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    Russian Mystery TV Shows

    The 40 most popular russian mystery TV shows, ranked. Click any show for ratings, reviews, trailers, and where to watch.

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    Детективы
    TMDB2.8

    Детективы

    2006 · RU

    No overview available

    Secrecy of the Investigation
    TMDB4.0

    Secrecy of the Investigation

    2000 · RU

    In the center of the plot is a senior investigator named Masha Shvetsova and her male colleagues. The plot is the most vital, but, like in “Streets of Broken Lanterns,” it is seasoned with a fair amount of humor - otherwise, how can the audience (and the heroes) endure countless morgues, identifications and other “cute” charms of the investigative routine?

    Suspended Cop
    TMDB4.0

    Suspended Cop

    2019 · RU

    At the same time, former operational investigator Dmitry Ryzhov, who had served time in prison for abuse of authority, and police captain Arina Gordeeva were arriving in St. Petersburg. Ryzhov got a job in Zhilkomservis in order to earn money, drive his emergency car in his native district and no longer have anything to do with the police. Gordeeva becomes a precinct of the same region. In it, businessman Veniamin Voronov is in charge of everything - he is Venya Voron. Under his "patronage" almost all the hot spots and many enterprises that are covered for a considerable portion by the local district captain Teltsov. Honest and principled Gordeeva refuses to put up with the current state of affairs in the microdistrict and engages in an implacable fight against local crime and corrupt officials. In this, Dmitry Ryzhov helps her. He also does not tolerate injustice, and he also likes Captain Gordeeva. But she is in no hurry to reciprocate .

    Streets of Broken Lights
    TMDB3.3

    Streets of Broken Lights

    1998 · RU

    Russian detectives unwind the ball of the most intricate and cruel crimes. They are consummate professionals, the best cops in town. Even on the most dangerous missions, this quartet never loses their sense of humor. It is it that helps them find the most incredible ways out of any situation. They uphold the law and emerge victorious.

    The Private School
    TMDB3.1

    The Private School

    2011 · RU

    An elite private school conceals dark secrets. When a teacher disappears, students embark on a perilous journey, facing obstacles and revelations before the gripping conclusion.

    Battle of the Psychics
    TMDB3.3

    Battle of the Psychics

    2007 · RU

    Battle of the Psychics (Bitva Extrasenov) is a Russian-language TNT TV show based on Britain’s Psychic Challenge. Each season starts with 8-13 participants selected for their superior psychic abilities, but tries to expose them as frauds. Tasks in the beginning of the series are relatively simple, such as revealing the contents of a sealed box or what lies behind an impenetrable screen, and progressively become more difficult. One participant judged to be worst is eliminated each week, but all participants advance to the next round if the panel is unable to come to a decision.

    Mukhtar's Return
    TMDB3.3

    Mukhtar's Return

    2004 · RU

    No overview available

    The Investigation Led by...
    TMDB4.0

    The Investigation Led by...

    2006 · RU

    The most high-profile crimes committed in the USSR. A documentary investigation with Leonid Kanevskiy. Beyond the crimes themselves, the series provides a unique glimpse into Soviet society through narratives of daily life during that period. The series covers the entire Soviet era, from 1917 to 1991.

    Balabol
    TMDB3.9

    Balabol

    2014 · RU

    A happy-go-lucky detective confronts criminals and solves cases with fast-talking, hard-hitting style.

    Trace
    TMDB3.4

    Trace

    2007 · RU

    No overview available

    Forester
    TMDB3.3

    Forester

    2011 · RU

    Former Special Forces soldier Leonid Zubov works as a forester in the taiga. Together with his associates, he solves crimes related to poaching, illegal entrepreneurship, crime in the territory entrusted to him, and also helps residents of the local village of Olkhovka to deal with emergencies and solve personal problems. Vera Bolshaeva, a rural paramedic, is in love with Zubov, which puts him in front of a difficult question - is he capable of falling in love with another woman after the tragic death of his wife.

    Gangster's Petersburg
    TMDB4.2

    Gangster's Petersburg

    2000 · RU

    A Russian detective series, based on 8 works of Andrei Konstantinov ("lawyer", "Justice / Attorney-2", "The Thief / Journalist-2", "Writer", "Inventor / Writer-2", "The prisoner "," Cop "," Scavenger ") and four works by other writers.

    Russian Affairs
    TMDB3.1

    Russian Affairs

    2019 · RU

    Moscow, present day. The city of big money, passion, gorgeous women and wealthy men, receptions and dangerous intrigue. Dasha, an art historian from the province, who came to the capital, dreams of a new, better life, but a mysterious and cruel incident will change everything.

    Detective Anna
    TMDB3.4

    Detective Anna

    2016 · RU

    Nineteen-year-old Anna, living at the end of the nineteenth century in the town of Zatonsk, unexpectedly discovers that she possesses supernatural powers. The spirits of the dead literally haunt her, begging to help. Aided by her visions, Anna manages to investigate and solve a number of mysterious crimes which have baffled the police. An experienced detective, 37-year-old Yakov Shtolman, who is assigned to the police department and teams up with Anna and becomes her partner in hunting down criminals.

