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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

Beyond Westworld

★ 4.4
410 5 1980–1980
Action · Crime · Mystery

Auf Achse

★ 7.0
408 86 1980–1996
Adventure · Crime

A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery

★ 8.2
408 10 1987–1987
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Vizit k Minotavru

★ 7.4
407 5 1987–1987
Adventure · Crime · Mystery

Duarte & C.a

★ 8.4
396 39 1985–1989
Action · Comedy · Crime

A Taste for Death

★ 7.7
395 6 1988–1988
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Mujer, casos de la vida real

★ 6.5
389 1760 1985–2007
Crime · Drama · Thriller

Miraza

★ 7.4
370 3 1983–1983
Action · Adventure · Crime

The Gentle Touch

★ 6.7
359 56 1980–1984
Crime · Drama

Juliet Bravo

★ 6.7
349 88 1980–1985
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Walking Tall

★ 7.0
341 7 1981–1981
Action · Crime · Drama

The Gangster Chronicles

★ 8.1
336 15 1981–1981
Biography · Crime · Drama

T and T

★ 7.0
333 65 1988–1991
Crime · Drama

Medisch Centrum West

★ 6.6
328 120 1988–2026
Comedy · Crime · Drama

The Hound of the Baskervilles

★ 6.9
327 4 1982–1982
Crime · Horror · Mystery

Partners in Crime

★ 6.5
315 13 1984–1984
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Once a Cop...

★ 7.3
289 6 1987–1987
Action · Crime · Drama

Fantômas

★ 6.5
283 4 1980–1980
Crime · Horror · Mystery

Houston Knights

★ 7.3
276 30 1987–1988
Action · Crime · Drama

Rin Tin Tin: K-9 Cop

★ 6.6
267 106 1988–1993
Adventure · Crime · Family

The Invisible Man

★ 7.1
266 6 1984–1984
Crime · Drama · Horror

Star Cops

★ 7.2
266 9 1987–1987
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Hardball

★ 7.2
266 18 1989–1990
Action · Crime · Drama

Der Fahnder

★ 7.1
264 202 1984–2005
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