Last updated March 2024
Looking for Best Mystery Tv Shows 2021? Check out our handpicked list of the 30 highest-rated Best Mystery Tv Shows 2021 available for streaming. These Best Mystery Tv Shows 2021 come highly recommended by both IMDB critics and everyday viewers like you. Help future viewers by voting for your top picks. Together, we can guide each other to the Best Mystery Tv Shows 2021 out there.
Mouse (2021)
Plot Summary:
A psychopath’s ruthless serial murders have left the entire nation gripped with fear and chaos. A honest and justice-seeking rookie police officer and a veteran detective with tragic past, face against the killer. After the encounter with the psychopath, their lives totally change
Duration: 80 min
IMDB Rating: 8.7/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: investigation, serial killer, murder, serial murder, murder mystery, psycho killer, psychopath, murder investigation, police officer, homicide detective, killings, homicidal maniac, criminal, crime investigation, dna, killing spree, secret, police investigation, fighting crime, crime solving, police partner, teamwork, unsolved crime, partner, cold case
Mare of Easttown (2021)
Plot Summary:
A detective in a small Pennsylvania town investigates a local murder while trying to keep her life from falling apart
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 179000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Plot tags: small town, murder, murder investigation, small town life, homicide detective, murder mystery, female detective, mother daughter relationship, female police officer, ex husband ex wife relationship, drug abuse, incest, lesbian daughter, therapist, kidnapping, crime investigation, investigation, teenage mother, family relations, deception, true crime, catholic priest, criminal, feminist, private investigation
Leverage: Redemption (2021)
Plot Summary:
The Hitter, the Hacker, the Grifter and the Thief are together again, this time with help from a new tech genius and corporate fixer, to take on a new kind of villain. From the man who created an opioid crisis from the comfort of his boardroom to the shadowy security firm that helps hide dangerous secrets for a price - when someone needs help, they provide... Leverage
Duration: 45 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: heist, genius, redemption, crime solving, robbery, secret revealed, con men, deception, con trick, computer genius, teamwork, crime and punishment, fight for justice, fighting crime, attempted robbery, crime fighter, tough law enforcer, unlikely criminals, lie, organized crime, rebellion, escapades, ambition, criminal as protagonist, going straight
Only Murders in the Building (2021)
Plot Summary:
Three strangers who share an obsession with true crime suddenly find themselves wrapped up in one
Duration: 30 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 114000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: crime solving, murder, amateur detective, stranger, private detective, lesbian, forensics, trio, investigation, serial killer, murder investigation, amateur sleuth, criminal, murderer, neighbor, crime investigation, teamwork, murder mystery, escapades, unsolved crime, cold case, uncover truth, killer, corruption, forensic
Dexter: New Blood (2021)
Plot Summary:
Set 10 years after Dexter Morgan went missing in the eye of Hurricane Laura, he is now living under an assumed name in Upstate New York, far from his original home in Miami
Duration: 529 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 98000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Plot tags: serial killer, serial murder, murder, missing person, vigilante, secret identity, homicidal maniac, murderer, kidnapping, killings, murder investigation, killing spree, hidden identity, abduction, investigation, murder mystery, forensics, secret, homicide detective, dark past, tragic past, new identity, apocalypse, superhero, criminal
Only Murders in the Building (2021)
Plot Summary:
Three strangers share an obsession with true crime and suddenly find themselves wrapped up in one. When a grisly death occurs inside their exclusive Upper West Side apartment building, the trio suspects murder and employs their precise knowledge of true crime to investigate the truth. Perhaps even more explosive are the lies they tell one another. Soon, the endangered trio comes to realize a killer might be living among them as they race to decipher the mounting clues before it's too late
Duration: 30 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 146000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: law, criminal, murderer, friendship, theater, deaf, murder mystery, female protagonist, male protagonist, evidence, bisexual woman, investigation, obsession, murder, stranger, secret, trio, deafness, friend, town, lesbian, lgbt, apartment, building
Resident Alien (2021)
Plot Summary:
Crash-landed alien Harry takes on the identity of a small-town Colorado doctor. Arriving with a secret mission, he starts off living a simple life…but things get a bit rocky when he’s roped into solving a local murder and realizes he needs to assimilate into his new world. As he does, he begins to wrestle with the moral dilemma of his mission and asking the big life questions like: “Are human beings worth saving?” and “Why do they fold their pizza before eating it?”
