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Best Mystery on Max, ranked by IMDb rating

98 mystery titles on Max rate 6.0+ on IMDb — the top 50 are ranked below.

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Batman: The Animated Series (1992)
★ 9.0 IMDb   TV-PG · 85 episodes · Action & Adventure · Animation · Drama · Mystery
Vowing to avenge the murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne devotes his life to wiping out crime in Gotham City as the masked vigilante "Batman".
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True Detective (2014)
★ 8.8 IMDb   TV-MA · 30 episodes · Drama · Mystery
An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within or outside the law.
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Watchmen: Motion Comic (2008)
★ 8.5 IMDb   Not Rated · 12 episodes · Animation · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Mystery
When his former colleague is murdered, outlawed vigilante Rorschach investigates a conspiracy targeting past and present superheroes, uncovering dark ties to their shared past with dire consequences for the future.
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Mare of Easttown (2021)
★ 8.4 IMDb   TV-MA · 7 episodes · Drama · Crime · Mystery
A detective in a small Pennsylvania town investigates a local murder while trying to keep her life from falling apart.
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The Night Of (2016)
★ 8.4 IMDb   TV-MA · 8 episodes · Crime · Drama · Mystery
After a night of partying with a female stranger, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder.
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Luther (2010)
★ 8.4 IMDb   TV-MA · 20 episodes · Crime · Drama · Mystery
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.
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High and Low (1963)
★ 8.4 IMDb   🍅 97%   MC 90   Not Rated · 2h 23m · Drama · Crime · Thriller · Mystery
A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.
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Carnivàle (2003)
★ 8.4 IMDb   TV-MA · 24 episodes · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Mystery · Drama
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
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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
★ 8.3 IMDb   🍅 90%   MC 84   G · 2h 29m · Science Fiction · Mystery · Adventure
Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.
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Watchmen (2019)
★ 8.2 IMDb   TV-MA · 9 episodes · Drama · Crime · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Mystery
Set in an alternate history where “superheroes” are treated as outlaws, “Watchmen” embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel while attempting to break new ground of its own.
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Rashomon (1950)
★ 8.1 IMDb   🍅 98%   MC 98   Not Rated · 1h 28m · Crime · Drama · Mystery
Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.
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Diabolique (1955)
★ 8.1 IMDb   🍅 95%   Not Rated · 1h 57m · Thriller · Mystery
The cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an unlikely duo -- his meek wife and the mistress he brazenly flaunts. The women become increasingly unhinged by a series of odd oc
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Fanny and Alexander (1982)
★ 8.1 IMDb   🍅 100%   MC 100   R · 3h 8m · Fantasy · Drama · Mystery
As children in the loving Ekdahl family, Fanny and Alexander enjoy a happy life with their parents, who run a theater company. After their father dies unexpectedly, however, the siblings end up in a joyless home when the
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Ugetsu (1953)
★ 8.1 IMDb   🍅 100%   Not Rated · 1h 36m · Fantasy · Drama · Mystery
In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage's warning against seeking to profit from warfare. Genjuro's pursuit of
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The White Lotus (2021)
★ 8.0 IMDb   TV-MA · 21 episodes · Comedy · Drama · Mystery
Follow the exploits of various guests and employees at an exclusive tropical resort over the span of a week as with each passing day, a darker complexity emerges in these picture-perfect travelers, the hotel’s cheerful e
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Three Colors: Red (1994)
★ 8.0 IMDb   🍅 100%   MC 100   R · 1h 39m · Drama · Mystery · Romance
Part-time model Valentine unexpectedly befriends a retired judge after she runs over his dog. At first, the grumpy man shows no concern about the dog, and Valentine decides to keep it. But the two form a bond when she re
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True Blood (2008)
★ 7.9 IMDb   TV-MA · 80 episodes · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Drama · Mystery
Thanks to a Japanese scientist's invention of synthetic blood, vampires have progressed overnight from legendary monsters to fellow citizens. And while humans have been safely removed from the menu, many remain apprehens
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IT: Welcome to Derry (2025)