    Морской патруль
    TMDB3.5

    Морской патруль

    2008 · RU

    No overview available

    One Call Bar
    TMDB3.4

    One Call Bar

    2025 · RU

    In the One Call bar, anyone can call a deceased loved one by agreeing to a deadly game of Russian roulette. Investigator Andrey Morozov is looking for his missing son, and all the evidence leads to a mysterious bar that appears in different places, leaving behind the bodies of dead visitors.

    The Vampires of Midland
    TMDB4.1

    The Vampires of Midland

    2021 · RU

    Grandpa Slava is the oldest of the Midland vampire family. They live quietly. They live by the law. They live the unremarkable life of an ordinary Russian family and they never kill humans – ever. Although, of course, everyone knows they drink blood. And when some lifeless corpses are found in a birch grove near Smolensk... their peaceful life falls under threat.

    Kamenskaya
    TMDB3.9

    Kamenskaya

    1999 · RU

    Crime has spiraled out of control for law enforcement in Moscow, and Police Major Anastasiya Kamenskaya conducts investigations into criminal activities. Frequently, the crimes she investigates involve or are even linked to influential individuals: politicians, businessmen, heads of major criminal organizations. Adapted from novels of Alexandra Marinina.

    Bloodhound
    TMDB2.9

    Bloodhound

    2016 · RU

    Police Lieutenant Colonel Alexandra Kushnir was transferred from the Department of Internal Affairs of a large city to a small seaside town and appointed head of the criminal investigation department. The men's team is wary of the new leadership. But thanks to her logic, Alexandra successfully solves serious crimes. She is quickly gaining credibility among new colleagues.

    Глухарь
    TMDB3.3

    Глухарь

    2008 · RU

    No overview available

    Trail of Chikatilo
    TMDB2.9

    Trail of Chikatilo

    2026 · RU

    The country is gradually moving away from the 90s, life is getting better and people are again attracted to the Black Sea resorts, where travelers along the way become victims of brutal murderers. In the pursuit of profit, they spare no one: neither women, nor the elderly, nor children. All attempts to get on the trail of criminals end in nothing and there is not a single serious clue in the case. At the same time, Vitaly Vitvitsky and his pregnant wife Irina Ovsyannikova go on vacation to the Crimea and themselves fall into the clutches of criminals, who turn out to be members of the "Amazon Gang", led by a certain Smallpox.

    Method
    TMDB3.4

    Method

    2015 · RU

    After graduation our main character Yesenia dreams about work- ing with Rodion Meglin. He is a mysterious, secretive man, a lone investigator with little known about his methods. When Yesenia turns into his trainee she begins to realize that the essence of his method is that Meglin himself – that of a maniac. He feels them instinctively. He is allowed to eliminate some of them, look after others and save their lives. Our heroine who was never meant to work alone will go alone, facing the most horrible crimes of the last decade.

    Fisher
    TMDB3.9

    Fisher

    2023 · RU

    1986. Teenagers are killed one by one in the area of the government dachas on Rublevskoye Shosse. Intelligent investigator Valery Kozyrev, his audacious partner from Rostov Evgeny Bokov and very young investigator Natalia Dobrovolskaya begin the investigation, not even knowing how much it will change the fate of each of them. The only witness capable of identifying the maniac - schoolboy Igor, whose parents are not at all happy about his son's contact with the police.

    First Department
    TMDB4.4

    First Department

    2020 · RU

    Yuri Bragin, after a year-long business trip, where he, as part of an investigation team, was investigating a high-profile case, returns to St. Petersburg. When he returns, he learns that the current head of the First Investigation Department of the First Directorate of the State Investigation Department, Vadim Maltsev, is retiring. With a high degree of probability, it is Bragin who will be offered his place. But Yuri is not a careerist and the position of the boss is not the goal of his life. A talented investigator likes to do "live work" more. And now he is again sent on a business trip. This time in one of the cities of the Leningrad region, where two girls were killed with a difference of a week. Here, in a small town, everyone knows each other, and this complicates the search for the criminal.

    Five Minutes of Silence
    TMDB3.9

    Five Minutes of Silence

    2017 · RU

    No overview available

    Dead Mountain: The Dyatlov Pass Incident
    TMDB3.7

    Dead Mountain: The Dyatlov Pass Incident

    2020 · RU

    Russia, 1959. A KGB major investigates the mysterious deaths of a group of nine student hikers in the Ural Mountains. Troubled by his past as a WWII veteran, he has a sixth sense and death seems to follow him around as he digs deeper into the mysterious incident. The more he learns, the more it becomes clear: the reason the students died will never see the light of day.

