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Best Crime TV Series of the 1980s

375 Crime series that started in the 1980s, ranked by popularity

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375 series

Hollywood Beat

★ 7.1
88 14 1985–1985
Crime · Drama

Murphy's Law

★ 6.8
87 13 1988–1989
Crime · Drama

The Justice of Life

★ 8.0
84 30 1989–present
Comedy · Crime · Drama

Killer

★ 8.0
84 3 1983–1983
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Jemima Shore Investigates

★ 7.1
83 12 1983–1983
Crime · Drama

Na klopoty... Bednarski

★ 6.6
82 7 1986–present
Action · Crime

Fortune Dane

★ 6.1
81 6 1986–1986
Crime · Drama

Sindikat-2

★ 7.3
81 6 1981–1981
Action · Crime · History

Pelle Parafins Bøljeband og automatspøkelsene

★ 6.5
79 10 1981–present
Comedy · Crime · Music

Knightwatch

★ 5.8
79 9 1988–1989
Crime · Drama

Rafferty's Rules

★ 7.1
79 86 1987–1991
Comedy · Crime · Drama

Brisani prostor

★ 7.2
78 4 1985–1985
Action · Crime · Drama

Today's F.B.I.

★ 7.0
77 19 1981–1982
Crime · Drama

Shadow of the Cobra

★ 7.0
76 2 1989–1989
Crime · Drama · Horror

Snoops

★ 6.8
76 13 1989–1990
Comedy · Crime · Mystery

Serum serum

★ 6.5
75 3 1980–present
Adventure · Comedy · Crime

Women in Prison

★ 7.1
75 13 1987–1988
Comedy · Crime

Szimat Szörény, a szupereb

★ 4.4
71 9 1988–present
Comedy · Crime · Musical

Tatort

★ 6.2
69 13 1985–1989
Crime

Trst via Skopje

★ 8.6
67 13 1987–1990
Crime · Drama

Freebie and the Bean

★ 5.8
65 9 1980–1981
Comedy · Crime · Drama

Les dossiers secrets de l'inspecteur Lavardin

★ 7.0
65 4 1988–1989
Crime

Sinkadus

★ 6.8
64 6 1980–1980
Comedy · Crime

Rejseholdet

★ 4.8
63 12 1983–1985
Action · Crime · Drama
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