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Best Crime TV Series of 1990

42 Crime series that started in 1990, ranked by popularity

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42 series

Shades of LA

★ 7.1
54 20 1990–1991
Crime · Drama · Fantasy

Scales of Justice

★ 5.6
51 8 1990–present
Crime · Drama · History

Astynomos Thanasis Papathanasis

★ 6.1
50 12 1990–1992
Comedy · Crime

Dom za vesanje

★ 6.9
44 5 1990–1990
Crime · Drama · Fantasy

Baian the Assassin

★ 7.5
36 8 1990–1990
Crime

Betty's Bunch

★ 8.0
30 13 1990–1990
Action · Adventure · Crime

Crimen

★ 7.0
28 6 1990–1990
Adventure · Crime · History

To mystiko tou Ari Bonsalenti

★ 7.4
26 7 1990–present
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Kommissar Klefisch

★ 5.6
24 6 1990–1996
Crime

The Last Autumn

★ 6.3
24 5 1990–1991
Crime

Aksjemordet

★ 6.6
20 3 1990–present
Crime · Drama

Lottovoittajien maa

★ 6.1
17 6 1990–1990
Comedy · Crime · Drama

Waterfront Beat

★ 8.1
16 16 1990–1991
Crime · Drama

Detective de señoras

★ 4.6
15 70 1990–present
Comedy · Crime

Kodeks molchaniya

★ 6.9
14 4 1990–1990
Crime · Mystery

La grande collection

★ 5.0
14 11 1990–1995
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Il giudice istruttore

★ 4.4
13 6 1990–present
Crime

Qui?

★ 6.8
6 13 1990–1990
Crime
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