★ 7.9 IMDb   TV-MA · 8 episodes · Drama · Mystery
In 1962, amid a spate of unexplained disappearances of local children, a group of misfit friends begin to suspect a long-buried ancient evil lurking. As the kids set out to determine what's really going on, a rising unea
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Solaris (1972)
★ 7.9 IMDb   🍅 92%   MC 93   PG · 2h 47m · Drama · Science Fiction · Mystery
A psychologist is sent to a space station orbiting a planet called Solaris to investigate the death of a doctor and the mental problems of cosmonauts on the station. He soon discovers that the water on the planet is a ty
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Strike (2017)
★ 7.9 IMDb   TV-MA · 19 episodes · Crime · Drama · Mystery
A war veteran turned private detective operates out of a tiny office in London’s Denmark Street. Although wounded both physically and psychologically, his unique insight and background as a military police investigator p
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The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
★ 7.9 IMDb   🍅 86%   Not Rated · 2h 2m · Crime · Mystery · Thriller
After a detective is assaulted by thugs and placed in an asylum run by Professor Baum, he observes the professor's preoccupation with another patient, the criminal genius Dr. Mabuse the hypnotist. When Mabuse's notes are
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A Haunting (2005)
★ 7.9 IMDb   TV-PG · 115 episodes · Documentary · Mystery · Drama
These are the true stories of the innocent and the unimaginable. Based on true events, A Haunting dramatises some of the scariest stories, revealing a world in which tragedy, suicide and murder have left psychic impressi
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The Batman (2022)
★ 7.8 IMDb   🍅 85%   MC 72   PG-13 · 2h 56m · Crime · Mystery · Thriller
In his second year of fighting crime, Batman uncovers corruption in Gotham City that connects to his own family while facing a serial killer known as the Riddler.
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Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
★ 7.8 IMDb   🍅 83%   MC 65   PG · 1h 16m · Animation · Crime · Mystery
Andrea Beaumont leaves her father to return to Gotham, rekindling an old romance with Bruce Wayne. At the same time, a mysterious figure begins to hunt down Gotham's criminals, wrongly implicating Batman in the murders.
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Bored to Death (2009)
★ 7.8 IMDb   TV-MA · 24 episodes · Comedy · Crime · Mystery · Drama
Jonathan Ames, a young Brooklyn writer, is feeling lost. He's just gone through a painful break-up, thanks in part to his drinking, can't write his second novel, and carouses too much with his magazine editor. Rather tha
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Epitaphs (2004)
★ 7.8 IMDb   TV-MA · 26 episodes · Crime · Drama · Mystery
Epitafios is a 2004 13-episode, Argentinian crime fiction TV mini-series with the tagline: El Final Está Escrito ... The End Is Written. The series, which takes place in an unnamed South American city, was shot in Buenos
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Lanterns (2026)
★ 7.7 IMDb   8 episodes · Drama · Mystery · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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.
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L'Avventura (1960)
★ 7.7 IMDb   🍅 94%   Not Rated · 2h 24m · Drama · Mystery · Romance
Claudia and Anna join Anna's lover, Sandro, on a boat trip to a remote volcanic island. When Anna goes missing, a search is launched. In the meantime, Sandro and Claudia become involved in a romance despite Anna's disapp
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Watchmen (2009)
★ 7.6 IMDb   🍅 64%   MC 56   R · 2h 42m · Mystery · Action · Science Fiction
In a gritty and alternate 1985, the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown. But after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered, an investigation into the killer is
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Anatomy of a Fall (2023)
★ 7.6 IMDb   🍅 96%   MC 86   R · 2h 31m · Thriller · Mystery · Crime
A woman is suspected of her husband's murder, and their blind son faces a moral dilemma as the sole witness.
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The Outsider (2020)
★ 7.6 IMDb   TV-MA · 10 episodes · Drama · Mystery · Crime
When an insidious supernatural force edges its way into a seemingly straightforward investigation into the gruesome murder of a young boy, it leads a seasoned cop and an unorthodox investigator to question everything the
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Perry Mason (2020)
★ 7.6 IMDb   TV-MA · 16 episodes · Drama · Mystery · Crime
Set in 1932 Los Angeles, the series focuses on the origin story of famed defense lawyer Perry Mason. Living check-to-check as a low-rent private investigator, Mason is haunted by his wartime experiences in France and suf
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Scream (1996)
★ 7.5 IMDb   🍅 78%   MC 66   R · 1h 51m · Crime · Horror · Mystery
A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.
