The 300 best-scored of the 568 detective anime with a page here, ranked by the median score the listing sites give them (every one scores 6.5 or better). Type, episodes and total hours on every row, so the two of you can see what fits tonight before you argue about it.
| Anime | Type | Episodes | Hours | Year | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3 Part 2 (Attack on Titan Season 3) | TV | 10 | 3.8 h | 2019 | 9 |
| Steins;Gate | TV | 24 | 9.6 h | 2011 | 9 |
| Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Ultra Romantic (Kaguya-sama: Love Is War Season 3) | TV | 13 | 5 h | 2022 | 8.91 |
| Kusuriya no Hitorigoto 2nd Season (The Apothecary Diaries 2nd Season) | TV | 24 | 9.6 h | 2025 | 8.91 |
| Gintama': Enchousen (Gintama Season 2 Part 2) | TV | 13 | 5.2 h | 2012 | 8.85 |
| Kusuriya no Hitorigoto (The Apothecary Diaries) | TV | 24 | 8.8 h | 2023 | 8.85 |
| Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch R2 (Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion Season 2) | TV | 25 | 10 h | 2008 | 8.82 |
| Gintama' (Gintama Season 2) | TV | 51 | 20.4 h | 2011 | 8.73 |
| 86 Part 2 (86 EIGHTY-SIX Part 2) | TV | 12 | 4.6 h | 2021 | 8.71 |
| Mushishi Zoku Shou 2nd Season | TV | 10 | 3.8 h | 2014 | 8.71 |
| [Oshi no Ko] 3rd Season (My Star Season 3) | TV | 11 | 5 h | 2026 | 8.7 |
| Mushishi Zoku Shou (Mushi-shi: Next Passage Part 1) | TV | 10 | 4 h | 2014 | 8.69 |
| One Piece | TV | 1168 | 467.2 h | 1999 | 8.68 |
| Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3 (Attack on Titan Season 3) | TV | 12 | 4.6 h | 2018 | 8.68 |
| Cowboy Bebop | TV | 26 | 10.4 h | 1998 | 8.64 |
| Great Teacher Onizuka | TV | 43 | 17.9 h | 1999 | 8.64 |
| Guimi Zhi Zhu Specials (City of Silver) | ONA | 3 | 1.1 h | 2026 | 8.64 |
| Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Tsuioku-hen | OVA | 4 | 1.9 h | 1999 | 8.64 |
| Death Note | TV | 37 | 14.2 h | 2006 | 8.62 |
| Shiguang Dailiren II (Link Click 2nd Season) | ONA | 12 | 4.8 h | 2023 | 8.61 |
| Luo Xiaohei Zhanji 2 (The Legend of Hei 2) | MOVIE | 1 | 2 h | 2025 | 8.6 |
| Monster | TV | 74 | 29.6 h | 2004 | 8.59 |
| [Oshi no Ko] 2nd Season (My Star Season 2) | TV | 13 | 5.4 h | 2024 | 8.58 |
| Shiguang Dailiren (Time Agent) | ONA | 11 | 4.2 h | 2021 | 8.57 |
| [Oshi no Ko] ([Oshi no Ko] Mother and Children) | TV | 11 | 5.5 h | 2023 | 8.55 |
| Mushishi Zoku Shou: Suzu no Shizuku (Mushishi -Next Passage- Movie) | MOVIE | 1 | 0.8 h | 2015 | 8.55 |
| Bungou Stray Dogs 5th Season | TV | 11 | 4.2 h | 2023 | 8.53 |
| Cyberpunk: Edgerunners | ONA | 10 | 4.2 h | 2022 | 8.53 |
| Gintama. Shirogane no Tamashii-hen - Kouhan-sen (Gintama. Silver Soul Arc 2nd Season) | TV | 14 | 5.6 h | 2018 | 8.53 |
| Mushishi | TV | 26 | 10 h | 2005 | 8.53 |
| Guimi Zhi Zhu: Xiaochou Pian (Lord of Mysteries) | ONA | 13 | 7.6 h | 2025 | 8.52 |
| Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG) | TV | 26 | 10.8 h | 2004 | 8.51 |
| JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 5: Ougon no Kaze (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 5: Golden Wind) | TV | 39 | 14.9 h | 2018 | 8.5 |
| Odd Taxi | TV | 13 | 5 h | 2021 | 8.5 |
| Chainsaw Man | TV | 12 | 4.8 h | 2022 | 8.42 |
| Bungou Stray Dogs 4th Season | TV | 13 | 5 h | 2023 | 8.4 |
| Gintama (Silver Soul) | TV | 201 | 80.4 h | 2006 | 8.4 |
| Monogatari Series: Off & Monster Season (Monogatari Series - Off and Monster Season) | ONA | 14 | 5.8 h | 2024 | 8.4 |
| 86 (86 EIGHTY-SIX) | TV | 11 | 4.2 h | 2021 | 8.35 |
| Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage (Black Lagoon 2nd Season) | TV | 12 | 4.6 h | 2006 | 8.35 |
| Fullmetal Alchemist | TV | 51 | 20.4 h | 2003 | 8.35 |
| Kara no Kyoukai Movie 7: Satsujin Kousatsu (Go) (The Garden of Sinners: ...not nothing heart) | MOVIE | 1 | 2 h | 2009 | 8.35 |
| Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex (Ghost in The Shell: Stand Alone Complex) | TV | 26 | 10.4 h | 2002 | 8.35 |
| Owarimonogatari (End Story) | TV | 12 | 5.2 h | 2015 | 8.35 |
| Boku dake ga Inai Machi (The Town Where Only I Am Missing) | TV | 12 | 4.6 h | 2016 | 8.34 |
| Hellsing Ultimate | OVA | 10 | 8.2 h | 2006 | 8.34 |
| Kiseijuu: Sei no Kakuritsu | TV | 24 | 9.2 h | 2014 | 8.34 |
| Yofukashi no Uta Season 2 (Call of the Night 2nd Season) | TV | 12 | 4.4 h | 2025 | 8.34 |
| Gintama Movie 1: Shinyaku Benizakura-hen (Gintama Movie: Crimson Sakura Chapter New Edition) | MOVIE | 1 | 1.6 h | 2010 | 8.3 |
| Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World (Kino's Journey: The Beautiful World) | TV | 13 | 5.2 h | 2003 | 8.3 |
| Pluto | ONA | 8 | 8.1 h | 2023 | 8.3 |
| Perfect Blue | MOVIE | 1 | 1.4 h | 1998 | 8.27 |
| Psycho-Pass | TV | 22 | 8.4 h | 2012 | 8.27 |
| Tokyo Godfathers | MOVIE | 1 | 1.5 h | 2003 | 8.27 |
| Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho (Ghost Fighter) | TV | 112 | 42.9 h | 1992 | 8.27 |
| Banana Fish | TV | 24 | 8.8 h | 2018 | 8.24 |
| Black Lagoon | TV | 12 | 4.6 h | 2006 | 8.24 |
| Houseki no Kuni (Land of the Lustrous) | TV | 12 | 4.8 h | 2017 | 8.24 |
| Mononoke | TV | 12 | 4.4 h | 2007 | 8.24 |
| Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan (Kenshin Samurai Vagabondo) | TV | 94 | 39.2 h | 1996 | 8.24 |
Queue Up is a free tool: enter two AniList usernames and it ranks the anime you both want to watch, rolls one for tonight, runs a bracket to settle it and finds new anime that fit both of you. List data from AniList; title data: anime-offline-database (ODbL), dataset of 2026-07-04; page updated 2026-09-23. Not affiliated with AniList or MyAnimeList. Queue Up is a Somebody Decide program. How it works · Legal & privacy · All lists