'Dept Q.' And 4 Other Best Detective TV Series Released in 2025, Ranked by IMDb
Stories in which every detail is important and the threads of the investigation lead to an unexpected ending.
2025 has become a true feast for fans of detective shows, offering viewers a variety of intellectual mysteries and intricate crimes.
New series featuring brilliant detectives not only compete for viewers' attention, but also set the bar high for quality, challenging viewers to solve cases alongside them.
5. 'The Stolen Girl', 2025
IMDb Score: 6.4/10
Elisa is a flight attendant who is often on the road. One day, she is late to pick up her daughter, Lucia, from school. Lucia has made friends with a new girl named Josie and asks her mother if she can visit her.
Josie's mother, Rebecca, seems nice. Elisa agrees and leaves on another flight the next morning.
A few hours later, the parents panic. Elisa hurries to Rebecca's house, but she only finds a cleaning lady there, who says that the house is for rent and that no one lives there.
4. 'Smoke', 2025
IMDb Score: 6.7/10
In the fictional town of Umberland, there are two serial arsonists at large. The first leaves simple flammable devices in supermarkets. The second sets fire to private homes in poor areas of the town and has several human victims to his name.
For several weeks, lead arson investigator Dave has been trying to track down the criminals, but has had no success thus far. For backup, he has been assigned Michelle, an experienced police officer who trained at the FBI Academy.
3. 'The Breakthrough', 2025
IMDb Score: 7.1/10
On the morning of October 19, 2004, Adnan was attacked with a knife by an unknown assailant while walking to school. The boy's screams brought Gunilla, a Swedish teacher who taught courses for migrants, to the scene.
The assailant stabbed two people and fled. A witness saw the attack, so investigators made a composite sketch. Investigator John is confident that he will soon uncover the truth.
However, 16 years later, despite hundreds of clues and testimonies, there has been no progress. An aged John learns of a unique new method of DNA analysis and turns to a genealogist for help.
2. 'The Residence', 2025
IMDb Score: 7.7/10
A murder occurs in the White House during a state reception for an Australian delegation. The chief doorman, A. B. Wynter, is found dead in one of the building's many rooms. Everyone in attendance, including the staff, is a suspect.
Detective Cordelia Cupp, an ornithology enthusiast, takes on the case. The narrative constantly shifts between the past, where interrogations take place and evidence is discovered, and the present, where representatives of a special state commission attempt to determine the circumstances surrounding the murder.
1. 'Dept Q.', 2025-...
IMDb Score: 8.2/10
Several months after being seriously wounded, Edinburgh police officer Carl returns to work. His boss, Moira, appoints him as the head of a new department. Carl's office is now in the basement of the building.
IT specialist Akram is assigned to assist Carl, but he is not as simple as he seems. Rose, who is sorting through papers following a tragic incident during a mission, also goes to the basement voluntarily.
The first case for the newly formed department is the disappearance of influential prosecutor Merritt Lingard.
