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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 Night Manager

★ 7.6
17K 8 2023–present
Espionage · Indian TV · Tense

Clark

★ 7.3
17K 6 2022–2022
Antihero lead · Stylized direction

Snowdrop

★ 8.1
17K 16 2021–2022
K-drama · Romantic yearning

Teenage Bounty Hunters

★ 7.6
16K 10 2020–2020
Coming of age · Female perspective

The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez

★ 8.1
16K 6 2020–2020
True crime · Gut punch

Bhaukaal

★ 7.7
16K 20 2020–present
Criminal underworld · Indian TV

Smoke

★ 6.6
16K 9 2025–2025
Unreliable narrator

Mithya

★ 6.8
16K 12 2022–present
Tense · Secrets & lies

The Åre Murders

★ 6.7
16K 5 2025–present
Nordic noir · Detective mystery

Dahaad

★ 7.6
16K 9 2023–present
Detective mystery

Criminal Record

★ 7.1
16K 16 2024–present
Detective mystery · British TV

Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes

★ 7.1
15K 3 2022–2022
True crime · Disturbing

American Murder: Gabby Petito

★ 7.1
15K 3 2025–2025
True crime · Docuseries

Pritam Pedro

★ 7.8
15K 6 2026–present
Comedy · Crime · Drama

The Cleaning Lady

★ 6.9
15K 46 2022–2025
Immigrant experience

The One

★ 6.6
15K 8 2021–2021
Near-future tech · Secrets & lies

The Breakthrough

★ 7.1
15K 4 2025–2025
Detective mystery

Karen Pirie

★ 7.6
15K 6 2022–present
Detective mystery

Khakee: The Bihar Chapter

★ 8.1
15K 9 2022–2022
Criminal underworld · Indian TV

Young Wallander

★ 6.9
15K 12 2020–2022
Detective mystery · Nordic noir

House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths

★ 7.4
15K 3 2021–2021
True crime · Docuseries

The Gone Game

★ 7.8
15K 9 2020–2022
Indian TV · Secrets & lies

Power Book II: Ghost

★ 7.5
15K 40 2020–2024
Criminal underworld

Rana Naidu

★ 7.1
14K 18 2023–present
Antihero lead · Family saga
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