20 Best Mystery TV Shows to Stream Right Now
Stream the most gripping mystery, sci-fi, crime, and thriller TV picks, from Silo and The X-Files to new 2026 buzzworthy series.
If you want a TV lineup that keeps the tension high, this list of 20 picks is built for exactly that. You’ll find modern standouts like Silo, The Edge of Sleep, Lucky, Sterling Point, and The Shards, alongside proven favorites such as The X-Files, Supernatural, and Outer Banks. The mix spans drama, sci-fi, crime, and mystery & thriller, so there’s something here whether you like eerie atmospheric stories or fast-moving, clue-driven plots. Each show brings a different kind of suspense, from buried secrets and strange disappearances to conspiracies that keep getting deeper. If you’re hunting for the best mystery TV shows to stream, these are the series worth starting with first.
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War
drama · mystery & thriller
Two top London law firms clash over a shocking divorce case that rocks the legal world, with elite attorneys from Cathcarts and Taylor and Byrne battling for supremacy.
Directed by China Moo-Young, Ben Taylor, Lisa Mulcahy, Jennifer SheridanCast Dominic West, Archie Renaux, Phoebe Fox, James McArdle, Sienna MillerMaxMore details on IMDb → -
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Lanterns
action & adventure · crime · drama · mystery & thriller · science-fiction
Two intergalactic cops, new recruit John Stewart and Lantern legend Hal Jordan, are drawn into a dark, Earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland.
Directed by James Hawes, Geeta Vasant Patel, Alik Sakharov, Stephen WilliamsCast Aaron Pierre, Kyle Chandler, Kelly Macdonald, Garret Dillahunt, Poorna JagannathanMaxMore details on IMDb → -
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Won 6 Emmys Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (2006) · 25 nominations
crime · drama · mystery · thriller
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
Directed by Jean de Segonzac, David Platt, Peter Leto, Juan José Campanella, Norberto BarbaCast Mariska Hargitay, Ice-T, Dann Florek, Richard Belzer, Kelli GiddishHuluPeacock PremiumMore details on IMDb → -
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Coven Academy
action & adventure · comedy · drama · fantasy · horror · kids & family · mystery & thriller · romance
Teen witch apprentices band together to defend New Orleans against an approaching dark force.
Directed by Aprill Winney, Shannon Kohli, Alexis Ostrander, Amanda Row, Tim FederleCast Malina Pauli Weissman, Malachi Barton, Jordan Leftwich, Ora Duplass, Louis ThresherDisney PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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Law & Order
Won 6 Emmys Outstanding Drama Series (1997) · 52 nominations
crime · drama · mystery · thriller
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
Directed by Constantine Makris, Edwin Sherin, Jace Alexander, David Platt, Richard DobbsCast Sam Waterston, S. Epatha Merkerson, Jerry Orbach, Steven Hill, Jesse L. MartinNetflixHuluPeacock PremiumMore details on IMDb →
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Neagley
action & adventure · crime · drama · mystery & thriller
Neagley, drawing from her experience with Jack Reacher and the 110 Special Investigators, embarks on a perilous mission to expose a sinister threat, risking her life to unravel the mystery.
Directed by Phil Abraham, MJ Bassett, Gary Fleder, Sam HillCast Maria Sten, Greyston Holt, Adeline Rudolph, Jasper Jones, Matthew Del NegroAmazon Prime VideoFreeveeMore details on IMDb → -
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Over the Garden Wall
Won 2 Emmys
animation · short · adventure · comedy · drama · family · fantasy · horror · mystery
Two brothers, Wirt and Greg, find themselves lost in the Unknown; a strange forest adrift in time. With the help of a wise old Woodsman and a foul-tempered bluebird named Beatrice, Wirt and Greg must travel across this strange land, in hope of finding their way home. Join them as they encounter surprises and obstacles on their journey through the wood.
Directed by Nate CashCast Elijah Wood, Collin Dean, Melanie Lynskey, Christopher Lloyd, Samuel RameyAmazon Prime VideoHuluDisney PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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Silo
2 Emmy nominations
drama · mystery · sci-fi
In a ruined and toxic future, thousands live in a giant silo deep underground. After its sheriff breaks a cardinal rule and residents die mysteriously, engineer Juliette starts to uncover shocking secrets and the truth about the silo.
Directed by Amber Templemore, Michael Dinner, Aric Avelino, Adam Bernstein, Morten TyldumCast Shane McRae, Rebecca Ferguson, Common, Tim Robbins, Harriet WalterApple TV PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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The Americans
Won 4 Emmys Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (2018) · 18 nominations
crime · drama · mystery · thriller
Set during the Cold War period in the 1980s, The Americans is the story of Elizabeth and Philip Jennings, two Soviet KGB officers posing as an American married couple in the suburbs of Washington D.C. and their neighbor, Stan Beeman, an FBI Counterintelligence agent.
Directed by Chris Long, Daniel Sackheim, Thomas Schlamme, Daniel Attias, Stefan SchwartzCast Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Keidrich Sellati, Holly Taylor, Noah EmmerichHuluMore details on IMDb → -
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Last Seen
crime · drama · mystery & thriller
When emergency dispatcher Ian Ridley receives a frantic call from a teenager he believes could be his long-missing daughter, he stops at nothing to find her.
