Film and TV

Best Mystery tv shows of 2019

TOP 20: Dark

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Release: 2017
A missing child causes four families to help each other for answers. What they could not imagine is that this mystery would be connected to innumerable other secrets of the small town.


TOP 19: Broadchurch

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Release: 2013
The murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear the community apart.

TOP 18: The Bridge

Original Title: Bron/Broen
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Release: 2011
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.


TOP 17: Fringe

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Release: 2008
FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham, brilliant but formerly institutionalized scientist Walter Bishop and his scheming, reluctant son Peter uncover a deadly mystery involving a series of unbelievable events and realize they may be a part of a larger, more disturbing pattern that blurs the line between science fiction and technology.


TOP 16: ERASED

Original Title: 僕だけがいない街
Genre: Animation, Drama, Mystery
Release: 2016
Satoru Fujinuma is a struggling manga artist who has the ability to turn back time and prevent deaths. When his mother is killed he turns back time to solve the mystery, but ends up back in elementary school, just before the disappearance of his classmate Kayo.

TOP 15: Over the Garden Wall

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Mystery, Family, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Release: 2014
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.


TOP 14: Carnivàle

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Release: 2003
Carnivàle is an American television series set in the United States during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl. In tracing the lives of two disparate groups of people, its overarching story depicts the battle between good and evil and the struggle between free will and destiny; the storyline mixes Christian theology with gnosticism and Masonic lore, particularly that of the Knights Templar.


TOP 13: The X-Files

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Release: 1993
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.

TOP 12: Batman: The Animated Series

Genre: Animation, Drama, Mystery, Action & Adventure
Release: 1992
Batman: The Animated Series is an American animated television series based on the DC Comics superhero Batman. The series was widely praised for its thematic complexity, dark tone, artistic quality, and faithfulness to its title character's crime-fighting origins.


TOP 11: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

Original Title: 鋼の錬金術師 FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST
Genre: Animation, Drama, Mystery, Action & Adventure
Release: 2009
Edward and Alphonse Elric's reckless disregard for alchemy's fun­damental laws ripped half of Ed's limbs from his body and left Al's soul clinging to a cold suit of armor. To restore what was lost, the brothers scour a war-torn land for the Philosopher's Sto­ne, a fabled relic which grants the ability to perform alchemy in impossible ways. The Elrics are not alone in their search; the corrupt State Military is also eager to harness the artifact's power. So too are the strange Homunculi and their shadowy creator. The mythical gem lures exotic alchemists from distant kingdoms, scarring some deeply enough to inspire murder. As the Elrics find their course altered by these enemies and allies, their purpose remains unchanged – and their bond unbreakable.


TOP 10: House

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Release: 2004
Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.

TOP 9: Steins;Gate

Original Title: シュタインズ・ゲート
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Release: 2011
A group of friends have customized their microwave so that it can send text messages to the past. As they perform different experiments, an organization named SERN who has been doing their own research on time travel tracks them down and now the characters have to find a way to avoid being captured by them.


TOP 8: The Haunting

Genre: Drama, Mystery
Release: 2018
The Crains, a fractured family, confront haunting memories of their old home and the terrifying events that drove them from it.


TOP 7: Star Trek: The Next Generation

Genre: Action & Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Release: 1987
Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.


TOP 6: Twin Peaks

Genre: Drama, Mystery
Release: 1990
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.

TOP 5: Gravity Falls

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Release: 2012
Twin brother and sister Dipper and Mabel Pines are in for an unexpected adventure when they spend the summer helping their great uncle Stan run a tourist trap in the mysterious town of Gravity Falls, Oregon.


TOP 4: The Twilight Zone

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Release: 1959
A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.


TOP 3: Sherlock

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Release: 2010
A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.


TOP 2: Stranger Things

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Release: 2016
When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl.


TOP 1: Death Note

Original Title: DEATH NOTE
Genre: Animation, Mystery
Release: 2006
Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But will Light succeed in his noble goal, or will the Death Note turn him into the very thing he fights against?

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