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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)

Should I Marry a Murderer?

★ 6.4
6K 3 2026–2026
True crime · Docuseries

Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey

★ 6.8
6K 3 2024–2024
True crime · Docuseries

Code of Silence

★ 7.1
6K 7 2025–present
British TV · Outsider lead

Ferry: The Series

★ 7.7
6K 9 2023–present
Antihero lead

Revenge of Others

★ 7.6
6K 12 2022–present
Revenge · K-drama

American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson

★ 7.5
6K 4 2025–2025
True crime · Docuseries

Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult

★ 6.1
6K 3 2024–2024
Docuseries · True crime

Ridley

★ 6.9
6K 12 2022–2024
Detective mystery · British TV

Redemption

★ 7.2
6K 6 2022–2022
Detective mystery · Secrets & lies

The Unlikely Murderer

★ 7.0
6K 5 2021–2021
True crime · Character study

Anxious People

★ 6.8
6K 6 2021–2021
Mental health · Bittersweet

The Art of Sarah

★ 7.3
6K 8 2026–2026
Tight limited run · Secrets & lies

The Golden Hour

★ 7.2
6K 12 2022–present
Serialized · Tense

Hold Tight

★ 6.2
6K 6 2022–2022
Secrets & lies · Mystery box

Bambai Meri Jaan

★ 7.5
6K 10 2023–present
Criminal underworld · Indian TV

Under Salt Marsh

★ 6.3
6K 6 2026–present
Atmospheric · Detective mystery

The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe

★ 7.2
6K 4 2022–2022
True crime · British TV

Last Summer

★ 8.0
5K 26 2021–2021
Criminal underworld

Monsters Inside: The 24 Faces of Billy Milligan

★ 6.3
5K 4 2021–2021
True crime · Docuseries

Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue

★ 6.3
5K 6 2025–2025
Detective mystery

Whitstable Pearl

★ 7.1
5K 19 2021–2024
Cozy · Small town

The Curious Case of Natalia Grace

★ 6.8
5K 16 2023–2025
True crime · Docuseries

Honeymoon Se Hatya

★ 7.0
5K 5 2026–present
True crime · Docuseries

The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case

★ 7.9
5K 7 2025–present
True crime · Real history
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