Directed by Christian SchwochowCast Patrick Brammall, Maxine Peake, Carolyn Bock, Brendan Cowell, Daniel HenshallApple TV PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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The Rainmaker
crime · drama · mystery & thriller
Fresh out of law school, Rudy Baylor goes head to head with courtroom lion Leo Drummond as well as his law school girlfriend, Sarah. Rudy, along with his boss, Bruiser, and her disheveled paralegal, Deck, uncovers two connected conspiracies surrounding the mysterious death of their client's son.
Directed by Russell Lee Fine, Randy Zisk, Michael SeitzmanCast Milo Callaghan, Lana Parrilla, Madison Iseman, P.J. Byrne, Wade BriggsAmazon Prime VideoPeacock PremiumMore details on IMDb → -
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Twin Peaks
Won 2 Emmys 2x Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series · 18 nominations
crime · drama · mystery · thriller
The body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate her strange demise only to uncover a web of mystery that ultimately leads him deep into the heart of the surrounding woodland and his very own soul.
Directed by David Lynch, Lesli Linka Glatter, Caleb Deschanel, Duwayne Dunham, Tim HunterCast Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook, Richard BeymerParamount PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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The X-Files
Won 16 Emmys Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series (1996) · 62 nominations
adventure · crime · drama · mystery · sci-fi · thriller
The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.
Directed by Kim Manners, Rob Bowman, David Nutter, Chris Carter, R.W. GoodwinCast Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny, Mitch Pileggi, William B. Davis, Robert PatrickHuluMore details on IMDb → -
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Red Queen
action & adventure · crime · drama · mystery & thriller
A gifted woman's intellect brings chance to lead covert European police force. But it backfires, costing her everything. Following murder at her home and kidnapped heiress, her ex-supervisor enlists a policeman's aid to reinstate her.
Directed by Koldo Serra, Julián de TaviraCast Victoria Luengo, Hovik Keuchkerian, Bruno Sevilla, Karmele Larrinaga, Alex BrendemühlAmazon Prime VideoMore details on IMDb → -
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Line of Fire
action & adventure · crime · drama · mystery & thriller
A family of law enforcement agents bridges personal differences and crosses professional boundaries as they tackle cases for the FBI, US Marshals, Secret Service and Department of Justice. After a seemingly cut-and-dry case turns into a deadly conspiracy, they must use the expertise from a lifetime of protecting civilians and politicians to protect one another and bring the killer to justice … even if it means betraying their sworn code.
Directed by Rebecca ThomasCast Peter Krause, Hope Davis, Tommy O'Brien, Kat Cunning, Taylor BloomPeacock PremiumMore details on IMDb → -
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Tip Toe
drama · mystery & thriller
An ordinary Manchester suburb becomes a minefield of lies and violence when Leo gives neighbour Clive his spare key.
Directed by Peter HoarCast Elizabeth Berrington, Pooky Quesnel, Paul Rhys, David Morrissey, Alan CummingStarzMore details on IMDb → -
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The Twilight Zone
Won 3 Emmys 8 nominations
drama · fantasy · horror · mystery · sci-fi · thriller
An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
Directed by John Brahm, Douglas Heyes, Buzz Kulik, Lamont Johnson, Richard L. BareCast Rod Serling, Robert McCord, Jay Overholts, James Turley, Vaughn TaylorParamount PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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Tales from the Crypt
7 Emmy nominations Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (1992)
comedy · crime · fantasy · horror · mystery · thriller
Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in the day. So shamble up to the bar and pick your poison. Will it be an insane Santa on a personal slay ride? Honeymooners out to fulfill the "til death do we part" vow ASAP?
Directed by Russell Mulcahy, Elliot Silverstein, Robert Zemeckis, Richard Donner, Tom HollandCast John Kassir, Roy Brocksmith, Miguel Ferrer, Cam Clarke, Larry DrakeAmazon Prime VideoMore details on IMDb → -
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Supernatural
3 Emmy nominations
drama · fantasy · horror · mystery · thriller
When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America ... and he taught them how to kill it. Now, the Winchester brothers crisscross the country in their '67 Chevy Impala, battling every kind of supernatural threat they encounter along the way.
Directed by Robert Singer, Philip Sgriccia, John F. Showalter, Thomas J. Wright, Kim MannersCast Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Misha Collins, Mark Sheppard, Jim BeaverAmazon Prime VideoPeacock PremiumMore details on IMDb → -
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Hannibal
1 Emmy nomination
crime · drama · horror · mystery · thriller
Both a gift and a curse, Graham has the extraordinary ability to think like his prey—he sees what they see, feels what they feel. But while Graham is pursuing an especially troubling, cannibalistic murderer, Special Agent Jack Crawford teams him with a highly respected psychiatrist – a man with a taste for the criminal minded – Dr. Hannibal Lecter.
Directed by Michael Rymer, Guillermo Navarro, Vincenzo Natali, David Slade, Tim HunterCast Hugh Dancy, Mads Mikkelsen, Caroline Dhavernas, Laurence Fishburne, Scott ThompsonNetflixAmazon Prime VideoMore details on IMDb →
Wrapping Up
The right mystery series can pull you in with one clue and keep you guessing for seasons, and that’s what makes this list so useful. From cult classics to newer arrivals, these picks give you plenty of ways to scratch the suspense itch without wasting time on weak leads. Bookmark this page and come back whenever you want a fresh show to start, because it’s updated regularly as new titles arrive and streaming lineups change. Whether you want something eerie, twisty, or character-driven, you’ll always have a reliable place to begin.
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