Best Episodes--Mystery and Thriller
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1.
Breaking Bad (2008–2013)
Episode:
Pilot
(2008)
TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, chemistry teacher Walter White teams up with former student Jesse Pinkman to cook and sell crystal meth.
Director: Vince Gilligan | Stars: Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris
Votes: 43,190
2.
Homeland (2011–2020)
Episode:
Pilot
(2011)
TV-MA | 55 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A CIA case officer becomes suspicious that a Marine Sergeant war hero rescued after eight years of captivity in Afghanistan, has been turned into a sleeper agent by Al Qaeda.
Director: Michael Cuesta | Stars: Claire Danes, Damian Lewis, Morena Baccarin, David Harewood
Votes: 4,927
3.
Alias (2001–2006)
Episode:
Truth Be Told
(2001)
TV-14 | 66 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
Sydney Bristow discovers that her job as an agent for SD-6, a top-secret division of the CIA, is not what she thought it was. Sydney's father, Jack, also tells her the truth about his work ... See full summary »
Director: J.J. Abrams | Stars: Jennifer Garner, Ron Rifkin, Michael Vartan, Bradley Cooper
Votes: 1,316
4.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
Don't Come Back Alive
(1955)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
Frank Partridge and his wife plot to cheat their life insurance company by having her hide out for 7 years and declared legally dead, but an investigator believes Mr. Partridge has murdered her.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Sidney Blackmer, Virginia Gregg, Robert Emhardt
Votes: 1,453
5.
The Sopranos (1999–2007)
Episode:
College
(1999)
TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Drama
While visiting colleges with Meadow, Tony spots a snitch. Carmela, meanwhile, discovers something about Dr. Melfi.
Director: Allen Coulter | Stars: James Gandolfini, Lorraine Bracco, Edie Falco, Michael Imperioli
Votes: 10,511
6.
Leverage: Redemption (2021– )
Episode:
The Bucket Job
(2021)
TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
The Leverage team's holiday good deed goes awry when their attempt to give a small-town librarian the spy-thriller adventure of a lifetime is interrupted by a shadowy spy organization.
Director: Beth Riesgraf | Stars: Gina Bellman, Christian Kane, Beth Riesgraf, Aleyse Shannon
Votes: 738
7.
The Sopranos (1999–2007)
Episode:
Pilot
(1999)
TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama
A mobster passes out at a family barbecue and seeks therapy to understand why.
Director: David Chase | Stars: James Gandolfini, Lorraine Bracco, Edie Falco, Michael Imperioli
Votes: 12,097
8.
Leverage: Redemption (2021– )
Episode:
The Mastermind Job
(2021)
TV-14 | 49 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Sophie must keep her feelings in check when she discovers that someone has written a memoir of the team, casting himself as Nate – which leads an exiled criminal to kidnap Harry and “Fake Nate”, forcing the Leverage team to pull a heist.
Director: Dean Devlin | Stars: Gina Bellman, Christian Kane, Beth Riesgraf, Aleyse Shannon
Votes: 821
9.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
The Case of Mr. Pelham
(1955)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
A series of troubling incidents lead Mr. Pelham to believe that he has a double who is deliberately impersonating him.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Tom Ewell, Raymond Bailey, Justice Watson
Votes: 1,429
10.
Breaking Bad (2008–2013)
Episode:
Cat's in the Bag...
(2008)
TV-14 | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After their first drug deal goes terribly wrong, Walt and Jesse are forced to deal with a corpse and a prisoner. Meanwhile, Skyler grows suspicious of Walt's activities.
Director: Adam Bernstein | Stars: Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris
Votes: 31,579
11.
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode:
The Carriers
(1966)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The inhabitants of a replica American town are being used, themselves, as the unknowing carriers of a deadly plague. The IM force must stop this from happening, and bring the party responsible forward.
Director: Sherman Marks | Stars: Steven Hill, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus
Votes: 409
12.
Inside No. 9 (2014– )
Episode:
Tom & Gerri
(2014)
TV-MA | 29 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A man enters a downward spiral when he befriends a mysterious tramp.
Director: David Kerr | Stars: Reece Shearsmith, Gemma Arterton, Steve Pemberton, Conleth Hill
Votes: 2,678
13.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
Judgment Night
(1959)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
It's 1942, and a man finds himself on a ship in the Atlantic, not knowing who he is, nor how he got there. He does know the ship will soon be attacked by a German U-boat.
Director: John Brahm | Stars: Rod Serling, Nehemiah Persoff, Deirdre Owens, Patrick Macnee
Votes: 4,133
14.
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode:
Zubrovnik's Ghost
(1966)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Rollin and Barney are sent to investigate the case of a scientist who believes her dead husband's ghost is giving her orders on how to complete her important work.
Director: Leonard J. Horn | Stars: Steven Hill, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus
Votes: 370
15.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
You Got to Have Luck
(1956)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
During a massive manhunt for escaped convict Sam Cobbett, Cobbett invades a house where young housewife Mary Schaffner is home alone.
Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, John Cassavetes, Marisa Pavan, Lamont Johnson
Votes: 1,178
16.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
I Shot an Arrow into the Air
(1960)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Order breaks down between three surviving crewmen whose rocket ship crashes on an unknown world with limited water and supplies.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: Dewey Martin, Edward Binns, Ted Otis, Harry Bartell
Votes: 4,014
17.
Leverage: Redemption (2021– )
Episode:
The Paranormal Hacktivity Job
(2021)
TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
When a woman believes she is being haunted and runs from her home in terror, Sophie leads Breanna and Parker through a con to convince the two real estate scammers responsible to target Leverage HQ.
Director: Marc Roskin | Stars: Gina Bellman, Christian Kane, Beth Riesgraf, Aleyse Shannon
Votes: 885
18.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
A World of Difference
(1960)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A businessman sitting in his office inexplicably finds that he is on a production set and in a world where he is a movie star. Uninterested in the newfound fame, he fights to get back to his home and family.
Director: Ted Post | Stars: Howard Duff, David White, Frank Maxwell, Eileen Ryan
Votes: 3,629
19.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
A Stop at Willoughby
(1960)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Tired of his miserable job and wife, a businessman starts dreaming on the train each night, about an old, idyllic town called Willoughby. Soon he has to know whether the town is real and fancies the thought of seeking refuge there.
Director: Robert Parrish | Stars: Rod Serling, James Daly, Howard Smith, Patricia Donahue
Votes: 4,716
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