hawes, Aisling Loftus, Synnove Karlsen, Max BeesleyAMC+ -
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Bitten
drama · fantasy · horror · mystery
Elena Micheals thought she left the world of supernatural behind when she left Stonehaven behind 'for good this time' she thought. Until the night she got the mysterious call from her pack leader asking her to come back. So now she is heading back, leaving her life as a normal photographer in Toronto for the moment to re-enter the world of werewolves, rules about protect the pack and a man she has spent years trying to get out of her system. Oh and did she mention she was the only living female werewolf in existence?
Directed by James Dunnison, Grant Harvey, T.J. Scott, Paul Fox, Andy MikitaCast Laura Vandervoort, Greyston Holt, Greg Bryk, Steve Lund, Michael XavierAMC+
Wrapping Up
From tightly wound investigations to genre-bending surprises, AMC+ offers a strong mix of shows for viewers who like their stories mysterious and hard to predict. Titles like Sherlock, Dark Winds, The Killing, and The Crow Girl show how much range this lineup has, while series such as Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and Preacher add a wilder edge. With 20 picks on the page, you can compare styles, discover new favorites, and circle back whenever you want a fresh binge idea. Bookmark this guide and return anytime you’re ready for another smart, suspenseful watch. It’s updated regularly, so the selection stays current as the platform’s lineup changes.
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Last updated: September 11, 2026