Duration: 44 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: extraterrestrial, alien race, alien, human alien, alien disguised as human, alien contact, alien space craft, fish out of water, ufo, body horror, alien on earth, moral dilemma, alien life-form, humanoid alien, alien invasion, friendship, space, male protagonist, friends, alien creature, society, lifestyle, social relations, culture clash, supernatural
Squid Game (2021)
Plot Summary:
"Round Six" is a story of people who fail at life for various reasons, but suddenly receive a mysterious invitation to participate in a survival game to win ten million US dollars. The game takes place at an unknown location, and the participants are locked up until there is a final winner. The story will incorporate popular children’s games from the 1970s and 1980s of Korea, such as squid game, literal translation of its Korean name, which is a type of tag where offense and defense use a squid-shaped board drawn in the dirt
Duration: 55 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 515000
Genere: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: survival, game of death, prize, violence, brutality, cruelty, game, most dangerous game, sole survivor, contests and competitions, poverty, graphic violence, violent man, death, allies, deathtrap, survivor, characters killed one by one, strong violent content, blood, rich and poor, social differences, island, survival horror, social decay
WandaVision (2021)
Plot Summary:
Wanda Maximoff and Vision—two super-powered beings living idealized suburban lives—begin to suspect that everything is not as it seems
Duration: 350 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 360000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: superhero, superheroine, witch, suburbs, supernatural, magic, supernatural power, magical power, suburban life, witchcraft, multiverse, comic book, women, grief, repressed memory, false memory, heroes, dream world, implanted memory, superpower, superhero team, villain, love, teenager, robot
The Innocent (2021)
Plot Summary:
An accidental killing leads a man down a dark hole of intrigue and murder. Just as he finds love and freedom, one phone call brings back the nightmare
Duration: 467 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Plot tags: murder, true crime, fight, rape, murderer, male nudity, intrigue, bandit, killings, criminal, life is a bitch, changing lives, ex convict, secret, lifestyle change, secret past, dark past, confronting the past, dealing with the past, twists and turns, feminist, sister, catholicism, revenge, female nudity
Yellowjackets (2021)
Plot Summary:
This equal parts survival epic, psychological horror story and coming-of-age drama tells the saga of a team of wildly talented high school girls soccer players who become the (un)lucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the remote northern wilderness. The series chronicles their descent from a complicated but thriving team to savage clans, while also tracking the lives they’ve attempted to piece back together nearly 25 years later
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 78000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: cannibalism, near death experience, survival, wilderness, plane crash, life is a bitch, psychological trauma, survival horror, air disaster, airplane, cannibal, women, grownups, struggle for survival, mentally unstable woman, occult, woman, lesbian, high school, football team, murder of a woman, lgbtq, creature feature, terror, lgbtqi
My Name (2021)
Plot Summary:
Yoon Ji-woo's father dies suddenly. She wants to desperately take revenge on whoever is responsible for her father's death. Yoon Ji-woo works for drug crime group Dongcheonpa. Choi Moo-jin is the boss of the drug gang. With the help of Choi Moo-jin and to uncover the reason for her father's death, Yoon Ji-woo joins the police department and becomes a mole for the drug group. Yoon Ji-woo is assigned to work in the drug investigation unit in the police department. Her partner there is Detective Jeon Pil-do
Duration: 50 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: revenge, drug, murder, investigation, organized crime, target, secret, gang, criminal underworld, mole, criminal's revenge, bandit, criminal, drug dealer, double life, double agent, vengeance, female protagonist, coworker, police detective, dual role, criminal gang, workplace, hidden truth, fight
The Chestnut Man (2021)
Plot Summary:
A young woman is found brutally murdered in a Copenhagen playground. Above her hangs a small doll made of chestnuts. Adapted from the acclaimed novel
Duration: 50 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Plot tags: serial killer, murder, murderer, investigation, murder investigation, forest, police, serial murder, murder mystery, unsolved crime, missing person, crime solving, female detective, secret, police protagonist, politician, sleuth, cold case, criminal, violence, killer, young woman, killings, crime investigation, police investigation
Midnight Mass (2021)
Plot Summary:
An unsettlling omen washes ashore in the wake of the storm. Later, when the locals gather for a potluck, tragedy strikes - and a miracle occurs
