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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)

The Innocent

★ 7.8
44K 8 2021–2021
Secrets & lies · Puzzle plot

Special OPS

★ 8.5
44K 15 2020–2025
Espionage · Indian TV · Tense

Stay Close

★ 6.9
44K 8 2021–2021
Secrets & lies · Tight limited run

Under the Banner of Heaven

★ 7.5
43K 7 2022–2022
Faith & religion

Inside Man

★ 6.7
43K 4 2022–2022
Morally gray · British TV

The Staircase

★ 7.1
43K 8 2022–2022
True crime · Character study

Berlin and the Jewels of Paris

★ 7.1
42K 8 2023–2023
Heists & cons · Antihero lead

Eric

★ 6.9
42K 6 2024–2024
Gritty · Emotionally heavy

Vincenzo

★ 8.4
42K 21 2021–2021
Revenge · K-drama · Antihero lead

Bosch: Legacy

★ 8.4
40K 30 2022–2025
Detective mystery · Gritty

Pieces of Her

★ 6.3
36K 8 2022–2022
Secrets & lies · Tight limited run

Cross

★ 7.2
36K 24 2024–present
Detective mystery · Serialized

Painkiller

★ 7.4
35K 6 2023–2023
Addiction & vice

Dear Child

★ 7.3
35K 6 2023–2023
Tense · Puzzle plot · Mystery box

Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich

★ 7.1
35K 4 2020–2020
True crime · Docuseries

Dark Winds

★ 7.7
35K 36 2022–present
Atmospheric · Detective mystery

Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer

★ 7.5
34K 4 2021–2021
True crime · Docuseries

Tehran

★ 7.6
34K 25 2020–present
Espionage · Tense

Hellbound

★ 6.6
33K 12 2021–2024
Supernatural · Dark tone

We Own This City

★ 7.6
33K 6 2022–2022
Cynical · Social commentary

The Frog

★ 8.1
32K 15 2020–2021
Secrets & lies · Slow burn

Time

★ 8.2
32K 7 2021–2025
Gritty · Emotionally heavy

Perry Mason

★ 7.6
31K 16 2020–2023
Atmospheric · Period piece

Vigil

★ 7.4
31K 18 2021–present
Detective mystery · British TV
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