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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

Gwor hak

★ 7.1
9 1981–present
Crime · Drama

Eichbergers besondere Fälle

★ 4.5
9 13 1987–present
Crime

Al Abriaa'

★ 6.7
9 1981–1981
Crime · Drama · Thriller

Página de sucesos

★ 6.9
9 13 1985–1986
Crime · Drama

Bugs & Daffy

★ 7.6
8 1985–1992
Animation · Comedy · Crime

Square Mile of Murder

★ 6.7
8 6 1980–1980
Crime · Mystery

Kolarikorjaamossa kummittelee

★ 6.0
7 4 1987–1987
Crime · Family

Prípad pro zvlástní skupinu

★ 5.1
7 1989–present
Comedy · Crime

Poios skotose ton Avel

★ 4.4
6 1988–present
Crime · Drama

Lucilla

★ 6.0
6 2 1980–present
Crime

On priekhal v den pominoveniya

★ 4.7
6 4 1987–1987
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Bambole: scene di un delitto perfetto

★ 5.6
6 1980–present
Action · Crime · Mystery

Apradhi Kaun!

★ 3.0
6 1981–1982
Crime · Thriller

Arabesque

★ 3.8
6 3 1983–present
Crime · Mystery

Kemonomichi

★ 5.4
5 3 1982–1982
Crime · Drama
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