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The Player (1992)
★ 7.5 IMDb   🍅 97%   MC 86   R · 2h 4m · Mystery · Drama · Thriller
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
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Station Eleven (2021)
★ 7.5 IMDb   TV-MA · 10 episodes · Drama · Mystery
The survivors of a devastating flu attempt to rebuild and reimagine the world anew – while holding on to the best of what’s been lost.
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The Naked City (1948)
★ 7.5 IMDb   🍅 86%   MC 74   Approved · 1h 36m · Crime · Drama · Mystery · Thriller
After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.
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Weapons (2025)
★ 7.4 IMDb   🍅 93%   MC 81   R · 2h 8m · Horror · Mystery
When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.
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The Undoing (2020)
★ 7.4 IMDb   TV-MA · 6 episodes · Drama · Crime · Mystery
Grace and Jonathan Fraser are living the only lives they ever wanted. Overnight a chasm opens in their lives: a violent death and a chain of terrible revelations. Left behind in the wake of a spreading and very public di
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Murder on Middle Beach (2020)
★ 7.4 IMDb   TV-MA · 4 episodes · Documentary · Crime · Mystery
A four-part documentary series revolving around the case of single mother Barbara Hamburg, who was brutally murdered in 2010 near her home in the upper-middle class enclave of Madison, Connecticut. The series presents fi
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Pretty Little Liars (2010)
★ 7.3 IMDb   TV-14 · 161 episodes · Drama · Mystery
Based on the Pretty Little Liars series of young adult novels by Sara Shepard, the series follows the lives of four girls — Spencer, Hanna, Aria, and Emily — whose clique falls apart after the disappearance of their quee
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Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
★ 7.3 IMDb   🍅 66%   MC 45   R · 2h 14m · Drama · Mystery · Horror
In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experiencing dark visions and
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Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
★ 7.3 IMDb   🍅 93%   MC 81   PG · 1h 55m · Drama · Mystery
In the early 1900s, Miranda attends a girls boarding school in Australia. One Valentine's Day, the school's typically strict headmistress treats the girls to a picnic field trip to an unusual but scenic volcanic formatio
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Vampyr (1932)
★ 7.3 IMDb   🍅 98%   Approved · 1h 15m · Horror · Fantasy · Mystery
Allan Gray, a young man fascinated by the supernatural, goes to a small village where he feels a sinister force descending upon him. There, Allan meets an old man who asks him to protect his two daughters, for one of the
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The Chair Company (2025)
★ 7.3 IMDb   TV-MA · 8 episodes · Comedy · Drama · Mystery
After an embarrassing incident at work, suburban family man William Ronald Trosper finds himself investigating a far-reaching conspiracy.
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The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)
★ 7.3 IMDb   🍅 96%   MC 82   Not Rated · 1h 32m · Crime · Thriller · Mystery
London. A mysterious serial killer brutally murders young blond women by stalking them in the night fog. One foggy, sinister night, a young man who claims his name is Jonathan Drew arrives at the guest house run by the B
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The Thin Man Goes Home (1944)
★ 7.3 IMDb   🍅 75%   Approved · 1h 40m · Comedy · Mystery
Hoping for a peaceful visit with his parents in the small town of Sycamore Springs, Nick Charles and his wife Nora soon find themselves surrounded by old rivalries, family tensions, and a mysterious murder. Nick’s father
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The Tale (2018)
★ 7.2 IMDb   🍅 99%   MC 90   TV-MA · 1h 54m · Drama · Mystery
An investigation into one woman’s memory as she‘s forced to re-examine her first sexual relationship and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive.
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Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
★ 7.2 IMDb   🍅 88%   MC 63   Approved · 1h 37m · Comedy · Crime · Mystery
While attending a major horse race with their young son, Nick Jr., Nick and Nora Charles witnesse a shocking murder from the crowded grandstand. What first appears to be an isolated killing soon leads to a maze of corrup
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The Great Lillian Hall (2024)
★ 7.2 IMDb   🍅 89%   MC 78   TV-14 · 1h 50m · Drama · Adventure · Mystery · History
Lillian Hall, a Broadway actress, has never missed a performance throughout her long, illustrious career. Yet in rehearsals for a new play her confidence is challenged. People and events conspire to take away her ability
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Lovecraft Country (2020)
★ 7.1 IMDb   TV-MA · 10 episodes · Drama · Mystery · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The anthology horror series follows 25-year-old Atticus Freeman, who joins up with his friend Letitia and his Uncle George to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America to find his missing father. They must surv

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