    Okolochny
    TMDB3.9

    Okolochny

    2026 · RU

    The end of the 19th century. Ivan Khvatov is a former military man with a stern character who knows the value of human life. He works as a probation officer and is already thinking about leaving the service when his small town is shocked by the brutal murder of an entire Okhapkin family.

    Ментовские войны
    TMDB4.0

    Ментовские войны

    2005 · RU

    No overview available

    Спасская
    TMDB4.0

    Спасская

    2020 · RU

    No overview available

    Тверская
    TMDB4.5

    Тверская

    2022 · RU

    No overview available

    Russians in the City of Angels
    TMDB4.0

    Russians in the City of Angels

    2003 · RU

    Russians will survive everywhere. And in the desert, and at the bottom of the sea, and in America. They will learn everything and they can teach the Americans a lot ... For example, how to catch criminals. Russian investigator Andrei Somov fell in love with an American dancer and moved with her to America for permanent residence. He wanted to work in the police, but he was not hired. Therefore, he has to wash dishes, look after the sick, clean, wash, walk other people's dogs, cook. But his dream of becoming a detective is coming true: he becomes the best detective in Los Angeles. Each episode of the film has its own plot.

    Лихач
    TMDB3.7

    Лихач

    2020 · RU

    No overview available

    Witnesses
    TMDB4.5

    Witnesses

    2017 · RU

    The Investigative and Analytical Department (ACS) is headed by Colonel Andrei Gromov. Employees of the department are engaged in the search for criminals and forensic examination. They study evidence, build an evidence base, interview witnesses, and conduct face-to-face interviews in a high-tech office equipped with the latest technology. Agents can find at the crime scene not only fingerprints, but also traces of electronic devices that were in the area at the time of the murder. In this, the ACS staff is assisted by a mobile "Scanner" laboratory with access to cell towers.

    Экстрасенсы. Битва сильнейших
    TMDB0.5

    Экстрасенсы. Битва сильнейших

    2023 · RU

    No overview available

    The Master and Margarita
    TMDB3.6

    The Master and Margarita

    2005 · RU

    The Master and Margarita is a Russian television production of Telekanal Rossiya, based on the novel The Master and Margarita, written by Soviet writer Mikhail Bulgakov between 1928 and 1940. Vladimir Bortko directed this adaptation and was also its screenwriter.

    The Ciphers
    TMDB4.0

    The Ciphers

    2019 · RU

    Moscow, 1956. Four women who are tied by the military past: work in the special department of the GRU, 11 years later converge again to conduct investigations and help the investigating authorities in especially complicated cases. With phenomenal analytical skills, Irina, Anna, Sophia and Katerina risk themselves, as well as the well-being of their own families, in order to get on the trail of criminals who threaten the lives of ordinary people and the whole country. Cipher is a Russian television detective based on the British mini-series The Bletchley Circle. The working title of the series is "The Ciphers". The series is produced by Sony Pictures Television, Lean-M and the Pobeda Production Association. The premiere of the television series took place on March 11, 2019 on Channel One.

    Ultimate Measure
    TMDB3.0

    Ultimate Measure

    2024 · RU

    Yaroslavl, 1974. Two high-profile and violent crimes are taking place in the city. The investigation is being handled by the uncompromising investigator for particularly important cases of the prosecutor's office, Egor Tabolin. The threads of these crimes lead to one person — the head physician of the psychiatric hospital, Mikhail Nagornykh, and his deputy Vaganov, in whose hospital several mysterious deaths have occurred in recent years.

    The Last Cop
    TMDB4.0

    The Last Cop

    2015 · RU

    No overview available

    Evil People
    TMDB3.8

    Evil People

    2025 · RU

    In 1895 Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia, amid preparations for a major trade fair, the murder of a wealthy nobleman occurs. Detective Aleksey Lykov investigates, uncovering a sinister plot that endangers his life as he pursues the truth.

    Killing Power
    TMDB3.4

    Killing Power

    2000 · RU

    No overview available

    About Russian Mystery TV Shows

    Russian television

    Russian television leans heavily on historical epic and crime serial, often working at a scale and production length uncommon elsewhere.

    Mystery

    Mystery series stretch a central question across a season, which lets them develop suspects and setting far past what a film allows. The form's risk is the ending, and its reward is the slow build.

    In this list

    Years covered
    1998–2026
    Often also
    Crime, Drama, Action & Adventure
    Longest run
    31 seasons

    Common questions

    What are the best Russian mystery TV shows?
    By popularity across Flickfolio and TMDB, the top picks right now are Детективы, Secrecy of the Investigation, and Suspended Cop. The full ranked list of 40 sits above — open any show for ratings, reviews, and streaming availability.
    How is this list ranked?
    Russian mystery TV shows are ordered by overall popularity, which blends how often a title is viewed, searched, and logged. It updates as viewing habits shift, so the list reflects what people are actually watching rather than a fixed critical canon.
    Where can I watch these TV shows?
    Every show page lists current streaming, rental, and purchase options for your region, alongside community ratings and reviews from Flickfolio members.

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