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Best Crime TV Series of the 1990s

Top 500 most popular Crime series that started in the 1990s

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500 series (top 500 shown)

Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel

★ 6.7
134 2 1992–1992
Crime · Drama

The Hardy Boys

★ 6.7
132 13 1995–1995
Crime · Family · Mystery

Mea Culpa

★ 8.5
130 154 1993–2021
Crime · Drama · Thriller

Vidas Proibidas - Ballet Rose

★ 7.7
130 10 1998–1998
Crime · Drama · History

Iz Pesinde

★ 7.6
129 29 1990–1995
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Second Chances

★ 6.1
129 10 1993–1994
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Aspiranterna

★ 6.2
127 8 1998–1998
Crime · Drama

Charlie Grace

★ 7.7
127 9 1995–1995
Crime · Drama

Gift

★ 6.6
127 11 1997–present
Crime · Drama · Thriller

Anna Lee

★ 7.3
126 5 1994–1994
Crime · Drama

Maisie Raine

★ 6.8
125 12 1998–1999
Crime · Drama

The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage

★ 7.8
123 7 1991–1991
Adventure · Comedy · Crime

Vkhod v labirint

★ 6.8
123 5 1990–1990
Crime · Mystery

See How They Run

★ 7.1
122 6 1999–1999
Crime · Drama

She's Out

★ 7.6
122 6 1995–1995
Crime · Drama

South Beach

★ 7.8
119 7 1993–1993
Crime · Drama

Thief Takers

★ 7.6
118 25 1995–present
Crime · Drama

Privát kopó

★ 6.7
117 6 1993–present
Adventure · Comedy · Crime

Hot Line

★ 6.5
117 118 1999–present
Crime · Drama · News

Stubbe - Case by Case

★ 6.3
117 54 1995–present
Crime · Drama

Die Cleveren

★ 7.6
116 49 1998–2006
Crime

The Life and Crimes of William Palmer

★ 6.5
116 2 1998–present
Crime · Drama · History

Polisen och domarmordet

★ 6.5
115 4 1993–1993
Crime

Total Security

★ 6.3
115 12 1997–1997
Action · Crime · Drama
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