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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)

The Flash

★ 7.1
9K 22 1990–1991
Episodic

Forensic Files

★ 8.8
8K 406 1996–2011
True crime · Docuseries · Episodic

Due South

★ 8.0
8K 67 1994–1999
Deadpan cool · Banter chemistry

Beck

★ 7.5
7K 55 1997–present
Nordic noir · Procedural

Kommissar Rex

★ 7.2
7K 122 1994–present
Procedural · Episodic

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

★ 8.7
7K 9 1991–1993
Detective mystery · Genius lead

Renegade

★ 6.0
6K 110 1992–1997
Episodic · Fast-paced · Procedural

Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei

★ 6.3
6K 386 1996–present
Adrenaline · Fast-paced

Judge Judy

★ 6.1
6K 7283 1996–2021
Legal · Long-runner · Episodic

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

★ 7.9
6K 63 1997–2025
Anthology · Episodic

C.I.D.

★ 7.1
6K 1619 1998–2025
Long-runner · Indian TV

Picket Fences

★ 7.8
6K 88 1992–1996
Small town · Social commentary

V.I.P.

★ 4.3
5K 89 1998–2002
Campy · Episodic · Easy watching

Detective Montalbano

★ 8.3
5K 37 1999–2021
Detective mystery · Atmospheric

Profiler

★ 7.2
5K 82 1996–2000
Detective mystery · Procedural

Heartbeat

★ 6.9
5K 372 1992–2010
Cozy · Nostalgic · British TV

Prime Suspect 2

★ 8.1
5K 2 1992–1992
Detective mystery

Prime Suspect 3

★ 8.1
5K 2 1993–1993
Detective mystery

Dateline NBC

★ 7.4
4K 1482 1992–present
True crime · Long-runner

Pacific Blue

★ 5.6
4K 101 1996–2000
Procedural · Easy watching

Dalziel and Pascoe

★ 7.5
4K 61 1996–2007
Detective mystery · British TV

Silk Stalkings

★ 6.6
4K 176 1991–1999
Sexually explicit · Procedural

Mystery!: Cadfael

★ 8.1
4K 13 1994–1998
Detective mystery · Period piece

Martial Law

★ 6.9
4K 44 1998–2000
Procedural · Episodic · Adrenaline
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