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Best Crime TV Series of the 2020s

Top 500 most popular Crime series that started in the 2020s

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500 series (top 500 shown)

Bad and Crazy

★ 7.9
7K 12 2021–2022
K-drama · Antihero lead

Taskaree: The Smuggler's Web

★ 7.1
7K 7 2026–present
Criminal underworld · Tense

Copenhagen Cowboy

★ 6.7
7K 6 2022–2023
Stylized direction

Deceit

★ 6.9
7K 4 2021–2021
True crime · British TV

Memory of a Killer

★ 6.9
7K 12 2026–present
Gritty · Tense · Dark tone

Accused

★ 7.0
7K 23 2023–present
Anthology · Character study

High

★ 8.2
7K 9 2020–present
Addiction & vice

She

★ 6.4
7K 15 2020–present
Criminal underworld · Gritty

FIFA Uncovered

★ 7.4
7K 4 2022–2022
Docuseries · True crime

The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping

★ 7.4
7K 3 2024–2024
True crime · Docuseries

12 reci

★ 7.5
7K 34 2020–present
Criminal underworld · Gritty

Watson

★ 5.7
7K 33 2024–2026
Medical · Procedural

Shaitan

★ 6.4
7K 9 2023–present
Criminal underworld · Indian TV

The Watch

★ 5.5
7K 8 2020–2021
Campy · Stylized direction

The 7 Lives of Lea

★ 7.5
7K 7 2022–2022
Time travel · Mystery box

The Company You Keep

★ 7.3
7K 10 2023–2023
Secrets & lies · Heists & cons

Good Boy

★ 7.4
7K 16 2025–2025
K-drama · Fast-paced · Adrenaline

Sophie: A Murder in West Cork

★ 6.8
7K 3 2021–2021
True crime · Docuseries

Mandala Murders

★ 6.5
7K 8 2025–present
Detective mystery · Indian TV

Nightsleeper

★ 6.6
7K 7 2024–present
Fast-paced · Cliffhanger-driven

Black Butterflies

★ 7.5
7K 6 2022–2022
Secrets & lies · Morally gray

Happy Face

★ 6.6
7K 8 2025–2025
True crime · Emotionally heavy

Red Queen

★ 6.8
7K 19 2024–2027
Detective mystery · Genius lead

Trigger

★ 7.2
7K 10 2025–2025
K-drama · Criminal underworld
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