Best German mystery series

Die nettesten Menschen der Welt (2023)

Inspired by popular suspense short stories and anthology series like "The Twilight Zone," "The Nicest People in the World" confronts us with the supernatural and tackles the issues of our time in an exciting, frightening and satirical way. The teenager Lill runs like a ghostly thread through the four seemingly self-contained stories. But what do a crossbow, a manga comic and a video game have to do with it?

Wishlist (2016)

Mira is 17 and a loner. When she is invited by an unknown number to download the app "Wishlist", at first she believes that it is just spam. But Wishlist offers her to satisfy every wish - for a trade-off...

The Shadow (2023)

"Der Schatten" shows a journalist who receives an prophecy message: Norah (Deleila Piasko) wants to risk a new beginning in the Austrian metropolis. As soon as she arrives in town, she meets a beggar woman who predicts that in six weeks she will kill a man named Arthur Grimm. At first, Norah doesn't pay any attention to the incident since the name doesn't mean anything to her, but then strange things start to happen.

Schnee (2023)

When the snow is gone old secrets see the light of day.

Things We Fear (2023)

Will the truth come out? Seventeen-year-old Lisa and her mother Franka move to the idyllic Black Forest because Lisa is suffering from panic attacks. But on the anniversary of a school shooting at the local high school, another tragedy occurs.

Spuk im Hochhaus (1982)

200 years ago, innkeepers Jette and August Deibelschmidt led a rapacious life. Out of greed, they repeatedly got their guests drunk in order to steal from them. When police commissioner Friedrich Wilhelm Licht tried to put them out of action, the house caught fire and all three died. In his last words, he curses the pair of thieves, saying that they will not find peace until they have done seven good deeds after 200 years.

Die verlorene Tochter (2020)

Ten years ago, Isa, the daughter of the Gems brewery dynasty, disappeared. Now she suddenly reappears - but without memories.

Another Monday (2022)

Arman's Secret (2015)

Five teens find a new home, new friends, a new family on the Lilientals' horse ranch - a truly magical place: An ancient curse traps them here between heaven and earth. Will the teens manage to band together, solve Arman's secret and vanquish the evil sorcerer Garwin?

Funeral for a Dog (2022)

Journalist Daniel Mandelkern leaves Hamburg on assignment to interview Dirk Svensson, a reclusive children's book author who lives alone on the Italian side of Lake Lugano with his three-legged dog. After stumbling on a manuscript of Svensson's about a complicated menage a trois, Mandelkern is plunged into mysteries past and present.

Zeit Verbrechen (2024)

An anthology miniseries based on the criminal investigations of Sabine Rückert and Andreas Sentker.

Hameln (2024)

Die Cleveren (1999)

Die Cleveren is a German television series that was produced from 1998 to 2003 on RTL. It is about a nation wide special unit of the German Bundeskriminalamt, dealing with serial offenders. The main characters are the profiler Dr. Dominik Born and a policewoman of the BKA, who co-ordinates the necessary steps to be taken by the local police authorities.

Der Irland-Krimi (2019)

The German-born police psychologist Cathrin Blake lost her balance after her husband disappeared without a trace and became an alcoholic. She lives with her adult son, who, like his father, has become a police officer. After she was able to overcome her addiction, she returned to her job, but no longer with the police.

True Demon (2021)

Anna and Jess have been looking forward to going camping together. But their fun trip is cut short when Jess suddenly disappears undermysterious and seemingly supernatural circumstances. Now, Anna resolves to search for Jess and enlists her friends Lukas and Ben to join her.Equipped with cameras, they document and post their journey online for everyone to witness, as it leads them to find brutal creatures and awide-ranging conspiracy. With each step down this sinister path, Anna discovers ever more of her own dark past… but that is only the start: Thisnightmare is getting way too real!

Stadt, Land, Mord! (2006)

Ebersberg (2016)

Unter Feinden (2013)

Wäldern (2024)

Mandara (1983)

Mandara is a German television series.

Mandy und die Mächte des Bösen (2023)

Commissar Dupin (2014)

By disciplinary action, police chief Georges Dupin is transferred from Paris to Concarneau, in Brittany. His investigations make us visit the most beautiful landscapes in Brittany, that grumpy city dweller will learn to appreciate.

Haunted – Seelen ohne Frieden (2016)

Geisterjäger John Sinclair (2000)

Protagonist John Sinclair, a Scotland Yard Inspector, is fighting paranormal phenomena, mysterious and demonic creatures as well as inexplicable deaths.

Schattenmoor (2019)

Gespenstergeschichten (1985)

Feelings (2023)

Teenager Alva traverses friendship and love in a secluded village deep in a mystical forest as the line between reality and fantasy begins to fade.

Die diebischen Zwillinge (1971)

The Gallery of the Great Detectives (1954)

This is a 7-part German crime series by Peter A. Horn. In self-contained and unconnected episodes, the great detectives of crime literature solve various cases. Sherlock Holmes (Ernst Fritz Fürbringer) and Dr. Watson (Harald Mannl) start things off, followed by Auguste Dupin, David Wilson, Father Brown, Inspector Bucket, Sergeant Cuff and Hercule Poirot. Every episode of this early crime series in the early days of television was still broadcast live. It could hardly have been more irregular: it was broadcast in loose succession on different days at different start times in prime time, and the length of the broadcast varied between 25 and 50 minutes.

Fatal News (2016)

West Germany, 1987. The politician Uwe Barschel (1944-87), member of the Christian Democratic Union party and Minister-President of the Schleswig-Holstein region, is found dead in very sinister circumstances. Reporter David Burger pledges to find the truth behind one of the most important political scandals in German history, investigating countless speculations and conspiracy theories as he fights his own personal demons.