The best HBO Max Mystery originals

Anthology series in which police investigations unearth the personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within and outside the law.

At the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past, waits a world in which every human appetite can be indulged without consequence.

The apparently-perfect lives of upper-class mothers of students at a prestigious elementary school unravel to the point of murder when a single mother moves to their quaint California beach town.

Telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse encounters a strange new supernatural world when she meets the mysterious Bill Compton, a southern Louisiana gentleman and vampire.

Three years after the disappearance of 2% of the global human population, a group of people in a small New York community try to continue their lives while coping with the tragedy of the unexplained nature of the event.

Filmmaker Andrew Jarecki examines the complicated life of reclusive real estate icon Robert Durst, the key suspect in a series of unsolved crimes.

Teenage superheroes strive to prove themselves as members of the Justice League.

During the Great Depression, an Oklahoma farm boy and a charismatic minister learn that they are key players in a proxy war being fought between Heaven and Hell.

The series focuses on a single Harley Quinn, who sets off to make it on her own in Gotham City.

The adventures of an idealistic mad scientist and his field team of superpowered outcasts.

A look at life in New York City during the 1970s and '80s, when porn and prostitution were rampant in Manhattan.

While serving as a juror in a high-profile murder trial, a family man finds himself struggling with a serious moral dilemma, one he could use to sway the jury verdict and potentially convict or free the wrong killer.

"Tales from the Crypt" was a 1989 horror story anthology series based on the gruesome E.C. comic books of the 1950s presented by the legendary "Crypt Keeper", a sinister ghoul obsessed with gallows humor and horrific puns.

Private investigator and war veteran Cormoran Strike and his assistant Robin Ellacott use their unique skills to investigate complex cases that the London police are unable to solve.

A well-meaning struggling writer decides to lead a sort of double life by pretending to be a private detective, using the methods he read about in old detective novels.

Two churchgoing couples enjoy small town family life in Texas - until somebody picks up an axe.

A post apocalyptic saga spanning multiple timelines, telling the stories of survivors of a devastating flu as they attempt to rebuild and reimagine the world anew while holding on to the best of what's been lost.

A group of nonhuman criminals comprised of an anthropomorphic weasel, a robot, the bride of Frankenstein, a radioactive skeleton, and their human leader are tasked with stopping an evil sorceress.

A reckless flight attendant with alcoholism wakes up in the wrong hotel, in bed with a dead man, and no idea what happened. Unable to piece the night together she begins to wonder if she could be the killer.

A young African-American travels across the U.S. in the 1950s in search of his missing father.

Tells the story of Michael Peterson, a crime novelist accused of killing his wife Kathleen after she is found dead at the bottom of a staircase in their home, and the 16-year judicial battle that followed.

When an 8-year-old girl disappears on Caddo Lake, a series of past deaths and disappearances begin to link together, altering a broken family's history.

After being betrayed and murdered by his employer, a government assassin is resurrected as a Hellspawn and is forced to act as the reluctant leader of Hell's army.

When a man wakes up in the Australian outback with no memory, he must use the few clues he has to discover his identity before his past catches up with him.

Search Party is a dark comedy about four self-absorbed twenty-somethings who become entangled in an ominous mystery when a former college acquaintance suddenly disappears.

A group of criminals are brought together under mysterious circumstances and have to work together to uncover what's really going on when their simple job goes completely sideways.

Precious Ramotswe launches the first-ever female detective agency in Botswana. She embarks on various adventures while investigating cases and must also overcome several challenges in her quest.

Gripping examination of the unsolved crimes of the Golden State Killer who terrorized California in the 1970s and 1980s.

An agoraphobic Seattle tech worker uncovers evidence of a crime.

When documentary filmmaker Cullen Hoback sets out to uncover the forces behind QAnon, his attention turns to 8chan, the site where "Q" posts.