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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)

Doppelter Einsatz

★ 5.5
73 86 1994–2007
Crime · Drama

Mr. Wakefield's Crusade

★ 8.1
73 3 1992–present
Crime · Drama

Sarenakh

★ 6.2
72 1996–1996
Crime

Yellowthread Street

★ 8.2
72 13 1990–1990
Action · Crime · Mystery

Russkiy tranzit

★ 5.7
71 6 1994–present
Action · Crime

Vertiges

★ 5.9
71 41 1997–2003
Action · Crime · Drama

Chandler & Co

★ 7.4
70 12 1994–1995
Crime · Mystery

Läckan

★ 6.1
70 4 1994–1994
Crime · Thriller

Harbour Lights

★ 6.4
70 16 1999–2000
Crime · Drama

Ilman kavaluutta

★ 7.3
69 4 1996–1996
Crime · Drama · Thriller

X-Zone

★ 6.6
68 55 1998–present
Crime · Drama · Horror

Manhunt: The Search for the Yorkshire Ripper

★ 7.6
67 2 1999–present
Crime · Documentary

Zinzana

★ 8.0
65 38 1999–2005
Crime · Drama

Die Straßen von Berlin

★ 6.9
65 22 1995–2000
Crime

Horny Policemen

★ 5.8
64 5 1993–1993
Comedy · Crime · Drama

SK Babies

★ 4.2
61 51 1996–2003
Action · Crime

The Jump

★ 6.1
61 5 1998–present
Crime · Drama

Time After Time

★ 6.9
61 14 1994–1995
Comedy · Crime

Laag

★ 9.0
61 1998–2000
Action · Crime · Drama

Lawless

★ 7.7
61 6 1997–present
Action · Crime · Drama

Wages of Fear

★ 6.8
60 1 1992–1993
Crime · Drama · Thriller

FBI: The Untold Stories

★ 7.0
60 48 1991–1993
Crime · Documentary

Armed Reaction

★ 8.1
60 124 1998–2004
Comedy · Crime · Drama

Sharman

★ 7.7
59 4 1996–1996
Crime · Drama
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