Duration: 450 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 139000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Plot tags: vampire, community, supernatural, secret, stephen king, island, supernatural horror, priest, religious fanaticism, catholicism, paranormal, ex convict, mysterious man, religion, past, supernatural power, riches to rags, small community, haunted, monster, mysticism, paranormal phenomena, secret society, society, religious cult
Dota: Dragon's Blood (2021)
Plot Summary:
After encounters with a dragon and a princess on her own mission, a Dragon Knight becomes embroiled in events larger than he could have ever imagined
Duration: 25 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: magic, magician, warrior, dragon, knight, violence, sword, fight, battles, religions or cults, fantasy world, wizard, romantic relationship, love and romance, showdown, elf, superhero, teenager, blood, demon, teleportation, power, goddess, atrocity, gore
Shadow and Bone (2021)
Plot Summary:
A teenage orphan who grows up in the land of Ravka. Her entire life changes after unexpectedly harnessing a power she never knew she had to save her best friend
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 111000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Plot tags: magic, power, magical, supernatural, young woman, magician, black magic, witchcraft, crew, showdown, conspiracy, fantasy world, rivalry, supernatural power, good versus evil, evil plot, hopes, love, fight, battles, escapades, assassination plot, witch, teenager, demon
Station Eleven (2021)
Plot Summary:
A post apocalyptic saga spanning multiple timelines telling the stories of survivors of a devastating flu as they attempt to rebuild and reimagine the world anew while holding on to the best of what's been lost
Duration: 507 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: virus, survival, post apocalypse, disaster, pandemic, dystopia, actor, changing lives, self discovery, actress, life & death, struggle for survival, introspection, theatrical troupe, theatre group, vestiges of humanity, zombie, apocalypse, hacker, distopia, epidemic, supernatural, evil, propaganda, white supremacy
The North Water (2021)
Plot Summary:
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
Duration: 300 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Canada
Plot tags: expedition, arctic, north pole, whaling, scientific expedition, psycho killer, struggle for survival, sea, ship, sailor, psychopath, murder, irishman, redemption, ex soldier, survival, murderer, monster, crazy, worker, existentialism, marooned, doctor, drug addiction, extreme violence
Lupin (2021)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by the adventures of Arsène Lupin, gentleman thief Assane Diop sets out to avenge his father for an injustice inflicted by a wealthy family
Duration: 45 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 133000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France, USA
Plot tags: investigation, thief, revenge, police, father son relationship, black, heist, criminal, prisoner, father, missing person, father figure, escapades, chase, love affair, vengeance, society, danger, unsolved crime, true crime, dishonesty, criminal heroes, lesbian, lgbt, warrior
Hawkeye (2021)
Plot Summary:
Clint Barton trains Kate Bishop to become a "superhero without superpowers."
Duration: 339 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 207000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: superhero, archer, archery, holiday, bow and arrow, dog, heroes, villain, mentor, christmas, mafia, mentor protege relationship, mission, skill, friends, multiverse, superhero team, teamwork, superheroine, heroic mission, monster, serial killer, deaf, girl, couples
Vigil (2021)
Plot Summary:
The mysterious disappearance of a Scottish fishing trawler and a death on-board the submarine HMS Vigil bring the police into conflict with the Navy and British security services. DCI Amy Silva and DS Kirsten Longacre lead an investigation on land and at sea into a conspiracy that goes to the very heart of Britain’s national security
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Plot tags: lesbian, female police detective, policewoman, murder mystery, investigation, submarine, murder, lesbian relationship, conspiracy, murder investigation, puzzle, intelligence agency, police investigation, lesbian love, nuclear threat, crime investigation, multiple storylines, mysterious disappearance, conflict, government conspiracy, political conspiracy, unsolved crime, crime solving, cold case, evil plot
Cruel Summer (2021)
Plot Summary:
An unconventional thriller that takes place over three summers — 1993-95 — in a small Texas town when a beautiful popular teen, Kate, is abducted and, seemingly unrelated, a girl, Jeanette, goes from being a sweet, awkward outlier to the most popular girl in town and, by ’95, the most despised person in America
Duration: 45 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: missing person, gay, kidnapped woman, disappearance, mysterious disappearance, small town, lesbian, family relations, teenager, abduction, popularity, society, unsolved crime, social misfits, secret, social relations, unsolved mystery, cold case, mysterious character, apocalypse, high school, coming of age, girl power, lgbtq, psychological manipulation
Tell Me Your Secrets (2021)
Plot Summary:
A complex thriller revolving around three characters, each with troubling pasts clouding their intersecting motives: Emma is a young woman who once loved a dangerous killer, John is a former serial predator desperate for redemption, and a grieving mother Mary who is obsessed with finding her missing daughter
