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Batman: The Animated Series
1992 · 4 Seasons
SuperheroProceduralMob / Mafia
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".
Mystery Shows on Max
42 mystery shows on Max in the US. Includes Batman: The Animated Series, True Detective, and Mare of Easttown.
Common vibes here: Detective · Procedural · Supernatural
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True Detective
2014 · 5 Seasons
ProceduralNeo-Noir & Film NoirWhodunit & Mystery
An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional…
83
Max
Mare of Easttown
2021 · 1 Season
ProceduralWhodunit & MysteryDetective
A detective in a small Pennsylvania town investigates a local murder while trying to keep her life from falling apart.
83
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The Night Of
2016 · 1 Season
ProceduralLegal DramaPrison
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.
83
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Carnivàle
2003 · 2 Seasons
Period & Historical DramaEpic FantasyDark Fantasy
Carnivàle is an American television series set in the United States during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl.
83
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Watchmen: Motion Comic
2008 · 1 Season
SuperheroConspiracy & Political ThrillerDystopian
When his former colleague is murdered, outlawed vigilante Rorschach investigates a conspiracy targeting past and present superheroes, uncovering…
82
Hulu
Luther
2010 · 5 Seasons
ProceduralDetectiveSerial Killer
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…
80
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IT: Welcome to Derry
2025 · 2 Seasons
Small TownSupernaturalPsychological
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.
80
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Watchmen
2019 · 1 Season
SuperheroDramaCrime
Set in an alternate history where “superheroes” are treated as outlaws, “Watchmen” embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic…
79
Max
The White Lotus
2021 · 3 Seasons
ComedyDrama
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…
79
Max
Sharp Objects
2018 · 1 Season
CrimeDrama
Reporter Camille Preaker confronts the psychological demons from her past when she returns to her hometown to investigate the murders of two young…
79
Max
Lanterns
2026 · 1 Season
SuperheroProceduralSmall Town
Two intergalactic cops, new recruit John Stewart and Lantern legend Hal Jordan, are drawn into a dark, Earth-based mystery as they investigate a…
79
Max
Scars of Beauty
2025 · 1 Season
DramaCrime
Two families, two terrible injustices, and one common plan for revenge.
78
Hulu
True Blood
2008 · 7 Seasons
VampiresZombiesWerewolves
Thanks to a Japanese scientist's invention of synthetic blood, vampires have progressed overnight from legendary monsters to fellow citizens.
78
Prime
A Haunting
2005 · 12 Seasons
SupernaturalDocumentaryDrama
These are the true stories of the innocent and the unimaginable.
78
Max
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
2009 · 1 Season
Dark ComedyCrimeComedy
The adventures of Mma Ramotswe, a Motswana woman who starts Botswana's first female-owned detective agency.
77
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Strike
2017 · 6 Seasons
DetectiveCrimeDrama
A war veteran turned private detective operates out of a tiny office in London’s Denmark Street.
76
Max
Bored to Death
2009 · 3 Seasons
DetectiveComedyCrime
Jonathan Ames, a young Brooklyn writer, is feeling lost.
76
Max
Epitaphs
2004 · 2 Seasons
ProceduralDetectiveSerial Killer
Epitafios is a 2004 13-episode, Argentinian crime fiction TV mini-series with the tagline: El Final Está Escrito ...
75
Hulu
Pretty Little Liars
2010 · 7 Seasons
High SchoolDrama
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,…
75
Max
The Outsider
2020 · 1 Season
ProceduralLegal DramaDetective
When an insidious supernatural force edges its way into a seemingly straightforward investigation into the gruesome murder of a young boy, it…
75
Max
Perry Mason
2020 · 2 Seasons
ProceduralLegal DramaDetective
Set in 1932 Los Angeles, the series focuses on the origin story of famed defense lawyer Perry Mason.
74
Max
The Undoing
2020 · 1 Season
DramaCrime
Grace and Jonathan Fraser are living the only lives they ever wanted.
74
Max
Station Eleven
2021 · 1 Season
DystopianDrama
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.
74
Max
Murder on Middle Beach
2020 · 1 Season
ProceduralTrue CrimeDetective
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…
72
Max
Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin
2022 · 2 Seasons
Drama
Twenty years ago, a series of tragic events almost ripped the blue-collar town of Millwood apart.
72
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DTF St. Louis
2026 · 1 Season
Dark ComedyDramaComedy
A love triangle among three adults experiencing middle-age malaise leads to one of them ending up dead.
72
Max
The Chair Company
2025 · 2 Seasons
ConspiracyComedyDrama
After an embarrassing incident at work, suburban family man William Ronald Trosper finds himself investigating a far-reaching conspiracy.
71
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Lovecraft Country
2020 · 1 Season
Urban FantasySupernaturalRoad Trip
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…
71
Max
30 Coins
2020 · 2 Seasons
SupernaturalCrimeDrama
Father Vergara—an exorcist, boxer and ex-convict—lives in a remote village in Spain.
71
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Nancy Drew
2019 · 4 Seasons
Urban FantasySupernaturalDrama
Nancy Drew makes plans to leave her hometown for college, but finds herself drawn into a supernatural murder mystery instead.
70
Max
The Flight Attendant
2020 · 2 Seasons
Dark ComedyDramaComedy
Flight attendant Cassandra Bowden wakes in her hotel room hungover from the night before in Dubai with a dead body lying next to her.
70
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Death Valley
2025 · 2 Seasons
ProceduralDetectiveDrama
Thrown together by the murder of John's neighbour, John and Janie are an odd, yet hilarious duo with opposing instincts.
70
Max
The Eastern Gate
2025 · 2 Seasons
Spy / EspionageEspionageWar
Ewa Oginiec wants to leave the secret service and start over after a personal tragedy but things take a turn when her partner, also an agent, is…
69
Max
The Head
2020 · 3 Seasons
SurvivalDrama
In an isolated and inaccessible Antarctic research station in which winter has fallen on the South Pole and the sun will soon disappear for the…
67
Max
The Thaw
2022 · 3 Seasons
DramaCrime
Set in Szczecin, Poland, the series begins after the body of a young woman is discovered under the melting ice.
66
Max
Uzumaki
2024 · 1 Season
AnimeSupernaturalDrama
Kirie tries to escape from her town Kurouzu-cho, where the residents get obsessed with spirals due to an unexplained curse.
66
Max
I, Jack Wright
2025 · 1 Season
CrimeDrama
Explosive events unfold after Wright family patriarch Jack is discovered dead from a supposed suicide, leaving his immediate family utterly…
65
Max
The Girl Before
2021 · 1 Season
Grief & LossDrama
A traumatized woman falls in love with an extraordinary minimalist house, which remains under the spell of the architect who originally designed…
64
Max
The Third Day
2020 · 1 Season
Epic FantasyDramaScience Fiction
A unique story told over two distinct halves, "Summer" follows Sam, a man drawn to a mysterious island off the British coast where he encounters a…
64
Max
Mosaic
2018 · 1 Season
DramaCrime
Explore the psychological underpinnings of love and murder in a small mountain resort town while following popular children’s book author and…
64
Max
The Ex-Wife
2022 · 2 Seasons
Drama
Tasha is living the dream, she has the perfect house, a loving husband and a beautiful little girl.
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