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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)

Vadhandhi

★ 7.9
6K 16 2022–present
Detective mystery · Slow burn

Bad Surgeon: Love Under the Knife

★ 7.2
6K 3 2023–2023
True crime · Docuseries

The Sticky

★ 7.0
6K 6 2024–2024
Heists & cons · Dark comedy

Showtrial

★ 7.4
6K 10 2021–2024
Class divide · Morally gray

Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer

★ 6.5
6K 3 2021–2021
True crime · Docuseries

Narco-Saints

★ 7.3
6K 6 2022–2022
Criminal underworld · Tense

Someone Has to Die

★ 6.3
6K 3 2020–2020
Period piece · Secrets & lies

The Penthouse: War in Life

★ 7.9
6K 52 2020–2021
Soap & telenovela · Revenge

Cold Courage

★ 5.9
6K 8 2020–2020
Nordic noir · Tight limited run

Pill

★ 7.8
6K 8 2024–present
Addiction & vice

Until I Kill You

★ 7.4
6K 4 2024–2024
Emotionally heavy · True crime

Wild Cards

★ 7.2
6K 43 2024–present
Banter chemistry · Witty banter

Antidisturbios

★ 8.0
6K 6 2020–2020
Gritty · Social commentary

Interior Chinatown

★ 7.0
6K 10 2024–2024
Ironic & meta

The Walk-In

★ 7.3
6K 5 2022–2022
True crime · Social commentary

Janaawar: The Beast Within

★ 6.7
6K 8 2025–2026
Criminal underworld · Indian TV

Mai

★ 7.0
6K 6 2022–present
Revenge · Strong female lead

Moriarty the Patriot

★ 8.0
6K 26 2020–2022
Antihero lead · Anime

The Rainmaker

★ 7.1
6K 20 2025–present
Legal · Class divide

Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields

★ 6.6
6K 3 2022–2022
True crime · Docuseries

Troppo

★ 7.5
6K 16 2022–present
Atmospheric · Detective mystery

Beauty in Black

★ 5.9
6K 34 2024–present
Soap & telenovela · Secrets & lies

Anthracite

★ 6.1
6K 6 2024–2024
Tight limited run · Secrets & lies

Worst Ex Ever

★ 7.2
6K 8 2024–present
True crime · Docuseries
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