Duration: 45 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: criminal, mysterious past, victim, troubled past, secret past, dark past, haunted by the past, tragic past, relationship problems, redemption, dark secret, confronting the past, female victim, past coming back to haunt, missing daughter, couples, misogynist, grieving mother, sexy woman, psychological drama, mystery, crimes
Behind Her Eyes (2021)
Plot Summary:
A single mother enters a world of twisted mind games when she begins an affair with her psychiatrist boss while secretly befriending his mysterious wife
Duration: 298 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 72000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Plot tags: lucid dream, friendship, body swapping, psychopath, sociopath, mental disorder, twists and turns, mental illness, supernatural, soul transference, secret, employer employee relationship, heroin, love affair, loneliness, blackmail, male female relationship, affair, solitude, single mother, dark secret, plot twist, mysticism, psychiatrist, out of body experience
Clickbait (2021)
Plot Summary:
When family man Nick Brewer is abducted in a crime with a sinister online twist, those closest to him race to uncover who is behind it and why
Duration: 368 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 59000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Plot tags: social media, kidnapped man, kidnapping, social network, social problems, kidnapped, social issues, abduction, internet, life is a bitch, crime investigation, society, multiple storylines, lifestyle, twists and turns, corruption, forensic, forensics, nypd, mind game, mental health, police, death, murder, womanizer
Chapelwaite (2021)
Plot Summary:
In the 1850s, Captain Charles Boone relocates his family of three children to his ancestral home in the small, seemingly sleepy town of Preacher’s Corners, Maine after his wife dies at sea. Charles will soon have to confront the secrets of his family’s sordid history, and fight to end the darkness that has plagued the Boones for generations
Duration: 516 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: stephen king, vampire, family relations, medieval, monster, supernatural, family secret, confronting the past, secret past, dracula, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, father son relationship, family problems, secret, small town, travel, writers, religion, house, american history, child, supernatural horror, family curse, widower
Brand New Cherry Flavor (2021)
Plot Summary:
A filmmaker heads to Hollywood in the early ’90s to make her movie but tumbles down a hallucinatory rabbit hole of sex, magic, revenge — and kittens
Duration: 342 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: supernatural, revenge, hollywood, filmmaker, film producer, survival, female protagonist, ambition, nightmare, ambitious woman, struggle for survival, movie business, survival horror, supernatural horror, movie actress, witch, zombie, magic, virus, terror, entertainment industry, filmmaking, body horror, female nudity, manhood
Nine Perfect Strangers (2021)
Plot Summary:
At a boutique health-and-wellness resort that promises healing and transformation, nine stressed city dwellers try to get on a path to a better way of living. Watching over them during this 10-day retreat is the resort's director, Masha, a woman on a mission to reinvigorate their tired minds and bodies. However, these nine "perfect" strangers have no idea what is about to hit them
Duration: 388 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 58000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: resort, magic mushroom, drug, secret, manipulation, uncover truth, animal death, secrets, social relations, self discovery, gay, psychotherapy, female protagonist, psychological manipulation, sexy woman, group of strangers, hotel, spirituality, lie, social problems, victim, stranger, loss, introspection, love story
Katla (2021)
Plot Summary:
A year after a subglacial volcano erupts, mysterious elements from prehistoric times emerge from the melting ice, bringing unforeseen consequences
Duration:
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Iceland
Plot tags: volcanic eruption, volcano, small town, survival, mysticism, struggle for survival, disease, survival horror, cold, city, riddles and clues, supernatural, paranormal, afterlife, grief, siblings, nordic, fae, thoughtful, snow, ice, town, mountain, woman wearing a gas mask, netflix
Hit & Run (2021)
Plot Summary:
A happily married man's life is turned upside down when his wife is killed in a mysterious hit-and-run accident in Tel Aviv. Grief-stricken and confused, he searches for his wife's killers, who have fled to the U.S. With the help of an ex-lover, he uncovers disturbing truths about his beloved wife and the secrets she kept from him
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Israel
Plot tags: cheating wife, murder, adultery, relationship problems, marital problem, hidden truth, uncover truth, murderer, investigation, murder investigation, accident, changing lives, murder mystery, infidelity, family secret, marital infidelity, unsolved crime, family problems, secret, hidden identity, lifestyle change, private investigation, crime solving, secret revealed, wife